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Alex Trebek/Jeopardy Tribute Thread
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We'll watch Wheel as background noise sometimes, and my biggest pet peeve is how producers obviously make contestants fill out the games in buying vowels. Jeopardy is clearly a different game, but strategy is allowed to be part of it. The times contestants buy an obvious vowel and then immediately solve the puzzle drives me crazy. You didn't need it! You wasted money!
This goes the other way, too. Shouldn't players be able to tell after a few spins how far they spin the wheel? That should make it pretty easy to avoid the two or three wedges that are dangerous. I never see a player willing to play the risk of the wheel and just keep piling up consonants and more money. And the number of times a player leaves three consonants up there and solving right away is also mind-numbing.
This goes the other way, too. Shouldn't players be able to tell after a few spins how far they spin the wheel? That should make it pretty easy to avoid the two or three wedges that are dangerous. I never see a player willing to play the risk of the wheel and just keep piling up consonants and more money. And the number of times a player leaves three consonants up there and solving right away is also mind-numbing.
I Should Coco
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The thing about the wheel is each player has a "pointer" that's slowing it down, so usually it will be only the strongest players who can spin it exactly one rotation. And even then, when they seem to get the timing of it, the tension might be subtly adjusted so they don't land on the $5,000 space every time.
I watched Pat's finale and was hoping, just for old times sake, they might have one of the puzzles end with the winner required to spend their money on a room full of furniture (including the ceramic dog). But those studio sets are long gone I'm sure.
I watched Pat's finale and was hoping, just for old times sake, they might have one of the puzzles end with the winner required to spend their money on a room full of furniture (including the ceramic dog). But those studio sets are long gone I'm sure.
DanOregon
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Seacrest is like a fish out of water if he's not on TV at least two hours a week. He starts flopping around. Its weird, because he's plenty busy already between Idol, a daily radio gig, his various productions - net worth of over $400m (let that sink in). Another $4m a year doing Wheel?
DanielSimpsonDay
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Yeah, he didn't seem to enjoy any part of the gig in recent years. What the puzzles have become is hilarious because they're really just randomized wharrgarbl.
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mpcincal
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Hell, I remember him before that, when he was the weatherman for a brief time at KNBC in Los Angeles.
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DanOregon
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About two weeks before CBS pulled the plug on Sajak's late-night show, they were actually trying out replacements for the slot (while keeping his name on the show). Among the more interesting attempts was when Rush Limbaugh was tapped. It gets really loud and very awkward at the 9:00 mark. And it only gets more weird. How CBS let this air I have no idea. Absolute sh-t show.
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sgreenwell
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I think the contestant testing for Wheel is far less thorough - from the web, it sounds like you do an application, a Zoom interview, and then a test where you solve 16 puzzles. It's not like Jeopardy, where even before you get on the show, you have to go through a couple competitive rounds and (presumably) know a lot more about game theory. (I also think the latter is why we're seemingly getting more people not make it to Final Jeopardy now vs. past years - Because people are betting more when they find Daily Doubles, or just ringing in without knowing the answer because they know they have to catch up, etc.)
WriteThinking
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Well, I read somewhere, recently, that Sajak made $15 million a year, and Vanna White $10 million, so...I'd think Seacrest probably will get something closer to that.
