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Jeopardy Superstar Ken Jennings Joins the ‘99%’
- Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:30am by
Liz Klimas
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Ken Jennings has been miffed at Watson even since he — or rather it — beat him in Jeopardy, ending his 74-game winning streak.
So what’s he doing about it? He’s joined the 99% — that is the 99% or more of people who cannot beat IBM’s supercomputer, Watson.
In a recent blog post, Jennings, who won $2,520,700 for his stint on Jeopardy, professes in the iconic Occupy Wall Street photograph-style (portrait of oneself holding a piece of paper holding with personal statement) his “solidarity.”
Jennings writes that when Watson beat him, it “robb[ed] me of my livelihood as a quiz show contestant.” He’s now reduced to freelance writing.
[H/T Gizmodo]
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Comments (102)
I.Gaspar
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:19amThose evil, greedy, Jeopardy playing computers…look what they have done to the poor guy.
Report Post »I’m going to support his plight by not showering for a month, cr*pping on a police car, and refusing to play the Jeopardy home game.
HUELGA!
dogpatch65
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:35amIt think this is funny. Not as funny as this, however:
Report Post »http://markamerica.com/2011/10/28/one-reason-to-love-texas/
carbonyes
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:43amDogpatch65, you got to love Crockett!
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:44amBlaze, quit piddling around and post my love Crockett response.
Report Post »dogpatch65
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:54am@CARBONYES: That really is uniquely Texas, and I love it!
Report Post »Jester311
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:31am@dogpatch65. You sir made my day! I wish Glenn would play that on the radio. If it weren’t for the heat, I would move from Michigan to Texas. :)
Report Post »thankyouvets
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:31amWhat a GREAT ad!!!! Wish we had something like that in PA.
Report Post »thankyouvets
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:33amthat was in response to Dogpatch, not jennings
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:58amAnother one of those “you owe me guys”. He’ll fit right in.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:18amIf it wasn‘t for those evil corperations he wouldn’t have won 2.5 million dollars. And it wasn’t for the socialist policies in D.C. He might have been able to keep more than the 1.35 million after taxes.
Report Post »This guy is living proof of the difference between educated and intelligent. Educated people are like dogs who have been taught a trick, intelligent people are the ones who can think for themselves applying history,common sense and multiple perspectives.
In the liberal world if everyones agreed the sky is green the fact that it isn’t is meaningless. They are the perception is reality crowd,and factual reality isn’t going to reach them until they hit rock bottom or drag the country down with them.
lillymckim
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:32pmFine line between genius and insanity .. prooof.
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:09pmdid some of you even read this story or you reacting to the headline. he is joining the 99% that cant beat a computer. this is obviously a joke and a little dig at the ows parasites.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:17amIf he is so smart why is he protesting Wall Street. He should he in front of the White House.
If he’s so smart can he explain why Communismn never works.
If hes so smart can he explain why Marxism never workss.
If he’s so smart why would he support Obama?
I think he has a screw loose.
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:08amI think you don’t understand humor
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 9:41amUh… it’s satire.
He’s not protesting Wall Street. He’s making fun of them.
Report Post »Conservitive Ticker
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:18pmDusty love has a screw loose. You‘re so hardened you can’t recognize humor when you see it.
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:16amThis is brilliant.
Report Post »steve-in-pa
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 5:57amWow, that is some bad reporting on the real facts of what happened, did they outsource the story to India or China? Oh wait I know…. it’s a MSNBC story.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 5:52amI guess Ken was a great winner but now he’s morphed into a cry baby loser. If he‘s so intelligent then why doesn’t Mr. Loser take his winnings and invest it in a business of his choice. Apparently there are no jobs for brilliant contestant cry babies in America so it may be time for Ken to re-event himself as a OWS.
Report Post »Here’s a jeopardy answer for Ken under the cry baby category – “This is the only person on the planet that thinks being a quiz show contestant is a full time job?”
obfuscatenot
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:09amBingo-spot on, what a big baby. Did they twist his arm to come back and play the computer? I submit the arrogant lil jerk was glad to go back, and just never had the opportunity to lose as a child and doesn’t understand it makes a normal person try harder. What a loser.
Report Post »WH
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:36amIt’s a joke…..he’s not serious. He is actually making fun of OWS.
I woke up with a hang nail today, Occupy Wall Street!
Report Post »Gary_K
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 5:33amI am one of the 99.99999999999999999999999999999999 % who never got on Jeopardy.
lol
Report Post »suz
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:49amgreat sense of humor mr. jennings.
to the writer of the piece: jennings’ winning streak ended when someone beat him on jeopardy, otherwise he’d still be there.
