Who should guest host Jeopardy next?
Mike Richards is out, which means the Jeopardy host search begins anew
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Mike Richards has stepped down as permanent host of Jeopardy, which means the host search begins anew. We have some suggestions on who should be included in the next round of guest hosts:
Who would you like to see guest host Jeopardy next?
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uhh, how about that woman who was only offered a partial hosting gig?I’m so fucking tired of hearing about this shit. This is all just a big Ad for a show that most people don’t think about.
I’d like to see Kermit the Frog.
Seconded.
Aisha Tyler
Lauren Coates (Alex’s idea)
Aisha Tyler
Barack Obama
Aisha Tyler
Kelly Clarkson
Aisha Tyler
Winnie Cooper actress
Aisha Tyler
Howard Stern
Aisha Tyler
Laverne Cox
Aisha Tyler
Winnie Cooper actress
Danica McKellar, thank you very much. Put some respect on Mayim Bialik’s lightside counterpart.
I am never against looking at Danica McKellar, and she is smart
Becky Slater actress
I starred this accidentally because I thought you wrote Becky Conner actress. I won’t take it away now, but neither will I leave it unqualified.
I still want to know if Aisha Tyler was even approached to be a guest host the last go around.
It can’t be Aisha Tyler because then the points won’t matter.
That’s Elsie Snuffin actress to you.
But is she really comfortable going through life with a name like Elsie Snuffin?
Uh, she’s from the CONNECTICUT Snuffins, so, yeah, I think she’s just fine with it.
Laura Coates. (Not Lauren.)
No matter who they pick, Ashley Judd should always host the second round.
Wanda SykesQueen LatifahTiffany Haddish: “You readyyyy?”
Let’s do it!
If they let Wanda Skykes give people the business for dumb answers I could bring myself to watch this thing.
I think Howard Stern himself would tell you that he would bungle the pronunciation of too many questions, but I would enjoy seeing him as a guest host.
The Aristocrats!
John Hodgman is an amazing choice. He’d be great.
And you are underplaying Claire McNear. Yes, she literally wrote the book on the history of Jeopardy!, but she’s also the reason Mike Richards is gone as host (and maybe executive producer?).
Seriously, the idea that Mike Richards and/or Sony
at large would allow someone who ruined their scheme to be a substitute host is
bonkers. Even if Richards is out (and I’m not seeing anywhere that he is) there’s a whole entertainment conglomerate who just lost money over not doing their diligence and I’m sure they blame the journalist that did their job for them.
I can’t even talk about John Hodgman as host because I want it to happen so much and I know it’s too unlikely.
Hodgman would be perfect. That’s how I know it won’t happen.
I’ll do it on one condition. It has to be no questions asked.
But what… That is to say, how… I mean, if…
Let Danny DeVito host, you cowards!
So I started blasting answers.
Andy Richter deserves consideration
For that matter, I think Conan has some free time.
I don’t think Conan can keep a straight face long enough. Or if he could, it might be creepy?
I’d like to see the Clue Crew get a chance.
Hologram Alex Trebek. Or hologram Ronnie James Dio.
Hologram Ronnie James Dio would need to stand on a hologram box to see over the lectern.
It’s just a Reading Rainbow in the Dark.
“For $400: Holy Diver, You’ve been down too long in the midnight sea, oh what’s becoming of me?”Contestant: Ummm?
Obviously, it should be America’s favorite game show host
That’s… just a photo of Mike Richards?
Not be confused with this photo of Mike Richards
I think that’s Stephen Miller actually
Write to me,
Stick Stickly.
PO Box 963
New York City,
New York State,
10108!By the way, I now love and hate you for reminding me how much I loved and hated that jingle as a kid.
In 1996 I got a letter in the mail that I won a Nick in the Afternoooon alarm clock and that fucker Stick Stickly never sent it.
I wasn’t even a huge Nick watcher as a kid and that jingle still pops in to my head like once every other month. It will not go away.
Cute of you to think this is actually going to be an audition.
I said this in a Kotaku thread but Marc Summers. Serious. He has game show experience and he’s someone your parents know, too, from shows like Unwrapped. He’s trustworthy, credible and you know he’s not auditioning for anything because he has a good thing going with Food Network, Discovery and all that.As for a guest host who could/should be in the mix for a permanent successor, Laura Coates. She’s somebody Alex wanted and she never got so much as a phone call.
Only if you have the option to pass on the Daily Double and take the physical challenge.
Look…we gotta change the show up a little with Trebek gone. They already made the questions too easy, so some Double Dare shit would be perfect.
Fred Norris
Saw someone suggest Joe Pera, and he probably wouldn’t be a pick for full-time host, but while we’re still doing fun guest hosts, I think he’d be a great choice for a week or two
His laconic delivery would be great but also ensure that they could never clear the board in a single round.
Oh god no.
Yeah. He works on Family Feud, which has a completely different vibe from Jeopardy.
“And, per Mr. Harvey’s contract, one of the categories in every episode has been replaced with a list of five pretty misogynistic opinions on male-female relationships that he’d like to share with the audience.”
They’d fire Johnny Gilbert and have Harvey just announce that “We got a good one for you today.” Also, I imagine the answer to all Daily Doubles would be some euphemism for penis.
Scary.
What is Dong Sarong?
Someone with a spine for the show to borrow.
I think they should hire a Japanese game show host. Not like Masi Oka or Ken Watanabe, but a real game show host out of Japan. He doesn’t have to know English, but he should bring over some ideas for what to do to contestants who get wrong answers.
