Celebrity Jeopardy! (Saturday Night Live)
| Celebrity Jeopardy! | |
|---|---|
| Saturday Night Live sketch | |
| Written by | Norm Macdonald Steve Higgins |
| Starring | Will Ferrell Darrell Hammond Six episodes: Jimmy Fallon Norm Macdonald Two episodes: Kenan Thompson One episode each: Alec Baldwin Drew Barrymore Jim Carrey David Duchovny Dean Edwards Ana Gasteyer John Goodman Tom Hanks Taran Killam Lucy Liu Tobey Maguire Kate McKinnon Matthew Perry Amy Poehler Winona Ryder Reese Witherspoon Horatio Sanz Molly Shannon Martin Short Ben Stiller Alex Trebek (Cameo) Kristen Wiig |
| Total episodes | 15 |
| Air dates | 1996–2002, 2005, 2009, 2015 |
Celebrity Jeopardy! is a series of sketches that aired regularly on the television comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live between 1996 and 2002, the years when Will Ferrell was a cast member. It parodies the same-named special event on the television quiz show Jeopardy! that features competition between notable individuals with all winnings going towards charitable organizations, and significant reductions to the game's level of difficulty. Fifteen sketches aired between December 1996 and February 2015: two sketches per season from 1996 to 2002, and one each in 2005 and 2009, when Ferrell returned to the show as host. The sketch was revived for the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special on February 15, 2015.
Ferrell portrayed Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. Darrell Hammond also appeared in each sketch, usually portraying Sean Connery, Trebek's "arch-nemesis" who makes crass insults implying a sexual relationship between Connery and Trebek's mother. Norm Macdonald appeared as Burt Reynolds in six sketches. Jimmy Fallon also appeared six times, portraying a different character in each appearance.
On several occasions, Celebrity Jeopardy! sketches have been referenced during actual episodes of Jeopardy!.