# Alex Trebek quitting Jeopardy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034 "2013-03-15T19:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/1 "2013-03-15T19:38:18Z")
This article is saying that Matt Lauer may be the new Jeopardy host. I can’t imagine anyone pulling it off with the same smug knowitallness of Alex Trebek and his perfect foreign pronunciations. Trebek is expected to step down in 2016. I can’t believe it. I feel…I don’t know…he has always been there, having all the answers. And he seems in top form, too. He looks young and vibrant. I hope he doesn’t really retire. I hope this is just him trying to do a true daily double in negotiations with his contract. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/2 "2013-03-15T19:45:18Z")
If that smug ass foreigner, with his stupid face and retarded butt, leaves maybe I’ll start watching Jeopardy. I’ll give Matt Lauer a chance but if he tries to pretend to be an Alex clone then his stupid face can go to heck. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/3 "2013-03-15T19:47:33Z")
How does one have a “retarded butt”? Just curious. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/4 "2013-03-15T19:52:49Z")
“Suck it, Lauer!” No, it just doesn’t sound right. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/5 "2013-03-15T19:53:10Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > his perfect foreign pronunciations. If you mean “perfect”, sure. He overdoes them most of the time. > [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > He looks young and vibrant. He’s had at least 2 heart attacks, the last one last year and will be 76 in 2016. That’s getting pretty long in the tooth. It’s credible he’s thinking of calling it quits. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/6 "2013-03-15T19:57:07Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > If you mean “perfect”, sure. He overdoes them most of the time… Does he, Great Antibob? I didn’t realize that. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/7 "2013-03-15T20:07:39Z")
What article? I like Trebek, and I think a touch of arrogance is what makes him as good as he is. Would like to see him actually compete in a real game. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/8 "2013-03-15T20:12:31Z")
Alex Trebek is no Art Fleming. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/9 "2013-03-15T20:13:27Z")
Who’s this Alex Trebek? I thought Art Fleming hosted “Jeopardy”. ---
**Author:** ![TimToyGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@TimToyGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimToyGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/10 "2013-03-15T20:23:32Z")
On the one hand, Alex is a very good host, and one of the longest-running game show hosts in history. It’d be hard to imagine watching Jeopardy! without him hosting. On the other hand, if he retires and is replaced I could go back on, as could any of the show’s former contestants. Tim ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/11 "2013-03-15T20:25:53Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > What article? > > I like Trebek, and I think a touch of arrogance is what makes him as good as he is. > > Would like to see him actually compete in a real game. I forgot to link it dammit. And I found it on fark and can’t remember the website the article was on. And I’m on my phone now. Sorry. I’ll link it when I’m home at my pc ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/12 "2013-03-15T20:27:45Z")
[Article Link from Fark.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/03/15/jeopardy-considering-matt-lauer-to-replace-alex-trebek-report-says/) ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/13 "2013-03-15T20:37:41Z")
I think Will Ferrell needs to be the replacement. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/14 "2013-03-15T20:39:49Z")
> [@TimToyGeek](#): > > On the other hand, if he retires and is replaced I could go back on, as could any of the show’s former contestants. Is that true? I don’t see why that would be. I wouldn’t mind getting a second crack at it, though. ---
**Author:** ![TimToyGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@TimToyGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimToyGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/15 "2013-03-15T20:41:23Z")
That’s what the producers told me at the time, maybe it’s different now. Several of the Art Fleming-era contestants have been on the Trebek Jeopardy! as contestants though. Tim ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/16 "2013-03-15T20:41:23Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Alex Trebek is no Art Fleming. [Fer sure.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvUZijEuNDQ) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/17 "2013-03-15T20:53:10Z")
The funny part if Matt Lauer already has a mock feud with another celebrity - [Will Ferrell](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XvVzeo7JBM) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/18 "2013-03-15T20:53:48Z")
> [@TimToyGeek](#): > > That’s what the producers told me at the time, maybe it’s different now. Several of the Art Fleming-era contestants have been on the Trebek Jeopardy! as contestants though. > > Tim I don’t think so. I believe the '60s incarnation was pretty much considered a different show – for one thing, there had been a period of X years where it was off the air. A new host wouldn’t make this a completely different show. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/19 "2013-03-15T21:04:57Z")
They definitely told me just last year as a contestant that I couldn’t go back on until Alex was no longer hosting. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/20 "2013-03-15T21:17:40Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > They definitely told me just last year as a contestant that I couldn’t go back on until Alex was no longer hosting. Sounds like Alex had a thing about you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034.md?page=2)