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\nDelivering the questions with conviction, and conversing with the contestants with wry wit and charismatic charm, Trebek is a fully fledged professional when it comes to hosting a show. But his appearance on screen is only one side of his personality. There is a whole other side to the man that you\u2019ve never heard of before, and sometimes it\u2019s even more interesting than his character on screen.
\n[post_page_title]His hefty salary[\/post_page_title]
\nHave you ever wondered how much Alex Trebek makes for his work on Jeopardy? After all, it is perhaps one of the most popular game shows of all time, and Trebek has been its fearless leader throughout its entire run.
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\nApparently no good accolade goes unpunished, because to this day Trebek actually makes a whopping $10 million a week, for only two days of work every week. This is obviously a pretty darn awesome salary, even as far as celebrities are concerned.
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\n[post_page_title]Blooper antics[\/post_page_title]
\nThere is a huge difference between how TV personas act on our screens at home, and what they are like behind the scenes. People who have been fortunate enough to witness some of the Jeopardy blooper reel know this well, for Trebek is quite the funny personality.
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\nHe has been seen drinking on set, as well as cursing and get himself into all kinds of shenanigans. This is, of course, why we love him. He seems like the type of guy who would be a blast to hang out with.
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\n[post_page_title]Laker lover[\/post_page_title]
\nImagine that you had your own show. Would you watch yourself on a nightly basis? Alex Trebek has stated that he watches himself all the time – but with one condition. If the Lakers happen to be on, he\u2019ll choose to watch the Laker game instead.
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\nYes, it seems as though Trebek is a hardcore Laker fan, and who could blame him? He\u2019s been around since the Showtime era, with Magic and the boys, so it makes sense that he would develop such a love for the Lake Show.
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\n[post_page_title]Bye bye mustache[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen a person has a mustache, it becomes a part his signature look. When a man shaves his mustache, the entire world goes nuts – and that is exactly how it went down when Alex Trebek shaved his mustache back in 2001.
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\nEveryone associated him so strongly with the \u2018stache, almost as if it had its own personality. When he got rid of it, it seemed as though he was assuming a new identity. People eventually grew to love Alex\u2019s new look, but it was still crazy at the time.
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\n[post_page_title]Awkward interaction[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen you\u2019re the host of the show, you have to get used to conversing with the crowd. And sometimes, it\u2019s hard to know when you\u2019re taking too many liberties with what you can say, and what you can\u2019t.
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\nIt seemed as though Alex may have crossed the line during a special filming in Washington DC in 2012, when he scared a young girl by talking about the rough death of a dog he once had.
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\n[post_page_title]The \u2018no pants\u2019 episode[\/post_page_title]
\nThere have been all sorts of crazy antics that shows have run over the years, and there was one episode in which it was decided that no one should wear pants.
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\nThe contestants weren\u2019t supposed to wear them, and as a sign of solidarity Trebek emerged on screen without pants as well. But later on, he had the cameras go behind the scenes and check whether or not contestants were wearing pants or not, and they weren\u2019t. He responded by quickly putting his on too.
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\n[post_page_title]Don\u2019t take his things[\/post_page_title]
\nAlex may have a light and pleasant personality on screen, but don\u2019t take him for a pushover. There was one time that a thief tried to sneak in his hotel room on a vacation and steal a load of his stuff. How do you think Alex responded?
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\nHe chased the thief down, and did it so intensely that he blew out his Achilles tendon. In other words, Alex is not afraid to look for you if you try to take any of his things. He\u2019s as gritty as they come.
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\n[post_page_title]Why he majored in Philosophy[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen most people go to college, they major in something that they are passionate about, or at least something they believe will help them get a job one day.
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\nBut when Alex went to college, he majored in Philosophy primarily because the classes took place in the morning hours. His preference for this particular time slot was that he needed a job, and apparently the \u201cbest jobs\u201d all started in the afternoon. Talk about being practical.
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\n[post_page_title]Healthy breakfast?[\/post_page_title]
\nIn this day and age, just about everyone you meet is obsessed with eating healthy – and considering the fact that Trebek looks pretty fit, it would seem that he\u2019s one of those people too, right? Apparently, this is not so much the case.
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\nHe actually admitted once that is perfect breakfast used to be comprised of a Snickers and a Diet Pepsi. The funny thing is that when a nutritionist advised against it, he replaced the Snickers with a Milky Way. Solid compromise, no?
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\n[post_page_title]Sleeping preferences[\/post_page_title]
\nRemember that story we told you about how Alex Trebek chased down the thief? Well, there was actually another caveat to the story that Trebek didn\u2019t leave out. He admitted that he had to throw on his undergarments before chasing the thief down.
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\nFor those of you who can add two and two together, it\u2019s clear that Trebek sleeps with no clothes on. This is a practice that is not uncommon, but knowing that Trebek does it may be a little \u201cT.M.I.,\u201d as they say.
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\n[post_page_title]World record holder[\/post_page_title]
\nThere is a reason that Alex Trebek makes as much money as he does. It\u2019s because he can confidently walk up to the producers and point out that he\u2019s not only a charismatic TV star, but also a world record breaker.
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\nIn fact, the 2014 Guinness Book of World Records has Trebek in their catalog for number of game show episodes hosted. The throne was initially held by Bob Barker of The Price Is Right, and surpassing him must have felt pretty good.
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\n[post_page_title]Why he needed surgery[\/post_page_title]
\nOne of the reasons he was able to break such a record is because he\u2019s been around so long! In fact, he is 78 years old, and in his old age he hasn\u2019t been immune to his share of illnesses.
