Jeopardy! fans left stunned when contestants cant identify James Earl Jones

“Jeopardy!” fans were left screaming at their screens during a recent episode of the game show.On Monday’s episode, Ryan Sharpe and Kelsi Tyler faced off against previous winner Paolo Pasco.And they all failed to identify James Earl Jones in a category about clues related to “Sesame Street.”Halfway through, the show’s host, Ken Jennings, introduced Oscar the Grouch.“Throughout the years, lots of people have stopped by ‘Sesame Street’ like Alex Trebek and Ken Jennings,” the Muppet explained from his trash can.

“Why can’t they leave a grouch alone? But, the very first was this guy, who recited the alphabet for us.”A black and white photo of a young Jones, who died in 2024 at age 93, appeared on screen.The image was from when the late actor guest-starred on the children’s show.However, none of the contestants answered in time and the buzzer went off.“That’s James Earl Jones,” Jennings, 51, said.When the clip was shared on the “Jeopardy!” Instagram account, viewers rushed to the comments section to chime in.“So excuse me, you know Rocco The Rock but you don’t know James Earl Jones? I weep,” one follower exclaimed, while a second added, “Literally how did not a single one of them not know THEE James Earl Jones!?”“Nobody knew James Earl Jones, straight to jail,” rounded out a third person.“The way I screamed JAMES EARL JONES to my phone multiple times,” an enraged viewer shared.Jones had a decades-long career, getting his start as Dr.

Jerry Turner on the soap opera “As the World Turns” in 1956.He held the role until 2010.Jones went on to star as Dr.Jim Frazier in “Guiding Light” for 268 episodes starting in 1996.The television vet also appeared in “The Sandlot,” “Coming to America” and “Field of Dreams.”Jones also famously voiced Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” franchise and voiced Mufasa in Disney’s “The Lion King” in 1994.This isn’t the first time “Jeopardy!” ...