Jeopardy! Contestant Tricks Alex Trebek into Saying ‘Turd Ferguson’

During Wednesday’s edition of Jeopardy!, contestant Talia Lavin made something wonderful happen. She channeled a classic Celebrity Jeopardy! skit from Saturday Night Live and tricked host Alex Trebek into saying the phrase “Turd Ferguson.”

The final category was “Oscar-Nominated Songs,” and the clue described a song “from a 1999 animated film about censorship [that] had a word censored from its Oscar performance.” The answer, of course, was “Blame Canada” from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.

Unfortunately for Lavin, she didn’t know the answer, so she wrote down something else instead. Ever the cordial host, Trebek read out her written answer in full:

“What is the love ballad of Turd Furgeson. P.S. Hi, Mom :)”

Check out the clip below, via CBS:

For a refresher, here’s the original skit from SNL starring Will Ferrell as Trebek, Jimmy Fallon as French Stewart, Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery, and Norm MacDonald as Burt Reynolds — otherwise known as “Turd Ferguson.” Check it out, via NBC:

[h/t Death and Taxes]
[Image via screengrab]

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