Ken Jennings has seen the widespread debate about who must be on the Mount Rushmore of Jeopardy! contestants. Nonetheless, whereas naming the 4 individuals on his listing, he really not noted all of the gamers who’ve been introduced up within the dialog.
As a substitute, Jennings stated his G.O.A.T. listing is in regards to the individuals who remind him of watching the present when he was youthful. “I feel, for me, there’s too many nice contestants to suit on a mountain,” Jennings stated on the Tuesday, January 21, episode of Good Morning America. Whereas the hosts insisted that Jennings himself was an apparent alternative for the Mount Rushmore listing, he added, “My Mount Rushmore can be Alex Trebek — the explanations I appreciated the present as a child. The announcer, Johnny Gilbert, is a legend. He’s in his 90s. And Merv and Julann Griffin, the husband and spouse who created the present.
Jennings was on the morning speak present to advertise Season 3 of Movie star Jeopardy!, which he’s internet hosting. The third episode, starring Rachel Brosnahan, Margaret Cho, and Seth Inexperienced, airs on Wednesday, January 22. Jennings praised this season’s contestants, but additionally threw in a quip about movie star intelligence.
“I simply need to say, for the document, Movie star Jeopardy! just isn’t the SNL Movie star Jeopardy! That is, like, legit. These of us are good. Lots of them are broadcasters, standup comics. … This is likely to be our smartest celebrities but.” He then sarcastically added, “And that’s a excessive bar as a result of everyone knows how good celebrities are.”
Jennings additionally had the group cracking up when he recalled how his son — who was a 12 months outdated on the time — would solely name him “Ken Jennings” as an alternative of “dad” throughout his iconic Jeopardy! run. He then reminisced about how he stayed in a rundown motel amid his unique win streak in 2004.
“The signal stated it had coloration TV and telephones,” Jennings revealed. “I used to be like, ‘Wow, coloration TV AND telephones?’ As soon as I had made some huge cash on the present, I stored staying there. Since you don’t need to shake issues up. Apparently I’m simply superstitious sufficient to remain on this horrible hourly motel.”
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