Thursday, September 09, 2004

My gripe with Ken Jennings

According to CNN.com (which accordings to the AP), that UberJeopardyGeek, Ken Jennings (the holiest Mormon of them all, for God has sent him on a mission to win craploads of money on Jeopardy for the Chuch O' Latter Day Saints), has finally lost! Now, this show has not been aired yet (according to the article, it was shot on Tuesday), but let me just rejoice in advance (under the assumption that this is even true). This guy had a 75-game winning streak, mounting up winnings of over 2.5 million bucks. Many would claim that to be "amazing" or "admirable." I hated him. Eventhough I am a superfan of the show, I can at least admit that Jeopardy isn't the most exciting game in the world in the first place, but without competition (because Jennings just went on there and kicked everyone's ass pretty much every time), it's even worse. Seriously, Jeopardy, you got rid of your 5-day max winning streak thing, and put a highschool quizbowl question writer on your show? I felt bad for all the people whose life-long dream has been to get on Jeopardy and at least compete, but then they are up against Ken Jennings and they don't have a chance to answer any of the questions! Ken Jennings forced Jeopardy into deeper depths of boringness. Even Alex Trebek hates him...you can tell. Good riddance K.J. Welcome back Jeopardy competition (I hope).

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