feel like levar burton would be my preference. very dulcet tones, bet he could read the hell out of a question
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
just listened to a few seconds of Levar Burton’s podcast to check on his voice, happy to report his instrument has aged like a fine wine. stoked to hear him host J!
― flopson, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
he's not in the lineup to the best of my knowledge, there was just a public petition
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
Currently scheduled upcoming guest hosts are:
Anderson Cooper, 4/19 - 4/30Bill Whitaker, 5/3 - 5/14Mayim Bialik, 5/31 - 6/11
Savannah Guthrie and Dr. Sanjay Gupta are also on the list, but no dates yet.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
I already hated Dr. Oz going in, so I expected to be, at best, extremely annoyed by him, but he somehow managed to be even more awful than I could have ever imagined.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
I'm okay with Anderson and Mayim, at least in theory.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
Whitaker seems like a good choice. Maybe too serious?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 20:44 (three years ago) link
never watch network news/60 minutes so i am actually unfamiliar with him!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 23:04 (three years ago) link
A fellow Cal grad... he seems chill
During his time at CBS, Whitaker has covered many large events or disasters. Some include the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the War in Afghanistan (more specifically in Kabul). He also has covered many race-related issues such as policing in cities such as Cleveland, Chicago, and Tulsa. In Tulsa, Whitaker had a notable first interview with Betty Jo Shelby, the former police officer accused of shooting and killing Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man.[1]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLshKazkzMs
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 23:54 (three years ago) link
my problem with anderson cooper so far is that he's a little too anderson cooper
― Clay, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 03:46 (three years ago) link
The Joe Buck news sucks buuuuuut the final guest host will hopefully immediately transition to being the permanent one
THANK YOU... to all y’all for your passionate support! I am overjoyed, excited, and eager to be guest-hosting Jeopardy!, and will do my utmost best to live up to your faith you in me. YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE! Go ahead and take my word for it, this time. https://t.co/C7mZWMok2X— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) April 21, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
lets get a petition going for Steve Harvey too
― frogbs, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
still holding on for neil hamburger
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
what joe buck news?
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
He's another guest host
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
That is 100% of what I know about him
Hell yea, great news
― flopson, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
Every Joe Buck ep will have at least one Juan Soto reference.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
please take him away from baseball
― brimstead, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:38 (three years ago) link
they should get Hank Azaria in character as Brockmire instead
― rob, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
^ five questions get asked every episode
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
Azaria is a top five request for me. But glad to see Burton is in. Additional names with Buck and Burton: George Stephanopoulos, Robin Roberts, David Faber
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
i think buck will be good actually
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
Have they announced that they're doing this for a full year or something? The prolonging seems kind of weird to me at this point, like how desirable a gig is this really? (though I'm sure some of these people aren't genuinely auditioning, just doing a stretch for fun/the chance to seem smart)
― rob, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
It's very desirable!
But I'm sure a huge part of the rotation is to leave a large, respectful gap between Trebek and a permanent successor (plus to sustain interest / avoid putting people off with one new host), more than it is an actual strategy of auditioning.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
yeah that all makes sense, I guess the hype is starting to make me salty is all
― rob, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
when they announced the first grip of guest hosts after Jennings they said it would be guests for the season before naming a replacement starting next fall
― Clay, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:12 (three years ago) link
ah ok thanks!
― rob, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
https://www.avclub.com/the-jeopardy-guest-hosts-ranked-worst-to-best-1847049741
Can't disagree with "the obvious frontrunner," but I've been enjoying Mayim Bialik just as much. Dr. Oz sucks, obviously, but I'm not sure why so many are so down on Katie Couric.
― edited for dog profanity (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link
Buzzy did better than some people that get paid some serious cheddar to talk on TV. I think Mayim Bialik might be the best one so far. Aaron Rodgers was better than expected and there was some humor, but I'd put him being Mayim, Buzzy and Ken Jennings. Bill Whitaker was fine, but really low key.
― earlnash, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:44 (three years ago) link
hated buzzy as a contestant, his smugness seemed really in your face, but thought he was a warm and charming host. did not expect it! I can't handle mayim's politics, unfortunately, as she's been great as a host.
― Clay, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:57 (three years ago) link
hated buzzy as a contestant, his smugness seemed really in your face, but thought he was a warm and charming host.
otm. i also thought he was way more prepared than anyone else and the only one, for my money, who came close to transcending the "guest" part of the role and making me believe he was actually hosting the show.
mayim has been fun (though not nearly as fun as her bubbly, super-talkative two-time champ julia, my favorite contestant of 2021), but she seems like she's trying too hard to play it as a role. she's the only jeopardy host i've ever seen do a callback to contestant 1 while doing an interview with contestant 2, and i like that aspect of her. she knows how to talk to people!
i thought the football player was perfectly ok, andy cooper same, i think ken jennings would be a great guest host going forward for whenever whoever gets the job is on vacation, i thought katie was a little awkward and i thought bill whitaker was a lot awkward and never found his footing. i don't think dr. oz ever needs to be mentioned again, in any context.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 10 June 2021 02:37 (three years ago) link
bubbly, super-talkative two-time champ julia
i was crushin hard on her tbh
― Clay, Thursday, 10 June 2021 03:45 (three years ago) link
she's great
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
mayim bialik has been good but its hard for me to get over the weird dissembling antivax stuff from her past. if it wasnt for that she'd probably be my #3 after jennings & rodgers
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
Blossom sucks!!!
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 11 June 2021 01:24 (three years ago) link
Whoa hot take
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 11 June 2021 02:03 (three years ago) link
I haven’t been watching at all lately so didn’t know buzzy was involved - I disliked him as a contestant but remember at one point he told Alex he wanted his job someday and Trebek seemed really pissed
― joygoat, Friday, 11 June 2021 18:55 (three years ago) link
Buzzy hosted the Tournament Of Champions, not as a maybe-contender for the real job. Agree that Mayim is good at the job, and that Ken should remain a regular fill-in if someone else gets it (I may have said that upthread), and still looking forward to Levar.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 11 June 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
i thought mike richards was really goodiirc ken is presently some consultant or something & i read a quote @ least attributed to him of “there will be a permanent host in the fall” which i took to mean it wont be him
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 12 June 2021 03:56 (three years ago) link
buzzy was quite good also, blossom is w/e fine
i'm taking a break until this nonsense stops and they have a regular host again
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 12 June 2021 06:50 (three years ago) link
Levar's getting one week only, from July 26, if yr intersted
iirc ken is presently some consultant or something
he came on as a consulting producer in September; they've stopped doing his own micro-segments since Alex died tho.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 12 June 2021 09:15 (three years ago) link
I could watch Levar, sure.based on what I've seen, Jennings should mellow into the role over the next few years and be able to keep the ship afloat.
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 12 June 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
It’s a huge bummer that Oasis is objectively better than Blur.— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) June 27, 2021
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 June 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
RIP Ken Jennings
― an eco-conscious Music Box (DJP), Monday, 28 June 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
Ugh. I had no use but RIP anyway.
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 June 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
I like how enthusiastic Lavar is when certifying an answer is correct.
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
Sooooooo, this Matt guy...
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 29 July 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
Lavar needs a lot of seasoning but his voice and presence are great. i wouldn't be mad.
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 July 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link