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\nAs recently as January of 2018, it was reported that Trebek needed brain surgery to remove a blood clot, which was categorized as a subdural hematoma. It was pretty serious at the time, but thankfully the surgery was successful, and he would later return to filming as per usual.
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\n[post_page_title]Suits, suits, and more suits[\/post_page_title]
\nHave you ever wondered how many suits Alex Trebek has? The effect is subtle, but for those people that know a thing or two about suits, they know that Alex is constantly flitting in and out of all kinds of different suits on Jeopardy.
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\nIt turns out that he actually has up to 100 suits, a claim that he made himself. He owns them himself, and we\u2019re guessing he probably had an enormous room dedicated solely to the presence of these high class blazers.
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\n[post_page_title]Hat trick[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen you only have to work two days a week, you tend to have a fair share of advantages. One of those advantages is all the free time you have to do all the things you want to do, and in the case of Alex Trebek, he likes to utilize this time doing what he does best – hosting game shows!
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\nThat\u2019s right, Jeopardy is by no means the only game show that Trebek has hosted, and in 1991, he became the first person to ever host three game shows at the same time.
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\n[post_page_title]His mountain house[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen you have all the money that Alex Trebek has, you tend to get pretty creative in regards to how you use it. In fact, Alex once bought an entire mountain just so he could build his own house on top of it.
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\nThe mountain costed $1.5 million, and that\u2019s not included the cost of cutting the top off so they could build a house, nor the cost of building the house itself. Sounds like a blast, to be quite honest!
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\n[post_page_title]First hosting gig[\/post_page_title]
\nAlex has certainly been around the block when it comes to hosting game shows. You might think that Jeopardy was something that he just fell into, but his professionalism was no accident.
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\nIn fact, he has been hosting popular game shows since 1963, when he hosted a show called Music Hop in Canada. From that moment on, his road to success was clear. He know that he was getting great experience, regardless of how successful he was at the time.
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\n[post_page_title]The powers of the mustache[\/post_page_title]
\nRemember when we talked about the fact that Alex shaved his mustache in 2001, and everyone went crazy about it? Well, another fun fact about the removal of his \u2018stache is that he stopped playing ice hockey because of it.
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\nIt\u2019s possible that the whole thing was a coincidence, but it\u2019s certainly strange that he stopped playing the intense, gritty sport at that particular time. Maybe there really is some mythical magic to the mustache?
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\n[post_page_title]His producing days[\/post_page_title]
\nWe mentioned earlier that Alex makes a boatload of money on only two days of work throughout the entire week. But there was once a time that he worked a lot more on Jeopardy than he does now.
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\nIn fact, he was a producer on the show for the first three years of its existence, from 1984 to 1987. He later became primarily a host because he wanted to focus on hosting other shows as well, but it\u2019s impressive to see that he had a solid amount of producing experience.
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\n[post_page_title]Acting stint[\/post_page_title]
\nIn addition to his stellar talents as a game show host, Trebek is also no schlub when it comes to the world of acting. He was actually casted in the hit crime series The X-Files as a guest star, playing the role of a mysterious \u201cMan in Black.\u201d
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\nHis acting career was short lived, but this is only because it was something he never really pursued. He also has no need to pursue it, given that he has a perfectly good thing going with Jeopardy.
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\n[post_page_title]Impersonators[\/post_page_title]
\nBecause a famous TV persona can be fun, but it can also lead to a number of people, such as comedians, doing their own impersonations of you. Two well known comedic actors who did this were Will Ferrell and Eugene Levy.
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\nFerrell is well known for his antics in films such as Anchorman and Old School, and Levy is especially known as portraying Jim\u2019s dad in the teen comedy American Pie. Guess whose impersonation Trebek prefers? The answer is Levy\u2019s.
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\n[post_page_title]Trebek\u2019s winery[\/post_page_title]
\nBack in 1986, Alex invested money into a California winery by the name of Creston Wine. If you enjoyed any of its sweet tastes before the 2002, then you have partially Trebek to thank for it.
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\nThat being said, the winery got discontinued when a virus destroyed all of the vineyard\u2019s grapes. But for nearly 20 years, many people around the world enjoyed getting buzzed off of the aromatic texture of the Trebek-owned Californian wine.
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\n[post_page_title]Kids\u2019 show host[\/post_page_title]
\nIn addition to his love for questioning mature citizens on their vast wealth of knowledge, Trebek also loves testing bright young kids on what they know. For this reason, he hosted what was known as the National Geographic Bee for a total of 25 years.
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\nHe was great with the brilliant young students, which made it that much harder for him to leave the show in 2013 when he decided he wanted to spend more time traveling the world.
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\n[post_page_title]The bounced check[\/post_page_title]
\nSuccessful people have always had their various methods of keeping themselves motivated. One of the ways that Alex did that was framing a bounced check that came from show he hosted that went bankrupt.
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\nThe fact that he framed it on his wall tells us a little something about Alex Trebek. It shows us the positive manner in which he perceives his failures. He understands they are simply stepping stones to greater future, and as we can see, he was right!
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\n[post_page_title]Hello beard[\/post_page_title]
\nIt seems that the subject of Alex Trebek’s facial hair will forever be one of the underlying cornerstones of Jeopardy that continues to change and surprise people over the years.
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\nThe newest change actually took place quite recently, in September of 2018, when Alex briefly unveiled his potential new look – a face full white beard. Jeopardy on Twitter even started a public poll, inviting us all to vote on whether we want the beard or not. What do you choose?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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