John’s out this week, so Emily is joined by reigning TOC champion Paolo Pasco to recap another week of Adam Remsen. Despite some strong play this week, we are spoiled for choice when it comes to Response of the Week, and Paolo keeps his cards close to his chest about his Masters prep. This week’s JFAF has us asking, should retirees watch Jeopardy!? The answer may surprise you! Plus, we dive deep on nothing, because Emily forgot to ask Paolo to prepare something.

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

After Jamie Ding's imperial run and three consecutive ToC invites, the inevitable finally happened: we saw a bad game of Jeopardy!. Of course, all games of Jeopardy! are great, but this week finally served as a reminder that the game is hard and we've been watching some very impressive runs. This week, Peter McFerrin's run comes to an end, we get a few tough games, and we get a Final Jeopardy! response for the ages. Plus, we dive deep on hypnotism.

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SOURCE: The National Council for Hypnotherapy: "History of Hypnosis"

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

The Tournament of Champions invites are getting handed out like candy as we went from Tristan Williams to Chris D'Angelo to now Peter McFerrin, who ends Chris' impressive run and racks up 5 wins of his own, dominating the week in the process. He also spurs on a debate about his accent the likes of which we haven't seen since Harrison Whitaker, and he gives a Response of the Week while trying a French accent on for size. Meanwhile, TV Insider finally writes a good headline and we dive deep on Father's Day.

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SOURCE: Nashua Telegraph: "Decades After Mother Recognized, Father Finally Granted a Day"

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We learned a lot about Chris D'Angelo last week and even heard from his sister, but this was TRULY Chris D'Angelo week on J! as he has a fantastic run of games and earns his way into the Tournament of Champions. We also get a contender for Response of the Year, it's a tough week for anecdotes, Emily works on her French accent, and we dive deep on Pilates.

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SOURCE: Sports Illustrated: "Joe Pilates: Learning to Be An Animal" by Robert Wernick; Knockaloe Charitable Trust: "Joseph Pilates"

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Tristan Williams cements his superchamp status this week...just in time to lose it to Chris D'Angelo, who begins a little run of his own after a fortuitous math error in Final works out in his favor. Also this week, we get a quintessential Canadian contestant we love, Ken puts in a very strong nominee for Ken's Korner of the Year, and we dive deep on Sputnik. Plus, "Quiz Lady" writer and producer Jen D'Angelo–who also happens to be Chris' sister–sends in a note about finally being able to watch her brother play on Jeopardy! after years of him trying and how he inspired the genesis of "Quiz Lady" in the first place.

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SOURCE: Slate: "Can America Ever Have Another 'Sputnik Moment'?" by Fred Kaplan

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It's Tristan Williams week on Jeopardy! as he gets himself a ToC invitation and much more, playing solidly across all 5 games this week. He gets a couple of close scares though, as we discuss a charming southern U.S.A. anecdote, the show seemingly taking a few shots at right wing America, and Ken introduces a game in a way we've never heard before. Plus, we dive deep on the Gutenberg Bible.

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SOURCE: History: "7 Things You May Not Know About the Gutenberg Bible" by Evan Andrews

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It's a Canadian week on Jeopardy! as a contestant from a small Ontario town near where John grew up gets blessed with a Final Jeopardy! category about Canadian music. We also get a a show first: a contestant and listener who purposely steered their anecdote to be about something we have professed our love for on our podcast. Elsewhere, Ken decides a specific contestant is his opp for some reason, we learn some horny gossip about a potentially rewritten category title, and we dive deep on Canadian hero Céline Dion.

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SOURCE: People: "North Star" by Cynthia Sanz; Biography.com: "Céline Dion" by Tyler Piccotti

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It was a wild and weird week for Jeopardy! as superchamp Jamie Ding meets his end at the hands of Greg Shahade, a chess master and very solid champion who dominated the news cycle this week for not his gameplay but uhh...other reasons. We bid farewell to our beloved Jamie and discuss a very fun week of games as we get an anecdote flex, two Response of the Year candidates, and we dive deep on the Granny Smith apple.

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SOURCE: BBC: "Who Was the Real Granny Smith?" by Tanya Gupta; Australian Dictionary of Biography: "Maria Ann Smith" by Megan Martin

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

Jeopardy! proves that you don't have to be horny to mention a horse's "equipment", and quite frankly, we approach feeling horny ourselves for one of the best games in Jamie Ding's entire run, as him and Patrick Nolan have a fantastic back-and-forth in Thursday's game. Plus, we get a real gunslinger in Lydia who answers so many clues her tongue gets twisted, John gets scared by an Emily anecdote prompt, and we dive deep on the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise".

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SOURCE: New York Times: "Aux Barricades! 'La Marseillaise' is Besieged" by Alan Riding; The Guardian: "La Marseillaise: Has France's Controversial Anthem Finally Hit the Right Note?" by Alex Marshall

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We aren't on cocaine while recording this episode, but for some reason it comes up more than once, as Emily forgets to finish writing a recap joke about it, John remembers that he's seen the 2001 drug-dealer movie "Blow", and TaoTao brings a manic energy to the Alex Trebek stage. Plus, Stephanie bows out in a joyous way, Jamie Ding continues his run of dominance, and we dive deep on Helen Keller's socialist history.

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SOURCE: Jacobin: "Helen Keller Was One of the Great American Socialists" by Keith Rosenthal

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

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