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Zach
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Struggling with cancer the Jeopardy host finds time to call a mother and son who are long time fans of Trebek and Jeopardy. Praying for Alex.
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tomarin
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Alex Trebek seems like a nice guy.
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stpurl
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He is a very nice guy. I had the privilege of meeting him when I competed on Jeopardy! and experienced firsthand an incident that demonstrated this.
At Final Jeopardy there were only two of us as one player ended in the red. (For those dying to know, while I had the correct Final I didn’t have enough money so I came in second; and I’ll enjoy watching the tournament of champions next week as the person I played with is competing --best of luck!!)
Anyway, as Alex came over to talk to the three of us after the show, he came first to the person who had ended in the red and said, “Now don’t you feel bad about not being in final. I could see that you knew the answers but those two --pointing to me and the other player–were just too quick on the buzzer”.
How about that for class? His first concern was for the person who didn’t even compete in final jeopardy. And in the way he phrases, "those two’ he also made me better, and helped to put all THREE of us on equal footing and respect, no matter who won.
And he did this when he himself was ill.
Alex Trebek is simply a wonderful caring human being and I pray for a miracle for him.
At Final Jeopardy there were only two of us as one player ended in the red. (For those dying to know, while I had the correct Final I didn’t have enough money so I came in second; and I’ll enjoy watching the tournament of champions next week as the person I played with is competing --best of luck!!)
Anyway, as Alex came over to talk to the three of us after the show, he came first to the person who had ended in the red and said, “Now don’t you feel bad about not being in final. I could see that you knew the answers but those two --pointing to me and the other player–were just too quick on the buzzer”.
How about that for class? His first concern was for the person who didn’t even compete in final jeopardy. And in the way he phrases, "those two’ he also made me better, and helped to put all THREE of us on equal footing and respect, no matter who won.
And he did this when he himself was ill.
Alex Trebek is simply a wonderful caring human being and I pray for a miracle for him.
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tomarin
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He does seem to go out of his way to not make people feel bad about losing, or being behind; in that sense he seems like a throwback to an earlier era before television programming celebrated being cruel. Or maybe it’s just that he’s Canadian.
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ForeverLearn
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Great show, and an even better guy! Autism is in my family, so I know firsthand how much this probably meant to Michael.
Jeopardy is one of my favorite shows, although I do miss “Jeopardy James” however. I believe he will be in the tournament of champions!
Jeopardy is one of my favorite shows, although I do miss “Jeopardy James” however. I believe he will be in the tournament of champions!
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stpurl
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Yes, he will! So many great people!
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Zach
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That’s great you were on the show. I’m not sure if you were on when James was winning but I was thinking at the time everyone he beat should be given a second chance. He was just about unbeatable. I can’t see him not winning the TOC. I Iike James but Ken Jennings is still my favorite contestant.
Alex Trebek is the all time best game show host on the all time best game show.
Alex Trebek is the all time best game show host on the all time best game show.
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tomarin
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I liked Austin Rogers, myself.
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