"We regret the insinuation that Mr. Alex Trebek is a robot, and has been since 2004. Mr. Trebek's robotic frame does still contain some organic parts, many harvested from patriotic Canadian schoolchildren, so this technically makes him a `cyborg,' not a `robot.'"

Can someone explain?
aaron | Homepage | 07.26.06 - 5:35 am | #

Misses his fifteen minutes of fame, apparently.
Jeffrey S. Smith | Homepage | 07.26.06 - 7:49 am | #

Obviously he's in league with Sean Connery. :)~
Marco Frisbee | Homepage | 07.26.06 - 8:00 am | #

Why don't you go to the source and read the letter on his blog. It is clearly parody. He's having fun with Jeopardy as if it were an old girlfriend. It's funny. Why do people take satire seriously? http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=70
Bill Cork | Homepage | 07.26.06 - 9:00 am | #

Humor is subjective (and I've had enough people request not to be subjected to mine). I'm with Bill, the letter was in jest. People at AP need to read this blog and grow a sense of humor.
Dean | 07.26.06 - 12:58 pm | #

Expecting the AP to understand humor is like expecting Castro to understand a market economy.
Meg Q | Homepage | 07.26.06 - 5:42 pm | #

I thought this was especially funny:

"I think it would rule if, just one time, Alex had to read off a board like:

* PlayStation
* The Arby’s 5-for-$5.95 Value Menu
* Reality TV
* Men’s Magazines
* Skanks from Reality TV Who Got Naked in Men’s Magazines
* Potpourri"
Meg Q | Homepage | 07.26.06 - 5:44 pm | #

The guy cracks me up!

And uh...no offense but why whack the AP ?
Kelly Clark | Homepage | 07.27.06 - 10:11 pm | #

I was shocked and appalled when I read this. Ken Jennings looks and sounds crazed. Seriously, have you seen his photo? He looks like a kook. Really pitiful. Obviously a smart guy, but geez...a little arrested devlopment going on there?
Miss B. | Homepage | 07.30.06 - 6:07 pm | #

You guys think this was SATIRE!? COME ON. It was so NOT. And if it were why hasn't Jennings issued a statement claiming it as such?

Nope, sorry. This guy is a dweeb who has a bee in his bonnet for some reason.
Miss B. | Homepage | 07.30.06 - 6:09 pm | #

It is obviously satire. Also, Jennings has explained this in subsequent blog posts. See http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=84 and http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=83.
Boethius | Homepage | 07.31.06 - 7:44 pm | #

Then his sense of humor is terribly flawed and he lacks good judgment, at best.
Miss B. | Homepage | 07.31.06 - 8:41 pm | #