15 Of Ken Jennings’ Favorite @KenJennings Tweets Of All Time

Ken Jennings is no doubt the greatest Jeopardy! champion of all time. He proved it. He’s also the funniest Jeopardy! champion, maybe except for this moment.

Greatest Jeopardy roast of all time from r/WatchPeopleDieInside

His Twitter is one of my favorites. Lots of clever observations and silly puns. You’d think a Jeopardy! champion would be some kind of robot person. Not the case at all. I interviewed him and if he is some kind of robot, he passed the Turing test with me.

PJ: How tired of “can you answer in the form of a question” jokes are you? And can you answer that in the form of a question?

KJ: I like it when people mix it up by saying “I’ll take ‘game show nerds’ for $500!”  Jeopardy! has not had a $500 clue since 2001.  Sorry, hold on. WHAT IS, “I like it when people mix it up by saying ‘I’ll take ‘game show nerds’ for $500!’  Jeopardy! has not had a $500 clue since 2001.”

PJ: You’re a really smart guy. Why are you on Twitter so much?

KJ: Sometimes I think of a joke, and then I think, “Ken, is there a way to get over one hundred people to explain this joke back to you?”

PJ: Where do you think your great sense of humor comes from?

KJ:  I wish I had a great sense of humor, but instead I just make puns on Twitter.  As far as I can tell, I make jokes for the same reason everyone who makes jokes makes jokes: that’s how they avoided getting picked on as a kid.

PJ: You’re the Jeopardy GOAT. Where can people get their Ken Jennings fix going forward?

KJ: I’m now retired from Jeopardy!.  They’re retiring my number and hanging up my jersey in the studio.  My day job is writing and podcasting.  My latest book is Planet Funny, a history of how humor has shaped our culture.  (I think all my books are currently out of stock at Amazon for a couple of weeks, thanks to Jeopardy. Try your local independent bookseller!)  I do a fun podcast called Omnibus with my musician friend John Roderick, explaining human oddities from history and culture to a distant future audience.  And maybe I’ll get to do some more TV stuff as well, fingers crossed.

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