That time scriptwriter Charles Kaufman was a Jeopardy! contestant

Got a pair of emails today from Mark and Robert, who come to us via J! Archive, a fan-created archive of the quiz show Jeopardy!

Mark's dad was on Jeopardy! in 1991, and Mark has made a bit of a discovery. Robert explains:

Our archive of Jeopardy! clues and responses has discovered that screenwriter Charles Kaufman appeared on the show in 1991.  He didn't win and thus only appeared on one episode of the program[...]  During his contestant interview with Alex Trebek, he boasted that he had "sold a couple of scripts", but that none had been produced as yet, and mentioned that he was busy taking a lot of baby pictures of his "two little boys."

Upon closer inspection, this may not be the Charlie Kaufman we're thinking of.

ckaufman jeopardy

But still. STILL.

There's yet another screenwriting Charles Kaufman, too, you know--the brother of Lloyd Kaufman. Lloyd runs Troma Entertainment, known for The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and Juliet. I don't think that's him in the pic.

So what's up with all that, eh?

It's like something out of a Kaufman movie.

BUT WHICH KAUFMAN?

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