The saddest moment in "Jeopardy" history?

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @tohopes
    @tohopes 4 года назад +2420

    2013: The saddest moment in Jeopardy history.
    2020: Hold my beer.

  • @jazzydjent
    @jazzydjent 5 лет назад +1839

    This literally didn't change anything. He was going to walk away with $2,000 if he was right or wrong.

    • @arielgonzalez5296
      @arielgonzalez5296 4 года назад +7

      He got misspelled.

    • @drewdarren5599
      @drewdarren5599 4 года назад +6

      If you don't win you get nothing

    • @arielgonzalez5296
      @arielgonzalez5296 4 года назад +99

      @@drewdarren5599 not true.

    • @drewdarren5599
      @drewdarren5599 4 года назад +44

      @@arielgonzalez5296 you're right. I just looked it up.

    • @jazzydjent
      @jazzydjent 4 года назад +34

      Drew Darren Since May 16, 2002, consolation prizes have been $2,000 for the second-place contestant(s) and $1,000 for the third-place contestant.

  • @moob4766
    @moob4766 4 года назад +2998

    Nope, today is the saddest day of jeopardy.

  • @jeffbrill4576
    @jeffbrill4576 5 лет назад +1313

    Saddest moment? I thought maybe the kid died between episodes. Misspellings are not sad moments even when it would have impacted the outcome.

    • @lolboymailla
      @lolboymailla 4 года назад +14

      Yeah he still got 1,000 dollars, even if he spelled it right he would have still gotten last place AND WHY WAS CNN DOING A REPORT ON THIS FOUR YEARS AGO????

    • @NathanJakobMichaelThomas
      @NathanJakobMichaelThomas 4 года назад +6

      dara salami He got 2,000

    • @michael0o5
      @michael0o5 4 года назад +9

      I honestly clicked this expecting death too.

    • @needmoreramsay
      @needmoreramsay 4 года назад +2

      Saddest moment..... Of the comments ? People watching this expecting the kid to pass away or have a medical crisis. W T F people !

    • @D0RYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
      @D0RYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY 4 года назад +3

      Lol

  • @zorian
    @zorian 9 лет назад +3218

    If he misspelled it badly doesn't that mean he spelled it correctly?

    • @Lobito-qz9pz
      @Lobito-qz9pz 9 лет назад +18

      +Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) I see what you did there

    • @itzpyrex-vlogsreactions6366
      @itzpyrex-vlogsreactions6366 9 лет назад +5

      +Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) go dasher :P show em who is bwas

    • @flazzorb
      @flazzorb 9 лет назад +18

      Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... yes

    • @FreqBand
      @FreqBand 9 лет назад +47

      +Zorian Hudym (Brunsos) I don't think so.....
      "badly" is an adverb describing "misspelled". It is just describing the degree of misspelling.
      "If he misspelled it wrong, doesn't that mean he spelled it correctly?"....would be more what you're hinting at, but that's not what was said by Trebek.

    • @jonimisso2044
      @jonimisso2044 9 лет назад +14

      Randy's right. Badly doesn't equate an adverb like "improperly" which indeed would constitute something like a double-negative case.
      But wasn't the misspelling just an extra T? I wanna see a goodly misspelling.
      I still handily side with jeopardy! here

  • @Lagomization
    @Lagomization 7 лет назад +1483

    He didn't lose just because of a spelling error, he lost because he had ~9,000 and someone else had ~36,000.

    • @googlesuxbigtime1227
      @googlesuxbigtime1227 7 лет назад +84

      lightning kachowski But he lost the cash in the process of a simple error in spelling. Had they not said the spelling wasn't accepted. He would have got the cash he earned, even though he lost the game. That's the point.

    • @robotichunter
      @robotichunter 7 лет назад +137

      No he wouldn't have, only the 1st place contestant keeps the full amount. 2nd place recieves $2,000 and 3rd place recieves $1,000.

    • @Flux3on
      @Flux3on 7 лет назад +43

      That kid in the lead won $66,600. The other kid had no chance.

    • @lytesknvince
      @lytesknvince 7 лет назад +37

      "But he lost cash"
      Bitch, since he got second place whether or not he got the answer right or wrong he would've still won 2,000 dollars for participation award. Dumbass, you don't know nothing about jeopardy. That's the point. And you don't even know what you're arguing against, as I clearly stated out the misused information you put in your argument.

    • @lytesknvince
      @lytesknvince 7 лет назад +11

      Second place doesn't keep winnings, only first place. Second place gets paid 2,000 REGARDLESS of whether the answer was wrong or not in this case scenario. Dumbass, how are you gonna try to make a statement on something you don't know the rules for. You have no point because everything you just said was wrong.

  • @thefireisonfire
    @thefireisonfire 7 лет назад +1272

    Everyone's feeling bad for the kid saying his dreams are crushed or that he was cheated out of his chance at winning but even if he got it right, he still would have lost by like 60,000

    • @zyxwvut4740
      @zyxwvut4740 7 лет назад +68

      Yes! It was $54,000 actually, but you are one of the few to realize this.

    • @LucanianIndico
      @LucanianIndico 7 лет назад +13

      You really think nobody else realized this? Wow...2nd place prize is usually a lavish trip for the family, third place is usually 200$ prize.

    • @showlette89
      @showlette89 7 лет назад +68

      Lucan umm... No. 2nd place is $2,000 and 3rd place is $1,000... He wasn't going anywhere but home, holding an L...

    • @boygirl2996
      @boygirl2996 7 лет назад +24

      Welcome to REAL LIFE kiddo. Sometimes you win & sometimes you lose. Better to learn it now then later.
      I lost a case in court because I over looked a key procedural point that would have let me win the case if I had asked the judge to rule on it. Not only did I not win money. I had to PAY money.
      Live & learn.

    • @gameshowguy2000
      @gameshowguy2000 6 лет назад +11

      Daniel, Rollo's on point--it's not the spelling error, it's the pronunciation.
      They have said it time and time again: They don't penalize for misspellings, *unless the pronunciations get changed.* Here, the pronunciation *was* changed, hence why they had to count it wrong.

  • @makim-k5850
    @makim-k5850 5 лет назад +484

    Wait, but the other kid had $36k? so even if he got it right he wouldn't have won unless the other kid decided to blow it.

    • @Dreamprism
      @Dreamprism 5 лет назад +40

      MA Kim-k Correct. In fact the other kid got the question right and set the one day record for Kids Week at $66k. But I guess that story didn't spread as well.

    • @afmghost1759
      @afmghost1759 4 года назад +14

      CNN being CNN

    • @Chickaqee
      @Chickaqee 4 года назад +3

      @@afmghost1759 1:57

    • @jakeb2x266
      @jakeb2x266 4 года назад +5

      @@afmghost1759 Commenters being commenters and not watching the whole video... LOL

    • @afmghost1759
      @afmghost1759 3 года назад +5

      @@jakeb2x266 I did, but the fact of the matter is that they made a big deal out of it for nearly two minutes before bringing it up. They had a clear bias, but they still had to cover their ass

  • @GaryLuKOTH
    @GaryLuKOTH 9 лет назад +3427

    "Well, because he misspelled it badly.... you put a 'P' in there".
    So are you saying that is is supposed to be spelled "Emancitation Proclamation"?
    Edit: Well, now the real saddest moment in Jeopardy is when Alex Trebek died.

    • @CaptainXno
      @CaptainXno 9 лет назад +31

      +Gary Lu The rules are that you can't change the pronunciation of the word.

    • @GaryLuKOTH
      @GaryLuKOTH 9 лет назад +235

      +Captain Xno I never said that Alex or the judges are crazy for penalizing him. I only said that he said he misspelled it because he put a P in there. If he did not put a P in there, it would be spelled "Emancitation Proclamation", which is not the correct spelling. The correct spelling is "Emancipation Proclamation".

    • @CaptainXno
      @CaptainXno 9 лет назад +8

      He did misspell it. Rules are rules.

    • @GaryLuKOTH
      @GaryLuKOTH 9 лет назад +168

      +Captain Xno When did I say that he is allowed to misspell it or that he did not misspell it?

    • @CaptainXno
      @CaptainXno 9 лет назад +3

      You said the judges are crazy. The judges go by the rules.

  • @prabasharasaputra3867
    @prabasharasaputra3867 9 лет назад +610

    HE WOULDN'T HAVE WON EVEN IF HE SPELLED IT CORRECTLY

    • @elocin1964
      @elocin1964 9 лет назад +24

      he felt like he got cheated out because he mispelled it, not because he didnt win

    • @GrassValleyGreg
      @GrassValleyGreg 9 лет назад +21

      Kurowaka-Senpai
      What did he get cheated out of exactly??

    • @elocin1964
      @elocin1964 9 лет назад +1

      cheated out of getting more cash

    • @GrassValleyGreg
      @GrassValleyGreg 9 лет назад +24

      But doesn't only the winner keep the cash?

    • @elocin1964
      @elocin1964 9 лет назад +6

      Hell if i know, i dont watch the show
      But never the less, he was bitter about not getting the points he clearly got (despite the wrong spelling) after all, ''A person's intelligence is not based on their spelling''

  • @TheAlabasterdeplume
    @TheAlabasterdeplume 9 лет назад +1595

    true story, I once failed a 5th grade science test because I misspelled my name.

    • @Spacemace
      @Spacemace 9 лет назад +131

      how the fuck are you supposed to misspell your name

    • @Ascend777
      @Ascend777 9 лет назад +117

      true story, i failed my math final exam because one tear drops on the paper.

    • @TheAlabasterdeplume
      @TheAlabasterdeplume 9 лет назад +36

      +Spacemace I left a letter out

    • @seths1560
      @seths1560 9 лет назад +14

      Really, why just why, my teacher lets us know if we didn't write our names at the start.

    • @serenadanieli7325
      @serenadanieli7325 9 лет назад +5

      +TheAlabasterdeplume ha ha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that is hilarious omg lolololol omg in fifth grade lol hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that's the worst I laughing so hard now lol ha aha ahahahahaahahahahaaaaaaaahh

  • @uncleandy2478
    @uncleandy2478 5 лет назад +725

    The saddest moment in Jeopardy history happened last night when James Holzhauer lost, sorry kid.

