00s child star shocks with appearance on huge game show

There was a precise acquainted look playing for the jackpot connected Jeopardy! this week, arsenic a erstwhile kid prima popped up successful the studio.

On Wednesday, viewers were forced to bash a treble instrumentality erstwhile Brett Kelly appeared connected the tiny surface other Ken Jennings.

The 30-year-old came to fame astatine a young age, acknowledgment to his efforts arsenic Thurman Merman successful 2003 flick Bad Santa, alongside Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac and John Ritter.

He later reprised his relation successful the 2016 sequel, with Christina Hendricks and Kathy Bates joining successful the fun.

Sadly, Brett’s stint connected the gameshow didn’t rather spell arsenic good arsenic helium offered up a fewer incorrect answers, meaning that helium near the amusement with nothing.

Instead, Will Wallace managed to triumph the time with a full of $10,000.

Although helium didn’t instrumentality location immoderate wealth from his little Jeopardy! appearance, fans couldn’t get capable of Brett’s endeavors and flocked to societal media to stock their surprise.

Reddit idiosyncratic Joerph713 cheered: ‘I’m guessing helium is bushed of talking astir it truthful they didn’t notation it. But Brett is the kid from Bad Santa, right?’

Over connected Twitter, AndrEWx penned: ‘The kid from Bad Santa is grown up, he’s connected Jeopardy close now.’

Krayonic agreed: ‘Me and my neighbour were conscionable watching Jeopardy. My neighbour said “That’s Herman Merman” (Bad Santa) I deliberation he’s correct. I deliberation we conscionable watched Herman Merman connected Jeopardy and I’m trippin….just a small [sic].’

Chelsi joked: ‘Watching #Jeopardy contiguous I jokingly said, “That feline looks similar the kid from Bad Santa!” Imagine my surprise!’

Rebecca Forstner enthused: ‘This is not a drill!! The kid who played Thurman successful Bad Santa is connected @jeopardy tonight!!’

‘I don’t adjacent cognize however to process that the kid from Bad Santa was a @Jeopardy contestant today. Help,’ Ryan J Rusak said.

As Rainbowbucs added: ‘My caput is inactive blown that the small kid from Bad Santa was a contestant connected #Jeopardy past night.

‘They ne'er mentioned that helium was an actor. Felt atrocious helium did not marque it to Final Jeopardy. A spot surreal, arsenic you tin inactive spot him arsenic that kid…mannerisms.’

Brett archetypal kicked disconnected his acting vocation successful the aboriginal 2000s, earlier landing the portion of Thurman successful 2003.

Aside from the sequel, helium added appearances successful Dead Like Me, What Goes Up, High School and Supernatural to his CV.

He has inactive continued to act, and presently has a recurring relation successful Canadian ineligible play Family Law, playing Cecil Patterson.

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