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38th Annual Daytime Entertainment CREATIVE ARTS EMMY ® AWARDS 18 Above: Alex with Ruta Lee on the game show, “High Rollers.” Long-Running Quiz Show Host Who is Alex Trebek? By Elizabeth Jensen Ask “Jeopardy!” executive producer Harry Friedman about Alex Trebek’s contributions to the fast-paced show over 27 years, and he singles out the host’s powers of concentration. “When he’s in the studio he has his game face on,” said Friedman. “It’s pretty demanding to run that game and work through 61 pieces of game material in every half hour. He’s pretty much working every minute, following who said what and watching who signals in next. It really requires a tremendous attention.” And what do viewers tend to focus on? Trebek’s mustache. Trebek noted that he was the first game show host with a mustache since Groucho Marx, and when he shaved it off on a whim in 2001, “it was traumatic for a number of people. They made such a fuss about it.” Studio audiences bring it up at every taping, he said, even though it’s been gone for a full decade. And Will Ferrell didn’t give it up either, continuing to sport one whenever he did the comic impersonation of Trebek on “Saturday Night Live.” “It’s so interesting how some facial hair is so much a part of how he is perceived,” said Friedman. Trebek, a Sudbury, Ontario native, studied philosophy at the University of Ottawa and spent 12 years working in news at the Canadian Broadcasting Company before he hit Hollywood. American viewers became familiar with him as the host of “Wizard of Odds” in 1973, and then numerous other game shows, including “High Rollers” and “Battlestars”--he can’t remember how many. In 1984, without a tryout, he found a perfect match when the producers tapped him when they wanted to launch a new syndicated version of “Jeopardy!” Over the years, Trebek—who also hosted “Classic Concentration” for five years beginning in 1987--has won five Emmys for Outstanding Game Show Host. He is also one of the few to have been honored with a star on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto. “I host ‘Jeopardy!’ because I like the show and I believe it’s a quality program,” he said. It remains popular year after year, he thinks, “because Americans are very competitive, and particularly in areas which command respect, like knowledge.” Not only is it “popular with ordinary folks from all walks of life,” he said, but “it’s the kind of show that people can watch as a continued on page 20
World Vision congratulates Alex Trebek on his Lifetime Achievement Award Alex Trebek in Uganda Volunteer. Spokesperson. Tireless supporter. Your 25 years of dedicated support to World Vision has helped give hope to over one million children, and truly made our world a better place. worldvision.org
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