Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Forgets On Jeopardy
Hooped Up | October 16, 2009Alex Trebek can be a tricky bastard at times, because who the hell knows what’s in that Potpourri category ranging from rocket science to famous Phil Collins songs, where that shifty Daily Double is hiding and why does he insist that you answer an answer? With a question.
Last night, when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was on the Celebrity version of Jeopardy aka easy question week. Trebek used his Canadian charm to throw Abdul-Jabbar under the question-answer bus with “I Went to UCLA” for $400.
Then again — even if Kareem was distracted by this lady, he should have nailed this question. I can so picture Bill Walton yelling at his TV watching this, “Through that question-answer down big man!”.
The only thing better than this was when I saw an episode of Family Fued, and the subject was fruit that starts with the letter A, the family had an opportunity to steal the question and the father of the family says ” I’m going to go out on a limb ( no pun intended ) and say Aronge” Never had I laughed at a show so much, or felt sorry for someone else’s family member.