Jeopardy! Part…oh, hell, I forget
While I can’t write much about the Jeopardy! experience I just had, I did have to mention one little thing that occurred. In the morning, when I went out to my car in the hotel parking lot, I found that it was parked next to this gem:
It was all I could do NOT to key it.
And there’s one other story I just have to share…
During one of the rehearsals, I happened to be up when we went into the “little story” part of the show. The guy who was playing Alex for the rehearsal (the same Glenn from last time) said, before we were back from commercial, that he didn’t know what he was going to talk about (he didn’t have our cards–so this would be total ad lib). I said (I have no idea why) “Wombats.”
“You know” he said, “I just might use that!”
We came back from commercial (the rehearsal being exactly like the real taping) and Glenn/Alex spoke to the guy on my left, “So, I hear you came in 2nd in the World Series of Poker recently. How much did you win?”
“$50,000″ said the guy.
“That’s a nice payoff. What do you want to get with it?”
“I’d like to help my wife pay off her student loans.”
“That’s nice,” said Glenn/Alex, and he turned to me.
“So, Leslie, I hear you have an unusual pet. You have a wombat. Why?”
“Because I could,” I vamped.
“And what is the Wombat’s name?”
“Willy. Willy the Wombat.”
“I see. And if you win lots of money on Jeopardy!, what do you want to get?”
and, without missing a beat I said,
“Laid.”
And the other contestants and crew all took a breath at the same time, and then roared with laughter. Glenn/Alex went red. The camera man behind my head poked me and said “Look at Glenn! He’s blushing!” The floor manager was almost in tears. The wonderful Maggie was laughing so hard I thought she might hurt herself. It was beautiful.
It became the running joke for the rest of the rehearsals and taping. The crew loved me and several of the other contestants literally patted me on the back. I think it really helped people relax.
What surprised me is that no one had ever said it before. It was such a perfect set up line that I just couldn’t resist!
Oh, and don’t forget to watch for me November 2nd on Jeopardy!.