Would legit rather have defending champion Jim host the show, he has a nice, reassuring baritone.
If this wasnât my sonâs wedding day, Iâd knock your vocal cords out you voicist bastard
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Honestly I used to get furious that Dianne Rehm was on my radio. Yes, I know itâs not her fault that her voice degenerated but shit man, you wouldnât hire her if she had that condition when youâre interviewing radio hosts. Itâs a big part of the job! I should not be forced to listen to any voices of a lower quality than Terry Gross at any time.
Terry Gross for Jeopardy host
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Maybe Ken will get better when he hits puberty
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same energy as Ken
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Is Brad getting a shot at guest host at some point?
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I mean the sad truth is that you need a professional television personality or failed actor to do this. Pat Sajak can come in and guest host on a momentâs notice and do great. Some dork who likes trivia is going to be horrible. You donât need to know the answers, the answers are on the cue card. You have to be pleasing, reassuring, and keep people coming back for more. Trebek was great because he did all of that and was also a bit of a prick.
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Ideally, yes, but only because that was Trebekâs style. If Trebek had started on Wheel and Sajak had started on Jeopardy, that would have changed what the shows were like, but they would have each been able to host the show, I think.
Although itâs interesting to think about, did the host shape the show or did the show shape the host? If Sajak had hosted Jeopardy for 30 years would he be a bit of a prick because thatâs what the show demanded, and would Trebek have been a big teddy bear because thatâs what the showâs format calls for? Who knows.
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Only poker nerds even remember who he was.
Iâd like to see them at least give LeVar Burton a trial run.
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Yeah Sajak could easily have done Jeopardy; we wouldnât have known what we were missing but heâd have been more than passable. Although I wouldnât say that for most of the old school game show hosts. Some would have been a combination of either too soft or not sardonic enough. Iâve been on a steady diet of Buzzr lately, hosts like Jim Perry did Sale of the Century which was mostly straight up trivia questions, and I think he would have been too uninteresting in the Jeopardy format.
Incidentally, Iâve watched a bunch of Concentration/Classic Concentration (Trebek also hosted this). Itâs where they match squares to reveal pieces of a rebus puzzle. I donât think I have gotten a correct answer yet, itâs crashing my confidence. Like before this I thought BBCâs âOnly Connectâ was the toughest show Iâve watched (hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell), but I get some right on there.
Also while weâre here, and I think this is a mild take because I think Iâve seen some people here say this before, but Supermarket Sweep is a god awful show. Who the fuck cares about throwing 10 pound turkeys into your cart every show?
not clear why he would leave the greatest job in show business for Jeopardy.
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susan collins the new announcer
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brad would be fantastic, he has that tv charisma and heâs tv thin now, the stars have aligned, when brad guest hosts everybodyâs gonna love him
Indeed.
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sajack/trebeck were the leno/letterman of 730pm
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top 5th percentile of exciting Jeopardy matches, too. What a pro.
Also your video includes the promo for the greatest ST:TNG episode of all time, the one where Dr. Crusher fucks her grandmother.
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say what now
brian williams would actually be a brilliant jeopardy host
Heâd probably talk about that time he was helicoptering over a recording of Wheel of Fortune when Trebek shot a sidewinder missile at him, nearly killing him in the process.
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