
The Answer Is...
Reflections on My Life
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Ken Jennings
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Alex Trebek
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Alex Trebek
A Recommended Summer Read by The New York Times, USA Today, Time, and Newsweek
Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career.
Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights a week. Last year, he made the stunning announcement that he had been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. What followed was an incredible outpouring of love and kindness. Social media was flooded with messages of support, and the Jeopardy! studio received boxes of cards and letters offering guidance, encouragement, and prayers.
For over three decades, Trebek had resisted countless appeals to write a book about his life. Yet he was moved so much by all the goodwill, he felt compelled to finally share his story. "I want people to know a little more about the person they have been cheering on for the past year," he writes in The Answer Is...: Reflections on My Life.
The book combines illuminating personal anecdotes with Trebek’s thoughts on a range of topics, including marriage, parenthood, education, success, spirituality, and philanthropy. Trebek also addresses the questions he gets asked most often by Jeopardy! fans, such as what prompted him to shave his signature mustache, his insights on legendary players like Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer, and his opinion of Will Ferrell’s Saturday Night Live impersonation. The book uses a novel structure inspired by Jeopardy!, with each chapter title in the form of a question, and candidly captures Trebek over the years.
This wise, charming, and inspiring book is further evidence why Trebek has long been considered one of the most beloved and respected figures in entertainment.
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Critic reviews
"[Trebek's] performance is in high style, exuding enthusiasm, charm, and that special ability to draw in most any listener. Multiple-time Jeopardy! winner and Trebek friend Ken Jennings narrates the lion's share of the memoir....this is a touching and entertaining audiobook." (AudioFile Magazine)
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Between hearing Alex’s soothing voice again and then passing it back and forth to Ken Jennings to read, these concise chapters are interesting, funny and heartwarming.
This humble host appears open and honest in his life and also in the writing of his memoir. Who couldn’t love him?
I learned a bit more of “What is great about Alex Trebeck?” The answer: Everything
Loved this book, loved Alex Trebeck
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Thank you, Alex Trebek
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Trebek does say a few times that he's been very lucky, and that's a big factor in his life. Catholic school but no creepy priests, a divorce that was as amicable as they become, never being long without a job, and again, getting a job that he only works about 45 days a year while making big sums of money.
He does say he doesn't consider himself a celebrity, never used his status to get a tavle or anything. He talks about his charitable endeavors, and some of the most memorable contestants, including Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer. He said even he felt devastated when Jennings lost, having spent more time with him than any other contestants.
On the subject of Jennings, he brought Ken in to narrate most of the memoir, likely due to fatigue and his illness. Trebek only narrates the first and last chapters, plus chapters about his wife and, well, Ken Jennings. But it's all in the first person so some may find it weird. I think you get used to it.
There are some frustrating moments, like when he talks vaguely about his political beliefs and when he says he doesn't know how to send an emoji and barely figured out how to text a photo. But it's a very sweet and sort of sad book, especially since the pandemic (which he only slightly references) is still going on almost a year after his death.
An easy but uplifting book
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Brought Tears to my Eyes
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Heartfelt and inspirational
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Upbeat and Surprising
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Two thumbs up
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Excellent. well done
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