Alex Trebek suffers 'minor heart attack'

thing is a very strange mindset to me.

yet somehow you don't think casting aspersions on the outlook/semantics of people facing a terrible, likely fatal illness is very strange *shrugs til shoulders separate*

like obv there's nothing any patient can do to "fight" cancer other than get the best treatment possible, and those who succumb to it didn't do so because they weren't good enough fighters...but to point this out to someone dx'd w it is just a major dick move imo

people desire agency. there's zero harm in allowing them to think they have some, no matter how small or large.

this hits me pretty hard. when I was 6 I used to watch Jeopardy every day, I thought Trebek was the coolest guy on the planet. obviously I never knew a single answer but I loved the format of it. it was my dream to be a game show host. or a game show contestant. I still watch from time to time, it is absolutely the best thing to watch when you're working out.

obviously he was kind of a private dude but Ken Jennings writes a lot of nice words about him in his book, where he claims that he's a lot wittier than he appears on TV. I only know the "real" Alex Trebek through the many prank calls Longmont Potion Castle made to his house...he was the one guy who he could never get to crack, the only celebrity who never pulled the "do you know who I am?" line

obv there's nothing any patient can do to "fight" cancer other than get the best treatment possible, and those who succumb to it didn't do so because they weren't good enough fighters...

I accept your statement that this is obvious. It is equally obvious to me. I further accept that, for the vast majority, this obvious fact falls among the facts that are considered unmentionable and my offense was to mention it.

it's a psychological tool to frame it that way. Maybe people take it too literally, but oh well.

what is the point of having to phrase responses in the form of a question

^^^ the real million dollar question

my offense was to mention it.

"chill bro I'm just tellin facts"

what is because shut up that's why

xxp

what is the point of having to phrase responses in the form of a question

Because if you don't, the "Jeopardy!" gods will come down from Mount Trivia and smite you.

thank god you're around to speak truth to people on their death bed

i really enjoy jeopardy. we don't get it in the uk so it's something i was purely familiar with through references in american pop culture.

few years back i would watch it whenever i got home from work and it wasn't baseball season.

hang in there, trebek. fight the best anti-cancer battle that your inner-strength and fortitude can muster

xxxpost: it was just a gimmick merv griffin came up with to sell the original 60s version of the show, reversing the order of the questions and answers. i think i read a long time ago that it was partly meant to make the show seem different and distinguish it from the shows that were involved in the 50s quiz-show scandal.

what is alex trebeks display name

I used to feel bad for the contestants who had negative dollars. Didn't seem right they had to owe the show money. My mom assured me they didn't actually have to fork it over. Then I felt like I had been snookered by the show.

People engage in constant mythmaking in an attempt to reckon with the terror of mortality. This is like humanity 101, perhaps our defining trait as a species. I guess its weird but no more so than like puzzling over the mechanics of swallowing. It just is, and if it confers some comfort then go with (insert deity of choice).

Sorry, sorry. 'What is...'

guys srsly shhh shhh trebek is on his deathbed and he can hear u

was waiting for some wiseass to point that out, and lo and behold king of the ilx wiseasses steps to the plate

I think there was a short-lived UK version of Jeopardy many years ago, daytime ITV style. Anyway great game, mortality sucks, carry on.

when longmont potion was on my radio show, he called alex on the air and HE ANSWERED! def one of the highlights of my life. i watch jeopardy every fucking day of my life. so does brian wilson.

I'm going to make chana masala,vape a bunch of sativa oil,and watch a ton of jeopardy on Netflix tonight

i saw trebek's video on twitter yesterday and started watching it without any idea of what it was -- i assumed he was announcing his retirement -- and found myself getting genuinely choked up at how calm and even confident he sounded. this is a shitty thing that shouldn't have to happen to anyone.

one of my favorite YouTube videos is Alex Trebek calling a college football game. not only hilarious but there's such a neat sense of calm about it. I've probably watched this at least 30 times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mioJvjkuRA

yah i broke down like a baby when i saw that video expecting his retirement too.

