[Husker] Jeopardy

[Kelly Collins]

OK, so I'm a loser with waaay too much time on my hands.

Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson was born, raised and educated in Omaha, Nebraska. After  
graduating from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, he signed on as  
an editor and columnist for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Sun Newspapers  
of Omaha.

Heading west, he became a writer for the original "Hollywood  
Squares", winning an Emmy and six other nominations. Since then, he  
has produced "Scrabble" for NBC, "Think Twice" for PBS, "Small Talk",  
"Jumble", "Boggle" and "Shuffle" for The Family Channel, and he has  
developed and produced many other pilots and projects for various  
outlets.

And for one memorable season, he was the on-camera Judge on Dick  
Clark's syndicated show, "The Challengers".

Steve Tamerius
I've been involved with the game show business since the early 1980s  
and have written for about 10 different shows including "Tic Tac  
Dough", "Trivia Trap", "Card Sharks", and, of course, "JEOPARDY!" The  
2005-2006 season will be my 19th with the show. Along the way, I've  
been fortunate enough to win six Emmys.

I've written five books including ELVIS: HIS LIFE FROM A TO Z. An  
updated version of the book is in the works. From 1978 to 1983, I  
edited and published "Trivia Unlimited" magazine, the first national  
magazine devoted exclusively to trivia.

I look forward to each Fall, not only because it's the beginning of a  
new season on "JEOPARDY!", but it's also the kickoff of the college  
football season. A fanatical and somewhat demented college football  
buff, I live and die with the success (usually) and failure (rarely)  
of my beloved Nebraska Cornhuskers. Normally, a God-fearing, decent  
fellow, I've been known to be downright cantankerous with the  
unsuspecting salesman who calls or knocks on the door during a  
telecast. (Now, if I could just talk the producers into moving the  
"JEOPARDY!" production offices to Lincoln...)




On Oct 16, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Kelly Collins wrote:

> I think I remember hearing/reading somewhere that there are a  
> couple of writers on the show from Nebraska and they occasionally  
> try to slip in some Nebraska-related trivia.
>
> On Oct 16, 2006, at 5:38 PM, DAVID L MCGEE wrote:
>
>> Did anyone see they had a football category on Jeopardy tonight  
>> with the questions being filmed in Lincoln with the Cornhuskers  
>> showing the plays involved in the questions.  Wonder how the  
>> picked Lincoln?  Was fun to see!
>>   Jean
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