I didn't know that

#Art_Fleming hosted then, not #Alex_Trebek

Absolutely, if I'm not mistaken, Merv Griffin who owned the rights said that the popularity of this video heavily influenced his decision to "reboot" the franchise.

Reportedly Flemming was offered the chance to host the revived version but turned it down, so Merv offered it to Trebek instead.

Hey thanks for pointing this out, I had no clue that Jeopardy was that old of a show and just always assumed Alex Trebeck hosted it.

Ice Cube had a degree in Industrial Architecture!

He is a genius, studied brilliantly in math, enjoyed music and chose to pursue that over anything else of interest or wealth. it paid off! :D

Plus I think he graduated high school a couple years early. Guy's a freaking genius

Frankincensed He graduated at 16. He most likely graduated as a junior or sophomore. Though he did skip 2nd grade so I'll say sophomore.

Emiliano Martorell Are there any buildings he has designed that were built? I want to know what they are lol

4. The convertible is being driven by Greg Kihn - the writer and singer of the original song this is based on: Our Love's in Jeopardy.

5. I’m pretty sure that Dr. Demento was manning one of the cameras.

7. The current incarnation of Jeopardy was being developed around the same time this song was released

8. When jeopardy was brought back Al was there!

What about the little girl? Niece? I don't think he had kids at that point, and I'm sure it wasn't his sister. Probably just a kid of a family friend.

No,he's Leroy Finklestein.

Leroy.

Leroy Finklestein

This is Mr. Leroy Finkelstein from Brooklyn, New York.

Sounds like Mario lol since he is from Brooklyn, New York too. Just with an Italian ancestory.

it's lost not was

sorry i made a typo

Ok, that last part was cool. I wondered if the people in the car had any significance, and you answered that question. The other things you mentioned were great too but that last one really hit home.

The Greg Kihn song is just called "Jeopardy." The refrain goes "Our love's in jeopardy, baby, ooh."

Just shows that everyone respects Al.

So you were there - was there a stuntman for the "Al's body tossed into the backseat of the Alfa" scene?

@@pault151 so long ago but I believe that was a stuntman

is that Dr Demento in 'the booth"?

I love how everybody was into this, including Dr. Demento and Greg Kihn. Just seems like everybody had fun back then. I don’t think Kanye or Cardi B. would join in mocking themselves like this.

@@rfichokeofdestiny Those two are walking mockeries of themselves, no one could do a better job at it.

I thought that was Dr. Demento

A real father figure.

Who put him other videos too

in the year 2019 Rice-A-Roni is plentiful and cheap.

@@zorro456 Yep, that and Ramen Noodles.😀

THE SAN FRANCISCO TREAT!

What's rice-a-roni?

galaxy and spirit studios the best thing ever

@Jimmy The dude who won over 2.5 million dollars on jeopardy in just over 30 games a week or so ago

It's like he LOST on Purpose; since HE KNEW THE ANSWER; AND SHOULD'VE BET IT ALL!!

@@New3DSLuigi364 his bet was actually a strategic attempt to win. He knew (or guessed correctly) the 1st place contestant would wager enough to win even if James doubled his bet, so by betting small he had a chance to win the game even if he (and 1st place) got the question wrong because he would still have more than the 3rd place contestant if that contestant got the question right. Also, almost certainly I would think he would want to take down Ken Jennings consecutive win record.

Pretty in your facey imo

New3DSLUIGI364 No, you’re right, he SHOULD’VE BET IT ALL, so he could have LOST BY LESS!

and getting art fleming to appear in the video

If he had waited another year, he could have gotten Alex Trebek and Johnny Gilbert for the video.

How is that genius? Getting one of the hosts of Jeopardy to play a host on Jeopardy is a very obvious choice

@@danculbert6349 you dont see it very often whether it be in a movie or a tv show or a video unless its someone who is so recognizable it would be a sin to get someone else to play it

You forgot to say "the Legend" when talking about Don Pardo the Legend.

Back when America had a sense of humor.

And rip Diego Maradona!

RIP Sean Connery and Trebek’s mother... Jeopardy will never be the same.

@@EuropeYear1917 is he referring to the current jeopardy?

yes

+Rabid Rabbit Rabbi Might be because in a lot of their music videos they go through a fair whack of costumes. But yeah, it is pretty cool that they've stuck together for so long, and really speaks for how they get along

BloodBrandy And you just know Al has had many meetings where some corporate douche would try to pursuade Al into just using a studio band. Just so they could save money money by using their studio musicians already on payroll and not have to sign contracts to 3 extra guys. "You don't really _need_ these guys, do you? If you just agree to use our studio musicians then we'd have enough in the budget to double your share of the contract. You're _Weird Al_, you're all that _really_ matters! Keeping those other guys around will just weigh you down." It really shows a lot of integrity that most lead singers don't keep after being in the spotlight for 30 years. Okay, I'm done sucking Weird Al's cock now.

