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Normally I would make this a faux tweet at most. It's only a run of the mill contestant story, though it does offer some interesting detail about the two rounds of auditions the Blevins endured to get to the show. But one quote in the story caught my eye. Tim Blevins (second from the right in the picture) told his wife (far right): "I'm not watching Jeopardy with you. I'm not smart enough to watch Jeopardy. We got started watching Family Feud, and we just loved the show."
I can see the anti-Harvey folks at Game Show Forum and other sites smiling over the idea that Family Feud, especially its current incarnation, is dumb enough for everybody. Well, it's true that Feud will never win a Peabody for promoting knowledge among the great American unwashed. But sometimes you have to pretty clever to come up with the final choice on that board.
Jeopardy has long had the egghead reputation which garnered the Peabody but which also puts off more than a few viewers. Sony doesn't mind, though, as they count the money.
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