Dead Fictional Girlfriends Report, Part 1: James Bond and the Bond Girls
Two weeks ago, I auditioned for Jeopardy ! I was pitted against 18 other hopeful contestants. We took a written quiz and played shortened rounds of the game, but our big chance to distinguish ourselves came during the personality interviews. The producers asked each of us 3 questions: Tell us about yourself. What do you do for fun? What would you do with the money if you won big on Jeopardy ? As the 9th person interviewed, I knew I needed to stand out. In answer to question 2, I said, “I read, I sing, and recently I’ve been researching which fictional character has the most dead girlfriends.” That got a huge laugh, and several follow-up questions from the producers. Which characters are in the running? How’d you pick them? Who’s winning? The lead producer called me “unique,” which she hadn’t said to anyone else. It was pretty much the second-greatest moment of my life. Since then, I’ve had to explain the dead-girlfriends-project to a number of people who asked how my audi