+Rabid Rabbit Rabbi lol

+Rabid Rabbit Rabbi That's nothing. The Rolling Stones have been together since the early 60's.

Zmagic500 Yeah, but they've swapped out people, Al has had all the same guys from the start, it seems

That's dope AF! Always thought it was the icing on the cake that Greg Kihn was actually in the video lol

that is so awesome.

hotrodhorror1: You rock!

awesome

That is freaking awesome!!!

With his educational credentials, why not?

I second that motion. Vote 4 Weird Al.

To host it, aye. He's been a RnR contestant but he needs the big chair

He'd have to rename the song to "I Hosted Jeopardy"

He was on Remote Control on MTV and won.

I was wondering if anyone else caught that. Priceless.

Dr. Demento is in there, too. 😀

Great ending: I was imagining Madonna's head popping out of some lady giving birth at the end of the video in Al's "Like a Surgeon"

Greg Kihn couldn't have been more amazing about the song and video, especially when other musicians get bent out of shape when one of their songs gets the Weird Al parody treatment. They just don't write like that anymore.

He actually got stuck in a closet with Vanna White

@@campbellrobbins5534 lmao!!!

in real life and in a game!

Game grumps, anyone?

@@arifakyuz7673 what?

That's the opposite of true. Plumbers can make good money with less than a year of study. People who complain about needing an advanced degree for employment are typically in the humanities and have no practical skills.

@@sswpp8908 You do however, need at minimum a bachelors in order to have any hope for success in STEM fields, such as computer science. For reference, I am saying this, and I am not in the humanities. I am in computer science; which has VERY practical skills. Sure, it's hyperbole to say that you need a PHD to become a plumber, but it's also fair satire of many employers' current dependency upon higher education.

Dr. Mario?

@@bbarrett726 every time I hear this song that's exactly who I think of as one of the contestants.

@@sswpp8908 I think the joke is that they studied for something else, but then they became a plumber because they couldn't break into any college-educated careers.

I don't even know this one!

Kinda true... for Ken Jennings.

Stole

Agree

@@NervousDisordo I was just joking

@@NervousDisordo not trying to offend you

Will people stop commenting this on every single Yankovic video? It's really annoying and overused.

Right . LOL !

I do that, this is probably where I saw it

Dude, its Rice-a-roni - at least you could eat the consolation prize!

It was a great show good luck Matt amodio

Guilty. Lol.

I’m here because Weird Al wrote about what you said in his Twitter 😄

I had to do it!

Came for the Modern Jeopardy, Stayed for the Weird Al.

But Weird Al lives!

@@Notecrusher So does Johnny Gilbert, and long may he reign.

And Art Fleming and Alex Trebek BOTH died of PC.

@@Notecrusher moral:if you lose on jeopardy youll live longer

I was pretty sure that was Dr Demento

RIP.

You are literally eveywhere on KZfaq

@@andrewcarvalho7019 why do you care

Yeah, no kidding. We already knew that

Hey again

I hadn't realized this song was about the Art Fleming era of Jeopardy.

yes, I miss the mustache. it gave him that special charm))

Yes I do

He used to look awsome

Twisted Sister no longer wear their drag, Weird Al looks respectable, Cyndi Lauper no longer has the vari-coloured hair, Madonna doesn't wear her underwear outside anymore...it is like all these great musicians have, I don't know, changed and evolved with the passing of 30-40 years...

Yup, the new look is too different.

Me neither!

Same lol

What's the original song?

@@fitzytail896 greg kihn band-Jeopardy

@@fitzytail896 Our Love’s in Jeopardy.

RIP Alex Trebek

😿

Yep, why I thought of this. *sigh* Safe to say he "had a good run", but it could never have been long enough. I'll take "The Afterlife" for $200, Alex.

@@bra-balllegend3940 Alex luck has finally ran out. IT'S OVER

Me

You can get a doctorate degree in anything you want, even if it's not your career field.

He must have stole it during a late night at work.

You musta heard the one about the plumber and the doctor right? Doctor's got a dripping faucet, so he calls the plumber. Plumber comes in and it's an easy job: coupla washers and the shutoffs are under the sink. 15 minutes later the job is done. Plumber presents the doctor with a bill. $150. Doctor says, "That's outrageous. $150 for 15 minutes of work. Hell, that's more than I make!" Plumber thinks and says, "Yeah, I know. I used to be one..." Badabing!

make funn

Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren like this

weird al

damn dude

NCS!!!

