Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Calling all champions

As a faux tweet noted, Jeopardy is looking for former TOC players. The show is being mysterious about this, which of course has set off Internet chatter.

Both JBoard.tv and what's left of what used to be Matt Ottinger's board are chewing over the possibilities. Everybody seems to think some mega-tournament for the show's 30th season is in the works. The Jboard.tv thread is a little more focused on the topic, though some backbiting between the posters creeps in.

As you might expect from what's left of what used to be Matt Ottinger's board, their thread runs into the woods right quick. A poster makes a tasteless remark, and 74 other posters (slight exaggeration) can't wait to call him an a-hole. When the thread finally gets around to the Jeopardy call for contestants, people speculate on the same possibility as JBoard.tv: a mega-tournament for the big 3-0.

It is hard to think of another reason why Jeopardy would inquire after former TOC-ers. I don't know if a mega-tournament would be a huge ratings winner, but it would please hardcore game show fans. They can be pretty nostalgic, I hear.

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