Alex Trebek Pronounces 'Tobias Funke' In Most Pretentious Way Possible On 'Jeopardy!' (VIDEO)

Alex Trebek just blue himself.

The "Jeopardy!" host is known for pronouncing words in non-English languages in accordance with their native accents, which can come off as either wildly charming or unbearably pretentious, depending on your point of view. But he really outdid himself by pronouncing the name of Tobias Fünke, the resident analrapist of "Arrested Development" with a confusing accent that must be heard to be believed.

Clearly, contestant Nina Stanton is a bigger fan of "Arrested Development" than Trebek -- she immediately answered the question correctly.

(via Mediaite)

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Comments

[boscobear]

09:43 AM on 03/09/2012

I know it's not PC but I have to ask, "Who told this woman that what she was wearing and her hairdo looked good enough to be seen by millions? I believe if I was this lady, I would be looking very hard for this person and it wouldn't be to say thanks.

[elicourey]

09:06 PM on 03/08/2012

I love Arrested Development....and this article is just dumb.

[HomerJFong]

04:02 AM on 03/08/2012

Not necessarily Alex's fault the screen caption was misspelled...

[poster boy]

12:58 AM on 03/08/2012

It's Funke stoo-pid they even bothered putting this on here.

[TopBrain]

09:59 PM on 03/07/2012

How did trebek "blue himself?"

[GeorgeWGump]

02:39 PM on 03/07/2012

Why are all these folks who have clearly never seen the show commenting on this? If you don't get the references, that's fine, but don't correct others on things you know nothing about.

[nycbunny]

01:11 PM on 03/07/2012

I read somewhere that Alex and Sean Connery are arch enemies. Or maybe I just dreamt it.

[groucho42]

06:16 PM on 03/07/2012

Are you confusing the show with SNL sketches?

[davidwilliambarker]

09:36 PM on 03/08/2012

Moo!

[Brian Adler]

12:29 PM on 03/07/2012

He just pronounced it in German (it's a German name). I can't believe someone thought this was interesting.

[Mike Dennison]

01:40 PM on 03/07/2012

Agreed.

[Havana Thinks]

04:21 PM on 03/07/2012

Ditto!

[Skygazer]

11:54 AM on 03/07/2012

blah..one big hand-ob to Jeopardy.

[coreten]

11:17 AM on 03/07/2012

OH...MAH...GOWD.....This piece of...news (?) should be on every front page in the country and should be debated by the Presidential hayena pack, as it fits into their priorities as an important issue.

[ThierryGhi]

11:11 AM on 03/07/2012

It's a German name, that's the way it has to be pronounced... This whole article is stupid.

[Noah Cross]

11:22 AM on 03/07/2012

Don't be silly.

[joebobr80]

11:05 AM on 03/07/2012

It's a German name, and he said it how a German would. How the ficken is this a problem?

[Noah Cross]

11:23 AM on 03/07/2012

In context, relating to the show, he mispronounced it.

[HomerJFong]

04:03 AM on 03/08/2012

But to be fair the, caption was misspelled...

[CharliePoole]

10:59 AM on 03/07/2012

"Clearly, contestant Nina Stanton is a bigger fan of "Arrested Development" than Trebek -- she immediately answered the question correctly."

Or she can read. There's that possibility.

[Ed Baker]

10:59 AM on 03/07/2012

I'm always surprised and irritated when people who write for a living use the word "fail" as a noun.

The word to use is "failure."

[Wonder Woman2]

10:48 AM on 03/07/2012

Years ago on a state capitol question- the state was South Dakota. The answer was "What is PIER?" Which is how South Dakotan's pronounce 'Pierre'. He called it a wrong answer and said no it was "Pea-air". That person ultimately lost that day and really should have won. It made me realize he didn't know everything an he really should have rehearsed some.