Jeopardy! 9/10/1984 First Episode Part 1

[MacDragard]

lol, they had to draw numbers to determine the returning champion.

[billyblackattacks]

I like how in the opening h alex says "you know how we play it" well no we dont stranger with a mustache, this is the first episode

[glen0063]

@billyblackattacks This is the first episode with Alex Trebek, but Jeopardy had been a popular game show since it debuted in 1964 with Art Fleming.

[puccaperson]

Is this on a broken tape?

[TheCartman1997]

Wow todays jeopardy was way different!  :)

[aido2002]

Two copy-writers?

[Angie2343]

@aido2002 Where are they now?

[keithisfrickinawsome]

he had a mustache!!!!!!!!!!!

[Angie2343]

@keithisfrickinawsome Yeah. Now he doesn't.

[Angie2343]

These are the same categories from the 3000th episode.

[BatmanFan1966]

I wonder if they tried to invite back the last champion from either the 1975 or 1979 versions...

[Angie2343]

Animals seems to be a very frequent category on the show.

[videogamer004]

Love the 80's! I Know the awnsers also:3

[WaltGekko]

What is so ironic about this version and it's having run as long as it has (27 years to date!) is that no one expected it to do well when it came out. In fact, in New York, WNBC-TV, which had it the first three months was airing it after Letterman at 1:30 in the morning!! It was only when it moved to WABC-TV in New York on New Year's Eve 1984 did it pick up momentum to where it became the hit it would nationally.

[Angie2343]

@orkid682 The first episode with Alex as host. And boy, he looks great!

[TairyGreen89]

i like how the crowd reacts after every answer

[Angie2343]

@TairyGreen89 Now they don't do that anymore.

[TairyGreen89]

@Angie2343 I know that's why it was funny.

[Angie2343]

@TairyGreen89 Also, the timer wasn't used on the IBM matchup.

[denelson83]

Interesting that Sean Connery was the correct response on that fifth clue... ;)

[CainmosniMirrored]

I was born in June of the year this aired. Alex has been hosting this show my entire life.

[9DeuceProductions2]

sounds like trebek is autotuned

[MorichikaRinnosuke17]

@9DeuceProductions2 I think it's the video quality...

[martinmorales1989]

Two people cannot handle answering questions in the form of a question.

[kawikatube]

:20 - Did Johnny say Plainview, NY (11803) ? I am from Syosset, NY. Another local celeberty.

[fluteplaya22593]

holy crap look how young alex trebek looks

[classicstarr]

y do they sound auto tuned? lol

[Murphly]

@classicstarr That's just how we all sounded in the 80's. A great time to be alive =P

[Teflon65]

The original Jeopardy, hosted by Art Fleming, was on the air for quite a while before this.

[Kinder101]

31 years of jeopardy, that's amazing!

[andrewdishman26]

@Kinder101 how do you get 31

[thebestofsopherboys]

Alex was 44 here. Wow! He's 70 now.

[titanz05]

why did everyone gasp when alex introduced himself?

[smashwhammy]

@titanz05 because they were expecting Art FLemming

[AaronBruceLadner]

In Season 2 of Jeopardy!, There was a New Set. Also, The Contestants had to wait until Alex Finished each Clue before they Buzzed in.

[ravensfan222008]

Frank looks like Terry Bradshaw.

[shsbluejayforever06]

@ravensfan222008 WOW your right!

[primeviper]

The First show and Alex says "Welcome to Americas favorite question and answer game.....You know how we play it!"

[Dirtfire]

@primeviper well, the show had been around for years before this. Art Fleming hosted it before Alex.

[GenXorcist1976]

"...and a substitute teacher from Miami, Florida - DOROTHY ZBORNAK!!"

[ABCDEFGHI1423]

@GenXorcist1976 "At least she didn't get knocked up in high school!"

[GenXorcist1976]

@ABCDEFGHI1423

LOLOL!!! That episode was just on the "Hallmark Network" last night... LOVE that show! ;)

[yelton7]

dude this is so old hahaha awesome

[ravensfan222008]

This would make a great "Who wants to be a millionaire question?", what was the answer to the first ever question in the Alex Trebek version of Jeopardy?

