“Jeopardy!’s” Tournament of Champions concluded with a two-day final this week, and computer scientist Roger Craig was crowned the winner, largely thanks to a ballsy gamble on Monday night. Craig, who held a narrow lead in Double Jeopardy on Monday, selected two Daily Doubles in a row. And he bet everything both times, propelling him to $36,000 — a lead that would carry him to a $250,000 payday. Take note of the other contestants’ reactions after the second bet pays off: Tom in the middle is laughing and shaking his head, like, “Well, this is over.”

The win propels Craig to second place on my list of best Roger Craigs. He’s ahead of Baseball Roger Craig, but still can’t match the three Super Bowl titles of Football Roger Craig. Still, it’s gotta be cool to be known as Jeopardy Roger Craig.

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Several Warming Glow readers alerted me to the fact that one of the categories on Monday’s episode of “Jeopardy!” was “Planet of the Corgis.” This made me squeal with delight, but since that moment I’ve been unable to track down any video or images from that particular show.

However, I HAVE managed to find the clues from the category (see below), and anyone who’s a regular reader of Corgi Friday could have run through “Planet of the Corgis” like a corgi through an agility course.

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On a night that featured an impressive array of comedy (including “Community,” “Parks & Recreation,” It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “The League,” and an episode of “Conan” featuring both Louis CK and the return of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog), the funniest moment on television yesterday — by a LONG SHOT — took place on “Jeopardy,” during the show’s Tournament of Champions. That is because five-time champion Kara Spak responded to an answer in a category about groups by ringing in and saying, “What is a threesome?” And the world LOLed.

Two additional notes about the clip:

1) The question they were looking for was “What is a love triangle?” I think I could make a pretty good argument that threesome and love triangle could be interchangeable in some situations. Especially among people who ain’t uptight. [points to stranger] This lady knows what I’m talkin’ about.

2) My favorite part of the clip is the very end, when Trebek absolutely hangs her out to dry by saying “Kara has obviously had much more experience than I.” What a fantastically unnecessary low blow. I mean, on the slut-shaming scale, that’s no more than one or two steps below writing and performing a song where you tell everyone in town to stay away from a girl because she likes to “travel around” and “go out with other guys.” It is significantly less catchy, though.

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Ever since 1965, when theatre critic/known sado-masochist Kenneth Tynan uttered the word “f**k” on “BBC-3,” one of George Carlin’s seven words you can’t say on TV has been, well, said on TV. It’s an easy word to overuse, and it’s only used effectively in two situations: 1) in an unexpected live moment, and 2) by skilled professionals. My current favorite cuss artist is Susie Greene on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which returns to HBO this Sunday for its eighth and possibly final season. Played by Susie Essman, Greene has unleashed numerous toxic tirades at her “fat f**k” husband, Jeff, and his “four-eyed f**k” client, Larry David, since the show began in 2000. In honor of Susie, and for all those who don’t mind dropping an F-bomb (I’m sorry for using that phrase, I really am) every so often — or constantly if you’re on one BBC comedy — here are ten great moments of the F-word on TV.

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I have now watched this video eight times in a row, and I’ve laughed each time. As you can tell by the scores, Neil is perhaps not the strongest contestant on Kids Week of “Jeopardy!” And when he tries to get himself out of the hole, he awkwardly stumbles through his response the way most of us stumbled through puberty. This 16-second clip is a microcosm of my life from age 12 to 18.

Hang in there, Neil. I’ll send you a DVD of Tombstone for your birthday.

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