A Love Letter to Jeopardy and Alex Trebek

(Note: Jeopardy was a topic on my list and I thought that today would be a good day to write about it.)

I have been a fan of Jeopardy for years just like many of you. No game show has made me feel incredibly smart and incredibly dumb at the same time. I’m usually strongest in the movie/tv categories, books were so-so for me because there are so many of them and then author trivia on top of that? Sports I am halfway decent at. Miscellaneous categories were a mixed bag. But boy oh boy was I in trouble with history, religion, science and geography. I mean who is good in all of the subjects that Jeopardy has in its catalogue? Ok there is Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter, but they’re anomalies.

My favorite moments of Jeopardy are the moments when the players are completely stumped on a clue that is so obvious to me. In those instances, I feel like the smartest person in the room (of course I’m usually the only person in the room, not counting the dog 😁). Bonus points if I know the final Jeopardy and the players miss it! There is a sweet sense of victory in that, until the next night when I can’t answer a single clue to save my life. See? Smart and dumb at the same time.

But the best part of Jeopardy was Alex Trebek. He exuded kindness through the TV every night he was on. He could be shady with the comments on occasion but never in a mean-spirited way and he could laugh at himself. Most importantly, he wanted everyone who played to do well. 

Humble and gracious to the end, he is the epitome of a class act. Jeopardy will go on, but it will be forever changed without him. Rest in Power Alex Trebek.