Make Your Own Jokes: Alex Trebek Injures Himself Chasing Burglar
It’s time for another one of our popular features: Make Your Own Joke posts. We waited to report on the Alex Trebek situation specifically for the jokes. If you haven’t heard yet, Alex Trebek was recently injured when chasing a burglar. A woman was robbing Trebek’s hotel room. As she fled Alex ran out after her, met up with her, and she was apprehended. However, during the chase, Alex fell and injured his leg. Alex is doing fine, but it’s just a weird story. Weird enough that we’re getting an influx of Jeopardy! related jokes regarding the situation. So instead of taking the story seriously like many are, since it’s so bizarre, we’re asking you to come up with jokes. We asked our Twitter and Facebook followers to come up with some, and we’ve got some winners.
- @amnewsboy: I used “Alex Takes A Pitfall” this morning on the show.
- Aaron Morris: Connery: You hurt your widdle Achilles’ tendon? Suck it, Trebek.
- @drewscheeler: “Trebek catches burglar, one person who will never be in his kitchen.”
- @TrivWorks: Running the board proves to be Trebek’s Achilles Heel
- @JayDLewis: “Alex Trebek Tackles Female Intruder Later Identified As Jeff Probst’s Mom”
- @bmitchelf: Trebek chased the burglar down because she didn’t give her response in the form of a question.
- Andrew Long: I’ll take Formerly Mustached Badasses for $600.
Got some jokes? Let us know. Keep them flowing in. We’ve got a lot of good ones sent in already.
Jeopardy for the burglar, Double Jeopardy for Alex.
What is don’t mess with Kebert Xela?
Q: This game show host went back to the 5th dimension where he belongs after he ripped his Achilles tendon while chasing down a crook
“She ain’t getting a home version”
Game show host puts intruder’s life of crime in Jeopardy!
Unfortunately, as hard as he tried, the woman made sure Trebek had no information to give to the police, as all of her answers were in the form of a question.
In my humble opinion, this isn’t something to joke about. Sorry.
I agree in a way, Alex has had a rough couple of years, car accident, heart scare, and now narrowly avoiding a robbery. and btw, where was hotel security when this woman got into Alex’s room. geez.
I’ll take bracelets for whatever my fence’s going rate is Alex.
or
After he chases her and gives her a beatdown, “ooh, sorry.”
Back to how this affects J!’s season, Sony wouldn’t dare try guest hosts at a time like this, would they? I’d be considering it. Be a good test to see who works out well enough to be considered when Alex does retire. I think Alex is only the second host to helm a daily US game show past the age of 70, the other of course being Barker. I’m hard pressed trying to think of another who helmed a daily game show past 70. Regis was 70 when ABC Millionaire got canned, and that didn’t air five days a week every week even at its peak.
I think he was just in his 60s, but how old was Gene Rayburn during “Break the Bank”?
Gene had to have been in his late 60s, or so I’m concerned.
She wanted to be a High Roller and steal from Trebek.
Sorry if that was lame…
Robber: I’ll take Allex Trebek’s Wallet for $400 please.
Alex: No you won’t.
Now, that’s a good one.
LOL!!
Darn, you win.
LIKE!
Even though he only did “To Tell the Truth” for a few months here’s one which is just okay:
“Will the real Sean Connery please back off?”,
On this date, three years ago, I was in a Skilled Nursing Facility, after having had to have surgery on my own achilles tendon. I wound up spending three agonizing months in Skilled Nursing (not physically, but mentally agonizing), and then a month of physical rehabilitation before I was back up to speed.
I hope that Alex Trebek gets better care than I did. But I won’t be the Wizard of Odds and assume anything.
And yes, this would be a good opportunity for Sony to start testing the waters for guest hosts, should Alex retire or expire at some point. I’m sure that there are several folks who would like to try the gig out for themselves. (Do the initials NPH mean anything to anybody?)
New host needed for Jeopardy! Casting begins immediately.
I already said Jeff Probst should fill in. he already did “Rock and Roll Jeopardy!” Jeff would be a perfect fit until Alex gets better. Harry Friedman needs to know this ASAP.
The lady failed to get on the show “Take the Money and Run”, suffered a “Pitfall”, and now her freedom is in “Final Jeopardy”! Lol!
It’ll take more than the injury Trebek has for him to retire. You don’t mess with a game show legend, especially Alex Trebek (who’s been hosting game shows since 1961; 50 years!)! He’ll be back in his fine quizzical form!
Rest up Alex!
Had it been a man, one would have had to wonder if someone had roboticized Malcolm. ;)
I’ll bet he’d have protected himself better if he’d had more Concentration.
I hope no one Double Dares that woman to try again.
I wonder if the burglar was double dared to rob Alex’s room.
Where’s Johnny Gilbert when you need him.
What! did she think she was some kind of a high Roller? Do to her wheel of misfortune, she is in Jeopardy & poor Alex went down a pitfall. well at least he got out without needing to answer a question.
Get well soon Alex.
Robber: I have a pit pass if it means anything, officer.
Poor ol’ lady lost the fishbowl! For shame…For shame…For shame…When we come back from commercial we’ll add something to that fishbowl…FISH! (Abe Vigoda’s character on ‘Barney Miller’)
I never heard of Barney Miller.
I’ll take Alex Trebek’s bad luck for $800.
Alex talking to his wife on his cell phone.
Jean: Alex What are you doing? Alex: oh nothing, just chasing down a burgler who was just in my hotel room. (falls down) Ah, Jean you need to take me to the emergency room something in my leg just went pop. Jean : You did What! All right, I’ll be right there. Jean after hanging up the phone: Dam it! I love that man, but he is becomeing a disaster when he’s by him self. First the truck, then the jackhammer & now this?
After leaving the hospital
Jean raising her voice: I hope you will stop doing things that will put your life in Jeopardy! You have taken too many Pitfalls lately & I think it’s do to you losing your concentration.
10 minutes later.
Jean: We are taking a long weekend to Las Vegas. This way we can get away from work & you can be a High Roller & have no worries. I double dare you to say no to that idea! Alex: Yes dear.
Sean. It’s “I think it’s due to you losing your “classic concentration”.
Trebek: Hey, that lady just stole my stuff!
Turd Ferguson: That’s your opinion.
With Trebek injured, I don’t think it would be a bad idea to have Jeff Probst or Neil Patrick Harris guest host until Trebek gets back. Would it? I don’t want “Jeopardy!” cameras to use the Bill Cullen angles.
With Trebek injured, they’re simply going to postpone any upcoming tapings until he is able to return.
Ken Jennings determined that Ryan Seacrest would next host Jeopardy.
*shudder*
I think The Soup said it best after we found out he sleeps in the nude. “What is freeballing?”
Alex: You ain’t gonna get away with this.
Burglar: Oh “Suck It Trebek”! XD
She’d have made it a true Daily Double if she got away with the bag as well….
I’ve got two:
Looks like this time Alex was the “Spoiler” (BOOO)
Alex on injuring his leg: “Damn…not quite as flexible as I used to be…maybe if I’d sent Malcolm after her I wouldn’t have this problem!”
I guess she wasn’t the Wizard of Odds.
THen Trebek lit cyberial cigar uno for the Burglaress and said well done my dear(lights Burglaress’s portofino)