We didn’t, of course — he had better things to do, I’m sure, but this was also built into the show. During my taping, one of the producers recounted a time when a contestant accidentally took a wrong turn, wandered backstage and bumped into Trebek. round of my first, extremely close game, Trebek nodded approvingly at us three contestants and said that it had been the best game of the season so far. During the next commercial break, Trebek started jumping around yelling, “I’ve got scorpions in my shorts! What we “Jeopardy!” fans have lost obviously pales in comparison to the loss of Trebek’s loved ones.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 10, 2020 20:35 UTC