Jeopardy!’s Sam Buttrey begs ‘don’t use that clip!’ after confession about former champion

JEOPARDY! star Sam Buttrey has made a bold statement about another one of the show’s former champions.

Sam, who competed in last year’s Masters tournament, compared his skills with James Holzhauer’s in a new video.

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Jeopardy! star Sam Buttrey compared his skills against James Holzhauer’s in a new videoCredit: Instagram/ Jeopardy

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He and Andrew He, who was also in the clip, competed against James in Season 1 of Jeopardy! Masters, and the duo teased they are better than himCredit: Getty
The Season 2 finals of Jeopardy! Masters is set to air on Wednesday night, and Season 1 competitors Andrew He and Sam shared a hilarious clip ahead of the new episode.

The special tournament sees six of the show’s top players competing round-robin style to find the best of the best.

Last year, Sam and Andrew competed against James, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, and Amy Schneider.

This year, though, only Sam and Andrew did not return and were instead replaced by Victoria Groce and Yogesh Raut.

While they’re not competing in Season 2, fans have still been able to keep up with the duo in a series of fun videos.

Most recently, Jeopardy shared a blooper clip on Instagram of the two talking about this season’s current contestants ahead of the finals featuring James, Yogesh, and Victoria.

The video edited together various moments of both Sam and Andrew begging producers not to use certain soundbites from their interview.

“Don’t use that,” Sam continued to say, laughing, before Andrew wagged his finger and said, “Don’t use that one, though.”

Sam switched it up with the phrasing at one point and said, “I don’t feel like you need to include that one, though.”

Finally, at the end, one of Sam’s actual comments made the cut – and it was about another one of the show’s champs.

“James isn’t better, I mean, he’s not better than us,”he teased, earning a laugh from Andrew. “We’re better than he is.”

“Did you guys get that one? ‘Cause you can use that one, if you like,” he told producers.

HAPPY FANS

“Sam is so funny,” one fan wrote on the post. “I just love the way Jeopardy has branched out into the different competitions with the different personalities.”

“I also love seeing the camaraderie between former contestants and how they’ve collaborated into new ventures,” the user added. “Bring it!”

“Sam is way better than James,” a second fan teased. “Fight me.”

“Sam and Andrew are the best,” a third fan commented.

“Can’t get enough of these two,” a fourth insisted.

“Jeopardy has a whole new thing going on now,” another said. “They have made us fall in love with some of these champs and I’m here for it!!!”

Jeopardy! Universe

Jeopardy! first aired in 1964 until 1975. Then the nighttime version began in 1974. Since then, spinoffs of the game show have emerged. Here are all of those

Jeopardy! – (primetime) 1974 to present, weekdays on ABC at 7pm

Tournament of Champions – 1984 to present, features the top champions who have appeared on the show since the last tournament

Celebrity Jeopardy! – 1992 to present, has celebrities comepete against each other to raise money for chairty

Jeopardy! Masters – 2023 to present, features six notable recent Jeopardy! champions competing against each other

Jeopardy! National College Championship – 2022 to present, undergraduates from 36 colleges and universities across America compete to win $100,000

Other versions of Jeopardy! have fizzled out throughout the years

Other fans threw out comments about Sam’s appearance and how he looks like actor and comedian Steve Martin, which has been commented on since he first began competing on Jeopardy!

“I love Sam and I think he’s just as funny as Steve Martin,” one fan said.

“I’m just saying, I’ve never seen Sam and Steve Martin in the same room together,” a second Instagram user teased.

Before the fun blooper clip, Sam and Andrew had fans cracking up with a lip-sync video.

SINGING THEIR PRAISES

The duo teamed up outside of the game show’s studio for a performance to help promote Jeopardy’s Masters watch party.

They danced and lip-synced to the Muni Long song, Made for Me, which has gone viral on social media with best friends making videos to it.

Jeopardy! fans lose their minds as players Sam Buttrey and Andrew He lip-sync love song before Masters ‘watch party’
The lyrics profess, “Nobody knows me like you do, nobody gon’ love me quite like you.”

“Can’t even deny it, every time they try it!” Jeopardy! captioned the clip, quoting more lyrics from the song.

“No freaking way!! How did Sam nail this so hard,” one person wondered. “Love Sam & Andrew!”

“Two of the most lovable people on Jeopardy!,” a second exclaimed.

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Sam and Andrew also recently teamed up for a fun dance and lip-sync videoCredit: INSTAGRAM/JEOPARDY

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They performed to promote Jeopardy!’s Masters watch partyCredit: INSTAGRAM/JEOPARDY