Mr. Jennings

Internet pundits are atwitter about Ken Jennings' twitter feed. Seems that the Jeopardy maven and Watson victim posted a crude joke about the endless Penn State scandal. Heads were wagged and tongues were clucked.

I don't want to defend Jennings' bad joke, but I'm not going to fake moral outrage, either. To me Jennings has always seemed like the squarest, nerdiest guy in the world...with an unfortunate hankering to be hip. The Penn State witticism was one of his lamer efforts at hipness.

Game shows are notoriously un-hip in every way, of course, despite Hip Hop Squares' attempt to make hip hoppers sit still in the squares. That's one of the reasons I'm a game show fan. As a hopelessly nerdy actuary, I can appreciate un-hip nerdiness when I see it.

Just wish Ken Jennings could do the same. Let's not try any more edgy "humor," Ken.