If memory serves me correctly, Lionel Goldbart hit a daily double during Double Jeopardy in the semi-finals in the 1986 Tournament of Champions. He risked everything said the right answer but the one fateful mistake was he didn't phrase it in a form of a question. :(
IIRC, all 10 episodes of this ToC had their fee plugs updated replacing the 10-second ad plugs when these episodes were rerun in July-August 1987 which GSN got these from. I think the same can be said about the inaugural Teen Tournament with Curt King, Michael Galvin etc. when it was rerun in August '87 and had the helvetica font being placed in the closing credits. Now did the inaugural Seniors Tournament have the summer rerun or no?
It would've looked ridiculous to hold a tourney with only 5 5-timers. If you include Becker in the 6th seat for the highest 4-time total, the optimal tourney structure would likely consist of no quarterfinal, 2 days for the semifinal--2 winners plus 1 wild card, and a 3-day total point final just to complete 1 week of shows.
Think about it... 4, then later 6 weeks of a respite in programming from agonizingly common contestants who had difficulty winning 2 games much less 4-5 games, and hyped by Trebek as the future best and brightest meant 6 fewer weeks of watching lackluster game play in a vain attempt to fill even 12 seats with undefeated champs, but to no avail.
So with a deficit of 5xers, 4xers filled in the gap, & then teen/senior/college tourneys were developed to help mollify the imbalance of 4xers over 5xers (& provide some excitement for Sweeps periods, which didn't excite me b/c those special tourneys suffer from the preliminaries of a week of 1/4 finals).
The premier season crowned 15 5x champs, resulting in a tournament structure that still holds today. A week of 1/4 finals, 3 semifinals, & a 2-day final. Since then, Jeopardy never crowned as many 5x champs per season again. In 1985, only 5 5x champs. That really impacted the symmetry of the previous tournament structure, which would've thrown that format into the ash heap.
If memory serves me correctly, Lionel Goldbart hit a daily double during Double Jeopardy in the semi-finals in the 1986 Tournament of Champions. He risked everything said the right answer but the one fateful mistake was he didn't phrase it in a form of a question. :(
d2damas2000 1 month ago
@blozier2006 I believe it's Korinna.
Ian16545 4 months ago
what font is used for the contestant's names?
blozier2006 7 months ago
Chuck was the most impressive player I've seen til Ken Jennings.
bobzani 8 months ago
IIRC, all 10 episodes of this ToC had their fee plugs updated replacing the 10-second ad plugs when these episodes were rerun in July-August 1987 which GSN got these from. I think the same can be said about the inaugural Teen Tournament with Curt King, Michael Galvin etc. when it was rerun in August '87 and had the helvetica font being placed in the closing credits. Now did the inaugural Seniors Tournament have the summer rerun or no?
Ivoryman1986 10 months ago
I never saw Alex put down the privacy panels until this video.
MrGameshowfan 1 year ago
It would've looked ridiculous to hold a tourney with only 5 5-timers. If you include Becker in the 6th seat for the highest 4-time total, the optimal tourney structure would likely consist of no quarterfinal, 2 days for the semifinal--2 winners plus 1 wild card, and a 3-day total point final just to complete 1 week of shows.
thegreatwhamini 1 year ago
Think about it... 4, then later 6 weeks of a respite in programming from agonizingly common contestants who had difficulty winning 2 games much less 4-5 games, and hyped by Trebek as the future best and brightest meant 6 fewer weeks of watching lackluster game play in a vain attempt to fill even 12 seats with undefeated champs, but to no avail.
thegreatwhamini 1 year ago
So with a deficit of 5xers, 4xers filled in the gap, & then teen/senior/college tourneys were developed to help mollify the imbalance of 4xers over 5xers (& provide some excitement for Sweeps periods, which didn't excite me b/c those special tourneys suffer from the preliminaries of a week of 1/4 finals).
thegreatwhamini 1 year ago
The premier season crowned 15 5x champs, resulting in a tournament structure that still holds today. A week of 1/4 finals, 3 semifinals, & a 2-day final. Since then, Jeopardy never crowned as many 5x champs per season again. In 1985, only 5 5x champs. That really impacted the symmetry of the previous tournament structure, which would've thrown that format into the ash heap.
thegreatwhamini 1 year ago