Celebrity Tourney Qualifiers Thread (Spoilers)

LifelongJeopfan · #1 10-16-2009, 12:09 PM

1. Andy Richter $68,000
2. Michael McKean $24,800
3. Jane Kaczmarek $30,601
4. Harry Shearer $17,000
5. Pat Sajak $55,300

Eliminated
Game 1: Dana Delaney $9,300
Wolf Blitzer -$4,600

Game 2: Kareem Abbdul-Jabbar $8,800
Soledad O'Brien $6,200

Game 3: Robin Quivers $1
Julie Bowen $0

Game 4: Christopher Meloni $200
Joshua Malina $1

Game 5: Doug Savant $9,499
Elizabeth Perkins $0

Every winner gets $50,000 guaranteed for their charity and the losers get $25,000 for theirs.

Andy played for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Dana played for Schleroderma Research Foundation
Wolf played for the American Cancer Society
Michael played for the International Myeloma Foundation
Kareem played for The Skyhook Foundation
Soledad played for the Soledad O'Brien and Brad Raymond Family Foundation
Jane played for Clothes Off Our Back
Robin played for Seed School of Maryland
Julie played for Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Harry played for Common Ground Relief, Inc.
Christopher played for Smile Train
Joshua played for The Archer School for Girls
Pat played for Vietnam Veterans of America
Doug played for St. Vincent Meals on Wheels
Elizabeth played for Doug Turner Memorial Scholorship Fund
I will update this list in this post after every celebrity game. Feel free to discuss/handicap how the next round will go. If anyone knows who will be in the January game, let us know.

MarkBarrett · #2 10-16-2009, 01:10 PM

AC360 confirmed today when he guest co-hosted with Kelly that he will be playing. November was not specified.

Teapot37 · #3 10-16-2009, 06:24 PM

It's St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Not St. Jude's. Pet peeve, sorry.

LifelongJeopfan · #4 10-16-2009, 06:47 PM

Fixed. Thank you for the correction.

MarkBarrett · #5 10-17-2009, 12:05 PM

A poster on TWOP added a name.

LifelongJeopfan · #6 10-17-2009, 09:38 PM

The official site for the show mentioned the following

Doug Savant
Elizabeth Perkins
Chrsitopher Meloni
Pat Sajak

I have never heard of Savant and am vaguely aware of Meloni. Had she not been on last season's show, I wouldn't know who Perkins is.

dhkendall · #7 10-18-2009, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by LifelongJeopfan

The official site for the show mentioned the following

Doug Savant
Elizabeth Perkins
Chrsitopher Meloni
Pat Sajack

I have never heard of Savant and am vaguely aware of Meloni. Had she not been on last season's show, I wouldn't know who Perkins is.

I thought the celebrity tourney was of past celebs that have been on the show and did well? Sajack, while he has been on the show before, it was as host, not player. (This would probably be the only time that someone has been on the show as both host and player!)

Just_For_Kicks · #8 10-18-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by LifelongJeopfan

The official site for the show mentioned the following

Doug Savant
Elizabeth Perkins
Chrsitopher Meloni
Pat Sajack

I have never heard of Savant and am vaguely aware of Meloni. Had she not been on last season's show, I wouldn't know who Perkins is.

Christopher Meloni is best known for his role as Elliot Stabler on "Law & Order, Special Victims Unit." IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005221/ He was on Celebrity J! 11/10/06.

Doug Savant plays Tom Scavo on "Desperate Housewives." IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0767443/ He also played the role of Matt Fielding on "Melrose Place" ('92 - '97). He was on Celebrity J! 11/09/06.

OntarioQuizzer · #9 10-18-2009, 11:06 AM

Isn't it Sajak?

Scramble · #10 10-18-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by OntarioQuizzer

Isn't it Sajak?

Yes theres no "c". Watching Pat be a contestant on Jeopardy will be funny.

LifelongJeopfan · #11 10-18-2009, 03:11 PM

Fixed it.

rmfromfla · #12 10-19-2009, 06:29 AM

November 9, 1993 (show #2112):

Ed Asner 7400 + 3500 = 10,900 (Who is Yassir Arafat & Yitzhak Rabin?)
Teri Garr 6000 - 6000 = 0 (Who is Begin & Arafat?)
Pat Sajak 6300 - 6299 = 1 (Who is Arafat & Shamir?)
(charity: Boy Scouts of America)

Final Jeopardy category: In the News

Answer: The Associated Press says about half its clients used the Ron Edmonds
photo of these two men shaking hands, 9/13/93

LifelongJeopfan · #13 10-20-2009, 04:38 AM

Wolf finished DJ in the red. But as they always do in the celebrity shows, they gave him $1,000 so he could play FJ. Suppose the other two players had both bet big and he was the only one to get FJ right and he wound up winning. Would he have qualified for the next round?

dhkendall · #14 10-20-2009, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by rmfromfla

November 9, 1993 (show #2112):

Ed Asner 7400 + 3500 = 10,900 (Who is Yassir Arafat & Yitzhak Rabin?)
Teri Garr 6000 - 6000 = 0 (Who is Begin & Arafat?)
Pat Sajak 6300 - 6299 = 1 (Who is Arafat & Shamir?)
(charity: Boy Scouts of America)

Final Jeopardy category: In the News

Answer: The Associated Press says about half its clients used the Ron Edmonds
photo of these two men shaking hands, 9/13/93

Hmmm, strange, didn't know that he was a contestant before (and before he hosted it too, if memory serves!).

But I thought the point of the MDCI (Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational, or "the 1601" if you prefer

) was to invite celebrities who did particularly well in their previous appearances, ideally a win (somewhat like the TOC for regular players). Second place and a finishing score of $1 I wouldn't say qualifies.

MattOttinger · #15 10-20-2009, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhkendall

But I thought the point of the MDCI (Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational, or "the 1601" if you prefer

) was to invite celebrities who did particularly well in their previous appearances, ideally a win (somewhat like the TOC for regular players). Second place and a finishing score of $1 I wouldn't say qualifies.

The point of the MDCI is to draw an audience to a television program. The Jeopardy celebrity bookers don't need to handcuff themselves by coming up with a stringent set of rules that a celebrity must meet to qualify. It's clear they're trying to get a smarter bunch this time around, but I never heard them say they were only looking for past winners. The host of the show's sister program is a logical choice.

Besides, as anyone here knows, a final score is not necessarily indicative of performance. That's what the Coryats are for. Sajak appears to have not embarassed himself in a fairly evenly matched game between three reasonably smart stars. That's probably good enough.

TimValenzuela · #16 11-21-2009, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MattOttinger

Besides, as anyone here knows, a final score is not necessarily indicative of performance. That's what the Coryats are for. Sajak appears to have not embarassed himself in a fairly evenly matched game between three reasonably smart stars. That's probably good enough.

I share the same philosophy, too. You also have to take into consideration that one or two players can get on a ridiculous hot streak with the buzzer and the third is, unfortunately left in the dust.

LifelongJeopfan · #17 12-18-2009, 05:00 AM

December game results are now listed.

DHicton · #18 12-19-2009, 01:02 PM

If Woody Harrelson were to get on Celebrity Jeopardy!, do you think they might let him play on behalf of NORML?

LifelongJeopfan · #19 12-19-2009, 02:03 PM

Would they let Ted Nugent play for the NRA?

DHicton · #20 12-19-2009, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LifelongJeopfan

Would they let Ted Nugent play for the NRA?

Good question.

Better question: would they let Ted Nugent play? I suppose he couldn't be any worse than Wolf Blitzer.

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