Ken Jennings On Going From 'Jeopardy!' Fan To Host: 'I Feel Very Lucky' | The View
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Jennings tells "The View" co-hosts the inspiration behind his new book, "100 Places to See After You Die."
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There literally could not be a better person to carry on the legacy of the show than Ken. Not only was he one of the most successful contestants ever but he's clearly got all the hosting skills down pat.
Well, he had the most time to get said skills down. For as good as he is, it took him some time to get himself together as well. Even he has admitted that he started out trying to be like Alex -- until he realized he couldn't.
@@chocolateangel8743 I prefer him as himself. He was the one and only perfect man for the job when the need arose. Lifelong fan, all-time GOAT player, and true lover of the game.
And I love how he uses the correct preferred pronouns of the contestants. King.
Ken is a GREAT host 👏👏👏
Kens book sounds very interesting 😄 I may have to buy it. plus I like him as JEOPARDY host.
His first book was great too. My favorite Howard Stern interview ever was Ken Jennings when that first book came out. Stern used to do a bit on his show called Win Fred’s Money, where listeners would battle Stern’s foley guy Fred in trivia knowledge, as Fred was a bit of an encyclopedia. It was 7 hard random questions which you had to answer as quickly as you could, as if there is a tie, the one who answers in the fastest time wins. (One question I remember they both got wrong is: What is a group of porcupines called? (Like a group of lions is a Pride.). Answer: A Prickle.). Minor spoiler: they tied in correct answers AND tied in time. And did a tie breaker and tied in that too! It was eventually resolved, but the interview itself was fantastic too. As was his first book, which addressed popular thoughts like do you really need to wait an hour after you eat before you swim: as true, partially true, or false.
@@RLucas3000 😳 tmi. i didn't read the whole thing.way too long, scroll, scroll, scrolling just to get to the end. 👀 geez.
Ken should host Saturday Night Live someday. Maybe for the season 49 premiere (right after the WGA strike ends)!
Ken will know every answer he asks the contestants. 😂
Love you Ken! 😊❤
I LOVE HIM! Finally saw Jeopardy! tapings with him as the host and I, as well as the entire audience, were totally geeked out!♥
I have not watched Jeopardy in forever, but if Whoopi gets Wheel of Fortune I'll watch it all the time!
@@JloveLamar 🤣
Ken is a natural host. Hope he takes over full time
I hope Alex’s family takes over Mayim since she’s thankfully gone (fired)
Great interview ❤
SNL Jeopardy Will Ferrell and the Sean Connery character’s relationship and how he broke up the topics to make them raunchy made me bust a gut, it was one of SNL’s funniest skits of all time. 😂❤
Just imagine if Ken hosted Saturday Night Live and appeared on Black Jeopardy.
LMAOOO NOT THE JEOPARDY SUCCUSSION CRISIS...Dw Ken you are the FAVE
Rip Alex
Great and cool video
Ken is the only person who could ever BE Jeopardy the way Alex Trebek was. A lifelong fan, the game’s greatest player and perhaps the foremost expert on all facets of the show anywhere on earth. One of the few times we’ve really seen one of these hunts come up with the right answer.
Ken is smarter than all the other contestants in jeopardy
Ken's natural everywhere...Mayim an actress.
This gets to the heart of why Mayim was a popular choice as another host, and why she actually isn’t that good as host. People didn’t want Mayim, they wanted Amy Farrah Fowler. Amy would have been a good host. Mayim not so much. The only way it would ever work the way people hoped it would is if she did the show in-character.
I wanted Mayim as a host before they even mentioned who was in the running. It made sense. I love Ken and Mayim now.
Ken jennings host of jeopardy on the view
6:45 We were all hoping she'd say "into the next generation"
The hardest job on the show is the staff who has to come up with the topics and do heavy research for the answers. Then rank each question with in order with easiest to hardest.
I love Jeopardy and I can't wait for His return so I can go back to watching
No one cares. Don't watch.
Vera White!!! Perfect drag name!!!
Whiskey Ginger approved!
Wait!!! That was Ana Navarro!!!
Yes and neither lady won* lol
@@cwtdos1994Won
I knew it! So she lost?
Absolutely it was Ana
If Whoopie hosts Wheel Of Fortune it will tank. Can't believe she's lasted on the View.
Well you aren’t just lucky Ken you are the perfect fit . Mayim was good but not as good as you . That Mike Roberts actually performed well before his unfortunate and unjust boot from Sony . The revolving door of guest hosts was fun and necessary . It was like 50s Tonight Show when Steve Allen departed . A lot of people were team Levar but unfortunately he didn’t have it . Alex during video cameo of Ken Jennings reading a question tilted his head after it was over and said “ I liked the way he did that !” Sounded like an endorsement to me !
