Top 10 Jeopardy Moments That Sparked Controversy
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- Who would have thought that a game show could generate this much controversy? For this list, we’ll be looking at the biggest public scandals that have afflicted the game show throughout its run. Our countdown includes The Feud with Fleming, Trebek Shaves His Mustache, Ken Jennings, and more! Do any of these bother you? Let it out in the comments.
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Honestly it kinda bothers me that Ken Jennings didn't get the job because of "past tweets". People need to learn to let stuff go. Everyone makes mistakes, it's stupid that we no longer allow people room to learn from their mistakes. This P.C. culture crap has gotten way out of hand. People will ruin the lives of other just because their feelings are hurt. Do we really think continuing to hurt others is the answer? We should give the ignorant a chance to learn.
It doesn't bother me more like it saddens me with Ken Jennings
@@DillonColtMusic not the most charismatic person but yeah,they should pick who they want ...people will watch regardless.....the executive producer ahouldve just stuck it out,the nonsense wouldve blown over
Notice how Alex Trebek’s biggest controversy was him shaving his mustache, and after he died, all hell broke loose. We lost a good one, RIP dude.
His response was priceless. “Get a life”. 😂 God bless you Alex.
The great thing about Alex was that he never wanted to be the feature of the show. He made it all about the game and the contestants. There will certainly never be another Alex Trebek, but I for one will continue watching for as long as possible since I care about the game itself and not the host at the lectern.
@@kathleenbergin8427 I can see him saying, “People care about my facial hair. What is get a life ladies and gentlemen?”
I will say that Ken Jennings probably would have made a great permanent host and probably would have done Alex trebek proud.
He’s my choice of the guest hosts that I’ve seen.
No reason why he shouldn't have been.
Nothing sadder then a host with a lisp.
And still does make a good host.
Bob Barker stops dying his hair: Everyone applauds his decision
Alex Trebek shaves his mustache: OMGWTF!
It’s funny to see him on “Concentration” with his moustache given I eventually got used to his clean shaven look. When I was little he did still have it for a while
When did Bob Barker dye his hair
@@hunteradams2123 Look up Bob Barker's first show where he has his natural hair
Rest In peace Alex Trebek you will not only be missed but you will always be known as the true face of Jeopardy forever
May want to check the third word there.
Call me THE WAFFLE reminded me that I misspelled peace so I corrected it @@petepangcobila6169
Why does cancer take away great people? Alex Trebek was amazing....
I'm surprised Dr. Oz's guest host appearance didn't make this list
It was acknowledged at the beginning of the show.
Help out with that one.
I couldn't watch.
Dr Oz. Yuck.
I feel as if the issues Mike Richards faced were bigger than Ken Jennings
No way, dude. Jennings erroneously thought Trump was going to start a war and basically said whomever he starts a war with, he hopes they bomb the Midwest and the South. How do you hope bombing and killing innocent Americans just because of who they voted for is even a joking matter?
@@ScottieContact why do I have this feeling you weren't this strongly appalled when we were bombing countries in the middle east....but hey I could be wrong
@@wildx5634 I farted 23 times today.
@@ScottieContact Good, now go away. Ken Jennings all day.
@@157jtm I like turtles
Rest In Peace, Alex Trebek. Many Can Try, None Can Capture The Same Charm You Had
Precisely my point 🙂
RIP Alex, you shall never be topped as the host of this program. They will try, but it won’t be the same
I miss Alex so much. I never met him, but he always felt like a friend to me and my family. When I was little, my parents told me I knew it was time to go to bed when the Final Jeopardy theme played. Later, he helped spur my pursuit for knowledge and trivia. I hope his family knows he was loved immensely by the world.
I just realized it would be super, super awesome and funny to have a Celebrity Jeopardy. I can almost see celebrities bombing every question and looking ridiculous. It'd be amazing.
Feel like I missed the joke...
@@ahub87There's no joke. I'm not a fan of national TV let alone Jeopardy so I didn't know there was specials of Celebrity Jeopardy. But after all I'm talking about a full show dedicated to celebrities not just a special.
@@JMoviesMedia like Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds?
@@djpegaoSee my comment above yours.
They actually used to. Wonder why they retired it.
Just give the host job to Jennings. He's the GOAT and he earned it.
Can't, he has another show on ABC
@@GH32143 Ken Hosted 2 days a week , 23 weeks a season , so There would be more space to him to work on the chase.
I cheered when they came to their senses and gave it to Ken!
First time i've heard about any controversy regarding Jennings.
Because yeah, on paper, he seems like the ideal substitute.
So... for a show that's been on for like 50 years it seems like half this list is about stuff that happened this year.
I would say the show screwing over Ken & James’s winning streaks, but that isn’t confirmed.
