Celebrity Jeopardy, was a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live between 1996 and 2002, the years when Will Ferrell was a cast member. It parodies the Celebrity Jeopardy, edition of the television game show Jeopardy, where celebrities compete and the game level of difficulty is significantly reduced.
Fourteen sketches have been aired between December 1996 and May 2009, two sketches per season from 1996 to 2002, and one each in 2005 and 2009 when Ferrell returned to the show as host.
Ferrell appeared as host Alex Trebek in all fourteen sketches. Darrell Hammond also appeared in each sketch, twelve times as Sean Connery, in an impersonation that often question Trebek sexuality and sometimes that he has known Trebek mother in a carnal sense.
Under the guise of a celebrity game show wherein celebrity contestants appear and donate their winnings to charity, the sketches usually begin at the start of the second round of Jeopardy, called Double Jeopardy. The host, Alex Trebek, welcomes the audience and introduces the celebrity contestants, along with their current scores.
These are usually deep in the negative, or a very low positive score. Both the host and contestants are played as caricatures of their real life personalities. Trebek is the beleaguered straight man. He is generally the only person on stage interested in engaging in a game of Jeopardy.
The contestants, who often appear either unaware of what the game is or uninterested in playing it, either ramble incoherently, deliver irrelevant monologues, or openly antagonize the host. Whenever a contestant takes the game seriously, he or she proves utterly incapable of answering any of the questions correctly.
In all fourteen sketches, no contestant ever buzzes in and gives a correct response. Meanwhile, Trebek makes little or no effort to hide his contempt for the celebrities stupidity, and in return he is bombarded with sophomoric insults from Sean Connery.
The Saturday Night Live Band also known as The Live Band. Academy Award winning composer Howard Shore served as the first musical director, from 1975 to 1980, appearing in many musical sketches, including Howard Shore and His All Nurse Band.
Over the years, the band has featured several New York studio musicians including Paul Shaffer, Lou Marini, David Sanborn, Michael Brecker, Ray Chew, Alan Rubin, Steve Ferrone, Tom Malone, and G.E. Smith. The band is currently under the leadership of Tower of Power alum Lenny Pickett and keyboardists Leon Pendarvis and Katreese Barnes.
The number of musicians has varied over the years, but the basic instrumentation has been three saxophones, one trombone, one trumpet. and a rhythm section featuring two keyboards, a guitar, bass, drums, and an extra percussionist, not a permanent part of the band until Valerie Naranjo arrival in 1995. The 1983 1984 and 1984 1985 seasons featured the smallest band, a six-piece combo.
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