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carlopanno

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Did Jeopardy! acknowledge Steven Dorfman?
« on: March 25, 2004, 11:39:04 PM »
Okay, since I stopped working at Jeopardy! I haven't seen the show more than, I dunno, 40-50 times in the last 14 years, but I saw this week that the credits no longer list the late Steven Dorfman, so I'm thinking that we are now in the post-Steven era of Jeopardy!

Did they mention, pay tribute, say anything about the guy during the show in the last few weeks?

Just wondering.

--C

Matt Ottinger

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Did Jeopardy! acknowledge Steven Dorfman?
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2004, 09:16:21 AM »
I watch the show pretty regularly, and I never saw any on-air mention.  Also, the folks that frequent Sony's own Jeopardy board watch a lot more carefully than I do, and I don't recall any of them saying anything about such a mention either.  So chances are they didn't.  Trebek and Harry Friedman were both quoted in obituaries.
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J.R.

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Did Jeopardy! acknowledge Steven Dorfman?
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2004, 09:44:20 AM »
[quote name=\'carlopanno\' date=\'Mar 25 2004, 11:39 PM\'] Okay, since I stopped working at Jeopardy! I haven't seen the show more than, I dunno, 40-50 times in the last 14 years, but I saw this week that the credits no longer list the late Steven Dorfman, so I'm thinking that we are now in the post-Steven era of Jeopardy!

Did they mention, pay tribute, say anything about the guy during the show in the last few weeks?

Just wondering.

--C [/quote]
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BrandonFG

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Did Jeopardy! acknowledge Steven Dorfman?
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2004, 10:26:08 AM »
[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Mar 26 2004, 09:44 AM\'] Say, did you know J! has since dropped the Grid Set and the bongo theme ? : )
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 And looking at that pitiful excuse for a "set," words can't express how much I'd love to at least have the grid set back. :-P

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bricon

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Did Jeopardy! acknowledge Steven Dorfman?
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2004, 12:23:49 PM »
It's not actual show content, but the new Jeopardy book is dedicated to Steven.

carlopanno

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Did Jeopardy! acknowledge Steven Dorfman?
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2004, 12:17:50 PM »
I heard from another member of the Jeopardy! Alumni Association that there will be a tribute to Steven on tonight's show, April 21.

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opimus

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Did Jeopardy! acknowledge Steven Dorfman?
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2004, 05:36:39 PM »
It was a very  nice tribute. All of today's content was written by Steve.
« Last Edit: April 21, 2004, 05:40:43 PM by opimus »

HomieG1386

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Did Jeopardy! acknowledge Steven Dorfman?
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2004, 10:35:01 PM »
Well, go figure... I was starting to watch that, and all of a sudden we get a bunch of tornado warnings. *sigh* I happen to miss all the good things.

tmq800

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Did Jeopardy! acknowledge Steven Dorfman?
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2004, 11:17:23 PM »
Alex mentioned Steven's passing during the commercial break before FJ.

After the break, he also mentioned that Steve wrote the FJ clue for today's show.


And Steven was holding an Emmy!  Good job for 20 years!!!  We'll miss you.

Steve Gavazzi

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« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2004, 04:22:34 AM »
[quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Apr 21 2004, 11:17 PM\'] Alex mentioned Steven's passing during the commercial break before FJ.

After the break, he also mentioned that Steve wrote the FJ clue for today's show.


And Steven was holding an Emmy!  Good job for 20 years!!!  We'll miss you. [/quote]
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