I dunno - I wasn’t around back then. But there was a long gap between him and Fleming. I doubt Jepoardy’s showrunners will want to wait five years before they start filming again.
We just watched an episode of The Joey Bishop Show two nights ago. I remembered him as being better on that show than what we saw.
So the first Curly clone is still alive and well … in reruns on Antenna TV. Check your TV Guide.
I was way too young to have ever watched the Art Fleming version but it’s safe to say that Jeopardy! is a much bigger phenomenon now than it was then.
This is getting to be a semiannual thing. 
“If” he retires??? Is dying considered retiring?
This is all planned out way ahead of time by the producers. I realize there is no one easy answer.
John Ratzenberger
I figure they will do the better part of a year with guest/test hosts. Some serious, some not. It will be a mix of former contestants and B-listers who might want the job and A-listers and others who don’t want the job but would do it for fun and ratings.
Serious question: How did Dan Patrick do with Sports Jeopardy?
It was a quote from a great old Friedman Bros. Comic strip, “The Day Chet Huntley Died.”
“But…WHO will do th’ news on the teevee?”
“What’s Joe Besser doing?”
(For the squares, Besser played Stinky on the Abbot and Costello Show, and was briefly a Stooge)
There were 5 years of no Jeopardy! between Art Fleming’s last season, and Alex Trebek’s first.
It’s unlikely that there’ll be a more significant gap between Alex’s retirement and his replacement’s start than a regular hiatus.
So Art->Alex was a different sort of transition than Alex->Post-Alex will be.
I have no actual suggestions about who should take over, except to say that if it absolutely has to be someone who got big by appearing as a contestant, it should be Brad Rutter. (I went over my objections to James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings in the main Jeopardy! thread.) I’m not a big fan of the idea of Brad taking over, either, but of all the big contestants, I think he has the best balance of presence and restraint, which a host for Jeopardy! (or similar game) would require.
Eugene Levy. Has to be.
I understood that reference!
I tend to agree. We’ll see a rotating cast for a while, maybe changing once a month or so. I’m sure the producers have a list of options that they’re already working with. Anderson Cooper and Ken Jennings are the two most obvious. I really like the suggestion of Jane Lynch. With “The Good Place” ending, I’d love to see Kristen Bell have a run as host, and not only because it gives me more opportunities to look at her. I mean, partially that.
This suggestion is WAY off base, but I’d like to see John Cena give it a shot.
Alex Jones
“Sorry the answer was Who are the interdemensional, Luciferian, pedophile hybrid crab troglodytes!”
What is Cliff Clavin?
As an aside, I had the Playstation version of Jeopardy and if you went into Final Jeopardy with a sizeable lead, Alex would say, “The outcome of this game seems assured, that is, of course, unless somebody pulls off a Clavin.”
I liked him. And before he was host of Survivor, Jeff Probst was the host of Rock and Roll Jeopardy.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Any voice actor would be good, hopefully someone recognizable, but not tied up in a leading role. John Ratzenberger is a great suggestion. The last time the Dope had a thread on this I suggested Wil Wheaton and I still think he’s be good. Anybody from “The Good Place” but I’m sure they have better things to do. Nick Offerman, while I think of it.
If you are looking for a serious answer, Joey Fatone. Watch Common Knowledge: he’s likeable but straight forward. He is also great at explaining the right answer when the contestant gets it wrong.
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I’m sure he’s quite comfortable where he is, but I could really see Peter Sagal from Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me in the role.