# Alex Trebek considers retirement **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864 "2018-07-31T13:07:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864/61 "2018-08-03T21:55:24Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I doubt it. Suit yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864/62 "2018-08-04T00:21:16Z")
[Moderating] A thread about a game show host doesn’t need to be this contentious. I’m going to close it now, to give people a chance to cool off. I might re-open it tomorrow, once everyone’s calmed down. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864/63 "2018-08-04T22:20:53Z")
[Moderating] OK, re-opened. Try to stay on topic this time. ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864/64 "2018-08-05T00:08:16Z")
Ken Jennings on Twitter: > [@](#): > > [brb, deleting ten years of pedophilia jokes](https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/1024033621143838720) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864/65 "2018-08-05T02:01:42Z")
> [@snoe](#): > > Ken Jennings on Twitter: Jennings can be very funny. I remember a Tweet of his that went something like this: _Just saw the movie Chapaquiddick. Forgot to go to the bathroom before the show. Big mistake. Whole lotta water in that movie._ mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864/66 "2018-11-01T19:16:23Z")
Reviving this thread to report that [Alex Trebek renewed his contract through the 2021-22 season](https://people.com/tv/alex-trebek-renews-jeopardy-contract/). ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864/67 "2018-11-01T19:29:04Z")
> [@snoe](#): > > Ken Jennings on Twitter: And now Ken Jennings can never direct a Disney movie. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864/68 "2018-11-01T21:18:22Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Just because being offended is a national pastime doesn’t mean we can excuse every slight. I can tell you from personal experience, it makes your life one helluva lot easier, not getting your stomach in a knot over trivialities. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864/69 "2018-11-01T22:59:19Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I can tell you from personal experience, it makes your life one helluva lot easier, not getting your stomach in a knot over trivialities. Are you trying to get this thread closed again? ---
**Author:** ![road\_lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@road\_lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/road_lobo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864/70 "2018-11-03T03:31:30Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > What really grates on me is how he’ll always comment that some kind of pop culture is “before your time” when reading the category names or speaking to the contestants. Yes Alex, because no one under 40 (who is a **Jeopardy!** contestant!) has ever heard music from the 1960s or seen a movie made before they were born. :rolleyes: Maybe because it’s literally before their time… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-considers-retirement/818864.md?page=3)