Ken Jennings' First Episode Intro (2004) | JEOPARDY!

Join us as we go back to Ken Jennings' first episode (nearly 16 years ago)! Here's his first show introduction, which aired on June 2, 2004.

Ken's first Jeopardy! game is part of a special encore event re-airing of JEOPARDY! The Greatest of All Time. The tournament itself brings together the three highest money winners in the show’s history: Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer, and will be bookended by Ken's first and last games of his record-breaking 74-game streak.

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[rileysutton]

(June 2, 2004) "A software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah, Ken Jennings."
(January 11, 2021) "And now, here is the guest host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings."

[andrewcomments]

Jerry was doomed when Ken arrived, but a 2-day total of 70k is quite impressive!

[SanjayMaru]

Poor Jerry Harvey had no idea who he was up against.

[Dinoyipi]

Jerry: "Why do I hear boss music?"

[JoseT]

Jerry: "I'm a 2-day champ. I'm on top of the world"

Ken: "Hold my beer...."

[obinnanwakwue]

Here after Ken's first episode as guest host

[justinmathewson]

When Alex said "I came out quickly, because I'm eager to get the game going"
It almost felt like prophetic foreshadowing...

[BrandonToledo]

I miss the old Jeopardy board sound @ 0:46!! Should've kept it!!

[arsenal-slr]

I remember being a kid and turning in everyday to see if this guy could keep up the streak. It was incredible and I ended up missing the one he lost

[clintjacops]

Ken Jennings Named The Permanent Host Of Jeopardy! 👍🖥👏

[bernier]

“We have an excellent champion.”

Alex was right, but not in the way he thought at the time.

[ECUC_Studioz]

20th anniversary of Ken Jennings’ first Jeopardy game.

[fundude]

Now here is the host of Jeopardy Ken Jennings

[alexanderdietz]

Little did they know... Ken would go on a huge winning streak

[JoeyFlyBoy]

I remember watching the episode. However, We were all unaware that a legend was gonna be born

[GenF]

Good times, I remember. Little did we know he would dominate for months! RIP Alex ❤️.

[baylinkdashyt]

The only time Ken ever stood anywhere *besides* the contestant-right podium.

[yobelkcip]

20 years ago today, a game show legend was born.

[nickoates]

They should've used this intro, theme, and sound effects for Jeopardy: GOAT

[jackson]

0:38 little did you know how that "excellent champion" was going to be a major understatement to that guy on his left!