Movie star Jeopardy! is again and pitting stars in opposition to each other as they compete for an opportunity to win large for a charity of their selecting. However with the newest season’s contestants comes a nostalgic second for host Ken Jennings.
Within the episode’s opening anecdotes, the host approached participant W. Kamau Bell to listen to his transient story about having been a part of Jeopardy! earlier than regardless of by no means taking part in it. “In a manner, you’ve been on Jeopardy! earlier than I’m advised,” Jennings started his dialog with the comic, creator, and podcaster from Chicago who’s greatest recognized for CNN‘s United Shades of America.
“Sure, I used to be not a contestant, however I used to be a clue, which confirmed that I used to be a profitable particular person, so I may show to my dad that I’d made it in present enterprise,” Bell revealed. However that reminiscence isn’t all as Jennings added one other layer to the meta second.
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“You had been a clue on Jeopardy! and I bear in mind this as a result of I used to be taking part in in that sport,” Jennings identified.
“Yeah, and I obtained texts from folks [saying] ‘You had been a clue on Jeopardy!’ and I used to be like, ‘Who on Jeopardy! would know me? And it was you, in fact!” Bell revealed, earlier than jokingly including, “Trigger we dwell in the identical residence…”
“We don’t,” Jennings clarified, “however I’m a giant fan of your work. I owe you $800 apparently for realizing your title,” the host added. The point out of the clue all these years in the past and its worth led Bell to answer, “Yeah, and I’m a little bit mad I wasn’t a $1,200 clue.”
However as Jennings identified, it’s higher to be price much less in a clue as a result of it means you’re too straightforward to determine. The point out led Bell to understand that he was “mad within the improper path.”
No matter their previous connection by way of Jeopardy!, Bell’s evening ended on a excessive be aware as he got here out on prime in opposition to fellow opponents, The Neighborhood‘s Max Greenfield and Gray’s Anatomy‘s Camilla Luddington. Bell’s win offers him an opportunity to earn large for his charity DonorsChoose, a non-profit group that helps academics.
Whereas Greenfield and Luddington each took $30,000 residence for the charities of their selection, as an advancing participant, Bell will get the possibility to multiply his winnings for his group. Keep tuned to see how he’ll honest in opposition to different superstar opponents because the event will get underway, and tell us what you considered Jennings and Bell’s candy connection within the feedback part, under.
Movie star Jeopardy!, Wednesdays, 9/8c, ABC
