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Saturday, September 21, 2019

Who Should Take Over Hosting "Jeopardy"?

Now that Alex Trebek's days are officially numbered on "Jeopardy", I think some serious thought should be placed on who should replace him.
Whether temporarily or permanently, depending on Alex's condition.
I think the choice has been staring us in the face for over fifty years.
Just about every time you think about "Jeopardy",  you think about him.
He's been with the show since the beginning of the Art Fleming days.
Yes, I'm speaking of the one and only Johnny Gilbert.
Johnny has been an experienced game-show host.
I remember attending an episode of the game show "Music Bingo" in the early 1960's, and Johnny conducted himself with aplomb.
And he speaks in pure "Jeopardeeze", just like Art Fleming and Alex Trebek did before him.
Johnny has cleaned up what used to be a bit of a speech impediment.
He would pronounce the word "dollars as "dolluz".  And "cash" as "caish".
As in "He has a three day winning total of six thousand four hundred and thirty-five dolluz in caish".
He doesn't do that any more.
Do it at least as a stopgap measure.
He's part of the history of the show, and should be treated as such at the appropriate time.
I'm just sayin….

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  1. Johnny is closing in on 100 years old, is he not?

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Hi. I am, according to my Wikipedia entry,(which I did not create) a noted television writer, playwright, screenwriter, and occasional actor. You can Google me or go to the IMDB to get my credits, and you can come here to get my opinions on things, which I'll try to express eloquently. Hopefully I'll succeed. You can also e-mail me at macchus999@aol.com. Perhaps my biggest claim to fame is being responsible, for about six months in 1975, while Head Writer for the "Happy Days" TV series, for Americans saying to each other "Sit on it."