[gottaloveaz]

The sound was for the end of the round when did that go away ?

[WaltGekko]

@gottaloveaz It never has gone away. It's just more often than not, they are able to complete the rounds fast enough where the end of round sound rarely, if ever, is used.

[gottaloveaz]

What is Frank's last name ?

[AaronBruceLadner]

@gottaloveaz Selevan

[jhillst]

When did they stop playing the "beep" when an answer is revealed?

[AussieEvil]

@jhillst That "beep" is actually the ring-in tone.

[MaliqueJacksonRules]

Alex is insanely young!!!!!

[irishdan2020]

i love how dramatic the audience is back then!

[irishdan2020]

ha ha...sean connery!

and a reference to SNL....crazy!

[finnishminnow]

I like the Nice Fancy-Looking (High-Heeled Pumps) Shoes that Lois Einstein is seen wearing at 0:20-0:22, while walking to her podium.

How about you guys that enjoy seeing women in Nice Fancy-Looking Shoes (like High Heels and Pumps, for instance)?

[finnishminnow]

What a nice Beginning Season 1 "Jeopardy" Episode!

[domirules28]

correct me if i'm wrong, but i thought that alex trebek used a handheld microphone during the earliest episodes of jeopardy!!

[samsticka]

@domirules28 He did. Just not in this episode. He would use it on-again/off-again for 2 years.

[Jako32]

oh, and EW that the very first question was "what are rats"? WTF lol. Surprised that hasnt been mentioned more over the years lol.

[Jako32]

I think the best background of all time by far was the one from late late 90s (those big sqaure checkers in the back) followed by the one from the early 90s then this one (kinda plain but clean and effective). The worst one I think is actually the current one. too loud.

[GSNLiveFree4All89]

RIP Sound effect at 1:40 in this first part of First Jeopardy with Trebek hosting. Man I miss that sound effect and board fill in cue don't you? :-(

[WheelWatcher12345]

1:42- 1:45 I LOVE the board cue.

[shaneinkster]

CBC should have showd 1 of the blue epasoads from between 1991 to 1996

[Pinman1000]

Alex: If you're all set to begin, pick up your signaling button, but do not ring in until the answer is fully exposed. If you're ready, then let us play Jeopardy!. This time, as I indicated with answers ranging a value from $100-$500, here are the 6 categories you're going to be dealing with in this first round.

[Pinman1000]

Alex: We have hidden somewhere on the board, a Daily Double! You're lucky enough to uncover that, then you'll have a chance to double any or all of your winnings up to that point in the round, and it's very important to try to win as much money as possible, because only the player with the most cash at the end of the day, will wind up keeping his or her winnings. Alright, we'll play the game until you hear this sound. That will signify that that particular round is over.

[Pinman1000]

Alex: I'm behalf of all of us. Welcome to America's favorite answering question game, Jeopardy! You know how to play it, we provide the categories and the answers, and it's then up to our contestants to give us the right questions. Players,

as you know, any time you recognize an answer, you're free to ring in. However, I do want to caution you about the Jeopardy!, if you are wrong, the value of the answer will be deducted from your score. But, to help you add to your winnings,

[dgaitan240]

Kebert. Xela.

[Ninlego10]

wow.......... alex was different.............

[TomTornados]

They should've animated that big JEOPARDY! sign

[myndhold]

Lol - Sean Connery was the answer to a question on Alex Trebek's first Jeopardy.

[oreosphat]

Ha! The audience is so animated...

[jeopardy59]

i have the full version of the first show

[heil99]

Gotta love the audience.

[pancakeman22]

Hi!! This episode rocks!!!!!!!!!!

[nebula402]

Hahaha gotta love Alex in the 80s.

[NessLover94]

Alex Trebek looks so young.

[karaokeguy88]

Wish they would go back to this opening

[TempusSans]

the 80s were so awesome.

