‘Jeopardy!’ Fans Aren’t Happy With This Change to Show’s Opening Sequence
This is still Jeopardy!, just with a new opening. Before the game show starts every evening, a small intro plays that has the name of the show and the announcer, Johnny Gilbert, saying the iconic line, “This is Jeopardy!”
The old one used to start with the studio lights turning on, cameras being set up, and what goes on behind the scenes. Then, Johnny Gilbert is shown putting on his jacket and saying the line. However, in the new one, he was cut out.
The word “Jeopardy!” appears on the screen before the audience is shown clapping. Then, the players are announced, host Ken Jennings walks out, and the game begins.
In the new opening, the words “From the Alex Trebek Stage, at Sony Pictures Studio, this is Jeopardy!” still plays. However, words from popular categories, such as “History, Music, Art, and Geography,” are shown.
The money board then folds over the words and turns into the earth like before. Then the word “Jeopardy!” appears on the screen. The audience is still shown clapping before the contestants are announced, and Jennings walks out. The change is subtle if you aren’t looking closely enough.
Eagle-eyed Jeopardy! fans didn’t miss it though. “Did you like the new opening?” a Facebook user posted in the group, Jeopardy! Fans Who Don’t Care Who’s Hosting.
“Yes, it’s so cool!” said one fan.
“Yes. Everything looked brighter!” wrote another.
“I loved it! I texted my sister immediately to make sure she saw it! Very ‘glam!'” a third added.
Some fans were not happy about Gilbert being erased. “Sad they edited out Johnny Gilbert. High-tech graphics are the way of the future, just no AI please,” a fan said.
Johnny Gilbert, 97, has been the announcer for Jeopardy! since 1984.
In the group, Jeopardy! Fan Group, one fan said, “Didn’t see Johnny Gilbert! Maybe my DVR missed it? I don’t think so, though. Does anyone know if they are no longer showing him?”
“I don’t mind it, it’s just strange not seeing Johnny,” a fan replied.
“Please put Johnny Gilbert’s picture back on! He is the iconic voice for Jeopardy!!!” another commented.
One fan disliked it, saying, “No. I liked the behind-the-scenes look of the older opening. This new opening to me is so bland.”
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Alright grandma
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I liked seeing Johnny Gilbert announcing at the beginning of the show.
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it was a game-show of intellect!!! but no more. Now a show full of adults who don't know their own sex
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🥱When will TV Insider writers (I'm talking to you, Brittany) stop this "Fans-aren't-happy-with..." dribble that only reveals a writer's laziness and incapability of presenting topics that are truly meaningful and have a professional point of view of their own? 🤷🏽♀️ And, when will "fans"/trolls stop being the source of the topics and headliners?! It's a game show of intellect, not of social media opinions of it!! I will rest my ongoing case by citing this article's last paragraph, another random "fan" comment, so infantile & from the social media platforms which have more than its share of ignorance, but into which TV Insider throws its drag net, a paragraph she based on one comment she plucked from the net & felt worthy of being a closing mention! Aaaaaaargh!!! 😱🤯
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Keep bit of him & jacket forever. Alex was boring didn't know any answers himself. People rushed to enshrine someone ordinary.
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Jeopardy was never a game show of intellect it's so dumb people can feel smart answering easy general knowledge
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Jeopardy is dead it died with Alex! Sony needs to sell Alex's era of the show to the public on DVD not to a streaming device
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I generally fast - forward through the opening. Has nothing to do with the game.
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