Hey Sara and Ken reunion
I would love to see Sara become a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy next season.
😮
Pat Sajak for president, that is the best inflation control
Oh God no!
@@erauprcwa I Will Miss Pat Sajak.
ken jennings my champion of jeopardy and you beat other people on jeopardy you beat amy schneider matt amodio
ken jennnings i like you are on the view with whoopi goldberg
He's white bread and mayonaise
Every single time Jeopardy comes up Sunny has to bring up her story 🙄. And then she blames her flopping on the buzzer. Homegirl always has to be the smartest in the room 🙄
She is an arrogant race-baiter.
Great guest for pride month.
Ken is doing a pretty good job and I'm glad they keep the interviews because I enjoy learning about my fellow Americans. We are too divided these days. I also think that they should bring on a calm white male for Wheel of Fortune. I'm all for a non celebrity who is calm, cool, collected is what we need. I feel like America is glorifying narcissists way too much and you can see that all over the media landscape. Try some humble pie. None of the cast of the View need apply because I don't want to know a hosts politics and personal opinions about everything.
Whoopi for Wheel of Fortune!
No. I want Vanna to host with a hot male co-host to turn letters.
@@NoteFromSELF hilarious! 🤣
BOOOOOO.
Whoopi would be great hosting Wheel of fortune
Sunny has a dark cloud that hovers over her head wherever she goes.
A dark cloud? That’s funny. She seems to get your unwashed undies tied in bunches doesn’t she?
She should have chosen the name Gloomy 😂
She's an awful race-baiter.
Sunny had one of the GREATEST FAILS of all time on Jeopardy. She is so arrogant for someone without knowledge or common sense.
*There is no afterlife. Enjoy every sandwich and this moment.*
If Whoopi Goldberg host wheel of fortune I’m not watching it any more
Mayim Bialik is my favorite host on Jeopardy. She is so smart!
I agree. I think she's very likeable, too.
I love her. Ken is awesome, too.
Ken is far and away better than Mayim.
@@judithmoore7892 I'm with H H all the way! I think Mayim does a great job at being the host. But, dear Judith, no worries! I firmly believe in "to each their own". 👍
@@judithmoore7892 no sorry, you can’t change my mind. I love mayim. She’s a neuroscientist she’s brilliant and she has a good personality.
Conflict of Interest Jennings who has a winning streak to protect should not be hosting this show. The little man is either giving beneficial hints and innuendoes to the player he prefers, or trying to influence the amount a player bets on the DDs... usually a weak player, while they're pondering their bet, so he can influence that bet and get a weak player within striking distance of a strong player who could be a potential future threat to his precious winning streak record. It's pretty transparent with 5 game + players if you pay close attention. Very corrupt.
What a wildly creative tornado of cynicism and ignorance!
I hope that the hole between the neck and chest shirts and dresses go out of style soon.
How much it has changed since Alex has passed and Ken Jennings has been hosting. Alex wanted to be the "host" and not the "star" of Jeopardy in order to keep the focus on the contestants. Now, Ken Jennings doesn't like taking the time to talk to the contestants..... I miss the Jeopardy with Alex, I don't watch it anymore since Ken Jennings has taken over as host. 😕
Ken and Mayim still talk to the contestants and don't make themselves the star. The game is still there and it's been great.
@@Starlysh I was talking about Ken Jennings and what he said about not liking that part of the show. I like the woman -Maya sp?- but she isn't on very much.
@@janzebuski3559 you missed the point. Ken is a lifelong fan of the *game*, so when he used to watch it, he wanted to skip the interviews to get on to the gameplay. Ken still does interview pieces with the competitors. It’s just not his favorite part of the show, and he likes gameplay better.
@@MegaBrokenstar I think it's evident that talking with the contestants is not his favorite part of the show. I guess I just have difficulty with Jeopardy w/o Alex. Alex may not have fact-checked a story that a contestant may have told, as Jennings stated, but he accepted it and moved on. Jennings will occasionally come up with sarcastic or undercutting comments about individual players and I don't need that. I dislike that so I have chosen not to watch it anymore for my own peace.
@@janzebuski3559 I definitely can’t agree with that. Alex was famously snarky to contestants, especially after wrong answers. It was all in good fun, but I actually think Ken is a little gentler with them by comparison.
For such a genius, Jennings failed to acknowledge that of all the reference to maps in his book on MAPS, the early maps of the U.S. continent were depicted as larger than the African continent for years, which continues to affect us adults born before the 60's. He's not worthy.