“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic & Don Pardo
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic
This is a parody of the Greg Kihn Band song “Jeopardy”. (Greg Kihn actually makes a cameo in the video for “I Lost on Jeopardy”, driving the Alfa Romeo convertible at the end.)
The song is about the original Jeopardy game show, not the modern one. The success of the song is credited as a reason fo...
[Intro: Don Pardo]
Is Don in the booth?
He's ready
Ok. Here we go. Loosen up camera two. Cameras one and three, that's fine. In five, four, three, two...
Cue lights, music
Now entering the studio are today's contestants
This is Mr. Millard Snopkin from Carbondale, Illinois
And this is Mr. Leroy Pinkelstein from Brooklyn, New York
And this is Alfred Yankovic from Lynwood, California
These three people will compete today on...Jeopardy
[Verse 1: Weird Al Yankovic]
I was there to match my intellect
On national TV
Against a plumber, oh and an architect
Both with a Ph.D
I was tense, I was nervous
I guess it just wasn't my night
Art Fleming gave the answers
Oh, but I couldn't get the questions right-ight-ight
[Chorus: Weird Al Yankovic]
I lost on Jeopardy, baby
Oooh
I lost on Jeopardy, baby
Oooh
[Verse 2: Weird Al Yankovic]
Oh well I knew I was in trouble now
My hope of winning sank
Because I got the Daily Double now
And then my mind went blank
I took Potpourri for one hundred
And then my head started to spin
Well I'm givin' up, Don Pardo
Just tell me now what I didn't win
Yeah, yeah
[Chorus: Weird Al Yankovic]
I lost on Jeopardy, baby
Oooh
I lost on Jeopardy, baby
Oooh
[Bridge: Don Pardo]
That's right Al--you lost!
And let me tell what you didn't win: a twenty-volume set of the Encyclopedia International
A case of Turtle Wax, and a year's supply of Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco treat
But that's not all! You also made yourself look like a jerk in front of millions of people
And you brought shame and disgrace on your family name for generations to come!
You don't get to come back tomorrow!
You don't even get a lousy copy of our home game!
You're a complete loser!!
[Verse 3: Weird Al Yankovic]
Don't know what I was thinking of
I guess I just wasn't too bright
Well, I sure hope I do better
Next weekend on The Price Is Right-ight-ight
[Chorus: Weird Al Yankovic]
I lost on Jeopardy, baby
Oooh
I lost on Jeopardy, baby
Oooh
[Outro: Weird Al Yankovic]
I lost on Jeopardy
Baby...
I Lost On Jeopardy was written by Steve Wright (Greg Kihn Band) & Greg Kihn & “Weird Al” Yankovic.
I Lost On Jeopardy was produced by Rick Derringer.
“Weird Al” Yankovic released I Lost On Jeopardy on Tue Feb 28 1984.
Weird Al told Vulture in 2014:
I not only got to work with Don Pardo and Art Fleming, who were in the original Jeopardy show from the ‘60s, but Greg Kihn, the original artist who did ‘Jeopardy’ — he makes a cameo appearance at the end. But what a lot of people don’t realize, when I did ‘I Lost on J...