What is an awesome day?

Back in October of 2012 we had the opportunity to meet Alex Trebek.  The Jeopardy crew came to Ramstein Air Base to seek out future contestants for a week of episodes highlighting military personnel that serve overseas.

My family is addicted to Jeopardy–and Alex Trebek–so we were excited!  We routinely watch Jeopardy! just before dinner.

My wife and I got in line, met Alex, and got his autograph.  He was very kind to us.  Then, yep, we got into the line of people waiting to take the tests (tryout) for the show.

After 30 minutes or so we had worked our way nearly up to the front of the line (just across from Alex).  He looked up from signing a photograph, saw us, and said, “Hey, Bart and Perla…looks like you’re almost to the front of the line!”

I stood there, grinning, and looking foolish, but I couldn’t help it.   Alex Trebek had just said our names aloud, ha!  Even though he had worked through a line of fans since our meeting, Alex Trebek remembered our names and called us out. I thought that was pretty cool.

We didn’t make the cut for the show (man!) but it was an awesome day.