    • @Atmosphere8458
      @Atmosphere8458 5 лет назад +13

      James Holzhauer For President yes

    • @fergaldevitt1569
      @fergaldevitt1569 5 лет назад +21

      James Holzhauer was ruining the game. Why would anyone want to watch if you automatically knew who was going to win?
      Glad "Jeopardy James" is gone.

    • @jchampion22
      @jchampion22 5 лет назад +54

      Fergal Devitt clearly you didn’t know who was going to win every night because he lost

    • @fergaldevitt1569
      @fergaldevitt1569 5 лет назад +7

      @@jchampion22; Praise God! Him thinking he's the smartest thing walking the earth. Thank God and Greyhound he's gone.

    • @fergaldevitt1569
      @fergaldevitt1569 5 лет назад +4

      Only person sad about "Jeopardy James " losing, is him. No one else.

  • @lowhp_comic
    @lowhp_comic 9 лет назад +2085

    Well, the host could have simply said:
    *_"I'm sorry, but the spelling of this word is incorrect"_*
    Rather than:
    *_...because he misspelled it badly..._*
    ...kinda harsh... I understand the rules, but be more hospitable about them....

    • @Luke51015
      @Luke51015 9 лет назад +60

      Rofl. The way the host said it was in no way smug. Stop being pussies, the little shit is even bold enough to say that he was cheated.

    • @OG_Ricky_C
      @OG_Ricky_C 9 лет назад +31

      Same. That was kinda smug. And the host doesn't even look sad. I mean come on! He is just a kid!

    • @jonjones2436
      @jonjones2436 9 лет назад +24

      Princess Lucina The problem wasn't that he misspelled it. It was that his spelling of the word changed his pronunciation of the word. This isn't the same situation than if somebody just traded one vowel for another, so yes, he misspelled it badly, as Trebek said.

    • @franciscochaparro-torress5010
      @franciscochaparro-torress5010 9 лет назад +18

      Princess Lucina don't be ridiculous. It is what it is, the host was correct. What's happening with American Education?

    • @victorzeng1
      @victorzeng1 9 лет назад +20

      Princess Lucina Really? Do you seriously think his phrasing was too HARSH?
      All he did was tell the child how to correctly spell it. This is education and constructive criticism.
      Holy shit, America be damned.

  • @doctorguruguru6966
    @doctorguruguru6966 9 лет назад +2938

    This only a story because he is a kid

    • @doctorguruguru6966
      @doctorguruguru6966 9 лет назад +3

      ***** Well that isnt much of a story and more of a funny fail. Story is when everybody actually gives a crap about it and feel empathy for the victim.

    • @Locustmaster15
      @Locustmaster15 9 лет назад +5

      +DoctorGuruGuru Well, no shit?

    • @doctorguruguru6966
      @doctorguruguru6966 9 лет назад +1

      Locustmaster15 exactly

    • @mikewright7964
      @mikewright7964 9 лет назад +16

      +DoctorGuruGuru and WW3 wouldve start if this was a black muslim kid

    • @doctorguruguru6966
      @doctorguruguru6966 9 лет назад

      Mike Wright I agree

  • @Jiannuccilli
    @Jiannuccilli 8 лет назад +266

    Does nobody realize that he still would have lost even if he had gotten credit for this answer? It didn't make a difference.

    • @Kristine_202
      @Kristine_202 8 лет назад +19

      That's what I was going to say. The other guy clearly has WAY more money. (Unless he bet it all and lost, which would have been a huge mistake.) But this might have been a tournment where they total three days worth of scores AND give the 2nd place finisher a lump sum of like $10,000 or something. So this probably did end up costing him a decent amount of cash.

    • @jessicatrentwood832
      @jessicatrentwood832 8 лет назад +5

      You want me to watch till the end of the video or actually look into what I'm angry about? NO! Screw you and the system buddy. I will now commence to criticize society and what we've "turned into". I will also reminisce about "the times" where kids on TV shows were always given a trophy no matter what.

    • @chrisgast
      @chrisgast 8 лет назад +1

      I reminisce about the times when kids weren't such big babies when they messed up, especially 10 years or older.

    • @LiveLinerFishing
      @LiveLinerFishing 8 лет назад +6

      how was he treated unfair?

    • @Jiannuccilli
      @Jiannuccilli 8 лет назад +2

      SomeCallMeFeast first of all, he wasn't "treated unfairly." Second of all, who gives a fuck if he was? He still would have lost. Aw, his poor little feelings were hurt. Not our fault his pussy ass can't handle the truth.

  • @deathsheadmothranch7188
    @deathsheadmothranch7188 4 года назад +157

    What annoyed me was how he used the term “cheated out”. No, kid, that’s the game, deal with life.

    • @brisher
      @brisher 4 года назад +10

      That doesn't make it any less petty. He knew the answer. He just made a mistake, probably due to being on national tv with prize money at stake.

    • @jakeb2x266
      @jakeb2x266 4 года назад +6

      Alex didn’t even know how to spell it, “You put a p in there.” No, Alex, the p is right, he only added a single extra t.
      Emancipation VS. Emanciptation
      You can’t even read the difference, you have to look closer.

    • @SporeSpawn
      @SporeSpawn 3 года назад +3

      @@jakeb2x266 Eh, you're right, but who cares? Alex wasn't the contestant. He gets told there was an error and has to try and point it out -- the guess remains disqualified. Rules are rules, the kid rightfully lost and should have owned up to it. It's not sad, it's a well-needed reality check.

    • @jakeb2x266
      @jakeb2x266 3 года назад +3

      @@SporeSpawn Rules are stupid rules. Why would he own up to it when he did get it right. They just counted it wrong because he "misspelled it badly." Proof of concept is there, and it makes no sense to judge based off spelling, especially with children. I think he has every right to complain, just as Jeopardy has every right to uphold their rules. I don't really care, I was only annoyed with "No, kid, that's the game, deal with life." As if this kid is an adult.

    • @SporeSpawn
      @SporeSpawn 3 года назад +6

      @@jakeb2x266 Well I don't find the rules stupid. Kid or adult, the game will start to lose integrity if they let this stuff slide. Should they also let it slide if the contestant doesn't answer in the form of a question, even if they got the answer correct? Because it has happened on this show and the contestant was justly penalized.

  • @Ltpwnface
    @Ltpwnface 8 лет назад +2765

    "You put a "P" in there" so it's "emancitation"?

    • @petergriffin-xg9pe
      @petergriffin-xg9pe 8 лет назад +125

      no its emanciptation roclamation

    • @Kartix
      @Kartix 8 лет назад +49

      No it's Emancipation Proclamation

    • @Ltpwnface
      @Ltpwnface 8 лет назад +11

      +Kartix My comment wasn't serious btw lmao

    • @Kartix
      @Kartix 8 лет назад

      firewall705 I'm not sure if your being serious or sarcastic

    • @Kartix
      @Kartix 8 лет назад

      Ltpwnface OHH XD!

  • @ModernDefinition1
    @ModernDefinition1 7 лет назад +1522

    the t is silent

    • @NocturnalNick
      @NocturnalNick 7 лет назад +12

      fucking lol

    • @daveidmarx8296
      @daveidmarx8296 7 лет назад +30

      When is the "p" silent? When you're in a pool!

    • @voorats
      @voorats 7 лет назад

      cease

    • @tedjordan7567
      @tedjordan7567 6 лет назад +3

      Best joke on the Internet right now. Lol man.

    • @donkeydivorceassociatesllp5401
      @donkeydivorceassociatesllp5401 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah, that's a good point. And one time I accidentally farted on my penis and tried to blow myself and I got really sick.

  • @templar19
    @templar19 9 лет назад +121

    "he got the answer right he misspelled it big deal"
    Writes the person who can't punctuate or capitalize.

    • @tylerschamehorn1115
      @tylerschamehorn1115 9 лет назад +2

      Floyd Palmer Oh Lawd, I ain't having none of that.

    • @andriasimpson6361
      @andriasimpson6361 9 лет назад

      .UK

    • @PapaJohn1612
      @PapaJohn1612 9 лет назад

      saglek I swear i was the only one to catch it!

    • @levi1751
      @levi1751 7 лет назад

      Floyd Palmer by the way you didn't capitalize the "h" in he, he is the beginning of the sentence, so why don't you shut up because you obviously are a moron.

    • @redtree9243
      @redtree9243 7 лет назад

      Levi M That was a quote, so Floyd Palmer was not incorrect. You should have looked at the quotation marks. Think before you say, or in this situation, think before you type.

  • @trippinballzfr2518
    @trippinballzfr2518 4 года назад +160

    whos here after alex trebek passed away RIP 😣💔🕊

    • @deangelonole9703
      @deangelonole9703 4 года назад +2

      Everyone doesn't get a trophy kiddo- not this time.

    • @dancindavey1515
      @dancindavey1515 3 года назад

      Looks like nobody. Wait a month before your next survey.

  • @saskeru9346
    @saskeru9346 8 лет назад +1231

    The judges said he misspelled it _badly_?
    I agree he should be penalized, but adding one extra letter isn't what I would call badly.
    And did Trebek say he put a P in there?

    • @GaryLuKOTH
      @GaryLuKOTH 8 лет назад +50

      Yes, Trebek said he put a P in there. Trebek spelled it wrongly himself. He meant to say "He put a 't' in there".

    • @TalentedTrident
      @TalentedTrident 7 лет назад +7

      Babyman Jr. why did you come back after one year?

    • @mirrah3553
      @mirrah3553 7 лет назад +1

      Foba Bett why did u come back to it after one year? I did it because it was on my recommended list

    • @FloridaMugwump
      @FloridaMugwump 7 лет назад +2

      Yes he BADLY misspelled it because he didn't even get it correct phonetically He wrote eman-cip-TA-tion

    • @gamerdude1246
      @gamerdude1246 7 лет назад +4

      Saskeru the Ultimate It was bad, because his spelling made it sound different. If he wrote "emancypation" it should've been accepted but no emanciptation or wimbleton which change the phonetics of the word entirely.

  • @dataznguy5
    @dataznguy5 10 лет назад +111

    A wrong answer is a wrong answer. The show is just being fair and unbiased.

