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I’ll Take Your Mother for $400, Alex

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I apologize that we only have buttcam footage of this monumental moment in game show history, but this must be seen by all: “YOUR MOMMA!” was an actual Jeopardy category last week. The contestant who chooses the category delivers the line pretty well, but it would have sounded a lot better in Sean Connery’s Scottish accent. “Four hundred dollars is more than your mother’s worth, Trebek!”

[Reddit via The Daily What]


Jeopardy! Contestant Is Probably A Lady In The Street But A Freak In The Bed

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I’ll give you one guess as to what the answer given to this was. And honestly, I would have probably given the same answer. WHO WOULDN’T?! How much you wanna bet old horndog Trebek asked the contestant, Chicago Sun Times reporter and 5-time Jeopardy! champion Kara Spak, out for drinks after the taping? I mean, this was a damn set-up. COME ON!

Congrats Kara — there are much more horrible things to be famous for!

And it’s not nearly as embarrassing as this was…

(A million thanks to UPROXX commenter White Boom Boom for the tip)

The Greatest ‘Jeopardy!’ Clip Ever

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If I ever make it onto “Jeopardy!” and get the clue, “A blow to the back of the neck is the punch named for this animal,” I’d happily lose $800 just to be able to say “donkey punch” on TV. I don’t know who’s the bigger hero: Mike for saying it, or Alex Trebek, who’s clearly suppressing his laughter, for knowing the reference. Do you think he spends his time trolling on Urban Dictionary? More importantly, how will “Wheel of Fortune” respond?

Before & After: TH_ FL_ING CAM_L TO_

(If you have no idea what a “donkey punch” is, check out Wikipedia — there’s even a helpful GIF!)

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Alex Trebek Is Clearly Not an ‘Arrested Development’ Fan

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I’ll take “Members of Dr. Fünke’s 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution” for $800, Alex.

This blue man from “Arrested Development” was a clue on last night’s “Jeopardy.”

Who is Tobias Fünke?

You’re never going to get back the two seconds it took to read that terrible intro gimmick, and I’m really sorry about that. Honest. But yes, everyone’s favorite Frightened Inmate Number Two was a clue on “Jeopardy,” and now the Internet is upset. Why? BECAUSE THAT WALKING OLD WOMAN’S DRY DREAM TREBEK PRONOUNCED HIS NAME WRONG. (I’m more disappointed at the umlaut being left off “Fünke” than I am about the mispronunciation, though.) Gee, he really Britta’d that! Oh wait, wrong show. Trebek, um, really pulled a Homer? D’oh! If only there was an “Arrested Development” reference that could succinctly define this situation, and how much Trebek BLUE it, man. He’s sure got a mess on his hands. Come on, Josh…I guess I’m just distracted thinking about how he would have said “analrapist.”

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Alex Trebek Suffers Mild Heart Attack, Judges Refuse to Accept the News

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“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek suffered a mild heart attack over the weekend, throwing my entire world into a state of flux. I was filled with a ton of terrifying questions, including (but not limited to): “Is he OK?!,” “[gulps] What if he’s not?,” “What if he has to leave the show?,” “Who would replace him if he does?,” and “NOOOOOOOOOO!” Luckily for all of us, Trebek appears to be OK. A producer for the show at Sony Pictures TV released a statement yesterday saying that the 71-year-old host was in good spirits and resting comfortably, and that he is expected to return as host when they begin filming the 29th season in July. Phew. Bullet dodged. For now.

Alex Trebek isn’t getting any younger, so the day when he hands over the reins to “Jeopardy!” is probably coming sooner than later. But the good news here is that he appears to have battled off this health scare, and he will continue owning Pat Sajak’s sh-t as a syndicated game show host for at least another year. All in all, this is a positive, as expressed below in the GIF featuring Warming Glow’s favorite “Jeopardy!” champion, Pat Antle.

LONG LIVE TREBEK.

Image via Shutterstock, GIF via @dhm

Last Night’s ‘Jeopardy’ Chit Chats Got Dark

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Back in April I did a Q&A with Jeopardy champion Pat Antle, which I really enjoyed. I’ve been a fan of the show for years and years, so it was incredibly cool to hear some of the behind-the-scenes stuff that goes on there. One of the more informative exchanges involved the comically awkward chit chats that host Alex Trebek does with the contestant coming out of the first commercial break.

