Of all the Guest hosts on Jeopardy I like

[malaise]

Aaron Rodgers and I am not alone

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/aaron-rodgers-gets-high-praise-from-key-jeopardy-executive-after-first-week-of-hosting-iconic-game-show/


Aaron Rodgers gets high praise from key 'Jeopardy!' executive after first week of hosting iconic game show

Although Rodgers seemed to be a little nervous during his first episode, Richards said the Packers quarterback only got better as the week went on.

"The intensity goes up in the real game, which Aaron found out," Richards said, via NBC Sports. "You can see, even with the second show, his voice got better, his command got better, he started to enjoy it and have fun. But the truth is, you never truly relax. You've got the open, introducing the categories, 15 questions, the short interviews with the players, 15 more questions, 30 questions in Double Jeopardy, sum up, introduce Final Jeopardy, then do that, and through it all, you're the arbiter of every question."

By the end of the first week, Rodgers looked completely comfortable behind the lectern that Alex Trebek made famous. Not only did he make a marijuana joke about Willie Nelson, but he also made sure to bring up Turd Ferguson during a short conversation with a contestant about Burt Reynolds. Rodgers will be returning on Monday, April 12 to host five more episodes.

The Packers quarterback is the fifth person to guest host "Jeopardy!" since Trebek died in November. Besides Rodgers, the show has also been hosted by Richards, Ken Jennings, Katie Couric and Dr. Oz. After Rodgers' guest stint is over, he'll be followed by Anderson Cooper, Savannah Guthrie, Mayim Bialik, "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker and Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN.

[TlalocW]

1. Bobcat Goldthwait should be given his time to shine

He'd make an excellent host.

TlalocW

[dweller]

3. Seconded

I’d watch that 😂

✌🏻

[Blue Owl]

16. Interesting...

I just watched "Windy City Heat" recently... and could see him hosting a game show...

[soothsayer]

2. He was less stiff tonight

I guess he could settle into it over time

[malaise]

4. Gets better every night

Like him

[CurtEastPoint]

7. Even I a NON sports person knew the answer Green Bay Packers. He was faux insulted!@

Then when the guy got Boston Celtics he goes, 'THIS you knew?'

He is funny, charming and fun to look at.

[Diamond_Dog]

8. Agree with what you said 100%

[malaise]

9. That "THIS you knew" was really funny

Green Bay is my only NFL team because of its ownership structure.

[a kennedy]

17. fun to look at??? You must mean dreamy to look at eh?? 😍 😍 😍

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. Mayim Bialik I suspect is going to do awesome ... she's sharp as hell

Anderson I bet will also kill it.

[malaise]

6. Looking forward to those two as well

They could change my mind

[2naSalit]

11. I haven't watched the game for a long time...

But I think those two will be great hosts.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. malaise did you see this, it was interesting I thought

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103715249

[malaise]

13. Great Read

Glad the end is in sight

[blueinredohio]

12. He's my favorite so far.

[Jeebo]

14. I like Ken Jennings. I hope he gets the permanent gig.

I haven't seen Rodgers yet, though. I've got a couple weeks' backlog of Jeopardy episodes DVR'd that I haven't watched yet. But among Richards, Jennings, Couric and Oz, I like Jennings most because he's the only one who actually SEEMS Jeopardy, if you understand what I mean by that. The others did a fine job, but they just didn't SEEM Jeopardy like Jennings does.

-- Ron

[happybird]

15. Now that he's relaxed, he's moved up to

my number 2, after the producer.