Chuck Forest News Today

A familiar face on television as the host of “CBS Sunday Morning” from 1994 to 2016, he was also known for his “Osgood File” segments on CBS Radio, often delivered with humor and a rhyme.

>> do you like this dude? >> yeah, hes a good player. and i think the accusations against his style of play have no merit to them because the same strategies have been employed by chuck forest in 1984, ken jennings in the 90s. >> i remember him. >> he won 74 games using to a great extent the same kind of strategy. when you guys watch the show, you watch it because youre competitive. you want to see how well you do compared to the contestants. but also, as a minor side to that, you watch because ...

>> yeah, hes a good player. and i think the accusations against his style of play have no merit to them because the same strategies have been employed by chuck forest in 1984, ken jennings in the 90s. >> i remember him. >> he won 74 games using to a great extent the same kind of strategy. when you guys watch the show, you watch it because youre competitive. you want to see how well you do compared to the contestants. but also, as a minor side to that, you watch because you want to see -- youll p...

As old as jeopardy, which is as old as arthur chu. both are 30, he calls his technique the forest bounce named after chuck forest. instead of going down in a straight line, he jumps all over the board looking for daily doubles and betting very strange amounts. >> about 200 miles wide -- >> i have an advantage, but i think its mainly because people dont talk enough about the strategy that goes into playing jeopardy. they think its a game of pure trivia. >> how good is he really? we posed a questi...

Computer and googled jeopardy strategy. its been around for 30 years and people talk about the archive and compiled by fans and keith williams does a blog, the final wager that i use as my tutorial for how to wager in final jeopardy. its all out there. its just a matter of making use of it. roger craig, david madden, chuck forest, which is why jumping around the board is called the forest bounce. >> you jump around the board because youre looking for daily doubles. is that right? >> yeah, its a ...