Alex Trebek is going to suck cancer’s D

was waiting for some wiseass to point that out, and lo and behold king of the ilx wiseasses steps to the plate

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 March 2019 19:14 (forty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if you knew it was a dumbass thing to say then....oh look, nm

I'm going to make chana masala,vape a bunch of sativa oil,and watch a ton of jeopardy on Netflix tonight

the All-Stars championship that ran the last two weeks was really fun, I watched it all on dailymotion

the All-Stars championship that ran the last two weeks was really fun, I watched it all on dailymotion

― steven, soda jerk (sic), Thursday, March 7, 2019 2:05 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nice

Alex Trebek is going to suck cancer’s D

― flopson, Thursday, March 7, 2019 11:35 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nice

I feel like Alex Trebek is one of those people, sorta like Roger Ebert or Casey Kasem, whose stature I will struggle to explain to my (entirely hypothetical) children one day. Like,

"Who was that?"
"He used to host Jeopardy."
"Umm, so?"
"No! You don't get it, he was great...oh, never mind."

if you knew it was a dumbass thing to say then....oh look, nm

It wasn't. But I knew a dumbass wouldn't be able to read it without responding like a dumbass to it. You dumbass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Jks6rIhMY&t=1m6s

shhhh danny u'll wake alex shh theres a gullad shhhhh

i'm sorry you have a miserable life and have to come on here and forever shit on people

gd we cant fight in here this is the trebek listening room im stepping away now out of concern for the listening trebek and remember shhhh

Ken Jennings on Alex:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/opinion/sunday/alex-trebek-jeopardy-ken-jennings.html

Sigh.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/nation-world/2019/10/11/im-nearing-the-end-of-my-life-alex-trebek-says-hes-not-afraid-to-die-as-cancer-grows/

Long may he thrive

A one-year update from Alex: pic.twitter.com/W9101suZeZ

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) March 4, 2020

Autobiography almost out, big interview in the NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/books/alex-trebek-jeopardy-the-answer-is.html

There are no shocking revelations in his memoir, but there are a few surprises. Trebek swears, a lot. He was so unruly as a boy that he almost got expelled from boarding school. He has a half brother he didn’t know about until he was in his 40s. In the early 1970s, he accidentally ate four or five hash brownies at a party in Malibu, and woke up at the host's house three days later. His favorite animal is the musk ox. His favorite drink is low-fat milk, or if he’s feeling frisky, which he isn’t often lately, chardonnay.

(pvmic warning) It beats me why people would be so interested in such mundane and unremarkable details just because they are attached to a pleasant, lovable, but apparently somewhat bland, television host. I mean, many people find me lovable, but there aren't any who give a shit about knowing what's my favorite animal. This is just a more expensive hardcover version of a People magazine profile.

IDK, it's nice to occasionally think that maybe not every celebrity is (secretly or no) a raging piece of shit.

Well, he's a Canadian, so you have to factor that in.

And bilingual, so maybe he swears in Franco-Ontarian.

pleasant, mundane and unremarkable details are what keep me alive a lot of days. i've spent most of this morning agonizing over whether to write a several thousand word essay about laundry tickets. (i probably won't, at least not today.)

aimless, what is your favourite animal?

I have only pleasant associations with pikas, because whenever I see one, I am in a wonderful pace doing something I love, which is not as true for any other animal. But there are many more animals I admire greatly and love for their sterling qualities, e.g. black bears, elephants, gray whales, bumblebees, hermit thrushes, turkey vultures, just to name a few. All of them are worth knowing personally if you ever get a chance.

my treeplanting stint will forever make me consider black bears irritating pests but I won't pretend that's coming from a rational place

i didn't know there was such a thing as a pika without a chu at the end! thank you for sharing

Trebek swears, a lot.

Old news.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H49nlqD611o

Hail, and farewell.

Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex. pic.twitter.com/Yk2a90CHIM

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 8, 2020