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Teen 'Jeopardy!' Contestant Answers Final Question Like a Champ

Kyle Dowling — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:12:19 +0000

Finally, 'Jeopardy!' gets entertaining!

Who would've thought that one of the best 'Final Jeopardy!' moments to ever grace the stage would come from not a scholar or professor, but a teenager? Leonard Cooper -- the recent 'Jeopardy!' Teen Tournament winner -- gave host Alex Trebek, his fellow contestants and the audience a hearty laugh with his Final Jeopardy! answer, one that was surely unexpected.

'Wheel Of Fortune' Contestant Mispronounces Answer, Loses Thousands

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:30:09 +0000

Like many Southerners, Renee Durette drops the “G” at the end of a word when she speaks. Her accent became a big issue during a recent episode of ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ costing the Navy Intel Specialist from Merritt Island, Fla $3,850 thanks to a controversial judge’s ruling. Durette had accumulated that amount of money when she elected to solve the [...]

'SNL' Presents the Hardest Game Show of All-Time

Jacob Hall — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:10:38 +0000

Sometimes 'Saturday Night Live' is smart. Sometimes 'Saturday Night Live' uses a sketch to make a point or skewer an topic worthy of parody. Sometimes, 'Saturday Night Live' sketches have pretty clear points. Not this one. This sketch feels like it was thought up at three o'clock in the morning on Friday by a group of writers with only a few hours of sleep between them...and it's kind of amazing. It's the hardest game show of all time: contestants look at a picture and must figure out if they're looking at actor Dermot Mulroney or actor Dylan McDermott.

Watch the Worst Game Show Answers in TV History

Emerald Catron — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:55:08 +0000

This is how people humiliated themselves on television before reality TV. This compilation takes the best of people’s hilariously embarrassing wrong answers from game shows old and new and puts them all in one place. So you can spend 13 minutes shaking your head and chuckling nonstop. Even ‘Jeopardy’ legend Ken Jennings makes a brief [...]

Worst 'Price Is Right' Contestant Ever Just Can't Come Up With Showcase Showdown Bid

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:50:46 +0000

At the end of every episode of ‘The Price Is Right’ the two remaining contestants bid on respective “showcases” of prizes, with the winner being the one who gets closest to the prizes’ actual price without going over. It’s a simple enough concept, but on a recent episode a contestant named Mary got pretty tripped [...]

'Wheel of Fortune' Contestant Makes Awkward Hand Gesture [VIDEO]

Dylan Schenker — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:51:03 +0000

According to a contestant on ‘Wheel of Fortune‘ last night, “karaoke arm” is a very real and dangerous physical ailment. During the segment of the show when Pat Sajack talks to contestants, Lorimar expressed her love for karaoke and explained the danger of “karaoke arm” and motioned in a very familiar way. It’s a motion that most people [...]