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Yeah I’m sad about that one.

RIP John Sessions

Chocolate-Milk wrote:Alex Trebek, the host of Jeopardy for over 35 years, has died from pancreatic cancer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54867011

Genuinely upset by this.

Yes Loved him and Jeopardy

How are people so attached to Jeopardy? Was it even shown over here? The only exposure I think I had to that show was the "what is a quince" bit from White Men Can't Jump!

I only know it from SNL

floydfreak wrote:RIP John Sessions

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Jenuall wrote:How are people so attached to Jeopardy? Was it even shown over here? The only exposure I think I had to that show was the "what is a quince" bit from White Men Can't Jump!

I think it's on Netflix but I've no idea why people seem attached to it.

Genuinely never seen it before.

So theres this thing called the internet...

Its probably the most iconic gameshow in the world, and he's hosted it the whole time. Its simply pop culture.

The most recent Wheel of Fortune game came in a double pack with Jeopardy so I've been playing a fair amount of it recently It's good fun, as long as you don't get a round that's like obscure American knowledge.

I've never seen jeopardy

Moggy wrote:

Jenuall wrote:How are people so attached to Jeopardy? Was it even shown over here? The only exposure I think I had to that show was the "what is a quince" bit from White Men Can't Jump!

I think it's on Netflix but I've no idea why people seem attached to it.

Admittedly I'd never watched it before it came to Netflix, but it's been a part of the cultural zeitgeist for decades. Plenty of films, TV shows and cartoons have referenced it over the years, to the point that I knew the whole concept of the show and who Alex Trebek was despite never having seen an episode.

Hell, Weird Al even had a song about it!

DML wrote:So theres this thing called the internet...

Its probably the most iconic gameshow in the world, and he's hosted it the whole time. Its simply pop culture.

Most iconic in America maybe, but the world? Has it ever really taken off anywhere else?

I'd say something like Who Wants to be a Millionaire is more iconic on a global scale.

The gimmick of how questions are asked and answered is just awful. Goodness knows how it's remained popular for so long.

Chocolate-Milk wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Jenuall wrote:How are people so attached to Jeopardy? Was it even shown over here? The only exposure I think I had to that show was the "what is a quince" bit from White Men Can't Jump!

I think it's on Netflix but I've no idea why people seem attached to it.

Admittedly I'd never watched it before it came to Netflix, but it's been a part of the cultural zeitgeist for decades. Plenty of films, TV shows and cartoons have referenced it over the years, to the point that I knew the whole concept of the show and who Alex Trebek was despite never having seen an episode.

Hell, Weird Al even had a song about it!

Yeah I think a lot of us know what it is thanks to movies and TV. But hardly any of us have ever watched it.

Tomous wrote:

DML wrote:So theres this thing called the internet...

Its probably the most iconic gameshow in the world, and he's hosted it the whole time. Its simply pop culture.

Most iconic in America maybe, but the world? Has it ever really taken off anywhere else?

I'd say something like Who Wants to be a Millionaire is more iconic on a global scale.

Millionaire hasn't had the same host and hasn't run for 56 years.

I believe American Jeopardy is the most watched gameshow in the world.

One of the most iconic gameshows in the world.
What is Jeopardy?

Jeopardy! (N64, US Import only): 9% Less a game, more a vile disease. So ugly that, if you look at it, you'll turn to stone.

^ The main reason I know what Jeopardy is.

Qikz wrote:One of the most iconic gameshows in the world.
What is Jeapardy?

It's a game show.

Have seen Jeopardy referenced loads of times in pop culture, watched it when I lived in Canada, Alex Trebek is pretty famous, have seen it and videos about it on YouTube, watched it on Netflix, have the quiz app, a friend was just recently going through the application process...