# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/81 "2013-03-19T01:31:59Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The New York Post article said that the producers want to find a “next-generation successor.” Given that Trebek is in his seventies and Lauer is in his fifties, I think he’s too old. I would imagine that they want someone younger, like someone in his 30s or 40s. Well, Peter Sagal is a spritely 48. He’s got the game show skills and probably quite a bit of recognition among the show’s traditional (read: old) demographic and others. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/82 "2013-03-19T01:33:33Z")
No, they can’t do that. Not if it means an end to Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/83 "2013-03-19T01:42:22Z")
I bet he could do both. _Wait Wait_ records on Thursdays and _Jeopardy!_ only tapes, what, two days a week? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/84 "2013-03-19T01:46:18Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > He also apparently gets a quota of opportunities to say “Transylvania”, “Romania”, or “Dracula” while doing his best Bela Lugosi. Does that count any mention of Etruscans? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/85 "2013-03-19T03:24:18Z")
> [@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. It was reported on the old _Jeopardy_ Message Board that he played as a celebrity contestant on the Art Fleming _Jeopardy_ while he (Trebek) was hosting _Wizard of Odds_. No video exists, unfortunately. > [@Number](#): > > Well, Peter Sagal is a spritely 48. He’s got the game show skills and probably quite a bit of recognition among the show’s traditional (read: old) demographic and others. He also [was a contestant](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axQU2BpvbfU) once. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/86 "2013-03-19T03:49:56Z")
Cool, I didn’t know that. I hope he isn’t bitter about losing to Mr. $5 Daily Double there. It was a well-contested game. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034/87 "2013-03-19T05:10:43Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Well, there’s Bob Costas. As long as they give him a break every 2 years to insult all the non-competitive countries as they march into the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Seriously, SNL wouldn’t have to parody him as much as simply quote him. _“And behind them is Senegal. No hopes for a medal there. Their fastest sprinter having gained 20 pounds in the past year, and by the looks of it, not in muscle.”_[sup]\*[/sup] [sup]\*[/sup]Paraphrasing, but, you get the idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-quitting-jeopardy/653034.md?page=4)