    • @auctoritate8254
      @auctoritate8254 10 лет назад +7

      Au contraire, his answer was correct. His spelling was less so, but never the less, his ANSWER was the Emancipation Proclamation.

    • @dataznguy5
      @dataznguy5 10 лет назад +13

      Stetson Graham The answer is what is written on the screen. Yes, his thinking was correct. His answer, however, isn't.

    • @TheDragonflyzero
      @TheDragonflyzero 10 лет назад +2

      Stetson Graham if ANY of the other people had made the same mistake theye'd have been penlized as well, this is an entirely mute argument because jeopardy is completely unbiased in the contestants

    • @auctoritate8254
      @auctoritate8254 10 лет назад +2

      TheDragonflyzero There have been adults that literally write down a zig-zag line and the judges have to get him to say it out loud. There IS bias.

    • @TheDragonflyzero
      @TheDragonflyzero 10 лет назад +2

      Theres a difference between legibility and misspelling

  • @socalguy97
    @socalguy97 8 лет назад +179

    An intelligent young boy, standing before a live audience, under pressure, under scrutiny, misspelling a word ever so slightly that the meaning of his answer was still profoundly obvious, and Jeopardy disqualifies him? Correct answer and all? Truly appalling.

    • @mowilliams7079
      @mowilliams7079 8 лет назад +8

      The spelling ruins the pronounciation of the word, why should they bend the rules for him?

    • @socalguy97
      @socalguy97 8 лет назад +24

      I'm a professor of linguistics (yes really, that's why the story interests me), so here's my professional opinion on the matter. The one additional phoneme /t/ the boy added does not significantly modify the word or it's meaning. It insignificantly changes the word on a morphological level and phonological level, yes, but definitely does not change it on either a semantic or syntactic level. But, place all of the science of it aside for a moment. On a level of humanity, the producers knew very well what the young boy's answer was and if they were able to decipher his answer and realize that this was nothing more than typographical (and clearly they did realize this), then the producers need to take onus more than the boy. It's their show, they may do as they wish, but from a professional's standpoint, they nitpicked at something that, on a language-level, we linguists would consider totally de minimis.

    • @mememememeq7283
      @mememememeq7283 8 лет назад +1

      my opinion about why they should bend the rules for him, is that he is a kid. They showed other people getting penalized, who where these people? Adults. They are more prepared to participate and be under pressure. A kid is not, all the pressure from his parents watching him and a big audience can be overwhelming. If you do a speech in front of a class you might miss pronounce something, just because you are nervous. This kid was as well, all I'm saying is that Jeopardy should make the rules more flexible not only for him but for young contestants. I apologize for any grammar mistake.

    • @bobafettjr85
      @bobafettjr85 8 лет назад +1

      It is simple semantics and I agree with you that clearly we, as well as the judges, were able to understand him. However they show an example at 1:24 that they penalized an adult for pronouncing it Wimbleton instead of Wimbledon. Even though we all know he meant Wimbledon, it is set in the rules that answers must be pronounced/spelled correctly.

    • @socalguy97
      @socalguy97 8 лет назад

      Well, it's a ridiculous rule that could stand changing, and this was a child, not an adult.

  • @thezombiecreeper
    @thezombiecreeper 5 лет назад +87

    That’s gotta sting.
    Just like Ken Jennings beating James Holzhauer by $200.

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 5 лет назад +2

      Yeah that was some bullshit

    • @diembui3256
      @diembui3256 4 года назад +1

      Can nobody please talk about being rigged

    • @ninjapirate123
      @ninjapirate123 9 месяцев назад

      thats just how the game works

  • @jbrown1169
    @jbrown1169 8 лет назад +168

    As they said at the end, he still would have lost even if they'd accepted it. He would have lost by more than $50.000 and still gotten the same $2000 consolation prize. It had zero effect on the outcome of the game, he still came in second and was FAR away from first. Since the runner-up prizes are a fixed amount it didn't cost him any money, much less the win.

    • @plorsomnia
      @plorsomnia 8 лет назад +2

      How is there a chance for slipper slope? Isn't it set in stone pretty much who was going to win?

    • @jbrown1169
      @jbrown1169 8 лет назад +6

      ***** I think it would have been a slippery slope if they HAD given it to him. By the rules of the game he got it wrong. Simply giving it to him, just because, would have opened a can of worms and left the rules open to many interpretations. In Jeopardy the spelling does not have to be 100% correct, but it must be phonetically correct. If he had written something like Emancipaytion Proclamation they probably would have accepted it.

    • @jbrown1169
      @jbrown1169 8 лет назад +1

      ***** Well I doubt there have been many instances where somebody misspelled it but did so in a way that was phonetically correct in a different accent, but if they did I'm sure it would be something the judges would rule on. Just as they would accept an oral answer that has a different pronunciation with a different accent. They probably wouldn't accept it if you just said it wrong in any accent. Like the guy who said "Wimbleton" instead of Wimbledon. It was only one letter off, but wrong and so they ruled it incorrect.
      And yes the kid was only a letter off, but he added an extra letter that changed the pronunciation of the would, so it wasn't phonetically correct. The rule is that it must be so. Not going by the rules, either this time or times in the past when they may have let something slide, would be what creates the slippery slope. The problem would be the previous incorrect rulings, not this correct one.

    • @mjc0961
      @mjc0961 7 лет назад +15

      Still a dick move for Trebek to mock him for putting a P in the word emancipation, which clearly contains a P.

    • @danielw.1339
      @danielw.1339 7 лет назад +4

      There is no accent that makes "Emancipation" sound like "Emanciptation."

  • @joediesen1
    @joediesen1 8 лет назад +251

    If we're being pedantic, Trebek said he misspelled it badly. Technically, that means he spelled it well. Trebek also said his mistake was he put a P in there. So Trebek thinks it is supposed to be spelled Emancitation Proclamation, or Emanciptation Roclamation. Trebek made more mistakes in his explanation than the kid did in his answer.

    • @RayJackson88
      @RayJackson88 8 лет назад +4

      That is not even the point, don't justify this nonsense. He lost because of the rules of the show, not because of a random announcer error.

    • @dgrantfalini
      @dgrantfalini 8 лет назад +2

      your move, trebek.

    • @FarmerFigs
      @FarmerFigs 8 лет назад +6

      They were both incorrect. Trebek being incorrect does not make the child's answer correct. If we're being pedantic.

    • @TransparentLabyrinth
      @TransparentLabyrinth 8 лет назад

      lmao, touche, good sir.

    • @lojosol
      @lojosol 8 лет назад +9

      Trebek has no say in the ruling. The ruling is made by off camera judges. Having said that, this was a pretty bogus ruling, as there have been several Final Jeopardy! questions that have been ruled correct with slight misspellings.

  • @CrackHardy
    @CrackHardy 7 лет назад +788

    "You put a "P" in there"
    *Warms up hands*
    BOI!

    • @loverine8507
      @loverine8507 7 лет назад +40

      I don't get why he said that.
      It is spelled wrong but, the P should be in it.
      Emancipation Proclamation

    • @deebrown9832
      @deebrown9832 7 лет назад +6

      right i was like... tf you saying he got out when you can't spell it yourself

    • @moneymayne
      @moneymayne 7 лет назад +14

      i put MY p in there. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @aarongrafastronaaron6563
      @aarongrafastronaaron6563 7 лет назад +2

      Revenge75 no

    • @SincerelyWong
      @SincerelyWong 7 лет назад +1

      should've said puck you!

  • @kellydione29
    @kellydione29 4 года назад +43

    When did Jeopardy become a spelling bee?
    Since Jeopardy.

  • @terrylunsford352
    @terrylunsford352 6 лет назад +1107

    Anyone who is familiar with Jeopardy knows that you must spell and pronounce the word correctly to get credit for it.

    • @Jeff-xy7fv
      @Jeff-xy7fv 6 лет назад +60

      Exactly! This is not Match Game, where spelling didn't count. It does count in Jeopardy.

    • @davem5333
      @davem5333 6 лет назад +109

      Jeopardy has always been a stickler for pronunciation and spelling.
      They are harsh and hard. But they are consistent.
      Tough break kid. Best to learn now that in life sometimes almost right isn't good enough.

    • @mbdg6810
      @mbdg6810 6 лет назад +59

      I thought if you misspell something but it doesn't affect pronunciation you still get it right

    • @MasterOfViewership
      @MasterOfViewership 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah. That's the name of the game.

    • @jessfeliciano9680
      @jessfeliciano9680 5 лет назад +1

      Except for Hawaiian words, lol

  • @EdmundSnyder
    @EdmundSnyder 9 лет назад +158

    It's the real world, kid, you don't get a participtation trophy here.

    • @lwst1988
      @lwst1988 9 лет назад +2

      Edmund Snyder If you screw up once and get fired, that's probably not a company worth working for in the first place. Always a silver lining. Leaving a shitty job is a reward in itself. Sure you have no pay, but guess what? You were fired! That's good news, because now you can file for unemployment while you search for a job that isn't fucking retarded. And that's how you turn a negative into a positive.
      Also this kid did do it right. Emancipation proclamation was the right answer. He answered it right and he still got it wrong. That's a big pile of bullshit if you ask me. Fuck Jeopardy and fuck Alex Trebek. It's a stupid show, and he's a corporate douche.

    • @FuhqEwe
      @FuhqEwe 9 лет назад +1

      +John Lewis
      The kid wouldn't of won had he spelled it correctly anyway.
      You don't receive a paycheck for ''participating'' at work. You do an occupation well, and you are paid for it.
      You can't ''file for unemployment'' for being fired. Often times, being fired means you won't receive a penny, as unemployment paychecks are given to an employee based on their length of employment with the company, and whether the company even approves of the individuals request for unemployment.

    • @lwst1988
      @lwst1988 9 лет назад +1

      Fuhq Ewe The kid winning isn't the point. He still got the question right.
      And you're wrong. You can do a job poorly. As long as you show up to work, you get a paycheck.
      Also, it doesn't matter if the company approves of unemployment compensation, because more often than not, compensation is guaranteed in the signed contract. Companies challenge their former employees compensation a lot, because they're a bunch of greedy corporate pigs who deserve to die, but it was in the signed contract, so there's jack shit they can actually do about it except go fuck themselves.