[pannoni1]

In my opinion, Jeopardy! is a close 2nd for best "game show comeback" to TPIR (due to the big revampment).

[pannoni1]

The reason why original Jeopardy! host Art Fleming refused to host this version is due to the general '80s atmosphere of computers and MTV-style gadgets and felt like it alienated in the Jeopardy! tradition. It's a shame since the 1978 version had some disco-era influences; itself a new type of style.

[WaltGekko]

@pannoni1 That may have been so, but I believe he was 70 by then and may not have had any interest in getting back into hosting at that point (this was late 1984). Ironically, Fleming and Don Pardo appeared in Weird Al Yankovic's parody video "I Lost On Jeopardy!" that came out late the previous year.

[shaneinkster]

Monday September 10 1984

[CKru8789]

Alex Trebek. Man, back then, he looked kinda like Burt Reynold's.

[shoedoctor99]

The host is very nervous, I can hear it in his voice.

:-)

[uktvfan01]

@shoedoctor99 No, it's just the distortion from the (probably very old) VHS tape.

[DrPhilMusic]

yeah

[Netstryke]

Hey! If I was given the podium to one of the biggest game show franchises to host, I'd be nervous too! (lol)

[shoedoctor99]

@Netstryke lol, I was alluding to the off-tune sound quality...lawl. I don't think Alex Trebek is nervous though :)

[hanzszs]

I love how everyone gasps when when they get a question wrong.

[shaneinkster]

from $100-$500 till beeing doubled in November of 2001

[shaneinkster]

the re-ran this 4 weeks ago on CBC this was the 1st show

[rickhh1]

It was a special week that all syndicators aired in September. Unfortunately this was the only from the 1980's that reaired.

[shaneinkster]

i know but do you know monday the 1st from 1984. tuesday Eddie Timanus'es 5 game from 1999 a contestent that can't see. wednasday an Ken Jennings 74th game from 2004. and on thursday his next game his luser game just befor that one christmas. and on friday they show a jeopardy. later that same season arond spring of 2005 when ken was in 2np place

[shaneinkster]

i thot i do a to be continude cos i was not shur that i was going to fit the whol info on that same friday they showd a klip with alex with no pants

[shaneinkster]

well its been 11 weeks now

[shaneinkster]

well its been 6 months now

[willjarmon]

That made my day to see the first episode yesterday hopefully theyll show the second episode shocker

[mediadude08]

They should have shown the 2nd episode shocker instead of Ken's 74th win in my opinion.

[jordythegiant10]

I hear they are coming out with a new set within the coming weeks?

[mediadude08]

The new set premieres Monday nite!!

[shaneinkster]

that was months ago

[mediadude08]

There was a little tag before the re-air tonight, and Alex said "Check out the hair and the mustache, and be kind."

Little sensitive there, Alex?

[smashwhammy]

They just aired this episode! (the syndicated version is airing classic episodes this week, including some Ken and Eddie's last episode)

[mediadude08]

All five are set to record on my DVR!

[rej72380]

Judging by the quality of the actual recording, it appears the video tape used to record the episode onto a VHS tape in 1984 hasn't aged very well. In fact, Alex Trebek's voice sounds garbled in that particular video.

[SRTKyle98]

he sounds younger

[thecrazybunch1]

May I please have Jeopardy! 1984 Show 1as part of Happy 69th Birthday, Alex Trebek!

[kweets24]

You notice that they buzzed in right when the question popped up? how fair is that?? basically you jump in first ,and then wait until Alex is done asking the clue, and then you guess the question...

Good thing they changed the rules and you have to wait to buzz in after the entire clue is read.

[Noveltooner]

That's exactly the way "Jeopardy!" was originally played over its original 12-year NBC run and its short-lived revival, as well as both Alex Trbek pilots. As Art Fleming cautioned players, "Remember the jeopardy; any time you're wrong the amount of money alloted to that answer will be deducted from your winnings." And it was indeed a jeopardy; contestants kept their cash winnings and were in essence playing with their own money.

