Alex Trebek told me that he was the ‘Black Joggy!’

What is “mutual appreciation”?

When it is late “Danger!” Host Alex Trebek met Kenan Thompson, with Trebek calling him “Black Joggy!” Complimented about. – Thompson’s “Saturday Night Live” is a parody of a long-running game show.

And, in return, Thompson congratulated him on being one of the smartest people on earth.

The comedian tells the story of meeting the late “crisis”! Legend on Thursday episode “Hot Ones”, in which host Sean Evans questions celebrities as they consume spicy chicken wings.

For a recurring segment of the show called “Xplain That Village,” Evans drew a picture from Thompson’s Instagram feed that “needs more context.” The photo showed Trebek and Thompson backstage together at the 2019 National Hockey League Awards.

“Is that ‘Black Joffrey!’ Did you know? ” Evans, 34, referred to a recurring sketch from Thompson, who First started “SNL” was produced in March 2014 by Brian Tucker and Michael Che.

“That was the first thing he mentioned,” Thompson said. Legendary Will Farrell ‘Behind the Danger!’ “- Show’s” Celebrity Dangerous! “Sketch in which Pharrell Trebek plays.” You know, looks like anything Pharrell would be, like, holy grill-ish, off-limits-ish, you know? “

In response, Thompson tells Trebek that she found him ridiculously intelligent.

“So he was patting me on the back about that, but I was patting him on the back that maybe he is one of the smartest people in the world because it seems like he knows the answers to all those people! Questions,” Thompson went on. “They have a way of answering every question, like ‘No, of course, this is this and that and that is the other, because I read this book or I know about this historical city in Rome. is.’ . . He was incredible. ”

When Thompson asked about Trebek’s health at the time, “he was saying that he felt better, and was fighting it.”

Trebek Died in November 2020 at the age of 80 After a battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

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Kenan Thompson (left), along with Chadwick Boseman (most right), Leslie Jones (third from right) and Chris Redd, “Black Joggy!” In “Saturday Night Live” in 2018. Episode.
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