    • @FuhqEwe
      @FuhqEwe 9 лет назад +1

      *****
      You've never had a job for more than a few weeks have you?

    • @lwst1988
      @lwst1988 9 лет назад +1

      Fuhq Ewe I had a job for four years, and then walked out. My next job I stayed at for a month before walking out. And now I have another job, which I like, because my new employer is not a greedy motherfucker.
      The problem I have with most employers is that they think they own their employees. They think that just because they gave you a job means you owe them something. That's not the case. They hired you to do a job. You don't owe them jack shit, but they sure as hell owe you money at the end of every shift.
      And it doesn't matter if you do your job poorly. When you sign a contract with a company, there is no agreement which states that you only get paid for doing a job well. In most jobs, you are paid for the hours that you put in, not the quality of work.

  • @masonmethot3186
    @masonmethot3186 8 лет назад +425

    " It's LeviOsa, not LevioSA!!!" "$10,000 off!"

  • @The_A_Cast
    @The_A_Cast 4 года назад +37

    The saddest moment is today (November 8th, 2020) The day we lost the iconic legend himself, Alex Trebek.

    • @2112res
      @2112res 3 года назад

      Just wait for more guest hosts if you want sad. Anderson Cooper? Who's next...Ellen D.?

  • @TheShadesOfBlack
    @TheShadesOfBlack 9 лет назад +135

    "Oh he's so young, he should be an exception" do you see the questions they ask? His fail is funny when you realize how hard the questions he answered were and how easy emancipation is to spell

    • @sopcannon
      @sopcannon 9 лет назад +5

      Tallen Smith if you want to watch something funny watch playboys weakest link. Its the normal show but with playboy bunny and seriously dumbed down questions.

    • @TheShadesOfBlack
      @TheShadesOfBlack 9 лет назад +4

      That sounds strangely amazing

    • @flazzorb
      @flazzorb 9 лет назад +1

      That sounds like a misnomer

    • @TheShadesOfBlack
      @TheShadesOfBlack 9 лет назад

      Ah well. Teach her how to spell complicated words

    • @TheShadesOfBlack
      @TheShadesOfBlack 9 лет назад

      Facebook?

  • @jazzydragon4498
    @jazzydragon4498 8 лет назад +141

    Am I the only one here that just wants to give the poor kid a hug instead of bickering about if Jeopardy was right for doing that?

    • @Matthew075
      @Matthew075 8 лет назад

      This is youtube so probably you are the only one, sadly.

    • @jazzydragon4498
      @jazzydragon4498 8 лет назад

      I know it's RUclips, but there has to be at least some people who agree with me on this. Considering RUclips is also a place to express opinions even though some people will respond differently than you or hate you for your different opinion.

    • @Matthew075
      @Matthew075 8 лет назад

      Jazzy Wood Probably true.. spend enough time browsing comment sections and you get a little jaded...

    • @chuckfan1
      @chuckfan1 8 лет назад +2

      great reply..smh... give the kid a hug, hes a kid. Trebek, the show, the judges did nothing wrong. Its CLEARLY made known pre show, that spelling IS part of the deal.

    • @crispycloe
      @crispycloe 8 лет назад

      I really doubt a hug from you would make him forget about losing $10,000

  • @tristannolan85
    @tristannolan85 8 лет назад +55

    ive seen other episodes where they misspell on the final question and they let it slide

    • @noscopesallowed8128
      @noscopesallowed8128 7 лет назад

      They did this because it's legally challenging to give money to a kid from something like this. It had nothing to do with the misspelled word, I guarantee it.

    • @hunterdevoto5404
      @hunterdevoto5404 7 лет назад +2

      Sgt C4 what? He still gets money he just didn't win

    • @squid_cake
      @squid_cake 7 лет назад

      tristannolan85 I think they're just big asses.

  • @niarazu3883
    @niarazu3883 3 года назад +7

    I didn't see where Alex Trebek was "smug" about it. He simply conveyed what the producers told him to do in a straightforward way. It was a bad ruling but I didn't detect any smugness about it. I'm sure they felt bad too for the kid.

  • @jojag5
    @jojag5 10 лет назад +299

    Those are the rules. You have to spell it right, or at least reasonably close. You can't just change the rules because he's a kid.

    • @poopoopeepee42069
      @poopoopeepee42069 10 лет назад +48

      he was reasonably close, he accidentally added a letter.

    • @Theshortclipguy
      @Theshortclipguy 10 лет назад +25

      So adding an extra letter isn't reasonably close? If you can't add an extra letter and be "reasonably close", then the answer would have had to be correct which completely undermines your whole argument.

    • @jojag5
      @jojag5 10 лет назад +30

      ***** Rawbie the Sheeth The added letter changed the pronunciation of the word. According to Jeopardy rules, that is unacceptable. If he wrote "EmanSipation" instead of "EmanCipation" that would have been fine. The pronunciation is unchanged. However, he wrote "EmancipTation". Adding another phoneme, and changing the word's pronunciation
      They made the right decision.

    • @Theshortclipguy
      @Theshortclipguy 10 лет назад +3

      jojag5 No, they did not make the right decision. Both the judges and Alex are fucking dicks.

    • @jojag5
      @jojag5 10 лет назад +12

      ***** The rules are clear, and according to the rules of the game, it was the correct decision. If you think that makes them dicks, fine, but it doesn't change the fact that the judges made the right call.
      BTW, how is Alex a dick here? He's not even involved in making these decisions.

  • @quintuplebanned4267
    @quintuplebanned4267 6 лет назад +213

    His parents could have used this as a “teachable moment” instead of whining on his behalf. Great life lesson.

    • @a1joryj
      @a1joryj 4 года назад +4

      Uh, no. This is bullshit. Sorry :/

    • @851995STARGATE
      @851995STARGATE 4 года назад +7

      @@a1joryj they made the statement for him dude, he wouldn't have won even if he spelled it correctly

    • @synfinyminecraft
      @synfinyminecraft 4 года назад +3

      @@a1joryj Have you ever even seen Jeopardy, tho? It's been a pretty known think you have to be 100% right.

    • @pinedelgado4743
      @pinedelgado4743 Год назад +1

      They weren't "whining" on his behalf. They were being good and decent parents which is lots more than I could ever say about MY parents. One was a deadbeat drunk (Dad) and the other was a lazy narcissist (Mom).

    • @josefmengele181
      @josefmengele181 Год назад

      Now look at America

  • @timf7413
    @timf7413 7 лет назад +489

    To be fair, Jeopardy has always been pretty consistent that spelling errors are allowed but not a missing or added syllable. I get that this was a kid, but they are correct that they were enforcing the established rules/

    • @stephenray8337
      @stephenray8337 7 лет назад +5

      Tim F You are exactly correct. Misspelling is ok, but if a syllable is added or taken off, it’s incorrect. Also sometimes contestants can be stuck between two answers that is similarly spelled, just a letter or two difference, so they’ll misspell it to make look like it can be either word. I’m sure Jeopardy would penalize on that as well.

    • @qdog568
      @qdog568 6 лет назад +5

      You can misspell a word as long as it doesn't change the pronunciation of it. This error changed the pronunciation, so it is then incorrect. That's the rule of final Jeopardy.

    • @martinhyizna3299
      @martinhyizna3299 6 лет назад +8

      Disagree, in fact Jeopardy producers not only inconsistently and subjectively apply enforcement of spelling, in this case for a 13 year old kid, they should have ruled him with a right answer. Unless, the incorrectly spelled word forms another real word (which in this case it doesn't) I don't see how ruling against this kid is fair. I distinctly recall seeing final Jeopardy contestants spell words wrong and receive credit for a right answer.

    • @gameshowguy2000
      @gameshowguy2000 6 лет назад +5

      Doesn't matter, Martin. It's the same rule for adults, kids, teens, college students, and teachers. The ruling was fair.

    • @daniel583539
      @daniel583539 6 лет назад +2

      I get the rules and all. But it's just fact that most kids are worse at spelling than adults, so they should expect the kids to make spelling errors :(((((

  • @lonewolfx499
    @lonewolfx499 2 года назад +10

    I've always known the rule to be: as long as it's phonetically correct, it counted. For example, one contestant wrote down Khazakstan instead of Kazakhstan but it still counted as that spelling still has the correct pronunciation. As sad as it is, Emanciptation Proclamation isn't an acceptable answer since the added T makes it a completely different in pronunciation. He knew the answer, but the slight spelling error can in fact make a difference.

    • @scottdecker9115
      @scottdecker9115 Год назад +2

      My point exactly. They're loose on the spelling, but strict on pronunciation, that is the key phrase.

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 Год назад +1

      I agree that Jeopardy has been consistent on the handling of spelling errors.
      Here's the way I think of it. If you change a vowel, or miss a double consonant, it can still be considered the same word, misspelled. If you add an extra consonant, it really can't be considered just a misspelling of the word. "Emanciptation" is simply not the same as "emancipation": it can't be considered the same word.
      This the way I've thought of the Jeopardy policy on spelling.

  • @jihadjimmy1279
    @jihadjimmy1279 8 лет назад +31

    on the bright side, he'll never forget how to spell the word emancipation

  • @viviank6905
    @viviank6905 8 лет назад +361

    On jeopardy a guy spelled something wrong in final jeopardy and he didn't get penalized. Smh

    • @skg4050
      @skg4050 8 лет назад +6

      Did it change the pronunciation?

    • @viviank6905
      @viviank6905 8 лет назад +5

      SKG The Champion I'm pretty sure it did

    • @roythomasbaker
      @roythomasbaker 8 лет назад +27

      I saw that episode. Trebek even responded to the moment "...we don't penalize for misspellings."

    • @bigskyyyyyy
      @bigskyyyyyy 8 лет назад +21

      The problem with this whole thing was Alex Trebek's poor explanation for it being wrong. The real reason the answer was wrong was because it changed the pronunciation of the word and had nothing to do with the spelling of it.

