Alex Trebek Presents "Top Ten Rejected 'Jeopardy' Categories" | Letterman

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Alex Trebek presents the categories you won't see on "Jeopardy." (Air date: 9/22/1995)
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  • @marcpower4167
    @marcpower41672 жыл бұрын

    Just having Alex saying it so straight faced makes it even funnier.

  • @danieldougan269

    @danieldougan269

    2 жыл бұрын

    He had a great sense of humor. He was always willing to lampoon himself, and he always committed to the bit.

  • @DanieltheTruebadour

    @DanieltheTruebadour

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alex, the true master. RIP

  • @kathyduby8150

    @kathyduby8150

    2 жыл бұрын

    He was golden. I miss him.

  • @DavidTa2

    @DavidTa2

    2 жыл бұрын

    He had a hard time holding it in on #5 though 🍁🍁

  • @toreckman8899

    @toreckman8899

    Жыл бұрын

    You realize his appearance was recorded.

  • @danieldougan269
    @danieldougan2692 жыл бұрын

    Alex always had a great sense of humor.

  • @georgemaster689

    @georgemaster689

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alex always had fun hosting the multiple shows he had.RIP,Sir!

  • @eddiejoewalt7746

    @eddiejoewalt7746

    2 жыл бұрын

    conan does a better job

  • @danieldougan269

    @danieldougan269

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@eddiejoewalt7746 I do love the bit Alex did with Conan.

  • @kinsmed

    @kinsmed

    2 жыл бұрын

    Y'know... he was in an episode of X-Files...

  • @eddiejoewalt7746

    @eddiejoewalt7746

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kinsmed he was that episode where he a member of the men in black

  • @Eggmanontheair
    @Eggmanontheair2 жыл бұрын

    Can I just say to whoever runs this channel - THANK YOU that we don't have to sit through ads to get to the goods.

  • @victorha9923

    @victorha9923

    2 жыл бұрын

    heh. I just discovered this channel today (relied on Don Giller all these years). Looks brand-new and it's promising. Once they get subs and we're all hooked, they will add ads

  • @edwelty3562
    @edwelty35622 жыл бұрын

    Love how the Cher joke still works, even though it was more a dig at her based on her previous appearance on Letterman.

  • @GavinSwick
    @GavinSwick2 жыл бұрын

    This is quite literally the 2 people on television who shaped me the most: my sense of humor and my thirst for knowledge would be nothing without these two. Keep up the good work, Dave. And thank you for everything, Alex.

  • @theodorehsu5023

    @theodorehsu5023

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you again for everything, Alex, especially in 2002 when I had the chance to meet you in person and compete on “Jeopardy!” It was an honor to be introduced as “A pharmacist from Augusta, GA (where I lived at the time)”

  • @donaldcrabbe7404

    @donaldcrabbe7404

    2 жыл бұрын

    I must concur. Two men, meaningful, to me, as well.

  • @austinricky
    @austinricky2 жыл бұрын

    Top tens were the best part of letterman.

  • @diehardrvdfan22

    @diehardrvdfan22

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's on its own top ten.

  • @wiscgaloot
    @wiscgaloot2 жыл бұрын

    Freaking brilliant! Damn I miss Alex Trebek.

  • @meganbarber3599

    @meganbarber3599

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too. This made me laugh hard but then I started tearing up. A great man gone. 😢💔

  • @bobdavis4848

    @bobdavis4848

    2 ай бұрын

    @@meganbarber3599 Indeed to all that. Trebek was a great sport to do all this material with his usual straight face style.

  • @watson956
    @watson9562 жыл бұрын

    How the hell did this show up in my suggestions today, and thank you very much to whoever made it happen. 😎

  • @donaldcrabbe7404

    @donaldcrabbe7404

    2 жыл бұрын

    my same reaction.

