More than two months after Alex Trebek’s death, “Jeopardy!” Fans I finally had a chance to say goodbye. A video honoring the host closed Friday’s episode of the test, the last Trebek recorded before pancreatic cancer he claimed his life on November 8.
The 90-second montage, directed by Hugh Jackman, singing Peter Allen’s “Once Before I Go,” is a laughing and laughing memory that shows Trebek’s changeable appearance through his 36 years as a host. mustache and without, with black and gray hair, with suits of several decades.
He celebrated the more crazy moments of Trebek, usually narrowed, verbally showing him fighting with competitors and fighting with one arm.
“It really makes me feel inadequate,” he tells a competing child. “I’m sorry about that,” she replies.
Trebek is depicted walking in trousers without a single clip, dressed as a Statue of Liberty in another and wearing the costume of a Trojan soldier in another.
A clip of the host declaring “I’m not dancing” is presented in the middle of the scenes in which she dances over the years.
The tribute is still very sad and sentimental, though, as Jackman sings “it’s so hard to say goodbye when there are so many things left unsaid in your eyes” and “once before you leave, I’d he wants me to let you know that I would do it all over again. “
And in his last moments, he shows Trebek by signing over the decades, repeatedly saying, “So much, everyone.”
Trebek died on November 8 at the age of 80, but previously recorded a few weeks of shows that continued to air. He continued to work for almost two years after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, remaining in his place on the podium where he had become an institution since the beginning of 1984.
The show will continue next week with a series of interim hosts, starting with the veteran “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings.
The last weekly episodes in Trebek began on Monday, with the host urging viewers to give to those suffering during the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are trying to build a gentler and kinder society, and if we all show up a little, we will get there,” Trebek said.
His last shows were originally scheduled to air on Christmas week, but were postponed until this week to give the expedition more exposure.
The episode includes holiday items, such as the “Christmas Movies” category.
In one of the last of the more than 500,000 clues Trebek gave to competitors in the more than 8,200 episodes, he says:
“Basically, this moving classic by Frank Capra is about a disgruntled financier who has an incredibly tough Christmas Eve.”
The correct answer: “What is ‘It’s a wonderful life’?”
It seems that Trebek was not sure that Friday’s episode will be his last when it was recorded.
The show’s executive producer, Mike Richards, told NBC’s “Today” on Monday that Trebek was “an absolute warrior” in his last recording sessions, despite suffering “enormous pain.”
At the end of the episode, before the video tribute, Trebek says, “See you next week.”