The joke that everyone missed from SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy revival
Last month's triumphant return of the "Celebrity Jeopardy!" sketch to Saturday Night Live was a hilarious bit of celebrity snark genius. It is without a doubt the only sketch in the show's history that just gets better and better every time a new one is rolled out for the public to digest and enjoy. The most recent incarnation of the sketch was no exception. In fact, it built on the solid foundation that lay before it by casting Tom Hanks as a clueless himself and bringing back Norm MacDonald as Burt Reynolds. MacDonald's appearance was funny not just because he does a scary good Reynolds, but I also like to think that every time he returns to the show, Don Ohlmeyer cries a little inside.
As much as there was to laugh at in the sketch, a tiny but hilarious joke seeped through the cracks and no one seemed to spot it -- until now. I have found the missing joke from last month's Jeopardy! sketch, thanks to my keen eyes, my intrepid nose and my ever-widening butt.
The joke popped up at the back end of the sketch, just after the Final Jeopardy! theme song utters its final "bum-bum" and Trebek drudges himself over to the podiums to read the contestants' mentally-damaged answers. The shot goes wide as Trebek walks over and the lost joke passes by within a mere blink of an eye. See if you can spot it in the shot below.
For those of you who weren't able to spot the missing bit, let's zoom in on Reynolds' podium and read the name on the screen.

The mighty Turd Ferguson has returned! Whoever thought to put that name on the podium deserves the Congressional Medal of Honor or maybe a beer or free basket of extreme jalapeno poppers from T.G.I. Fridays.
It's not only a great throwback to a joke, but hiding it the way they did in the show makes it twice as funny to the people who are lucky enough to spot it. That means I have ruined one of the greatest jokes in television history. I certainly don't deserve a free basket of extreme jalapeno poppers.

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