Author Topic: Jeopardy! Million Dollar Invitational (Read 3057 times)

Jeremy Nelson · « **on:** September 12, 2009, 01:19:44 PM »

The third Thursday of every month, former Celebrity Jeopardy! players will compete as part of a year long tournament, with the winners playing in a million dollar final in May. Here are the links:

Minisite: http://jeopardy.com/minisites/celebrityjeopardy/
Press Release: http://www.jeopardy.com/news/season-premiere.php

Now, the release says it's going to be former players, but one name sticks out: Pat Sajak. Can't wait to see that.

opimus · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2009, 05:50:51 PM »

Thank god this only once a month . I don't think i could stomach a two week celeb tourney.

wheelloon · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2009, 07:48:23 PM »

You know, just this past week, I have been thinking of what it would be like if J! held some sort of celebrity tournament, and low and behold...

Looks really cool and, to a degree, I think a bit overdue. Interesting way of going about it though, but I think, personally, I will really enjoy it.

/Multiply that times 5000 if Mr. Sajak wins, then let the ensuing bragging and mayhem begin...

clemon79 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2009, 08:05:27 PM »

[quote name=\'wheelloon\' post=\'225751\' date=\'Sep 12 2009, 04:48 PM\']/Multiply that times 5000 if Mr. Sajak wins, then let the ensuing bragging and mayhem begin...

[/quote]
Hey, you've got lots of time between now and then to work on curbing that urge.

bandit_bobby · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2009, 09:10:47 PM »

This tourney format sounds like it should've been held last year. And the scheduling is kinda weird, IMHO.

TLEberle · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2009, 10:37:09 PM »

[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'225753\' date=\'Sep 12 2009, 06:10 PM\']This tourney format sounds like it should've been held last year. And the scheduling is kinda weird, IMHO.[/quote]No it shouldn't, no it isn't.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #6 on:** September 13, 2009, 10:06:05 AM »

I'll say it should have happened already, but what I mean is an actual tournament of celebrities. For the first couple years, the only incentive was a doubling of the prize money for the player with the top score. That led to at least one show where Final Jeopardy! made no difference to anyone's winnings. Finally, a win means that the celebrity makes another appearance!

clemon79 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:16:23 PM »

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'225774\' date=\'Sep 13 2009, 07:06 AM\']That led to at least one show where Final Jeopardy! made no difference to anyone's winnings.[/quote]
Um, what?

(Or are you saying that ONLY the top player of the week actually took any money home for their charity?)

TLEberle · « **Reply #8 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:22:31 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'225778\' date=\'Sep 13 2009, 10:16 AM\'](Or are you saying that ONLY the top player of the week actually took any money home for their charity?)[/quote]If he is, that's wrong. For the first (few) celebrity weeks, the winner would get their score, the losers $10,000; but the top-scoring player of the week would double up in addition.

clemon79 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:33:38 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'225786\' date=\'Sep 13 2009, 11:22 AM\']If he is, that's wrong. For the first (few) celebrity weeks, the winner would get their score, the losers $10,000; but the top-scoring player of the week would double up in addition.[/quote]
Well, hold on, then I see his point. If someone's already gone over ten grand on Monday, and there are three players on a later show who are all at $5K or under going into FJ, then he's right, FJ is strictly for bragging rights at that point.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #10 on:** September 13, 2009, 08:22:22 PM »

The scenario that Lemon described is exactly what happened. (IIRC, Jeff Foxworthy was one of the players.)

irwinsjournal.com · « **Reply #11 on:** September 14, 2009, 01:20:32 PM »

I wonder if Saturday Night Live will do anything with this...

"Burt, since you had the high score at negative one million, you'll return for our next match..."

Meanwhile, I just hope that J! sticks to the press release information and has the bright celebrities.

chad1m · « **Reply #12 on:** September 14, 2009, 02:55:37 PM »

Looks to be fun. Here's to hoping for more Regis.

Neumms · « **Reply #13 on:** September 14, 2009, 11:42:14 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'225855\' date=\'Sep 14 2009, 01:55 PM\']Looks to be fun. Here's to hoping for more Regis.[/quote]

For years, Joy has been hoping for the same thing.

Author Topic: Jeopardy! Million Dollar Invitational (Read 3057 times)

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