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RIP Alex Trebek
Longtime host of Jeopardy Alex Trebek passed away this morning. Not many celebrities that I feel a connection to but he was one of the few. Spent half an hour with him almost every day for over 20 years. A really good guy from all I could see. The show will not be the same.
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RIP Alex...watched him myself enough.
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The dumbing-down of the show was obvious over the years - I expect he probably fought that as best he could. In a filthy industry he stayed clean it seems; kudos to him.
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Fought a good fight. Will miss him - hoped he'd win.
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Always seemed to be a class act to me. A real gent. His was the only show of it's type I ever spent any time watching. RIP, Alex.
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Host of a TV show from which you could actually learn something and improve your mind rather than numb or poison it.
He left the world a better place and hopefully for a better place.
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I grew up watching jeapordy on the only station the rabbit ears would pick up. After I moved away I lost the habit...until my good friend from grad school Ben Ingram made it to the show, had a great run spanning a couple weeks, and then took down Arthur Chu in the tournament of champs, coming from behind out playing him in the final bid. Brilliant work Ben! I liked Alex. They made a documentary about Arthur because of his playing strategy which all the old laities watching hated. Then Ben took him down - no documentary for him!
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Last time I saw Ben after he gave the beat down, we sat at our old favorite hangout, the Salty Nut in 5 points, Columbia SC, and he talked about how Alex really was a genuine person.
He also said he made friends with Arthur, so I suppose I won't say more about what I thought about how he played the game.
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Host of a TV show from which you could actually learn something and improve your mind rather than numb or poison it.
He left the world a better place and hopefully for a better place.
Well said sir.
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“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Edward Bernays, 1928
Much changes, much remains the same.
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My father-in-law, who is Filipino, was trying to tell me this and it took me a while to figure out what he was trying to say. I came in from the backyard and said;
Him: You know Jeff Pardy TV host died.
Me: I don't who that is
Him: on the TV show
Me: Still don't know who Jeff Pardy is..
About 5 minutes later it hit me, Oh... you mean the host of Jeopardy!
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