Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 by 28 Comments

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Oh no! Alex Trebek has been injured in his legs! From ABC News:

“Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek appeared on crutches today while hosting the National Geographic World Championship. The competition is taking place at Mountain View-based Google.

Trebek says he was chasing a burglar at his hotel in San Francisco at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday when his Achilles tendon suddenly snapped. Trebek says when he fell, he also injured his other leg.

Trebek reassured the audience that despite the incident, he is OK.

Uh, really, ABC News? Kind of just going to let the whole HE WAS CHASING A BURGLAR AT HIS HOTEL IN SAN FRANCISCO AT 2:30AM THING slide? Is that really the whole story? Because I’m not a News Scientist but I would argue that is far more interesting and raises far more questions than WHICH CORPORATE CAMPUS IS BEING USED FOR SOME SHOW. Oh well. Get well soon, vigilante justice enthusiast and Guardian of the Secrets, Alex Trebek. I made you a card. (Click through to enlarge.)

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Comments (28)
  1. R2D2, Esq.  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +27

    I imagine there were some potent potables involved.

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  2. That's Your Commenter  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +12

    I once dated a guy whose penis looked like that mic.

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  3. Son of Gabe  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +15

    I bet it wasn’t even a burglar and he’d just had enough of people calling his mother a whore all the time.

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  4. Ian  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +2

    I’ll let you take that if you can answer this one question, what is the Capital of Denmark?
    Um Reykjavík
    No, I’m sorry the answer was What Is Copenhagen

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  5. squaaaaawk  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +13

    This never would have happened if he hadn’t shaved his magic mustache.

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  6. The New Sound  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +9

    Er, is this like when Kevin Spacey was “mugged” in a London park at five in the morning? :/

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  7. topknot  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +6

    He went on to say this was the last time he would stay at the 6th Street Econo Lodge.

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  8. Herbert's Booty Surprise  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +7

    Either Trebek is a badass or this whole story is Fake and Silverlake.

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  9. capt clown  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +9

    2:30 a.m. at a San Francisco Hotel? Was his leg hurt because of the wide stance he was using in the toilet stall when he heard the burglary?

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  10. Mailman  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +18

    Breaking news! San Francisco Police have arrested a suspect in the Jeopardy robberies: already-convicted burglar O.J. Simpson, who allegedly robbed Trebek with the assumption that he could not be convicted of burglary twice, under the double jeopardy rule.

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  11. mrCasual  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +1

    They broke into his room? My god, I hope his mother wasn’t hurt.

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    • Jeb  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +11

      “Now, get under the bed.” “What’s going to happen next?” “What is they’re going to take you.” -Trebektaken

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      • Mailman  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +9

        Here’s the $2000 clue in the “What Will Happen” category: “This Canadian-born host of long-running American game show will look for you, he will find you, and he WILL kill you.”

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  12. Jeb  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +7

    2 options here.

    1) Trebek says he was chasing a burglar at his hotel in San Francisco at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday when his Achilles tendon suddenly snapped unsuccessfully tried to get his money back from a lady of the night.

    2) Trebek says he was chasing a burglar at his hotel in San Francisco at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday when his Achilles tendon suddenly snapped is Batman.

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  13. explainer guy tries again  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +12

    you are WRONG, GABE! in your old age you can’t see the forest for the trees. Trebek was robbed while in town to go to the Google campus. eh?! EH?!?!

    this gives motive to someone who is both a competitor to Google and a noted villain on Jeopardy!

    mystery: SOLVED.

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  14. bikinidog  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2011 +2

    I get so happy about videogum birthday cards and nobody i know shares my excitement. :( :( :( :(

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  15. Joaquin on Sunshine  |   Posted on Jul 28th, 2011 0

    It was Trebeks own fault. Burt just wanted his hat back.

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