# Who should be the next host of "Jeopardy!"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [November 12, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460 "2020-11-12T20:49:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/242 "2021-03-24T19:26:17Z")
I’m surprized how poor of a host I think Oz is. For someone that has been on TV as much as he has, he’s too quick. Slow down. Speed kills. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/243 "2021-03-24T20:12:52Z")
And at times he reverts to a monotone when reading clues. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/244 "2021-03-25T17:04:37Z")
Oz is not getting better with practice. In last night’s game, his pacing is all wrong. It’s difficult to tell if the contestents get a right answer. Not just for the audience - I think there were a couple times the contestants weren’t sure. He even let one flap in the wind, trying to amend his answer. Because that’s the usual cue - if you don’t get a hard denial right away, try to clarify. But he was way wrong. Oz should have been quicker with the “no”. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/245 "2021-03-25T19:12:17Z")
I’m still not sure what his charity is. Something with kids who have trouble with something? ---
**Author:** ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/246 "2021-03-25T19:22:39Z")
The wikipedia controversy link doesn’t seem to mention when he warned the world about arsenic in apple juice: > **[Dr. Oz slammed over apple juice arsenic warning](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-oz-slammed-over-apple-juice-arsenic-warning/)** > > Fox's TV doc berated by FDA, experts for suggesting dangerous levels of arsenic found in kids' juice ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/247 "2021-03-25T22:18:31Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’m still not sure what his charity is. Something with kids who have trouble with something? from post 219: > **[Charity Navigator - Rating for Healthcorps](https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/261269358)** > > Healthcorps has earned a 4/4 Star rating on Charity Navigator. This Charitable Organization is headquartered in New York, NY. Brian ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/248 "2021-03-26T14:18:36Z")
I agree his pacing is off. And he stumbles with the off the cuff responses. He’s the worst of the guest hosts in my book, but not as bad as I thought he was going to be. ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/249 "2021-03-26T14:20:54Z")
I think it demonstrates that hosting a game show is not as easy as you might think. Pat Sajak’s job over at Wheel of Fortune looks easy but as I remember when Vanna White took over for a few weeks recently, she stumbled quite a bit. And she’s seen him do it thousands of times. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/250 "2021-03-26T15:48:49Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think it demonstrates that hosting a game show is not as easy as you might think. Not even for game show hosts. Watch Trebek on Classic Concentration. He was a bit rougher when he was younger. And of course, my inability to be a good host in no way excuses Oz. When the producer is a better host than a celebrity, you know the celebrity isn’t a good host. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/251 "2021-03-26T22:10:32Z")
Jennings and Couric both started rough, but got better by the end of their runs, imo (she actually ranged into ‘good’, while he got to ‘I wouldn’t _hate_ if he became the permanent host, even though he’d still be way down my list’), but I swear Oz is actually getting WORSE. ---
**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 26, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/252 "2021-03-26T22:21:55Z")
I liked Mike Richards best of all, so far. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/253 "2021-03-26T22:33:46Z")
Me too. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/254 "2021-03-27T01:27:07Z")
I won’t watch a single show if Doc Oz is the host. But I will watch each show twice if either Stephen Fry or Hugh Laurie get the job. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/255 "2021-03-30T00:16:21Z")
I think Oz just fumbled the Final Jeopardy reveal. I mean, he said everything he _had_ to say — but it seems like he forgot the _fun_ part. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/256 "2021-03-30T00:18:40Z")
I’ll bet a lot of people were going “Travers? Who’s Travers?” 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/257 "2021-03-30T03:17:55Z")
The local Minneapolis station pre-empted Jeopardy (they’re fixated on the Chauvin trial), so I missed what the screw-up is. Care to post it, perhaps in a spoiler? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/258 "2021-03-30T03:22:54Z")
It was something along the lines of: this author so despised Hollywood’s music-laden adaptation of her work that she only allowed a stage version if no Americans would be involved. The correct response was “Travers”, but Oz failed to then spell out for the audience, _‘and the work was Mary Poppins’._ Just, uh, left “Travers” hanging there, is all. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/259 "2021-03-30T03:25:44Z")
The FJ clue was: **AUTHORS: BOOK TO SCREEN** _Horrified by the 1964 movie musical from her work, she okayed a U.K. stage version as long as “no Americans” were involved_ The correct response was/is: (PL) Travers The book/movie in question was, of course, _ **Mary Poppins** _, a piece of information that was completely ignored. No mention of it whatsoever. The champion guessed Christie (presumably Agatha), but the other two contestants got it right. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/260 "2021-03-30T11:12:40Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I’ll bet a lot of people were going “Travers? Who’s Travers?” 🤨 When I read the FJ clue, I thought “I don’t know. I’d guess ‘the person who wrote Mary Poppins,’ but I don’t know that person’s name.” Then Oz came to the first contestant who wrote “who is Travers?” and just said “that’s right, P.L. Travers!” And I still had to pick up my phone and look up P.L. Travers to make the connection. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/261 "2021-03-30T12:56:58Z")
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