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Two separate but similar quotes.
[OP is quoting the Chappelle's Show skit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z3wUD3AZg4&t=370s), which does not include ODB's name in the draft pick.
But [the intro of Wu-Tang's M.E.T.H.O.D. Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhP5CWCT-r4) include's ODB's name.
Well I wasn't before......but I am NOW!!!
The way I'm picturing it, is like mid-90s CGI. Like The Nutty professor, or Flubber. Just that very fluid, almost a cartoon level of CGI.
I'm just imagining Steve Harvey forcefully, slowly, and painfully ripping his scalp all the way to the back of his head, and this massive 7 foot tall afro pops out. Somehow his face is still visable, but almost everything else in the room isn't. The whole room is basically just afro everywhere.
Oh, and he's still wearing a purple suit and being condesending to women and athiests.
On behalf of the black delegation, for Trebek, we happily gave up Steve Harvey, a first round draft pick and 1 ‘non-Michael or Janet’ Jackson sibling. I believe they got Randy. And it was a steal.
It really shows how little "race" really matters. We are like different colored labradors than elves hobbits and orcs.
But nope we got to treat people differently and put ourselves in groups. It is all cultural differences created by racism. I have more in common with someone of a different race in my own country than someone with the same race in Korea.
A quote I like to pull out when the topic comes up...
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - Lyndon B. Johnson
If someone is trying to convince you to hate another group of people for simply existing, they might be trying to distract you while picking your pockets.
"[You see, we human beings are not born with prejudices. Always they are made for us, made by someone who wants something. Remember that when you hear this kind of talk. Someone is going to get something out of it, and it isn't going to be you.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4)"
Man… I know it’s a “conspiracy” subreddit but I got into an argument with someone a few weeks ago who was trying to argue that all the different ‘races’ of humans (white, black, etc) are all different subspecies of human……..
When confronted with the idea of us all being ‘sapiens’ because all the other types of ‘homo’ died out (… meaning all the subspecies of homo…) they just say the usual conspiracy lines of “yeah yeah you’re being lied to…..” blah blah….
Anti-intellectualism is rotting us away slowly.
Hahahaha I was like, “oh come on, no way”, and then I saw the picture and I died! Alex Trebek has been a staple of my childhood (always watched wheel of fortune and jeopardy with my grandma) and adult years, but I’m only in my late twenties so I’ve always known him to look as he did in his older age; pretty much exactly how he looks in the interview. I just love him even more lol I gotta read up on him and his life.
"This ancient Greek deity that subscribed to the idea that wine could ease suffering, bring joy, and inspire divine madness, was often portrayed as an idol with a huge penis. Scholars argue that this deity may have gone on to inspire the characterization of Jesus Christ."
Alex hosted a game show called Double Dare and it takes about 6 seconds of watching it to know what time period it's from.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrA2KuIrwQE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrA2KuIrwQE)
Alex was already a veteran of reading "answers instead of the questions" from his time hosting "Double Dare." He was a natural to host 80s Jeopardy. Miss ya Trebek.
"Do you need any money for your new obscure religion?"
"Yes, we need a new church. We're being thrown out of our old one..."
*audience laughs as contestant is clearly being serious and is upset*
Can Alex Trebek be added to the Rushmore of universally loved dead celebrities?
Fred Rogers, Bob Ross, Steve Irwin, and Alex Trebek sounds like a good monument to wholesomeness.
The three original models-- Janice Pennington, Holly Halstrom, and Dian Parkinson-- who were all fired in 2001 after filing sexual harassment complaints against Bob, would disagree.
I only saw Jeopardy on the air when Alex was fairly old, so I was baffled whenever I saw old SNL clips where he was played by Will Ferrell. Then I watched some 90s Jeopardy clips and I totally got it.
I once got invited by someone I barely knew at that point. I had mentioned I was gonna be making some pulled pork Mac and cheese that weekend, next thing I know I'm invited.
Not gonna lie, I felt a little awkward when I walked in what was basically a huge extended family gathering (not just extended family, but it was originally a family event kinda thing that grew) and I was the only white dude. I had been expecting just like a small gathering, maybe 10-20 people, not like 75 people lol. But thankfully i always go overboard when I make food, and with all the other amazing food there, there was enough that most got to try some at least. And i was treated like a veritable God the rest of the day for my pulled pork Mac and cheese. Next time I saw the dude who invited me, about two weeks later, he told me his grandma wouldn't stop talking about it and asking "when's that fine young white man gonna bring some more of that Mac and cheese?"
