At age 92, Jeopardy! announcer Johnny Gilbert isn't ready to call it quits

[TMC]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/enter...th/7534565002/

Gilbert, who has been taping his introductions from his Los Angeles-area home, has had to adjust with each new Jeopardy! guest-host after working with the late Alex Trebek for 37 years. "It's not easy for me because I worked with Alex for 37 years, and I never thought of anybody replacing him," he says. "Nobody can do it like he did it, you know." Executive producer Mike Richards assures Gilbert that his job is safe, even as Jeopardy! enters a new era with a new permanent host this fall. "Johnny will be the announcer of Jeopardy! as long as he would like to be the announcer of Jeopardy!" says Richards. "I have told him that, and it's just how he is, humble. He's never taken the job for granted."

[Hawkee]

When you were a little kid did you ever read the book The Little Engine That Could? In the game show world that book certainly describes Johnny Gilbert to a T. Because it's hard to believe that at 92 Johnny is still going strong and is truly The Little Engine That Could because he has been well known in the game show world for a long time. From Jeopardy to Supermarket Sweep Johnny Gilbert is one of the best liked game show announcers of all time and I can bet if Johnny Gilbert does decide to retire I bet The Little Engine That Could will be read at his farewell party. Because like the story Johnny says "I think I can" and he is a role model for game show announcers today
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[icecream]

I thought Johnny Gilbert was 96.