Thompson and Trebek had met backstage at the 2019 NHL Awards, and got to talking about"Black Jeopardy!" right away.
"That was the first thing he mentioned," Thompson, 42, told"Hot Ones" host Sean Evans."He actually said, 'God bless you for figuring out a way to do a 'Jeopardy!' behind the legendary Will Ferrell 'Jeopardy!'"Eliot J. Schechter / NHLI via Getty Images On"SNL," Will Ferrell has appeared several times as Trebek in a more traditional satire on the beloved game show. Thompson, meanwhile, is the host of"Black Jeopardy!" but doesn't impersonate Trebek. Thompson's sketch first debuted in March 2014 and was created by writers Bryan Tucker and Michael Che.The comedian added that he had some compliments of his own for Trebek.
"He was patting me on the back about , but I was patting him on the back for probably being one of the smartest people in the world because it seems like he knows the answer to all those 'Jeopardy!' questions," he said. "He has a way of responding to each question like, 'No, of course, it's this and that and the other because I read this book or I've known about this historic town in Rome,'" said Thompson."He was incredible."
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