I'M GOING TO BE ON "JEOPARDY!" !!!!

[Aristus]

I got the call yesterday. I'm flying down to L.A. on the third of April to tape the shows on the 4th and 5th. If I become champion, I will return to tape follow-up shows on on April 17th.

I don't know when the shows will be broadcast, but I'll keep you posted.

I'm so JAZZED! :bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[flvegan]

1. Holy crap!!! That's awesome!

Congrats and good luck!! Hope you bring home the green!

[Hugin]

2. Great news and may everything go smoothly for you...

:thumbsup:

[Zomby Woof]

3. SWEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!

Congrats!!! :toast: :bounce: :yourock:

Will you have time for an L.A. DU gathering?

You must phrase your reply in the form of a question. :P

[Aristus]

10. ZombyWoof,

Would my conservative Republican wife want me to have an L.A. DU meet-up?

[Zomby Woof]

16. Of course she would?

What is "a chance of a lifetime being on Jeopardy without the accompanying sidedish of crazy California DUers?" :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. Congratulations!

:toast:

[Katherine Brengle]

5. AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE JEOPARDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Definitely want to tune in for this!

[RockaFowler]

Yeah!!!

Congrats!:woohoo:

[bigwillq]

6. That's so cool!

Congrats! :toast:

Good luck to you! :hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

7. That's fucking awesome!!!!!!

Yay for you! :bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

8. Awesome!!!!!

Congratulations! I almost always watch Jeopardy, so please let us know when you will be on! And best of luck to you!

[LynzM]

9. Awesome!!

That's so cool, dude! Definitely let us know when it's going to air!!

[Patiod]

11. Say hello to Alex for us!

Cool beans!

[WindRavenX]

12. awesome!!!

:thumbsup:

And good luck!!

[Robeson]

13. That's great!....

...hope you do well!...:thumbsup:

[otohara]

14. Excellent - Good Luck

keep us posted

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. I'd like Anal Bum Cover for $600, Alex

By the way, I did your mother last night at the deli, you poofta.

[Aristus]

17. Good, she could use some action.

She just turned 65, and I think she's feeling lonely! :P

[ghostsofgiants]

54. Haha, I was playing 007: From Russia With Love on Xbox recently...

Sean Connery does Bond's voice in it, so I spent the whole game randomly quoting SNL Celebrity Jeopardy linces. Pretty sure my roommates were ready to kill me after about an hour.

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. D00d, that so rocks!

Okay, here's a warm-up:

• Your name

• Your quest

• The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow

[Aristus]

22. My name is Aristus.

My quest is to find the Holy Grail.

Is that an African or a European swallow?

B-)

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. Man, you're gonna get Alex

chucked into the Gorge of Eternal Peril. :scared:

[jpgray]

19. If you don't know the answer but are buzzed in anyway

Just say "the Penis Mightier." Please? :D

Good luck.

[no name no slogan]

28. And on final jeopardy, the answer is "Buck Futter"

Or "I {heart} boobs"

[EstimatedProphet]

20. WAY COOL!

[AccessGranted]

21. Great

My significant other tried in New York a few weeks ago but didn't make it. I was surprised because he is supersmart and we watch it every day and he gets all the answers right. He is a plethora of useless information - hahaha. No seriously though - Congratulations!!!!! I hope that you'll be like Ken Jennings!

[Aristus]

27. Tell him to keep trying.

I first qualified to be on "Jeopardy!" back in 1997. After you qualify, you're on a waiting list for a year. If they don't call you during that time, you have to re-qualify. This is the second time I've qualified, and this time I made it.

I'm so psyched!

:headbang:

[samplegirl]

23. Wow Congradulations

Hope you win lotsa $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Whoa_Nelly]

24. WoW! Congrats! So, have to ask...

were the trials as difficult as I've heard they are?
Tell! What did you have to go through to become a contestant??

[Aristus]

30. Well, they announce tryouts in a particular city; in this case, Seattle.

You call the 1-800 number and they tell you when and where.

Both times, it was in a hotel conference room. There was a field of about eighty or so people. They have a timed quiz of about fifty general knowledge questions. They play a video of Alex presenting the questions just like on the show. You have about 8 seconds to answer each one before they move on to the next one. If you're lucky, or have a good memory, you might have enough time at the end to go back and answer any question you forgot first time around.

They score the papers by a standard they don't reveal. Then they call out the names of those who qualified, in this case, about nine people. Then they interview each contestant and host a mock-game between randomly selected contestants. They take a Polaroid photo of you for the file, and tell you that if you are selected, you will be called. If you aren't selected, you will not be called, and after a year, will have to re-qualify.

[merh]

25. How cool!

I bet you are Jazzed!

You must let us know when it airs and of course, we will send out all sorts of positive energies for you on the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 17th. :)

Here's to you :toast:

[proud patriot]

29. Too Cool

:D

[Whoa_Nelly]

31. What are you going to wear?

A DU T-shirt...hmmm?

[Aristus]

33. Nah. Coat and tie.

Boring, I know, but don't you want me to look good? B-)

[Cobalt Violet]

32. Congrats!

That's so great! Can't wait to watch you.

[Maestro]

34. I bow to your awesomeness!

We are not worthy.

[ThomCat]

35. Win Lots O' Money!

Make us all proud! :applause:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. Omigod, my dear Aristus!

I NEVER watch mainstream TV......BUT in your case, I will make an exception!

This is totally awesome! I can hardly wait to see you!

You WILL keep us informed, won't you?

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Aristus]

37. Of course.

I'll want to know that my CalPeg is watching. B-)

[davsand]

38. That is just too cool!

You are gonna kick some ASS, I just know it!

