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Jeopardy! host stint results in huge donation to North Valley Community Foundation s Aaron Rodgers Small Business Covid-19 Fund
The North Valley Community Foundation will be receiving a big boost from Jeopardy! after Aaron Rodgers finished his guest host stint on the popular TV game show.
Posted: Apr 18, 2021 5:09 PM
Updated: Apr 18, 2021 5:18 PM
Posted By: Lorraine Dechter
CHICO, Calif. - The North Valley Community Foundation will be receiving a big boost from Jeopardy! after their MVP (most valuable philanthropist) Aaron Rodgers finished his guest host stint on the popular TV game show.
Anderson Cooper will take his turn as guest host of ‘Jeopardy!’: How to watch, free live stream, time, channel
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Anderson Cooper, CNN anchor, walks onstage for a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN/New York Times at Otterbein University, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. Cooper will begin his run as guest host of the game show Jeopardy! on April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP
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Cooper will host through April 30.
Episodes air on CBS at 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. ET in most areas.
The longtime host of “Jeopardy!” Alex Trebek died in November 2020 of pancreatic cancer. A slate of guest hosts were named to temporarily fill in for Trebek after his last episodes aired in January.
All good things must come to an end at least for now but not before Aaron Rodgers slipped in a “Zoolander” reference and read lyrics from Warrant’s “Cherry Pie for a clue.
What more could you ask for from the Green Bay Packers quarterback on the final “Jeopardy!” of his 10-show guest hosting stint?
Rodgers, who is a big Ben Stiller fan and even thanked him in his speech for Best NFL Player at the 2017 ESPY Awards, found a way to mention the actor s 2001 comedy while talking to contestant Dakota Lupo about being a second-generation hand model.
“My only experience with this is on the movie ‘Zoolander’ when one of the characters has a glass case around his hand, but I see your hands are free,” Rodgers joked.
So long : Rodgers thanks Jeopardy! team on last episode as guest host
WISCONSIN (CBS 58) Aaron Rodgers run as guest host of Jeopardy! is now over.
Now he s back to just being the reigning NFL MVP, a future Hall of Famer and a Super Bowl winning quarterback for the Packers.
He finished the show Friday night by thanking the team behind the scenes on Jeopardy! . And to everyone here at Jeopardy!, the crew, the producers, the writers, the researchers, really the entire staff, thank you, he said. You ve made me feel so welcome, this has been a surreal experience and so very special to me. So have a great weekend and in the words of the great Alex Trebek, so long.
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