Author Topic: Alex Trebek's Successor (Read 44876 times)

jmangin · « **Reply #15 on:** February 17, 2012, 02:32:46 PM »

Quote from: clemon79 on February 17, 2012, 01:59:44 PM

Gilbert Gottfried.

<screams>A DAILY DOUBLE!</screams>

TimK2003 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 17, 2012, 02:52:54 PM »

Sean Connery.

J.R. · « **Reply #17 on:** February 17, 2012, 03:08:00 PM »

Rolf Benirschke.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2012, 03:21:50 PM »

Drew Carey.

TLEberle · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2012, 03:24:03 PM »

Quote from: tpirfan28 on February 17, 2012, 03:21:50 PM

Drew Carey.

"The Daily Double is like a puzzle. The trick to it is..."

WarioBarker · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2012, 04:02:36 PM »

Totally serious one, here -- Todd Alan Crain, the man who hosted Watson's many practice games. I recall reading that Trebek secretly watched Todd host a game, then surprised him afterward and basically gave him a seal of approval.

chris319 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2012, 05:21:17 PM »

It has to be someone who can take the grind of reading hundreds of questions per taping day without burning out.

Wolf Blitzer. Seriously. He's not available and would never do it, but he's the right type.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2012, 05:28:11 PM »

Quote from: chris319 on February 17, 2012, 05:21:17 PM

Wolf Blitzer. Seriously. He's not available and would never do it, but he's the right type.

After the whooping he took last time he played?

BillCullen1 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 17, 2012, 06:05:41 PM »

Quote from: Kevin Prather on February 17, 2012, 05:28:11 PM

Quote from: chris319 on February 17, 2012, 05:21:17 PM
Wolf Blitzer. Seriously. He's not available and would never do it, but he's the right type.
After the whooping he took last time he played?

Hosting the show would be different from playing it, but yeah, Blitzer's not going to give up the CNN gig he's held for years now. I like Mark Wahlberg or Pat Kiernan.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #24 on:** February 17, 2012, 06:13:02 PM »

Quote from: BillCullen1 on February 17, 2012, 06:05:41 PM

Hosting the show would be different from playing it...

True, but it seems to me if you pick someone who has played the game at all previously, you'd want someone who made a good showing rather than someone who was pretty much humiliated.

Bobby B. · « **Reply #25 on:** February 17, 2012, 06:22:00 PM »

I agree with everyone who said Pat Kiernan. He'd be a perfect fit, IMO.

chris319 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 17, 2012, 06:27:03 PM »

Quote from: Kevin Prather on February 17, 2012, 06:13:02 PM

Quote from: BillCullen1 on February 17, 2012, 06:05:41 PM
Hosting the show would be different from playing it...
True, but it seems to me if you pick someone who has played the game at all previously, you'd want someone who made a good showing rather than someone who was pretty much humiliated.

That makes no sense.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #27 on:** February 17, 2012, 06:46:19 PM »

Quote from: chris319 on February 17, 2012, 06:27:03 PM

Quote from: Kevin Prather on February 17, 2012, 06:13:02 PM
Quote from: BillCullen1 on February 17, 2012, 06:05:41 PM
Hosting the show would be different from playing it...
True, but it seems to me if you pick someone who has played the game at all previously, you'd want someone who made a good showing rather than someone who was pretty much humiliated.
That makes no sense.

Well, it makes sense in my head. Maybe it makes sense in someone else's.

TLEberle · « **Reply #28 on:** February 17, 2012, 06:48:14 PM »

Quote from: Kevin Prather on February 17, 2012, 06:46:19 PM

Well, it makes sense in my head. Maybe it makes sense in someone else's.

I dug it too. Who would buy into Wolf Blitzer as host when he did so laughably badly last time out? And that's on the easier stuff, not even Regular Recipe.

clemon79 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 17, 2012, 07:26:45 PM »

I for one could not give a rip whether the host is poor at their own game or not, since they are the host, and not a contestant. It utterly does not matter.