Here is the relevant excerpt:

One of my favorite parts of Jeopardy is the segment where Alex Trebek asks the contestants to tell a personal anecdote. These are almost always painfully uncomfortable, and it delights me to no end. You actually managed to tell an interesting story when you were on, about a karate-related mishap. How did you figure out which stories to tell, and what, if any guidance, did the people at the show give you?

When you are selected for the show, you are asked to send five “interesting” stories in with your paperwork. You repeatedly go over those stories with the contestant coordinators in order to flesh out what you might say on camera, improve your delivery, and decide on your preferred story. During the taping, Alex Trebek starts the conversation based on one of the five stories. I repeat — Alex Trebek decides which story will be discussed, on the spot. ON THE SPOT. That is why it is so awkward — you might not be prepared for what he asks. For example, I told two stories, neither of which were my preferred story (Which was a great one about my hairdresser mom being ashamed of my horrible early-90′s mushroom cut after a picture of me appeared in the local paper. I even had the picture — it’s AWFUL.). So you take a group of people who aren’t necessarily the most charismatic, put them in the most nerve-racking situation imaginable, surprise them with unexpected prompts, and get television magic.

I bring all that up again because (a) I am very shameless and will use any excuse I can to link back to things I’ve done, and (b) last night’s episode featured one of the darkest stories I’ve ever heard them use (although nothing will ever touch the lady who talked about running over a family of turtles — I think it was turtles, but I may be too scarred to recall it properly — on the Autobahn). Keep in mind while watching this that this is the story Trebek chose out of five options (UPDATE: Now with better video, courtesy of @bubbaprog.)

This is my impression of me listening to that story: “Uh huh… right … OK… uh huh…the car … yeah …and then … … … … um… … … …

Hoo boy.

via @ScottAukerman

Death To The ‘Jeopardy!’ Teen Tournament

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I have written about my love of Jeopardy! on more than a few occasions. In the world of television game shows, there are none smarter and more enjoyable to watch with a group (mostly because it is fun to shout out correct answers like an insufferable dork and make your friends feel stupid). But every year the show holds a Teen Tournament, and it is a God-awful, youth-pandering mess. Case in point: This screencap of the categories from last night’s opening round, which spelled out the chorus of Carly Rae Jepsen’s ubiquitous summer single, “Call Me Maybe.” They use puns and wordplay on Jeopardy! proper sometimes, and I know they tape well in advance, but this was just painful, and it needs to stop.

To clarify: My issue is not with having teenagers on the show. Most of the kids are smart as hell, which, yeah, fine, can be a little infuriating when they know the answers to questions that I don’t, but that’s not so much a critique of the show as it is me being a very small, jealous person who resents the success of others. My issue is the way the show dumbs itself down and tries to be cutesy-wutesy with the contestants in a manner that is insulting to everyone involved. Do you remember how awkward it felt back when you were a teenager and your aunt had a little too much to drink at Thanksgiving and tried to talk to you about AOL or texting, or tried to do “The Macarena” on the coffee table? It’s like that, but now Alex Trebek is your aunt, and he is doing it to you on television.

Don’t believe me? Think I’m overreacting? Allow me to present Exhibit B. After a Final Jeopardy question that referenced Korean rapper Psy (which means they didn’t film it that far in advance, and makes the “Call Me Maybe” board even more pathetic), Alex Trebek — Alex. Trebek. — did the “Gangnam Style” horsey dance. Please see below.

I repeat: Death to the Teen Tournament.

(Screencap via EW, GIF via Guyism)

COUNTERPOINT: Long Live The ‘Jeopardy!’ Teen Tournament

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Yesterday afternoon, on this very website, some cranky dingus ranted about the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament and called for its death. “WAH,” he said. “Everything is dumbed down, and sometimes they reference popular music, and the other night — AND YOU WON’T EVEN BELIEVE THIS PART — Alex Trebek even danced. It’s horrible and I hate it. WAH WAH WAH.” Two things became abundantly clear upon reading this whiny manifesto: One, the writer needs a life, or a hobby, or something, because devoting hundreds of angry words to a syndicated game show is kind of sad. And two, he was wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.

