>>Date of first appearance:>r /> June 16, 1998
/> >Total winnings:
$168,599 plus a Chevy Suburban
/> Stats:>r /> 5-time champ, winner of 1999 ToC
/> >Favorite anecdote:
When I went to the initial taping in 1998, I told no one where I was going or what I was doing, other than my wife. This was a hard thing for me to do to my brother and dad (both are gone now), because we 3 had always had a really tight bond with one another. But I did this just in case things went badly--to save on embarrassment. When I got back, I found it was just as easy not to tell anyone where I had been--and besides, I knew my brother wouldn't be able to keep it secret. But then, about a month before the air date, I did something rash--I bought a conversion van. Now I am by nature pretty frugal anyway, plus my brother's health had taken a serious turn for the worse. Consequently my dad asked me why I would do something so out of character. I had to tell him. As I related the experience to him there in his kitchen, my 81 year-old dad started laughing until tears came into his eyes (mine too) and we sat down on the kitchen floor, arm in arm, laughing like a couple of little kids.
/> Did appearances affect my life?>r /> Whatever happens, I will always treasure that moment with my father.
/> >Anything crazy with my winnings?
I wouldn't say crazy, other than that conversion van. We have taken a number of family vacations, mainly to beaches in Florida and South Carolina. We still have some parked for my kids' college expenses.
/> Anything else you would like viewers to know about you?>r /> I'm still making music and working for the same company, though now in a different capacity. My wife, Janet, and kids, Adrienne and Doug, are doing great--we moved back to my boyhood home in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, after my dad passed away, and have been working to restore the old place. The last 5 years I've been working with the kids at Mt. Notre Dame High School in Reading, Ohio, serving as music director for their shows. It's been a wonderful experience. I'm singing with the best church choir in Cincinnati--at Christ Church Cathedral--loving every minute.>td> >d colspan="2"> class="text">"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky..."
/> 2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000.
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000.
1999 Tournament of Champions winner: $100,000.
Season 14 5-time champion: $68,599 + a Chevrolet Suburban.
/> Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Tubaman>td> >d colspan="2" class="top_padded">Dave appeared in the following archived game: >able>