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Was This Version Of Jeopardy Ever Seen In Canada?
There are now at least three versions of Jeopardy running on various screens - the traditional syndicated mother ship that used to be hosted by Alex Trebek, a Colin Jost streaming edition (just renewed) called "Pop Culture Jeopardy" and a special YouTube only version. Not to mention the Celebrity episodes that air on ABC or the British and Australian takes that CHCH was showing. And I think there was also a kid-friendly series called "Jep."
But does anyone remember the original spin-off and was it shown here on MuchMusic in Canada? It was called "Rock And Roll Jeopardy" and was hosted by a not-very-good Jeff Probst, of "Survivor" fame. But at least the subject matter was interesting and I always tried to catch it on a satellite dish when it was on VH1 down south.
It was the usual answers-and-questions format that's become stardard, but all the subjects were related to rock music. And I really enjoyed it.
If you're curious about this musical version, there are a large number of them on YouTube, some of middling quality, which you can find here. And it remains fun to watch, if a little dated, all these years later. I wish they were still making it. 
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Yeah, it was on MuchMoreMusic
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Didn't last long enough. The reruns are fun but it should have had more seasons IMHO.
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I just enjoyed the challenge of the music-related questions. And the audio Daily Doubles. The contestants were beside the point to me.
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Jeff Probst, of "Survivor" fame.
He and Tom Bergeron are two hosts I just can't figure out how they keep getting work.
Re: the show itself, it was fun but IIRC the max payout was $5K and you didn't return to defend your title.
There's nobody in the industry who has the work ethic of Bergeron.
Back in the early 90s, I had just arrived at WBZ as a newsroom peon. Tom was hosting radio talk from 10 till noon, running down the hall to get into makeup and suit to host "People Are Talking," a live audience talk show on WBZ-TV, then zooming back across the building to be back on radio right after the 1:00 news until 3.
That's an insane amount of live broadcasting to do five days a week, but he never broke a visible sweat.
He also has a very well deserved reputation as one of the kindest guys in the industry. He's constantly helping to raise money for WHAV-LP, the little community station in his hometown of Haverhill, Mass.
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I just enjoyed the challenge of the music-related questions. And the audio Daily Doubles. The contestants were beside the point to me.
I'm the same way with the current Jeopardy. I always record it and fast forward through the contestant introductions and interviews. I'm just there for the questions. I can blast through an episode in about 15 minutes.
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If you want a laugh - check this episode out:
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There's nobody in the industry who has the work ethic of Bergeron.
I know one introduction to Bergeron for many was "Fox After Breakfast" (1996-1997) which was the successor to FX's "Breakfast Time" (1994-1996). An interesting morning show concept trying to do something a bit different in a large, open-spaced New York loft apartment. The late Uma Pemmaraju doing the Fox news breaks.
Co-hosted by Laurie Hibberd, of CKFM and YTV - later Laurie Gelman after Hibberd married producer Michael Gelman in 2000 - him being the "Live with Kelly and Mark" producer as well as its earlier incarnations.
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Didn't last long enough. The reruns are fun but it should have had more seasons IMHO.
It ran on VH1 from 1998-2001. 100 episodes were produced.