You see, on last night’s episode of the Teen Tournament, less than six hours after that post went up, something amazing happened. Something I’ve never seen before. All three contestants wagered everything in Final Jeopardy, and all three of them got the answer wrong, and they all finished with zero dollars. Zero dollars. And since no one finished with anything, Alex Trebek had to dust off the Jeopardy! rulebook, which stated that none of them got to advance, and two contestants from another episode would move on. To recap: They competed for half an hour, through three rounds of questions, then everyone tied for last and went home empty-handed. It was easily one of the goofiest things I’ve ever seen on the show, and I wish it would happen more often because the look on Trebek’s face was priceless.

Long live the Teen Tournament.

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Matt Lauer May Replace Alex Trebek on ‘Jeopardy’ (And The Morning Links)

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It’s only a rumor from those ever reliable “sources,” via The Post, but amid much, MUCH talk of Matt Lauer being kicked to the curb by the Today show — in light of the show’s falling ratings, and Matt Lauer’s diminishing likability — Sony has reportedly put Lauer on the top of its list to replace Alex Trebek. Trebek — who has had two heart attacks — is expected to leave in 2015, while Lauer’s contract is set to expire around the same time. The decision is still some time away, but Lauer would make sense. Anderson Cooper is reportedly next on Jeopardy’s wish list.

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TV GIFs Of The Week (And The Best Of ‘SNL’s ‘Celebrity Jeopardy’)

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“Matt Lauer may replace Alex Trebek on Jeopardy.” I hate that headline so much. I don’t really care about Jeopardy (unless Leonard’s involved), but I do care about that smarmy Canadian Alex Trebek, the world’s most perfect game show host, probably because of SNL‘s Celebrity Jeopardy series throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s.

I can’t look at IRL Trebek without thinking of Will Ferrell’s Trebek and Turd Ferguson and Darrell Hammond’s Sean Connery and “Drummers Named Ringo,” and immediately start laughing. That’s probably not what Trebek wants his legacy to be, but I, for one, would be honored to be associated with the phrase “Ape Tit.” Anyway, check out Splitsider’s collection of every Celebrity Jeopardy sketch, and then look at some of the series’ best GIFs below.


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A Kentucky 7th Grader Set The All-Time Record For ‘Jeopardy! Kids Week’ Last Night

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That happy young man in the above banner image is Skyler Hornback, a 7th grader from Kentucky and now one of the all-time biggest single-show winners in Jeopardy! history with his incredibly gutsy performance on tonight’s edition of Kids Week. Hornback fancies himself a bit of an expert and enthusiast when it comes to Abraham Lincoln, so as he pondered how much of his $36,600 in winnings that he’d be willing to wager on Final Jeopardy!, he felt pretty comfortable writing down $30,000 when he saw that the category was “Civil War.”

And the clue?

Abraham Lincoln called this document, which took effect in 1863, “A fit and necessary war measure”

That’s not even fair. Obviously, Hornback guessed the correct answer of the Emancipation Proclamation, and he cemented his place in Kids Week history with his $66,600 victory.

Alas, all was not well with tonight’s episode of Jeopardy!. We’re told by a tipster, as well as a buzz on the Tweeters, that one of the other two contestants was told that he had an incorrect answer because he misspelled Emancipation Proclamation. Now, I’m no big city slicker expert on the rules and such of Jeopardy!, but I was under the impression that if the answer was close enough, the judges would accept it. I may be wrong, but until I can find a good video of the entire Final Jeopardy! segment – you can see the dejected young man in the beginning of this rough clip – I think we should all argue about it as if it’s the most important issue in the world.

