Talk:Celebrity Jeopardy! (Saturday Night Live)

message: Are these ever going to be released on DVD? So far two of them are on DVDs (one on the season's DVD and one on the Will Ferrel Greatest Hits), but is there going to be a DVD with all of them?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.247.244.120 (talk) 21:26, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  DVD Release? 

message: Is there going to be a Celebirty Jeopardy! skit on May 16? (Will Ferrell, Green Day) Nhdrumline11 (talk) 01:43, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upcoming? 

message: I see that the bit about that was removed, but I'm sure that there are sources out there.  The first one I found with some quick Googling is this: "+all-business+demeanor+of+Mr.+Trebek", but I'm sure there are others.  Help would be appreciated.  Croctotheface (talk) 08:02, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trebek as serious 

message: It's intersting, FMA, that you interpret "last aired" as "the airing after which there will be no more."  I interpret it as "most recently aired."  I'm fine with the current formulation, but I don't think "on hiatus" is necessary.  Croctotheface (talk) 05:01, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to interpret "last aired" 

message: Alright, I've been watching this quarrel over the past couple of days, and it makes me want to hurl. From what I've read, I gather the following:
:*User A wants to relegate Burt Reynolds' appearance in the final (read: last) Celebrity Jeopardy ("CJ") sketch to a note. Reason: he technically wasn't a contestant, but rather a vision only visible to Trebek and the viewing public. 
:*User B is interested in having information in the CJ article displayed so that it is as succinct as possible while maintaining complete accuracy. 
Here are my two cents on this whole thing - 
*Burt Reynolds' name should be identified in the second column. The column is listing ALL celebrities impersonated in a given sketch, whether they were on camera for ten minutes or ten seconds, and whether they were contestants or not, as the case may be. 
*A note should be added explaining why there are four celebrities listed, as opposed to the three listed in the preceding 13 sketches. In my humble opinion (to preface), a table should strive to concisely list all the information a reader may find useful in the course of researching a topic. Nobody, including the both of you, have no way of knowing what this info may be. Until a process for error-free mind-reading is developed, the information available should be as near to exhaustive as possible, even if this comes at the expense of appearance. 
Additionally: 
All editors should be careful of justifying edits based on how things appear in their browser. Without explicitly noting what this problem maybe (a screenshot would be good), how are we to know that this problem isn't exclusive to your computer?
Below is my proposal for the table. Comments appreciated, let's refrain from updating the page until we come to consensus here.
# 	Original airdate  	Celebrities impersonated	Celebrities impersonated	Celebrities impersonated	Celebrities impersonated	Celebrities impersonated	Celebrities impersonated	Notes
1 	December 7, 1996  	Sean Connery            	Burt Reynolds           	Jerry Lewis             	Jerry Lewis             	Jerry Lewis             	Jerry Lewis             	
2 	May 10, 1997      	Phil Donahue            	Burt Reynolds           	Marlon Brando           	Marlon Brando           	Marlon Brando           	Marlon Brando           	
3 	October 4, 1997   	John Travolta           	Burt Reynolds           	Michael Keaton          	Michael Keaton          	Michael Keaton          	Michael Keaton          	
4 	May 9, 1998       	Sean Connery            	Minnie Driver           	Jeff Goldblum           	Jeff Goldblum           	Jeff Goldblum           	Jeff Goldblum           	
5 	October 24, 1998  	Sean Connery            	Tom Cruise              	Adam Sandler            	Adam Sandler            	Adam Sandler            	Adam Sandler            	
6 	March 20, 1999    	Sean Connery            	Nicolas Cage            	Calista Flockhart       	Calista Flockhart       	Calista Flockhart       	Calista Flockhart       	
7 	October 23, 1999  	Sean Connery            	Burt Reynolds           	French Stewart          	French Stewart          	French Stewart          	French Stewart          	
8 	April 15, 2000    	Sean Connery            	Keanu Reeves            	Hilary Swank            	Hilary Swank            	Hilary Swank            	Hilary Swank            	
9 	December 16, 2000 	Sean Connery            	Robin Williams          	Catherine Zeta-Jones    	Catherine Zeta-Jones    	Catherine Zeta-Jones    	Catherine Zeta-Jones    	
10	February 8, 2001  	Sean Connery            	Ozzy Osbourne           	Martha Stewart          	Martha Stewart          	Martha Stewart          	Martha Stewart          	SNL Prime-time Extra 2
11	September 29, 2001	Sean Connery            	Chris Tucker            	Anne Heche              	Anne Heche              	Anne Heche              	Anne Heche              	
12	May 18, 2002      	Sean Connery            	Dave Matthews           	Björk                   	Björk                   	Björk                   	Björk                   	-Alex Trebek made a cameo appearance-Last episode with Ferrell as a regular cast member
13	May 14, 2005      	Sean Connery            	Bill Cosby              	Sharon Osbourne         	Sharon Osbourne         	Sharon Osbourne         	Sharon Osbourne         	
14	May 16, 2009      	Sean Connery            	Kathie Lee Gifford      	Tom Hanks               	Tom Hanks               	Tom Hanks               	                        	Tom Hanks appeared as himself
14	May 16, 2009      	Sean Connery            	Kathie Lee Gifford      	                        	                        	                        	Burt Reynolds           	Reynolds' appearance was not as an official contestant, but only to question Trebek's lucidity (ostensibly hampered from years of abuse by contestants) by implying hesees people that aren't actually there
Raj Fra 22:08, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: My main issue here is that unless we have a very reliable source saying that Reynolds was an apparition, I think that saying as much would be original research and thereby violate WP:NOR.  That's not the impression I had of his appearance; I perceived Connery's comments as an attempted mindfuck of Trebek.  Additionally,and this is not in the Hulu version, but Reynolds returns at the very end of the sketch as well. I'm not comfortable with presenting one interpretation of the Reynolds appearance at the expense of all others, unless there is very strong sourcing to back it up.  However, I would not be opposed to some note in the rightmost column that adds a little more background to the Reynolds appearance.  Croctotheface (talk) 22:36, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm kinda confused...are you saying that there really were four contestants?  I don't understand your interpretation, and I kinda doubt most of Wikipedia.  By the way, in what version does Reynolds return (link?) at the end...he doesn't return in the version on the NBC site either.  I think it'd be better, saying "this episode has four contestants because MacDonald's Burt Reynolds appears for part of the sketch"--nice and neutral.  By the way, different word than mindfuck? Purplebackpack89 (talk) 22:47, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm saying that there was a fourth celebrity who appeared in a way that strongly resembled a fourth contestant.  And besides, as Raj Fra points out, the heading on the table isn't contestants but rather "celebrities impersonated."  Reynolds returns in the end in the version that was aired on NBC.  The web versions are truncated.  I'd be fine with something like your text in the notes field, but I still think we're better off with Reynolds in a column in the table.  Croctotheface (talk) 22:55, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

