I'm enjoying watching him so much. He's Ken Jennings with WAY more charisma. His answer tonight to Alex about why he's so smart cracked me up.

something about him makes me think of Richard Dreyfus?? definitely quirky, iin a very nice way. bet he make lots in tips tending bar!!

My dh loves watching him on the show (he enjoys Jeopardy every night,) and is impressed with his smarts and his bets. His competition tonight was no slouch either! Yeah, I never saw two contestants gesticulate so much at the end. Fun game to watch tonight, though I felt sorry for the other guy.

He is growing on me.

Alisande, I just knew there would be a post here about Austin after last nights show. He is a little different to say the least! But it is nice to see someone allowing himself to be himself on the show.

Now I have to watch...I tape it every day to watch later in the evening, but I was watching the Twins then. I do like him as he seems to be enjoying the whole thing.

I keep thinking the directors tell him to "tone it down" a bit between commercials. ha He's different, so it makes him more interesting. I admit tho that I sometimes mute during the interviews, always have.

Yes, I agree about the gesturing and talking to opponents at the end. It seems they must be encouraged not to interact? I've never seen even an acknowledgement or handshake before this new season.

What did he he say about why he's so smart? I missed the interview portion last night.

Yes, I felt sorry for the other guy too, and wondered whose bright idea it was to put him with those two. Of course, being on the show might have made him freeze up, in which case the producers would have no idea he'd do so poorly.

I enjoy Austin, he's entertaining! He's fun! And also rich $$$

I am so ticked at my local ABC affiliate. They've moved Jeopardy from 6:00 to 4:30!

He is a lot of fun to watch. And I agree he would be a fun bartender.

I'll check in now you say there's someone a little more entertaining on the show. :0) Thanks for the heads up Susan...

Go to the Jeopardy website, they have a clip of Austin.

Just watched the snippet, what a delightful personality! People with such outwardly demonstrative personalities are the types the TV show screeners love to find.

The link Janey references. Captures his essence completely.

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Thank you Rob for posting the link. Can't wait for my husband to see it.

Seriously? I find him so annoying -- but smart. Last night he was lucky to find both daily doubles. Without that, he may have lost. Got to give him props for taking risks with his bets, though.

Well, I have to admit I agree with dedtired, sometimes his expressions and trying to be funny are embarrassing. lol I'll still watch tho.

Wow! A bartender! He's delightful!

Annoying to me, too. But he IS very smart and very quick.

Do any of you think the questions have gotten easier over the years? I've been watching this for a LONG time and used to be only able to answer about half of the questions. Now, unless they are about popular entertainers of today, I usually know most of them. At age 74, I sort of doubt I'm getting smarter....

He was on GMA this morning.....with a hair cut! He's extremely interesting/eccentric/funny.

Did he win tonight?? I was outside rounding up cats for the night and missed the final Jeopardy by two minutes!

I thought for sure he was going to lose, not doing well at all, but then he pulled it together.

Yes, Austin won tonight. Don't remember the exact total, but in the neighborhood of $26,000. Both of the other players did well, were ahead of Austin a good bit of the game. At the end each had more than half of Austin's total, but missed the final Jeopardy question.

Yes, I think the questions have gotten easier. And I think the Final Jeopardy questions have gotten a little harder. Years ago it was often possible to make an accurate guess based on the information provided in the question, even without much familiarity with the subject. But that hasn't been true for some time, at least not for me.

BTW, what was yesterday's Final Jeopardy question? I missed the last part and don't know the question nor the answer. Thanks!

We find Austin very entertaining! Yesterday we got home from a trip just in time to watch the previous two episodes followed by last night's show. Sometimes you think things are going downhill for him then, suddenly, he's passed them by $10,000! Maybe he isn't quite as brilliant as Ken Jennings, and maybe his luck will soon run out, but i hope not!