JEOPARDY! fan A-list actress Nicole Kidman has thanked the show for naming a category in honor of her AMC movie theater commercial.
On an episode of Jeopardy! hosted by Ken Jennings, the last three categories were all dedicated to Nicole’s iconic line from the commercial.
The final three categories were We Come to This Place For…, Magic and Nicole Kidman Says.
All together, the lines read: “‘We come to this place for magic,’ Nicole Kidman says.”
Nicole took to her Instagram to return the trivia show’s shout out.
She posted: “Thank you, Jeopardy!
“Great Christmas present. Got most of them right…”
Nicole added a wink emoji.
MOVIE MOMENT
In the AMC ad, the actress earnestly says: “We come to this place for magic.
“We come to AMC to laugh, to cry, to care, because we need that – all of us.”
The dramatic approach to the commercial and Nicole’s serious delivery of the lines were parodied by Saturday Night Live– and soon after, Jeopardy! writers.
Ken posted on Twitter after Nicole’s category episode: “This was my fault and I want to thank the very indulgent and talented Jeopardy! writers who made my holiday wish come true.”
Fans went into a meltdown in the comments, applauding Ken for the extremely online move even though many viewers and the contestants didn’t really get it at the time.
‘OHHH’
“That AMC monologue is my morning affirmation,” one user wrote.
Another said: “We stan a ‘memelord’ host.”
A third fan commented: “I was really surprised that I didn’t hear anyone in the audience laugh. I thought it was hilarious.”
Yet a fourth added: “I laughed extremely hard at this last night and nobody else in my house got it.”
A fifth thanked the host: “This is so iconic – thank you for this, Ken.”
YIPPIE KI-YAY
Last week, Ken told the contestants during Final Jeopardy that the movie Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
“Ken Jennings admitting that Die Hard’s a Christmas movie made my night,” one viewer Tweeted when they viewed the show.
The debate over whether the action flick is a Christmas movie dates back to 2018, per Know Your Meme.
Meanwhile, Ken’s “hoe” mistake from when he was a contestant is having a moment on TikTok, so maybe the host is onto something with the fellow kids.
