Danny

OK, so for me this is a simple one.  Bob Barker vs. Alex Trebek is surely a Grudge Match for the ages.  On one side, you have former host of The Price is Right, and on the other, the Canadian wuss host of Jeopardy.

Barker is the clear winner here, he hosted his show for 200 years before recently retiring, probably so that he could focus on his other career of spaying and neutering small animals.  He’s obviously tougher than Trebek as shown by the fact that he was constantly getting assaulted on his show, and yet never seemed to have any ill effects.  As a foreigner, my main experience with Trebek is that he’s constantly being verbally abused by Sean Connery, or at least that’s the parody that I am choosing to base my argument upon because it’s hilarious.

Let’s actually do a comparison of the two though, shall we?

1. Bob Barker has a whopping 19 Emmys to Trebek’s pathetic four (although Jeopardy itself has won 27).
2. Bob Barker hosted The Price is Right for almost 35 years, Trebek’s only at 24 for Jeopardy .
3. Barker is 6’1” giving him a significant height advantage over tiny little 5’8” Trebek.
4. I’m pretty sure Bob Barker is a zombie, or is at least kept alive by supernatural means.  So his superhuman strength and penchant for eating brains probably gives him the edge of the apparently human Trebek.

Let’s not forget that Trebek plays his game backwards.  He demands that his contestants ask the questions, and he just provides answers, as though everyone is there just for his amusement.  Plus Barker teaches us all how to be frugal shoppers, and that’s definitely helpful.

Finally, don’t forget that Bob Barker is one hell of a fighter.  Seriously, Trebek doesn’t stand a chance.

ppemberton

Well, this one’s pretty easy, as far as I’m concerned. Trebek beats Barker in terms of both brains and brawn. And let’s not forget that Trebek has a local connection – he likes to knock down mail boxes in Templeton.

But you shouldn’t vote for him just because he likes to get airborne in his car. You should vote for him because:

1.)    He’s smarter.

His show discusses things like peritonitis, “Pride and Prejudice” and the capital of Armenia. What did Bob Barker discuss? The price of Delmonte peas. So, basically, the ideal contestant for “Jeopardy” would be an Oxford scholar. The ideal contestant for “Price is Right” would be a stocker at Ralph’s.

2.)    Bob Barker is 120.

Little known fact: For the last ten years of “The Price is Right,” Barker didn’t actually host the show himself. Instead they used a robot clone that they aged each year. Except the robot clone malfunctioned and hit on the models that worked on the show, resulting in lawsuits.

3.)    Get a few beers in Trebek, and he’s a F-bomb spewing wild man.  

You think Barker would mess with a guy with a temper like that? He’s out to give F-bomb King Bill O’Reilly a run for his money.

4.)    Happy Gilmore was a sis.

Of course he gets beat in that clip Danny linked. The guy doesn’t even keep his guard up. Besides, I think this movie was made during the “robot clone” era. And we all know robot clones are impossible to take out.

5.)    Trebek once beat Chuck Norris during an ultimate fighting bout in Vegas.

Okay, I haven’t actually confirmed this one yet. But I heard it from a really good blog I read. It also revealed that Captain Kangaroo was once a sniper in Vietnam.