This is the Jeopardy! Thread of Encompassment [RIP Alex Trebek]

[Texas St. Armadillos 1381]

Mike Rowe really needs a shot at this (if he hasn't already).  Great voice, funny.  Would be a great fit.

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

Dude in the middle today looked like one of the McPoyles all dressed up. 

 

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

Mike Richards emerging as the frontrunner to become the permanent host according to this article. 

I'm not thrilled, but I'm not dismayed at the prospect, either. I do think that if it's not Ken or Buzzy, he makes the most sense. Connection to the show without much in the way of pre-existing expectations, etc. 

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-1235034673/

[The Ace of Aces 5194]

He was one of my least-favorite guest hosts. He clearly took lessons from Dick Cheney. 

Boooooo

[MAUFRAIS 6652]

Who is Mike Richards?

No, really.

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

Some interesting interpretations of the Variety article from someone on the Jboard forum. 

*click to embiggen - didn't think it was appropriate to just copy and paste... 

[Jerry Callo 8749]

I'm fine with Mike Richards.  I thought he did a pretty good job.  I'm ready to get back to the game/contestant focused Jeopardy! and away from the focus on the host.

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

Another article/op-ed. 

I don't think I disagree with anything here. 

https://variety.com/2021/tv/columns/jeopardy-mike-richards-host-1235034867/

[Vito Andolini 9135]

Watching Faber right now, and he’s very capable and could do the job. I always suspected Producer Mike accepted the job with the proviso he’d get a shot at replacing Trebek. The nonsense about how he had to fill in several months ago due to a scheduling emergency was a silly cover, he was always going to get a trial run. 

[GTX Horn 1710]

Richards was alright so I don’t really have an issue if he’s the permanent host. I do remember thinking he’d be a better fit for a show like Wheel of Fortune whenever Sajak retires though. I think the way they’ve had so many different guest hosts rotate through was brilliant purely because it created a lot of separation as opposed to jumping straight from Trebek to the new host.

[burntorangebongos 10752]

Another white guy? At least if you are going to go that route, pick a Canadian like Trebek who was so polite and kind. This guy is gonna seem like an ogre. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

I was very impressed with Faber. Hadn't of him before this week (or, perhaps more likely, I never bothered to register him - same for Savannah Gutherie) but he's at the top of my list if I were to make the decision. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16040]

Possible snag in today’s world. 

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Just days from being named new host of Jeopardy!, Richards, who had joined the show as executive producer a few months before Trebek’s death, has been linked to allegations from a decade ago.

During his stint as co-executive producer/executive producer on The Price Is Right, Richards was implicated in discrimination lawsuits by former models on the show, including in a 2010 complaint by Brandi Cochran who was awarded $8.5 million in damages; after an appeal, the case was ultimately settled. A later lawsuit with another model also was settled. (While featured in both complaints, Richards was only named as a defendant in the second lawsuit. He was later removed.)

Richards has yet to comment publicly on the resurfaced allegations that include insensitive comments about pregnant women attributed to him in Cochran’s suit.

There also has been radio silence from Jeopardy!studio Sony Pictures Television, which has been conducting the host search. But days after word of Richards’ pending deal got out, he has still not officially been announced as the new host, triggering more speculation along with questions about the integrity of the search, which Richards, as EP on the show, spearheaded on behalf of Sony TV.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeopardy-start-end-host-search-213612285.html

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[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

If I wasn't so interested in seeing Matt lose, I'd skip the rest of Joe Yuck this week. 

Loud, forced, unconvincing chumminess. 

 

[WBT 20677]

They're letting Joe Buck host?  Goddamnit.

[Hornius Emeritus 12491]

 

[Vito Andolini 9135]

He was the guy all along, hired to be the replacement, it was a charade. I didn’t see any of the Bialik shows, but I understand she (obviously) presented a different approach, and has some academic bonafides. Maybe one of the specials will be a Blossom reunion, and we can enjoy just how stupid Joey Lawrence is in real life. 

[WBT 20677]

I thought Blossom was one of the weaker guest hosts.  I suspect Richards will be fine.

[Billy Pilgrim 1985]

18 minutes ago, WBT said:

I thought Blossom was one of the weaker guest hosts.  I suspect Richards will be fine.

It’s funny how varied the opinions have been on the guest hosts. My favorites were Jennings and Bialik. I think Gupta, Joe Buck and Buzzy have done a fine job.

 

I really didn’t likeRodgers and Cooper and it seems like a lot of people really liked them.

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

Yeah, I'm also surprised by the lack of much consensus on the various guest hosts. 

My list would be:

Ken or David Faber

Buzzy 

Dr. Gupta 

Aaron Rodgers (but I think I appreciate his brand of humor more than most people, so I never viewed him as a legitimate contender, even aside from the day job issue) 

Didn't like anyone else enough to rate. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

I didn't realize that Bialik was an anti-vaxxer who also blames rape victims for their assaults.

