You guys, even if it weren’t a slow news day, even if we hadn’t already checked out for the holiday weekend, I’d still proudly share this great moment in financial history with you. It’s an oldie but a goodie, and after yesterday’s brain buster from the money honey during a roundtable discussion on healthcare, in which Maria Bartiromo not only asked a 44 year old Congressman why he wasn’t on Medicare, but felt like she really nailed the guy, it just feels so right. Highlights include MB buzzing in to shout out “Vogue! Vogue!” when the category clearly specified we were looking for an answer (question) with not zero, not one, but two a’s, “Computer worms! What is computer worms” in response to “Most moles destroy gardens & lawns searching for insect larvae or these ‘global’ worms,” (we were looking for “earth worms, what are earth worms” there) and, when all else fails, answering with, as Keith Hahn says, “a five second face.” Then she gets $1000 out of pity from the producers and her ass dragged into Final Jeopardy, because Trebek “really” wanted her there.
Part I can and should be viewed here.
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OK – from the “always reliable” Wikipedia:
Coltan is the colloquial African name for columbite – tantalite, a dull black, metallic ore from which the elements niobium (formerly “columbium”) and tantalum are extracted. The niobium-dominant mineral is columbite, hence the “col” half of the term. The mineral concentrates dominated by tantalum are referred to as tantalite. [1]
Tantalum from coltan is used in consumer electronics products such as cell phones, DVD players, and computers. Export of coltan from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to European and American markets has been cited by experts[2] as helping to finance the present-day conflict in the Congo, with one aid agency asserting that “much of the finance sustaining the civil wars in Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is directly connected to Coltan profits”.[3] An estimated 5.4 million people have died since 1998 in the war in the Congo.
I’m not the only one who just Googled that either, so pipe down in the peanut gallery.
Completely unfair to have a Tennessee Williams category with Anderson Cooper there. To balance it out, they should have had a Famous Whores in History category for MB.
Give me Ape Tit for $200.
-Burt Reynolds/Turd Ferguson
I really would like to see Trebek take a stab at being a contestant. He is such a condescending prick.
I’ll take Maria’s pussy for $1, Alex.
@5 – you’re overpaying.
“I’ll take “Penis Mightier Than the Sword” , Alex….”
~S. Connery
I’d like to have runner-up sex with Maria.
#5 – “A U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of _______, the longest cave system known in the world.”
GIVE ME KEITH OR GIVE ME DEATH!
-Not Wharton All-Caps
@5
You’ve Hit the daily Double! (Cheesy electronic noise in the background.)
I’ll take the Rapist for $400.
We hereby revoke Maria’s membership in our organized “astroturf” grass roots fight against healthcare reform.
~Health Care Industry
@12: That’s “Therapist” Mr. Connery, not “the Rapist.”
Come on, Alex, its got to be worth at least $1.50 I was putting in a low ball offer.
-5
@wcburss, very true
I need more cowbell
Ah, that’s an awfully nice coat you have, Trebek. I really like it…. Do they make it for men too?
14/Trebek,
You think you’re pretty smart, don’t you, Trebek? What with your dago mustache and your greasy hair!
that was about 50 lbs ago…hope mb doesn’t watch that tape.
-I’ll take Jap Anus Relations, Trebek.
-That’s JAPAN US Relations.
“I’ll take “Dumbass Comments from Financial Leaders” for 1,000, Alex..”
~Benmosche
Suck it, Trebek!
Here’s some news. Melissa Francis looks like a muppet. Janice the muppet.
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/Janice-MuppetsTV.png
When they gonna have me on Jeopardy? Probably scared I’ll take all their money. Fags.
-CG
Daily Double Penetration?
That would have been stupid – almost as stupid as inventing a new program called “Medicaide.” Is that a new version of Medicaid? Or is it a new drink: Barry’s Hard Medicaide?
Thankfully, MB was not so uninformed as to confuse Medicaid (poor people) with Medicare (old people).
World famous financial journalists, for $500:
This critically renowned, best selling author and financial columnist, in a recorded phone call to one of his many high level contacts, said the following:
“You better cawwwwwl me!! Now means now! I better not get scooped on dis!”
@28
I always thought of myself as more of a Daily Double question. Aside from that, I like what you’ve done there.
-CG
Who is #27?
@27, yes, accidentally adding the letter ‘e’ is indicative of inventing something. try and come up with better disses, cocksucker.
I think you’re being too hard on Maria. She would not have gone on if CNBC PR had done its job and determined beforehand there were no teleprompters for the contestants.
Are you guys selling penis mightiers?
@19 – What did I JUST tell you about using ethnic slurs?
If Wheel of Fortune is so great, why aren’t you on it?
@34, are you a dago?
Reading this reminded me how funny Keith was. Is he blogging any where now?
Well if Maria is looking to get more famous, because you cant get more famous than losing HORRIBLY on Jeopardy, I hear there’s an opening to host ABC News.
How did the dumb Erin Burnett become #69 with Maria in VF top what-did-they-do 100 people?
@37 FTW
finally just made it through this, and, WOW. maria didn’t know where tiananmen square is?
@41 HA! Funny, I like.
Last!!
Get to work meatheads! It’s officially Thursday! You’ve slept enough!
-Guy who has off until Tuesday