Twenty years ago, RS contributor Gavin Edwards fulfilled a lifelong dream by appearing on 'Jeopardy!' and meeting his idol Alex Trebek. He recalled the surreal experience in hilarious detail to celebrate the host's 80th birthday this week
Picking a game show meant entering the realm of its host, so you had to choose wisely. I loved them all, and knew their foibles well. Monty Hall was as happy to sucker you into trading a car for a goat as he was to give you that car in the first place. Gene Rayburn always looked like he had just had a 10 a.m. Brandy Alexander backstage with Charles Nelson Reilly. Dick Clark would consume your soul during a commercial break to keep himself looking eternally young.
“I told a story about participating in the world’s largest tomato fight in Spain, the surefire anecdote sputtering and dying under Alex’s bored stare.”warrior — in short, I tried to make myself more like Alex Trebek. I couldn’t hope to match the luxurious power of his mustache or his unflappably dry-cleaned demeanor.
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