Great. 

*click for thread 

Edited August 11, 2021 by Prepuce of Doom

[RPM 26368]

Was Rolf Benirschke even considered?

[elfenix 34344]

you could have remained in your cushy job making a big paycheck in relative obscurity with no one ever bothering to figure out you said some shitty things on a podcast no one ever listened to but nooooo, you had to make yourself the host and now you might lose everything:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/anti-defamation-league-calls-investigation-003333446.html

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[Vito Andolini 9135]

So, now what? Blossom full time? Is Jennings’ Twitter comment about hot chicks in wheelchairs a disqualification (especially in light of Richard’s’ issues)? 

[Captain Ron 12934]

They say they are going back to a guest host rotation for the time being.

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

Good. 

I thought he did a passable job at hosting (very much just a generic and anodyne presence) but the more shit that comes out, the less I want him. 

I wanted him out when all the Machiavellian reports surfaced, but the more of his "edgelord" type of commentary I heard, the more angry I got. 

Some executive(s) at Sony should be fired for this. I can't imagine how they could have done a worse job at this entire process. Business school case study for the ages... 

[Michael Knight 12997]

The ringer had a nice writeup about his issues

 

https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/8/18/22631299/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-search-process-past-comments

[GTX Horn 1710]

So they’re gonna resume guest hosts again for the first part of next season or are they going to just pick a new permanent host? The guest hosts were interesting at first but after a while I just want a regular host.

[Captain Ron 12934]

 

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[Red Five 40952]

C'mon just give it to Geordi damn it. 

[Amos Moses 795]

C'mon just give it to Geordi damn it. 

He wasn’t very good. Not saying he couldn’t grow into it and establish some roots in the show, but it’s hard to see that without something sharpening his vision of hosting.

But you don’t have to take my word for it.

[Underdog 28808]

Michael Strahan probably has a break in his schedule, maybe Seacrest?  

[Underdog 28808]

On 8/11/2021 at 3:19 PM, Prepuce of Doom said:

I didn't realize that Bialik was an anti-vaxxer who also blames rape victims for their assaults.

Great. 

*click for thread 

Chews her kids food for them?  Ate her placenta?  GFL.  

[Js1 85636]

1 hour ago, Amos Moses said:

He wasn’t very good. Not saying he couldn’t grow into it and establish some roots in the show, but it’s hard to see that without something sharpening his vision of hosting.

But you don’t have to take my word for it.

ISWYDT

[MAUFRAIS 6652]

[Chuckie Finster 22758]

3 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

 

 

 

"As I mentioned last week, I was deeply honored to be asked to host the syndicated show and was thrilled by the opportunity to expand my role"

[Vito Andolini 9135]

I think I read they had resumed taping this week, could be misremembering. If so and it’s the actual resumption of game play, that would be interesting to see how they handle it. Replay the games with a new host?

Never mind, this article reveals he will appear as the host for one week, then as mentioned upthread, the guests return.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/08/20/jeopardy-host-mike-richards-quits-show-halts-production/8209506002/

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The letter said Sony Pictures Television is resuming its search for a permanent syndicated host and will bring back guest hosts in the meantime. Richards will appear as host for the pre-recorded episodes airing the week of Sept. 13. The first new guest host will begin on Sept. 20.

 

Edited August 20, 2021 by Vito Andolini

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4 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Some executive(s) at Sony should be fired for this. I can't imagine how they could have done a worse job at this entire process. Business school case study for the ages... 

Yep.  When you start out with issues/concerns being raised from the very beginning, when there were plenty of folks who didn't have issues/concerns, you're doing it wrong.

But he was an insider and probably knows where plenty of bodies are buried/made some promises/who knows what.

[Red Five 40952]

3 hours ago, Amos Moses said:

He wasn’t very good. Not saying he couldn’t grow into it and establish some roots in the show, but it’s hard to see that without something sharpening his vision of hosting.

But you don’t have to take my word for it.

Well after reading your post I guess you're right. Life isn't all sunshine and rainbows. 

[jeevsie 3740]

Wonder what Troy's opinion is.

[elfenix 34344]

[Michael Knight 12997]

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Yep.  When you start out with issues/concerns being raised from the very beginning, when there were plenty of folks who didn't have issues/concerns, you're doing it wrong.

But he was an insider and probably knows where plenty of bodies are buried/made some promises/who knows what.

It's also Sony, they are incompetent

[DougO 5257]

Unpredictable outcome was totally predictable.

[Captain Ron 12934]

2 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

It's also Sony, they are incompetent

This. Remember the whole deal about their email hack? There was a deal about the brat tournament that almost got Alex to quit.

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