Mike Teevee appears on Jeopardy...kind of

On every episode of the long running TV game show Jeopardy people have a chance to tell Alex Trebek something interesting about themselves.

One contestant this week chose to hold back a major tidbit…

Paris Themmen who played Mike Tee Vee in the classic 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was on Jeopardy and it looked like he decided not to say anything except that he was an “avid backpacker” and that he’s traveled to 61 countries and six continents.

Eagle eyed viewers caught it right away.

Why didn’t he mention he was in the movie willy wonka?  Apparently it was one of Paris’s 3 fun facts that the host could choose from and Alex chose the backpacking fact…

SO ARE WE JUST GUNNA ACT LIKE THAT ISNT MIKE TV FROM WILLY WONKA ON #JEOPARDY RIGHT NOW?!

— Meg (@MegDen) March 13, 2018

The card in Alex’s hand had three fun facts on it. As a fellow traveller, he asked me about that. I would have discussed Wonka happily. I appear at Comic-cons, I have a website: https://t.co/y5o7Sm94Kq, I was focusing on the game and so psyched to be there!

— Paris Themmen (@ParisThemmen) March 15, 2018

Mike Teavee from the 1971 "Willy Wonka" made a surprise appearance on @Jeopardy! @ParisThemmen pic.twitter.com/jgga9bfcTL

— Early Today (@NBC_EarlyToday) March 15, 2018