People Still Not Getting That Whole "Blog" Thing, No. 5,475

This is funny: Ken Jennings, you may remember as that guy who totally rocked on Jeopardy! a couple of years ago, has a blog and recently wrote a clearly tongue-in-cheek entry to Jeopardy!, suggesting a few things to "improve" the show. I say "clearly tongue-in-cheek," but apparently one reporter took the entry seriously, writing a biting piece about it in the New York Post. Jenning's respose to the news article says it all:

I’ve met Michael Starr a couple times, and he always seemed like a nice enough guy. Which leaves me wondering: does he know how asinine this non-story is? Despite working for the Post, I’m sure his reading comprehension is just fine. He knows there’s no way I was genuinely calling for angry bees and ventriloquist’s dummies to be added to the Jeopardy! format. It’s a humor piece, and one which gets its laughs from the outrageous non sequiturs it proposes, not the ripeness of its target for criticism. For the record: I’ve loved Jeopardy! since I was a kid, as anyone who talks to me for about five minutes knows. Making goofy jokes about TV shows isn’t “bashing.” I believe it’s the whole reason Al Gore invented the Internet.

Mmmm... classic bloggery. And a nice thump in the head in a general sense for people who have a hard time with that crazy thing called "humor."

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#5 Comment from aurielalata
7/26/06 9:08 AM | Permalink

It makes me question the reading comprehension level of folks at the New York Post. I read Ken's entry and it was perfectly clear he was being silly. This points to the dilemma of being a person who is in the spotlight--you can be a media darling in one instant, and in the next the media is attacking you faster than a school of pirahna in the Amazon. What this seems like to me is that Michael Starr either can't read well, or he was looking to skewer someone and Ken just provided the right ammunition. Or maybe both. The nice thing is that all of this will pass for Ken now that Christie Brinkley and her soon to be ex are hanging their dirty underwear for all the public to seen.

Jess
http://journals.aol.com/aurielalata/CIWTheOtherInvisible
#4 Comment from monponsett
7/26/06 7:33 AM | Permalink

Trebeck should knock on this guy's door, and be like "What is... kicking your ass?"
#3 Comment from plittle
7/25/06 4:18 PM | Permalink

Nice going, John. You dumped his server.
-Paul
http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/
#2 Comment from schnauffoo
7/25/06 3:55 PM | Permalink

Apparently Mr. Jennings has exceeded his bandwidth...
#1 Comment from queenb8261
7/25/06 3:40 PM | Permalink

I'm just shaking my head. This must be the guy that was working at that Taco Bell. http://journals.aol.com/queenb8261/DiaryofaMadwoman/entries/1194
Some people's sense of humor have clearly dried up.
Barb http://journals.aol.com/queenb8261/DiaryofaMadwoman/

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