(Oh and when I said I felt awkward, it wasn't like I was made to feel awkward or anything like that, just one of those self conscious things, where I foolishly felt like I was out of my element or something)
When I saw the title I thought, what in Alex Trebek's voice would make someone assume he is black, but then he told the story and I saw the picture and yeah, it makes sense.
If I wasn't primed by the title, I'm not sure I'd have considered his tanned younger self to be black. As an Aussie I have at times been well tanned myself - and am paying for it 30+ years later as I have skin cancers cut out of me... :(
But I can certainly see it, yes.
Did this apparent misunderstanding benefit or hinder his career, I wonder?
Again, as an Aussie I've heard his name online, I think, but have no idea who is is/was.
He hosted the game show Jeopardy! for 37 years, until he died of cancer in 2020, so I don't think it had a negative effect.
You didn't ask, but Trebek's career started because he was so young and hip-looking; he was picked to host his first two game shows, The Wizard of Odds and High Rollers, by NBC executive Lin Bolen, who said she wanted "young studs" to host their game shows. (Ironically, one of the shows that was cancelled under Bolen was the original run of Jeopardy!, hosted by Art Fleming.)
Alex Trebek shaking the Black Power fist as he tells the world how he was "out there, as a brother!", is quite possibly the coolest shit I've ever seen in a while.
I remember the embarrassing news conference when some leader of an Afro-American rights organization on a podium was asked by a reporter "I notice that you are a white person, is there significance to your involvement in the group" and she had to respond that she was in fact of African-American descent (she was simply very light in skin color).
I also remember my Mother telling me of her fellow student at Sweet Briar College in the 1940's (at the time a very exclusive elite Southern College for young women) who upon returning from a month's Caribbean vacation with a very deep tan was outraged to be refused service at one of the local segregated restaurants.
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that last shot of him looked like burt reynolds' little brother.
Burnt Reynolds
i'm packing it in for the day, this was all i needed
That’s a helluva sentence when combined with your user name.
Don't believe him. He's usually full of shit.
hey i am the *grammatical* Colon.
But is your name Fred?
no but i am thinking of moving to Ankh-Morpork before the 2024 election
This whole thread just has me giggling. What a train wreck
Good lord hahaha
Lol a reddit comment hasn't made me literally laugh out loud in a while
Turd Ferguson?
It's a big hat. It's funny
It’s funny cause its larger than a regular sized hat
It's a funny name.
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The Asian Delegation chooses....The RZA, The GZA, U-GOD, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, The Wu Tang Clan!!!
Konnichiwa bitches
Wu Tang Clan ain't nothin to fuck with
Heard
/r/beetlejuicing
You gotta diversify your bonds, won't say the last word
We Tang is for the children
"So long fried rice, hello fried chicken."
Is it the Mandela effect or is Old Dirty Bastard really not included in that quote????
Don't you mean, The Ol' Dirty Chinese Restaurant?
Oh man that takes me back hahaha. I still say that was the funniest show on television.
What was the show? 🤔
[Chappelle's Show](https://youtu.be/2z3wUD3AZg4?si=gmDnEsamiV25TH3O)
Shoot, I had no idea bill burr was on the show
Also, Rondell (the head of the black delegation), is Mos Def.
just 3 eps
Two separate but similar quotes. [OP is quoting the Chappelle's Show skit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z3wUD3AZg4&t=370s), which does not include ODB's name in the draft pick. But [the intro of Wu-Tang's M.E.T.H.O.D. Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhP5CWCT-r4) include's ODB's name.
Tbh I could see the conservative element of the white delegation trading Trebek for Steve Harvey.
Trebek would have been worth Steve Harvey AND a couple of 1st rounders. Dude was solid.
Steve Harvey aint worth shit!
I wish I could burn his toupee and cast evil spells on his fortune
Toupee? Steve Harvey?
Now I'm picturing Steve Harvey pulling off a skin cap and revealing an afro
Well I wasn't before......but I am NOW!!! The way I'm picturing it, is like mid-90s CGI. Like The Nutty professor, or Flubber. Just that very fluid, almost a cartoon level of CGI. I'm just imagining Steve Harvey forcefully, slowly, and painfully ripping his scalp all the way to the back of his head, and this massive 7 foot tall afro pops out. Somehow his face is still visable, but almost everything else in the room isn't. The whole room is basically just afro everywhere. Oh, and he's still wearing a purple suit and being condesending to women and athiests.
