Occasional posts regarding Jeopardy!
A friend and I were talking this afternoon about Matt Amodio’s very impressive 38-game run on Jeopardy! We must have retroactively jinxed him, because his winning streak ended today.
I thought Final Jeopardy! was a giveaway, but Matt missed it. Even if he hadn’t, he’d have lost the game. I don’t know how many games are produced in a single day and week, but perhaps Matt was getting fatigued.
I think I heard Alex Trebek turning over.
Literally while we were on the phone, and I was explaining why I thought your favored Jeopardy! guest host, Mayim Bialik, wouldn’t be picked for the permanent post, this announcement was made.
It’s certainly been a busy year so far on Jeopardy! After the All-Star Games, Alex announced his scary cancer diagnosis, and now James Holzhauer is on track to breaking every Jeopardy! record. James must be a real budget-buster because, unlike the All-Star games, this time around Consumer Cellular isn’t helping with the prize money.
Ken Jennings’ team placed second in the recent Jeopardy! All-Star Games, but I doubt that his 74-game winning streak will ever be broken. Ken has an interesting take on Alex Trebek in The New York Times. He places Alex alongside Walter Cronkite and Johnny Carson as one of the great television broadcasters. I can see his point, having a game show host to complement a journalist and a talk show host (who hosted game shows himself).
Just a day after the fun and excitement of the Jeopardy! All-Star Tournament, there is this very worrisome news from Alex Trebek.
