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Hello! I Hate Jeopardy! Alex Sucks! WATSON the computer should host! Why you ask?

Here's Why!

In the annals of history has there been a more smug, self-satisfied, falsely cultured, and condescending game show host than Alex Trebek? For God's sake, he is the Canadian son of Ukrainian immigrants. Not exactly an automatic claim to greatness.

Yet that is what Trebek sees himself as: one of the Greats. He will take any word from any language and pronounce it like a native - his apparent one and only superpower. He has been known to make contestants cry with his cruel words and shifty eyes. He once made a contestant forget her own name and then had her summarily kicked off the show. It has become a ritual for audience members to boo when he comes on stage at the beginning of the show, and the producers briefly considered removing him. They reconsidered, and Trebek remains the soul of Jeopardy! to this day. When asked about his role in Jeopardy by a news reporter in 1998, his response was typical: "Jeopardy? C'est moi!"

With Mustache

Alex Trebek with his trademark mustache.

For the first 30 years of his show, Trebek sported a bristle-brush mustache like Will Ferrel in Anchorman. This was okay in the 1970's and 80's, the era of the big 'stache (examples include Magnum P.I., Freddie Mercury, and Alex Trebek - yes, he counts himself as a trendsetter). However, by the 90's, the mustache was on the wane as men's fashion everywhere except in Mexico, and by the end of the decade, Trebek had shaved his signature mustache.

Post-Mustache

A picture of some game show host... oh wait, that's Alex Trebek. Almost didn't recognize him without the mustache.

Many viewers feared that Trebek without a mustache would be like Vanna White without boobs, but this proved not to be the case. Trebek retained his trademark condescension and false superiority.

This being said, Trebek's recognition levels plummeted after he shaved his mustache. He had been commonly known as that "asshole game show host with the mustache," and the moniker was no longer appropriate. However, as Trebek managed to act like his usual self on the show over the years even without the mustache, his recognition level with members of the public has slowly climbed to approach its previous height.

Why WATSON should host

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