laura coats, alex trebek mentioned her as somebody he would like to see replace him. neither laura coats nor alex were given a tryout, which i found shocking because alex trebek is so beloved. why were his wishes not even included as a factor? >> well, jake, i would also say it was a misstep by them not giving you a tryout, too, my friend. there is a lot to be said the way this process unveiled. this was a guest hosting, if you want, for lack of better expression. that will have to change. we have seen where hollywood has learned the hard way that you don't mess around nowadays. it allows them and allows the past, even though ken jennings erased his podcast at this point. the past does catch up with you, to paraphrase faulkner.