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the tributes continue for Alex Trebek, the longtime Jeopardy host, died yesterday at the age of 80. He had waged that long and very public battle with pancreatic cancer. People are placing flowers on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Just one of many, many tributes. Laura McQuillan is back, uh, to bring us the thoughts not just a fans, but also people who worked very closely with him. Laura. That's right here, their colleagues, but also those who are involved in the show in other ways, including contestants, all sharing tributes. What we're learning just in the past day is that Alex Trebek filmed his final episode on October 29th, obviously pretty sick just a week and a half ago. But his colleagues said he brought so much energy he was the same man you always saw hosting Jeopardy, And the show's executive producer, Mike Richards, said the team had no idea that would be Alex Trebek's final day on set. He says he had chills the entire day because of a special message that Alex Trebek shared. Take a listen. He gives a speech talking about togetherness, how important family is. Um, and it will resonate even more now. Um, it was so beautiful that we were all emotion emotional. We're all in tears, and we all started clapping, and it almost distracted him because he he was going. Okay, Now let's play jeopardy. Um, but it was It was one of those days. It was just He was at the top of his game even though clearly he was very old. And what we've seen fans sharing tributes online. We're also seeing some contestants and famous names like Ken Jennings, who holds the longest winning streak. 74 winds. Take a look, a tweet that he shared. And he said Alex wasn't just the best Everett what he did. He was also a lovely and deeply decent man. And I'm grateful for every minute I got to spend with him. Obviously, a lot of minutes that those two did spend together. Also, James whole holes. Howard, who spent well 32 games on the show, is well, sharing This Alex was so much more than a host, he was impartial, arbiter of truth and facts in a world that needs exactly that he was someone you could count on to entertain you every weekday even when his health barely allowed. And he was an underrated rapper. And Heather, I want to share with you once again that moment, which James holds how our shared is. Well, take a listen. Started from the bottom. Now we're here. Started from the bottom. Now the whole team here by a chopper and have a doctor on speed dial, I guess. Mad City Panda. Panda. Panda. Panda! Panda! Panda! Panda! They mad. They ain't famous. They mad, They still nameless. But we still hood famous. Yeah, we still hood famous. I was just getting into this rap thing. I'm not too good at it, but I was getting into it. That's one of the things that so many people are remembering. Listen, you mentioned Ken Jennings. By the way, if anyone wants to read a really nice tribute in The New York Times about his run and how the moment when and when Alex Trebek says you may now call me Alex, you know some really warm recollections from him in print to if you run, read further after all of those decades and the man so, you know, forever indelibly linked to this program. What's gonna happen to the show. Laura. Well, the show will go on. It will find a new host, but it's the crew behind it says that there won't be any decision on a host or any announcement anytime soon, or when new episodes might air. We know that Alex Trebek's final episode will air on Christmas Day in terms of who that new host might be. Hey, gave some clothes about who has successor should be in a couple of interviews in the past year or so. Here is Alex Trebek, in his own words. It's probably going to be a woman. It'll be somebody younger, somebody bright, somebody personable, and it'll carry on. Shows have a life that is independent of their hosts. That doesn't mean that they won't miss the host, but they'll develop an allegiance to the new guy, and that's the way it should be. And Alex Trebek said that he would want his final message to fans be that if they would show that new host the same love and respect and attention that they had shown him then the show would be a success that his successor would also thrive. That will be hard, of course. Heather to imagine jeopardy without Alex Trebek