    • @ashsdigitalmemory
      @ashsdigitalmemory 8 лет назад

      PlutoIsMahBae :3 Stupid JK

  • @alexdavinci9533
    @alexdavinci9533 8 лет назад +271

    Alex didn't pronounce the misspelled word correctly! What a hypocrite.

    • @zmodem4619
      @zmodem4619 7 лет назад +22

      He even fucked up saying what the poor kid did wrong: "You put a 'P' in there, that's unfortunate" You dumbass, Alex, there's supposed to be a 'P', not the trailing 'T'. Poor kid.

  • @amstevens23
    @amstevens23 4 года назад +120

    Me: First comment, "Aw poor boy."
    Boy: "Cheated"
    Me: Deletes comment.

  • @davidb23
    @davidb23 7 лет назад +144

    Why does it say Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz at 0:52

    • @kel6794
      @kel6794 7 лет назад +17

      David Bollinger this comment made my day lmao

    • @bigstunna2049
      @bigstunna2049 7 лет назад +16

      Incorperated

    • @grey_real
      @grey_real 7 лет назад +3

      slick vick YEA BOI

    • @GaryLuKOTH
      @GaryLuKOTH 7 лет назад +5

      He was mentioned in one of the questions, I think.

    • @YouSuck921
      @YouSuck921 7 лет назад +19

      CURSE YOU PERRY THE PLATYPUS!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @wildbill268
    @wildbill268 7 лет назад +35

    "He wouldn't have won anyway"
    The part EVERYONE LEFT OUT

    • @AlexRasengan1337
      @AlexRasengan1337 5 лет назад

      It doesn't matter what would have happened, it matters that this ruling was idiotic.

    • @aaronaguilar9172
      @aaronaguilar9172 Год назад

      it also matters how harsh alex was being, he could’ve simply said “i’m sorry but you misspelled it” but he decides to arrogantly say that he misspelled it badly.
      it makes no sense to rule against his spelling, since he would’ve finished in 2nd place regardless

    • @RYMAN1321
      @RYMAN1321 Год назад

      @@AlexRasengan1337It wouldn’t have made any difference

  • @AGentertainmentofficial
    @AGentertainmentofficial 11 лет назад +54

    The ending says it all. So the kid is sad he was "cheated" because it was a spelling error, yet an error would be using the wrong letter or something... "emansipation." He butchered the word. Let's write it here: "emanciptation." Even Google is mad at me spelling it wrong, underling it with a big red line.
    This is just another example of this younger generation not being taught how to lose. In this case, he would have lost anyway, even spelling the word correctly. What would his excuse be then?

    • @JJony123
      @JJony123 11 лет назад +10

      You make a lot of assumptions for a kid you don't even know.

    • @AGentertainmentofficial
      @AGentertainmentofficial 11 лет назад +12

      Really? Look at this face when he lost and tell me he doesn't know how to lose.

    • @david2546
      @david2546 11 лет назад +2

      So changing a 'c' to a 's' is a less egregious error than adding an extra 't'?

    • @anthonycagle3213
      @anthonycagle3213 10 лет назад +7

      handballvid I don't think that assumptions are being made. The kid said that he was cheated. That is showing that he does not know how to lose. He got the answer wrong. It also shows that his parents are not helping. Had that been me as a child. And I complained. My Dad would have explained why I had not answered the question correctly.

    • @xbradx11
      @xbradx11 10 лет назад

      dis show suxxxxxxxx

  • @jonwhitehead4558
    @jonwhitehead4558 4 года назад +94

    Pretty sure we've had a more upsetting loss in Jeopardy... RIP Alex

    • @doc4153
      @doc4153 3 года назад +1

      pReTtY sUrE this video came out well before that.

    • @jeffswindle1181
      @jeffswindle1181 2 года назад

      I watched him as Jeopardy host when I was 12 or 13 in the early 90’s until his untimely passing. He allowed the game to be the star, not himself. Doc over here is apparently a PR rep for cnn

  • @kcmaldonado3948
    @kcmaldonado3948 9 лет назад +33

    He's 12 for God sake. I'm proud of him for knowing what the Emancipation Proclamation is in the first place.

    • @8aba_Yaga
      @8aba_Yaga 9 лет назад +10

      +Kevin Cody i'd bet you're proud he can tie his own shoes as well.

    • @universe_cat3149
      @universe_cat3149 9 лет назад +2

      +maroonoasis you probably can't explain it and if you did it would almost be 100% googled

    • @jraymond1988
      @jraymond1988 8 лет назад +1

      +SirKittyGuy I think you are severely underestimating the stupidity of people on the internet.

    • @competence5324
      @competence5324 8 лет назад +2

      I learned what that was in 2nd grade, doesn't matter. He spelt it wrong. Doesn't get the points, its been in the damn rule book for ages. Get over it.

    • @kcmaldonado3948
      @kcmaldonado3948 8 лет назад

      ***** **spelled

  • @charlieblade1232
    @charlieblade1232 8 лет назад +285

    I'm with Jeopardy. It would be cheating to say he's correct.

    • @charlieblade1232
      @charlieblade1232 8 лет назад +26

      Cheating is going against the rules of the game. The judges only accept a misspelling when it doesn't change the pronunciation of the answer.

    • @tommyboat64
      @tommyboat64 8 лет назад

      You are SEW RONG !

    • @brendondellinger355
      @brendondellinger355 8 лет назад +3

      I have to agree with u. Let's say I put Bob Saget as the answer, I can't just say I spelled Emancipation Proclamation wrong. The kid was close and I feel bad for him, but this is why we need to stop using spell correct XD

    • @mynameisgladiator1933
      @mynameisgladiator1933 8 лет назад +14

      Well, does it matter that the idiot announcer doesn't know how to spell it either? The moron said: "You put a 'P' in there. The misspelling was that he put a 'T' in the word, not the 'P'.
      And this is not a spelling bee, it's a show about knowledge.

    • @rachellatky7827
      @rachellatky7827 8 лет назад +6

      +Test Channel I agree he did say p instead of t I feel that the announcer should have been confronted for that. And wtf he spelled it badly. NO HE DIDNT. He accidentally put a t. Who cares life is literally too short to give a damn about that.

  • @moevana12
    @moevana12 9 лет назад +240

    CNN left a big detail out. The kid wasn't cheated. According to the official rules of _Jeopardy!_, a contestant's spelling of the correct answer CAN be incorrect, but it MUST NOT change the pronunciation of the word(s). "Emanciptation" is pronounced much differently than "Emancipation." If the stupid kid knew the rules, he would know that he, in fact, was not "cheated."

    • @PkmnMstr10
      @PkmnMstr10 9 лет назад +2

      moevana12 So in effect, if he spelled it "emansipation" he would have been okay.

    • @DVSB100
      @DVSB100 9 лет назад +3

      ***** Yes, that is correct. I've seen plenty of incorrect spellings on final jeopardy that were accepted because they didn't change the pronunciation of the word.

    • @sheep3370
      @sheep3370 9 лет назад +8

      moevana12 But you know, he is a fucking 12 year old kid, so he wouldn't know the rules inside and out. Especially when he narrowly lost the prize money

    • @qwerty112311
      @qwerty112311 9 лет назад +4

      @caesar
      He would've lost by five digits. How you consider that to be close is beyond me.

    • @Phenrex
      @Phenrex 9 лет назад +6

      I wonder if you would have done better than this 'Stupid Kid' at 12 years old?

  • @canuck21
    @canuck21 3 года назад +2

    They can't blame Alex Trebek for this. He's only the host, he doesn't decide on anything. And he wasn't smug either, he just said what was wrong and that's it.

  • @spacephase9836
    @spacephase9836 7 лет назад +1236

    wait a 12-year-old is in 8th grade? what the hell?

    • @LeeLee-qi7lc
      @LeeLee-qi7lc 7 лет назад +2

      ThatOneKidYouDontKnow lol I was thinking that

    • @themoongateofficial
      @themoongateofficial 7 лет назад +80

      ThatOneKidYouDontKnow I was 12 in 8th

    • @spacephase9836
      @spacephase9836 7 лет назад +78

      Paramita guitarist seriously? im 13 and in 7th

    • @Dave-dl3cy
      @Dave-dl3cy 7 лет назад +51

      ThatOneKidYouDontKnow when you hit highschool most people start at 14 idk that's just my experience

    • @joaolucasprates
      @joaolucasprates 7 лет назад +14

      I'm turning 15 in 10th grade lol. Where do you live?

  • @nanopixel6460
    @nanopixel6460 8 лет назад +27

    Remember kids, misspell a word, you could lose 10,000 dollars

    • @mbdg6810
      @mbdg6810 4 года назад +1

      In jeopardy you don’t get penalized for wrong spelling if the pronunciation doesn’t change

  • @ChristianDuncan
    @ChristianDuncan 8 лет назад +115

    I lost on Jeopardy, baby.

    • @uglycasanova79
      @uglycasanova79 8 лет назад +6

      Christian Duncan like a surgeon?

    • @ChristianDuncan
      @ChristianDuncan 8 лет назад +4

      uglycasanova79 HEY! cuttin' for the very first time

    • @EldestSauce
      @EldestSauce 8 лет назад +2

      We've got it all, on UHF!

    • @ChristianDuncan
      @ChristianDuncan 8 лет назад +1

      EldestSauce Smells like Nirvana

    • @AntiKipKay
      @AntiKipKay 7 лет назад +1

      Another one rides the bus

  • @bryce2124
    @bryce2124 3 года назад +43

    Kid needs to learn. Can’t change the rules cause you don’t like them.

    • @DJDipstick
      @DJDipstick 3 года назад +2

      Dude he's a kid and he got it right, a typo shouldn't cost you that that's bullshit

    • @afungai1649
      @afungai1649 3 года назад +1

      I remember specifically hearing that “they don’t penalize for spelling errors” for an ADULT contestant later on, so the fact that they marked him wrong was bullshit no matter what way you look at it.

    • @blue3381
      @blue3381 3 года назад +2

      The official rules are that they don't take off for spelling errors, as long as the spelling doesn't change the pronunciation. This case was a grey area which could have gone either way. Many believe that as an 8th grader - they should have ruled in his favor, because he obviously got the right answer.

