Some ‘Jeopardy!’ Fans Find This Really Annoying
Stop doing that! Jeopardy! fans debated over this aspect of Final Jeopardy, which they find really annoying.
“Unpopular opinion: I hate when Final Jeopardy answers, or wagers, have little notes in them like ‘Hi, kids!’ or ‘Go bears!” a Reddit user said.
“I get this is the one TV opportunity you get and to take advantage of it, make it a communal experience, etc., but it feels like Alex [Trebek] and now Ken [Jennings] just don’t like it for some reason, and neither do I – I really couldn’t tell you why. It feels like it ruins the tension of Final Jeopardy.”
“Will there be pitchforks for me for saying this?” they ended.
The original poster was met with mixed opinions. Some fans agreed with him, saying, “Totally agree, I think it’s kinda stupid.”
“I am on your side, OP! Also, I get slightly perturbed by the unrounded DD wagers, like $1,732,” another wrote.
“I’m not a fan of it. But I don’t dislike it enough to advocate for people to stop doing it,” a third added.
“Lol, I thought I was the only stick in the mud with this opinion. It seems to be a new thing since Ken’s takeover as host. It never would have flown on Alex’s stage. 😆 The only exception being, of course, the contestant who wrote ‘We ❤️ you, Alex,'” a fan commented.
“It is pretty cringey,” one last fan said.
However, most Redditors called the original poster out for being mad. “It’s a very serious quiz show, let the contestants have a little personality! Why are you so mad at this lmao?” one wrote.
“See. I love it. 🤷🏽♀️ It’s a cute little gesture. I watch with my mom, and when we don’t know the final jeopardy, we say, ‘That’d be a hi mom message,'” another commented.
“My family wasn’t able to travel with me, but watches with me on the couch every night, so it was my one little way to acknowledge that,”a former contestant wrote.
“I kind of love it! I love when they get to show their personalities,” a fan said.
What is your opinion on this Final Jeopardy sentiment? Let us know in the comments.
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I find it annoying that they do this. The "Hi Nora" in every single FJ for ages I found especially annoying.
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To me, adding those little things is akin to uttering something that is OT in a comment thread. I agree that contestants more frequently display being "full of themselves."
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W
Stories like this are cringe as are the people who are bothered by such trivial things.
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P
Jeopardy contestants have gotten really full of themselves in recent years.
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I don't care about the little notes. The "non rounded" bets may be strategic.
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I don't like it. I don't think Alex would have allowed it. You get the chance when you're spoken to to speak about or to the people who support you and who got you there. You don't need to write it on the final Jeopardy. It's too distracting.
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