A certain member of our household who’s just over three feet tall has been a huge fan of Jeopardy for more than a year now. In New York it comes on at 7pm, followed by Wheel of Fortune at 7.30pm, at which point the cry goes up – “what color is Vanna’s dress?!”
But anyway, back to Jeopardy. The winning streak of Ken Jennings – a “software engineer from Utah,” and boy does he looks like one – came to an end tonight. In 74 games in succession he had won $2,520,700, the highest amount ever won in a TV game show, not surpsingly.
But in doing so, he had become a fixture in one little boy’s life. Phrases such as “look at Ken’s hair!” and “what’s Ken wearing?” had been heard regularly at our place since he started his streak in June.
So from now on it’s back to wondering what color Vanna’s dress will be and whether or not Yolanda Vega will be bringing her own inimitable style to the NY Lottery draw in the break, or if it will be one of the other boring ones.
Ken, we salute you.