    • @eldiesel4593
      @eldiesel4593 3 года назад

      @@blue3381 There is no pronunciation for misspelled/nonexistent words. The kid can say the extra letter is silent, then the pronunciation is exactly the same. That rule means nothing. People have gotten entire words wrong in questions in the proper nouns and gotten credit.

    • @blue3381
      @blue3381 3 года назад

      @@eldiesel4593 I 100% agree that the kid's response should have been accepted. Just stating what I know to be the rules of the show. If the kid spelled it something like, "emansipayshun" the judges would have accepted it because it would have sounded out phonetically correct. But when you sound out the kid's spelling, it becomes, "ee-man-sip-TAY-shun." I'm guessing that's their reasoning, even though it's clear that the kid knew the answer.

  • @pauljanssen542
    @pauljanssen542 7 лет назад +479

    So "eemannsippayshun prahcklamayshun" would have been accepted?

    • @ThePsychicCellPhones
      @ThePsychicCellPhones 7 лет назад +9

      I think emancipation proclamation was the wrong answer anyway.

    • @gameshowguy2000
      @gameshowguy2000 7 лет назад +49

      Most likely. You gave the phonetic spelling. And the rules say that it must be *phonetically* correct to be counted as right.

    • @robertmorgan6253
      @robertmorgan6253 7 лет назад +4

      It probobobly would be
      Oops...
      I'm kicked off of RUclips know because I spelled ONE WORD wrong!

    • @GaryLuKOTH
      @GaryLuKOTH 7 лет назад +2

      Mistah Mew The correct answer was emancipation proclamation.

    • @gameshowguy2000
      @gameshowguy2000 7 лет назад +3

      You misspelled the word "probably", but gave the phonetic spelling.

  • @pasqualegiusto8752
    @pasqualegiusto8752 7 лет назад +599

    "He misspelled it badly."
    Looks like he made a grammatical mistake too.

    • @NocturnalNick
      @NocturnalNick 7 лет назад +56

      bad·ly
      ˈbadlē
      adverb
      1.
      in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.
      "a badly managed company"

    • @bakedcrystal915
      @bakedcrystal915 7 лет назад +6

      NocturnalNick rekt

    • @nikkinixon8417
      @nikkinixon8417 6 лет назад +3

      Lol I said the same thing and this rando dude is like personally attacking me he got so offended 😂😂

    • @adf8186
      @adf8186 6 лет назад

      yeah but the kid didn't make a grammatical mista- ah forget it

    • @pasqualegiusto8752
      @pasqualegiusto8752 6 лет назад +9

      He was supposed to say "He spelled it badly," not "He misspelled it badly."

  • @Kidlat432
    @Kidlat432 6 лет назад +503

    "you spelled it badly. you put a P in there" Trebek can't spell!

    • @tohopes
      @tohopes 6 лет назад +3

      technically correct.

    • @tohopes
      @tohopes 6 лет назад +16

      Yes but "you put a P in there" was technically correct.

    • @Kidlat432
      @Kidlat432 6 лет назад +21

      what Trebek meant was that "emancipTation" was wrong because he put a P in there. That would make it "emancitation". Get it?

    • @tohopes
      @tohopes 6 лет назад +5

      and the kid did put a P in there. so what Trebek said was technically correct. get it?

    • @amazinmets8439
      @amazinmets8439 6 лет назад +22

      If you go by Trebek's implication, he was incorrect. Trebek was clearly implying the word should not have had a "p". Trebek therefore, is wrong.

  • @Thulgore
    @Thulgore 3 года назад +1

    I absolutely applaud Jeopardy for their statement.

  • @jimduggan8962
    @jimduggan8962 8 лет назад +225

    Final Jeopardy you're in a rush to write it down. Clearly he knew the answer it is a long word and he was making corrections. This isn't right.

    • @Jayjay-up1bs
      @Jayjay-up1bs 8 лет назад +1

      Jim Duggan Dude, I am in the 6th grade. I can spell it on a whim.

    • @Vickymonswer346
      @Vickymonswer346 8 лет назад +2

      jayjay07 comparing elementary and middle schoolers is ineffective because some are far more accelerated than others, and really doesn't even out until your junior year of high school. And even then, there are very illiterate high schoolers.

    • @nobodyfromnowwhere7510
      @nobodyfromnowwhere7510 8 лет назад

      You can also use capitalization improperly and use numbers in a sentence instead of words.

    • @stockyjohn
      @stockyjohn 8 лет назад +1

      If they gave his whiny ass a participation trophy, would you be happy? I hope you never have kids.

    • @jimduggan8962
      @jimduggan8962 8 лет назад

      He knew the answer that's all that matters you schmuck.

  • @Waltham1892
    @Waltham1892 10 лет назад +25

    "he was cheated"
    Nope, no sense of entitlement there....

    • @auctoritate8254
      @auctoritate8254 10 лет назад +5

      He *was* cheated. Truth is, he would have lost anyways. But I'll say this. If I were him, even though I'd have lost anyways, I'd have been pissed too. It's the *principle* of it.

    • @PepsiFuture
      @PepsiFuture 10 лет назад +4

      Stetson Graham The "principle" of it is that his answer was incorrect. It is TECHNICALLY the wrong answer, so he deserved to lose. Kids don't get special treatment for crossing their arms and pouting.

    • @auctoritate8254
      @auctoritate8254 10 лет назад +1

      Decore Noah It is TECHNICALLY the *right* answer. Because he spelled it wrong, but his ANSWER was the Emancipation Proclamation. The principle I'm talking about is that he was cheated out of a correct answer because some judges were being petty for no reason.

    • @saikrishnan8277
      @saikrishnan8277 10 лет назад +1

      Stetson Graham
      The correct answer is "Emancipation Proclamation". Not "Emanciptation Proclamation" . Say if I go to the Jeopardy show and give an answer as "beer claws" instead of the correct answer "bear claws" , i would still be wrong.

    • @JazzKeyboardist1
      @JazzKeyboardist1 10 лет назад

      ***** 11/5/14 alex accepted Caldicot and Caldecott.

  • @uxobi3862
    @uxobi3862 8 лет назад +46

    It really didn't matter...he would have not won anyway.

    • @thenoodlemcgaming
      @thenoodlemcgaming 8 лет назад +3

      they ruined the kids confidence without confidence he may have problems doing things that make him stand out in the future and that how most people get a job, they stand out

    • @HulkRemade
      @HulkRemade 8 лет назад +5

      He made the mistake though and he decided to go on the show. How is his confidence being/not being ruined the show's fault?

    • @wesdean1977
      @wesdean1977 8 лет назад +1

      Ux Obi he loses the money he earned before the final question.

    • @user-kh9ki3kq8m
      @user-kh9ki3kq8m 8 лет назад

      Ux Obi he lost all the money he earned before then.

    • @uxobi3862
      @uxobi3862 8 лет назад

      Jackson Catlett No, you don't get any money if you are not the overall winner. 2nd and 3rd place get a consolation prize from one of the sponsors...no cash.

  • @ericroy1880
    @ericroy1880 5 лет назад +1

    If you’re 13 or 14 don’t cry if you loose something. You weren’t cheated out of it welcome to life

  • @JeopardyandWheelFan
    @JeopardyandWheelFan 7 лет назад +214

    The way he spelled it changed the pronunciation of the word, therefore he was fairly ruled incorrect. Remember that the answer must be pronounced correctly, otherwise you'll be ruled incorrect.

    • @nbforrest9
      @nbforrest9 7 лет назад +7

      Thank you!! I gave a more detailed explanation of the same truth earlier but I guess you just can't fix stupid. Most people just can't accept that anything can be their own fault.

    • @JeopardyandWheelFan
      @JeopardyandWheelFan 7 лет назад +3

      Why can't people find anything better to do? It's the rules of the game and everything must be played fair and square.

    • @YouSuck921
      @YouSuck921 7 лет назад +3

      Because the host of the show is a dumbass

    • @YouSuck921
      @YouSuck921 7 лет назад +1

      +Supreme Sasuke That is not even close to the same getting a digit or +/- sign wrong changes the answer COMPLETELY slightly misspelling a word does not change the answer itself unless it is truly spelled terribly you still understand what the answer says.

    • @thatguylolbits
      @thatguylolbits 7 лет назад

      YouSuck921 I said one of the DIGITS is BACKWARDS like if I wrote a five but accidentally made it backwards

  • @arcade5765
    @arcade5765 8 лет назад +31

    He misspelled it badly; there's supposed to be a 'P' in there."
    Seriously? The irony...

  • @adamsandlermovie9355
    @adamsandlermovie9355 9 лет назад +46

    They put children on the show, and then punish them for misspellings?

    • @thisishowiedewitt
      @thisishowiedewitt 9 лет назад +18

      Laura Shields yes. what kind of retarted statement is that

    • @adamsandlermovie9355
      @adamsandlermovie9355 9 лет назад +1

      They then tell him with lowsy grammar that he "because he misspelled it badly" SMH Shame on them.

    • @thisishowiedewitt
      @thisishowiedewitt 9 лет назад +17

      Laura Shields boo hoo. it was a rule he needed ot spell it correctly, so he wasn't cheated.

    • @adamsandlermovie9355
      @adamsandlermovie9355 9 лет назад +4

      cry me a river sweetheart, while u try to win your youtube comment fight XD

    • @thisishowiedewitt
      @thisishowiedewitt 9 лет назад +10

      +Laura Shields try to win? already won with ur stupid comments

  • @Dianna_Fights_For_Life
    @Dianna_Fights_For_Life 4 года назад +39

    Actually, the saddest moment in Jeopardy history happened yesterday, when Alex passed away.

  • @Thomas-sg4iz
    @Thomas-sg4iz 7 лет назад +292

    grown-ups do it all the time too. So the boy REALLY got cheated off.

    • @LFL-qp1fg
      @LFL-qp1fg 7 лет назад +28

      He could not have won anyway, he still got $2,000 for second place.

    • @henrygaga7482
      @henrygaga7482 7 лет назад +2

      I'm sure there is some organization now giving him a free ride to a 4 year private college because he really is smart and brave to be on Jeopardy!

    • @spurslegacy
      @spurslegacy 7 лет назад +3

      You don't get full-rides for being "brave" by going on Jeopardy LMAO

    • @henrygaga7482
      @henrygaga7482 7 лет назад

      Beast Mode, I'm sure some organization has given him a full scholarship to some university.

