Ed Lau sent me the above Jeopardy video with the question, “How could this be the wrong answer?”
At first, I thought the answer was correct as well but upon reflection, I realized the answer was wrong. First, the category was “Spelled the Same,” so Ken was incorrect right there. In addition, a Ho is a prostitute. A prostitute does not seek immoral pleasure. She gives it.
For those who don’t know, Ken Jennings is the biggest Jeopardy winner ever. He won over $3 million on the show ($2,520,700 in winnings, a $2,000 consolation prize on his 75th appearance, and $500,000 in the Jeopardy Ultimate Tournament of Champions). That Ho answer has to rank as one of the funniest wrong answer ever. Ken may have gotten the question wrong but he still won the game. Moreover, he doesn’t have to face what these guys got for giving a wrong answer.
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Ah if only I knew what they were saying lol. I think a show like that would really catch on here in the States
really? didn’t the US already go through this phase of slapstick comedy?
Are you taking about MXC? I know I would watch this kind of game show nightly! It’s way better then “Are You Smarter Then A 5th Grader”
What is MXC?
Maximum Elimination Challenge
It was a Japanese game show that has been re-edited with hilarious commentary!
It’s the 3 Stooges for the 22nd century!
There are too many cable channels when you can have a show with re-edits of a Japanese game show.
I wonder if the Japanese watch re-runs of wheel of fortune.
define slapstick comedy…
I think the audience would be limited to the younger crowd over here for sure. But I know I would definitely watch it!
Kids should be barred from this, i think.
imagine if they try to emulate.
They emulate everything else!
Right, to more you try to prevent kids from doing/seeing something, the more they want to do it!
Don’t you remember your youth?
It might remove the stupid ones from the gene pool. Natural selection at work!
lol.. I guess the locals here would have a slight problem in catching the joke. Nonetheless, it was worth a laugh.
The category is “Tool Time”, you noob.
Yes it’s call tool time but it’s tools that are spell the same. I guess you didn’t see the entire show.
I always thing of Tim “the tool man” Taylor when I hear Tool Time. Anyone watch that years ago?
yeah I remember that show Tim the tool man and I think the show was called Home improvement and the show tool time was actually a segment within the show itself.
What makes him a n00b – that he can’t speak or read the language?
He spelled “n00b” wrong, he must be the “n00b”!!!
Ouch – that’s brutal. But far more entertaining than Jeopardy!
more entertaining than jeopardy? no way!
I have to disagree with you Gary, I guy getting hit in the balls is way more entertaining then a guy standing behind a lectern!
That must have hurt for all of them! I wonder what made them actually play the game. Any idea what was the prize?
I don’t think the guy getting hit in the balls feels that way.
True, but the guy sitting on his couch watching feels that way!
Jeopardy is a thinking man’s game show. It doesn’t take much brainpower to watch Deal or No Deal.
But it does take a lot of patience! I can’t deal w/ it for an entire hour.
So is that why you watch? To learn patience?
thinking man’s game show huh…
Wow, that has got to be the funniest video I have seen on the web (the foreign one..).
I would NEVER participate in that show..
Have you seen the one w/ the two contestants, each has a bucket of wax and an umbrella? It’s hilarious.
Isn’t that Nickelodeon
Double Dare!
hahaha…oooooooooooh yeeeeeeah! That’s what it was.
Is Double Dare still on? I wonder if it’s still as fun to watch as when I was a kid…
I never watched Double Dare but I did watch “You can’t do that on television.”
I don’t think I ever heard of “You can’t do that on television.”
Was that still on Nickelodeon
IT WAS!!!! What was the “slime phrase” again?
I don’t know!
I agreed. seriously speaking, I still can’t believe they did that!
LOL me too!! let’s chalenge john to it?
I Double Dare you John…wax…umbrella…=…
What’s the name of the 2nd program (and why aren’t they playing that here)?
It kind of reminds me of the contest they had where you had to drink as much water as possible and someone died a few months ago.
