Anderson Cooper on Jeopardy

[Guest greatness]

Anderson Cooper was on Jeopardy tonight. He was so cute. He has such a great smile. I would not be able to concentrate if I were today's contestant. Anyways, he couldn't answer who was the author of The Wizard of Oz so he lost. I hope to see our purplekow on Jeopardy in the near future.

[+ purplekow]

L Frank Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz for those not in the know, like Mr. Anderson Cooper.

[+ nycman]

Anderson Cooper was on Jeopardy tonight....who was the author of The Wizard of Oz?...

 

WFT?

 

Homo-week on Jeopardy?

[Guest greatness]

AC is gay?

 

Is he out? I heard the rumor but he himself doesn't say anything about it I believe. Well AC missed the question so he may not be so gay after all. I love the Wizard of Oz. I can watch it all day in my bed. lol

 

WFT?

 

Homo-week on Jeopardy?

[justaguy]

I love Jeopardy, but can't stand the celebrity portion. I did watch the first half of yesterday's program. All three missed fairly easy questions. I know--it's for a good cause. Couldn't they find celebs with a broader range of knowledge?

[whipped guy]

I love Jeopardy, but can't stand the celebrity portion.

I try to catch Jeopardy as often as possible, but for some reason the celebs get on my nerves. At least this season they are splitting it up so you don't have to be irritated for an entire week.

 

I did watch the first half of yesterday's program. All three missed fairly easy questions. I know--it's for a good cause. Couldn't they find celebs with a broader range of knowledge?

Actually, except for the final question they did do better as the program progressed.

 

Still, I hesitate to criticize or complain as since my brain has aged I have not been too swift with the questions compared to my younger days. Still, celebs or not, it seems that I quite often I know the answers when all the contestants have absolutely no clue... as in the recent Walter Scott Lady of the Lake question. Though I had no clue about the Wizard of Oz... as my mind was searching for a more renowned author... though in retrospect the answer (question) was pretty obvious I guess...

[jgoo]

L Frank Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz for those not in the know, like Mr. Anderson Cooper.

 

A couple points of trivia. The original title in the first edition was "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". L. Frank Baum wrote 13 sequels to the original.

[+ purplekow]

Apocryphal ? The name Oz came from the bottom draw of a filing cabinet O-Z.

[Luv2play]

I don't watch Jeopardy much but I had an old friend who used to watch it every day for years. He has sadly passed away. Personally I think the kind of questions you get on Jeopardy either are general knowledge or at the other extreme, trivia.

 

For a well informed person, the answers to the general knowledge questions are fairly simple. For the trivia questions, only someone who spends endless hours concerning themselves with, well let's be frank, useless information, will have the correct answer.

 

In the case of the Wizard of Oz, general knowledge would have focussed on the well-known aspects of what was a classic movie. For instance, who played the parts of the various characters best known in the film, like Bert Lahr or Judy Garland. But the author? I don't think he will go down in the annals of literature as one of the greats. But Garland as an actress and singer, oh yes.

[whipped guy]

Personally I think the kind of questions you get on Jeopardy either are general knowledge or at the other extreme, trivia... For the trivia questions, only someone who spends endless hours concerning themselves with, well let's be frank, useless information, will have the correct answer.

I agree about the trivia. Also I might add that years ago the categories were geared more toward general knowledge... such as Monarchs, British History, Renaissance Painters, Classical Composers, Religions of the World, etc. In recent years the categories have morphed into having flippant and often confusing titles. In the past one would be able to select a category and focus in on say things British so as to get one’s mind in the proper groove. However, with some of these newer categories it is difficult to focus in on any specific subject matter… and I think that increases the difficulty… Well, at least it does for me. Also, I hate the fact that they are trying to compete with “sister show” Wheel of Fortune with topics that mirror silly categories such as “before and after”, etc.

 

Incidentally, regarding tonight’s (one day post Celebrity Jeopardy) Final Jeopardy… I found it incredible that none of the contestants were able to come up with the correct answer… “Rhythm and Blues”!

