Talk:Alex Trebek

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What does the line "she removed it, which is why he doesn't have it anymore" mean? It's talking about his mustache, but the sentence is very poorly written.

The "Famous Quotes" section in this article doesn't need to be there. It's very sarcastic. ~It's just lame. Regardless, it's been deleted.

Contents 1 calling on the girl 2 Alex Trebek's nationality, eh? 3 His real birth name? 4 The mustache 5 Trebekkies 6 Same birthays!!! 7 Rumor of Death in 90s

[edit] calling on the girl

This has no relevance to anything...as such I am deleting it.

[edit] Alex Trebek's nationality, eh?

Since Mr. Trebek is a naturalized American citizen (and no longer a Canadian one), it is correct to begin the article with "George Alexander Trebek (birth name Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek, born July 22, 1940), is an American television personality," and so forth. His Canadian birth is noted in the intro paragraph. There have been some anonymous attempts to eradicate Mr. Trebek's American nationality, whilst also converting the entire article into British English. Honestly, he's a game show host. This is a really petty topic over which to raise any nationalistic dander. Leave the article as it is and (thanking you kindly) let our two nations co-exist in peace. StarryEyes 22:43, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

• Why should he revoke his Canadian citizenship? NorthernThunder 21:43, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Trebek has dual citizenship, even though he is an American Citizen, he is still a Canadian Citizen as well. 134.153.36.69 13:22, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] His real birth name?

The word "suka" means "bitch," and this doesn't look like a Ukrainian name at all. I think it was a joke played by whoever edited it. Does anyone have confirmation of his real name? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.44.225.162 (talk • contribs).

Yes it is true, it means "bitch", but here's the link that says that [V Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek] his real name. I don't know what is true... —dima/s-ko/ 22:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The mustache

Since the mustache rumor is unfounded, why not just remove it from the article? --TrustTruth 20:32, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure if the mustache thing was intended as a joke, but the fact that it made me laugh out loud seems like a plenty good reason to keep it! Kansas Sam 03:22, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trebekkies

Not sure if this qualifies as a parody, but I always thought it was funny, and very illustrative of Trebek's friendly, gracious nature. Darguz Parsilvan 12:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Same birthays!!!

Alex Trebek was born July 22, 1940. I was born July 22, 1992

Hate to break it to you, but over 17 million other people have that birthday too. --Suso 04:36, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rumor of Death in 90s

I remember a string of rumors back in the 90s that Alex had died of cancer or something like that. Now obviously they weren't true but they are interesting nonetheless. It got so serious that I remember him appearing in some TV show where he sat in an audience or something and other people in the audience noticed him and I think mentioned something about thinking that he was dead. Is there any more information about these rumors and how they started? -- Suso 04:33, 25 November 2006 (UTC)