  • @The_Last_Ninja
    @The_Last_Ninja2 жыл бұрын

    Watching this just makes you realise how much we actually appreciate and miss David Letterman. A true TV legend in every sense of the word. We miss you Dave 😢

  • @bmla88
    @bmla88 Жыл бұрын

    When you start with a killer Cher joke, you know its going to be a good one

  • @andreaexceedsrubies
    @andreaexceedsrubies2 жыл бұрын

    I love Top Ten lists that I even read the first and second volume of the Top Ten! RIP Trebek

  • @kingporter67
    @kingporter6710 ай бұрын

    R.I.P. Alex Trebek, a great Jeopardy host!

  • @doomdude69
    @doomdude695 ай бұрын

    0:47 paul's laugh/scream

  • @fasteddie9529
    @fasteddie95292 жыл бұрын

    This is an incredible channel! Love seeing these clips that I missed when they originally aired.

  • @MrWildcat2009
    @MrWildcat20092 жыл бұрын

    #10 was the best! Thanks for the uploads! Much better quality than having to watch old vhs tapes!

  • @kevinnewsom3128
    @kevinnewsom31282 жыл бұрын

    Kidding aside...love you Alex! R.I.P.

  • @TonyCrenshawsLatte
    @TonyCrenshawsLatte2 жыл бұрын

    Man, this is golden! Love it!!

  • @donstaples4812
    @donstaples48122 жыл бұрын

    Look at that tie!

  • @ntl5983

    @ntl5983

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dave's or Alex's?

  • @donstaples4812

    @donstaples4812

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ntl5983 Dave's. It's like a clown tie. Alex's is kinda 90s fashion.

  • @cheneethompson5756
    @cheneethompson57562 жыл бұрын

    We ♡ you, alex!

  • @thegreatinterpreter8382
    @thegreatinterpreter83822 жыл бұрын

    Is it strange that I base my life's timeline on the years before Trebek's mustache and the years after?

  • @kali3665
    @kali36652 жыл бұрын

    More than a few of those would fit quite well on SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy.....

  • @smittykins
    @smittykins4 ай бұрын

    Miss you, Alex!

  • @nancypatricia511
    @nancypatricia5112 жыл бұрын

    That tie was absolutely ridiculous. , , , , ,and . . . .well . . . . Dave was too at times. Dave is a unique taste in comedy. Thanks for your channel's focus on Dave's unique comedy. I missed a lot of his shows over the years.

  • @scottvasquez1401
    @scottvasquez14013 ай бұрын

    Said by Chip Esten on Whose Line "I'll take Things Nobody Knows for 200."

  • @TheCleaner76
    @TheCleaner762 жыл бұрын

    Things that smell like eggs 😂🤣😂🤣

  • @hamursh
    @hamursh Жыл бұрын

    If these were actual categories Sean Connery would have instantly won!

  • @ruthecker399
    @ruthecker3992 жыл бұрын

    love dave miss him

  • @Golbez1991
    @Golbez1991 Жыл бұрын

    Miss you dearly, Alex.

  • @meganbarber3599
    @meganbarber35992 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣 Alex's delivery just makes it funnier. Hysterical!

  • @toreckman8899

    @toreckman8899

    Жыл бұрын

    It would have been funnier if he actually did it live.

  • @meganbarber3599

    @meganbarber3599

    Жыл бұрын

    @@toreckman8899 I thought you were doing time?

  • @toreckman8899

    @toreckman8899

    Жыл бұрын

    @@meganbarber3599 no. No. I’m out. I got out.

  • @meganbarber3599

    @meganbarber3599

    Жыл бұрын

    @@toreckman8899 🤣 I heard you're not a doctor but you play one in real life.

  • @toreckman8899

    @toreckman8899

    Жыл бұрын

    @@meganbarber3599 holistic healer. Doctors are quacks.

  • @ralphhenderson7270
    @ralphhenderson7270 Жыл бұрын

    1:30,....Dave was looking hard at Paul Schaffer as an inside joke to the number 5 item because Schaffer is from Canada.

