When Ken Jennings was dominating on Jeopardy, the world cheered him on. He was funny, he was our last (failed) hope against the robot uprising, he was, and remains, the man. But most of all, he was not Buzzy Cohen, one of the more polarizing contestants in the game show’s long history.
Cohen, a recording industry executive from Los Angeles, has an eight-day winning streak going on Jeopardy, and it hasn’t even been close. His reign began in April, when he conquered his closest competitor by $5,000. By game four, Cohen was doubling the winnings of his fellow contestants, and having fun doing it. He wrote “what is, see you tomorrow, Trebek” during one Final Jeopardy, and “who is, you aren’t rid of me yet, Trebek” during another.
Cohen told the Wrap, “The thing that people don’t realize is that, when I went into my audition, the one thing that the contestant coordinator said was, ‘It’s a game show — have fun.’ So that’s what I’m doing.” Except his having fun could easily be mistaken for smugness (he’s not all business, like Margaret Miles), which is why Twitter is so torn over whether they’re pro- or anti-Buzzy.
There's a man on jeopardy named buzzy, Buzzy Cohen, I've never loved a chinless Jewish man more
— grace cantorē (@GraceC614) April 26, 2016
Has there ever been a more punchable @Jeopardy champion than Buzzy Cohen?
— Snackie Onassis (@jackieishungry) May 24, 2016
looking past his dumb name Buzzy from jeopardy is HOT AF
— ana tarshis (@ana_gabrielle21) May 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/sarahe_burton/status/734895667911532545
this Buzzy Douche on #Jeopardy is a annoying Waldo clone
— Ace 🇮🇪 (@ManOfManners) May 25, 2016
@Jeopardy Why does Buzzy Cohen look like an earthworm with a greasy lump of black Ramen noodles on his head?
— Screw Buzzy Cohen (@ScrewBuzzyCohen) May 25, 2016
Someone better beat Buzzy Cohen on #Jeopardy today. I don't want that smug face on my TV anymore.
— Adam Shear (@AdamShear) May 23, 2016
Buzzy Cohen aka Austin nice Jewish boy who appears to be unmarried and is about to bring home all the $$ plz love me
— elena (@elenadorito) May 23, 2016
"This contestant is the most pompous, ugly glasses turd face ever created."
"What is Buzzy Cohen."
— Big Tater (@isell_Pro_Payne) May 24, 2016
Please, please let this be the night someone takes out Buzzy Cohen. Almost as punchable a face as Ted Cruz, and equally smug. #jeopardy
— sloansh (@sloansh) May 25, 2016
buzzy Cohen is so cute @jeopardy lmk his @
— addyb (@addisonbreanne) May 23, 2016
I have an increasingly serious crush on Buzzy Cohen. #Jeopardy
— Ann Nichols (@imagineannie) May 24, 2016
I can’t wait until the Coen Brothers turn his life into a movie.
(Via the Wrap)
