: broad but shallow.
(This is also how I can write Collider articles on everything fromsilent filmtoSmell-O-Vision.)
There, I found my fellow would-be contestants andMaggie Speak, the show’s veteran contestant wrangler.
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She was brassy and energetic and kept everything running smoothly.
There was also a little mingling with the other applicants.
And Now, Here Is the Host of ‘Jeopardy!’…
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After Speak and her assistant collected the tests, they left the room.
We all turned to see who this poor sap was, and it wasAlex Trebek.
This…Is…‘Jeopardy!’
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Everybody got a turn to play a few rounds, and I did pretty well.
I took this as a good sign.
There was a drawing for a copy of the home game, which I did not win.
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Maggie wished us well, and we cleared out into the grim Toronto November.
I Lost Out on ‘Jeopardy!
I wasn’t going to be onJeopardy!
that time, at least.
The show has changed since I auditioned.
Speak retired, Trebek died in 2020, and waseventuallyreplaced as host byJeopardy!GOAT Jennings.
Post-COVID, auditions are no longer held in-person, but via the magic of Zoom.
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