RIP Alex Trebek. Now, Jeopardy needs Buzzy Cohen.
I didn't even know he had a mustache and apparently that's a controversy? That's crazy!
I haven't heard about half these controversies. It's a shame what happened with Ken Jennings though oh man. I did however hear that matpat wanted to host Jeopardy I'm definitely for that
But that’s just a theory
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How did "Jeopardy! '78" not make the list? This short-lived version almost killed the franchise outright with how awful it was, at least by Jeopardy! standards, anyway.
I’m surprised that they didn’t mention when the show eliminated the five day limit for returning champions back in 2003. I recall it was very controversial at the time, and killed the appeal for a lot of fans.
We can never replace Alex Trebek, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still have Jeopardy!
Heck, if Val Kilmer can replace his voice with a computer, we can have a holographic Trebek up there someday.
I remember Art Fleming and his “And The Answer Is!”
Arthur Chu was not the only one to bounce around the board. Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer and Chuck Forrest all used the same strategy as Chu
Exactly! It was called the “Forrest bounce” for a reason.
Sidenote: I did not know Ken used it, I always thought he used the traditional “top to bottom” strategy. (Then again I only watched a couple Ken episodes.)
been on Jeopardy kick lately and now its pretty much standard practice to bounce the board and pick the high dollar clues first
How did the Emancipation Proclamation debacle not appear here lmao
I thought it would appear on the list, I guess not
I agree and that word is hard to pronounce and spell.
I'm surprised that one kid spelling "Emancipation Proclamation" wrong didn't make the list.
That kid had the same name as my nephew!
Great video and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day
The fact that most of these come from 2021 just shows how oversensitive people on social media are. It's truly the bane of our society.
Absolutely. The past few years it's really gotten bad with how sensitive people can be.
Here is the truth about Art Fleming and Alex Trebek, as I have watched all the seasons: This video made Art Fleming seem like a villain, but he was wildly popular. In fact, Alex Trebek was hated at first, because he took Art Fleming's job, and people thought Alex Trebek was too brash and cocky. Later Alex Trebek became a popular host. It was very similar to how people hated Jack Nicklaus when he came along and started beating Arnold Palmer, but later Jack Nicklaus became a respected golfer. By the way, Art and Alex were buddies, Art even recommended Alex for the job, and sadly they both died of pancreatic cancer.
Let's be honest, Jeopardy! is no longer the same.
One of the funniest moments recently, is nobody knowing what the Denmark flag looked like. I kept screaming at the TV - DENMARK! Not even the guy who was on the big streak got it right lmao.
Rest In Peace Alex Trebek
Ken jennings should be the pernament host
Thank God he is! Now I can watch.❤
I’m totally out of the loop.
Istanbul is a pejorative?
have been watching Jeopardy on the Pluto TV channel the last few days (showing 2017 thru 2020 episodes) and now everyone plays the game the way Arthur Chu played it especially after James Holzhauer took that strategy even further
As far as the Gettysburg address goes. It's in kindergarten cop people. Get cultured.
One thing is clear when viewing this list: some of the Jeopardy fans will complain about EVERYTHING imaginable.
Though we can also say Chu is a huge scumbag because of his affiliation with some very slimy individuals who are dead set against media transparency and would use their clout in media to threaten and harass anyone from publishing critical articles about them,, and using third party blocklists on Twitter to purge out anyone who had or would have the guts to call him on it.
I've seen quite a few instances of Final Jeopardy where none of the contestants knew the correct answer, but I thought it were quite easy.
Surprised nothing was said about the kid who misspelled Emancipation Proclamation.
No.1 Kebert Xela
Clue: This human error caused a Kids Week contestant to be penalized during a 2013 Final Jeopardy! clue.
Answer: What is Misspelling?
Did not cost the kid a thing. He was a distant second going into Final and still would have finished second even if they had overlooked the misspelling.
Anyone who says Wimbleton should be immediately removed from the game
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Don't worry after he loses in another 2 to 5 months the number 1 controversy will definitely be Matt Amidos answering every question with "What is" lol
Wimbledon was not held in 2020
How is the Wimbledon one controversial? The answer was just wrong. It's like saying the American grand slam is the US Oven.
I agree. If an answer is New York and the contestant said New Hork they would rule against them.
@@ZacRitnerAnimeFan93 I doubt there are many accents that change ds to ts (the other way round, sure). Just watched again and he can clearly pronounce a d in "that's what I'd like to do". If he'd said the capital of England was Lonton I don't think you could blame an accent.
I'm from Louisiana I have never said Wimbleton, also he knew the answer and how to spell it he would have gotten it right.
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Remember when cliff clavin was on jeopardy?
"Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?"
What is I love Jeopardy but damn I wish they could make up their minds about the new host.😶🌫️
I wanna watch it again?
