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Jeopardy! Monday, October 21, 2002 • read strip Viewing 77 comments:

A comment left by notself was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by Connellingus, Fermatprime, miaou)

I set my computer to replace any instance of "ghostbusters" with "Ghostbusters"

For those of you compelled to hit lame, it is in reference to the alt text, and you do it from Tools -> AutoCorrect Options.

So far there have been one (1) instances.

(Office Button -> Word Options -> Proofing -> Autocorrect Options)

My version on Microsoft already auto-capitalizes Ghostbusters. They must have canged it over the years. we can only hope it is directly due to this comic's alt. text/

i wish it wasn't the only thing they canged

Lyle seems so depressed to get an answer wrong.

I honestly wish that more Jeopardy contestants would shout FUCK when they miss a question.

I think Alex asking for a high-five makes it.

Because Alex has never high-fived anyone and has no plans to do such a thing in the future.

I wish more people on Jeopardy would shout out "FUCK!" when they get an answer wrong.

They probably do, but that show ain't taped live

the editors should let it slip by just once, then. just to kind of buck the system.

You know, something different for a change.

Oh really? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfOEsrXNP8

I wish Alex would high five contestants when he got excited.

I wish most game shows contained more high-fives. Well, except for The Price is Right. That show has far too many high-fives already.

Is there any show that contains precisely the correct number of high-fives? I wish to devote myself to watching it and it alone from now until forever.

Might I suggest Family Fued?

Does it have to be a game show? I'd strongly prefer it if it wasn't. Note: reality shows are also game shows, but magically much, much lamer.

Entourage seems to have a large number of high fives.

Hmm... but it could be possible that it has too many. I need precisely the ideal number.

Oh forget it, Mr. Fussypants! I can never please you can I? When did the love leave our marriage? Give me the keys to the Tahoe. I'll be at my sister's. Don't call.

But baby, you know I still love you! I think we can still make this work, I'll try to listen more and not be quite so picky.

High-five?

this convo-thread gets all my chubbies for this page. or one per reply, at least...

Scrubs has a character only for the purpose of high-fiving.

irreverent genius

trebek breaks jeopardy format at the end there - shouldn't he say "this man once told his wife to 'smile like a donut"?


that is the only incongruous thing about this strip

Don't they mix it up sometimes with the doubles?

Yes, but Teodor's answer is in the form of an answer, and is correct. Plus the reward is a high-five. As slal says below, the rules are different for Daily Doubles.

whenever onstad draws a picture of a real person I always feel like he traces the image from one of those pothead blacklight posters

i want a blacklight poster with alex trebek i think

All rainbows in the background, all weed in his hat?

all smiling, all looking somewhat like a scholar?

what does "smiling like a donut" mean?

Think of the activity of tasting a hog.

superb diction. you get a chubby.

FUCK

This is a strip with five great jokes. That is five times as many as you get with other comics.

I count 7

actually, 5x0 is still 0.

Woah, major diss on every other form of comedy!

Uh, I'm pretty sure that it's just every other form of comedy that happens to be a comic.

That totally sounded dickish. Even pattish. Astute viewers might note however that I did chubby stuart's comment at the time. And now, Ranger Bob.

what the hell does bisalivary mean?

what the fuck is the fermule?

I am the basic unit of physics, Gormster.

What is it measuring? Physics?

Wrapping a 2003 BMW Z3 roadster so hard around a tree that the heating coils burst through the leather 12-way adjustable seats and embed themselves in the driver's ass, requires on average 500,000 fermules of physics.

Another chubby! I gave you one, but you deserved another. Smooth descriptive delivery, takes corners like a dream. As opposed to the BMW Z3.

Quote:
Wrapping a 2003 BMW Z3 roadster so hard around a tree that the heating coils burst through the leather 12-way adjustable seats and embed themselves in the driver's ass, requires on average 500,000 fermules of physics...

which is equivalent to 1 Bummer.

BI: In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed.

SALIVARY: Of or relating to a salivary gland.

But-but...Teodor didn't answer in the form of a question

"Who is you, Alex"

"Who are you?", with the emphasis just so

OH FUCK
i thought it would never happen to me

IT [b]HAPPENS[b/] TO [i]ALL[i/] OF US. JUST [s]MORE[s/] SO IF YOU'RE [u]ME[u/].

Well that doesn't make any sense, why would you try to strikethrough the word "more"?


(Chubby.)

what would have been much funnier is if you'd actually managed to get all the bbcode right

Dammit, now I am all kinds of hungry for camp-fire treats.

derogatory!

If MS word were a better program it would also automatically put 'jeopardy' in the jeopardy font.

Gyparody ironically does a shitty job of approximating the Jeopardy logo at default width.

I love teodor's eyebrows, he looks so determined. He knows lyle stands no chance against him, and he means to show him this in the rudest way possible. By getting a high five from Alex Trebek infront of him.

Philippe is the third player, but he doesn't want to disturb the others while they are having fun and he already waved to his mother twice (just in case).

This comment might be my favorite ever posted.

That is very kind of you. I hope you have a good day and night!

I actually Googled "fermule" after reading this comic. Just in case.

Cool, I got a hit on your comment when I googled "fermule." But I gave up trying to find the definition. So I don't believe it's a word.

It's absolutely not.

The hell I'm Cuban and on my best day I'm lucky if I make it to unisalivary. Why is Trebek castigating my people for in the main?

... unless of course, Lyle was actually asking Trebek what "bisalivary" means, to which the answer was "Correct!".

I once bought the nintendo 64 version of JEOPARDY! Without ever having watched the show, i felt so angry whilst trying to answer the questions in a sensible way. It also didn't help that i was an Englishman visiting Canada, so the trivia itself wasn't even relevant to me.


Ray Parker Jr. has MS word setup to replace ghostbusters with "Fuck Huey Lewis"

What

From Huey's wikipedia entry:

Quote:
In 1984, Huey Lewis and the News were contacted by the producers of Ghostbusters in regards to developing the theme song for the film. The band decided not to, and Ray Parker Jr. was instead signed to develop the theme. Later that year, the band sued Parker, citing the similarities between the Ghostbusters theme song and their earlier hit "I Want a New Drug".

Another correct answer would also have been "Who was Erik Satie". Erik Satie.