Final Jeopardy! 13 Nov 2007

[blozier2006]

how does someone direct 1/2 of a film?

[andros1984]

Quite a gender-neutral question.



[earlymid90schild]

The funny thing is, Celeste wound up winning the Tournament of Champions that year.

[Astromchaser]

They should have kept the final Jepordy music like this.

[gregersj]

I did'nt like christian

[BoBtheparrot7]

The Oceans Eleven guys is like. GIVE ME CANCER NOW GOD!!!!

[t1ngley]

That dude was robbed.

[gpciie]

I would shoot myself if that happened to me. I don't mean when I got home either. Right there behind my podium.

"What is the Children's Hour?"

*crack, splatter*

[makeorbreakgirlz]

@gpciie LOLOLOL

[Hatchwork]

Why didn't he bet a dollar more?

[sk80soarus]

that tie-breaker category was biased towards women! wtf!

[steve470]

because only women know anything about children? omgwtfbbq!

[hossrex]

No you dullard, because only women give a damn about Lillian Hellman.

Oh my god, what the frag, barbecue.

Moron.

[Doliath]

Theatre fucks, too.

[hereinweymouth]

@steve470 Between the dark and the daylight ? Our FOURTH-grade class had boys and girls, i REMEMBERED IT FROM 50-PLUS YEARS AGO, AND saw no bias in it.

[SoCalBuck42]

Big Jeopardy fan - I know a tie is different on a chamionship game, but I don't understand why there aren't more ties. I hate it when the greedy bastards bet $1.00 more rather than opting for the tie, but I love it when they lose. Go for the tie and share the wealth. ( you get the same amount).

[chasrusso]

I agree with the spirit of what you said, but what happens if you opt for the tie, and then that person beats you the next day? I'd feel like a sap.

[WhersTheFire7]

yea but you could be beaten by anyone regardless

[NeilFraudstrong]

It's actually harder to tie than it seems. I have seen my share of ties, but I will never forget the three way tie. I thought that was so cool.

[doubletom90]

she won the Tournament of Champions after winning that semi-final game.

[brady73087]

What a cheap way to win

[jrock623]

Celeste must have been really excited. Did u c the look on her face @ 1:56?

[channing321]

So excited the dumb bitch started eating her hair!

[gameshowguy2000]

My comment: Had Jeff bet only one dollar, and got it right; we would've had the first tournament 3-way tie.

[gameshowguy2000]

And what does THAT comment have to do with MY comment? Absolutely NOTHING.

[lostaddict12]

i remember that...celeste ended up winning the tournament. she was awesome!

then once there was that three-way-tie...that was crazy...

[pisswater]

I actually saw 8 1/2. It was good, but very strange, very strange indeed

[mcfisticuff23]

I got the Final Jeopardy, but I now wonder what Fellini considered to be his "half" of a film...anybody?

[FireStomp]

Actually, two shorts and a collaboration, plus six previous and 8 1/2 itself, makes it 8 1/2.

[Gameshowboy]

The sound doesn't match with the video.

[gameshowguy2000]

Wow, I didn't know that you couldn't win by default should the other person win. That's similar to the Sudden Death rules on Weakest Link.

[animfan1]

About 10 years ago, there was a tie breaker in the 1997 College Championship and that was in Semi-Final game #1.

[Gameshowboy]

This is like the fastest video viewed in just two days. Over 34,000 views in two days!

[stylite]

That was set up

[ConsciousObserver]

Alex was excited... lol

[hereinweymouth]

@ConsciousObserver I like the way Alex called Celeste's name. I think he likes her. So do I.

[fartman77]

the answer was clearly se7en

[Macwannabe]

I thought the answer was Super Bowl III.

[cfsdimples]

i miss ken

[blakes67]

if you wager -100 dollars, and get the answer wrong, do you get 100 dollars

[chian052]

No, they check the wagers before the clue is revealed to make sure you write a number and nothing else. So you can't do a SNL reference or anything like that.

[jerrylambert]

Not fair. Not fair...lol

[zeldafanii]

Thanks so much for the post! I missed this show!

[AsianChexMix]

if i would have been the leader and got it right, id wager 2 dollars....JUST TO PISS THEM OFF

[LovelyYTRocks]

If you're at the top, and you know the answer, of course you'll bet fully and DOUBLE your earnings.