  • @jayjayb9325
    @jayjayb9325 9 лет назад +717

    Why are kids so entitled these days???

    • @airsoftmp5a4
      @airsoftmp5a4 9 лет назад +80

      They're not. He lost.

    • @dondraper4438
      @dondraper4438 9 лет назад +41

      JayJay B It's not the kids man, it's the media, and the parents who blew it out of proportion.

    • @dondraper4438
      @dondraper4438 9 лет назад +3

      Tylosaurio Get out of here with your gay agenda feminazi.

    • @dondraper4438
      @dondraper4438 9 лет назад +3

      Tylosaurio I mma give you something your parents never gave you. A good ole fashion beatin you liberal dirt bag

    • @walter2877
      @walter2877 9 лет назад +2

      +JayJay B If you earned something that you were promised and not given it for no real reason, you'd be upset too. But no, you'd rather blame those gosh darn kids for being all about themselves.

  • @paudeline
    @paudeline 10 лет назад +42

    Just watched the IBM challenge with watson. The computer mispronounced dozens of words, but wasn't penalized.

    • @TheDragonflyzero
      @TheDragonflyzero 10 лет назад +5

      if you went in there with a major speech impediment you had no control over would you want penalized?

    • @paudeline
      @paudeline 10 лет назад +1

      TheDragonflyzero
      Yes, I would want them to follow the rules.

    • @TheDragonflyzero
      @TheDragonflyzero 10 лет назад +8

      paudeline you are pure stupidity

    • @paudeline
      @paudeline 10 лет назад +1

      TheDragonflyzero
      Why, because I believe in equal rights?

    • @paudeline
      @paudeline 10 лет назад +1

      TheLuna2766
      I'm not talking about a machine at this point. I was talking about a person with a speech impediment. Are you telling me that a person with a lisp doesn't deserve all the rights normal person has?

  • @derrik-bosse
    @derrik-bosse 4 месяца назад +1

    Mistakes have no consequence in art and music, but they do in sports, gambling, and, say, maybe later in his life, construction.

  • @haunter4708
    @haunter4708 8 лет назад +42

    Well, if we're being pedantic, how can you misspell something "badly"?

    • @NocturnalNick
      @NocturnalNick 8 лет назад +2

      bad·ly
      ˈbadlē
      adverb
      1.
      in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.
      "a badly managed company"
      synonyms: poorly, incompetently, ineptly, inexpertly, inefficiently, imperfectly, deficiently, defectively, unsatisfactorily, inadequately, incorrectly, faultily, shoddily, amateurishly, carelessly, negligently; More
      2.
      to a great or serious degree; severely.
      "the building was badly damaged by fire"
      synonyms: desperately, sorely, intensely, seriously, very much, greatly, exceedingly
      "she badly needs help"

    • @WateFTW
      @WateFTW 8 лет назад +8

      For example, spelling the word "necessary" as necesary is misspelling it whereas spelling it as nesezzery is badly misspelling it.

    • @NocturnalNick
      @NocturnalNick 8 лет назад

      ***** No!

    • @Cescorage
      @Cescorage 8 лет назад

      english pls

    • @haunter4708
      @haunter4708 8 лет назад

      LesterDragon So you're saying he spelt it well then?

  • @dynalmite
    @dynalmite 8 лет назад +31

    Announcer said I correct letter was p, or could it be t?
    /music plays

  • @user-sy5wy7lr1y
    @user-sy5wy7lr1y 6 лет назад +31

    Legend has it, he is 18 years old now and he is *still* thinking about his English mistakes from when he was a child.

  • @dorothyjaques74
    @dorothyjaques74 4 года назад +55

    saddest moment is today.... 11/08/2020....Rest in peace Alex.

  • @billny33
    @billny33 8 лет назад +249

    I like Jeopardy for doing this. They pride themselves on being a high-level academic game show. They are not compromising their standards for kids. The kids have to learn to be on top of their game and dot their i's and cross their t's just like anybody else. I do think that Trebek could have been a little kinder. The boy didn't misspell it "badly" he added one letter that shouldn't have been there. But I'm very much ok with them not giving him the points because it also makes them look like a less intelligent show for allowing misspelled answers to count as correct.

    • @setsers1
      @setsers1 7 лет назад +5

      billny33 wtf?

    • @lordpinochetuttp3819
      @lordpinochetuttp3819 6 лет назад +9

      Sounds like you are a shallow shell of a human who has absolutely no life.

    • @m3i965
      @m3i965 6 лет назад +10

      LordPinochetUTTP it's good that a show doesn't cater to kids and addresses spelling mistakes. The same thing also happens at geography bees. You gotta spell right to get it right.

    • @lordpinochetuttp3819
      @lordpinochetuttp3819 6 лет назад +1

      + Echo.Jaxx That's nonsense. I could see this being reasonable if the contestant was an adult, but this was just an elementary schooler. There was absolutely no reason to punish him so severely. And no, I am not a supporter of this so called "everyone gets a trophy for trying" system, but I've noticed that people who comment on it constantly tend to be completely antisocial.

    • @m3i965
      @m3i965 6 лет назад +3

      LordPinochetUTTP LordPinochetUTTP I am aware that the host was being a dick about it; however, the spelling mistake changed the pronunciation of the word and according to the rules, that makes the answer incorrect. The host was rubbing it in but that doesn't mean that the kid got it correct. When I was a kid, i misspelled a word in the geography bee, and didn't get the answer correct. I was so pissed about it, but it was fair. What happened was fair, but I see what you're saying when the host was egging it on like a bitch.

  • @nz034
    @nz034 11 лет назад +13

    Actually he should have written it in cursive real fast, they would have given it to him.

    • @vorpal22
      @vorpal22 10 лет назад +3

      Indeed. Half the time you can barely read what the contestants wrote for their final answer. I don't know why they don't move to touch keyboards instead.

  • @kevinrspBelieves
    @kevinrspBelieves 8 лет назад +5

    Kids are WAY too pampered these days. Rules are rules, all is fair. They knew it ahead of time. He's old enough to suck it up.

  • @Caocao8888
    @Caocao8888 3 года назад +1

    The boy should be awarded a full scholarship to McDonald’s Hamburger University to make up for his gut-wrenching loss.

  • @FlyingAero
    @FlyingAero 8 лет назад +33

    like theres any other word thats even close to the spelling of emancipation. But then again how do you mispell it that badly if youre sounding it out

    • @CodyKing
      @CodyKing 8 лет назад +10

      He probably did. Sounded like he said emanciptation out loud.

    • @JazzKeyboardist1
      @JazzKeyboardist1 8 лет назад

      Good one. Was it a Satiric misspelling of "youre".. Alex accepted Haile Selaisse on 9-28

    • @silentstock1872
      @silentstock1872 8 лет назад

      The kids handwriting was also pretty bad

    • @mjc0961
      @mjc0961 7 лет назад +1

      Ask Alex Trebek, who thinks the word does not contain a P.

  • @ccchhhrrriiisss100
    @ccchhhrrriiisss100 7 лет назад +73

    I've seen other contestants misspell Final Jeopardy answers and still win the game.

    • @Sticholas
      @Sticholas 7 лет назад

      Chris M when he added the p there it changed the amount of syllables on the word

    • @gmorris7897
      @gmorris7897 7 лет назад +16

      When the misspelling changes the pronunciation of the answer, it is determined to be wrong. In this case, the additional letter in "Emanciptation" would be pronounced differently than "Emancipation". However, had the misspelling been an extra m ("Emmancipation") or the use of the "sion" instead of the "tion" suffix, I believe he would have been given credit for a correct answer. Jeopardy is largely about the pronunciation of words unless it's a spelling category.

    • @scootdaws25
      @scootdaws25 7 лет назад +4

      Chris M as long as the pronunciation is the same it's correct. the extra t made it wrong.

    • @thatdude8945
      @thatdude8945 7 лет назад

      Chris M they misspelled it but it did not change the pronunciation of the word

    • @thatdude8945
      @thatdude8945 7 лет назад

      Chris M because the spelling error didnt effect the pronunciation.

  • @trdtooster
    @trdtooster 8 лет назад +4

    Ya, because in this day and age THERE ARE NO LOSERS, right? Suck it up and move forward.

  • @tonys4250
    @tonys4250 3 года назад +1

    He added a T to the word. Jeopardy has always counted an answer wrong if the spelling changes the pronunciation of a word.

  • @snsdfx1
    @snsdfx1 7 лет назад +192

    I guess you can say his misspelling put him in jeopardy!

    • @gameshowguy2000
      @gameshowguy2000 7 лет назад

      Problem was...it changed the pronunciation of the word. It's not so much the misspelling. The rule is misspellings are acceptable--BUT...you *cannot change the pronunciation*.

    • @Munderscore
      @Munderscore 7 лет назад

      Michael Rosen's Bag Of Plums nice username. Mine sucks

    • @daphlouis493
      @daphlouis493 7 лет назад +2

      I’m actually done with these kinds of jokes *GIANT BREATHS*

    • @SomeRandomGuy789
      @SomeRandomGuy789 6 лет назад

      I’m going to hell for laughing

    • @WWIIrblx
      @WWIIrblx 6 лет назад

      DynamicQueen good one

  • @Lameashellcosplay
    @Lameashellcosplay 8 лет назад +12

    "he's a kid" guys they're supposed to be treated like adult contestants

  • @begeura
    @begeura 11 лет назад +49

    I am on Jeopardy's side on this.

  • @gemini2012100
    @gemini2012100 3 года назад +3

    The reason they counted him wrong wasn't because he misspelled the word. I've seen plenty of people misspell words on Final Jeopardy and still be counted right. The reason he was counted wrong was because. by adding a "t" to "Emancipation", making it "Emanciptation", it changed the pronunciation of the word.