Same here. I won't watch until they have a permanent host. I have watched a few times but not much.
Matt Amodio responding with "What's" every damn time!!
Jealous you are not that smart.
I kept waiting for Sean Connery to chime in
What was the term that was considered offensive about the music of Istanbul?
It was about the itinerant people. Gypsies. Instead of Romany peoples.
@@davidtester3239 it’s confusing. The clip shows the contestant wrote “What is Istanbul?” The word Gypsy wasn’t used, unless they just didn’t show that part or something.
@@curtywash
Yeah, I know it's confusing. Probably just the editing. They seemed for some reason to even show the word Gypsy. I'm surprised they didn't complain about the word Eskimo.
@@davidtester3239 so Gypsy was the problematic word?
@@curtywash yes, I believe so.
What is picking the host of Mike Richard's as host?
I can't take these endless programs serious anymore!!!!!!!
I didn't like the episode when they marked someone wrong for the garden of Gethsemane and gave it to the next contestant whose pronunciation was definitely off. They pick and choose what they will let sly on the account of pronunciation and this time I think that they were 100% wrong. I also felt that they were wrong when they asked a question about hours and the first one said, megawatts, the next one said kilowatts and the last one said gigawatts. The correct answer was kilowatt hours. They could have said be more specific and they would have said the hours. I'm sure that they felt that the hours was implied and there was no need to say it.
I never understood why people say "Wimbleton"
If people want to complain about the easiness of Jeopardy, just audition for the show if you think you can do so well. If people want to complain about the difficulty of Jeopardy, make it a duty to learn something new and apply it the next time you watch it.
Edit: Also, diddo what Alex said about the mustache 'controversy'. Do people really care that much about what people look like? Pete's sake!
Many of these controversies are such for no reason.
Now Do Wheel Of Fortune! That Show's Got To Be Full Of Scandal!
Rest in peace Alex Trebek.
Well now Jennings is the current permanent host. Finally got it right.
Interesting that most of these controversies were just people getting mad on the internet
I never heard of the Ohio State thing
I feel like before this year they probably didn't have enough material for a full list tbh.
Art Fleming was an incredibly nice man and, in my opinion, the best host of Jeopardy! I very much resent this video’s portrayal of him because, even though he had the opinions he had, he was never so strong as to be rude about it. Also even with the opinions he had, he still found the new Jeopardy! to be: “one of the better shows on television”. I know I’m kind of ranting here, but the amount of times Fleming just gets swept under the rug kinda pisses me off.
So, is Mayim Bialik still a permanent host? I didn't hear a thing about Ken Jennings after his brief hosting job
Nothing sadder then a host with a lisp.
One of my favorite jeopardy comments came from a video of Ken Jennings’s final jeopardy, “Oh my god, she killed Kenny.”
When you're so young, non stache trebek was normal trebek...
Wimbledon held every year since 1877, well apart from 1915 to 1918, 1940 to 1945 and 2020. I expect to see this video on the Watchmojo video that sparked controversy after such a flub
What about misspelling emancipation?
I never heard about the Ohio State thing.
These scandals were as interesting as watching paint dry. Oh those offensive tweetts; give me a break. Never understand why Richards was thrown under the bus. As for a host, Big Bird could do the job. Personally, the most annoying thing was James Holshauer. The guy had a major attitude while on the show and it truly got boring to watch each night with him winning all the time.
I'm not American. But I know that was the last line in the Gettysburg Address.
I never knew how much Jeopardy fans need to get a life.
Not all of these are moments. "Top 10 Jeopardy controversies" would be a more accurate title.
So we're not gonna talk about the Emancipation Proclamation situation?
I feel like this list misrepresented Jennings’ tweets and how offended people really were. He was making fun of conservatives rather than historically oppressed groups. Not to mention that he owned up to it rather quickly. While it’s possible it costed him the job, it did blow over rather quickly. Meanwhile, the two hosts they did get are far more offensive with having genuinely offensive remarks and pseudoscience, respectively.
Making fun of conservatives? Good God, man, he basically said he hoped the South got bombed!! That is not a joking matter. Remember that. Especially around this time of year.
He didn't own up to it quickly...it was SIX YEARS ago!
@@johnanderson9765 while true, I meant he owned up to it quickly after he got caught. Admittedly, it isn’t the greatest look but at least he didn’t double down or pretend he never said those things. That’s how it blew over quickly.
I didn't even know that Ohio State U answer.
4:57 “Lambayste”?!?!?!?!?!?
Some yes, but I gave Aaron Rodgers a 🤕!
So did Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, buzzy Cohen, David Faber!
They were fine, but drought just keep going!
You should have switched 1 and 2. Dishonorable mention: "Emanciptation Proclamation."
