Having been a stay-at-home dad for many years, I wouldn’t have been particularly upset by any of Alex’s comments. I’ve pretty much come to expect such things. But then again, I have a rather thick skin.
I do wish he’d spend less time chatting with the contestants, though. And I really don’t see the point in wishing all three of them “Good luck!” Two of them are gonna lose, unless there’s a tie (though I don’t think they allow that any more).
Ahem. I was born in the 1940s, though several years after Trebek. My sensibilities are just fine, thank you.
I am sure Alex feels the same.
Would the remarks have been acceptable if said to a woman? Of course not. So why are they acceptable when said to a man?
I was at my best friend’s 50th birthday party a couple years ago, and his dad made an awful, racist joke. My friend’s youngest brother quipped, sarcastically, “God, I can’t wait until I’m 83 and can say whatever the hell I want.”
Maybe Alex caught the guy bangin Jean in the green room.
Sure they would have been acceptable. If your job is staying home to look after the kids why is a quip about that different than a joke about any other occupation? Seriously, if he had mentioned that a stay at home mom made a lot of fish stick lunches, you would have taken that as a sexist insult?
he’s calling him lazy
you just pop fish sticks in the oven they don’t require real cooking
the implication is that stay at home parents don’t do anything but sit around all day
it’s offensive to stay at home moms and dads
You know, even if Alex didn’t catch them, just the fact that it happened must have been troublesome.
I expect a professional TV personality to get his act together and know what his audience was, or retire.
It was definitely sexist.
That’s your inference, not his implication and besides, it’s not even what he said. IIRC, there was some comment about fish sticks and Alex said “I bet you’ve made a lot of those” because, ya know, kids like fish sticks.
If you inferred from that comment that Alex meant that the contestant just did nothing but sit around and eat the thing that required almost not real effort (fish sticks), maybe you misheard it.
As long as people keep watching (and he likes doing it), he’s not going anywhere. Look at our OP here, this isn’t the first time he’s started a thread about a comment Alex made. But he still watches the show every day.
I think I agree with this. If he had made those comments to a stay at home mom, no one would have given it a second thought. I don’t think Alex had any evil intentions there.
not only the fish sticks, but he also said that he would have a lot of free time for reading and keeping up with the news which would come in handy for Jeopardy
making fun of him for not having a “real” job
Alex only works 4 days a month and he that ain’t working
Maybe the guy shouldn’t have worn his ‘mom jeans’, and left his purse at home.
Oh, for the love of fuck, seriously? This is a thread?
What’s the difference between Alex Trebek and a mallard with a cold? One’s a sick duck… I can’t remember how it ends, but his mother’s a whore.
You’re speaking for all stay-at-home parents? Are you a stay-at-home parent? I’m asking legitimately. I don’t know you personally, so you very well could be for all I know. But I know a few stay-at-home parents, and I would venture to say that they wouldn’t be offended by this.
I think he roots for a good game. Constant runaways are boring.
“Ooh… How could you not know that tidbit about 5th Century bards from Malta? Idiot.” is how he comes across sometimes. Just sometimes, tho.
And if he didn’t have the answers in front of him, how many clues would he get right? 