Alex Trebek suffers 'minor heart attack'

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

:)