You need to be an optimist to be a College Champion, Alex? Do you need to be a pessimist to win in normal Jeopardy?

For a while, I kept interpreting that as the hand being burned, and thought, "Torgo was a sexy teacher?"

I'd almost be more into seeing Amal run.

Oprah?

You must be a Criterion fanatic, because I had to double-check that "McCabe" was in there.

As evidenced by that other sitcom she had that I can't recall the name of and can't be bothered to look up.

Of the movies mentioned in the "31 Days of Oscar" section, I've seen two, and both are in the Criterion Collection. How's that for a puzzler?

2. Starred in the movie "Martha Marcy May Marlene," which I have yet to watch in full, but enjoy saying the title repeatedly and rhythmically. "Martha Marcy May Marlene! Martha Marcy May Marlene!"

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Mahershala Ali: House of Cards
Christopher Eccleston: The Others
Sonny Bono: Soundtrack, The Great Gatsby
John McEnroe: Self, Wimbledon

Today in "insultingly easy J6 clues":
What a Character!: In "The Dark Knight," this character asks, "Why so serious?"
Single-Named Singers: Veronica is the confirmation name of this "Material Girl"
Acronyms & Abbreviations: In gaming, the "R" in RPG stands for this
Shakespearean Yard Sale: You won't find a pound of flesh,…

There are some that aren't ("Futon," "Horse"), but six are.

"this really isn’t Woman Seeking Man (though that episode’s coming)."

Correct!

This is what I was hoping for. Googling "tinder first lines" leads to some cheesy stuff.

I think I just got dumber trying to reason that logic out.

J6:
On this BBC America series, Tatiana Maslany plays Sarah, Helena & other members of the Clone Club
A: What is "Orphan Black?"

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Alex Borstein: MADtv
Conor Oberst: Soundtrack, Knocked Up

Continuing with the Tinder experiment. I have gotten four matches so far. The first one I messaged on Thursday, and she hasn’t responded yet. The second disappeared before I could send a message to her. The third I messaged, then she disappeared. The fourth I messaged on Sunday and haven’t gotten a response yet. (In…

"La La Land" and "La La Land."

Today in "insultingly easy J6 clues":
"Fr": This adjective describes Bob Dylan in the title of a 1963 album
Time to Pull an All-Nighter: Lasting 4 days & nights in 2011, an Italian man set a record for this kind of singing, Japanese for "empty orchestra"
Sci-Fi Books: This Aldous Huxley novel opens in London in the year…