Alex Trebek Tries His Hand At Rap Lyrics
You know there is a reason that people our age don't rap, mostly because we sound really silly doing it. But that didn't stop 76 year old Alex Trebek during College on Jeopardy week giving it his street best.
Born in Canada he grew up speaking both English and French but non of that seems to help him here.
A little Alex Trebek trivia...
- He has hosted Jeopardy since 1984
- Trebek became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1998.
- In 1996, Trebek ran the Olympic Torch in Jacksonville FL, through a leg of its journey to Atlanta
- In late 2001 during Jeopardy!'s 18th season, Trebek shaved the mustache that he had worn for over 30 years. He wore a fake mustache for the first half of the April 1, 2008, episode as an April Fools joke.
- Trebek owned and managed a 700-acre (2.8 km2) ranch near in California known as Creston Farms, where hebred and trained race horses
- As of June 13, 2014, Trebek has held a Guinness World Record for "the most gameshow episodes hosted by the same presenter (same program)" for having hosted 6,829 episodes of Jeopardy overtaking previous record holder Bob Barker
- Trebek and the entire Jeopardy! crew became involved with the USO in 1995 and have appeared on several military bases throughout the world, both in an attempt to find contestants and as a morale booster for the troops.