Alex Trebek Made Fun of Me

The new book is titled: Press the Button: Alex Trebek Made Fun of Me and Other Things That Will Make You Laugh, and it is scheduled for release January 4th, 2026.

An audiobook will follow. When? Unclear. There are several technical hurdles, most of which involve me.

We are also planning several glowing blurbs from famous writers on the back cover, for example:

"The best humour since Hamlet"--W. Shakespeare, Dramatist

I didn't say the blurbs were true.

From the book: 

This isn’t my first attempt at a big scheme. There have been a few.
One of my early attempts ended in total humiliation—in front of millions of people. I once went on Jeopardy! Don’t get excited—I lost. I blew Final Jeopardy, bet it all, ended with zero... and Alex Trebek went out of his way to make fun of my answer.

Don't get me started on Trebek. He acted like he knew all the answers. Nope. He was just Bob Barker with harder questions.


As for the audiobook, I'll be the narrator.
This has presented its own challenges.

Another quote from the book:

I thought I had the voice of Morgan Freeman. Then I put on studio headphones. You ever do that?
Turns out I sound like a man held hostage inside a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru speaker.


I try to make up for any vocal failings with two techniques: 1-Enthusiasm and, 2- Ignoring what I sound like.

Keep Calm and Carry On.

More details in coming weeks. Comments or questions to:

[email protected]