'Jeopardy!' Contestant Pulls Prank on Alex Trebek

Contestant Talia Lavin wrote a funny answer when she came up empty when Alex Trebex asked about a song 'from a 1999 animated film about censorship.'

September 17, 2015

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A contestant gave a hilarious answer on a recent episode of "Jeopardy!". Talia Lavin tricked Alex Trebex into saying Turd Ferguson when she couldn't come up with the right answer to a question about a song "from a 1999 animated film about censorship."

"What is the love ballad of Turd Ferguson," so Lavin wrote to answer the question. She also managed to sneak in a shout-out to her mother with an added "P.S. hi mom" and a smiley face. She grinned and gave two thumbs-up while audience laughed as Trebex read it out loud.

Turd Ferguson is the fake name Norm Macdonald used while playing Burt Reynolds on "Saturday Night Live" sketch "Celebrity Jeopardy" along with Will Ferrell who played Trebex. The name popped up again on the recent "SNL" 40th anniversary special.

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