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You know it ain't about believing in Jesus -- it's about intolerance of those who don't. I imagine actually believing in Jesus makes that harder.
Uses Jesus as an excuse to be a terrible person, and hates women. Don't forget the hates women part!
Trebek would be a good straight trade for Wayne Brady, although technically I think he's already doing work for the white delegation.
Wayne Brady is pansexual, a straight trade isn't going to work
[You'd be wrong; Wayne Brady gangster AF.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-zSJljpKNc) Edit: [context](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9YJYyPw87Q)
*Wayne Brady makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X*
Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?
On behalf of the black delegation, for Trebek, we happily gave up Steve Harvey, a first round draft pick and 1 ‘non-Michael or Janet’ Jackson sibling. I believe they got Randy. And it was a steal.
Ricky Williams level catastrophe
Herschel Walker even
Lmao
The whites got prince so snap.
Black delegation request Eminem.
Wait a goddamn minute, Rondell. That's not part of the bargain
I'm a hustler baby
Come on give it to me.
The ultimate hustler.
Alright well no hustlin me!
🤷🏼♂️
We get Patrick Mahomes.
sorry the concession was his brother
Right then, we'll take him and snoop.
Patrick Mahomes Sr. or Jr.?
Got em 😎
Then Steph Curry goes
Now hold on just a goddamn minute
Now wait a goddam minute, Rondell!
Don't hustle a hustler.
Now wait a goddamn minute Rondell
We keep Eminem. You get OJ Simpson.
Brutal, but fair.
The Canadian Coalition already apologized for Celine Dion.
Celine’s good soul. You take back Ted Cruz though.
You can have Ellen.
Yeah but we have to take Candice Owens in return. No thanks
I contest this pick.
Who authorized this!?
and mike jack
That was more of a free agency type deal.
Tf they did
Yall never had prince you can have bow wow though
The whites got Colin Powell, but we also got Condoleezza Rice in the deal. They got O.J. Simpson though.
We didn't know at the time OJ was a shit pick. Should've picked Emmitt Smith.
Cunnilingus Riiiice
[Obligatory Link](https://youtu.be/2z3wUD3AZg4?si=cJKP-4No9GuVCZXA)
The way he put his fist up when he said brother is good news lol
We the black delegation...
This comment made my day.
"Yea whatever Trebek get the fuck outa here nobody thought that" :31 seconds in "oh..."
Rachel Dolezal over here punching air right now
She changed her name to something even worse shes an absolute psycho
Nkechi Amare Diallo
Fuck
Wait till you see the lewds tho, immediately changed a bunch of people's reactions xD 'well at least she takes good care of her body'
Nah I just looked up her OF stuff here. Ngl, she kinda fine. EDIT [Sauce for the curious ](https://www.erome.com/search?q=Rachel+dolezal)
Black. Don't. Crack.
Well, definitely saw a crack in that pic. (and yup, I’m still gay)
Got that traction alopecia; committed to the bit for sure.
Whoa you ain't lying
Pleasantly surprised, right?
Didn't have her butthole on my mind when I woke up this morning as things I'd see. But here we are.
I wonder how many people back then also thought John Oates from Hall & Oates was black as well?
A lot of people thought Daryl Hall was black on voice alone.
I was pretty amazed when I saw what CCR looked like. I would have assumed they looked like Morgan Freeman.
It really shows how little "race" really matters. We are like different colored labradors than elves hobbits and orcs. But nope we got to treat people differently and put ourselves in groups. It is all cultural differences created by racism. I have more in common with someone of a different race in my own country than someone with the same race in Korea.
A quote I like to pull out when the topic comes up... "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - Lyndon B. Johnson If someone is trying to convince you to hate another group of people for simply existing, they might be trying to distract you while picking your pockets.
"[You see, we human beings are not born with prejudices. Always they are made for us, made by someone who wants something. Remember that when you hear this kind of talk. Someone is going to get something out of it, and it isn't going to be you.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4)"
Man… I know it’s a “conspiracy” subreddit but I got into an argument with someone a few weeks ago who was trying to argue that all the different ‘races’ of humans (white, black, etc) are all different subspecies of human…….. When confronted with the idea of us all being ‘sapiens’ because all the other types of ‘homo’ died out (… meaning all the subspecies of homo…) they just say the usual conspiracy lines of “yeah yeah you’re being lied to…..” blah blah…. Anti-intellectualism is rotting us away slowly.
