# Alex Trebek suffers mild heart attack **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721 "2007-12-12T07:25:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/1 "2007-12-12T07:25:24Z")
Alex Trebek, host of the popular TV game show “Jeopardy,” suffered a mild heart attack Monday and was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is expected to be released in a couple of days and says he will be back in the studio in January to do a new round of taping for “Jeopardy.” In 2004 Trebek was unhurt when he fell asleep while driving, hit a string of mailboxes and ended up in a ditch. [Link](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jQkNHtRpZWQh_mFyiHvkdIMP9eIAD8TFFPGG0) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/2 "2007-12-12T07:27:21Z")
When reached for comment, Sean Connery said only “POOP!” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/3 "2007-12-12T10:58:07Z")
Ooooooo, sorry **cochrane** , but your post must be in the form of a question. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/4 "2007-12-12T14:55:35Z")
[QUOTE=Chimera] Ooooooo, sorry **cochrane** , but your post must be in the form of a question. [/QUOTE] Damn, I came in to post that. ::shakes fist threateningly at **Chimera** :: ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/5 "2007-12-12T15:00:46Z")
What is myocardial infarction? Marc ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/6 "2007-12-12T16:24:38Z")
“In the category “Things That Hurt Me,” your clue is: This two-word ‘attack’ is often accompanied by numbness of the left arm.” Q: What is this burning pain in my chest? “Judges? Yes, we’ll accept that.” I kid. I really do hope he’s alright. I can’t even imagine Jeopardy without Alex Trebek. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/7 "2007-12-12T16:37:17Z")
I’ll take “Murmers the Word” for 200, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/8 "2007-12-12T17:08:19Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] When reached for comment, Sean Connery said only “POOP!” [/QUOTE] I was going to ask if Connery had an alibi for the time of the ‘episode’. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/9 "2007-12-12T17:49:20Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] I was going to ask if Connery had an alibi for the time of the ‘episode’. [/QUOTE] At the time Connery was riding a train. ON TREBEK’S MOTHER! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/10 "2007-12-12T19:00:41Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] In 2004 Trebek was unhurt when he fell asleep while driving, hit a string of mailboxes and ended up in a ditch. [/QUOTE] [That’s what he wants you to think.](http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=70) > [@Ken Jennings](#): > > I know, I know, the old folks love [Trebek]. Nobody knows he died in that fiery truck crash a few years back and was immediately replaced with the Trebektron 4000 (I see your engineers still can’t get the mustache right, by the way.) But that’s beside the point. (Jennings later corrected himself by pointing out some of Alex’s limbs come from Canadian children who donated their limbs after the accident, which would by definition make him a cyborg, not a robot.) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/11 "2007-12-12T19:08:09Z")
I’m glad he’ll be back soon. I’m a big fan. (The only one, it seems sometimes. :() ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-suffers-mild-heart-attack/429721/12 "2007-12-12T19:10:32Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I’m glad he’ll be back soon. I’m a big fan. (The only one, it seems sometimes. :() [/QUOTE] No, there’s my kid and me, too.