> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Alex Trebek Turned 80 Yesterday! - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/alex-trebek-turned-80-yesterday/ - Published: 2020-07-23T17:45:58.000Z - Updated: 2020-07-22T22:18:37.000Z - Author: Jessica - Tags: #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:09 ## 1982 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/shutterstock_editorial_10192045a-1595454458.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Globe Photos/Mediapunch/Shutterstock (10192045a) Betty White Holding a Hangbag Smiling and Standing with Alex Trebek Wearing a Tuxedo Alex Trebek and Betty White 1982 FIRST: Betty White and Alex Trebek hung out A LOT, to the point that I looked up whether or not they ever dated. [They've just been friends for yonks.](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/entertainment/alex-trebek-jeopardy-betty-white-trnd/index.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) ## 1986 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-1213531191-1595453939.jpg) See? (Also, I think 85% of Gen X had a father or father-figure with this mustache, including myself. My father has a full beard currently, but I have only seen him 100% clean-shaven ONCE in my 45 years of life and I screamed and cried.) Television presenter Alex Trebek and actress Betty White attend the Third Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Santa Monica, California, 1986\. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) ## 1986 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-515360558-1595453908-scaled.jpg) (Original Caption) Hollywood: (L-R) Alex Trebek, Jayne Kennedy, Lou Rawls and LeVar Burton point with pride to the tote board of the seventh annual "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars" telethon as the show's live feed ends late December 28\. They money raised will support the education of more than 45,000 students as 45 private, historically black colleges that are part of the United Negro College Fund. The nearly $10 million shown on the board is a preliminary total as additional pledges are expected as the show continues in other cities. Here, Informative Caption tells us that "Alex Trebek, Jayne Kennedy, Lou Rawls and LeVar Burton point with pride to the tote board of the seventh annual "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars" telethon as the show's live feed ends late December 28\. They money raised will support the education of more than 45,000 students at 45 private, historically black colleges that are part of the United Negro College Fund. The nearly $10 million shown on the board is a preliminary total as additional pledges are expected as the show continues in other cities." That's awesome! ## Alex Trebek and Phyllis Diller ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/shutterstock_editorial_10269275a-1595454479-scaled.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Globe Photos/mediapunch/Shutterstock (10269275a) Phyllis Diller Alex Trebek & Phyllis Diller I think it's possible Alex has a weakness for funny older women. ## 1990 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/shutterstock_editorial_10192962a-1595454468.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Walter Mcbride/Shutterstock (10192962a) Oprah Winfrey and Alex Trebek USA New Orleans USA: Oprah Winfrey and Alex Trebek 1990 "Alex. Alex, stay here. I have something REALLY juicy to tell you about Betty White once his photographer leaves. ALEX JUST ONE SECOND." ## 1997 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-469080786-1595453863.jpg) LOS ANGELES - CIRCA 1997: Jeopardy Game Show host Alex Trebek poses for a portrait session in 1997 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) "We're feeling kinda COUNTRY for this photoshoot, Mr. Trebek." ## 1996 ![1996](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-474438500-1595453875-scaled.jpg) THE X-FILES: L-R: Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek guest star on THE X-FILES episode "Jose Chung's from Outer Space" which originally aired Sunday, April 12, 1996\. (Photo by FOX Image Collection via Getty Images) In which we learn that "Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek guest star on THE X-FILES episode "Jose Chung's from Outer Space" which originally aired Sunday, April 12, 1996\. " I TOTALLY forgot this happened and I recapped that episode so farewell to my brain! ## 2005 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-102380298-1595453807-scaled.jpg) Alex Trebek (Photo by E. Charbonneau/WireImage for Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment) Did you know that Jeopardy is in the Guinness Book of World Records? Alex holds the record for hosting the most game show episodes, Johnny Gilbert holds the record for being announcer, and the show holds the record for winning the most Emmys for any show ever. ## 2005 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-112497382-1595453834-scaled.jpg) Alex Trebek and "American Idol" Season 4 - Top 7 Finalist, Carrie Underwood, 21, from Checotah, Oklahoma (Photo by Ray Mickshaw/WireImage) The original Informative Caption for this is really sweet to me, for some reason: "Alex Trebek and "American Idol" Season 4 - Top 7 Finalist, Carrie Underwood, 21, from Checotah, Oklahoma." Now Carrie is so famous! She also looks SO EXCITED here. ## 2006 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-106118466-1595453823.jpg) Susan Lucci and Alex Trebek during "Celebrity Jeopardy!" Celebrates 5,000th Episode and 23rd Season at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic) Could you have just given Susan Lucci ONE of those Emmys, Alex? (In fairness, she had actually won her Emmy by this point. I love you, Susan Lucci!) ## 2009 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-139171263-1595453850.jpg) April 7, 2009 Long Beach, Ca.; Alex Trebek and Tim Daly; 33rd Annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race Practice Day; Held on the streets of Long Beach (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic) When Tim Daly asks you to race cars with him, you do it! ## 2015 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-482258388-1595453891-scaled.jpg) NEW YORK, NY - JULY 28: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) (L-R) Alicia Silverstone, Billy Crystal, Gayle King, Questlove, Alex Trebek and Whoopi Goldberg posewith Lin Manuel Miranda and the cast backstage at the hit musical "Hamilton" on Broadway at The Richard Rogers Theater on July 28, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic) This is an AMAZING group of celebs at this performance of Hamilton: Alicia Silverstone, Billy Crystal, Gayle King, Questlove, Alex Trebek and Whoopi Goldberg! ## 2019 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-1150841435-1595453924-scaled.jpg) LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 19: "Jeopardy!" Host Alex Trebek posses with Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and "Jeopardy!" champion James Holzhauer backstage at the 2019 NHL Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on June 19, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images) And, as a true Canadian, of course Alex attended the NHL Awards last year (here, with Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and "Jeopardy!" champion James Holzhauer). 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