Alex Trebek's burn on contestant is most savage moment in Jeopardy history
Topics: Film and TV, Celebrity, Social Media, US News
Rhianna Benson
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Topics: Film and TV, Celebrity, Social Media, US News
An iconic clip of late gameshow host Alex Trebek poking fun at one of his Jeopardy! contestants back in 2016 has once again resurfaced.
And by the looks of it, fans of the show are still reeling from his savage remark a staggering eight years later.
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Back in May 2016, the late Canadian TV star - who died aged 80 back in 2020 following a battle with pancreatic cancer - introduced one of his contestants, Maryland-born brainiac Susan Cole, by asking about her rather unconventional taste in music.
"Her favorite type of music is something I’ve never heard of, but it doesn’t sound like fun," Trebek told viewers as he sashayed over to Susan.
"I think it's very fun," Susan retorted as she laughed off his initial comment. "It's called nerd-core hip-hop."
Opening up about the somewhat bizarre genre of music, she went on: "It's, err, people who identify as nerdy, rapping about the things they love; video games, science fiction, having a hard time meeting romantic partners...".
It was at this moment that the then 76-year-old Trebek - famed primarily for having hosted the long-standing game show since its 1984 revival until his death - made a comment which left viewers at home picking their jaws up off the floor.
After the audience laughed mildly at contestant Susan's explanation, fans of the show expected the much-loved presenter to make a polite quip about her unusual area of interest.
Instead, however, he launched a one-liner that would go down in history as one of the show's most savage moments.
"Losers, in other words," he fired back. Brutal.
Despite the episode having aired back in October 2016, footage of the spit-take-worthy moment has sporadically resurfaced on social media ever since.
And after the video reappeared this week, it sounds as though some viewers are still in pieces over his rib-tickling response.
"His timing on this is absolutely sublime," one penned on X.
Another jibed: "i say "losers, in other words" to people all the time and the reference mostly falls flat, probably because they're...".
"Alex Trebek was a savage and I miss him," a third gushed.
It turned out, however, that Susan was far from a loser, managing to walk away from the show with a staggering $20,600.
And following a three-game winning streak, she actually managed to accumulate a colossal $67,800 in the end.