Nice

You guys should play jeopardy on TRG 😄

i love you. tell chuggy i love him. it will mean a lot to me

Please tell me why

He tells the winner what they win and congratulate them.

Well I get it and I'm 34

101st like!!

That's because the older generation set the bar for those kinds of insults very low on November 8th 2016 by electing a certain guy (who says these kinds of things) for a certain position,

@@ronburgundy244 potpourri: a mixture of dried petals and spices placed in a bowl or small sack to perfume clothing or a room Basically something you'd find on a shelf in a Pier 21 and having very little to do with mathematics lol

Those are just time dilation equations. Literally the only thing you need is velocity. The rest are constants.

It's I took Potpourri for $100.

@@Focusakker Today it would be $2,000.

@@manfromnantucket9544 On Jeopardy Potpourri is a miscellaneous category

That's probably why he wrote that in his lyrics.

+inkjetlabel Thank you, I was GOING to ask who was driving that car!

how about dr demento cameo

When Weird Al asked Greg Kihn's permission to write a parody, he said he could do one under one condition; if he got to be in the video.

Sort of like the parody to Dire Straits Money for Nothing. Mark Knopfler agreed to it on one condition and that was that he be allowed to play on the recording. Since Knoplfler is one of the best guitar payers out there it was a no brainer.

Also, Pardo actually does the announcing. Is that actually Fleming as the host?

Greg Kihn got radio-play in 1983 but not much after that. I know, I'm old.

​@@zimrielno, _thank you._ I was looking for this comment.

wut

Raylan Givens I don't get it?

Michael Cordero Cadillac69 - Google Don Pardo. He was a voice announcer that was a legend. RIP Don.

Yep, he was one if the greatest voices ever. He also was the announcer on SNL for many many years.

" It's NBC's Saturday night ! ". That's what it was called at the beginning before it was " Saturday Night Live "

+KlunkerRider I know, right?

+KlunkerRider I know, right?

+KlunkerRider I know, right?

+KlunkerRider i like alsqo the both versions Weirld Al Yankivic & Greg Kihn Band

+Film Producer that could be said for every cover artist and parody artist ever, but, even with that advantage, most times they're not able to make a product as good as the original. I don't know why, but Weird Al is able to overshadow the original almost every time and that's fucking impressive.

SuperGomez59 That's my favorite Buddha quote!

Dadadada margerine

Speaking as someone who is tired of life, anyone tired of Weird Al is just plain wrong.

IKR?

Could not agree more. Weird Al should be declared a National Treasure and an Ambassador of the State!

Even stranger is that Art Fleming died of pancreatic cancer.

RIP

And now Mr. Trebek is dead..

They didn't know what a pancreas is? Isn't the digestive system part of compulsory education of most developed countries? One can't know everything, and it's perfectly okay to be ignorant about stuff, as long as one keeps learning, but it is really weird that 3 people (or whatever the amount of players in a game of Jeopardy is) in the same room can't answer a question about something that was taught to them at school and is about a topic that is not at all obscure. My reply doesn't have anything to do with the victims of pancreatic cancer, and is not meant to be offensive or condescending, but rather an expression of curiosity towards the strange situation portrayed in the comment I'm replying to and an invitation for people to clarify my wonder.

@@festerdam4548 I'm sure they all knew what the pancreas is, but Jeopardy clues can be quite specific bits of knowledge sometimes. I just looked up the archive and the ($2000) clue was "This gland's main duct, the duct of Wirsung, collects its juices & empties into the duodenum."

You will probly never see this But I saw weird al In wild adventures Them park Valdosta Georgia . Out doors he walked all the way out to were i was shoke my hand ( wife 6 kids LOL coolest thing of my life .

I met Extreme singer Gary Cherone in Boston and asked him what the highlight of his career was. He said "Being parodied by Weird Al Yankovic".

he is a high energy performer live and you definitely get your entertainment dollar value. Awesome show in London Ontario yrs ago.

@@davidtucker3729 at 3:09 is that the original host of jeopardy?

I saw him at his New Orleans stop! Did the meet and greet and got his autograph. I hope he comes here again, it would be my third time seeing him live.

You aren't kidding. Within a year after this vid originally hit the Chicago market, the "2.0" (fronted by Alex Trebek and airing in first-run syndication) premiered.

That's correct.

Easier to catch herpes or AIDS back then

Also one of those has to be a guy who has Al's LAST NAME. Which makes how bad he did even worse if he missed that one. ESPECIALLY since in doing so he "brought shame on his family name for generations to come." Al's a comic genius.

@@SuperSaiyanGuyver Accordionist Frank Yankovic is no relation.

