Colbert has a nice story. https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1326026516887609344?s=09
On Mon, Nov 9, 2020, 10:47 AM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > Growing up as a game show nerd, there were a few things I wanted to do > when I got to be old enough - I suppose this would have been called a > bucket list if that term existed in the 80s. > > I wanted to spin the big wheel on TPIR. > I wanted to get zinged by Gene Rayburn & the classic "Match Game" panel. > I wanted to just sit down and talk to Bill Cullen (something tells me he > had stories for days). > I wanted to get a spin on the PyL big board. > > More than anything else, tho - and the one thing that's stuck with me into > adulthood - I wanted to play "Jeopardy" for real. I wanted to be in the > room when Johnny Gilbert said "THIS! IS! JEOPARDY!". Most of all, I wanted > to meet Alex Trebek. Closest I came was an in-person tryout in Boston a few > years back. > > I remember liking "High Rollers" as a kid (something about the game > mechanics w/ the giant dice, I guess), but there was something about > Trebek; I couldn't put my finger on it, but it always seemed...effortless? > I know that's not the right word, because he was one of the hardest workers > in his field. He took on Jeopardy - and really, did more than most other > hosts in a similar position would have done - and later "Classic > Concentration", which you'd think couldn't be more a polar opposite to J!, > yet he pulled it off with style, humanity, and humility (even when asked to > wear a ridiculous Santa suit). > > Whoever takes up the J! mantle (Ken Jennings, presumably) has some big > shoes to fill. > On Monday, November 9, 2020 at 12:52:31 PM UTC-5 Tom Wolper wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 10:45 AM [email protected] < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My grandmother had watched the original show in the 60s and 70s with >>> Art Fleming , so i remember one night me and her watching and she said >>> something to the effect of "this guy is no Art Fleming for sure!" She >>> didn't realize how good Trebek was. >>> >> >> I remember game shows being a big part of my school age TV watching. It >> seemed the laid back style of the black and white TV era hosts was ending >> and the new generation were more like used car salesmen. Trebek was in that >> group but stayed genial and low key. He kept those qualities for Jeopardy >> and that's a big reason that show has its status among game shows. >> > -- > 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/3e2beb31-c841-43ac-b3d3-b0a16c9ff6f7n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3e2beb31-c841-43ac-b3d3-b0a16c9ff6f7n%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/CAH5J8yxPDdPsHhtRY1MoTF74N8S3cyXdgvKKRmsBCL1qfO-W6g%40mail.gmail.com.
