Jeopardy King Jennings a Pawn in the 1 vs. 100 Game?
Jeopardy King Jennings a Pawn in the 1 vs. 100 Game? by Roxanne McDonald
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Most successful Jeopardy contestant ever Ken Jennings has nothing but negative criticism and suggestions for improvements for the show he says duped him into playing one of the 100. |
As Don Kaplan of TV Guide.com reports, Ken Jennings—the “all-time biggest winner in the history of Jeopardy!” expressed his disdain for the new game show, “1 vs. 100”.
Jennings’ claims begin with his believing he was “cajoled” into participating as one of the “mob” on “1 vs. 100” by NBC officials. Next, Jennings assigns such adjectives to the new show as “non-compelling” (as in his reasons for “letting
[himself] be cajoled…” wha?), “agonizing” (as in the process he endured in the taping of the show), and, implied as it is, manipulative, dismissive, and deficient as a game show (as in unsupportive because NBC did not “pay for the trip from his home outside Seattle to Los Angeles,” because he did not “win enough money to pay for his travel,” and because he did not necessarily get the opportunities to meet “other game show elite winners” or the opportunity to promote his new book).
Hmm, seems further investigation is in order to learn whether Jennings performed well, first of all, and whether NBC or affiliates/associates ever directly or indirectly pushed Jennings in his favor to begin with.
After all, was he asked to be the one or one of the one hundred? And in the offer, was there a clause requesting Jennings’ advice on formatting?
Seems like the grapes appeared tempting enough for him to follow through with a visit to the vineyard to start, anyway. Too bad they turned sour for the vaulted one.
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