This Is Jeopardy: Celebrating America's Favorite Quiz Show [Paperback]

Ray Richmond (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble (December 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760753741
• ISBN-13: 978-0760753743
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,815,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ray Richmond has worked as a journalist and author since literally before the dawn of time itself (actually 1976). He has served as the chief television critic for the Los Angeles Daily News, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, the Orange County Register, Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. He is also the author of four books: "The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (HarperCollins, 1997); "My Greatest Day in Show Business: Screen Legends Share Their Fondest Moments" (Taylor Books, 1999); "TV Moms: An Illustrated Guide" (TV Books, 2000); and "This is Jeopardy! Celebrating America's Favorite Quiz Show" (Tehabi Books, 2004).

Having covered the entertainment industry as both writer and critic since 1984, Richmond boasts a rare insight into the inner-workings of a business presided over by wolves, sharks and zombies. He also has first-hand experience from the inside, having worked as a talent coordinator and segment producer for "The Merv Griffin Show" for 10 months in 1985-86. His articles have further been published in the Los Angeles Times, Backstage, Los Angeles magazine and Penthouse.

Richmond additionally once famously punk'd Fox News Channel by posing as a legitimate expert for a story about comedian Paula Poundstone while representing the satirical website Hollywood Pulse. It resulted in his being banned from serving as a talking head on Fox News for some three years, which he viewed as a tragedy on par with being barred from dining at The Sizzler or shopping at Wal-Mart. When not writing similarly blasphemous material, Richmond can often be found begging quarters as a street mime in Spokane, Washington.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Overall, great book!, July 1, 2006

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Jessica Ables "~*Jessica*~" (Weatherford, TX, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Is Jeopardy: Celebrating America's Favorite Quiz Show (Paperback)

I found the This is Jeopardy! book in a box where a lot of books are in. I'm a book vendor at the flea market in my hometown. When I got a chance to read it, it was really good. I especially liked the old pictures from that show's past seasons. In the first four seasons of Jeopardy, I wasn't born yet and I didn't remember those episodes, but it was great seeing what that show was like in the past. I wish more TV game shows like Wheel of Fortune would come out with books like this one.

3.0 out of 5 stars Cute read, July 19, 2008

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Runa "HPLunatic" (Charlottesville, VA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is Jeopardy: Celebrating America's Favorite Quiz Show (Paperback)

It's not the most detailed book, but it's a good read to pass the time. I loved the random trivia facts located on each page, and felt really ridiculous when I got a bunch of questions wrong =P Great pictures, too. If you're really interested in Jeopardy & it's history, it's definitely a book you should read, although IMO, Ken Jennings changed everything, and this was written before his domination, so basically all the records are wrong.