Milkshake Duck

The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the duck is racist

— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) June 12, 2016

After inviting numerous guest hosts, executive producer Mike Richards picked himself as the permanent host of the game show Jeopardy!

It pissed off a lot of people, and now the other shoe drops: Following the revelations about repeated offensive statements on a podcast a few years back, Mike Richards will NOT be the next permanent host of the game show Jeopardy!, though he remains executive producer:

Mike Richards is out as “Jeopardy!” host, just nine days after he was tapped to succeed the legendary Alex Trebek as the face of the beloved quiz show.

Richards, who is also executive producer of “Jeopardy!,” saw his hold on the job undone with astonishing speed after unflattering and downright ugly details surfaced about his past conduct and statements he made on an eight-year-old podcast series. He will remain the show’s executive producer and episodes that Richards shot on Thursday in his first and only day as “Jeopardy!” permanent host will run as scheduled to start off the new season on Sept. 13.

This is not a surprise.  The outrage about the selection of a Jeopardy! Mr. Richards as host was bouncing around the internet, so it was inevitable that people would try to dig up something on him.

Even though I don't have a dog in this hunt, I do experience some amusement about how he was hoist by his own petard.