Ken Jennings needs to make a comeback! That was probably the greatest run ever . . . Federer can’t even top it with his streaks!
Japanese game shows are crazy…I remember seeing one where they go in pool of boiling water!
Yeah, or they have an obstical course with crazy objects hitting people.
I think they’re great too! That’s why I post the videos!
They are awesome but, the humor is very different. While we find getting kicked in the balls funny they find knocking down bathroom walls while you are on the toilet funny!
oh Japanese humour…haha..nothing quite like it…
That was kinda erm.. ‘pervertic’ in nature.
That would be too crazy! I wonder why would they decide on punishments where there is a probability of someone getting hurt. It’s much too dangerous!
Yikes. I hadn’t seen that. I did like the one where they turned a Komodo dragon lose around a bunch of people. The last person to run won.
Im not sure if its just my browser but the videos dont play. I cant even click them. Then again it seems to work for everyone else so
I get the same thing when I am using Firefox but if I view the site with IE the videos work okay. Of course I am not running FF2 so that might be part of the problem.
yeah I just downloaded FF2 and it works. How come my pic doesn’t appear next to my comment?
Do you have a picture uploaded at MyBlogLog?
I’d second Lyndon’s suggestion. Make sure you have your MBL avatar set up properly.
Dam, that game show was hilarious. How do they think of those games. Thanks for the laugh.
you say so!!! I like the middle part!:)
It was pretty crazy, that’s all I can say..
My first reaction was a hoe also…hahaha…darn, i would have been a goner!
I don’t think anyone here would’ve said “rake”. We all had hoes on our minds!
hahaha…in anyother context that would sound way too wrong…only on John’s site can this happen.
haha…so true…
The creativity they put into their game shows is incredible! A lot better than “open a briefcase” as someone pointed out up above.
LOL
That’s funny
@ 2nd video
thanks derrich, pretty funny!
haha.. I had another good laugh when I saw it. The things people do. *Dang!
OUCH!! The first guy must be REALLY happy he got it right, damn!
can you imagine the pressure to get it right….man…that would make me so nervous I would probably get it wrong..
the last had lost it before it even was his turn. haha, how can you get it right after seeing that.
So what exactly did he get right?
don’t know WHAT he got right, but he DID get it. how do i know? he didn’t lose his balls
darn funny!! hahahaha
The second one is crazily funny.
Ouch! Why did they ever think of that as a ‘punishment’?
One reason:
People Will Watch It.
I love the red one!!! lol!!
he was so scared 
ahahahha
I would too, if I were him.
imagine seeing three others getting hurt!
haha – very, very nice find. lol
I saw these videos a while ago.. I thought the answer was right at first, but ya. Ho and Hoe are differently spelt.
hmm…well…I for one, never knew it was “ho”, I always thought it was the same, but then, I don’t use, or write “ho” too much…haha
When thinking of funny “wrong answers”, I always think of the south park wheel of fortune “naggers” episode where Randy (Stan’s dad) says the “n word”.
OMG! “Painfully” funny. With a clip like that, I have to wonder….would a show like that ever make it on one of the major networks in the US? Notice I mentioned “major” networks. I’m pretty certain Spike TV wouldn’t hesitate to air a game show like that.
I think there is a higher chance of lawsuits in the US. Did you hear about the radio station that had people drinking water and someone died?
Yeah, that bottom one is really painful to watch.
But hey, another interesting tidbit about Jeopardy, they just had their first 3 way tie.
Here’s the Yahoo! article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070317/ap_en_tv/tv_three_way_tie
Why can’t they have 3 champions?
Haven’t they heard the saying, ” everyone’s a winner”?
why would anyone ever want to go on this show? hope they’re making some good money
lol its very popular actually
Jeff – http://wallpapers.jeffreymunro.com
That one’s a knee…er…ball-slapper
I still would have gone with “hoe” as my word, I’ve never personally called someone a “rake”
…I’m still scratching my head on this one…