Was it a Stepford Alex?

April 1, 2010 5:14 PM

Who were those unexplained people on Jeopardy tonight?

I tuned in late so maybe it was explained at the beginning. During the show tonight, a strange unexplained host replaced Alex a couple of times. Right at the end another guy turned up for just a few seconds. Did this have something to do with April Fools Day? What was going on?

posted by crazylegs to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

It was an April Fools joke. When they introduced Alex, Pat Sajak came out. At some point Neil Patrick Harris was announcing, and then some guy who I didn't recognize. At the end they had Will Ferrel doing his Trebeck impersonation from SNL.
posted by ralan at 5:19 PM on April 1, 2010

Pat Sajak, Neil Patrick Harris, Jeff Probst, and Will Ferrell, and no, it had nothing to do with April Fool's Day.
posted by longsleeves at 5:21 PM on April 1, 2010

....and no, it had nothing to do with April Fool's Day.

explain?
posted by bitdamaged at 7:54 PM on April 1, 2010

Fun, you can watch it on YouTube here.
posted by SarahbytheSea at 8:01 PM on April 1, 2010

It was for April Fool's, yes. Why else would it have been done?
posted by Mael Oui at 10:00 PM on April 1, 2010

This is not the first time Alex has fooled Metafilter.
posted by nitsuj at 5:21 AM on April 2, 2010

Hmm. I was listening to it while making dinner and I thought I heard some odd voices. I'll have to watch that Youtube link later.

Also Lake Shasta is not in the Sierra Nevada but in the Cascades.
posted by Big_B at 8:02 AM on April 2, 2010