Jeopardy
I’ve been watching Jeopardy lately. I was never in the habit like I was for some of the quiz shows in the ’60’s. But last year I noticed that Ken Jennings was coming back for a G.O.A.T. challenge. I’d never seen him in action before so I watched. I’m so glad Jennings beat that glum opponent James Holzhauer. A likable winner is so satisfying.
Now, all the talk concerning Jeopardy is about Alex Trebek’s fight with cancer. There is a huge outpouring of support and love for him. I understand. I think you can get attached to people you meet on the TV screen.
Now that I’m watching him regularly, what I admire about Alex Trebek is his amazing ability to quickly read off the “answers” without ever stumbling, pausing, or mispronouncing a word — even those in a foreign language. What a treat! Since I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts and radio lately, I am so disappointed at how many people with interesting things to say, ruin it by all of their “you know” and “like” tics. They just can’t get through a sentence without them.
The show is in reruns now. I hope that doesn’t mean that Alex has taken a turn for the worse. He, and Ruth Bader Ginsberg, are the two we seem to be clinging to right now.
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