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I accidentally watched Jeopardy! a few weeks ago.

Now I’m arranging my evenings around it.

What is it about stuffy, puffed up Alex Trebek and that big board of often obscure answers that draws me in, night after night?  I’ve practically ignored it the past 25 years –

What’s changed?

The show has, of course.  There are a few more bells and whistles than when I watched it long ago.  The category names and answers are often written with a sense of humor, too.

And did you know the show has a ‘Clue Crew?’  (Apparently they’ve been around for years.)  Three much younger correspondents travel the globe, shooting video clues — Jeopardy!’s attempt to inject more multimedia into the program.

But we know what they really are.

Host wannabes waiting for Alex Trebek’s inevitable retirement. Vultures circling his aging bones.  How are they gonna pick his replacement — a live-action round of Angry Birds?

You know, I might watch that, too.