Alex looks like John Cleese with the mustache
@@ZacRitnerAnimeFan93 i also started watching post-shave
I thought he looked like Mike Brady (Robert Reed) in the Brady Christmas movie
How could you bring up the Wimbledon thing without bringing up the kid that misspelled emancipation proclamation and was told he was wrong cause it was misspelled?
I thought that would be #1.
The word "Scandal" used to mean something like a married person having affairs, child molestation, single people having children, an actor or politician being a drunk or addict, or committing a murder, etc. Now it's saying a socially unacceptable word, or making a politically incorrect tweet. Yawn.
Controversy would be the term
@@blackguyofthesouth2161 True, it is a better term - and they do use it in the headline - but, in my opinion, most of these are still lame reasons to get worked up. Have a happy day!
Wow you really can't pick up on nuance or tongue in cheek usages of words. First off, an executive producer hiring himself for a job that over 10 hosts were publicly competing for definitely counts a scandal, especially in the context of a show watched by millions every single day. Ken Jennings making insensitive remarks like "Nothing is sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair" got the backlash it deserved, and for some reason you think nobody should be held accountable for obnoxious and insensitive remarks.
Besides, this list is obviously using a very loose definition of the word scandal for most of the entries. it's clear they mean jeopardy news stories that got a lot of attention, not necessarily a scandal. Obviously Trebek shaving a mustache is not a real scandal.
You're that guy that takes everything literally aren't you?
@@20thCenturyFav I'm that chick who writes her impressions of things she has seen or read, without expecting everyone else to interpret them the same way. I CAN pick up on nuance and tongue-in-cheek, and that's why I don't take a tossed-off, foolish comment, like the example of Jenning's that you give, as a reason to deny someone a job, or worse.
Your second paragraph makes pretty much the same point I was making. Thanks for the back-up.
@@texas2step266 You actually can't pick up on nuance or loose usage of words like 'scandal' because it should have been evident to you a few minutes into this video that not every item on this was a REAL scandal. Unless you would put Alex Trebek's mustache on the same level as Watergate.
The only real scandals listed in this video are what happened with Mike Richards and the Ken Jennings tweets that insulted the disabled community. The rest are just Jeopardy news items that got a lot of attention, but aren't scandals.
Your takeaway from this video is that every single item on this list was a literal scandal and that people are snowflakes for getting offended at tweets mocking disabled people even if it's said in jest (as if that's a justification).
The fact that Ken Jenning's tweet was tossed/off foolish comment doesn't excuse what was said or make its impact any less damaging. You could use the same logic to excuse someone using the N word. Is that a society you want to live in? Get real. This literally cost him the job of Jeopardy host, and it pissed off a ton of people, so yes it was a scandal. You can laugh off a joke that mocks the disabled community, but that says more about you than it does anything else. You're giving a pass to rude and insensitive remarks, your take on this issue is worthless since you are giving a pass for making ableist remarks and by extension, any racist/sexist remarks as well, as long as it was a 'tossed off' comment.
I don't think Ken Jennings' poor choices of words trump Mike Richards' screamingly obvious power grab. LeVar Burton FTW, bitches!!
Burton doesn't want to host
Who is Thomas Hurley the Third?
So basically 2 insensitive tweeters, 1 offensive term and 7 crybaby complaints?? Got it.
1:17 Still true today.
Well considering that both Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will both host Jeopardy, I'm guessing they changed their thoughts??
I have no problem with it, but if the show has a problem with Ken, they really should go with LeVar Burton
Yes NY is the best city! I agree move was bad
We all love you, alex!
Really??? No mention of James Holzhauer? Who literally was kicking Jeopardy's butt so bad they had to cheat to get him off the show!!!
Anybody who can replace bialik or richards, anyone?
The fact that so many people keep having issues with the different hosts of a freaking game show just shows the sheer ignorance of humans today. I could not care less if they got O.J. Simpson to be the host, these people need to just watch the damn show and stop trying to personally pick who the new host should be. No one is perfect.
Contestant: I'll take accused of for 200
Ellen: "This former executive producer turned game show host quit after one day for rigging a contest in his favor, he was later dismissed as executive producer", Greg"
Greg: "Who is Mike Richard's".
Ellen: "That is correct".
The new host job should go to someone that doesn't already have a job.
Plus in Number 3, Arthur Chu is also a Social Justice Warrior against the video games industry, in fact, when he appeared in the convention, he brought numerous security that he's feared to get killed by the haters (but the fans of Jeopardy and supporters of video games).
I watched Jeopardy as a kid because of Alex Trebek, since I became an adult: I stopped watching it: Alex Trebek made Jeopardy fun to watch : Not so much anymore.
There will never be a new host if every little thing people say in the past is used against them. People just wait to get offended by something. So over this cancel culture!
Rip alex trebek