TJ Fisher makes it to the Tournament of Champions and we learn about the duality of Jeopardy! headlines as the US Mirror goes wild over his victory (and defeat). We go wild for this great week of games too as Ken gets a Trebek-like slam on a contestant's anecdote, we go heavy on Wager Talk™, we get a "Name of the Year" candidate, and we dive deep on VeggieTales.

Speaking of tales, we spin a few in our brand-new bonus episode out this week as 7-game champ Paolo Pasco joins us for an interview and for the first edition of "Paolo's Puzzle Corner", as he runs Emily and John through some of his famous puzzles. It's only available at patreon.com/jeopardypodcast, where $5/month gets you access to all of our bonus episodes, access to our Discord, and lots of other fun stuff. Join today!

SOURCE: Yahoo!: "Secret DIY Origins of 'VeggieTales' Success"; DigitalMediaFX.com: "VeggieTales: What's the Big Idea?" by Noell Wolfgram Evans

Special thank you always to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan.

This episode was producer by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.