What makes Alex Trebek the quintessential game-show host via nparts
When I was kid growing up in the ‘80s, I would spend hours watching game shows on television — even some of the more obscure ones like Sale of the Century and low-budget Canadian ones. Bumper Stumpers, anyone?
The daytime television landscape in those days was awash with game shows. For the most part, their hosts ranked high on the likability scale and each brought a unique style: Bob Barker oozed charisma and had an uncanny ability to put contestants at ease; Chuck Woolery had the silky, smooth voice; Dick Clark was the unflappable statesman; Richard Dawson was the folksy charmer ; and Bert Convy just seemed like an all-round fun guy.
During one episode, when the contestants reached the final clue in the category of American football without having answered any of the previous ones, Trebek took a fun poke at them. “Let’s look at the $1,000 clue, just for the fun of it,” he said, throwing his hands up in the air. “That’s why I’ve always insisted that I be introduced as the host and not the star,” he said in the Vulture interview. “And if you want to be a good host, you have to figure a way to get the contestants to — as in the old television commercial about the military — ‘be all you can be.’ Because if they do well, the show does well. And if the show does well, by association, I do well.”
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