text: If we call it "celebrities impersonated", we'd have to throw in the guy who made a cameo for the Daily Double. Purplebackpack89 (talk) 22:57, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  We _do_ call it that, and it's not a change that I made.  But we don't need to do anything because of what the header says; we can decide that only X or Y should go in the table.  Croctotheface (talk) 23:22, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Idea Time!

message: Has Sean Connory ever expressed how he feels about the sketches anywhere? 72.191.116.59 (talk) 13:25, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sean Connory 

message: User:Sottolacqua seems to have taken it upon himself to gut the article because he doesn't believe that certain things (like deviations from the norm considering guests and occurences) should be in it. I disagree completely, but I did not want to start an editing war by simply undoing the changes, so what do you all think? Vyselink (talk) 19:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Every single variation in the sketch does not need to be listed, especially for something that has only appeared 14 times. The Church Lady, The Delicious Dish, Weekend Update, etc. do not go into this level of detail. Additionally, deviations, if they were to be included, do not belong in the Celebrity Jeopardy! (Saturday Night Live)#The sketch section. That section should include detail about the general flow of the sketch and not include deviations from the normal format. Sottolacqua (talk) 19:10, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Your argument that "Church Lady" etc do not go into this level of detail and therefore neither should this one is flawed. Perhaps it is the other way around, and that they should include more information. The only way that I could find informtion pointless or too much would be if it included a line-by-line transcript of each individual show. Vyselink (talk) 21:38, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Edits 

message: It was "Jeopardy 1999" in 1976 (season 2), with Steve Martin as the quizmaster, everybody wearing Star Trek uniforms and fright wigs, and lots of 1984, Brave New World and post-apocalyptic references... AnonMoos (talk) 21:32, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: First SNL Jeopardy parody

message: Do you think it's worth mentioning that the entire premise of the skit, including an Alex Trebek who becomes increasingly irritated with his stupid contestants, was done more than ten years earlier, on SCTV? ("Hi Q" was the name of the skit: Eugene Levy as Alex Trebel)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.97.94 (talk) 17:13, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Coming in long after this question was posted, but no. Everything serves as an inspiration for everything else, and attempting to articulate every possible origin or deviation thereof would be out of scope (plus lead to subjective arguments as to what is or is not a copy, tribute, rip-off, etc. Otherwise, no music article would or could ever be succinct. Crimson667 (talk) 14:54, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  SCTV 

message: In the text, the phrase "Drummers Named 'Ringo'" links to Ringo Starr (and probably justifiably so), however that Jeopardy category isn't exclusive to The Beatles drummer, as Ringo Sheena also plays drums. Mindmatrix 15:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Some pedantry

message: Is there actually any basis for this? Yes or no, that needs to be in this article!99.185.56.93 (talk) 17:20, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: But why does Sean Connery HATE Trebek

message: When the SNL Celebrity Jeopardy! segments originally aired, they actually used the Jeopardy! theme.
But now, possibly because CBS took ownership of King World's game shows, they replaced it with a sound alike theme.
[I wish they'd change copyright laws so this would have been necessary.] Vern4760 (talk) 14:34, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music replacements on YouTube