Alex Trebek Hospitalized

TMZ - Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek suffered a mild heart attack Saturday and was rushed to Cedars-Sinai hospital in L.A. where he is still recovering. A spokeswoman for Alex says the 71-year-old is expected to make a full recovery ... she says he should be ready to resume his "Jeopardy!" hosting duties when they start filming the new season next month. Trebek has been the host of the popular trivia game show for 28 years.


"Coronary Afflictions for $400:"

Answer: This...afflictions symptoms often include discomfort and pain in your chest, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, and sweating.

"What is a heart attack."


Serious talk for a moment folks...we always hear about various shows or companies needing to find successors to ensure continued success once the key figure head is gone, like when Regis retired, Steve Jobs died, Bill Gates stepped down, or the constant talk about who's going to replace Warren Buffet (no one, no one is going to replace Warren). No one ever mentions Alex.

The Canadian Silver Fox is 71, people. That's old. Sure he's still got facts for days, and it sounds like he's going to make a full recovery, but how long after do you think he can keep this up? We can't have another Price is Right on our hands, Day Time Game shows just can't handle another blow like that.  Bob Barker retired, everyone scrambled and we got stuck with Drew Carey...and HE SUCKS. He's terrible. No one likes him, old ladies don't want to kiss him but still do begrudgingly, and I don't really think he cares at all about having your dogs and cats spayed and neutured...it's just lip service.

We can't have that happen for Jeopardy. We need to be actively training a replacement now. Maybe start with the Friday editions that no one watches anyway and have some guest judges host. Maybe bring back Ken Jennings, I think he'd be fantastic. These are all just ideas, just throwing them out there.  The point is, we need a brain trust on this, and we needed it yesterday. Alex could have very well died the other day, and then what? No more jeopardy? I'm stuck with 30 mins of Pat Sajak and that's it? Another Big Bang Theory re-run. Hell no, I won't stand for it.

Wii Curling News Reporters, Oblivious or in on It?

"Here it comes, Here it Comes!"

I don't know how old this is, if everyone but me saw it, but I can't stop laughing at this guy. I think the girl might have been clueless, just uninhibited shadow-jacking, but I got the feeling the guy knew how perverse this would look and went along with it anyway, and that cracks me up to no end.

So Long and Good Luck Youk

One last time everyone, those aren't Boos you're hearing, that's "YOOUUKKKK."

So long Youk. You were an asshole, but you were our asshole. A part of two World Series, and impact player for one. When healthy no one got more out of their limited athletic ability. An all out hustler and an OBP force, who some how lived up to the outlandish expectations set forth as a minor leaguer by that asshole Billy Beane and his Moneyball book. He'll definitely be missed but it was also just the right time.

And what a great send off.  Great awareness by the Fenway crowd realizing what they were seeing. Gave me the chills, actually.