[Kwpolska]

i think the rules are changed for blind contestants - how did you think will episodes with Eddie T. will look his score? I think =>200.

[DorvellTStewart]

Alex sounds a lot more enthusiastic in this clip than he does these days.

[tenacious789]

its his first time on television. he was prolly jacked lol

[DorvellTStewart]

Actually, it isn't. He hosted a few other game shows before this.

[tenacious789]

really? i didnt know that. im guessing some of them arent on tv anymore but do u know which other ones he hosted?

[DorvellTStewart]

Your guess is correct. None of them are on TV anymore. Having not been born until 1989, I never saw the other game shows he did, but I know what some of them were. He hosted one of several versions of To Tell the Truth. He also hosted the $128,000.00 Question, The Wizard of Odds, High Rollers, and a few others.

[Hoddersrevenge]

As far as I know his first big break was college Bowl when he was only 22 or 23

[tenacious789]

cool. thanks for the info :)

[AlphaOmegaAWH]

That might be because the audio's a bit fucked up in this clip. Listen to how distorted the theme is...

[DorvellTStewart]

I know the audio's a bit messed up, but regardless, you can still hear something different in Alex's voice.

[AlphaOmegaAWH]

Or he was excited to host the show at first and after 25 years, it's grown on him.

[LocoYoFla]

The third guy is an "energy demonstrator" What is that?

[TheImpactor]

i dont know dude, why do you always have to ask hard questions?

[Hondo20132]

See Part 2.

[tenacious789]

maybe he teaches a class on energy?

[fIamingblitz]

lol sean connery snl lol

[Jim856796]

At 1:26, why does the "time is up" sound look different from the sound which is used today?

[FuturamaGuy]

Uh, because we're not in 1984 anymore?

[Jim856796]

No, here it used to have five tones, now it has seven. I want to know when they switched to the current "Time expired for this round" sound.

[gsn93]

Season 2. 1985-1986.

[JeopardyandWheelFan]

@gsn93 Actually, about a month or two into the first season is when it happened.

[Jim856796]

@gsn93 i realised that the time's-up bell actually has eight tones.

[malylotek73]

Thanks for this video! I'm fan of Jeopardy! 5/5 + FAV.

[mdumas43073]

Methinks some of those "audience noises" are canned.

[Beijing0lympicsSucks]

Does anybody got the full 2nd episode with the $0 3-way tie?

[xboxlivecansuckit]

its on dailymotion

[bjp20]

And also on Veoh.

[link4power]

um the voices sound a little weird

[23v0lv32]

this is the first show of the trebek version eh?..really cool footage. great to see the early production techniques

[hurracine]

they should that intro each time a new set is lauch

[jubjub449]

They had a sound for every clue?

[gsn93]

Nope, it was the contestants ringing in.

[PatrioticPirate]

@gsn93 ...which I think they should have still had a sound for.

[CheapnessAndBeauty]

I like this Jeopardy set. And the theme. :)

[Noveltooner]

Today, WNBC, the birthplace of the original Art Fleming-hosted "Jeopardy!", is still licking its wounds as 25 years it sees its former tenant at the top of the heap with another former NBC game, "Wheel of Fortune." At the time, "Jeopardy!" was taped at Metromedia Square in Hollywood (today the Fox Broadcast Center), the home of the last two seasons of "All in the Family" (not counting "Archie Bunker's Place"). Interestingly, today's set at Sony recalls the N.Y. quiz show sets of the 1950's.

[Noveltooner]

Initially, this version was not well-received (dumbed-down in comparison to its original NBC predecessor from 1964 to 1975) and technical glitches galore with the Panasonic monitors (long before the Sony owenership) and computers. WNBC-TV Ch. 4 in New York relegated it to Mon. thru Fr. at 2:30 A.M., predicting a quick death. WABC-TV Ch. 7 picked it up halfway through the season and moved it to 4:30 P.M., and it just took off from there.

