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Posted Friday, July 2, 2004 at 7:01 PM

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Well, I just finished watching Jeopardy and Ken Jennings has won again. He is a 23 day champ and has won over $730,000 dollars. Good God! He did just barely win tonight, but he is amazing. And he is Guided by Voices fan. Gotta love that! Didn't Jeopardy used to have a five day win-streak only rule? I hope the guy wins a million dollars!

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Posted Friday, July 2, 2004 at 10:37 PM

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He's probably good for ratings.

I laughed at the Letterman sketch where he declared it was rigged. He would take a clue and then splice it with a clip of another clues answer. Example:

Alex: "A surgeon in England is referred to as this, not doctor."
Ken: "What is a used car?"

FIN

It was funny.

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Posted Saturday, July 3, 2004 at 12:02 AM

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Ah, nice to know someone else is enjoying and watching David Letterman!

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Posted Saturday, July 3, 2004 at 9:30 AM

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It was only that one time, actually.

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Posted Saturday, July 3, 2004 at 3:22 PM

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Ah, nice to know someone else is enjoying and watching David Letterman!

That Letterman clip was absolutely hilarious. I've been watching this Ken guy for a couple of weeks now and I really don't see this ending any time soon. The guy pretty much clears the board every night.

Does anyone know if there's a limit to how much money/ how much time this guy can win?

(Edited by herman at 2:22 pm on Jul. 3, 2004)

Bill, it was a different time. It was back when we didn't know the Russians were incompetent.

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Posted Saturday, July 3, 2004 at 10:00 PM

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It was only that one time, actually.

It still counts as good taste, even if it was only one time.

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Posted Monday, July 5, 2004 at 1:44 PM

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Does anyone know if there's a limit to how much money/ how much time this guy can win?

Like BSM said, I always thought it was a 5 day limit. And like YDDD said, it's great for ratings, so maybe they waived that rule a long time ago. I guess now that the stakes are higher in other game shows, they thought it was about time.

Isn't it funny to think about how much this guy has done to win 730K when all it takes is answering 16 consecutive questions (with help on 3) to win a million? That, or just being a badass like Richard Hatch.

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