James Holzhauer has taken Jeopardy! by storm with 11-straight victories and $771,920 in earnings, gaining the respect of the program's most notable former champion in the process.
Ken Jennings discussed Holzhauer's run on Friday, calling Holzhauer's performance, "absolutely insane."
"First of all, I’m just gobsmacked by James. It's absolutely insane what he's doing. Like, I thought I had seen everything on Jeopardy!" Jennings told Wired's Brian Barrett. And this is something I would have thought was just impossible, these numbers."
"Statistically, he’s playing at as high a level as anyone who’s ever played the game.