Do These Three People Really Not Recognize Tom Hanks?

Tom Hanks stars as Mr. Rogers in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" (via Lacey Terrell/Sony Pictures Entertainment)

I am outraged.

America’s sweetheart Tom Hanks was apparently snubbed by all three Jeopardy! players Monday night.

Tom. Freaking. Hanks.

The man whose unmistakable face has graced the posters for nearly 50 films.

Whose “goofy-looking nose, ears that hang down, [and] eyes that make me look like I’m part Chinese” are unmistakable—even with a curiously groomed facial hair.

Whose tender features (and charming personality) make him the ideal actor to portray musician, puppeteer, minister, and beloved children’s TV host Fred Rogers.

Yet, when a trio of game show contestants watched Tom Hanks in a clip from the upcoming A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Mr. Rogers biopic, not a one seemed to recognize him.

This is the most fucked up thing I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/iavw5icJIJ

— marshlands (@marshlands) November 19, 2019

Andrew Thomson, Beverly Randez, and Kevin Jones all stared blankly at Alex Trebek, who no doubt was screaming inside.

As of Wednesday morning, the 15-second video had more than 300,000 views on Twitter, where filmmaker Eric Marsh shared the atrocity.

“This is the most f***ed up thing I’ve ever seen,” he wrote on Tuesday, attracting equally aggrieved responses.

NONE of the jeopardy contestants today knew who TOM HANKS WAS!!!! absolutely shook

— madeline (@_madeline_b) November 19, 2019

THE JEOPARDY CONTESTANTS DIDNT KNOW TOM HANKS AND THEY HAD A PICTURE AND EVERYTHING pic.twitter.com/DVRj6XKOnj

— Amanda O. (@colorcodedlife) November 19, 2019

Those three need to be in prison.

— josé (@BravesHTX) November 19, 2019

spending weeks memorizing the name of every river in south america and failing jeopardy because you forgot who buzz lightyear is

— lil peep buttigieg (@brendanowicz) November 19, 2019

Trebeck should’ve ended the game there. All three should pay $500 for not knowing that.

— Cine-A-Man (@brian_cine) November 19, 2019

WTF BEVERLY

— Justine Harman (@JustineHarman) November 19, 2019

You can put down the torches and pitchforks, though.

According to a Jeopardy! fan account, the studio lights signaling it’s time to answer never turned on for the contestants.

So this was all (hopefully) just a simple misunderstanding.

“It has been reported by audience members from this game that the lights on the signaling system malfunctions and the contestants were unable to buzz in,” Andy Saunders, who runs The Jeopardy! Fan blog, wrote on Monday.

The game was reportedly paused while judges deliberated; it was ruled as “no harm, no foul,” and the competition continued without a clue replacement.

“Unfortunately it looks like none of them new Tom Hanks,” user jmt613 wrote in a Jeopardy! subreddit. “But really they just weren’t able to buzz in because the lights did not flash.”

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood—starring an unidentifiable actor named Tom Hanks—is scheduled to hit U.S. cinemas this Friday.

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