The Arbitrary ChuckJerry

Tomorrow is Tuesday the 30th of November and Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy! superstar is going to lose. This will finally end his streak of 74 straight wins. I don't think anyone will even come close to that ever again. Unfortunately, I have class on Tuesday night and I might not make it home in time to watch. If worse comes to worse, I may actually leave class early to get home.

I bet Ken wins the Tournament of Champions pretty handily as well. I guess we'll see, though. Anything can happen when you get all those smart folks together.

What's crazy about this loss, in my opinion, is that a loss like this didn't come sooner. He was leading after double jeopardy and got the final question wrong, while his opponent got it right and went ahead on the last question. Usually, Ken was so far ahead at the end of the game that it didn't matter if he got the question right or wrong, he would win anyway. A couple of times the issue was still in doubt, but everyone got the final question wrong and Ken was still the winner.

It's going to take me a couple of weeks to get used to not watching Ken on the show and getting used to the regular old format where there's new champions all the time and Alex Trebek is the big star.

Unlike all you posers out there, I am a loyal Jeopardy! watcher and I have been for years. With or without Ken, I will be getting my fix on and loving the show. Also with Ken gone I can feel like I'm smart again since I can usually answer questions on a broader range than most of the folks on the show. That's not to say that I know all the answers, but the breadth of my knowledge is vast while the depth may not be as deep as the real good players, like Ken for example. A few times during his run I knew the answer to a question that he didn't know and I got to feel smart. That didn't happen very often, however.

Anyway, peace out, Ken. You're the man. I would suggest starting a Win Ben Stein's Money type of game show so nerds like me can continue to go up against you.