The best part about that is Alex’s response of “Oh no…” Just on the edge of ribbing him a little for being so impressively wrong.
I don’t know about this guy. He’s better than Oz, but that’s a very low bar to clear. He, the other guy I don’t recognize and Katie Couric are all ok, but not great. So far, of the potential new hosts, I’ve liked Jennings the best.
I haven’t seen anyone in this thread making such a claim. I haven’t seen anyone claiming that being “a jock” equates to being anti-intellectual. If you have seen such an argument in this thread, could you quote it, please?
Or perhaps you were referring to someone encountered elsewhere, who did construct an argument along these lines?
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I basically agreed with your assessments; broadly I’d put Jennings and Richards at the top, Rodgers and Couric in the middle, and Oz alone at the bottom. Admittedly this is partly based on things I know Oz has said and done outside the confines of the show itself, but even so, I didn’t think his performance redeemed his reputation in any way.
I’m very interested to see what the upcoming hosts have to offer.
I’m surprised that no one* has mentioned the news about LeVar Burton actively wanting the gig. People made an online petition, and he responded to it, and now seems to be pushing pretty hard, based on all the posts I’ve seen on Reddit about this over the past week or so.
*At least, I didn’t see any when I searched the thread.
I’ve seen plenty of suggestions for LB, but it was only recently that I’ve seen that he wants it. Hope he at least gets a guest spot.
Brian
Now I’m thinking either Charlie Sheen or Jim Kramer.
Man, Aaron was not happy that no one got the Packers last night. And it’s not like they were sports-averse contestants - they answered the rest of the category successfully.
I thought that was hilarious. Especially since he didn’t let it go (“oh, that one you get right…”)
I felt a little bad for the contestants - It seemed like a situation where if I were a contestant, I’d be thinking, “I’m pretty sure it’s the Packers, but is that a little too obvious right now with Rodgers as host?”
That’s even worse than the time Bojack Horseman had to name the star of the “Harry Potter” movies while sharing the stage with Daniel Radcliffe:
Too bad that Charles Krauthammer is dead - another excellent choice.
Yes, that was Awesome!
Yes, I was literally LMAO!
Same here. One of the funniest moments I’ve ever seen on Jeopardy! At this point I’d be fine with either Aaron or Ken as permanent host.
He may have started a bit rough, but overall I think Aaron did very well.
Next 2 weeks – Anderson Cooper.
Brian
I already found Jennings a little smug, and his Twitter jokes (since deleted) didn’t help…“Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair”…plus his defense of his podcast co-host, who is a douche.
All that adds up to my not wanting to see him as Jeopardy! host, and I’d like to see Burton at least get a chance, even if I do suspect that Jennings has already been selected.
The nails went into Aaron’s coffin at “joolurry”.
Nice way to go out…taking a shot at Stanford. 
I recall watching a Celebrity Jeopardy episode many many many years ago, where the correct response was the name of one of the contestants (a different person with that name, but the same name nonetheless). That wasn’t the only coincidence of clues relating to contestants in that episode either. It wouldn’t surprise me that they would intentionally use a clue whose response was related to the hosts that they have currently.