Airing under the steady hand of host Alex Trebek since 1984, Jeopardy! is a smart game show for smart people. But every now and then, Jeopardy! lets its hair down - or submits to the chaotic nature of the universe - and the well-oiled game show machine collapses in on itself to hilarious effect. Jeopardy!'s producers like to mix up the format once in a while. A stunt category can generate viral acclaim or even elicit chuckles from the show's notoriously serious contestants. Sometimes Jeopardy! enlists a celebrity to read the clues, and they've employed the eager, young "Clue Crew" for a few years. But no format-breaking stunt will ever be as fun or weird as Alex Trebek singing familiar nursery rhymes with his voice treated by Auto-Tune.
Yes, that odd robotic voice effect utilized on so many early 2000s hip-hop songs made its way to Jeopardy in 2010. Contestants correctly guessed all five entries in the "Alex Meets Auto-Tune" category, in which Trebek creepily sang passages from public domain songs.
Trebek clearly enjoyed this lark, too.
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Trebek, auto-tuned | 0:16
Put on some pants, Alex | 1:10
Rough game | 1:58
Everyone loses | 2:30
Not so Coolio | 3:07
A whole new dimension | 3:50
Not kidding around | 4:24
Three's a crowd | 5:03
That's incorrect | 5:35
Fooling around | 6:04
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