Tactical mistake on JEOPARDY!’s and Richards’s part
https://twitter.com/clairemcnear/status/1428720429615681551
The cool kids’ table has been deferred to in one particular and now it is easier to defer to them in others
radical idea: a few years back, Alex Trebek himself floated a couple of names he thought could do the job as his successor
why not, I don’t know
give them a call
radical idea: a few years back, Alex Trebek himself floated a couple of names he thought could do the job as his successor
why not, I don’t know
give them a call
the cool kids’ table is out in force
they’ve tasted blood and they want more, more, more, more
they’ve tasted blood and they want more, more, more, more
What gets me: the whole reason the cool kids’ table is hot for Levar Burton to host JEOPARDY! is that as host of READING RAINBOW he is in their learning-stuff-TV headspace
and, most importantly, he is currently cool
and by cool I mean “widely seen by cool kids as cool”
and, most importantly, he is currently cool
and by cool I mean “widely seen by cool kids as cool”
The thing is the cool kids are not good judges of what is lastingly cool
somebody rather brutally pointed out that five years ago they’d have been clamoring for, like, Neil Degrasse Tyson to host JEOPARDY! because he was then seen by the cool kids as cool
somebody rather brutally pointed out that five years ago they’d have been clamoring for, like, Neil Degrasse Tyson to host JEOPARDY! because he was then seen by the cool kids as cool
Two years later the cool kids belatedly realized: “Wait, Neil Degrasse Tyson is just an asshole”
yeah, we know, thanks for shoving him down everybody’s throat for a while there
yeah, we know, thanks for shoving him down everybody’s throat for a while there
Levar Burton is, as far as I know, not an asshole, but JEOPARDY! is not a gig you hand out based on Momentary Cool Status As Granted By The Fickle And Impulsive Cool Kids’ Table
they are morons and do not actually care about JEOPARDY!; they see a cool gig & want a cool guy in it
they are morons and do not actually care about JEOPARDY!; they see a cool gig & want a cool guy in it
the thing is
JEOPARDY! is not a cool gig
it is the uncoolest gig in the world
Alex Trebek didn’t become cool by being cool; he became cool because he knew his job and was competent at it on TV five days a week *forever*
yeah, he became cool
*eventually*
JEOPARDY! is not a cool gig
it is the uncoolest gig in the world
Alex Trebek didn’t become cool by being cool; he became cool because he knew his job and was competent at it on TV five days a week *forever*
yeah, he became cool
*eventually*
Alex Trebek was never cool
JEOPARDY! was never cool
Alex Trebek was an institution
Being an institution is not about being cool
JEOPARDY! was never cool
Alex Trebek was an institution
Being an institution is not about being cool
eventually people noticed Alex Trebek was a weirdly beloved institution and decided he must be cool
they were wrong
but that’s how Alex Trebek became cool despite being utterly uncool
they were wrong
but that’s how Alex Trebek became cool despite being utterly uncool
I don’t think installing Levar Burton as host of JEOPARDY! does either Levar Burton or JEOPARDY! any favors.
The one thing Mike Richards had going for him was that nobody knew who the hell he was.
JEOPARDY! needs a host who is competent and who isn’t cool.
The one thing Mike Richards had going for him was that nobody knew who the hell he was.
JEOPARDY! needs a host who is competent and who isn’t cool.
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