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Jeopardy: is anyone else irritated by Austin Rogers? (Original Post) yankeepants Oct 2017 OP
Not me or my spouse. ret5hd Oct 2017 #1
do tell us why you are irritated Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #2
I recognize his brilliance but yankeepants Oct 2017 #3
Yes, he's a brilliant player but.... CatMor Oct 2017 #4
I couldn't put my finger on it. Silly and childish and so falsely humble. Irritating from day 1. CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #6
Yes, he's starting to bug me (note: I'm on PDT, haven't seen it tonight yet). LisaM Oct 2017 #5
so far I really enjoy him rurallib Oct 2017 #7
I like Austin ROGERS.... k8conant Oct 2017 #8
Why was the final so easy? LisaM Oct 2017 #9
He has a fan in James Corden... True Dough Oct 2017 #10
He was great as the young upstart college boy in Jaws Orrex Oct 2017 #11

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
4. Yes, he's a brilliant player but....
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 08:18 PM
Oct 2017

his antics are childish and annoying. It's starting to get stale at this point.

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
5. Yes, he's starting to bug me (note: I'm on PDT, haven't seen it tonight yet).
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 08:36 PM
Oct 2017

He lost me when the woman next to him was introduced as an English professor and when it came to him and Alex asked him something about his education, he said basically snorted at the concept of higher education - I thought he was being quite rude (or he didn't listen to what the other player had to say).

I don't like miming in general though, so things like his pretending to open a bottle of wine don't do anything for me.

He is still, still, way better than Arthur Chu and his Chu-Chu train.

I think that the people who get most irritated by any player on Jeopardy with mannerisms are the ones who like to play along at home (that would be me) and find all those antics distract me from doing so. Arthur Chu was worse in that regard because he would start out a category I liked and then you knew he'd jump all over the board and maybe never come back to it.

rurallib

(62,416 posts)
7. so far I really enjoy him
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 08:49 PM
Oct 2017

but I record the show and skip the commercials and interviews so I have no idea what his personal story is that may be irritating.

Seems to have some humor and is not overly obnoxious. Arthur was about the only player I really disliked. I watch more for the questions and don't usually care much about the players.

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