"I'd love to be the host of this show that I've loved since I was like, 9 years old and is such a part of who I am." He won nearly $165,000 in 2016 won the 2017 tournament and returned as a team captain for an all-star event in 2019.Ĭohen says he did strength and cardio training to "keep my endurance up because I really wanted to make sure that I was just as energetic, attentive and focused on it." Richards believes Cohen is "the only one that actually physically trained his body to prepare for the three days of intensity of standing and being on and being engaged because it is very difficult. Would Cohen take the permanent job? "In a heartbeat," he says. I just felt like that would put the contestants at ease."
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"And I thought he would understand the stakes of the tournament, whereas if we brought in a celebrity, maybe (they wouldn't) really have a full grasp of what was happening out there and the importance of it. Setbacks can cause your motivation to take a nosedive, but this song tells us that it’s not yet time to put up a white flag. More: ‘Jeopardy!’: Most loved, hated and memorable contestants through the yearsĬohen appeared as a helper to a contestant on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” while Richards was producing the quiz show, "and he was charming and funny and great," the producer says. They come, they come, to build a wall between us. I think that what Alex was good at, and what I really tried to embody, was when there are moments where you can bring levity, I do it. But certainly, there's Buzzy as a contestant and Buzzy as a host: It's a different role, and there's a different responsibility." (Cohen's nerdy appeal and playful rejoinders were polarizing some viewers found him obnoxious.)īut it's a different Cohen you'll see this week. "For me," he says, hosting is "about being reverent to the clues, being reverent to the contestants. "I think everyone that comes on people should look at (as a candidate), and by human nature, they're going to say, 'Can I see that person doing it?' Buzzy is one of the great personalities to come out of 'Jeopardy!'," Richards says. It's the most emotional tournament of champions I think you’ll see."īut why was Cohen chosen as host, over the 15 celebrities and journalists who have been taking turns since January? (Mayim Bialik is next, on May 31.) And is he a candidate for the permanent slot, too? "That was how intensely we took this process, so it was great to pull off. You could tell from the folks that hadn't been here in two years because some of these champions have been around for a really long time. At this point, they were so happy to be back.
"Basically, we ended up taking over an entire hotel that had been closed this entire time, and they were the only inhabitants," Richards says. But the top players live across the country. Most regular contestants during the pandemic have lived in the Los Angeles area, due to travel restrictions. COVID-19 testing and other safety protocols that forbid hugging, handshaking, or close-range post-game chats. How did Sony produce the show? With no studio audience, apart from the other contestants.
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