Alex Trebek Has Led a More Interesting Life Than All of Us

His Ticket to Stardom Was Wheel of Fortune

There's no doubt that Alex Trebek rose to fame through the vehicle of Jeopardy! However, he didn't start off on the show. When Wheel of Fortune host Chuck Woollery fell ill for the day, Trebek was met with a stroke of luck—he volunteered as a stand-in. The program went so swimmingly that Jeopardy! producers asked Trebek to come on their program full-time.

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