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“Revelatory... Harris's sly wit and infectious curiosity make understanding world chaos fascinating... witty, horrific, and necessary.”
-- Boston Globe
"Brave... irreverent... charges into the thick of the globe's myriad simmering wars... hilariously relaxed."
-- New York Observer
“Fascinating, enlightening, and surprisingly: NOT TOTALLY DEPRESSING.”
-- John Hodgman,
author, The Areas of My Expertise and correspondent for The Daily Show
"A rollicking ride of intellectual discovery and emotional growth... his comic timing never fails"
-- The Wall Street Journal
"A surprisingly touching memoir"
-- Entertainment Weekly
"Effortlessly funny and informative... tender, human, and very wise... A must for anyone who loves Jeopardy!, or has ever seen it, or is breathing."
-- Joss Whedon, creator, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Prisoner of Trebekistan
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Or rather, gives you something of a kit about how to get on game shows, mentioning the book itself just in passing. Fun story if anyone wants to win a bunch of money for having a head full of crap.
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Or at least the writer who revived the Time Lord just did, in the Sunday Independent (UK).
Wow. Excuse me while I geek.
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So I've just arrived on St. Vincent, an island I've never been to before and which I would still have a little trouble finding on a map. I'm working and settling in and puttering around figuring out which power adapter goes into what, and finally I flip on the TV before bed.
And the very first face I see, on the channel the previous occupant of this room must have been watching, is somebody I just met for lunch, a friend of a friend. She's not famous, she's not on TV all the time, if ever. You'd have no idea who she is. That's what makes this so odd.
Eeny little planet this is.
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I've been asked to speak to a cognitive psychology class at UCLA on Monday morning, talking about memory skills and learning and whatnot.
At least, I think the class is in cognitive psychology. They told me, but -- this is the beauty part -- I forgot.
Maybe I'm not supposed to be there as an example... but as a specimen.
UPDATE: That was a blast. My thanks to professor Steve, and to a great group of about 250 students, who made me feel welcome despite my complete lack of formal education in stuff they know lots about.
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"Right now" being Sunday evening, about 5:30 Los Angeles time.
Just got a call from a friend watching TV. GSN, the former Game Show Network, is airing a special called "The Insider's Guide to Winning Game Show Millions." Which is something I've never done. But I chatted with some producers for about 20 minutes last summer. After a few bits aired in December, I figured that was it. Guess not.
Flipped it on... and hey, I'm getting my butt kicked again on national TV. Excellent. They just replayed my last final flame-out on Jeopardy!. Again. Man, that was not my best moment.
Please excuse me now while I shave my head and go into rehab.
PS -- according to GSN's schedule, the show will be repeated tonight, Sunday, at 11 pm EST, and Tuesday at 9 pm EST. So there, if you're curious.
PS -- A correction: the graphic under my name is incorrect. They asked for my total quiz winnings, and now they're using that as my Jeopardy! total. I doubt anyone cares, but my Jeopardy! haul is only about a third of the total. Maybe using the bigger number made it look like I had any business on a special with that title.
PPS -- another correction: I said something like "one third of the clues I answered came from Chuck Forrest's book." As I wrote in Trebekistan, about a third of all the clues I answered correctly came from studying, and the main thing I studied early on was Chuck's book. But that's not the same thing. I compressed the two in the interview, which was verbally sloppy. |
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