John Oliver wasn’t finished throwing shade at Mike Richards.Following last week’s quip, this week’s title sequence featured the recently-resigned Jeopardy!
host in the final card which reads “Postus Hostus” with Richards’ name labeled beneath an animation of his photo dissolving into gray.Oliver continued the visual bit in his intro when he usually recaps the week’s most pressing news items.The British-American host called the disgraced game show ex-host a “smirking golf bag” that “was demoted from hosting Jeopardy!
to merely running it.”On Friday, Richards, a controversial choice ever since he was announced as the host that would replace longtime face of the show Alex Trebek, decided to step down and reopen the search for a new host.
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