{"id":135108,"date":"2020-12-16T22:52:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T19:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ken-jennings-will-never-approach-alex-trebeks-jeopardy-legacy\/"},"modified":"2020-12-16T22:52:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T19:52:06","slug":"ken-jennings-will-never-approach-alex-trebeks-jeopardy-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ken-jennings-will-never-approach-alex-trebeks-jeopardy-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ken Jennings will never approach Alex Trebek’s ‘Jeopardy!’ legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Ken Jennings will never app<\/a>roach Alex Trebek’s ‘Jeopardy!’ legacy<\/strong>”
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We\u2019ve lost an icon. And we\u2019re getting a creep.<\/p>\n

Fans of the TV show \u201cJeopardy!\u201d are counting down the days until Christmas, when the quizzer airs the final pre-recorded episode hosted by the late, great Alex Trebek, whose death in November<\/a> at age 80 from pancreatic cancer <\/a>broke hearts all over America and augured the end of his incredible 36-year run at the helm of what is widely considered
the greatest televised game<\/a> show of all time.<\/p>\n

But Dec. 25 also ushers in the arrival<\/a> of Alex\u2019s troubling \u201dinterim\u201d replacement, Ken Jennings, 46, whose reign as the show\u2019s winningest contestant is clouded by a level of flippant cruelty previously unseen on a smart program that, for decades, has delivered a necessary and calming distraction during times of war, recession,
social<\/a> unrest and pandemic.<\/p>\n

Jennings\u2019 weird sense of humor, if you can call it that, reveals more about the guy\u2019s smarmy core than it does about the vast trove of trivia to which he\u2019s devoted his days.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair,\u201d Jennings wrote in a disturbing 2014 tweet<\/a>. The uproar over the creepy missive of six years ago might have blown over were it not for Jennings\u2019 clueless and defensive 2018 response to the backlash over his insensitivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never did a public flogging for this but I did apologize personally to angry\/hurt people who reached out personally,\u201d Jennings started. \u201cIt was a joke so inept that it meant something very different in my head [and] I regret the ableist plain reading of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ableist plain reading? (Is there an ableist complicated reading?) It seems that Jennings, a man adept with the English language, chose his words carefully. He presented himself not as genuinely sorry, but as a victim of political correctness. He was asking critics to quit nit-picking. He would have been better off saying nothing.<\/p>\n

There was more.<\/p>\n

In 2015, after \u201cStar Wars\u201d fan Daniel Fleetwood made it a point to see \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d before he died of cancer, Jennings sent out this tweet poking fun at the tragedy: \u201cIt can\u2019t be a good sign that every fan who has seen the new Star Wars movie died shortly thereafter.\u201d Ouch.<\/p>\n

Three years later, he wrote that an \u201cawful MAGA grandma\u201d mourning her deceased son was \u201chis favorite person on Twitter.\u201d It was unnecessary.<\/p>\n

And hurtful.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Trebek\u2019s long reign as king of the quiz show in which a correct answer must be delivered in the form of a question is marked by a dearth of scandal or offense. The Canadian transplant was sassy without being raunchy. Seemingly erudite without being a snob.<\/p>\n

The secret sauce is that he always respected his audience, never taking himself too seriously as he gave lessons each weeknight on everything from literature and nuclear fission to the Kardashians.<\/p>\n

Though he frequently made cameo appearances in TV shows and movies<\/a>, Trebek never aspired to play beyond the program he elevated with his presence. He was proud to take a seat in America\u2019s living rooms on weeknights, a treasured part of the family.<\/p>\n

This past January, Jennings was crowned the \u201cGreatest of All Time\u201d player on \u201cJeopardy!\u201d He won a $1 million prize in a tournament in which he defeated other top show winners, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer.<\/p>\n

He may have been named the \u201cGOAT,\u201d but he is a pale imitation. Alex Trebek is the greatest human ever to orbit the \u201cJeopardy!\u201d universe.<\/p>\n

Too bad his successor is not someone who might live up to his legacy.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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