https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLRZoJa9elg
| Thank You For Everything, Alex | JEOPARDY! 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. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Trebek
| Alex Trebek - Wikipedia Alex Trebek OC Trebek at the 71st annual Peabody Awards luncheon in 2012 Born George Alexander Trebek (1940-07-22) July 22, 1940 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Died November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Citizenship Canada United States (from 1998) Alma mater University of Ottawa (BA) Occupation Television personality game show host Years active 1961–2020 Political ... en.wikipedia.org |
https://www.jeopardy.com/about/cast/alex-trebek
| Alex Trebek | Jeopardy.com Alex Trebek has been the host of Jeopardy! since the syndicated debut of America’s Favorite Quiz Show® in 1984. He has become one of television’s most enduring and iconic figures, engaging millions of viewers worldwide with his impeccable delivery of “answers and questions.” www.jeopardy.com |
Who remembers the original Jeopardy??
Funny thing about watching Jeopardy back then. It was fun to watch and learn some things and see the evolving competition/battle but its doubtful that me in elementary school and my younger brother knew many questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd9DAvQdR8s
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OK, this one is really strange.
Alex Trebek just died earlier this month from pancreatic cancer.
Art Fleming, the original host of Jeopardy died in 1995. Guess what he died from?
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-26-mn-58996-story.html
| ArtFleming, 70; Original Host of 'Jeopardy!' TV Game Show - Los Angeles Times Art Fleming, the original host of television’s “Jeopardy!,” died at home Tuesday of pancreatic cancer. He was 70. Fleming was found to have the disease just two weeks ago, said his lawyer ... www.latimes.com |
RIP Alex Trebek.
Unlike the even keel Alex Trebek, Art Fleming's style was much more dramatic sounding based on my memory. He was a good emcee who made it exciting as I recall. Anyone else recall his style?
Also, that's where I first heard Don Pardo, later of SNL fame. "Thank you, Don Pardo" was a well known phrase from Art.
I remember Don Pardo too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGFB9hZ8LXI
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12636/7-politicians-who-appeared-game-shows
A pre-politics Reagan gives Henry Morgan and Steve Allen a radio announcer’s test to see if he can make them laugh in the middle of the “audition.” If you’ve ever wanted to see the 40th President of the United States blow up a balloon using a trumpet, here’s your chance. The whole thing is quite charming.
If you think John McCain has gotten over his loss in Final Jeopardy almost 50 years ago, you’d be wrong. He still remembers the exact question: “Cathy loved him, but married Edgar Linton instead.” Brontë buffs, of course, know that the answer is Heathcliff. But McCain could only recall the name of the book and answered as such: “What is Wuthering Heights?”
metmike: The video above is super hilarious!
So, there it is, thanks to Merv Griffin for "Thank you Don Pardo". I just watched a couple of Art Fleming episodes and this really brought back good memories. That's how I had remembered him and he really was awesome!! It even kind of gave me the tingles you get when you listen to something great.
Also, I was very impressed with his manners and respect for the contestants. Man he was really good!
His story is a great read at the link below! I never knew that he declined the offer to be the host of Jeopardy when it returned and then the role was offered to Alex Trebek. I'll bet he regretted that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Fleming
Arthur Fleming Fazzin (May 1, 1924 – April 25, 1995) was an American actor and television host. He is most notable for being the original host of the television game show Jeopardy!,[1] which aired on NBC from 1964 until 1975.
Fleming also appeared in many television commercials. He was first spotted by Merv Griffin on a commercial for Trans World Airlines. Griffin thought Fleming was "authoritative, yet warm and interesting", and Fleming was invited to audition for the role of host for a quiz show Griffin was developing. Fleming (an actor with no prior TV quiz show experience) was initially skeptical, but his agent encouraged him to "act like a game show host" at his audition, and Fleming ultimately won the job.[1] The show was Jeopardy!, which Fleming hosted from March 30, 1964, to January 3, 1975,[4] and again from October 2, 1978, to March 2, 1979. Although often described as the "host" of the program, announcer Don Pardo's introduction of him announced, "and here's the star of Jeopardy!, Art Fleming." As "the world's greatest quiz show's" first host, Fleming earned two Emmy Award nominations. While he was host of Jeopardy!, Fleming never missed a taping.
Because he hosted a quiz show, and in part because he was an avid reader with multiple college degrees, Fleming earned a reputation as being a storehouse of trivia. While appearing as a guest star on Hollywood Squares (another NBC game show in the 1960s and 1970s), Fleming was once selected as the "secret square". His question was, "In 1938, who won the Wimbledon women's tennis championship?" Fleming picked Helen Wills Moody, one of the three choices read to him. The female contestant (who had selected Fleming) turned to Hollywood Squares MC Peter Marshall, saying, "Art Fleming would never lie! I agree!" He was right, and the contestant won $11,000. Fleming later said he did not know a thing about tennis and had guessed the answer. He hoped the contestant would disagree, thinking he was wrong.
Throughout his career, Fleming starred in about 5,000 episodes of television programs and 48 motion pictures. After Jeopardy!'s first cancellation in 1975, Fleming returned to acting. In 1977 he played the role of W. Averell Harriman in the movie MacArthur starring Gregory Peck, and appeared in the comedy film American Raspberry, and also appeared in episodes of Starsky and Hutch, Kingston: Confidential, and the 1976 TV miniseries The Moneychangers.
Fleming also hosted a radio version of College Bowl for CBS Radio from 1979 to 1982. He hosted the NBC radio weekend magazine Monitor during 1972. Fleming reprised his role as host of Jeopardy! in the 1982 movie Airplane II: The Sequel and in "Weird Al" Yankovic's music video "I Lost on Jeopardy". Fleming was also often called upon to host mock versions of Jeopardy! at trade shows and conventions.
Fleming was asked to reprise his role as Jeopardy! host when Merv Griffin began developing a revival of the show in 1983. He declined,[5] later stating in 1989 that he did not like the direction the show had gone in moving the show to Hollywood (being partial to his native New York, he felt that the Hollywood setting made the show dumber and less realistic).[6] As a result, Alex Trebek (a personal friend of Fleming's)[7] took the position instead and continued to host the program until his death in 2020. Fleming and the staff of the modern Jeopardy! had a somewhat public feud over the nature of the show's clues, as Fleming believed that the writers were inserting hints into the clues to make the correct question seem obvious and easy to guess.[5]
Agree that this was also an amazing person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv_Griffin
Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul.[2] He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in film and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986, Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show. He also created the internationally popular game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune through his television production companies, Merv Griffin Enterprises and Merv Griffin Entertainment.
https://gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/Merv_Griffin
Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul.[2] He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in film and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986, Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show. He also created the internationally popular game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune through his television production companies, Merv Griffin Enterprises and Merv Griffin Entertainment.