The Charlotte News from Charlotte, North Carolina • 49

The Charlotte News Friday Sept 21 1984 5E VINYL SIDING 8 UP TO 50 Year Warranty By Manufacturer SMOOTH or BEAUTIFUL 40 Colors U11 A A the First 500 pm ion Sq Ft On A SqFtTot Complete Vinyl Siding Job SAVE 20 ON A COMPLETE ROOFING JOB Class Shingle Lay-Over Reg $6500 Sq Now $5200 Sq 'Jeopardy' is an insult to intelligence By MIKE DUFFY KNIGHT-RIODER NEWSPAPERS The new is a disgrace It may get ratings but it certainly deserve to get any respect The slicked-up new version of one of few intelligent game shows is aimed straight at a pinhead pop-culture mentality With the new (5 pm weekdays on WBTV channel 3 in Charlotte) a knowledge of Michael Jackson is a lot more important than a knowledge of Shakespeare Anyone with fond memories of the original has every right (and every reason) to be appalled Oh the old had its silly schtick: Contestants had to phrase their answers as questions was Christopher Columbus but that minor annoyance was easily overlooked The no-nonsense original was straightforward cerebral and challenging Its longtime host Art Fleming was refreshingly warm and unslick And the contestants actually seemed to be intelligent human beings Best of all viewers who played along at home could feel pretty good about their own brainpower if they answered even a fair percentage of the questions You had to be sharp to win on the original On the new you merely have to possess a quick finger on the buzzer The host is Alex Trebek one of the generation of game-show host clones who popped into view during the 1970s He used to host Rollers" which should have been a tip-off that the new would be a joke Even legendary announcer Don Pardo is missing Of course they totally demolish The brainless shrieking Bozos who usually serve as contestants on many game shows just fit the format Instead we get bland ciphers Then again the questions and answers were almost exclusively simple and simple-minded And that is the most annoying aspect of the new nothing special about the knowledge required no challenge Science literature philosophy? Who needs If you watch a lot of TV and read People magazine set What a bore In fact resembles a remedial version of Trivial' Pursuit Monday night if you were at all familiar with Plymouth Rock Mr Wizard Twilight or Van Halen you might have won some bucks This is during Double Jeopardy mind you A category called Four Letter Words included such toughies as: Little girls do it with a rope Van Halen does it with a song (jump) and Twilight and a basketball defense (zone) Aaaaargh The show is a pitiful echo of its former self V3 Off on any size Only $2600 sq ft (or BOOM ADDITION (including foundations thermal windows doors and roof tie-in Provided you are the FIRST on your block to order one built by our EXPERT workmen A Double-Hung Window A Breeze To Clean The model TR-5000 Thermo-Tilt offers these impressive features: A true thermal break Both sash tilt in for cleaningmaintenance Extra thick hermetically sealed insulated glass Permanent baked enamel finish 25 THE THERMO- qualify our finance experts may be abfetq arrange biNconsolldation financing ourThomelALOFfouotbedebtsiand put J1 all EASYP-OWER payment where we can ABOUT 1425 Financing BUCCANEER CONSTRUCTION 1 908 Central Ave Charlotte.