After some 40 years behind the lens, independent filmmaker Peter Stein stepped out in front of the camera recently to be a contestant on the popular TV quiz show "Jeopardy!" When Stein, a 62-year-old gay man, mentioned his upcoming appearance on the show on his Facebook page, hundreds of friends and colleagues sent notes of congratulations, most wanting to know the same thing: how he fared. "That's the one thing I'm not allowed to talk about," Stein, a San Francisco resident, told the Bay Area Reporter in a recent phone interview.
He will appear on the program Thursday, October 28. "Jeopardy!" of course, is the long-running TV game show. It was in the news earlier this year over the kerfuffle regarding its selection of a permanent host to