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mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 21, 2017 - 10:15am PT
Jellyfish?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23470325

John Decker is my competition at Jeopardy! nightly, except when Greg Aiello's program is on the air at the same time. We watch it at his apartment on the fifth floor of my building.

http://valleypbs.org/outside/

He insists on watching Outside when it's on; and it's a good alternative to getting my butt kicked by the categories aimed at a younger crowd.

Those categories are HARD! That has nothing to do with memory, though, only knowledge gained through watching and listening to what young folks watch and listen. Since neither of us knows current music, the latest apps, or what songs Adele sings and the like, not to mention TV shows on cable (impossible to follow if you've not got cable), we just ignore them - though I come up with more of these answers (in the form of a question) than Decker, simply because I am online so much, while he has no computer, only his video collection and broadcast TV.

So we sit during commercials and read the captions (he needs them cuz he can't hear sh#t - too much rock 'n' roll) and laugh at the side effects of the advertised drugs, most of which are for oldsters.

Prevagen is one, and John swears by his jellyfish extract, though he doesn't use Prevagen, but something else from a health food store. I cannot say if he's benefiting from the use of this byproduct or not. All I can do is drink black coffee before it's time to go up and challenge my own memory.

I don't do as well as I think that I do, I'm sure.

What I am sure of is this:

It will be a black, black day when Alex Trebek is gone.

Who will replace him?

http://www.newnownext.com/the-10-best-candidates-to-take-over-jeopardy-from-alex-trebek/03/2013/

Of the ten names on the list in this link, I did not recognize these:
Ben Bailey, (though I've seen Cash Cab a couple of times); Mark McGrath; Tim Gunn; Don Lemon; and Brian Williams.

For the daily double: The number of fingers Edge is holding up.
edit: Question mark? I forgot the question mark!
Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Feb 21, 2017 - 05:08pm PT
It will be a black, black day when Alex Trebek is gone.

Who will replace him?

They still haven't found anyone worthy enough to replace Art Fleming.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 06:10am PT
Total opposite of the type of personality needed.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Besides, Colbert already has a good gig.
rincon

climber
Coarsegold
Mar 6, 2019 - 02:53pm PT
Oh No.

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fear

Ice climber
hartford, ct
Mar 6, 2019 - 04:21pm PT
Damn. F Cancer indeed... F it hard.
BruceHildenbrand

Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
Mar 6, 2019 - 04:24pm PT
Best wishes, Alex!

One of my roommates from college, Rolf Benirschke, was a placekicker in the NFL for 10 years. He got Crohn's disease and almost died, but recovered and ended his career as the most accurate active kicker at that time. He became a national spokesperson for Chron's Disease and was appearing with Merv on the Merv Griffin Show when rabbits, brought onto the show by the previous guest, started doing what rabbits do best. Rolf chimed in with some witty comments and Merv decided he was the perfect person to replace Pat Sajak as the host of the daytime version of Wheel of Fortune(Pat was doing his own talk show at that time).

Darn if Rolf never introduced me to Vanna White!
ShawnInPaso

climber
Paso Robles, CA
Mar 6, 2019 - 04:41pm PT
Such a damn shame. Unlike his on-air persona, he seems like such a cool guy when not on TV.

A few years back I was loading up some 2x4's at the local Lowes and I look over my shoulder to see Alex loading 60lb bags of Quikrete onto his older pick-up truck (he has a ranch in the area). No one bothered him for selfies or sigs, he just went about his business and turned down an offer for help by one of the employees.

Sure hope he is one of the few that survives the type of cancer he has.

As for a replacement, the show should just be canceled if he doesn't pull through.
Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Mar 6, 2019 - 04:58pm PT
Pancreatic cancer also took Patrick Swayze, Aretha, Michael Landon, and our own Billy Westbay.


I like Trebek, but how many millions of senior Americans have bought nearly worthless "whole" life insurance on his endorsement,......

He's gonna have some splainin' to do.
zBrown

Ice climber
Mar 6, 2019 - 07:23pm PT
Lurking?

Signs and symptoms of exocrine pancreatic cancer

Early pancreatic cancers often do not cause any signs or symptoms. By the time they do cause symptoms, they have often already spread outside the pancreas.
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