@@tenorlove But his parents chose Al get accordian lessons so that there would be more then one Yankovic who played it.

u mean 127

samuel kalinovskiy How can you dislike this!? What, they don't watch Jeopardy?

i never said i disliked this and i didn't

samuel kalinovskiy Oops. Sorry, not you-I meant the people who hit thumbs down...it's this new system KZfaq has.

oh okay

He lost on June 3.

+Tim Jeppesen I was on-air talent at a Nor Cal radio station that gave Greg's stuff lots of airplay long before he was top 40, and I've been to at least 6 Greg Kihn concerts. About a year ago, Greg followed my twitter account! I was flattered he remembered me, I was just one of millions of his fans @gringotj

+Jordy Garcia ... im still trying to figure out why any one ( generally speaking ) would want to "limit themselves" so severely? Why yearn to be an animal when Humans have more abilities and sense the animals do not have? Why give away a Space Shuttle in trade for a old beat up Volksvaggen Wabbit? Al is a Human Spirit i think maybe. just a Human Spirit that also contains some animal abilities but most important of all is Unique Human abilities such as Al's. I'm still trying to figure out why people want to trade being human for a crappy old broken down VW Bug by yearning about animal spirits? edit?: just because someone "saw" a shape of an animal (moving-bad-thing; Latin Ani-Mal root word) ... that does not mean animals can build spaceships and build telescopes or that animals know jack-all about anything. Sorry to have to burst anyones bubbles. All in good fun. ?;-)

+Mynnia Ignea Agreed. Common thing, people saying some sort of inept mess, droning on about gibberish and saying something like 'sorry to disappoint', making it doubly pathetic.

We've all done it, amirite? eh ? no? ok.

same

***** There is something seriously wrong with you if you think weed is any more dangerous than kale or water you're a clown.

My late mother got crushed on Jeopardy! in 1974 and we did in fact get the twenty-volume set of the Encyclopedia International. Pretty nice set of books and I read them often!

Everybody has Wikipedia today, though!

He won over $3 million

He got a couple million dollars, and the undying respect of Ken Jennings for not breaking his record.

you get 2 come back today

You are absolutely right 💯💯

best comment

Basically, it's Wikipedia, now.

If you OD on Eat It, you get Fat. So yes. Yes you can.

That's true

Street Hierarchy HE DID?? WHEN

@@ThatGuyCanmanNC yesterday, after a questionable final bet

@@jackdavis8596 He couldn't have won no matter his bet. He was just betting to be in second

@@matthewmartin7750 Given that Emma was right, of course. He didn't know that when he made his wager, though he *did* know it was extremely likely she would make a very large wager (which she did). He knew he couldn't win if she was right, so he bet to guarantee he'd win if she was wrong.

Some people think he threw the match, because he didn't want to take Ken's record. I doubt it, but the only reason I could see that he would do that is to avoid additional publicity.

He has more Grammys than Elvis!!!!!

He should get the whole Quad!

I never usually watched Merv Griffin. Can you imagine an evening talk show starting at 8:30 pm today? Never.

Adam Hovey I've seen that clip. Merv commented that he never saw Art Fleming stick out his tongue like he did in this video.

also the members of the Greg Kihn band and Greg himself at the end.

They do, on cable.

My parents used to watch the Merv Griffin Show at night. It was a completely different world.

+DOMiNO UKAE okay then

+DOMiNO UKAE Or up yours!

+DOMiNO UKAE what is wrong with you?

I think I first saw it when I was 10 in 2009 (or around that time)

He was probably dropped as a baby.

John Barrett this is why alex is glad there hasn't been a celeb jeopardy yet :D

John Barrett Actually, Weird Al was a contestant on Rock and Roll Jeopardy and lost. A part of the music video played during the closing credits.

John Barrett What does being good in school have to do with Jeopardy? None of the questions (answers?) in the show have any real ramifications on history, art, math, or science. They're random factoids that are fun to know but not very helpful.

John Barrett really he was an honor roll student

Peter I Actually, in some categories those random facts are part of what a person in certain professions SHOULD remember from college. There was a pediatrician on Jeopardy recently who badly missed three or four of the questions in the human anatomy category. Maybe she was nervous, or maybe she has been explaining things to children and their parents using the common words such as "kneecap" that she forgot the formal medical terms such as "patella" from not using them. Al Yankovic is surely a very smart man in real life. One other surprisingly smart man (who proves that not everyone gets forgetful on weed, or maybe he didn't use it in real life) is Cheech Marin. He has been a big winner a couple of times on Celebrity Jeopardy. Tommy Chong, I'm not so sure (he played a character much like his '60s/'70s movie roles on "That '70s Show" in the '90s; I haven't heard much about him lately).