jeopardy
IBM’s Watson machine was in Washington last night to glad-hand members of Congress and square off against them in a friendly game of Jeopardy!. Watson won, of course, because we’re talking about Congress, America’s affirmative-action project for dumb lawyers. But it was suspiciously close: Watson won $40,300 to $30,000 over Congress, and only because he [...]
Big news on the technology front: A computer or some kind of Roomba or who knows is going to fight humans on teevee’s JEOPARDY! All of America can finally get back to the business of America, because using a strange kind of 1980s computer technology, people and robots will finally battle while that theme music [...]
Look at that sad face. That’s the face of a CNN anchor who just lost to Cheech Marin on Alex Trebek’s Canadian Trivia. Which is completely fine! Cheech Marin is smart, maybe! This isn’t nearly as bad as Wolf Blitzer’s last appearance. [Philadelphia Will Do]
Oh man… Wolf Blitzer said that Jesus was born in Jerusalem during Celebrity Jeopardy last night. What a heathen! He ended Double Jeopardy with -$4,600, with super-easy questions too. And check out at how snooty he looks when Alex has to adjust his score for answering “Julia Childs,” earlier. Ha ha, Wolf Blitzer. Andy Richter [...]
COMICS CURMUDGEON ON JEOPARDY SOON! Wonkette’s own Josh “Comics Curmudgeon” Fruhlinger will be on your teevee at either 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. (check local listings!) and the rumor is he “lets Trebek have it” and also wins super-champion Ken Jennings’ golden crown! [Jeopardy]
By the Comics Curmudgeon“Why can’t you draw something nice for a change?” This, I imagine, is probably what hard-working political cartoonists hear from their parents all the time, as their chosen profession requires that they use their talent exclusively for drawing political figures, who are both evil and physically unattractive, rather than depicting, say, handsome [...]
