What charity are you playing for?
Well, the charity I'm playing for is the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
How often do you watch Jeopardy!?
I watch Jeopardy! a--every so often if I want to be reminded how little I retained from school. Yeah. Yeah. I'm a f--definitely a fan--that's why I'm here--but, I have to say, this is the most nervous I've been since my wedding.
What are you most excited about, or afraid of, today?
Uh, most excited about being here and just being part of this, and certainly the support that Jeopardy!'s giving, uh, MDA. I'm most frightened of Aisha Tyler. I--I--she's scaring me.
Who is going to win today?
I--who do I really think is going to win? I really think--based on just some rehearsals we were doing backstage as we were getting our briefing--I think Aisha has a lock on this. I do, yeah.
If you could pick anyone to play Jeopardy! against who would it be and why?
Um, if I could play Jeopardy! against anybody in the world, I would play against Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein. And you know why? They're both dead.
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
"He's the witty Emmy Award-winning host of the hit series Dancing with the Stars and author of the upcoming comic memoir I'm Hosting as Fast as I Can! Here's..."
Emmy Award-winning host, Tom Bergeron's comedic wit always guarantees his audience a fun and memorable evening. Vying for honors as the busiest man in TV, Tom is releasing his first book I'm Hosting as Fast as I Can! Zen and the Art of Staying Sane in Hollywood will be out April 7th. Tom also hosts ABC's hit Dancing with the Stars and America's Funniest Videos, and wrapped Planet Green skein Supper Club. While all three are on air, he had the most prime time hours on TV than any host.
Bergeron began his broadcasting career in 1972 in his hometown of Haverhill, Massachusetts. He spent over a decade with WBZ-TV in Boston, hosting a number of popular shows. In 1994 he became host of Breakfast Time on FX, which morphed into Fox After Breakfast and moved to the Fox network. He became a fill-in anchor on Good Morning America in 1997, until he segued to Hollywood Squares in 1998. While hosting Hollywood Squares, Bergeron kept busy as a fill-in anchor on CBS' The Early Show.
He can now be seen hosting ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos and ABC's #1 hit Dancing with the Stars. He will also continue to be a guest correspondent for Good Morning America while hosting Supper Club for Planet Green. He was also chosen in the first class of inductees to the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame at Massosoit College.
In between projects, Bergeron has hosted everything from The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards and Miss America Pageant, to The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's 28th College Television Awards Gala.
Bergeron spends a lot of his free time volunteering his services for several charity events. He was the national celebrity spokesperson for March of Dimes March for Babies and was awarded their March of Dimes Special President's Award for Volunteer Excellence. He's currently involved in the Muscular Dystrophy Association and host of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.
Bergeron is a confessed gym rat working out 4-5 days a week with a trainer and enjoys running and riding his bike on the beach. He splits his time between Connecticut and California, and lives with his wife and 2 teenaged daughters.
Tom was a panelist on the first two episodes of the 20th season of the public radio quiz show Says You! in 2016. |
