…but watching Andy Richter absolutely destroy Wolf Blitzer at Celebrity Jeopardy is delicious.
Mostly because the questions were so goddamned easy, as befits Celebrity Jeopardy. Dana Delany at least seemed to know what she was doing and was just getting beaten to the punch on the buzzer, but Wolf Blitzer was just flailing at answers. How can the lead anchor for CNN not know that Lyndon Johnson decided not to run for re-election in 1968? He ended up with nearly negative five thousand dollars; that’s a score more suited to a Celebrity Jeopardy sketch on Saturday Night Live.
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I know anyone could say this and really how would the internet prove otherwise, but I found this one pretty easy, and assuming I could signal property I’d do pretty well as well.
A ton of these clues are gimmes.
Also, Christ, Blitzer screwed the pooch – Andy looks like a genius. 68000 is pretty fucking high.
That is our media today: many of these talking heads were chosen for their appearance/voice and not their brain cells. Kinda like Nuke in Bull Durham being told “Not to think: just throw”. The problem is that – by not thinking – these guys can be manipulated by handlers, outfoxed by character assassins, and blocked from making coherent follow-up questions.
Blitzer doesn’t even have a vague idea of what Fettucini looks like.
I’m starting to think that CNN may have turned to using viewer twitter commentary on the news because there’s some kind of gas leak in the news room making everyone there an idiot.
That was easily some of the most cringe/laughter-inducing television I’ve seen in awhile; you took the words right outta my head.
I caught the end of the episode and saw Andy win, but not who he faced. Dear God thats awesome.
I love Andy Richter so much right now. Wolf has never seemed more incompetent. I loved the way he crossed his arms right at the end after ending up with a mere $2,000, but realized how petulant he looked and put his arms back down.
That’s because Andy Richter controls the universe.
Duh.
Wolf Blitzer was just out of his element. He’d have done better if Celebrity Jeopardy had holograms and tons and tons of touchscreens.
I’m not the least bit surprised. Nobody with a name like “Wolf Blitzer” can be anything other than a poorly-written fictional character.
> Andy looks like a genius. 68000 is pretty fucking high.
No kidding – there are only 54,000 question points total on the board (w/ the chance to double up on the 3 daily doubles, and final jeopardy)
Oh my.
How do you not know that fettuccine is not little tubes? How do not know where Jesus was born? How do you answer the 3Es category with words that don’t have three e’s — *twice*? But this is the guy we’re supposed to trust to inform us about international events.
It’s not Nuke from “Bull Durham”, it’s Bill Grunick from “Broadcast News” — Brooks warned us 20 years ago. Comedians: better informed that your average news anchor.
Yeah, Wolf’s petulant little frown after getting Final Jeopardy right was my favorite part. He knew damn well he was being patronized by even being let into the final round – a rule that was likely originally meant for airhead entertainers – but there wasn’t a damn thing he could do about it.
Delicious.
Is it worrying that for the final jeporday i went ‘who is Martin Sheen’ before catching myself?
wsmcneil: It seems to be the trend – look how many people trust the Daily Show for news over other avenues – not just jokes about the news, but NEWS. It’s a crazy world we live in
The best part of it for me was Delany’s bet: 3,000 short of everything, because there was NO WAY she was losing to Blitzer, even if she got it wrong. Hah.