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comment by Meriadoc
Meriadoc  ·  3890 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Last King of the American Middlebrow

Ah I felt like the author played it up a lot more than it was there. I have uncles around Trebek's age that are the similar 'home-depot' type guys like that. They make those jokes lightly, but it's never serious. Maybe it's missing tone. Or maybe Trebek is just terrible at making jokes.

Either way, it's a really fascinating article to read. You don't think much about someone who's such a fixture in our culture.