Report Post »nmontague
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:31amWe seriously need to improve the thinking ability of our side of the aisle. It’s obvious a joke. Please, if you can‘t understand it’s a joke try to practice some more critical thinking. We need to be at our smartest if we are going to win this battle for the hearts and minds of people.
Report Post »Blazer123
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:05pm^THIS!
Report Post »Holy Cow people, Ken Jennings is hilarious. I’d recommend following him on twitter, but from comments here I see a great deal of blazers would just not understand…
SIXFRIGATES
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:18amMormons FTW.
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:14amFTW = Fund the Widows
Report Post »= Free the Whales
= Forge Through Wildernesses
Ohhhh….Forgive the World! Gotcha!
Conservitive Ticker
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:27pm…Free the Women….Darn those Mormons with all their wives……Hehehehehe
Report Post »Gumbercules
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:25pmFuel The Windmills
Report Post »Fight The Wracists
Feed Ten Wallstreeters
PROV1X
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:57amas carl spackler would say, “he got all of that one”!
Report Post »bornagaincowgirl
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:40amToo funny!
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:08amToo Funny…… I like his SOLIDARITY pledge….. He really has a dry sense of humor.
Report Post »He is one smart guy for sure…….From this I gather he thinks they are as stupid as I do.
lukerw
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:35amI’m in the 99%… who cannot beat my damn Computer Chess Game!!!
Report Post »Matrix22
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:23amSeriously people, this is DRIPPING with sarcasm. Get over yourselves for a minute and see that it’s just a joke. I was pissed when I saw the headline, but as soon as I read it, it was VERY clear this is just a joke.
Report Post »Teufel Hunden
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:33amOne would think, by the many misinterpretations of Mr. Jennings joke, that a lot of the people here, posting to this, share a similar IQ level as those protesting Wall Street. You folks clearly misconstrue something meant as a joke and run with it. Learn to read, get a life and move on.
Report Post »tersky
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:46amYou‘d think Glenn’s listeners, of all people, would understand this is a joke. I’m pretty sure the most idiotic comments on here come from liberals posing as stupid conservatives to give other liberals, and more importantly the ignorant masses who pay attention to them, ‘evidence’ of the idiocy of conservatives. I don’t know any conservatives that dumb in real life anyway, but I know a few liberals that dishonest.
Report Post »dgktowntx
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:20amamazing…only in america..when that many games of jeapordy and be that stupid….
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:50pm“amazing…”
Not beginning your sentence with a capital, not capitalizing “America”, say “when” when you mean “win,” misspell jeopardy, and completely miss the sarcasm and humor of the article – and judge someone ELSE’S stupidity!
“Only in America!”
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:53pmForgot one: Jeopardy being the proper name for a game-show should also be capitalized. Six errors in such a small sentence. I am truly befuddled by YOUR intelligence!
Report Post »mavsfan75
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:13amyou people are ignorant…he’s JOKING!!!
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:26amOf course he is kidding. I bet (“I hope”?) that half of the folks posting irate stuff are doing their own sort of kidding.
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:37amThen where is the set up and punch line?
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:40amOkay, if this was the 1st of April, I might believe this could be some kind of joke.
Report Post »glennisright.com
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:08amI just lost all my respect for him.
Report Post »smokeysmoke
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:22amhe is saying the 99% of people WHO CANNOT BEAT A COMPUTER IN JEOPARDY for a living… he is making fun of them
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:58amThat’s why they call it Jeopardy you duesch bag!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:56amWhat??? He can’t live on two and a half mil???? POOR THING!!!!!
Report Post »Being intelligent doesn’t make you smart!!!
Infidelephant
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:41pmDoes completely missing the point of the article make your smart?
Report Post »Z0LTAN13
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:47amHe is kidding.
Report Post »Briguybart
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:43amHa, that’s funny.
Report Post »sayangku
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:42amYou had your run, and a good one at that. Bow out with dignity and quit complaining.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:40amI hope he’s kidding .. but probably not … “humanities degree” ???
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:33amOne more sore loser. Soon enough to be consumed by the Progressive puppet masters.
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:17amUmmm, Snow. I read your posts and feel you have a good grasp on things. Unfortunately you weren’t able to grasp the meaning of this article, though. He’s being sarcastic to poke fun at the idiocy of OWS.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:32amHeck, why not. Might as well get in the bread line. I hope he’s kidding. Think so!
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:57amhe better be kidding!
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