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A Crazy Coincidence On Jeopardy Today

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I happened to tune in to Jeopardy tonight, and one of the contestants was from New Orleans. They ran a little snippet before the start of the show where Alex Trebek stated that she was a survivor of the hurricane. (It woulda felt weird to have a contestant who had died in the hurricane, huh? But she could rebuild quite nicely with her Jeopardy winnings!)

Even better, in the first round, one of the categories was all about... hurricanes.<P ID="signature">______________

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> I happened to tune in to Jeopardy tonight, and one of the
> contestants was from New Orleans. They ran a little snippet
> before the start of the show where Alex Trebek stated that
> she was a survivor of the hurricane. (It woulda felt weird
> to have a contestant who had died in the hurricane, huh? But
> she could rebuild quite nicely with her Jeopardy winnings!)
>
> Even better, in the first round, one of the categories was
> all about... hurricanes.
>

Watched the show also. What a coincidence! Glad she's ok. She won too! I wonder if she will be able to win a 3rd time. We'll see. Ah, I love watching my evening game shows (Jeopardy and Wheel) and eating pizza, lol. Its tradition for me.<P ID="signature">______________
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> I happened to tune in to Jeopardy tonight, and one of the
> contestants was from New Orleans. They ran a little snippet
> before the start of the show where Alex Trebek stated that
> she was a survivor of the hurricane. (It woulda felt weird
> to have a contestant who had died in the hurricane, huh? But
> she could rebuild quite nicely with her Jeopardy winnings!)
>
> Even better, in the first round, one of the categories was
> all about... hurricanes.
>

If I remember the slate correctly the show was recorded in July.

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> Watched the show also. What a coincidence! Glad she's ok.
> She won too! I wonder if she will be able to win a 3rd time.
> We'll see. Ah, I love watching my evening game shows
> (Jeopardy and Wheel) and eating pizza, lol. Its tradition
> for me.
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If she's the next Ken Jennings, she'll be able to help herself and her neighbours rebuild.
 
> > Watched the show also. What a coincidence! Glad she's ok.
> > She won too! I wonder if she will be able to win a 3rd
> time.
> > We'll see. Ah, I love watching my evening game shows
> > (Jeopardy and Wheel) and eating pizza, lol. Its tradition
> > for me.
> -----------
> If she's the next Ken Jennings, she'll be able to help
> herself and her neighbours rebuild.

That coincidence still doesn't top The Price Is Right giving away a trip to New Orleans on the "tasteless" food chain.<P ID="signature">______________


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>
> That coincidence still doesn't top The Price Is Right giving
> away a trip to New Orleans on the "tasteless" food chain.
>


That was an ACCIDENT. That was an OVERSIGHT on the part of CBS in selecting a rerun on that particular day. They slammed in a different show for the West Coast feed. Having worked in TV on the local level I can tell you such a booboo is not impossible. Don't make it sound like the crime of the century.

KL

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> > > Watched the show also. What a coincidence! Glad she's
> ok.
> > > She won too! I wonder if she will be able to win a 3rd
> > time.
> > > We'll see. Ah, I love watching my evening game shows
> > > (Jeopardy and Wheel) and eating pizza, lol. Its
> tradition
> > > for me.
> > -----------
> > If she's the next Ken Jennings, she'll be able to help
> > herself and her neighbours rebuild.
>
> That coincidence still doesn't top The Price Is Right giving
> away a trip to New Orleans on the "tasteless" food chain.
>
Tasteless how? It was a rerun of a long-recorded show. Nothing tasteless about it.
 
> >
> > That coincidence still doesn't top The Price Is Right
> giving
> > away a trip to New Orleans on the "tasteless" food chain.
> >
>
>
> That was an ACCIDENT. That was an OVERSIGHT on the part of
> CBS in selecting a rerun on that particular day. They
> slammed in a different show for the West Coast feed. Having
> worked in TV on the local level I can tell you such a booboo
> is not impossible. Don't make it sound like the crime of
> the century.
>
> KL
>
> The Last Radio Station
>
Frankly, I think replacing the show for the west coast was absurd. So someone months and months before had played for a trip to a popular tourist destination...so what? Let's pretend New Orleans didn't exist?

Wheel of Fortune taped two of their scheduled three weeks in New Orleans before the storm hit. Here's hoping they run the shows...(A) they're a matter of fact and (B) it's a tribute to the city and its people and a good reminder that, indeed, New Orleans will be back.

A taped intro like they ran on Jeopardy was fine for context. There's no need to start pulling shows willy nilly everytime something bad happens somewhere.
 
> > >
> > >
> Wheel of Fortune taped two of their scheduled three weeks in
> New Orleans before the storm hit. Here's hoping they run
> the shows...(A) they're a matter of fact and (B) it's a
> tribute to the city and its people and a good reminder that,
> indeed, New Orleans will be back.
>
> A taped intro like they ran on Jeopardy was fine for
> context. There's no need to start pulling shows willy nilly
> everytime something bad happens somewhere.
>
No one has ever accused Merv Griffin of lapses in taste. If
it was his decision for Alex to tape the intro explaining that
the woman survived the hurricane THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE SHOW
WAS TAPED (or someone high up in the production chain made the
call), it was the right one. I wonder if they would have
aired the show had she not survived.

Perhaps there wouldn't be such a fuss about that Price Is Right
rerun where a trip to New Orleans was a prize if CBS had put in
a disclaimer saying that it was a rerun of a months-old episode,
maybe even saying it was airing as a tribute to New Orleans.
 
> No one has ever accused Merv Griffin of lapses in taste. If
>
> it was his decision for Alex to tape the intro explaining
> that
> the woman survived the hurricane THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE
> SHOW
> WAS TAPED (or someone high up in the production chain made
> the
> call), it was the right one.

I don't think Merv's running the show anymore, ever since selling Wheel and Jeopardy to Columbia Pictures (which eventually became Sony Pictures).
 
> >
> No one has ever accused Merv Griffin of lapses in taste. If
>
> it was his decision for Alex to tape the intro explaining
> that
> the woman survived the hurricane THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE
> SHOW
> WAS TAPED (or someone high up in the production chain made
> the
> call), it was the right one. I wonder if they would have
> aired the show had she not survived.

Good question, but one I hope would be asked whether or not it was a hurricane that could have impacted someone. Consider if it had been a car accident or other tragedy that struck someone before a taped show aired? Would a taped intro be appropriate on the first airing? Absolutely. But should it be pulled entirely? I'd say no, under nearly any circumstances. There are other contestants who deserve their "day in the sun" for making it onto the show.

> Perhaps there wouldn't be such a fuss about that Price Is
> Right
> rerun where a trip to New Orleans was a prize if CBS had put
> in
> a disclaimer saying that it was a rerun of a months-old
> episode,
> maybe even saying it was airing as a tribute to New Orleans.
>
I think where I, personally, make a distinction is that Price didn't have a contestant from New Orleans on that show, just one of a multitude of prizes, and I truly can't imagine that anyone who stopped to think about it long enough to even care there was a vacation to N.O. being offered wouldn't also realize the show had been pre-taped. Even if, hypothetically, it had been the original broadcast of the show, airline tickets and a hotel stay seems different to me than someone from the city being on the show. Either way, I say they should air, but I didn't see any reason to go out of the way for a prize.
 
> If I remember the slate correctly the show was recorded in
> July.
>
> -A
>
The show was taped on 21 July.
 
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