Author Topic: Alex Trebek Profile in The Washington Post (Read 4389 times)

calliaume · « **on:** April 30, 2012, 10:22:17 PM »

Standard profile. Nothing terrifically new, and he's not planning on retiring soon.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:00:28 AM »

Quote from: calliaume on April 30, 2012, 10:22:17 PM

Nothing terrifically new, and he's not planning on retiring soon.

Interesting that just in the last week, we've seen separate stories saying that neither Trebek nor Sajak have any plans to retire. Coincidence, or an orchestrated PR move to let the stations know there's nothing to worry about?

Or maybe they were just addressing our concerns.

weaklink75 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2012, 01:30:59 PM »

I didn't know Trebek sits down at his podium now- wonder if that was because of his leg incident last year?

xavier45 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2012, 02:00:28 PM »

Quote from: weaklink75 on May 01, 2012, 01:30:59 PM

I didn't know Trebek sits down at his podium now- wonder if that was because of his leg incident last year?

Yeah, he's been sitting since the beginning of the season. The only time he stands on-screen is when he walks out on stage, contestant interviews, and during the credits.

wdm1219inpenna · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2012, 04:25:59 PM »

Quote from: xavier45 on May 01, 2012, 02:00:28 PM

Quote from: weaklink75 on May 01, 2012, 01:30:59 PM
I didn't know Trebek sits down at his podium now- wonder if that was because of his leg incident last year?
Yeah, he's been sitting since the beginning of the season. The only time he stands on-screen is when he walks out on stage, contestant interviews, and during the credits.

And during the Final Jeopardy reveal of course.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2012, 07:05:17 PM »

Quote from: wdm1219inpenna on May 01, 2012, 04:25:59 PM

And during the Final Jeopardy reveal of course.

I haven't noticed. Is he standing for that again now? He wasn't right after his accident.

calliaume · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2012, 10:30:52 PM »

Quote from: Kevin Prather on May 01, 2012, 07:05:17 PM

Quote from: wdm1219inpenna on May 01, 2012, 04:25:59 PM
And during the Final Jeopardy reveal of course.
I haven't noticed. Is he standing for that again now? He wasn't right after his accident.

The man's in his 70s, and there's no real pressing reason for him to stand.

He's had back problems for a long time. I remember once reading his favorite show to host was To Tell the Truth because he could sit.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:16:57 PM »

Quote from: calliaume on May 01, 2012, 10:30:52 PM

I remember once reading his favorite show to host was To Tell the Truth because he could sit.

Confirmed--he was kind enough to answer that question for me at a taping I attended in 2007 and said exactly that. (Note that he also happened to say it at the very first TTTT telecast he did.)

/Could've won the jackpot if I got him to say "Malcolm."

TLEberle · « **Reply #8 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:19:25 PM »

Quote from: SRIV94 on May 01, 2012, 11:16:57 PM

/Could've won the jackpot if I got him to say "Malcolm."

Had Jane Kaczmarek been on Jeopardy by then?

SRIV94 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:24:17 PM »

Quote from: TLEberle on May 01, 2012, 11:19:25 PM

Quote from: SRIV94 on May 01, 2012, 11:16:57 PM
/Could've won the jackpot if I got him to say "Malcolm."
Had Jane Kaczmarek been on Jeopardy by then?

Yep (did it three times, in 2006, 2009 and 2010). So I guess I couldn't have won the jackpot.

gamed121683 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 04, 2012, 05:44:01 PM »

Let the retirement frenzy begin again...

SamJ93 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 05, 2012, 04:45:04 AM »

IIRC, wasn't Bob Barker reportedly "thinking about retiring" as early as 1995?

And on a tangiental note...has "reboot" officially replaced "revival" or "remake" as accepted jargon for anything old that's new again, regardless of how appropriate its use is?