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Dane Cook Offered ‘Jeopardy!’ Hosting Spot After Alex Trebek Passing
Dane Cook could be the next guest host for Jeopardy! according to the comedian-actor.
The 48-year-old expressed his excitement on social media and revealed that his management is in talks with putting him forward as the next guest host for the game show.
In a post on Twitter, Cook said, “I got a call from my team today about guest hosting an episode of @Jeopardy and would I be interested in that if they can put something together. I could barely spit out, ‘WHAT IS.. YES?” quick enough. I hope this can happen. I would love to honour Alex Trebek in that fashion!”
I got a call from my team today about guest hosting an episode of @Jeopardy and would I be interested in that if they can put something together. I could barely spit out, “WHAT IS.. YES?” quick enough.
I hope this can happen.
I would love to honor Alex Trebek in that fashion!
— DC (@DaneCook) November 23, 2020
Earlier this month, Alex Trebeck, the veteran host of the show sadly passed away following a battle with cancer.
In 2018, the comedian featured as a question on the show and he also tweeted about that at the time, showing his appreciation of Jeopardy! also saying, “I love Jeopardy, I can just watch it and get away from it all,”
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— DC (@DaneCook) June 3, 2018
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