He lost on "Jeopardy"

[jimac51]

I didn't see this,just reporting what a co-worker-knowing I'm a TJB fan(I think my "Bullish" t-shirt was a giveaway)-relayed to me. The game show "Jeopardy" recently used a snippet of "Tijuana Taxi" on a Daily Double question-the contestant couldn't identify the song. The contestant was probably born years after this was a hit,but,gee,I could probably name a bunch of 1940s material-all of which was made before I was born. Mac-a child of the '50s-prime Boomertime

 

[DAN BOLTON]

JeopOrdy?


Dan, who would have been so nervous to be on tv he probably would have called it THE SPANISH FLEA...

 

[Rudy]

OK, Rudy applied the magic wand and the word jeopardy is no longer in...umm...jeopardy.

 

[Harry]

JeopOrdy?


Dan, who would have been so nervous to be on tv he probably would have called it THE SPANISH FLEA...

I actually did just that once, though I'm still ashamed to admit it. We were playing some kind of couples trivia at a resort or on a cruise somewhere, and in the music round, "Tijuana Taxi" was played - parts without the taxi horn. I got this big smile, and my wife knowing I was a huge TjB fan, just allowed me to go ahead and write down the answer, which I did - "Spanish Flea". We subsequently just missed the big prize, whatever it was, by that one question.

Quite embarassing, I must say.

Fred
...too ashamed to use his real name, online...

 

[LPJim]

This thread reminded me of Weird Al Jankovic's hilarious "I Lost On Jeopardy" parody of the '80s Greg Kihn Band tune "(Our Love's In) Jeopardy).
JB