Name: Ryan Long
Start: 2024-11-07T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-11-09T19:00:00-06:00
Location: Zanies Comedy Club - Chicago

When I first got the call for Jeopardy! I was a different man. I initially applied for the online test in September of 2020. I had worked all spring and summer through the pandemic, but in the fall, I was off from work on medical leave, so I had time on my hands. I had signed up for the test a few times over the years, but there was always some hitch that prevented me from following through. Ultimately, I think it didn’t happen then because I didn’t truly believe that it could happen. It was a pipe dream, the kind of thing that you halfheartedly pursue in your spare time because 1) you don’t really think there’s a chance and 2) you’ve been conditioned to think of life as a series of crushed ambitions, so why bother? (That’s long denied depression for ya. Anyway.) A month later in October, I was contacted for a Zoom audition. I was not the most confident person in the world, but I did it, thinking the whole time, “There’s no way they’re ever gonna let my mug on TV.” Still, I was happy I’d
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