 

As an addendum, I know someone who was on Jeopardy a few years ago. His wife is a classical pianist and one of the categories was geared toward that subject matter. I know for a fact that his wife was not pleased that he messed up by not knowing about Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata… a piece that she often played! At any rate, he came in second and in all fairness he was up against one of the all time dollar winners. He won a trip as the second prize, but he could not "collect" the prize or go on the trip until after the show aired... and that was several months.

[+ Gar1eth]

How could you not know L. Frank Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz? On the other hand I most likely would have missed the " Lady of the Lake" question.

 

Gman

[+ azdr0710]

I agree....I knew Baum, but have never heard of "Lady of the Lake"....

[whipped guy]

How could you not know L. Frank Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz? On the other hand I most likely would have missed the " Lady of the Lake" question. Gman

Well, we all have special interests...

 

Frankly I never realized that Wizard was actually originally a novel... as I always thought that the movie was based on a musical. Also, it was never a favorite or something that even I cared about even as a child. Nor have I ever been a Judy fan... sorry... Still, if I knew a few more facts I might have been able to narrow things down... well possibly if I had more time to think about it.

 

However, I knew of Scott's Lady from Loch Katrine since college. I never read it, but recall seeing it on the shelf in the library... I picked it up, but since it is a poem of epic proportions and full of archaic Scottish lingo I never got much further than that.

[instudiocity]

A couple points of trivia. The original title in the first edition was "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". L. Frank Baum wrote 13 sequels to the original.

 

'Weeee're off to see the Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!"

 

Might have circumcised the title, but the full title made it into the song.

[instudiocity]

Is he out? I heard the rumor but he himself doesn't say anything about it I believe. Well AC missed the question so he may not be so gay after all.

 

He seems to have my taste in escorts. I've seen 4 escorts who claim to have been with AC when he was visiting LA.

 

He's ambiguous about his sexual preference when asked. I'd guess he's more VERSATILE.

[Luv2play]

. I've seen 4 escorts who claim to have been with AC when he was visiting LA..

 

These guys aren't very professional. They won't get much celebrity business if they continue to work in LA and talk about their clients. Hopefully, they're not included amongst the highly rated escorts on Daddy's site.

[Luv2play]

BTW was the novel a big hit before the movie came out like JK Rawling's Harry Potter or was it made noteworthy because of the success of the movie? Many obscure writers come to light when their works are translated onto film.

[whipped guy]

These guys aren't very professional. They won't get much celebrity business if they continue to work in LA and talk about their clients. Hopefully, they're not included amongst the highly rated escorts on Daddy's site.

It is always enticing when an escort mentions that he has had a celebrity client... but never has anyone ever divulged an actual name. That would be most unprofessional to say the least. The most any escort has revealed was that he did service someone who was a NY Yankee and had a world series ring... this was around 2007. Being a Yankee fan I really would have wanted to know... and my mind automatically searched the years from 1996 through 2000... but shoot it could have been a guy from much earlier... perhaps Yogi? At least I was able to eliminate Don Mattingly...

[gp0560]

BTW was the novel a big hit before the movie came out like JK Rawling's Harry Potter or was it made noteworthy because of the success of the movie? Many obscure writers come to light when their works are translated onto film.

 

From Wikipedia --

 

he Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow. It was originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900,[1] and has since been reprinted countless times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of both the 1902 stage play and the extremely popular, highly acclaimed 1939 film version. The story chronicles the adventures of a girl named Dorothy in the Land of Oz. Thanks in part to the 1939 MGM movie, it is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. Its initial success, and the success of the popular 1902 Broadway musical Baum adapted from his story, led to Baum writing thirteen more Oz books.

