Talk:Jeopardy! in popular culture

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 9 March 2007. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

[edit] Notable and non-notable

Per my criteria in the AfD discussion, here is what I found notable and non-notable of the pop culture refrences, based on what is said in the article:

Notable

  • "I Lost on Jeopardy"
  • Cheers
  • Saturday Night Live
  • The Golden Girls
  • Mama's Family
  • Royal Canadian Air Farce
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  • Win Ben Stein's Money
  • Ellen's Energy Adventure

Definitely non-notable

  • Twilight Zone: The Movie (but may be acceptable in discussing Art Fleming's series)
  • Beavis and Butt-Head
  • Beverly Hills 90210
  • Futurama
  • Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
  • Histeria!
  • Mork and Mindy
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  • The X-Files
  • Brotherly Love
  • Dog Bites Man
  • Family Feud
  • Password Plus
  • Everything in the "Movies" section except perhaps for Groundhog Day and White Men Can't Jump
  • Taco Bell advertisement

Possibly non-notable

  • Airplane II: The Sequel
  • Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Tiny Toon Adventures (should be considered together)
  • Arthur (I may be influenced by the Arthur image)
  • Family Guy
  • History Bites
  • MADtv (the Ken Jennings sketch may be more notable than the others)
  • Monk
  • The Nanny (don't remember how much the game figured in the episode)
  • Rugrats
  • Seinfeld
  • The Simpsons
  • Groundhog Day
  • White Men Can't Jump
  • Little Expressionless Animals
  • The Moving Finger
  • Holiday Inn Express advertisement

I will delete things that are under "Definitely non-notable", and someone can revert particular items if there's an objection. I have seen a few of these shows: The Golden Girls, The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno, The Nanny, SNL, Airplane II, Groundhog Day (a long time ago) and one of the clips of Ben Stein on a compilation show. Tinlinkin 03:20, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I've continued, cleaning out most of the ones Tinlinkin considered possibly non-notable. I kept the Animaniacs/Tiny Toon ones, but they're now presented together. I also kept Seinfeld and The Simpsons. I kept White Men Can't Jump, since the reference is a real plot element, whereas in Groundhog Day it's just a joke, and we shouldn't be trying to retell every humorous clip involving Jeopardy. I cleaned up the Think! music section considerably too, taking out the unneeded explanation of each use of the Think music in the various television episodes and movies, although I think that should probably be removed altogether, it's just not important to list them (what really matters is to say that the Think music is often used to evoke a situation where someone has to make a decision -- which is being said, but it should be sourced). I added fact tags for the bit about the music being used during sporting events: I'm sure it is, but I have no idea how much, and anyway we always need sources. I removed the "education section" because it wasn't really about pop culture. Mangojuicetalk 14:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Personally, I think that "Holiday Inn Express" is notable; as the entire advertisement is based upon the generally known premise that "contestants on Jeopardy! are smart". I also think that "Rugrats" is notable, as the entire episode was pretty much based around Didi going onto the show. I'm restoring those two. Andy Saunders 14:51, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Have to quibble with you on the ad. While a TV episode in which Jeopardy plays a central role is probably worth remarking on here, a 30-second advertisement is little better than an individual toss-off reference. The level of reference is similar to many of the other items I removed you didn't disagree with, but the context here is much less important. Also, I think Wikipedia should be quite cautious in deciding to include information about advertisements, especially including a summary: Wikipedia should not be used for advertising, and I don't want to set a bad example over a minor item like this. I'm removing it for now while we discuss. Mangojuicetalk 04:29, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
The entire advertisement was based around the show. The advertisement was filmed on the set of the show, and involved the host of the show. The advertisement worked and was understood by the general population because of the pervasiveness that Jeopardy! has in popular culture. In my opinion, the Holiday Inn Express ad perfectly demonstrates the effect that the show has on general North American popular culture. And while I agree that Wikipedia should not be used for advertising in general, there are things that are notable because they are advertisements, such as Where's The Beef? and the like. Andy Saunders 05:20, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category on March 16, 2007 show

Jeopardy! in popular culture was a category in Double Jeopardy on the March 16, 2007 episode. Andy Saunders 23:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

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