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.