‘Jeopardy!’ Kids’ Week Contestant Says He Was Cheated By Alex Trebek And The Judges

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Quick recap: Last week was Kids’ Week on Jeopardy!. While nothing on the level of Leonard and his amazing Teen Tournament performance took place, there was some controversy. See, on Wednesday’s episode, a 12-year-old named Thomas Hurley wrote “The Emanciptation Proclamation” for his Final Jeopardy response, which, while basically correct, contained an extra “t” in emancipation. Because of this minor misspelling, Trebek and the judges ruled his response incorrect. Now people are pissed, including young Thomas, who used some strong language to voice his displeasure:

“I was pretty upset that I was cheated out of the final Jeopardy! question. It was just a spelling error,” said the Newtown Middle School student, who won $2,000 as the second runner-up.

I’m so torn on this. On one hand, he did get the answer wrong, if you want to be super technical about it. Yes, Alex Trebek and the judges clearly knew what he meant, but I can see why they’d want to draw a hard line on spelling, because there are situations where it makes a big difference (desert/dessert) and it’s easier to have a strictly enforced black-and-white rule than to make a fuzzy judgment call each time. And it’s not like it would have affected the game in any way even if the judges gave it to him, because the contestant to his right, Skyler, had almost four times his score going into Final Jeopardy, bet huge anyway, and nailed it, finishing with over $60,000. So, for the most part, no harm, no foul.

But. On the other hand, I love — love love love — that there’s a junior high student in Connecticut who is apparently willing to call a beloved, long-running syndicated game show’s integrity into question over a spelling mistake. LOVE. Trebek hung him out to dry by saying his answer was misspelled “badly” (which, I mean, come on), and then forced him to stand there at the end of the show during the credits while he was fighting back tears, so if young Thomas wants to go to the mattresses with him on this one, I’m on board. Trebek pulls a knife, we’ll pull a gun. He sends one of ours to the hospital, we’ll send one of his to the morgue, etc.

LET’S TEAR THIS WHOLE CORRUPT SYSTEM DOWN. EXTRA T’S FOR EVERTYONE.

(Via TV Guide)

Alex Trebek Discovers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Love Of Vintage Porn

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar X-Rated Jeopardy

In the most embarrassing moment to happen to him since he tried to teach Jesse Katsopolis how to play basketball, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was scolded by ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek for asking “What is X” when the question we were looking for was “what is G, you old creep”. Apparently Jeopardy is a family show, and “what is the back of Linda Lovelace’s throat” has never been an answer. Who knew?

You can check out video of the moment below, and don’t worry, it wasn’t shot on 8 MM film.

I wish Kareem had gone full-on seventies horror with his answer and asked, “what is us going out into the woods with our Super 8 to gut a bunch of animals and pretend to graphically rape a lady for 20 minutes”. I’d like to see what kind of smug retort Trebek had for THAT one.

Better yet, let’s bring Ken Jennings back on and ask him about nothing but Brazzers ads, whether or not the pop-ups that look like chat windows are real people trying to find singles in their area and why Gianna Michaels won’t stop talking and spitting on people. I can’t decide if he’d nervously squirm or ace it.

[h/t Guyism]

MC Alex Trebek Rapped Hot Beastie Boys, Biggie Rhymes On ‘Jeopardy’ Last Night

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That sound you heard yesterday evening, while you were eating your frozen dinner? That was A Tribe Called Trebek dropping the mic, letting the world know he’s coming for ya. During last night’s Jeopardy, Canada’s greatest MC rapped lyrics from the Notorious B.I.G., Beastie Boys, Grandmaster Flash, Dr. Dre, and Public Enemy, before dropping one of his own: “Well, my name is MC Alex and I’m here to say, I love to rap in a major way.”

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Look out, Drake.

Alex Trebek Finally Gets His Revenge Against Conan With A Silly Taste Of His Own Medicine

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Conan has been making a fool out of Alex Trebek regularly since last year in a segment called “Alex Trebek Has Gone Insane.” It’s pretty hilarious and reminds me of the time a younger Coco got his hands on the Walker Texas Ranger lever and went to town against Chuck Norris. This is the latest in the series and the most likely the final.

Much like the ending to the Walker skits, Conan ends up getting a taste of his own medicine at the hands of his victim when Trebek shows up in person and puts an end to the charade. The only difference this time is that Trebek doesn’t resort to physical violence to put an end to Conan’s shenanigans.

I prefer the crazy Trebek myself. He speaks a language that I can understand and would be great at parties. So please, stop taking your meds Trebek. Maybe you’ll end up slapping Ken Jennings or referring to Arthur Chu as “Art Dog” on the air.

