When you are hosting a game show that everyone knows for a very long time, it will be hard to forget them. You think The Price is Right, you think Bob Barker even though he retired in 2007. Wheel of Fortune, it's Pat Sajak. Jeopardy, who is Alex Trebek? Unfortunately, he passed away from his battle with pancreatic cancer. It leaves a void in who will be the next host of the long running show. Something that iconic and the same host since 1984, what do you do?
The comparison to Trebek will be common after his final episode that will air next month. You watch a Jeopardy episode, he keeps it calm. There might be points where he'll let loose, but he was able to stay in a professional form despite some answers. Nothing over the top. It's a quiz show with the answers given to you first. Not to mention some of its notoriety. Guys like Ken Jennings having their unbelievable streaks. James Holzhauer last year, it's created a lot of fantastic moments for the show.
Of course, there's ridicule. Saturday Night Live had their version of it which was often funny with idiot celebrities and their version of Trebek getting ridiculed. With SCTV in the 70s and 80s, they had their own take on him not too long before he went on to do Jeopardy. But it is still a fresh show since it doesn't rely on flashy signs, big prizes, and surveys. That's not a knock on other game shows because if it were all the same, no one would want to watch any of it. Not to mention, there is difficulty in figuring stuff on these programs.
Whoever takes over as the host of the show, I would hope they show the professionalism that Trebek carried for over 36 years. There's a reason why it is one of the biggest game shows still going. The new generation growing up will one day not know about the legends of hosting these programs.
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