LeVar Burton To Guest Host ‘Jeopardy!’ After Petition
Former Reading Rainbow host and Star Trek: The Next Generation star LeVar Burton will guest host Jeopardy! this summer after a fan petition asking calling on the show to hire him garnered nearly 250,000 signatures. What do you think?
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“Yet they’ve done nothing with my petition to bring back Trebek.”
Blaine Goodman, Rubber Band Tester
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“It’s about time Jeopardy! made an appeal to the nerd demographic.”
Omar Hutchinson, Systems Analyst
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“Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin once said, ‘If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.’ That’s why I hope you’ll sign my petition to put Brent Spiner on Match Game.”
Callie Vega, Maxillofacial Surgeon
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