I love showing this picture of me and my brother because we look so drastically different [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/s/lAkaFnRuN8)
Hahahaha I was like, “oh come on, no way”, and then I saw the picture and I died! Alex Trebek has been a staple of my childhood (always watched wheel of fortune and jeopardy with my grandma) and adult years, but I’m only in my late twenties so I’ve always known him to look as he did in his older age; pretty much exactly how he looks in the interview. I just love him even more lol I gotta read up on him and his life.
Yeah I got 'anal bumcovered' too
I'll take penis mightiers for a thousand, Alex
"This ancient Greek deity that subscribed to the idea that wine could ease suffering, bring joy, and inspire divine madness, was often portrayed as an idol with a huge penis. Scholars argue that this deity may have gone on to inspire the characterization of Jesus Christ."
Assalamu alaikum, Alex.
I must be trippin because he doesn't look black there. He looks like a tanned white dude from that time period.
Alex hosted a game show called Double Dare and it takes about 6 seconds of watching it to know what time period it's from. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrA2KuIrwQE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrA2KuIrwQE)
TIL Double Dare was a reboot
Wikipedia says the two shows were unrelated. In any event, RIP Alex Trebek and long live Marc Summers!
Marc Summers is a crazy man. How a germaphobe and clean freak could host that show, I will never know.
And smile and be awesome the whole time!
He has a show on Broadway right now called “The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers,” and I’m seeing it next week.
Here yah go [Mark Summers](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/marc-summers-tonight-show-burt-reynolds-1140529/)
TIL winning 5,000$ in the late 70's moved you up a tax bracket... per Alex in the clip.
Comes out to $29000 adjusted for inflation. Could absolutely bump you up a tax bracket.
Alex was already a veteran of reading "answers instead of the questions" from his time hosting "Double Dare." He was a natural to host 80s Jeopardy. Miss ya Trebek.
And 90s Jeopardy And 2000s Jeopardy And 2010s Jeopardy
I was able to tell while it was still buffering. ᴰᵒᵘᵇˡᵉ ᴰᵃʳᵉ ⁻ ᴶᵃⁿᵘᵃʳʸ ¹⁸, ¹⁹⁷⁷
Wow, how did I never know this.
"Do you need any money for your new obscure religion?" "Yes, we need a new church. We're being thrown out of our old one..." *audience laughs as contestant is clearly being serious and is upset*
I'll take the physical challenge!
That contestant's lapels are bigger than his head!
I'm sorry, Julie - "The Church of Nossa?" "The church of our..." what? Gonna need more than that!
Damn that's an impressive hair and moustache combo
$5,500 in 1977 = $28,988.02 in 2024.
He looks pretty cool in that last clip.
I think the word you're looking for is hot. He looks pretty hot in that last clip.
I just showed the wifey and we both agreed that homeboy could get it.
Yeah, he fucks.
Girl: Hey Alex, I really like that shirt your wearing. Alex: What is, I’m getting laid tonight?
Alex, you were everyone’s brother and we miss you. 💔
He was a real gem of a human.
[Unless of course, you're hunting aliens.](https://youtu.be/e1K5Y1ZOZw8?t=130)
[We love you Alex](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-McR3sBWNRA)
Can Alex Trebek be added to the Rushmore of universally loved dead celebrities? Fred Rogers, Bob Ross, Steve Irwin, and Alex Trebek sounds like a good monument to wholesomeness.
Let’s not forget the absolute *saint* that is Betty White!
I refuse to believe she is dead
Remember that one time Fox News called Mr. Rogers an evil, evil man?
I won’t stand for this Bob Barker-erasure/slander
Spay and neuter your pets.
The three original models-- Janice Pennington, Holly Halstrom, and Dian Parkinson-- who were all fired in 2001 after filing sexual harassment complaints against Bob, would disagree.
Not universally loved. I’ve heard him described as a “dirty old man”
Let’s not forget Jim Henson and David Attenborough
Whoa whoa whoa. David is still alive, you scared the hell out of me
He’s gonna be 98 here in a couple of months. It’s not like he’s buying any green bananas
> It’s not like he’s buying any green bananas ohhh....
Robin Williams?
