Celeb Jeopardy! simply topped its third winner, and that newly-minted champion is already vying for Ken Jennings‘ job. W. Kamau Bell appeared on the Inside Jeopardy! Podcast and joked that Jennings works too arduous.
Bell confronted off in opposition to Robin Thede and Dave Friedberg within the finale on Wednesday, April 23. He received solely by accurately answering the Ultimate Jeopardy query after being $2,000 behind the first-place contender with $13,600. He wagered all however $1 in Ultimate Jeopardy, and since he was the one one to get the query proper, he received the sport. Along with changing into the champ, he additionally took dwelling $1 million to his charity of selection, DonorsChoose, a nonprofit group that enables people to donate on to public faculty classroom tasks.
About midway by means of the interview, after speaking about Bell’s sport, govt producer and podcast host Michael Davies mentioned, “After the present, you spoke to Ken and mentioned, ‘Hey look, Ken. You bought to be the host of standard Jeopardy! since you have been the G.O.A.T. of Jeopardy!. Now, Celeb Jeopardy! ought to be hosted by a Celeb Jeopardy! champion.’”
“I simply assume he works so arduous,” Bell mentioned. “I’m not saying he seems drained. I hear from his household typically. All of them miss him, so I’m not saying anyone particularly, but when Ken wants a break, I’d know a Celeb Jeopardy! champion who would possibly step in for him.” Bell seemed on the digicam with a smirk.
“I preferred your thought, although,” Sarah Whitcomb-Foss, govt producer and podcast cohost, mentioned to Davies.
“I mentioned, you versus Ike [Barenholtz] versus Lisa Ann Walter, and also you simply play,” Davies mentioned. “We’ll signal a contract with all three of you beforehand, after which the three of you’ll play after which flip over and host.” Barenholtz received Season 1 whereas Walter received Season 2. All three winners of the sport present have been comedians.
“I’m prepared for it as a result of I’m the newest champion,” Bell replied. “I’m peaking proper now.”
Earlier within the podcast episode, Bell mentioned that comedians “have loads of free time” on their fingers, so he would have loads of time to fill in as host. He additionally ended the podcast by saying that Jennings is “so candy.”
Nonetheless, Jeopardy! did have a celeb host for a time period. Mayim Bialik cohosted with Jennings for a number of months earlier than she was fired and simply Jennings took over.
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