Jeopardy got catty the other night because they had a category called Star Wars.
I thought it was going to be about the movies, but I was wrong. It was about movie/TV stars who don’t get along. So it would be like, “These two actresses from Snow White not only hated each other on the set.” The answer would be, “What is Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler?”
I can’t believe that Jeopardy went there. But they did. And I hope they do it again.
Pop Culture Jeopardy decided to have some fun with scary films by doing a category all about Horror Made Wholesome.
It would be like, “A man loves his mother so much that he keeps her around so that they can always be together until his death they do part.”
It was a lot of fun to see how they made some of the most famous Horror movies seem like something you want to take your kid to. But then again, my dad took me to see those types of films when I was a kid. So my kids would get the real description.
Oh, and Colin Jost and I were able to figure out a clue because we both took Latin.
Boy Bands are part of every generation. Whether it is Ringo, George, John, and Paul, or Simon, Nick, John, Andy, and Roger, or AJ, Nick, Howie, Bryan, and Kevin, you know what band they belong to. Right? The Beatles, Duran Duran, and Backstreet Boys.
Pop Culture Jeopardy tested the three teams’ knowledge of Boy Bands, and they all went MMM for two of the clues. Something I found weird because they were easy.
However, there was one that even Colin Jost didn’t know.
Yesterday, on Saturday Night Live’s 50th during Black Jeopardy, none of the contestants had ever heard of the variety show.
While that was SNL, would the contestants on Jeopardy do a better job answering the clues to questions about the comedy show? They did! However, there was one question that they all got wrong, and I think White Doug would’ve gotten correct!
Now that SNL is 50! Jeopardy could’ve had a whole board dedicated to the series. Lord knows, there are enough factoids for 30 clues. For example, This current SNL player hosts Pop Culture Celebrity.
Celebrity Jeopardy is easier than Jeopardy and Pop Culture Jeopardy. However, it was not easy enough for Susie Essman, Blake Anderson, and Robin Thede on yesterday’s episode.
I mean, it was obvious because the Workaholics star ended the first two rounds with just $500. But that is not why I am saying that the show was too difficult for them.
The Final Jeopardy movie category was 1980s Movie Themes, and the clue was, “This Song was inspired by an ad in the film itself, which sounded like TV commercials for pest control services.”
Simple right? Not one of the “celebrities” got it, or even tried to come up with a movie it could have been a theme for. Too bad this game show is Who Wants to Be a Millionaire because then Jimmy Kimmel could have asked them, “Who ya gonna call,” and then maybe, at least one of them would have known the answer.
Now, I have to say something nice about Anderson. At least he was smart enough to only wager $2. Granted, at $500, that is not that big of a deal.
