Contrary to popular belief, we’re not all mutants with profound intellectual deficits here at Balloon Juice — at least not heritable ones!
Valued commenter efgoldman’s kid is on tonight’s episode of “Jeopardy,” starting at 7:30 Eastern. Go efgoldmandottir!
May she mow through her competitors like a honey badger in a hatchery.
Open thread too!
Baud
What is shaving a cat’s ass, Alex?
ThresherK
Starting at 7:30p EST?
It starts at 7pm in some markets. I’m not saying nuttin.
Elizabelle
Tuned in. A few booms outside; DC area expecting thunderstorms tonight.
Category is “responsive Balloon Juice host” with who is Betty Cracker for the win. (For the wine. Whatevs.)
jl
Won’t be able to watch, but will check out comments later to see how ef’s daughter did. Hope she won it all.
Can they put together a whole Jeopardy panel without letting in a GOP pres candidate? That would be hard to watch, but would give an advantage to the other contestants.
TaMara (BHF)
@Baud: What is, where is the mustard, Alex?
raven
@ThresherK: 7:30 here! It’s Kate!
gene108
I’m in a 7 pm market…missed most of it but made it for FINAL! Jeopardy…
Baud
Fuck you, Feitel!
Elizabelle
@gene108: Oh no!
TaMara (BHF)
6 pm in the Denver market.
And OT: why doesn’t anyone offer me a suitcase full of cash? #FIFA
Elizabelle
Great American Novels. The other acting brother. MUrdered to death. Sobriquets. I. There’s the rub.
srv
Alex, I’ll take “Animals that have run away from John Cole for $400”
trollhattan
“Hey, Joe.”
“Yeah?”
“Remember that package we got from Utah?”
“Yeah?”
“Did you open it yet?”
“Yeah, why?”
“Oh, nothin’. I gotta go.”
SFX Door slams
And, scene.
Elizabelle
Moby Dick. well done, Kate.
Baud
Moby Dick!
Elizabelle
Wrong Ayn Rand novel. Of course, the guy gets it.
MomSense
C’mon edfoldman’s daughter!
Elizabelle
Yea Kate! Dahmer?
Baud
Dan looks unstoppable. Kick him in the balls, Kate.
Baud
@Elizabelle:
She learned that one from dad.
gene108
Wheel of Fortune came on right after Jeopardy. I do not watch ever, but I must say, Pat Sajack and Vanna White are unnatural beings…they look too damn good for their age…
Baud
Vaccines shout out.
Baud
I would have no witty stories to tell Alex. I am sad.
beltane
Am I the only one who was slightly disturbed by the fact the pediatrician totally bombed on the anatomy category?
Elizabelle
Kate handling herself well. And the NYTImes, for the lead.
JCJ
Oh! I missed it. I realize it already happened, but go efgoldman’s daughter!
Baud
Kate’s leading!
Elizabelle
Luther Burbank.
srv
Who will stop Rogue Ruth?
Elizabelle
Go Kate. Go Kate. Go Kate.
Baud
Clotuer, Dan?
Elizabelle
Kate is lovely and looks a bit like Dad. And has the lovely Mrs. ef as mom. Lucky girl, no matter what the outcome.
Mary G
Hey! I follow anibundel’s blog and tweets. She is tweeting Kate Cox’s Jeopardy performance and it seems that she is Kate’s boss, according to a tweet from Kate. Synergy between two of my favorite blogs!
I won’t even have to wait until 7 pm out here to find out how Kate does.
JCJ
@beltane:
Yeah, whenever I watch Jeopardy! and a doctor blows what should be basically simple medical questions I am always in dismay. On the other hand I wonder if sometimes they are overthinking it. I remember watching one show and there was a medical question that I blew. I was really glad I wasn’t on the show!
The Pale Scot
Pupper pics over at scottishterriernews.com
the Conster
Just tuned in – tied up! go KATE!
Elizabelle
@JCJ: Do you even want to know what a wooden head is Mr. Wolf Blitzer?
Woodrowfan
I’ve never met the young woman and I am still nervous hoping she wins!!!! Go Kate!
Baud
Doctor can now blow anatomy.
Elizabelle
The pectoral girdle, hmmm?
Elizabelle
Sloth.
beltane
@Elizabelle: Wolf Blitzer was barely able to spell his own name, that’s how much of a dunce he was.
the Conster
Dan looks strong. IDK, Kate.
Elizabelle
Nobel?
the Conster
I hate the 19th century too. would never choose it.
Karen in GA
Come on, Dan, tank!
Elizabelle
Seville.
ETA: Kate got it! Valencia!
raven
does she get the dough?
Elizabelle
Macadam.
the Conster
MACADAM! I was yelling it at Kate!
ETA: she didn’t hear me.
Elizabelle
Billboard.
raven
Jane be takin gas.
Elizabelle
Dang it.
But Jane can buy an anatomy text with her winnings.
Karen in GA
I’m sure Dan is a nice guy, but I’d be happy if he goes down in flames after the commercial break.
Elizabelle
That Mediterranean category was hard, and the guy knew it. Grrr.
Iowa Old Lady
It’s still going on? Go, Kate!
Elizabelle
@Karen in GA: I want him to make it a true daily double, even though he’s got an insurmountable lead, and miss.
Come on. Ayn Rand wants you to!
Rich (In Name Only) in Reno
Here in Reno it’s on at 7:00 p.m. My Dad is a loyal Jeopardy viewer and would switch over to watch in the middle of a live broadcast of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, so even though we’ll be watching the Warriors/Rockets game starting at 6:00 (I’m a native San Franciscan and Giants/49ers/Warrior’s fan living out my declining years in exile here,) it’s a certainty we’ll be watching her tonight, because Dad rules the remote.
