RIP Alex Trebek

[Majingir]

Final episode is Friday!

I saw the Thursday one and it's sad hearing Alex talking about the (2020) holiday season, knowing he wasn't around for it. These final episodes were actually meant to air Christmas week, even before he died. His final episode I think actually was filmed as a Christmas day episode (I'm guessing, since he mentioned Christmas Eve on Thursdays episode), so perhaps his sign off for what would be his last episode might have been some sort of holiday well wishes for all the viewers.

[Picci]

Such an iconic game show and host. Don't think I'll ever get into watching it again without him though. He will surely be missed.

[Majingir]

The tribute video they aired after the final episode last night

https://youtu.be/arsStQAhHVA

[Jr.]

Quote: Originally Posted by Picci

Such an iconic game show and host. Don't think I'll ever get into watching it again without him though. He will surely be missed.

Yeah it's going to be very weird. I don't know how the show will do without him

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[Armor and Sword]

My wife and I cried last night watching the farewell video. We grew up with Alex.

A game show host icon. The best of all time. Hands down.


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[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jr.

Yeah it's going to be very weird. I don't know how the show will do without him Sent from my SM-G970U using Operation Sports mobile app

The show will likely be fine without him, depending who they get as a host. From some rumored names I saw, I dont recognize some of those names, and seems like they're news type people. Not sure how well that'll fare for the show.

Nobody ever topped Regis hosting Millionaire, but Meredith was a good host. Like how nobody ever topped Bob Barker hosting Price is Right, but Drew Carey taking over has been good.

Whoever is the news Jeopardy host won't ever top Trebek, but they hopefully can be decent to keep the show running and not turn it into a revolving door of hosts who didnt do a great job.

[Caulfield]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

The show will likely be fine without him, depending who they get as a host. From some rumored names I saw, I dont recognize some of those names, and seems like they're news type people. Not sure how well that'll fare for the show. Nobody ever topped Regis hosting Millionaire, but Meredith was a good host. Like how nobody ever topped Bob Barker hosting Price is Right, but Drew Carey taking over has been good. Whoever is the news Jeopardy host won't ever top Trebek, but they hopefully can be decent to keep the show running and not turn it into a revolving door of hosts who didnt do a great job.

I've been watching Family Feud off & on since almost the start, they've had like 6 hosts and I wound up liking them all, even Louie Anderson's short run. I particularly liked Richard Dawson, Ray Combs and definitely Steve Harvey.

Jeopardy is such a great show, and while it was surely fortunate enough to have Trebek for so long, if Jeopardy gets someone half as good as Trebek, they'll be fine.

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by Caulfield

I've been watching Family Feud off & on since almost the start, they've had like 6 hosts and I wound up liking them all, even Louie Anderson's short run. I particularly liked Richard Dawson, Ray Combs and definitely Steve Harvey. Jeopardy is such a great show, and while it was surely fortunate enough to have Trebek for so long, if Jeopardy gets someone half as good as Trebek, they'll be fine.

I never had any problem with the FF hosts I've seen (though I only saw the "modern" FF with Karn and O'Hurley).

But once I saw Steve Harvey hosting FF, I can't imagine anyone else doing that. He easily tops all the others.