My choice is still Gilbert Gottfried with Bobcat Goldthwait as announcer
And replace the Double Jeopardy laser noise with Sam Kinison screaming.
I’d love to see Michael McKean
Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery
Norm Macdonald. Keep it Canadian. Failing that – his brother, veteran journo Neil Macdonald.
Derik from marketing, Jennifer from licensing, Bob from HR, maybe Alex from research…
“Rike Michards” – Mike Richards
I like the way Snrub thinks!
Maybe I’m overthinking it, but wouldn’t it make sense to not pick one permanent co-host and do a rotating assortment of people. There’s clearly no shortage of celebrity/notables who want a chance to host, and it would create a regular cycle of buzz around the show as someone new came on for a week or two and brought in their fans, with some hopefully sticking around to watch regularly. I imagine a bunch of people watched Jeopardy during this trial period who either hadn’t ever or hadn’t watched in years, and replicating that long term seems like a win for everyone.
Plus, if anyone came aboard who turned out to be problematic, there’s no big debacle – just don’t invite them back.
“Weird Al” Yankovic, the rare celebrity/notable/whatever with a connection to Jeopardy pre-Trebek
Nah, that dude stunk so much they didn’t even give him a consolation prize.
Eugene Levy, in character as Alex Trebel (but not Will Ferrell in character as trebek)
did anyone say Omarosa yet? Omarosa!!!!
John Oliver!
Pat Kiernan
Brooke Burns
Norm MacDonald. Though with Norm, the problem might be that he would start to play the game along with the contestants.
I’d love to see it but you know he’d sabotage it somehow by the third week.
third minute*
Can you say Ken Jennings?
Aparna Nancherla
You’re such an idiot
Will Ferrell
Michael Dorn
Paul F. Tompkins
One thousand percent.
As Werner Herzog.
As long as characters are on the table, I nominate Matt Gourley as H.R. Giger.
Seeing John Hodgman’s name reminded me that he was the literary agent that got Bruce Campbell to write his first book. And now I want Bruce Campbell to host Jeopardy.
You know what… I say let Drew Carey get a shot. Because why the fuck not!
I like some of these ideas (not Blake, I do not want a Creationist in charge of dispensing knowledge), especially Jon Benjamin. But in all honesty, I kind of want to see an actual game show host give it a go. Richards sucks, and his stint hosting “Divided” doesn’t really count, because that show was a horrible idea that should have never gotten past first pitch. But what about a Kirk Fogg, or John Michael Higgins, or Brooke Burns, or even a classic one like Bob Eubanks or Wink Martindale, just for the nostalgia factor? They all would be good for a quick guest run, and honestly, I’d love for Pat Kiernan or Marc Summers to be considered for the full-time gig.
*googles Eubanks and Martindale*How are they still alive?
ConanWill FerrellBert KreischerAnna FarisJoel McHale
I’m sorry, the response we were looking for was “who is going to be revealed as a terrible person who doesn’t deserve to host Jeopardy next?”Since no one else gave the correct response, the board remains yours.
Lol, at first I thought the guy in the upper right photo was John Oliver. I was squinting. How about John Oliver?
Kelsey Grammer (or David Hyde Pierce)
Giancarlo Esposito
Brooke BaldwinVictor Garber
I do t know if Esposito would be good or not, but the way he talked in Breaking Bad would be ideal for Jeopardy. That is a great suggestion.
I haven’t the slightest clue if he would be any good at it, but all of the money dollars to see Gus Fring host an episode
It’d bring a real intensity to it. A rapid swing from the super polite reading of the clue to a withering repudiation when the contestant is wrong.
Post Malone. It’ll get great ratings and he’ll probably learn a lot from the experience.
Greg Kinnear.For some reason.
Aisha TylerDavid MitchellJason Alexander
I’d like to see my beloved Craig Ferguson on daily TV, again. Geoff can be one of the Clue Crew.
The Hustler is pretty entertaining, though of course not even comparable to his late night show. But as a game show it’s fun.
The only choice.
Will Ferrell or Eugene Levy would be really fun guest hosts.
General question, but why is no one suggesting game show hosts? It’s a specific set of skills, so why is everyone looking outside the field. It feels disrespectful to professional game show hosts to me.That said, my pick would be to ignore Covid regulations and get Jimmy Carr. now that would bring some chaos to the proceedings.
Paul F. Tompkins, but he’s doing a Werner Herzog impersonation the entire time.
I dunno, it might be fun to see a little !cakeboss!
How about IBM’s AI “Watson”? It clearly knows the game as it defeated a panel of Jeopardy champs, and it needs a job as the efforts to use it for, example, analyzing biomedical data, don’t seem to have panned out.
If the kids parents and Mindy Kaling approve, the kid from Champions. Why didn’t you all tell me about this show?
Someone who’s been vetted would probably be a step in the right direction.
I swear, I have never seen Jeopardy talked about in my entire life as I have this year. My lifetime memory basically goes: Jeopardy exists > Ken Jennings > 2021 AND HOLY SHIT EVERYTHING JEOPARDY!! Who will it beeeeeee?
True, but there really wasn’t much reason to talk about it before the host for nearly forty years died.
Ozzy Osborne for the win. I would start watching again for sure.
If it’s chaos you want in the name of keeping the seat warm…call Weird AL in for the job.
I would say John Hodgman but his head is big enough already. He would be perfect though.