Elizabelle
Governors! Christie and Cuomo?
the Conster
christie and cuomo
Elizabelle
ooooooh.
Karen in GA
Christie and Cuomo.
the Conster
It’s an honor just to be chosen.
ETA: Kate’s the second person I’ve “known” on Jeopardy. My daughter’s college roommate was on. She didn’t win either.
raven
She went for it!!! Way to go!
Karen in GA
Aw, Kate.
And risking $0 shouldn’t be allowed.
Elizabelle
Kate, you are a champion. And just lovely. And there is no shame in not immediately thinking of Chris Christie.
So ef: what does Kate get to take home?
Elizabelle
@Karen in GA: Iggy disapproves.
Funny that final answer was two of those we castigate on this blog …. proving Kate has better things to do (ef’s granddaughter!) than hanging out here….
ThresherK
I want to know, what happened to the third contestant who finished in the red and didn’t get to play Final Jeopardy! ?
Of course, she gets the $1000. But at the end as the camera pulls back she’s nowhere to be seen. Do they just make her leave the building for the shame of finishing in the negative numbers? Not even the little chat ‘n meet
PS From this show, aren’t Nobel and Burbank on the all-time list for Jeopardy! responses?
the Conster
@ThresherK:
There’s a trap door.
nfh
Here’s a fun new tv show for ya:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-to-pit-lowpaid-against-each-other-in-hunger-gamesstyle-show-to-find-britains-hardest-grafter-10279386.html
Says everything about what our society has become.
raven
@efgoldman: Does Kate know who the Wharf Rats are?
Elizabelle
@srv: Funny!
raven
@efgoldman: It’s the only “recovery” group I ever attended:
Nicole
I’m glad they get cash now. I had a friend on Jeopardy! some years back who also came in second. He got a cruise. For two. He was single at the time.
raven
@Nicole: That had great possibilities!
raven
@efgoldman: http://www.wharfrat.org/
raven
@efgoldman: They just had a gig here by the REMones”! A cover band doing REM songs Remones style.
Germy Shoemangler
Here’s the Beatles, circa 1964, singing “Stairway To Heaven” (well, actually a darned-good approximation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I
PurpleGirl
@The Pale Scot: Awww, how cute they are. (Pet pics are always appreciated and appropriate at BJ.)
Hal
Two more hours and I’m done in my current department at the hospital I work. Starting tomorrow I’m in a clinic in a position that pays more (two bucks, but hey, a dollar is a dollar) and is Monday to Friday.
This weekend will be my first weekend off in almost three years, minus one or two vacations. I’m just hoping I can go home and fall asleep right away, but I’m planning on just being tired tomorrow.
Oh well. The only thing I’m going to miss is the weekday cooking shows. Everything on after 5pm are those competition cooking shows and hate all that crap.
Elizabelle
@Hal: Congrats, Hal. Change can be good!
Pogonip
@The Pale Scot: That’s a cute site! And cute pupdate!
What happened to that one blonde terrier? Did the owner use too much bleach the last time she washed her dog? I don’t see a lot of Scottish terriers but up till a few minutes ago the ones I have seen were all black.
shortstop
I haven’t read through the thread yet to see how she did, but regardless of how it shook out, that’s so cool, efgoldman!
The Pale Scot
@Pogonip: The white ones are called wheaten, there’s usually streaks of amber when they get older.
As my sister’s vet assistant solemnly related when she brought my guy in for a check up, “white scotties are different from black scotties”, which really explains a lot in retrospect.
Cervantes
@Hal:
Break a leg!Congratulations and good luck in the new position!
Pogonip
@The Pale Scot: On the other hand, you can’t dispute the statement!
Valdivia
Sorry I missed it. Enjoyed reading everyone here cheering for her and I join after the fact.
@Hal:
congrats to you on the new gig.
SiubhanDuinne
I am so sorry I didn’t get to watch the program — am going to see if there’s some way to download it — but I know you are proud of Kate for what sounds like an excellent appearance. I hope she does something awesome and outrageous with her $2,000!
I am curious about one thing: many years ago, Jeopardy taped a week’s worth of “Tournament of Champions” programs in Atlanta, and I attended the taping (five shows in one sitting, with just brief breaks between shows). It’s possible I signed some kind of confidentiality agreement, but honestly I don’t remember doing so, and anyhow, how could the producers ever hope to enforce several thousand audience members from mentioning to their friends or relatives who ended up winning?
SiubhanDuinne
@Hal:
That’s great! Congratulations, and enjoy the normal hours!
Steeplejack
@nfh:
That’s $23,800, and I shudder to think how many Americans would qualify. I certainly would have during my entire six-year stretch at Barnes & Noble.
Steeplejack
@Germy Shoemangler:
Trippy! It feels slightly wrong, and yet I cannot turn away.
David Koch
@efgoldman: You’ve got a charming daughter.
different-church-lady
@Germy Shoemangler: Is that what the recent plagiarism suit is all about?
opiejeanne
@efgoldman: Kate did very well and it was fun watching her. We were shouting out the answers here and hoping she’d hear us, especially MACADAM! Tarmac is short for tar MacAdam so she was partly right.
gogol's wife
Sorry I missed this thread — congratulations, efgoldman!
Cervantes
@Germy Shoemangler:
I was going to say that’s not possible, but then I watched the video.
@Steeplejack:
Took the words right out of my mouth.
(In a manner of speaking.)