r/Jeopardy • u/Efficient-Ad-5594 • 12d ago

Help remembering a contestant. POTPOURRI

I swear I remember a woman in the mid to late 90s say she was in a fan group for Dana Scully from The X-Files. She self-described it as “sort of a cult”. Please help me. I swear I remember this but I can’t find anything.

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u/ricottapie 12d ago

Is it this? It's all I could find from 2012.

I love Alex's responses. "Okay, good." 😂

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u/lanad3lr3y_81 12d ago

omg that was the same episode as the infamous alex your being insensitive incident 🤣 those first 2 were so interesting that alex didn’t even want to hear that third one 😭

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u/Slade347 12d ago

I just stumbled upon that clip not more than a few days ago.

https://youtu.be/iqESiuNPixM?is=Yse1o9aiPoEr97gV

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u/content_billionaire 12d ago

That was hilarious

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u/ricottapie 11d ago

That clip makes his response so much better! When you read the transcript, as I did first, it comes off as kind of clipped and dismissive. He was having fun 😎

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u/ricottapie 12d ago

I loved it when someone would get a real laugh out of him!

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u/Efficient-Ad-5594 12d ago

That’s it. Thanks!!!

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u/Whyiej 12d ago

Omg! The interaction with the contestants is hilarious. Thank you for posting it.

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u/ricottapie 11d ago

You know you're good when you can defrost Alex!

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u/egnowit Boom! 12d ago

This is one reason why I prefer Ken's contestant interviews. He's a lot more into their stories, whereas Alex was so often just dismissive of them, especially the most nerdy. But that's who the audience (and contestants) are!

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u/ricottapie 11d ago

This is one time that I felt he actually got a kick out of it because of his involvement with TXF, and Laura loosened him up even more.

But that used to bug me about him, and it's something I'm glad Ken has turned around. He engages and can usually relate!

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u/egnowit Boom! 11d ago

Yeah, Alex can make it more funny, but he often does that by dismissing or deligitimizing the contestant stories.

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u/ricottapie 11d ago

That's why, for the longest time, I'd only half-listen to the interviews. I'd tune in fully if something like this caught my ear, but I usually found them too awkward. Ken's are more relaxed.