Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers debuted as the interim host of “Jeopardy!” Monday night and honestly it was pretty solid.
Rodgers is no stranger to “danger!” stage. In a 2015 episode of “Celebrity Jeopardy !,” she raised $ 50,000 to benefit by defeating astronaut and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly and panelist and businessman “Shark Tank” and businessman Kevin O’Leary. “Danger!” has selected several temporary hosts after the death of its iconic host Alex Trebek in November 2020. Former “Jeopardy!” contestant Ken Jennings, who is the highest-grossing game contestant of all time, was the first interim host and tweeted in support of Rodgers before Monday’s show.
I was in the same host exploration team as this man and it was awesome. It had the arm mechanics, the three-cone drilling time, the “Oooooh, I’m sorry.” https://t.co/HYTuN0A02x
– Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) April 5, 2021
Rodgers also proved to have a pretty decent impression of Larry David.
It was a pretty, pretty, pretty good impression, @ AaronRodgers12. #CurbYourEnthusiasm pic.twitter.com/XKNDEkKrYx
– Danger! (@Jeopardy) April 5, 2021
Of course, as always, the answers written in Final Jeopardy. provided the best time. Two-time champion Scott Shewfelt was too far behind the leader to compensate her with a correct answer, so he decided to do a little troll on Rodgers by presenting Packers coach Matt LeFleur’s decision to throw a field goal while it was down eight points. last season’s NFC championship game.
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One Jeopardy! the contestant mocks guest host Aaron Rodgers noting the Packers ’decision to throw a late goal in their postseason loss to the Buccaneers.
Brutal. But Rodgers handled it with aplomb, and since he says he’d love to be a full-time host, who knows what might happen in the future?