A month ago, still drunk on the glories of my trivia bowl victory, I somehow found myself at the Jeopardy home page. I saw there were contestant tryouts this August in New Orleans. I, as a Louisiana native who had already planned a pre-Pew trip home sometime in August, figured I’d sign up.
I got the call today. On August 11, I go for gold.
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01 July | 20:56 | drago
hey, genius. i'm sure you realize this, but they tape the show in LOS ANGELES, not SUB SAHARAN AFRICA.
02 July | 13:26 | karen
erica and i are seriously considering driving down to hold big signs saying "CRABWALK RULEZ" outside your tryouts. :)
02 July | 15:23 | kim
holy shit
a) you might be on jeopardy
b) you got a drago post
02 July | 22:41 | Stacy
Do it. When they came to Cleveland last fall for ttryouts, I chickened out.
02 July | 22:42 | Stacy
Yes, I meant to stutter tryouts. (ttryouts)
03 July | 20:14 | james
This is like my dream come true. Uh, except that it's you. Break a leg, Josh!!
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