Well, he had the most time to get said skills down. For as good as he is, it took him some time to get himself together as well. Even he has admitted that he started out trying to be like Alex -- until he realized he couldn't.

@@chocolateangel8743 I prefer him as himself. He was the one and only perfect man for the job when the need arose. Lifelong fan, all-time GOAT player, and true lover of the game.

And I love how he uses the correct preferred pronouns of the contestants. King.

His first book was great too. My favorite Howard Stern interview ever was Ken Jennings when that first book came out. Stern used to do a bit on his show called Win Fred’s Money, where listeners would battle Stern’s foley guy Fred in trivia knowledge, as Fred was a bit of an encyclopedia. It was 7 hard random questions which you had to answer as quickly as you could, as if there is a tie, the one who answers in the fastest time wins. (One question I remember they both got wrong is: What is a group of porcupines called? (Like a group of lions is a Pride.). Answer: A Prickle.). Minor spoiler: they tied in correct answers AND tied in time. And did a tie breaker and tied in that too! It was eventually resolved, but the interview itself was fantastic too. As was his first book, which addressed popular thoughts like do you really need to wait an hour after you eat before you swim: as true, partially true, or false.

@@RLucas3000 😳 tmi. i didn't read the whole thing.way too long, scroll, scroll, scrolling just to get to the end. 👀 geez.

I hope Alex’s family takes over Mayim since she’s thankfully gone (fired)

Just imagine if Ken hosted Saturday Night Live and appeared on Black Jeopardy.

I have not watched Jeopardy in forever, but if Whoopi gets Wheel of Fortune I'll watch it all the time!

@@JloveLamar 🤣

This gets to the heart of why Mayim was a popular choice as another host, and why she actually isn’t that good as host. People didn’t want Mayim, they wanted Amy Farrah Fowler. Amy would have been a good host. Mayim not so much. The only way it would ever work the way people hoped it would is if she did the show in-character.

I wanted Mayim as a host before they even mentioned who was in the running. It made sense. I love Ken and Mayim now.

Yes and neither lady won* lol

​@@cwtdos1994Won

I knew it! So she lost?

Absolutely it was Ana

Whiskey Ginger approved!

No one cares. Don't watch.

I would love to see Sara become a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy next season.

Oh God no!

@@erauprcwa I Will Miss Pat Sajak.

She is an arrogant race-baiter.

No. I want Vanna to host with a hot male co-host to turn letters.

@@NoteFromSELF hilarious! 🤣

BOOOOOO.

A dark cloud? That’s funny. She seems to get your unwashed undies tied in bunches doesn’t she?

She should have chosen the name Gloomy 😂

She's an awful race-baiter.

I agree. I think she's very likeable, too.

I love her. Ken is awesome, too.

Ken is far and away better than Mayim.

@@judithmoore7892 I'm with H H all the way! I think Mayim does a great job at being the host. But, dear Judith, no worries! I firmly believe in "to each their own". 👍

@@judithmoore7892 no sorry, you can’t change my mind. I love mayim. She’s a neuroscientist she’s brilliant and she has a good personality.

What a wildly creative tornado of cynicism and ignorance!

Ken and Mayim still talk to the contestants and don't make themselves the star. The game is still there and it's been great.

@@Starlysh I was talking about Ken Jennings and what he said about not liking that part of the show. I like the woman -Maya sp?- but she isn't on very much.

@@janzebuski3559 you missed the point. Ken is a lifelong fan of the *game*, so when he used to watch it, he wanted to skip the interviews to get on to the gameplay. Ken still does interview pieces with the competitors. It’s just not his favorite part of the show, and he likes gameplay better.

@@MegaBrokenstar I think it's evident that talking with the contestants is not his favorite part of the show. I guess I just have difficulty with Jeopardy w/o Alex. Alex may not have fact-checked a story that a contestant may have told, as Jennings stated, but he accepted it and moved on. Jennings will occasionally come up with sarcastic or undercutting comments about individual players and I don't need that. I dislike that so I have chosen not to watch it anymore for my own peace.

@@janzebuski3559 I definitely can’t agree with that. Alex was famously snarky to contestants, especially after wrong answers. It was all in good fun, but I actually think Ken is a little gentler with them by comparison.