(Via Team Coco)


Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of ‘Jeopardy!’ With 10 Of Its Funniest (And Weirdest) Moments

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Jeopardy! celebrated its 50th birthday this week. That’s 50 years of Daily Doubles, 50 years of awkward small talk with the contestants and 50 years of blurting out nonsense answers at home. (Don’t act like you’re not guilty of it. Whom among us doesn’t love taking a wild guess about Babylonian architecture?)

When you have a rotating lineup of people testing their trivia chops each night there’s bound to be awkward moments along the way. Just in the last few weeks we’ve seen a guy miss probably the most obvious sports question of all time, a man accuse Alex Trebek of wearing slave labor clothing and one of the oddest contestants in the show’s recent history.

Thanks to the power of YouTube we’re able to relive some of those magical/awkward-as-hell Jeopardy! moments and here are 10 of our favorites. Feel free to add your own “suck it, Trebek” at the end of each clip.

1. Threesome

If there’s an inner-circle of Jeopardy! groupies, Kara is most definitely their queen.

2. Bane Impression

A wise man never passes up the chance to do his Bane impression on national television.

3. Furry Pussy

We’ve all gotten a little confused about our Bond girls with sexually suggestive names before, right?

4. Contestant Faints

The power of Trebek’s mustache in its 1980s heyday was just too much for some people to handle.

5. Kebert Xela

I want to believe that Jarred’s only reason for even going on the show was to work in his Family Guy joke.

6. “Are you alright?”

You can almost feel Trebek’s disdain for this man.

7. Insensitive Alex Trebek

Hey, don’t bring up your dead pygmy goat if you don’t want Trebek to make fun of it.

8. Sean Connery

There is Ken Jennings, Arthur Chu and then there is this man.

9. Orphan Graveyard

And #239 on the list of things to never to bring up on a first date: orphan graveyards.

10. Donkey Punch

It might have been the wrong answer for Jeopardy!, but it was the correct answer for the internet.


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There Was A YOLO-Based Clue On ‘Jeopardy’ Last Night Because That Is As Hip As ‘Jeopardy’ Gets

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So I suppose this is where I should bemoan the state of America in the wake of Jeopardy using a YOLO-based clue that referenced Urban Dictionary on last night’s episode, but, I mean … nah. Not gonna do that. If Jeopardy wants to try to get hip — or, at least, as hip as Jeopardy can get, considering this is a reference to a song from two years ago that everyone you know is already sick of — more power to them. All that I ask is that next time, in 2017, when they do a clue about getting turnt up, they release the behind-the-scenes footage of an underpaid production assistant explaining the whole thing to Trebek before the show. That’s the compromise, Jeopardy.

And besides, even if you are the type of person who views a YOLO clue on Jeopardy as a crystal-clear indicator that our once great society is crumbling into dust all around us, please allow me to point out that this is only like a five or a six on the Embarrassing Jeopardy Things Scale. Don’t believe me? Here, look:

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That is a GIF of Alex Trebek doing the Gangnam Style dance during the Teen Tournament last year. This YOLO clue was nothing. NOTHING.

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Alex Trebek Discusses Retirement, Plans To Go Out Like Keyser Soze

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Jeopardy host Alex Trebek did an interview with The Hollywood Reporter recenlHOLY HELL that is a cool picture up there. Look at Trebek, all “This longtime syndicated game show host just took home another Emmy and continues to dominate that glorified haircut Sajak in every way imaginable. Anyone? That’s right, Alex F*cking Trebek. Now take my picture.” I might get it blown-up to mural-size and hang it over the couch in my living room. So people know.

Anyway, as I was saying, Trebek did an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. The discussed a bunch of things, like his passion for unhealthy eating (a Milky Way and a Diet Coke for breakfast), eating lunch with Bob Barker, and his feelings about his job after all these years (“I like the show, I like the contestants and it pays well”). But mostly importantly, he talked about his plans for retirement. Or, more specifically, his lack thereof.

