Wolf Blitzer gets owned on Jeopardy

[dbk]

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: her209
Yet Andy's career has gone absolutely nowhere.

I wouldn't call being the announcer on the Tonight Show w/ Conan O'Brien hitting it big.

Millions of people tune in and see him every night, the fuck else do you want

:laugh:

 

[Queasy]

It was like watching a SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skit without the word flubs from Connery.

Seriously, how the hell could Blitzer answer "Jerusalem" as the birthplace of Jesus? Blitzer freaking began his career working for Reuters in Jerusalem...

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: her209
Yet Andy's career has gone absolutely nowhere.

I wouldn't call being the announcer on the Tonight Show w/ Conan O'Brien hitting it big.

Millions of people tune in and see him every night, the fuck else do you want

They're not tuning in to see him.

 

[ric1287]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: her209
Yet Andy's career has gone absolutely nowhere.

I wouldn't call being the announcer on the Tonight Show w/ Conan O'Brien hitting it big.

Millions of people tune in and see him every night, the fuck else do you want

They're not tuning in to see him.

which is probably why he said "and see him" not "to see him"

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: edro
News anchors are smooth talkers and nothing else.

Exactly. When was the last time Wolf Blitzer even had an opinion? All he does is sit there and read what other people think, off a card. You could replace him with a powerpoint presentation.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: Drako
If you've ever seen Wolf do an "interview", you realize the guy is dumber than a post.

He never listens the interviewees responses, so he often ends up asking moot follow up questions. I'm not sure why or how he has stayed employed so long.

Because he's safe, non-threatening and mediocre. He's not too good looking, not too tall, not too smart and not too opinionated. He's the perfect anchor to quell the dull, listless masses.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: DangerAardvark

Originally posted by: edro
News anchors are smooth talkers and nothing else.

Exactly. When was the last time Wolf Blitzer even had an opinion? All he does is sit there and read what other people think, off a card. You could replace him with a powerpoint presentation.

If the powerpoint presentation was named "Wolf Blitzer" or at least had a picture of a wolf (or 3!) I'd watch

 

[foghorn67]

Nobody mentioned Dana Delany? She's kind of hot, am I wrong?

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: foghorn67
Nobody mentioned Dana Delany? She's kind of hot, am I wrong?

No, you are absolutely right.

I thought it was funny she had those black rimmed glasses though as soon as the game started.

 

[dr150]

Originally posted by: DangerAardvark

Originally posted by: Drako
If you've ever seen Wolf do an "interview", you realize the guy is dumber than a post.

He never listens the interviewees responses, so he often ends up asking moot follow up questions. I'm not sure why or how he has stayed employed so long.

Because he's safe, non-threatening and mediocre. He's not too good looking, not too tall, not too smart and not too opinionated. He's the perfect anchor to quell the dull, listless masses.

As psychologists say, Americans want to see the "everyman".....someone like them....average and non threatening with his looks, intelligence, attitude.....

.........someone like George Bush.

 

[mafia]

Originally posted by: troytime

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Ah yes, the simple explanation - he must be stupid. Of course, it is just as plausible that he doesn't handle the format very well. e.g. some highly intelligent persons crack when they are put under some pressure to perform (such as test/exam anxiety).

exactly. the pressure of all those cameras facing him, knowing that he'll be on tv, etc

oh wait

Yes, lots of pressure

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
And sorry, but if he was going to have such anxiety issues he would have declined to be on the show in the first place.

Right, because everyone has at least six or seven competitive quiz bowl type contests under their belt by Wolf's age, and thus would already know how they would perform under such a contest. Everyone knows this. :roll:

I've played similar games where I kept losing answers that I knew because I wasn't fast enough at the buzzer. After becoming frustrated that I was losing at the buzzer, I adopted a strategy to just buzz in first, then hope the answer came to me. It was a terrible strategy, but I wouldn't have known it until I tried it.

 

[SandEagle]

wolf blitzer is neither respected nor intelligent

 

[Crono]

Wasn't there an ATOTer who went on Jeopardy? Was it WombatWoman? I can't recall; I wasn't here at the time, either.

EDIT: Guess it was: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyTVaXwKnk

 

[Epic Fail]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
hope theres a torrent of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kdF5SAy4CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcWs-MFOQWQ

Andy knows his shit.

 

[0roo0roo]

think this is it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...SAy4CM&feature=related
grab it before it gets knocked off

*edit seems i got beat to it while i was watching heh

 

[chuckywang]

Pwnage

 

[jackson2009]

was classic

 

[Fenixgoon]

i just watched the whole thing: those questions were soooo easy (then again, they are playing for charity, so they do want to raise money)

i wouldn't have caught andy, but man would i have dominated wolf