Television (no longer temporary)

[P.D.X.]

Interest piqued.

[wlu_lax6]

We finished 'The Undoing' last night. Enjoyed it quite a bit.

[+] spoiler

We kept waiting for a 'twist'...and the twist was that there was no twist!

The amount of plastic surgery Nicole Kidman has had is disturbing. She has no lines on her face! She's 53!

This morning I finished "Zero Zero Zero" (on Amazon Prime) which follows a shipment of drugs from Mexico to Italy. It was worth checking out.

I really liked Zero Zero Zero and all the score/music was done by Mogwai if that’s your thing. (It is mine).

Very solid

[Ryan]

Ken Jennings was very good

[The Sybian]

Ken Jennings was very good

Not according to my Facebook feed.

[MaxWebster]

i honestly thought he did a hell of a job, really after the initial monologue and aside from the player intros in a way it was no different. No disrespect to Alex whatsoever - rather I think KJ once mentioned he had studied Alex's cadence and I think a lot of that came out yesterday.

[Pruitt]

i honestly thought he did a hell of a job, really after the initial monologue and aside from the player intros in a way it was no different. No disrespect to Alex whatsoever - rather I think KJ once mentioned he had studied Alex's cadence and I think a lot of that came out yesterday.

And Alex said in his autobiography that he thinks there are a number of people who can do the job as well as he did it.

At the end of the day, it's a game show, and truth be told, Alex Trebek was a pretty bland guy.

[Johnny Carwash]

and truth be told, Alex Trebek was a pretty bland guy.

I think that's a large part of what made him good, especially for that show. Most TV "personalities" these days are fucking obnoxious.

[wlu_lax6]

and truth be told, Alex Trebek was a pretty bland guy.

I think that's a large part of what made him good, especially for that show. Most TV "personalities" these days are fucking obnoxious.

as opposed to game show hosts from the late 70s and 80s? Not just these days.

[Steve of phpBB]

Most personalities are fucking obnoxious.

Edited for clarity.

[EnochRoot]

The last time she screamed that loud, she sat on a BLANK!

[mister d]

Wasn’t that exactly what made trebek great? He could go a month without attention because he knew zero attention was better than negative or divisive attention. Some showman type taking over jeopardy would ruin everything.

[brian]

Wasn’t that exactly what made trebek great? He could go a month without attention because he knew zero attention was better than negative or divisive attention. Some showman type taking over jeopardy would ruin everything.

I could be wrong, but I don't think Jeopardy will ever have a host like that. Frankly, the format of the show doesn't really allow for it anyway. The show isn't about the host, it's about the game. Trebek understood that and presumably the producers of the show understood that's why Trebek was the perfect host for the show and aren't going to be looking to re-invent the wheel.

This could be construed as an insult, though it absolutely isn't -- but no one watched Jeopardy just to see Alex Trebek.

[Pruitt]

Wasn’t that exactly what made trebek great? He could go a month without attention because he knew zero attention was better than negative or divisive attention. Some showman type taking over jeopardy would ruin everything.

I could be wrong, but I don't think Jeopardy will ever have a host like that. Frankly, the format of the show doesn't really allow for it anyway. The show isn't about the host, it's about the game. Trebek understood that and presumably the producers of the show understood that's why Trebek was the perfect host for the show and aren't going to be looking to re-invent the wheel.

This could be construed as an insult, though it absolutely isn't -- but no one watched Jeopardy just to see Alex Trebek.

Exactly what Trebek knew and believed.

[L-Jam3]

I need to echo everyone before that to host something like Jeopardy, it requires more a deft hand than an outsized personality. It’s a serious show, and it needed a serious host to push the players.

His last show and all this week’s is sitting in my DVR. I haven’t been able to watch it yet because I know it’ll get really dusty.

[wlu_lax6]

Where there other game shows where the game carried the show over the personality?

Wheel?
Price is right?

[Ryan]

HERE IS THE HOST OF JEOPARDYYYY, LESLIE JONES!

[BSF21]

HERE IS THE HOST OF JEOPARDYYYY, LESLIE JONES!

You shut the fuck up. This is hate speech.

[Ryan]

She was (a contestant) on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and I made it about 40 seconds. Tony Hawk looked like he got hit by a truck.

[mister d]

She was (a contestant) on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and I made it about 40 seconds.

[A_B]

She was (a contestant) on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and I made it about 40 seconds.

Pitino: Wow, what stamina!

[BSF21]

She was (a contestant) on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and I made it about 40 seconds. Tony Hawk looked like he got hit by a truck.

I gritted through that. She was unbearable but props because she was really fucking good at WoF.

[Pruitt]

HERE IS THE HOST OF JEOPARDYYYY, LESLIE JONES!

You shut the fuck up. This is hate speech.

I will join a march on the Culver City studios if this is even hinted at.

[DSafetyGuy]

HERE IS THE HOST OF JEOPARDYYYY, LESLIE JONES!

You shut the fuck up. This is hate speech.

I will join a march on the Culver City studios if this is even hinted at.

And then a couple blocks more for lunch at Versailles.

[Pruitt]

Wandavision is strange and funny and I have a feeling it's building to something even stranger.

[A_B]

Wandavision is strange and funny and I have a feeling it's building to something even stranger.

That’s all I can figure. It’s weird as fuck.

[Ryan]

Thirded. I can’t tell if I’d be sticking with it if there was no big picture MCU payoff coming but I’m glad I have to.