I rather have money than piss people off.

[chian052]

No, in this case, its a semifinal. You lose, you get $10,000. You win, you move on to the finals of tournament, where you're guaranteed $50,000.

Which would you rather have, a high chance you get $10,000, or a much better chance for a guaranteed $50,000?

[joejohey]

I see no purpose to this video

[Ciocolajs]

OCEANS ELEVEN HAHAHA

[chian052]

Dude, it was the original movie, not the Clooney remake....

[marijhouse]

I means the original Ocean's Eleven filmed in the 60's.

[hamsterpoop]

thats what the fat guy gets for being so cheap... should have bet like 10 bucks more just in case...

[thewalkingtvguide]

I love you comment. very true I can't stop laughing.

[chian052]

His wager made sense, so did Celeste's. Both counted on the fact that they would need to get it right and that Jeff needed to get it wrong in order to have a chance to advance to the finals. The wager minimized much of the risk in the event they got it wrong, so that if Jeff got it wrong, they still could advance to the finals easily. And you must make your wager in secret and before the clue is revealed, otherwise it completely throws of the fairness of the game.

[steve470]

Actually, I don't like either of their wagers. Jeff's was obvious: if he got it right, he'd win; wrong, he's out of it. Christian and Celeste both had legitimate choices, based on what they thought the other would do. Celeste decided to go big, basically counting on being the only one to get final. Christian decided to go small, opting to win on a triple stumper....

[steve470]

...But he could safely have risked more, and should have realized that third-place players have a tendency to bet get to first place + $1 on a correct answer. He has no excuse that I can see for not covering at least that. And if Celeste suspected he might bet small, then her only chance is to get it right, meaning she should go all-in. They both could have wagered much better.

[chian052]

Wait a second...triple stumper...only someone reading the J! Archive would use the term.

Are you on the Jeopardy! message boards? I'm take off every clue.

[steve470]

*Reading* the J! Archive?!? I *edit* the J! Archive, thankyewverymuch. :)

I haven't been to the message boards for quite a while, and since I don't recognize your name, I assume you arrived after I (Steve McClellan) left.

[chian052]

Probably. I'm the one currently posting placeholder recaps until official ones are made. If you edit the J! Archive, then you probably got the email introducing me to the other archivists. I'm the most recent one to join, although currently my duty is, as I said, post recaps.

[chian052]

I also meant that their wager made sense to me why they would do it, not that it was the optimal wager.

Actually according to the J! Archive wagering calculator, Celeste should have bet $4,200 or $200. Christian had a multitude of strategies to pick. The wager was sub-optimal, at best, but it was better than an all-in wager, as most people like to do, even in non-crush situations.

[blazedBANKS]

if only they had google.

[tas45123]

It would have been funny if the last guy was right, and wagered $1...even though you can't do that lol.

[chian052]

Who says you can't? You could if you want to, but that severely hampers your chances at winning.

[RallisP]

He said this is the first time there has been a tie in "a tournament." Which could have been 20 years ago. the college tie is different.

[chian052]

The College Championship is a tournament.

[animfan1]

It was 11 years ago when there was a tie in the College Championship. What happened was two players were tied going into Final Jeopardy! they both got it right and wagered everything.

[goldpaws]

how did this get soo many views! wow! interesting stuff! Gotta love Jeopardy! Those are hard questions!

[myfavoriteperson]

It is amazing what choices people will make now that entertainment choices have become more intentional than incidental.

[NEPatriot]

I've never seen this before--sure adds to the drama.

[avoutthere]

It will be a sad day when Jeopardy finally leaves the air. It's the sole intellectual institution in U.S. broadcast television.

[hotsizzle263]

she ate her hair lol

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

that's wrong unless i'm mistaken, there was a tie back in 1994 or 1995 in the college championship finals

[steve470]

It happened in the College Championship semis on 19 May 1997. In that game, the two leaders were tied entering Final, and both risked everything and responded correctly. (Info courtesy j-archive(dot)com)

[animfan1]

When there was a tie in the College Championship on May 19, 1997, it was Semi-Final game #1 that happened.