  • @sheboyganshovel5920

    @sheboyganshovel5920

    9 ай бұрын

    So was Trebek

  • @ralphhenderson7270

    @ralphhenderson7270

    8 ай бұрын

    @@sheboyganshovel5920 Yes, Trebek was from Canada.

  • @Phoenixesper1
    @Phoenixesper110 ай бұрын

    Listening to alex say this is like first hearing Patrick stewart play avery bullock on American dad. Hilarious.

  • @DaveLaMont1
    @DaveLaMont110 ай бұрын

    Trebek, you magnificent bastard

  • @DigiRangerScott
    @DigiRangerScott2 жыл бұрын

    0:57 Might be a wider category than you think

  • @MountainFisher
    @MountainFisher2 жыл бұрын

    "Things Cher has had done to her" should have been number one judging from the reaction it received.

  • @jordanthomas7304
    @jordanthomas7304 Жыл бұрын

    George Alexander Trebek 1940-2022 We'll miss you, pal.

  • @Eddie42023
    @Eddie420232 жыл бұрын

    #10 sounds like HASN'T would be a shorter list AND the HAS would be another top 10 list.

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear19858 ай бұрын

    1:15 #6 could actually work if the question writers though about it enough. 😁

  • @toucansam3
    @toucansam32 жыл бұрын

    I learned the word "chafing" from Dave.

  • @joshuabrooks4907
    @joshuabrooks49079 ай бұрын

    I hope Alex greeted Bob Barker at the pearly gates with a handshake.

  • @mattheweskender7781
    @mattheweskender77812 жыл бұрын

    I miss Alex Trebak so much but he's the greatest longtime host for Jeopardy game shows. 👍

  • @worldmikel
    @worldmikel2 жыл бұрын

    People who knew the value of making other people laugh!

  • @joezegers
    @joezegers9 ай бұрын

    "Things that smell like eggs" That defiantly made it on Celebrity Jeopardy somehow

  • @trevorpanno516
    @trevorpanno516Ай бұрын

    #6 showed up on January 23, 2008.

  • @nowitsabadtime
    @nowitsabadtime Жыл бұрын

    Number 5 actually seemed Legit! haha

  • @user-sd5go4rr4i
    @user-sd5go4rr4iАй бұрын

    Alex was a good guy.

  • @Sly88Frye
    @Sly88Frye10 ай бұрын

    I wonder if in #2 he would have put Sean Connery in there. Also instead of "Ito's, Tito's, and Frito's", I'd be down for the category "Frito's, Dorito's, and Tostito's"

  • @biosaari
    @biosaari10 ай бұрын

    #5 is very different since Workin Moms.

  • @radioactive9861
    @radioactive98619 ай бұрын

    Alex, I'll take 'Gap Toothed Freaks' for One Thousand.

  • @williamdiemert9866
    @williamdiemert986610 ай бұрын

    Alex Trebek R.I.P

  • @kevinnewsom3128
    @kevinnewsom31282 жыл бұрын

    "Who is Andre The Giant!?"

  • @matttherrien9608

    @matttherrien9608

    2 жыл бұрын

    He was a giant and his name was Andre.

  • @Jamthecoolerator
    @Jamthecoolerator2 жыл бұрын

    I think numbers four and five overlap.

  • @watson956

    @watson956

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought the same... 😃

  • @ZMadtrapper
    @ZMadtrapper2 жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace EH DUde !!

  • @bluorangefyre
    @bluorangefyre2 жыл бұрын

    If they knew then what we know now, football would be a rejected category. And I'm pretty sure the $800 question for the #2 category would involve Sean Connery somehow. LOL

  • @highstimulation2497
    @highstimulation24978 ай бұрын

    first one is the best.

  • @dougboyer5829
    @dougboyer58292 жыл бұрын

    Like Dave's tie

  • @antonspivack3928
    @antonspivack39289 ай бұрын

    I remember when the categories came unscrambled with that effect, what's it called?

