If longtimeJeopardyhostAlex Trebekseems let down any fourth dimension a objector miss a seemingly simple clue , it ’s because he is . Or at the very least , coming off as stern and perhaps a little self-satisfied is part of his TV theatrical role .
AsThe Ringeronce put it , " Trebek has two setting : gently , politely impressed and Disappointed Dad . " Now , in a recent interview withVulture , Trebek has address the perceptual experience that he not - so - on the QT judges contestants with an air of agnate reproach . As it turn out , he live on the nose what he ’s doing . " I know that ' You ’ve disappointed dad ' is a tone I ’m striking , " he say . " It ’s also , " How can you not get this ? This is not rocket science . "
The example cited by Vulture is an episode from in the first place this year in which none of thecontestantscould correctly respond a question about football . Trebek said he " had fun with it " by poking fun at their cluelessness . " I looked at the actor and said , ' If you guys knell in and get this one , I will die , ' " he say . " The gaps in mass ’s cognition never cease to astound me . And on occasion , all three player have the same crack . But football game ? America ’s secret plan ? "
Also among Trebek ’s pet peeves : When contestants wager too little on casual stunt woman , and when they jump around within class . The question , he says , are designed to flow from top to bottom . " If you jump to the bottom of the category you may get a clue that would be easy to understand if you ’d start at the top of the category and saw how the clues work , " he say . " I like there to be orderliness on the show , but as the impartial host I accept disorder . "
Even though Trebek sometimes expresses disappointment in Jeopardy dissident , he admits that he does n’t have intercourse everything — which may arrive as a shock to some .
" People think because I ’m the host of a somewhat serious , intelligence - ground quiz show that I must get it on all the answers , " he say . " I do — because they ’re written on a sheet of newspaper in front of me . And interview are always surprised when they discover that I like to situate things around the house , that I ’m not a nerdy person who spend all his metre researching selective information that might add up in ready to hand on Jeopardy . But I do n’t mind surprising people in that way of life . "
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