FYi: ABC will air “Alex Trebek Remembered – A 2020 Special” tonight at 10 p.m.
On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 10:52 AM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed all around. > > When Alex's Jeopardy premiered in 1984, I was in college. At the time the > show aired at 12:30 pm on KYW Channel 3 in Philadelphia (it moved to its > powerful 7 pm slot on WPVI Channel 6 the following season). Having been a > fan of Alex's since his US debut in "The Wizard of Oz," I quickly became > addicted to the show. But when the other guys in my dorm saw what I was > watching, they mocked it - partly because the Art Fleming version was still > so strong in their memories. One guy said "Jeopardy?! With the High Rollers > guy?!" In the middle of the game they would yell at the screen "Double! > Roll a double!" > > Now it's hard to imagine the show without him. And it's hard to imagine > television without Alex Trebek as a near-constant presence. > > Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go watch Alex on a "Classic > Concentration" rerun on Buzzr. Boy, he was so great on that show too. > > On Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 12:41:06 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> I will yield to those who got to meet him (outside a teen tournament >> audition in 1987) but damn...one of the finest game show hosts of all time. >> It's hard to imagine in 1984 when we thought he had Flemming's big shoes to >> fill, that instead, Flemming becomes the asterisk to that run. >> >> On Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 11:33:22 AM UTC-6 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> >>> https://tvline.com/2020/11/08/alex-trebek-dies-jeopardy-host-dead-pancreatic-cancer/ >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6512d326-c637-41b6-8aa4-4073bd97c96en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6512d326-c637-41b6-8aa4-4073bd97c96en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yxe%2BWt7baUhv_5VOq965iLsbbbUciUXgXB5C_AjHEvJXw%40mail.gmail.com.