 

Baum dedicated the book "to my good friend & comrade, My Wife," Maud Gage Baum. In January 1901, the publisher, the George M. Hill Company, completed printing the first edition, which probably totaled around 35,000 copies. Records indicate that 21,000 copies were sold through 1900.[2]

 

The original book has been in public domain in the United States since 1956. Baum's thirteen sequels entered public domain in the United States from 1960 through 1986. The rights to these books were held by the Walt Disney Company, and their impending expiration was a prime motivator for the production of the 1985 film Return to Oz, based on Baum's second and third Oz books.[citation needed]

 

Historians, economists and literary scholars have examined and developed possible political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. However, the majority of the reading public simply takes the story at face value.

[instudiocity]

These guys aren't very professional. They won't get much celebrity business if they continue to work in LA and talk about their clients. Hopefully, they're not included amongst the highly rated escorts on Daddy's site.

 

If memory serves I heard it during my first encounter with three of the escorts and the fourth escort had become a friend and frequent guest of mine. The three first timers with me were all dutifully impressed with their client. The friend escort was unimpressed to the point of being unwilling to see him again.

 

Maybe I'm the one talking out of school here. But it was interesting to hear.

 

I've also heard from multiple LA based escorts that David Geffen, a billionaire music mogul and out gay man is a frequent client and is CHEAP. He wants an evening for $200.

[Guest Spanky]

These guys aren't very professional. They won't get much celebrity business if they continue to work in LA and talk about their clients. Hopefully, they're not included amongst the highly rated escorts on Daddy's site.

 

This really scares me to be honest. One of the key things that most guys want (or at least, I want) with an escort is discretion. Fortunately, I am a nobody, so it's not like anyone is going to care if I am hiring, but still it speaks to a guy's ethics and professionalism. If an escort is going to reveal his clientele, what else will he talk about? Or what else would he do that's not really on the up and up? Plus, when I hire, the guy should be focused on me. Maybe that sounds selfish, but after all I am the one forking over the cash. I don't want to hear about the stars he's fucked or any of the other hot guys he's been with. Sort of ruins the mood I find. I mean, seriously, how far is that from fucking a guy and having him scream out someone else's name?

[operalover21]

Is he out? I heard the rumor but he himself doesn't say anything about it I believe. Well AC missed the question so he may not be so gay after all. I love the Wizard of Oz. I can watch it all day in my bed. lol

 

Best bottom boy in New York!

[+ honcho]

Slightly off-topic ...

 

I acknowledge that the main thrust of this thread is about celebs on Jeopardy.

 

But since some comments about the book are being allowed, I remember being told

that the original "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was a satire about the movers and shakers of the day - that, for example the cowardly lion was supposed to represent Andrew Carnegie ... anybody know anything about that?

 

(Of course, with the success of the book, the sequels lost their political focus and just more story oriented. I also read "Ozma of OZ" and "Ticktock of OZ".

 

[but this was in the 60's , not in the teens, although it was my early teens].

[whipped guy]

Silence is Golden

 

Fortunately, I am a nobody...

Now I sincerely doubt that you are really "a nobody" as you are qa bright and interesting guy as evidenced by your postings here... but then again spoken like a dedicated masochist.

...but still it speaks to a guy's ethics and professionalism. If an escort is going to reveal his clientele, what else will he talk about?

Exactly... and the silence is golden rule should apply to all businesses as well. I recall walking into a high-end establishment a number of years ago and one of the highly cultured owners was making fun of a customer who had just walked out the door by imitating his speech pattern and accent... and did so in front of me. Funny as it seemed on the surface, it also made me feel quite uncomfortable as perhaps I would be the next bit of subject matter as soon as I exited the door...

[+ purplekow]

Now I sincerely doubt that you are really "a nobody" as you are qa bright and interesting guy as evidenced by your postings here... but then again spoken like a dedicated masochist.

 

Exactly... and the silence is golden rule should apply to all businesses as well. I recall walking into a high-end establishment a number of years ago and one of the highly cultured owners was making fun of a customer who had just walked out the door by imitating his speech pattern and accent... and did so in front of me. Funny as it seemed on the surface, it also made me feel quite uncomfortable as perhaps I would be the next bit of subject matter as soon as I exited the door...

 

If you were wearing your leathers, it is likely you were the next one.