Being on Jeopardy! must be stress-inducing for contestants however followers stated a sure a part of the present offers them anxiousness. After the primary industrial break, host Ken Jennings at all times does a short interview with every contestant. Some followers suppose that sure contestants take too lengthy to get to the punchline of their story.
More often than not, the story is about what they need to do with their winnings, a run-in with a star, a narrative about their household, or an odd reality about them that takes some time to get to the punchline.
“Anecdote Nervousness — Does anybody else expertise anxiousness concerning the present’s time constraints when somebody takes too lengthy to get to the ‘punchline’ of their private anecdote?” a Reddit person posted.
“Omg, I positively expertise anxiousness when this occurs. I rush them alongside from my couch,” one Jeopardy! fan stated.
“I’m not an enormous fan of the anecdote phase. Particularly after they carry up some tragic particulars about their lives. I don’t get why they don’t simply maintain it light-hearted,” a Reddit person stated. “Additionally, I hate after they don’t get via all of the clues. I can’t assist however suppose that if there have been 10 seconds much less chit-chat in the course of the contestant anecdote portion, they may’ve gotten to the final 1 or 2 clues. I really feel like Ken contributes to this often, too.”
Many followers stated they document the present and watch it later to quick ahead via the interviews. “I used to really feel dangerous as a result of it’s the contestant’s second to shine, however too many uninteresting tales and dangerous storytellers,” one Reddit person wrote.
Nonetheless, one fan stated they watch the interviews to “fee the standard of their tales.”
“It’s so fascinating to me when their enjoyable little story isn’t about them in any respect however somebody they know….” one other replied.
5-game winner Luigi de Guzman shared details about how they filmed the segments. “Periodic reminder that the present isn’t dwell, and so they can and do edit for time or content material. Typically anecdotes require multiple take—if the primary take ran actually lengthy they could cease down and inform you to chop it down a bit,” he wrote.
“Unplayed clues are normally the results of an unusually excessive variety of triple stumpers (the stand-and-stare burns a LOT of time that may’t be lower) or long-winded video clues (likewise can’t be lower)—normally a mix of each. Additionally, you’d be shocked how nerves and fatigue work together up on stage. You’d suppose you’d be capable to energy via the entire first spherical with out a break. However the break after 15 clues actually comes at a very good time. You may catch your breath, get re-centered, and let the preliminary shock of “holy shit I’m really on Jeopardy proper now” put on off.”
James Burns, a 2003 contestant stated, “They’ll edit them for size. Or for bizarre, melancholic content material, like with mine.”
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