  • @natanaelrodrigues5279
    @natanaelrodrigues52792 жыл бұрын

    Legal

  • @awpegram
    @awpegram2 жыл бұрын

    As a gap toothed freak, I would have liked to have seen that category. Shame on you, Trebek!

  • @VicGChad07

    @VicGChad07

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ken Jennings might get the writers to make that category a reality. Who knows?

  • @Uzumakipavel
    @Uzumakipavel Жыл бұрын

    As Ken suggested, Can I buy a vowel?

  • @chasjohn57
    @chasjohn572 жыл бұрын

    Obviously, throbbing came up before the list was shown.

  • @ruthecker399
    @ruthecker399 Жыл бұрын

    rip alex

  • @warrengauthier4699
    @warrengauthier46999 ай бұрын

    It would have been funnier if it was Will Ferrell doing it as Trebeck.

  • @jonblankenship5908
    @jonblankenship5908Ай бұрын

    Could've added potent potables to the list

  • @daniellozano8057
    @daniellozano80572 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @PhilVernon595
    @PhilVernon5953 ай бұрын

    They should also do top 10 things alex trebek hates

  • @80scaveman23
    @80scaveman232 жыл бұрын

    Things Cher has had done to her. 😂

  • @kevinnewsom3128

    @kevinnewsom3128

    2 жыл бұрын

    By choice!

  • @tssteelx
    @tssteelx Жыл бұрын

    What is the twisted moose, Alex.

  • @TheInkPitOx
    @TheInkPitOx2 жыл бұрын

    I know nothing about Cher other than her work with Sonny.

  • @KennethStone
    @KennethStone7 ай бұрын

    God, I miss Alex. Ken is good, Mayim is ok, but they are no replacements.

  • @jameshudson169
    @jameshudson16910 ай бұрын

    Can't believe they cut off Dave's reaction to the #1 category. The editor of this clip should be fired. Unless of course she's an intern.

  • @evandavis5223
    @evandavis52232 жыл бұрын

    Who is Sean Connery?

  • @kevinnewsom3128

    @kevinnewsom3128

    2 жыл бұрын

    "We meet again Trebek! "

  • @FrankBenlin
    @FrankBenlin2 жыл бұрын

    Too bad he destroyed his legacy with those endless life insurance scam commercials. How greedy can you get.

  • @AlyoshaKaramazov.
    @AlyoshaKaramazov.9 ай бұрын

    "Who is Madonna?"

  • @mackenziewachter2508
    @mackenziewachter25085 ай бұрын

    I liked Ken's top 10 better!

  • @DBCDude01
    @DBCDude012 жыл бұрын

    HONORABLE MENTION: People Who Sit Behind a Desk and Do Nothing

  • @bluebear1985

    @bluebear1985

    10 ай бұрын

    That was once mentioned on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" when they were playing Scenes From a Hat, and the suggestion pulled out by Drew Carey was "Jeopardy questions where the Whose Line cast members are the answers".

  • @davebruton5731
    @davebruton57312 жыл бұрын

    Would've liked , to have seen Alex's view on him/hers on the show . No, offense to : anyone or preference its your choice .

  • @chrishuston1992
    @chrishuston1992Ай бұрын

    Nowadays there would be a lot more rejected categories with how sensitive people are these days 🙄🙄🙄🙄

  • @scotthartley518

    @scotthartley518

    Күн бұрын

    I Soooooo miss Dave's Top Ten lists!!!!

  • @chrishuston1992

    @chrishuston1992

    Күн бұрын

    @@scotthartley518 Okay? Good for you 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭

  • @tdw5933
    @tdw59332 жыл бұрын

    When Linton trash was funny.

  • @jimhenderson9173
    @jimhenderson91732 жыл бұрын

    Nice to see clips of Lertterman when he was actually funny. Of course that all happened well before he got political about everything and began to hate the political opponent of every left wing goofball.

  • @TheLewisLightning

    @TheLewisLightning

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it's everyone else that's changed and not you

  • @johnnyballenatl

    @johnnyballenatl

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought it was after that one and only time he hosted the Oscars.

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