Ken Jennings: "I was only kidding!"

You'd have to be pretty moronic to think this was anything other than tongue-in-cheek. Look at the categories Jennings "suggested"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060725/en_tv_eo/19591

"Among the highlights of Jennings' "suggestions" for what Jeopardy! could do to improve its hipness quotient:

* Employ categories that "middle America actually cares about," such as PlayStation, Arby's 5-for-$5.95 Value Menu, Reality TV, Men's Magazines, Skanks from Reality TV Who Got Naked in Men's Magazines, and Potpourri. (Ha ha, Jeopardy! already uses that last one. Zing!)
* Throw in a few physical challenges (hence the mention of angry bees).
* Face facts that the exclamation point is too kitschy. "It just seems like you're trying too hard. Face it, it's a '60s relic. Sure, all my parents' favorite movies end with an exclamation point: Oliver! Hatari! Support Your Local Sheriff! But this is a subtler time. Do you really think that, today, Best Picture
Oscars would have gone to Million Dollar Baby! and Crash!? Certainly not."

 

The AP article played it straight : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060725/ap_en_tv/people_ken_jennings

 

What is "I've had sex with an animate object?"

 

Well, the game is afoot. I'll take anal bum cover for 7,000.

 

Just another example of Ken Jennings feeling superior.

 

Alex, I'd like The Rapists for $200

That's THERAPISTS, Mr. Connery...

 

I'll take Jap Anus Relations for $100.

That's JAPAN-US RELATIONS, Mr. Connery.

I think I actually fell off my bed laughing so hard at that one.

 

OK, I'll bite.

I'll take The Penis Mightier for...

That's THE PEN IS Mightier, Mr. Connery!

 

I'll take Swords for 50.

That's S Words, Mr. Connery.

 

Is some one selling penis mightiers?

You're sitting on a fortune there Trebek

 

Suck It Trebek.

 

What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? One's a sick duck and I can't remember how it ends, but your mother's a whore.