{"id":7063,"date":"2004-07-07T22:49:03","date_gmt":"2004-07-07T22:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/07\/what_is.html"},"modified":"2004-07-07T22:49:03","modified_gmt":"2004-07-07T22:49:03","slug":"what_is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/07\/what_is.html","title":{"rendered":"What is????"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, who else is watching the guy from Utah on Jeopardy!?<\/p>\n

I was vaguely aware that something was up a couple of weeks ago because occasionally, as I peeked out of the kitchen while preparing dinner and Michael and Joseph were watching PTI<\/a>, I’d hear Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon toss out some mention of this Jeopardy! champion, and wonder why.<\/p>\n

Then we went to Florida and watched it with Michael’s parents, and I got it – no more five-time limit, eh? And this guy from Utah thinks he’s <\/em> so smart?<\/p>\n

Well.<\/p>\n

I’ve watched it the past couple of days, and I imagine I’m not alone in getting ticked off. It’s pretty obvious why the five-time limit was in place and why it was a good thing. If you’ve been on the show twenty-five times, of course<\/em> you have an advantage over all challengers. You’re more comfortable, you don’t have stage fright, you’ve already won 800,000<\/strong> dollars, you’re looser, you know how the button thingy works…<\/p>\n

Harrumph. I could take him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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