# Who SHOULD replace trebek on jeapordy? Vs. Who do you WANT to replace him? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877 "2019-03-10T06:28:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/41 "2019-03-11T17:30:53Z")
I’d be happy with the obvious answer - Ken Jennings - but > [@Wheelz](#): > > Aisha Tyler would be a good choice. I like this idea even more. A really smart, affable, comedian like Aisha Tyler would be a great choice. Maybe Ellen DeGeneres if she weren’t already too busy. I could name a few others but you get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/42 "2019-03-11T17:38:49Z")
I would love the job. I’ve got a great speaking voice, am smug and arrogant and can be condescending with the best of them. > [@DummyGladHands](#): > > NO love for Buzzy? Well, sure, if you count a negative amount. > [@panache45](#): > > Austin Rogers. See above. If he got the job, that would be the end of Jeopardy in my house. _Hate_ that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/43 "2019-03-11T17:40:03Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Let’s be honest, Jeopardy is just an announcing job. So you’re saying … Tony Romo? ---
**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 11, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/44 "2019-03-11T18:24:43Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Austin Rogers. NEVER! Aaron Rodgers, maybe. But not that buffoon. I thought we wanted someone that wouldn’t overshadow the game. That’s the biggest thing - you need a host who doesn’t think he’s bigger than the game. Trebek skirts that line, and crosses it sometimes, but mostly he’s on the right side. How about: Jeff Glor. He’s a good news anchor. He comes across good, and can pronounce foreign words properly. If we’re talking old host like Steve Parr, how about someone like John Charles Daly. He kept a good rein on What’s My Line. He ran it like the most friendly and inviting Manhattan cocktail party. The one thing I hate about Trebek is he seems to have forgotten he wasn’t the original host. Art Flemming was The Man for 12 years. He was the face of Jeopardy! in Airplane II. Trebek’s just the upstart. Ironically, or coincidentally, he also died of pancreatic cancer. Maybe there’s something about the show that is killing the hosts! ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/45 "2019-03-11T20:54:40Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I just find it sad that Trebek is being written off already. He’s still alive and fighting, FFS! ☹ While it is a bit morbid, the sad truth is that he is a 78 yr old man with stage 4 cancer. I am willing to bet that the producers are in talks with people already and Alex might be involved. ---
**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 11, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/46 "2019-03-11T21:02:12Z")
“For patients with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, the five-year survival rate is only 3 percent.” From [here](https://www.livescience.com/64939-alex-trebek-pancreatic-cancer-survival.html). And keep in mind that last summer, we were talking about his replacement because he was considering retirement. So not morbid. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/47 "2019-03-11T21:36:28Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > “For patients with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, the five-year survival rate is only 3 percent.” From [here](https://www.livescience.com/64939-alex-trebek-pancreatic-cancer-survival.html). Hmmm - Art Fleming also died of pancreatic cancer. Jeopardy hosting causes cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/48 "2019-03-11T22:44:53Z")
I don’t want to spoil anything, but I overheard Jennings practicing his French accent. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/49 "2019-03-12T00:05:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Roderick Femm** : > > Someone who can make the little interview segments less cringeworthy. Or someone who can persuade the show executives to eliminate those segments entirely. Really, does anyone care about any of that, other than the person and their family? I disagree entirely. If the three contestants are interchangeable, then why does it matter who wins? I like to be able to pick one to root for, and to do that, I need to know a little about them. There’s also a strategic element for the players to know a little bit about each other: If I know that one of my opponents is an English professor, for instance, and one of the categories is Shakespeare, I’m going to put off choosing that one for as long as possible. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/50 "2019-03-12T00:13:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I disagree entirely. If the three contestants are interchangeable, then why does it matter who wins? I like to be able to pick one to root for, and to do that, I need to know a little about them. > > There’s also a strategic element for the players to know a little bit about each other: If I know that one of my opponents is an English professor, for instance, and one of the categories is Shakespeare, I’m going to put off choosing that one for as long as possible. It doesn’t matter who wins. That’s not why I watch jeapordy. The “getting to know the contestants” is by far the worst part of the show. Edit: the only thing that matters is that I beat my mother in law. And not get too destroyed by my dad. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/51 "2019-03-12T00:14:49Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > There was a discussion here (I think) about who would be a good host of an American version of _QI_, and I thought of Hunt. OTOH, Sandi Toksvig would be a perfect Jeopardy host. Now that I’ve thought of her, she’s got to be my first choice. But I think the best choices for who \*should \*replace him are either the obvious Ken Jennings, or Aisha Tyler. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/52 "2019-03-12T02:13:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There’s also a strategic element for the players to know a little bit about each other: If I know that one of my opponents is an English professor, for instance, and one of the categories is Shakespeare, I’m going to put off choosing that one for as long as possible. I’ve always wondered if the smart strategy might be to get my weaker categories out of the way early. Most days the players finish the whole board, so it’s not a question of leaving the harder clues unused. If my English professor opponent happens to hit a Daily Double in the Shakespeare category, I’d rather we get to it early when she has less money to wager on a clue she’s likely to get right. If I find a Daily Double in a category involving aviation, space, or computers I’d want it to come to come later in the round when it can boost my score even more. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/53 "2019-03-12T04:43:28Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > It doesn’t matter who wins. That’s not why I watch jeapordy. The “getting to know the contestants” is by far the worst part of the show. > > Edit: the only thing that matters is that I beat my mother in law. And not get too destroyed by my dad. Exactly. I don’t give a toss about anything except can I get the right questions during the allotted time. Usually I can’t, because my mental filing system doesn’t work fast enough. I have what I call flypaper mind, lots of stuff sticks to it, but it’s not in any particular order. ---
**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 12, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/54 "2019-03-12T05:37:23Z")
This is the break Johnny Gilbert has been waiting for. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/55 "2019-03-12T05:43:07Z")
Gilbert Gottfried you say? ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/56 "2019-03-12T06:47:04Z")
Remembering that X-Files episode… Jesse Ventura. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/57 "2019-03-12T06:59:40Z")
This could be the vehicle for Matt Lauer’s triumphant return to… Ha ha, no. Alex Trebek should be replaced with virtual Alex Trebek. Either a hologram or a cyborg, whichever works. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/58 "2019-03-12T12:04:41Z")
Jeopardy tries to maintain a slightly stuffy feel, so I think removing that would be a bad idea. People like Aisha Tyler would seem to try and make it more “fun.” I have watched a lot of stuff with Richard Osman, and agree he has the right temperament. The problem would be that he likes to innovate, creating his own shows. I’m not sure he’d be into an old format. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/59 "2019-03-12T23:28:26Z")
There is no one more perfect than Ken Jennings. ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877/60 "2019-03-13T13:38:50Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > NEVER! Aaron Rodgers, maybe. But not that buffoon. I thought we wanted someone that wouldn’t overshadow the game. > … Aaron Rogers would ask his own questions then work toward getting the producer fired. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877.md?page=4)