Will that guy on Jeopardy ever lose?

RIP.

Alex Trebek hosting Classic Concentration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlRvK5Jg250

The Times obit is quite good.

(alert to mobile users rationing articles: that's the NYT, not The Times)

Today we honor Alex Trebek. For over three decades he brought integrity, humor and intelligence to his duties as host of Jeopardy! He will be in our hearts forever.

Thank you, Alex. Love from us all. 💜 pic.twitter.com/w8abYY8SX5

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 10, 2020

yikes, that pushed my buttons

Lovely gesture. The Carillon on Parliament Hill plays theme from Jeopardy! in honour of Alex Trebek. RIP. pic.twitter.com/h3iIIzdSYV

— Michel Boyer (@BoyerMichel) November 10, 2020

oh god i just cried through both of those clips thank you for sharing :(

I presume no one knows who Wonderhussy is (I'm a fan), but she appeared on Jeopardy against Ken Jennings in 2003, and she just posted a youtube on the experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjd3A2X0vyg

Jennings named interim host, show goes back into production Nov. 30:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/23/media/jeopardy-alex-trebek-interim-ken-jennings-trnd/index.html

i would say he's the only choice if not for
https://www.change.org/p/sony-pictures-entertainment-levar-burton-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy

wow I heard Ken's name floated a few times but I didn't think they'd actually do it

I heard those two names just floated bandied about in some Jeopardy circles so am not surprised.

and yeah Levar would be an awesome choice

someone I know said "there should be a female host, like who's the female Alex Trebek?" and I immediately thought of Jamie Lee Curtis

Sandy Toksvig iirc

Other possible options that come to mind if they wanted a steady solid paycheck and plenty of time off: Morgan Freeman, Patrick Stewart, Laurence Fishburne, Tilda Swinton

James Caan

End of tweet.

Neil Hamburger

omg

"Oh! Are you here on business or pleasure?"

"I'm seeing my father. He's dying of lung cancer."

"Oh! PLEASURE then!"

I would never not watch jeopardy again

That...that is perfect.

I have of course shared this concept with Twitter and among the responses:

They would have to switch to the host stating the clue in form of a question. “Whyyyyyyyy....”

— Marc Masters (@Marcissist) November 24, 2020

lol yes and like a three minute buildup for every clue

Several minutes of noisy throat clearing between each answer

— Matthew Olken (@MattOlken) November 24, 2020

Faint crowd noise.

— Clearing (@herrongeo) November 24, 2020

This performer, known for "Tears in Heaven", ABSOLUTELY REFUSES to switch from Mac to PC

This movie extraterrestrial LOVED Reeses pieces so much because they have the same taste as cum on his own planet

Every category is Potpourri

— Clearing (@herrongeo) November 24, 2020

this should 100% happen for April Fool's Day next year

"...and your answer for Final Jeopardy is... ah, I see... Folks, it seems CHERYL here has chosen to WASTE ALL OUR TIME by scrawling 'Hi Randy!' rather than attempting an actual answer. I suppose Randy is your idiot husband or some such nonsense?"

lol all the clues would be like "Britney Spears' children" and the answer would be "What are the creatures who are growing in the pile of potato chip wrappers and discarded g-strings behind her house?"

I've been on the verge of cry-laughing about this for about fifteen minutes now.

"Daily Double Jack, what's it gonna be?"

I'll wager $200, Neil.

"You're betting $200? 200. Jack here says $200. On the last Daily Double.
Jack, you're down about 4k and we're in the home stretch here. You're supposed to be the fellow with the big brains; why not use that CASIO CALCULATORRRRR WATCH I'm sure mommy got you for Christmas and DO THE MATH you HAVE to do to MAKE A MAN'S WAGER. Now WHAT'S IT GONNA BE."

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/127661566_10157824742243309_9029438525485193130_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=2&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=G0FAwwiB0S4AX9f2nFT&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=8eadecf22ea2af9ffb855230bc10ffb9&oe=5FE555CB

Very impressed that he listens/listened to Heavenly.

Saw it on the Throwing Muses fb group, where they were all "One of us, one of us!"

I had to: Ken Jennings' garage

His last Thanksgiving message

High on our list of things to be thankful for this year: Alex's Thanksgiving message from today's show. We hope you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving! pic.twitter.com/8OlpkSGi9r

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 26, 2020

he's a good player but i have an irrational hate for Brayden. part of it is that i don't want him to be trebek's last champion.

Intern for a libertarian think tank, go ahead and feel justified. Right there with you on the final champion thing.

Trebek's final week was meant to be starting today, with repeats to follow for two weeks before the (first) Ken Jennings fill-in run starts, but they've pulled the Best Of Trebek run up to start today.

brayden looks like a beaker filled with egg shell dutch boy paint

aw i like how excited alex is about his streak, hitting every daily double, etc

libertarian think tank ugh, but there've been so many underwhelming winners lately, which i assume is partly because they had to restrict the contestant pool to people within close driving range, so if alex gets to make with his exit with some legit jeop-worthy talent in the house, i'm happy for him.

the right way for alex to leave is with a one day champion imo

So, uh, took longer than most but apparently old Ken Jennings tweets were dug up? Haven’t seen the tweets in question, but I read his... apology that seems to not be great.

those tweets get dug up every time he's on TV

I honestly hadn’t heard about them before, this time they seem be getting a ton of traction and looks like it’ll cost him the full time hosting gig.

actually it looks like this is the one trending?

Ken Jennings is getting dragged for this? Really? Lol he’s 100% correct though. pic.twitter.com/oT9zrQpBPQ

— Justin (@imjustinsanders) December 31, 2020