A&M clue on Jeopardy.
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Bobberman
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Evidence of The dumbing down of the younger folks they weren't allowed to know things like that due to the culture of the times
Well, let’s give folks a break. It’s been 60 years since A&M was founded, 30 since it became just an imprint.
How well would I have done on Jeopardy in 1992, at age 36 with a question about a record label founded in 1932 that hadn’t been a thing since 1962? Especially if I hadn’t worked in radio?
We covered this before—-the irrelevancy of a label to the public began 52 years ago when A&M dumped the drop-down box and shrunk the logo to microscopic size and accelerated when custom labels with album artwork replaced standard company labels.
When I saw the clue, I kind-of figured it would be a stumper for the three contestants. They were missing a lot of questions in that game. But I thought it was interesting that they had an A&M/Herb Alpert question on his birthday. It shows that the writers are on top of things when they make these shows weeks and months in advance.
rockdoctor
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I always liked the drop-down box label on the lp jackets. I felt it made a bold statement about the label.
Anytime the writers make clues about "old" pop-culture minutiae, the young panelists don't know the answers -- unless the clues are about superstars like the Beatles, or top-ten hit songs, that kind of thing. The namesakes of a record label aren't really all that much on the average person's radar. People are more likely to know more mainstream things like, what did the letters "RCA" stand for.
P.S.: Could be worse. One JEOPARDY contestant this week thought Diana Ross was 95 years old.
And that wasn’t the topper. Writer (M*A*S*H, CHEERS, FRASIER) Ken Levine tells it:
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And that wasn’t the topper. Writer (M*A*S*H, CHEERS, FRASIER) Ken Levine tells it:
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rockdoctor
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In "Entertainment Years" Diana Ross would be 95!!!
Keith Richards already looks embalmed! 🤣
But...me playing Jeopardy on the game system. Play the first round, skip through the categories I don't like. Play Double Jeopardy, hit a few more I don't like or know....aaaah, screw it, back to Mario Kart. 👍🏎
But...me playing Jeopardy on the game system. Play the first round, skip through the categories I don't like. Play Double Jeopardy, hit a few more I don't like or know....aaaah, screw it, back to Mario Kart. 👍🏎
