Cliff Quote #547
Quote from Cliff in What Is... Cliff Clavin?
Alex Trebek: Hello, Cliff. Hey, listen, I'm very sorry about what happened to you on our program this afternoon.
Cliff: Oh, so you'd admit you that you were out of line by telling me I was wrong?
Alex Trebek: Well, I wouldn't go quite that far. Fact is that a case could be made for your point of view. I think the problem for us was in the way we phrased our answer. It allowed for more than one possible question.
Cliff: Yeah, see, see? So you got my 44,000 bucks?
Alex Trebek: [chuckles] No, no, I don't.
Cliff: Ah. Well, then you're probably going to have me back as a returning contestant then, right?
Alex Trebek: No, we're not going to do that, either. I know this isn't what you want to hear, but believe me, we're as upset about what happened as you are. You know, it's a funny thing. You spend years hosting a show, and you get into the habit of thinking there's just one correct question for every answer. But life doesn't always work out that way. The world is much more complex. And you discover that there are many different ways of looking at the universe.
Cliff: Yeah, so what are you going to do?
Alex Trebek: I think I'm going to quit my job as host of Jeopardy!. Maybe spend a little time in Tibet.
Cliff: Aw, no. Alex, look. Alex, sit down here. I mean, you don't know what you're saying.
Alex Trebek: Well, now, wait a minute, how can I go on hosting the program if I'm filled with all these doubts?
Cliff: All right, Alex. Think about what Jeopardy! means to America. Now, it's more than just a game show. I mean, it... It's as much a part of the national fabric as the postal uniform that I wear with pride every single day.
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Alex Trebek: Agnes, what did you put down? "Who are Tony Curtis, Cary Grant, and Lucille Ball?" You're so very close, but you're incorrect, unfortunately, and that means it's going to cost you... $2,900. That takes you down to $400. And it takes us to Cliff. Cliff, good news for you, both of your opponents came up with incorrect responses. And what that means is that even if you're wrong, as long as you didn't do anything foolish like wager everything, you're a cinch winner.
Cliff: Well, then we don't have to see my answer there, do we, Alex? [covers screen with his jacket] Listen, see you at the tournament of champions.
Alex Trebek: Cliff, we're running out of time. And we are going to have to take a look at your response. You wrote down, "Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?" No, I'm sorry. That, too, is wrong. The correct response is, what were the real names of Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, and Joan Crawford?
Cliff: Be that as it may, Alex, those people have never been in my kitchen.
Alex Trebek: Well, I'm sure they haven't, but obviously that's not what we were going for when we wrote up that clue.
Cliff: Obvious to who?
Quote from Cliff
Alex Trebek: Cliff, it's all right, you don't have to worry. Unless you risked more than $21,600, you will be the new Jeopardy! champion. So let's take a look and see what your wager was. You bet "22,000 big ones"? Which takes you down to zero. You bet it all. Cliff, why would you do something like that?
Cliff: It's because I knew that those people had never been in my kitchen. You can ask them. Come on, Tony Curtis is still alive. Get him on the phone, go ahead, I'll pay for the call.
Alex Trebek: Isn't going to work, Cliff, sorry. Agnes, $400 is not a big total, but today it's enough to make you the new Jeopardy! champion. So congratulations.
Cliff: No, she's not! I'm the champion! I answered all those questions! You saw me, America! Write in and tell them!
Norm: Come on, Wood, if we sneak out right now, nobody will know we're with him.
Cliff: Tony Curtis, if you're out there, if you can hear me, call in, and I'll split the pot with you. Ah, for crying out loud, look... Any mail carriers out there?
Quote from Woody
Woody: Well, I'm sure going.
Norm: Yeah?
Woody: I want to be there and see when they say "This is Jeopardy!" And that big ball comes out and breaks into a million pieces and swirls away. You know, it's just like the sunrise in my hometown.
Frasier: Woody, uh, is there a big chemical plant near Hanover?
Woody: Sure, it's right over the landfill right next to the reservoir. How did you know?
Frasier: Lucky guess.