R.I.P. Alex Trebek, 80
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Anthony Mattia
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[quote="L J S A" post=401095]He stated a couple years ago some names who he'd like his replacement to be, but I'm afraid it'll be someone like Ryan Seacrest.[/quote]
I am betting on Ken Jennings
I am betting on Ken Jennings
[quote="Anthony Mattia" post=401172][quote="L J S A" post=401095]He stated a couple years ago some names who he'd like his replacement to be, but I'm afraid it'll be someone like Ryan Seacrest.[/quote]
I am betting on Ken Jennings[/quote]
Agree it may be Jennings, and Jennings clearly has the intellect, but he comes up way short on the "reserved cool" quality that Alex so wonderfully possessed. Of course the new host isn't expected to be Alex, no one ever will, but putting aside the Jeopardy connection for a moment, I do think there are much better options out there. Whoever it is, they will have some humongous shoes to fill.
I am betting on Ken Jennings[/quote]
Agree it may be Jennings, and Jennings clearly has the intellect, but he comes up way short on the "reserved cool" quality that Alex so wonderfully possessed. Of course the new host isn't expected to be Alex, no one ever will, but putting aside the Jeopardy connection for a moment, I do think there are much better options out there. Whoever it is, they will have some humongous shoes to fill.
redmen4life
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This video hit me. For those of us who had to learn English as a second language, TV programming, is where we went to learn.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778
beast of the east
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[quote="redmen4life" post=401175]This video hit me. For those of us who had to learn English as a second language, TV programming, is where we went to learn.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.
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[quote="Beast of the East" post=401180][quote="redmen4life" post=401175]This video hit me. For those of us who had to learn English as a second language, TV programming, is where we went to learn.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.[/quote]
At 3 years old, I was learning by watching The Three Stooges. That explains a lot :blink:
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.[/quote]
At 3 years old, I was learning by watching The Three Stooges. That explains a lot :blink:
Spocky Ramone
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[quote="Monte" post=401183][quote="Beast of the East" post=401180][quote="redmen4life" post=401175]This video hit me. For those of us who had to learn English as a second language, TV programming, is where we went to learn.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.[/quote]
At 30 years old, I was learning by watching The Three Stooges. That explains a lot :blink:[/quote]
Fixed it for ya. Me too, BTW.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.[/quote]
At 30 years old, I was learning by watching The Three Stooges. That explains a lot :blink:[/quote]
Fixed it for ya. Me too, BTW.
[quote="Monte" post=401183][quote="Beast of the East" post=401180][quote="redmen4life" post=401175]This video hit me. For those of us who had to learn English as a second language, TV programming, is where we went to learn.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.[/quote]
At 3 years old, I was learning by watching The Three Stooges. That explains a lot :blink:[/quote]
yeah my friends and I got our first concussions and had a few eyes poked out imitating those guys! Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.[/quote]
At 3 years old, I was learning by watching The Three Stooges. That explains a lot :blink:[/quote]
yeah my friends and I got our first concussions and had a few eyes poked out imitating those guys! Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
beast of the east
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[quote="Monte" post=401183][quote="Beast of the East" post=401180][quote="redmen4life" post=401175]This video hit me. For those of us who had to learn English as a second language, TV programming, is where we went to learn.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.[/quote]
At 3 years old, I was learning by watching The Three Stooges. That explains a lot :blink:[/quote]
I thought it was unusual, but I learned to spell before I learned to read. I guess I was about 4 when I learned to read, first by surprising my parents and myself that I could read the Dick and Jane reader. I say this, because my real desire to learn to read was wanting to read comic books, which I read from about age 4 to 15. Mostly DC comics.
Three Stooges and comic books - about the same level of intellect.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.[/quote]
At 3 years old, I was learning by watching The Three Stooges. That explains a lot :blink:[/quote]
I thought it was unusual, but I learned to spell before I learned to read. I guess I was about 4 when I learned to read, first by surprising my parents and myself that I could read the Dick and Jane reader. I say this, because my real desire to learn to read was wanting to read comic books, which I read from about age 4 to 15. Mostly DC comics.
Three Stooges and comic books - about the same level of intellect.
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beast of the east
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[quote="bamafan" post=401212][quote="Monte" post=401183][quote="Beast of the East" post=401180][quote="redmen4life" post=401175]This video hit me. For those of us who had to learn English as a second language, TV programming, is where we went to learn.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.[/quote]
At 3 years old, I was learning by watching The Three Stooges. That explains a lot :blink:[/quote]
yeah my friends and I got our first concussions and had a few eyes poked out imitating those guys! Nyuk nyuk nyuk![/quote]
Isn't it amazing that three guys with the only joke being that they beat the crap out of each other appeals largely to guys to not to women at all.
The fact this man got to personally thank Alex for helping him learn English, is pretty special
https://twitter.com/i/status/1325494842026315778[/quote]
Of course, the man can only answer questions with "What is... Who is..."
It is a special story, and a wonderful TV moment.
I learned to spell at about age 3 by watching a game show where you had to spell words, maybe it was called "Crosswords" but I'm not sure. I thought the host was Jan Murray, but again I don't remember. At that age, I could only spell my name, and then quickly learned a host of other words by adding or changing letters. When I wasn't sure, I'd run to the kitchen and ask my mom, "How do you spell (a certain words)", then run back in and try to answer it on time writing it down.. I can definitely relate.[/quote]
At 3 years old, I was learning by watching The Three Stooges. That explains a lot :blink:[/quote]
yeah my friends and I got our first concussions and had a few eyes poked out imitating those guys! Nyuk nyuk nyuk![/quote]
Isn't it amazing that three guys with the only joke being that they beat the crap out of each other appeals largely to guys to not to women at all.