Okay, for a little balance from the serious issues in my life, I've decided to ask you all to join me in this little protest. For those of you who don't watch Jeopardy (game show) they've lifted their limit of how long a person can stay on the show, as long as they win. The current champ has been on over a month, won over one million dollars, and the game has become pointless, imo.
So...here's what I wrote, won't you all join me? **bg**
We have been Jeopardy fans for years.. Until Ken Jennings is done dominating the game, we are signed off as viewers and are urging others to do the same. It seems pointless for anyone to try to catch up to the skill and practice of Jennings on the show. It seems humiliating for other contestants and, I would think, disheartening. The in-jokes between Alex Trebek and him seem elitist and Mr. Trebek has become rude and condescending to other contestants, i.e. this evening's episode featured Denele Hamada from Hawaii. When Trebek was done interviewing her, he said, "nice, little girl" in reference to her. We find that very patronising.
We also were appalled at the racist tone of the clue and Trebek's comments about the answer "Gypsum."
We hope Jeopardy will return to some kind of limit as to how long one person can continue to play and win. We also hope the writers and host will be a bit more thoughtful of their clues, answers and comments. We will be boycotting products advertised during Jeopardy until we feel these issues have been addressed.