But I happened to catch an episode of Jeopardy late last night on GSN. And I had to think about how weird it would be if the show didn't kick off with Johnny Gilbert intoning: "This is Jeopardy." A different voice would seem downright jarring.
If you glance at Johnny's Wikipedia article (usual caveats) you'll see a list of game shows that goes on for most of a very substantial paragraph. This guy must have announced everything at one time or another. Still going strong at age 88, Johnny also played the lead in an Army production of Xanadu: The Marco Polo Musical during his younger days. Maybe he began the proceedings by proclaiming: "This is Xanadu."
Johnny's website includes a picture of him and his wife with Alex Trebek at the White House. (This was back in Alex's mustachioed era.) Johnny has become something of a national game show treasure.
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