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

He Has a Spot-On Impersonator

Since becoming a household name, Trebek has had plenty of celebrity impersonators, the most famous of which being Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live. Ferrell has hosted several fake episodes of Jeopardy! with contestants like Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond) and Björk (Winona Ryder). Word on the street is that Trebek prefers Eugene Levy's impersonation to Ferrell's.

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