I have watched and have no idea why Trebec would stoop so low.
I guess I look in to see:
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That’s not my name
Very well, then Turd Furgeson
Yeah, whadda ya want?*
Sgt Schwartz
Very true. I watched one once with Reggie Jackson, Martina Navratilova, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Reggie got maybe one or two questions right, aand Martina at least made a respectable showing, but Kareem seriously mopped the floor with both of them. It was awe-inspiring.
I see two-thirds of Spinal Tap is in the lineup. Was Christopher Guest busy?
I totally forgot it was on! Has Isaac Mizrahi been on yet? I adore him and hope he’s smarter than he sometimes comes across 
VCNJ~
I don’t think this is possible. More people watch the Red Sox in the Stadium than watched Malcolm in the Middle in the later seasons.
When the Red Sox won the world series, more people probably watched the Sox in the playoffs than watched MitM the whole season.
That said, I take your point that she is not a “nobody”.
She is a worthy addition to Celebrity Jeopardy.
So what kinds of categories do they have on Celebrity Jeopardy?
“The number five”? “Vanilla Ice hits”? “States that end in ‘-ashington’”?
The categories on the show with Doug Savant (Desparate Housewives), Jane Kaczmarek (Emmy-nominated actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Help Me Help You), and Curt Schilling (pitcher from the Boston Red Sox):
Jeopardy Round:
STARRING ROLLS
SHILLING (Alex: This is about advertising catchphrases — name the brand.)
STAN THE CONTRACTOR
SAVANTS
ORSON WELLES
A "HOPE"FUL CATEGORY
Double Jeopardy Round:
MALCOLM X IN THE MIDDLE
SHINY THINGS
SPORTS
NOVELS
THE BIRDS & THE BEES
SOUNDS THE SAME TO ME
I guess that Doug Savant and Jane Kaczmarek are just obscure to me. I don’t watch either Desparate Housewives, Malcolm in the Middle, or Help Me Help You. I should have looked them up before proclaiming them obscure.
The night before last, when Carson from Queer Eye was on, one of the categories (the only one I remember, offhand) was Straight Men. (About the straight men in comedy teams.)
From Carson’s bio on the Queer Eye site:
“Kressley graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Gettysburg College with degrees in Finance and Fine Art.”
Apparently he’s forgotten the finance part. 
What is Febtober?
Not related to the current crop of shows, which I haven’t seen, but I wanted to share my absolute most favorite Celebrity Jeopardy moment ever.
The contestants were Jason Alexander (George from Seinfeld, not Britney’s ex) and two other people I’ve since forgotten.
The answer was read
There is a momentary pause when he finishes, in which all of the contestants realize that the actual question is just “What is the 10th letter of the alphabet?” Then you can see their lips moving. George pulls out his hand and starts obviously and energetically counting off the letters with his fingers, mouthing the letters and pumping his fist with each one. The other contestants are thrown off by his motion, and lose their place. Afraid that he will reach the answer first (since they’d have to start over), they both buzz in and guess wrong. George get’s ‘J’ for the win.
The best part: One of the wrong guesses was ‘K’. Yes, dear. I’m sure there’s an organ shaped like a ‘K’. In fact, it’s the lower-case cursive ‘k’; the one with the little loop in it.
Walrus,
Reading these lines, my spleen now looks like a lower-case K from all the laughter. Anyone know if health insurance covers “alphabetic entrail syndrome?”
Hmm, they’re not organs, but the floating ribs might be said to look like the letter “K” from the front.
Actually, (and correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure), Cheech actually appeared on regular Jeopardy. Like, the one with the real questions. Evidently he’s an extremely well-respected collector of Chicano art, also.
Cheech Marin was on Celebrity Jeopardy in Season 9 (1992-1993) of the Trebeck era, and back again for Season 14 (1997-1998). He has also appeared in Video Daily Doubles (e.g., “Hi, I’m Cheech Marin. In 1987 I directed and starred in this film whose title was a parody of a Bruce Springsteen hit.”)
What is “Born In East L.A.?”
Gimme my thousand bucks.
Cheech Marin’s erudition on “Celebrity Jeopardy” was a pleasant surprise, but the celeb who really shocked me was Luke Perry, of “Beverly Hills 90210” fame. I had always figured that Luke Perry was just a himbo. If it hadn’t been for “Celebrity Jeopardy” I would never have known that the guy’s got brains as well as looks.
What were the categories?
“Recreational drugs”? “Don Johnson’s co-stars”? “Actors whose names rhyme with Kommie Kong”?