A JEOPARDY! contestant responded to fans criticizing him for overselling what turned out to be a bit of a snoozefest onstage anecdote. On Wednesday's Jeopardy! episode, Larry P. Wellington said he came up with "unique" names for his kids.
Larry faced Alex Pribil and Issac Hirsch , who won his sixth consecutive game for $141,388 in total. During the episode, Ken Jennings chatted with each player, as is tradition, and mentioned that Larry's children have "themed names?" "Right, well, when our daughter was born, we were looking for a unique name," Larry excitedly replied. "And we settled on Harper - we thought 'Harper, Harper Lee,' that's pretty cool.
" "And our son came along like you know, we have an opportunity here. Beckett, for Samuel Beckett." Even Ken, 50, looked a little unfazed and joked, "Writers and family.
..I guess if you have any more kids, you have to read more books.
" After the game, fans took to Reddit, mocking the Q&A anecdote and the names for not actually being that unique. "'MY KIDS HAVE WEIRD NAMES!' Sir, they sound like normal names..
.." one user snarked.
"Harper is literally the 11th most popular girl name right know, lmao," wrote another. "I thought he was going to say he named his other kids Jem, Dill, and Boo," as in To Kill a Mockingbird," a third viewer wrote. Larry responded in the thread and told off the haters, saying Harper was less popular than it is now.
He wrote, "And it was the 120th most popular name when we decided to name her that. "Sorry th.