I'm getting a contact high, I swear!


Laura

[LaraMN]

39. Wow! Wow!

You'll have a huge DU viewership, I'm quite certain. GOOD LUCK!!!
:woohoo:

[catzies]

40. Fantastic! That makes at least 2 DUers! I was on in 1988!

Anybody else out there?

(And I won Ben Stein's money in 2000, so ask me anything about game shows) :hi:

[Zomby Woof]

41. COOL!

I may have seen you on Jeopardy. I was really into it back then. :hi:

[catzies]

43. I got beat by one of the best who ever played the game. He's on

the all-time winners' list somewhere. He beat me on his second day, went on to 5-day, has done several tournaments, bla bla bla. That bastard. :D

[Aristus]

45. Congratulations, catzies. That's terrific.

I'm proud to be following in your shoes.

The answer: ZERO!

The question: How many freepers have been on "Jeopardy!"?

:7
B-)

[catzies]

69. You're going to have so much fun! Wanna know what to expect?

Ask me anything. :D

[Shakespeare]

78. That makes 3 DUers, then.

I was on in 1999. :-)

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

42. I'll take "The Rapists" for $200, Alex

That's THERAPISTS, Mr. Connery

I see Mr Reynolds has changed his name to "Turd Ferguson"

Good luck!

DBDB

[TBreeze]

44. That's awesome!

Congrats! :toast:

[Elidor]

46. "Eat it, Trebek!"

[Shine]

47. Wow, congrats!

My dad was once on a game show about 20 yrs ago. He won $15,000 cash, a fur coat he gave to his second wife :puke: (the coat, not the wife) and some sort of Alaskan cruise thing. Not bad for a few hours of "play time".

Good luck and be brilliant, Aristus! :toast:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

48. WooHoo!!!

~sending good vibes in the form of a question~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;-)

[Dem2theMax]

49. Congratulations! And don't forget -

Somehow, you have to slip the name of DemocraticUnderground.com into your conversation time with Alex.

:) :) :)

[Nailzberg]

50. That rules!!!

I had a tryout for Jeopardy, but got in a car accident two blocks from the Culver City studios.

Wish you the best of luck. Hopefully I'll get in there one day.

[Midlodemocrat]

51. That's awesome. Good luck. (and wear a DU shirt)

[ScreamingMeemie]

52. That will be a blast!!! Have fun!

Do they pay for you to fly down? Or is it on your own dime? Good Luck Aristus!

[ProfessorGAC]

53. Cool For You!

My wife is always telling me to go take the test when they're in Chicago for screening work. But, i'm always to lazy to go. G'luck to you on this adventure.
The PRofessor

[GOPisEvil]

55. Wow! How exciting!

Show 'em how smart us liberals are! :D

[flygal]

56. Woohoo - heard it's all about the buzzer

Not to knock your credentials - obviously you're smart!! But knew someone who was on and said getting in with the first buzz is the key - sure you know that :) Just saying.. and good luck - that is so cool!!

[RedstDem]

57. Please Phrase That In The Form Of A Question....

Congratulations, Best Of Luck !

[underpants]

58. Jimmy Stewart, the St.Lawrence Seaway, and Budapest

if you are in a spot stick to one of those.

I can't WAIT!!! GOOD LUCK

ON EDIT_ Ken Jennings tokk great advantage of not going in order on categories (it threw everyone off) and cherry picking the third and second from the bottom boxes looking for the JEOPARDY questions.


LONG TIME VIEWER

[WillParkinson]

59. Congrats!

Tell Alex I said 'hey'!

[Beware the Beast Man]

60. You lucky stiff!

Best of luck to you. I hope to someday dethrone you from your Ken Jennings-style championship run. :)

[AllegroRondo]

61. If you get to Final Jeopardy, and have no clue to the answer...

Write "Impeach Bush"

but wager nothing.

I DARE YOU!!!

[xmas74]

62. Congrats!

It's one of my favorites. I'll have to tune in.

[XNASA]

63. I'll take 'FOREIGN FLICKS' for $800.

Good Luck!!!!

[swimboy]

64. What is "Effing Awesome", Alex?

:applause:

I will definitely tune in!

[UrbScotty]

65. YEARGH!!!

:D

[wildhorses]

66. Congratulations

:yourock:

[livetohike]

67. Congratulations!

You know we all will be pulling for you to win big :-).

:bounce: :party: :bounce: :party: :bounce: :party: :bounce: :party:

[1gobluedem]

68. The next Ken Jennings?

Congrats!

[El Fuego]

70. Wow!!!

Congratulations!

[Cathyclysmic]

71. yay!

keep us updated on when they air!

[StaggerLee]

72. I'll take S Words for $400 Alex!

Congrats! Do us proud but most of all HAVE FUN doing it!

:bounce:

[rustydog]

73. Great! Congrats...I'm rootin' for you

:toast:

[arwalden]

74. What Categories Are You Hoping For? And Which Ones Do You Hope NOT To Get?

Congratulations!!

[sakabatou]

75. One of my fav. eps:

some guy wagered 1337 for final jeopardy.

[Mad_Dem_X]

76. WOW! Congrats!

Good luck to you! :applause:

[Sequoia]

77. Maybe you'll have a chance to mention us. Naw.

Congratulations. I hope you win. Good vibes everyone!!

[LibDemAlways]

79. That's great!! I tried out once and

passed the initial test, but didn't get a call back. Now I'm not eligible because my daughter goes to school with the producer Lisa's son. Oh, well.

I won a car and $500.00, though, many years ago on a show called "Split Second." Good luck on Jeopardy. All of DU will be rooting for you.