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Insert Greg Kihn Reference Here: My Jeopardy Tryout Day 

avclub.com — Add to that the fact that a successful run on the show can generate more income than an honest man—or, in my case, a lazy man—can earn in a year’s toil, and “Jeopardy! contestant” ranks somewhere between “inheritor of family fortune” and “taste tester of new strains of marijuana” on my list of dream jobs.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 4, 2009

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  • WordsnCollision, on 06/03/2009, -0/+10A Weird Al Yankovic ("I Lost On Jeopardy") would be even more appropriate.
  • zigardne, on 06/04/2009, -0/+5dugg for the description.
  • thechosen, on 06/04/2009, -0/+3Summary:
    1. He tried out
    2. Still waiting on the call
    3. Snarky comments
  • 49CentTacos, on 06/04/2009, -0/+3I've tried out a few times myself; I made as an alternate on the kids edition when I was 12, and a few times for the college edition. I have a knack it seems online, but the pressure really gets to me in real life for the written test; I feel really confident about my performance on the mock game.

    The part I remember the most is this; when I was a kid as an alternate, I was watching from the side stage, and got really angry when I saw a kid whose name was pronounced "Nickel Bum" (I think his real name was somewhere along the lines of Nikol Bumb" who ended up finishing in the red. I was most pissed cause I knew I could have done a million times better than he did. That, and I was joking with an Indian contestant (who later when on to win) that if I punched him in the stomach that I'd take his place; to which he started to goad me on, daring me to do so. I look back, and genuinely wish I did.
  • Wuji33, on 06/04/2009, -0/+1Don't let go while I'm hangin' on.
  • lisaawesome, on 06/04/2009, -0/+1I need to try out sometime. I have wanted to be on Jeopardy since I was a kid but the whole shyness thing has held me back. Academic team was so much fun for me in high school.
  • ThraxyWaxy, on 06/04/2009, -0/+1I always know most of the answers on the college shows, and I laugh at the idiots who are there for missing them; but they wouldn't let a Canadian in so I don't bother.
  • cquilliam, on 06/04/2009, -0/+1I think the rule is 1 Canadian per show...
  • elbergel, on 06/04/2009, -0/+14. Did his best to write like Dave Barry
  • Drmoroe30, on 06/05/2009, -0/+0Upvoted for use of the word "Snarky". I use the term with my dog all the time.
  • rml1732, on 06/05/2009, -0/+0Certainly a well-written and entertaining piece, but did anyone else notice the unusually high concentration of semi colons? (Appropriately used I suspect)
  • Drmoroe30, on 06/05/2009, -0/+0You lost on Jeopardy, baby, ohhhhh oh oh ohhhhh

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