  • @butmawwm8456
    @butmawwm8456 8 лет назад +126

    they just dont want to give money to a kid

    • @butmawwm8456
      @butmawwm8456 8 лет назад

      ***** XD SHUT THE FUCK UP

    • @cringeyvideos3488
      @cringeyvideos3488 7 лет назад

      oh im too weak don't kill me please Your joking right? I was agreeing with you until you put up that dumb statement. I don't think he would go on your channel and see if you were black and say shut up. And if that you was sarcasm I am sorry for not noticing lol

    • @helix9685
      @helix9685 7 лет назад +1

      Lol another kid won...wth? He misspelled it, in the past ppl were penalized for it, it's not fair that he wouldn't be penalized for it

    • @RYMAN1321
      @RYMAN1321 Год назад

      Wouldn’t have mattered because the winner was already so far ahead.
      2nd place always wins $2,000 anyway

  • @biddybuckley8609
    @biddybuckley8609 7 лет назад +1010

    Lats of adolts cant spel ither

    • @wahn_and_only
      @wahn_and_only 7 лет назад +230

      it was... it was a joke...

    • @ByCactus
      @ByCactus 7 лет назад +54

      Extreme Wolf This is what happens when you put to many points on cynicism and forget to put some on intelligence and humor

    • @cashmoneybag4
      @cashmoneybag4 7 лет назад +4

      Exploding Cactus
      Who said I was trying to put intelligence and humor in there?

    • @simplygreen17
      @simplygreen17 7 лет назад +16

      Yeh i Cann nout spel tooo

    • @solbug
      @solbug 7 лет назад +15

      Biddy Buckley mi dadd es ann badd spelor, hee canat spel mi naam

  • @LernestW
    @LernestW 8 лет назад +98

    under normal circumstances I would totally agree with jeopardy. however, they're kids. I would expect a little leniency. especially since it would not effect the outcome of the game.

    • @FarmerFigs
      @FarmerFigs 8 лет назад +15

      And that's how you get a weak generation. If you were playing jeopardy in your own house, you can set your own rules. If the other kids had misspelled it, they would have also been penalized.

    • @jonathandpg6115
      @jonathandpg6115 8 лет назад +4

      it's still harsh holy cow it's not a spelling bee and it's an excuse to not payout money. Instead the show should encourage tiny mistakes. In real life we aren't as penalized from small errors as you'd think. We do lots of small errors everyday and a small error in this situation isn't dramatic. It's about having fair rules.

    • @LernestW
      @LernestW 8 лет назад

      +Gabzo Avro exactly. teaching children that nothing short of perfection is acceptable.

    • @DanMan5000
      @DanMan5000 8 лет назад +1

      +Gabzo Avro This is a competition about giving correct answers and winning money not giving wrong answers and winning money

    • @jonathandpg6115
      @jonathandpg6115 8 лет назад +2

      Luke Weller His answer was mispelled not wrong. Misspelled.

  • @prennt57g99
    @prennt57g99 5 лет назад +22

    CNN brews all of this outrage in the first two minutes, then in the final ten seconds admits that he would’ve lost even if the answer was ruled correct. Figures.

  • @fairphil2890
    @fairphil2890 6 лет назад +190

    If only the judges had been a little more emancipatient with him.

    • @galaxygoop
      @galaxygoop 6 лет назад +3

      Fair Phil AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHhhhHahahahahahahahHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHhhhHahahahahahahahHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHhhhHahahahahahahahHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHhhhHahahahahahahahHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHhhhHahahahahahahahHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHhhhHahahahahahahahHHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @damienhughes4559
      @damienhughes4559 5 лет назад +3

      I wish I could have given this two thumbs up hahahaha!

    • @sammyb1328
      @sammyb1328 4 года назад +2

      Cringey puns have entered the chat.

  • @lindadriscoll7386
    @lindadriscoll7386 9 лет назад +50

    I gotta side with Jeopardy on this one... the way the kid spelled the word changed its' pronunciation altogether, so the judges then have a tough call... does the kid not know how to spell, or does he not quite know the answer to the question? They had to rule as they did, they had no choice really. Disappointing for the kid.... but kids today have to realize that you don't get a prize for everything you do, that adults aren't judged on their INTENTIONS but their ACTIONS. You don't get a 'pass' because you're the smartest kid in your class- in reality, you are a small fish in a big pond once you are out of your classroom or community, as the majority of adults are. Lastly-- the FAMILIES of these kids need to learn this same lesson and not encourage this perceived 'specialness' in their children. It isn't helping the kids in the long run. The kid's statement said he was 'cheated' out of the final question' and those aren't the original thoughts of an 8th grader... mom and dad felt cheated, is probably more of the actual truth.

    • @kamshik
      @kamshik 9 лет назад +12

      +lindalu22291 Ironically, you wrote "pronouncement" instead of "pronunciation". Disappointing for you... but you have to learn that you aren't judged on your INTENTIONS to write the right word, but on your ACTIONS of writing a completely different word.

    • @SuperScootz
      @SuperScootz 9 лет назад

      +lindalu22291 Best response I've seen, was going to side with the kid but you actually brought up a good point and I agree with you.

    • @valkyt9382
      @valkyt9382 9 лет назад

      +Lyuboslav Angelushev show me where it was said, sadly I cannot find it.

    • @gooblob4192
      @gooblob4192 9 лет назад +1

      +Huntervplaysmc 1 Look next to the root comment's name where it says (edited). This means that the original commenter saw the next comment and was all like "oh, guess I better fix that."

    • @DamonCassada345
      @DamonCassada345 9 лет назад

      He knew how to spell, it's just called a typo. The objective of Jeopardy isn't spelling nor should they put emphasis on spelling if they can recognize what he was trying to spell.

  • @GIJew
    @GIJew 7 лет назад +13

    Doesn't even matter, even if they gave it to him, he still wouldn't have won.

    • @JazzKeyboardist1
      @JazzKeyboardist1 7 лет назад +1

      good one Henry.. Now remember your comment when your high school teacher tells you that you are fat and ugly and you would not have won anything in school anyway? The point was that Alex was a bully to a little kid and the show accepts wrong answers about twice a month.. 3-15-17 accepted Rio de Janeiro and Janiero

    • @titaniumstarrui
      @titaniumstarrui 7 лет назад +1

      JazzKeyboardist1 It's not bullying at all. The kid shouldn't be given something he didn't deserve.

    • @JazzKeyboardist1
      @JazzKeyboardist1 7 лет назад

      good one titanium.. Many of us thought Alex was making this kid squeal like a pig and didn't even give him a reach around as portrayed in full metal jacket

    • @titaniumstarrui
      @titaniumstarrui 7 лет назад

      Do you star everything with "good one"?
      The kid still didn't deserve that. Besides, it's not like he would've won.

    • @JazzKeyboardist1
      @JazzKeyboardist1 7 лет назад

      I was laughing at you titanium.

  • @vccstudents
    @vccstudents 5 лет назад +2

    As a veteran English teacher, this is WHY I am upset that this necessary skill has been phased out in elementary schools. I taught middle school a long time and lost many hours sleep correcting major assignments and still deal with some of this with my high school and college students.

    • @bobthetvfan
      @bobthetvfan 4 года назад

      I've practically had to rewrite papers because of the excesses of spelling and grammatical errors. Just what are they learning about English in the lower grades?

    • @coopermuccio4409
      @coopermuccio4409 2 года назад

      Who even looks for grammar? Employers?

    • @vccstudents
      @vccstudents 2 года назад

      @@coopermuccio4409Professionals in the work force do.

  • @philfry5550
    @philfry5550 7 лет назад +68

    I don't get the issue. There was no way he could have caught the leader anyway.

    • @encycl07pedia-
      @encycl07pedia- 6 лет назад +4

      He and his family are entitled crybabies.

    • @nelaf
      @nelaf 6 лет назад

      Leader could have wagered a lot idk

  • @davidpieper3583
    @davidpieper3583 8 лет назад +19

    the kid is probably already accepted in Stanford.... i really don't feel that bad.

    • @incoherentrambling9226
      @incoherentrambling9226 8 лет назад +1

      +David Pieper ha no shit

    • @alexdmd
      @alexdmd 8 лет назад +1

      Yeah, he'll leave with $50k in student debt. It's better than winning money on Jeopardy.

    • @2011Oly
      @2011Oly 8 лет назад

      Speaking of Stanford in the news right now...

  • @Pandaoniman
    @Pandaoniman 9 лет назад +62

    He loses out on money because there's an extra 'T.' I'm seen far worse mistakes from college students and "professional" in real life. I've also heard some very vague answers from contestants in the past. This is just pure bullshit on their part. His answer was correct regardless of his single error.
    If they are going to go this far then every person that answers a question should need to give the full name of an individual, title, or place in order to receive credit.

    • @dannyrobins9700
      @dannyrobins9700 9 лет назад +2

      Lol "if they are going to go this far" dude he misspelled it so it didn't count it's so simple. Also if they accepted the answer as right, where do you draw the line of -how bad does a spelling mistake need to be to count it as wrong types of situations-?

    • @Teletheus
      @Teletheus 9 лет назад +4

      Don't you mean "professionals?"
      If his answer had a "single error," then it wasn't "correct." Those two things are mutually exclusive.

    • @rickyricardo9710
      @rickyricardo9710 9 лет назад +2

      +Pandaoniman Exactly. It's pretty obvious that he knew and got the correct answer. So the fuck what if it is one letter different? We all knew what he meant. It's not like there's something actually called the emanciptation proclamation that he could have actually thought was the answer.

    • @rickyricardo9710
      @rickyricardo9710 9 лет назад +1

      kabal151 I'm sorry, what did I misspell exactly? You're grasping for straws man. Unless you are attempting to say that he should learn to spell and are incapable of speaking English, in which case I would say, he's twelve fucking years old. What twelve year old even knows the word emancipation, much less can spell it?

    • @Pandaoniman
      @Pandaoniman 9 лет назад

      So, the only criticisms that I see are because my keyboard is old and doesn't pickup every keystroke. Oh, but gg, because pointing out the flaws of a logic argument aren't important at all.

  • @philliprobertson1347
    @philliprobertson1347 4 года назад +13

    He would've lost anyway.

    • @kidd595
      @kidd595 4 года назад +1

      2nd and 3rd place get paid differently if I’m not mistaken

    • @DXKramer
      @DXKramer 4 года назад +1

      @@kidd595 $2000 for second place, $1000 for third