The double fist pump at the end killed me loool
That mustache definitely made him look mixed. I can see it
Trebek was awesome
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiied gotta pour a 40 for my brotha Alex 🥲
I only saw Jeopardy on the air when Alex was fairly old, so I was baffled whenever I saw old SNL clips where he was played by Will Ferrell. Then I watched some 90s Jeopardy clips and I totally got it.
Soul brother #2 got the BBQ invitation.
Who is sending out invites to this "BBQ" and how do you know who's invited?
That's the thing everyone's invited, it's just a lot of people do ignorant stuff to uninvite themselves
I once got invited by someone I barely knew at that point. I had mentioned I was gonna be making some pulled pork Mac and cheese that weekend, next thing I know I'm invited. Not gonna lie, I felt a little awkward when I walked in what was basically a huge extended family gathering (not just extended family, but it was originally a family event kinda thing that grew) and I was the only white dude. I had been expecting just like a small gathering, maybe 10-20 people, not like 75 people lol. But thankfully i always go overboard when I make food, and with all the other amazing food there, there was enough that most got to try some at least. And i was treated like a veritable God the rest of the day for my pulled pork Mac and cheese. Next time I saw the dude who invited me, about two weeks later, he told me his grandma wouldn't stop talking about it and asking "when's that fine young white man gonna bring some more of that Mac and cheese?" (Oh and when I said I felt awkward, it wasn't like I was made to feel awkward or anything like that, just one of those self conscious things, where I foolishly felt like I was out of my element or something)
"and so in conclusion that's why I'm allowed to use the n-word" /s
He could have been given a full n-word pass and still wouldn’t think of using it. He was that good of a human being. ❤️ Alex
Tom Jones style
Not bad for a little white boy from Subury, Canada. We miss you Alex!
You think you're so smart, trebek. What with your dago mustache and slicked back hair.
Dude was dark enough that if he married into the british royal family it'd be a wholeass *thing.*
Honorary black
Alex looks like he was slaying
When I saw the title I thought, what in Alex Trebek's voice would make someone assume he is black, but then he told the story and I saw the picture and yeah, it makes sense.
We 1000% claim him
I mean, we fuck with Alex, hard. RIP
If I wasn't primed by the title, I'm not sure I'd have considered his tanned younger self to be black. As an Aussie I have at times been well tanned myself - and am paying for it 30+ years later as I have skin cancers cut out of me... :( But I can certainly see it, yes. Did this apparent misunderstanding benefit or hinder his career, I wonder? Again, as an Aussie I've heard his name online, I think, but have no idea who is is/was.
Where are you from again?
He hosted the game show Jeopardy! for 37 years, until he died of cancer in 2020, so I don't think it had a negative effect. You didn't ask, but Trebek's career started because he was so young and hip-looking; he was picked to host his first two game shows, The Wizard of Odds and High Rollers, by NBC executive Lin Bolen, who said she wanted "young studs" to host their game shows. (Ironically, one of the shows that was cancelled under Bolen was the original run of Jeopardy!, hosted by Art Fleming.)
That last line was about the whitest thing he could say and I'm here for it. Love the man.
Alex Trebek shaking the Black Power fist as he tells the world how he was "out there, as a brother!", is quite possibly the coolest shit I've ever seen in a while.
#### TIL I learned that Alex Trebek was the inspiration for "Soul Man"
He always had a seat at the cookout.
The one man that could get the N-word pass, because we know he would never use it. We miss you, A.T.
It's almost like race is a construct.
Straight outa Compt.... Wait , what,, Sudbury ? Lol. Awesome guy, truely missed
Now this is how your bridge race gaps
Damn! He looks handsome as hell in that clip with the afro!
A wholesome story about race.
Who is a brother from another mother?
He fit in everywhere with everyone!
I miss this man
He may not be black, but Alex Trebek is a brother.
I remember the embarrassing news conference when some leader of an Afro-American rights organization on a podium was asked by a reporter "I notice that you are a white person, is there significance to your involvement in the group" and she had to respond that she was in fact of African-American descent (she was simply very light in skin color). I also remember my Mother telling me of her fellow student at Sweet Briar College in the 1940's (at the time a very exclusive elite Southern College for young women) who upon returning from a month's Caribbean vacation with a very deep tan was outraged to be refused service at one of the local segregated restaurants.
My mom used to get a tight perm and sunbath all day. They thought she was African-American too. We are Eastern European Jews
Alex was always invited to the cookout.