<Tr> <Th> Timeline: </Th> <Td> 1996--2015 </Td> </Tr> <P> Celebrity Jeopardy! is a series of sketches that aired regularly on the television comedy / variety show Saturday Night Live between 1996 and 2002, the years when Will Ferrell was a cast member . It parodies the same - named special event on the television quiz show Jeopardy! that features competition between notable individuals with all winnings going towards charitable organizations, and significant reductions to the game's level of difficulty . Fifteen sketches aired between December 1996 and February 2015: two sketches per season from 1996 to 2002; and one each in 2005 and 2009, when Ferrell returned to the show as host . The sketch was revived for the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special on February 15, 2015 . </P> <P> Ferrell portrays Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek . Darrell Hammond also appeared in each sketch, usually portraying Sean Connery, in an impersonation that typically involves crass insults directed at Trebek . Norm Macdonald appeared as Burt Reynolds in six sketches . Jimmy Fallon also appeared six times, each time portraying a different character . </P> <P> On several occasions, Celebrity Jeopardy! sketches have been referenced during actual episodes of Jeopardy! . </P>

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