[electronicsdrive]

The set here is literally ancient in comparison to modern Jeopardy sets. Alex Trebek also looks far different from how he looks now.

[2dfx]

Everybody in this video sound like they're underwater lol

[Premonition45]

It's the only one with annotations.

[gsn93]

I Just remove the Annotations and the video is working a little bit better, thanks.

[Premonition45]

It's out of sync again.

[gsn93]

I wish I know what's going on. It's also out of sync for me, too. It was working earlier.

[gsn93]

I Check the three other parts, and they are normal, this one isn't. Wonder why?

[Premonition45]

The video's out of sync.

[sideslide23]

I remeber this original Jeopardy during my Child Hood,

[samsticka]

They've got the wrong lights off at the beginning. They've got the backdrop lights off.  They should be on and the main one and the neons off.

[COWBOYMACLEOD]

So the Jeopardy's 1st episode hosted by Alex Trebek looks just simular to the 1987, 1988, 1990 & 1995 NFR in Las Vegas, Nevada when Frank Selibas would be the left-handed calf roper James Zant, Lois Feinstein would be Pam Minnick, and Greg Hopkins would be the 8-time world champion Joe Beaver.

[COWBOYMACLEOD]

A great unbelievably great character Greg Hopkins is, as Gregs a great character, the first man who ever won on Jeopardy!- Greg should put me in mind of the world champion of the 8-time world Champion Joe Beaver, as Greg Hopkins is definitely perfect for Joe Beaver, and that's who Greg just reminds me of as the rodeo cowboy roper Joe Beaver! :)

[COWBOYMACLEOD]

Frank Selibas should put me in mind of the left-handed tie-down calf roper James Zant, as Frank is definitely perfect for James Zant, and thats what Frank just reminds me of as the left-handed calf roper! Lois Feinstein should put me in mind of Pam Minnick, as Lois Feinstein is definitely perfect for Pam Minnick, and thats who Lois just reminds me of as Pam Minnick!

[Hondo20132]

BTW, I like the challenge you made onto the board!

[wilkes85]

FUCK FUCKIN FUCKIN FUCKIN FUCK!!!! I FUCKING REMEMBER THAT OPENING THEME MUSIC!! that's awesome!!! Total flashback here!

[gsn93]

Do you really have to swear?

[wilkes85]

yes.

[disneyfan85]

Why?

[litnin200]

I want to see the 2nd show. That one ended in a 3-way $0 tie!

[Hondo20132]

Look on dailymotion.

[the06bug]

Guys, quiet down in the audience! This is JEOPARDY!!!

[MaxEm87]

bad sound quality

[TheRealKodizee]

Unless gameshows are already a year old when they start.

[Reed488]

Game shows are not a year old when they start. The "25th Anniversary" marks the 25th beginning of a season for Jeopardy.

[wvoutlaw2002]

Forgot to ask this one, do you have Howard Wilson's eppy? I saw an interview with him about his Jeopardy experience, and needless to say, he was less than pleased with his appearance.

[wvoutlaw2002]

Hey gsn93, do you have Randy Amasia's first Jeopardy eppy?

[TheRealKodizee]

This version of the show is in it's 25th season, but if it's celebrating it's 25th anniversary it's a year early.

[Reed488]

No it's not. The the 25th season is inclusive of the 1984-1985 season through the 2008-2009 season. You would be correct if you were considering the 25 seasons AFTER the initial season (ending with the 2009-2010 season).

[TheRealKodizee]

Well, I'm just saying the 25th anniversary won't be until 2009, not at the start of the 25th season

[TheRealKodizee]

That's all I was trying to say.

[wvoutlaw2002]

Did anybody see Greg's podium light up for that last question? I didn't. Did his podium light up but the light cut off before the camera cut to him?

[jeopardywatcher]

Nope, Greg rang in while Alex read the clue.

[wvoutlaw2002]

Ah.

I think these days the ringers are locked out until Alex finishes reading the answer, correct?

[eksortso]

That's right. I remember that in following seasons, they would light a ring around the board to let contestants know they could buzz in.