[quote name=\'grimmte\' date=\'Mar 8 2004, 03:43 PM\'] For us idiots, what is the Malcolm Jackpot? [/quote]
Those who don't know aren't "idiots" at all. And those of us who do should be ashamed. (Thanks a lot, Mike! :-))
The Malcolm Jackpot stems from a rather putrid pilot Alex Trebek hosted in the early eighties called, fittingly enough, Malcolm. I purposely forgot the premise of this awful show, but it involved two contestants answering "complete the statement" questions with the help of a rubber-animated blob named Malcolm. Trebek and Malcolm were the best of friends and were the new-day Chuck and Susan.
Unfortunately, Malcolm didn't sell. But if you go on Jeopardy, draw a sketch of him during FJ, and have Alex recognize his long lost buddy you would win...
[font=\"Geneva\"]$2.33!!![/font]
Isn't that exciting? (Actually, I would love to see that happen.)
Brandon Brooks