Alex Trebek suffers 'minor heart attack'

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

What is “heartbroken”? Godspeed, good sir.

A lotta good people dying this year. At least this one we were able to see coming. Really glad he got to do the GOAT tournament and elevate Jeopardy into the national conversation one last time.

My future plans in my high school yearbook: "PBKR plans to kill Alex Trebek and take over as host of Jeopardy."

RIP Alex. Glad I never got to you.

goddammit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_mfVsxA1hU

friday's show.

I dont know if he was actually exhibiting it more than usual or if I was imagining it, but it really seemed like he was having an especially good time hosting since they came back on the air. He always seemed to really love Jeopardy as a game, getting excited when it was close, getting invested in the tension of who's up and down, genuinely curious about how it would end and who would win. Obviously its the job of any pro host to convey that to viewers but Trebek seemed genuine. Always thought he seemed like he'd have been a devoted Jeopardy watcher even if he'd never been the host.

I've watched every episode since they came back on. Alex was (not always but occasionally) uncharacteristically halting and a bit slow to move the game forward... i'm pretty sure I saw him occasionally leaning backward into something behind the podium that was helping him stand. As a game show host, i found him occasionally snide and regularly minimizing to the players but that was the character I guess. Over the course of my life I may have watched him on television more than anyone except Letterman.

but to your point, he did seem very happy to be there and the contestants seemed, more often than usual, excited out of their minds to be on the show. you got the sense people knew.

with him and Letterman you can tell that they're both quick, intelligent people who at various moments in their lives - some of them on-screen - can't help but allow a bit of pent-up befuddlement that they've become rich and famous being something akin to a carnival barkers to poke through

i would've paid a dollar to see them change jobs for a week

A glimpse into his Franco-Ontarian side:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcWYJHdeN8Q

still love this video

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

classic

that led me here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZUXHtTr6c

Lotta great memories:

https://www.vulture.com/article/alex-trebek-memorial-jeopardy-contestants.html

Including this tidbit which, what the:

When we’d all chat at the end of a taping, he’d draw us all into the conversation, and share his thoughts on some part of the game. On one memorable occasion, he shared a story about how he was interviewing Muhammad Ali at Louis Farrakhan’s house of Islam the night Bobby Kennedy was assassinated when he was starting out in media.

https://www.google.com/search?q=alex+trebek

:)