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Heidi Venable

I Sometimes Forget How Funny Ken Jennings Is (Until He Roasts Fans Asking Him About Maybe Losing His Jeopardy Streak)

Ken Jennings laughs at Alex Trebek wearing no pants during the Jeopardy! 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions.

Ken Jennings is one of Jeopardy’s biggest winners of all time, with a bottomless chasm of knowledge that ultimately saw him succeed Alex Trebek as host. He’s known first and foremost for his smarts, and second for trying to insert the word “hoe” where it doesn’t belong, but comedy? I think that’s better left to the famous faces who take the stage during Celebrity Jeopardy! However, I forgot that Jennings is actually really funny, and he reminded me of that when he roasted an audience member who asked about his 74-game win streak.

Jamie Ding injected a lot of enthusiasm into one of the best game shows ever over the past couple of months. I was gutted when Ding’s ascent up the Jeopardy! ranks came to an end, because I actually believed he might challenge that seemingly unreachable 74-game win streak set by Ken Jennings back in 2004. I don’t think I’m alone, either, because this Instagram Reel shows what happened when one person asked him:

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