When it happens it will probably happen the same way it happened when I shaved my mustache in 2001: It will happen on a whim. I will decide at that moment, “This is it. Leave me an extra 30 seconds at the end of the program so I can say goodbye.”

First of all, I love that Alex Trebek remembers the year he shaved his mustache, and just casually drops it into conversation as though it’s a common fact that everyone knows. But more importantly, I love that he basically has the Keyser Soze retirement plan. One day you’ll see him out there rapping clues and having awkward chats with contestants, and then, with no warning, like that…

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Alex Trebek Used To Bomb Around Hollywood In A Bentley Convertible, Likes To Drink A Lot

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Apparently last week was Everybody But Me Gets To Interview Alex Trebek Week, because in addition to that THR article where he said he’s just gonna retire on a whim one day, he also granted the New Republic access for a lengthy, candid profile. It was illuminating. For example, did you know Alex Trebek likes to drink? Like, a lot? Because he does, apparently. The piece is littered with quotes/jokes like “I no longer drink when I drive. I pull over to the side of the road” and “Find out how much the brunch cost. I think it’s $350. I got my money’s worth, ‘cause I was the only one drinking at the table.” And that’s not all. He also, sometimes, drinks before heading to the studio to film Jeopardy.

It’s impersonations of Hollywood icons that Trebek really nails, though he doesn’t like to let on how much effort he puts into the routines. “I’ve noticed in the last few years, I don’t think I’m very good at them anymore,” he told the “Jeopardy!” audience during one time-out. “Probably a factor of too much alcohol.

“If I could learn to stop drinking the morning of taping, that would help a lot,” Trebek continued. “But you see, um, I have trouble sleeping. Yesterday, for instance, I woke up at two o’clock and was awake until 5:15 and then my alarm went off at 5:25. Today I woke up at 3:00 and was awake until 5:20. . . . I’m of the old school, which says, ‘It’s five o’clock somewhere, so why not now?!’ ”

And there’s this, where we learn that Alex enjoys quality television and used to be a freewheeling SoCal bachelor who liked to party, apparently.

Church friends comprise the core of the Trebeks’ social life, he says, a big shift from the bachelor years when he tooled around Holly-wood in a Bentley convertible. Mostly, he unwinds by watching television. “Breaking Bad” and “Deadwood” are recent favorites; the Lakers a constant.

Post-Time Machine Acquisition Priority List

  1. Tool around Hollywood in a Bentley convertible with bachelor Trebek.
  2. Kill Hitler.

But my favorite part of the profile was this quote about his decision to shave his mustache.

Fact: When Trebek shaved off his moustache in 2001, he did it in the middle of the day, himself, without warning the “Jeopardy!” producers. Renee was alarmed to come in and find him mid-shearing. He just felt like it, he says now. “And it got so much press, I couldn’t believe it. The wars with Iraq or whatever at that time, and people are all in a stew over my moustache. I have one response: Get a life.”

Updated Post-Time Machine Acquisition Priority List

  1. Tool around Hollywood in a Bentley convertible with bachelor Trebek.
  2. Kill Hitler.
  3. Go back in time and make “People are all in a stew over my moustache. I have one response: Get a life” my high school yearbook quote

We have learned so much about Alex Trebek today.


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Alex Trebek Discovers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Love Of Vintage Porn

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In the most embarrassing moment to happen to him since he tried to teach Jesse Katsopolis how to play basketball, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was scolded by ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek for asking “What is X” when the question we were looking for was “what is G, you old creep”. Apparently Jeopardy is a family show, and “what is the back of Linda Lovelace’s throat” has never been an answer. Who knew?

You can check out video of the moment below, and don’t worry, it wasn’t shot on 8 MM film.

I wish Kareem had gone full-on seventies horror with his answer and asked, “what is us going out into the woods with our Super 8 to gut a bunch of animals and pretend to graphically rape a lady for 20 minutes”. I’d like to see what kind of smug retort Trebek had for THAT one.

Better yet, let’s bring Ken Jennings back on and ask him about nothing but Brazzers ads, whether or not the pop-ups that look like chat windows are real people trying to find singles in their area and why Gianna Michaels won’t stop talking and spitting on people. I can’t decide if he’d nervously squirm or ace it.

[h/t Guyism]


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