By now, you know how the two of us met (and if you don't, check out the About Us page).
Although we never get tired of telling our story, and we sit down together to watch Jeopardy! whenever we get the chance, we aren't so obsessed with J! that we're planning a themed wedding. We did, however, send invitations to Maggie Speak, the contestant coordinator who kept us calm during the rehearsal and taping, and to the host himself, Alex Trebek.
We also recently had the chance to see J! from the other side - when the whole production set up camp in DC for a couple of days to tape the final rounds of the Teen Tournament and five games for a Power Players week.
When we heard that J! was headed to DC, we rushed out to grab a ticket request form and sent it in with a note summarizing our story, hoping that might be enough to make us stand out among the thousands of applications. Although Stacy worried that the note would make our request sink to the bottom of the pile, we got a call from Maggie saying that she'd make sure we got VIP tickets to one of the tapings. So last Saturday morning, we headed over to DAR Constitution Hall and saw two games for the Power Players week, met a number of other former contestants, and got a hug from Maggie.
The taping also provided us with the opportunity to deliver Alex's invitation in person (it was returned to us as undeliverable the previous day). Although we didn't get to put it directly in Alex's hand, we passed it to Kelly of the Clue Crew, along with a short version of our story. She said that she'd make sure he got it. Sure enough, this week we got this in our mailbox...
Although we never get tired of telling our story, and we sit down together to watch Jeopardy! whenever we get the chance, we aren't so obsessed with J! that we're planning a themed wedding. We did, however, send invitations to Maggie Speak, the contestant coordinator who kept us calm during the rehearsal and taping, and to the host himself, Alex Trebek.
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| Waiting for the J! taping to begin |
When we heard that J! was headed to DC, we rushed out to grab a ticket request form and sent it in with a note summarizing our story, hoping that might be enough to make us stand out among the thousands of applications. Although Stacy worried that the note would make our request sink to the bottom of the pile, we got a call from Maggie saying that she'd make sure we got VIP tickets to one of the tapings. So last Saturday morning, we headed over to DAR Constitution Hall and saw two games for the Power Players week, met a number of other former contestants, and got a hug from Maggie.
The taping also provided us with the opportunity to deliver Alex's invitation in person (it was returned to us as undeliverable the previous day). Although we didn't get to put it directly in Alex's hand, we passed it to Kelly of the Clue Crew, along with a short version of our story. She said that she'd make sure he got it. Sure enough, this week we got this in our mailbox...
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| We weren't expecting him to come, but we are psyched that Alex took the time to fill the card out himself! |
So cool that he responded! I hope he sends like a Jeopardy congratulations note or something. Or BETTER YET that you two become a question on the show in the future! Like a meta category all about Jeopardy!
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