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S32.E14: Not Going Down Without A Fight / S32.E15: Reunion
needschocolate replied to Tara Ariano's topic in Survivor
Somehow lost my post - if it isn't lost, then sorry for repeating myself -- In a season that had a lot of legitimate blindsides, the biggest one was probably on the audience with Aubry not winning. Those watching at my house were all sure Aubry had it locked up. Especially after so many on the jury seemed so happy that the Aubry won the fire challenge. I have a possible explanation for Michelle winning over Aubry that I haven't seen mentioned yet --- What the jury saw was that Michelle was a woman without an alliance, she was at the bottom off the pecking order, yet, she was able to make it to the end. The classic underdog who never gave up and did what she had to do to make it. Meanwhile, Aubry had Joe in her pocket and she and Cydney seemed to be controlling the game. Then they get to FTC and Aubry basically says that Cydney called the shots. Plus, Aubry didn't do a very good job of explaining how she actually played the game - adapting after losing allies, keeping people on her side even after not voting with them or letting them know how she would vote (this happened with Tai and with Joe, but they stayed with her - proof that her social game wasn't too shabby). I can see how the jury could convince themselves that Michelle was more deserving. Still, it doesn't mean that I think she deserved it more - Did Michelle ever have a plan that worked the way she wanted? A few other random thoughts -- I think Sia is the love child of Cousin It and Cruella deVille. However, given the way her head was bopping around as she looked from Tai to Jeff, I have decided to believe that under that ridiculous wig was Mark the chicken. I normally don't care about sob stories - seems every contestant on every show has one - but I wouldn't mind hearing more about Cydney's mom and why Cydney needed to win for her. Jeff asked the mom that question and the mom just talked about how afraid she was that Cydney might die when she watched the challenge were Caleb was medivaced. Then Jeff points out Cydney's father, which means it wasn't the classic "I was raised by a single mother" story so often told on these types of shows. Is this the first season where all of the advantages ended up not being an advantage - all the idols were unused, the second vote didn't end up sending anyone home, even the advantage of voting out a jury member didn't change the outcome. -
TDS 3.0: Season One Talk
needschocolate replied to formerlyfreedom's topic in The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (2015-2022)
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Season Two Talk: Spring Baking Championship
needschocolate replied to cherrypj's topic in Spring Baking Championship [V]
On the bright side - they had to bake something savory! I believe was a first for this show. -
A bunch of adults can re-live their youth and spend a weekend at a camp, playing pinball and laCrosse, and cover their cars with car condoms in case other campers get drunk and decide to start egging cars. If I had Mark Cuban's money, I would have given the LaCrosse girl a deal. and it would have been a nicer version of what Kevin often goes for - the royalty. I woudl give her the amount she wanted, then collect $5 on every one sold until I made bake my loan plus $100 (Gotta make a profit, right) and then the deal would be done - I get no equity, she pays the $100 in interest. I think the camp guy was there for free advertising and I think he is going to regret it when a bunch of camps suddenly think, "hey, why don't we have adults camp on the weekend?" and he stops being the only option. I was going to say that the car condom guys should market it as a car cover, but then I check out what car covers go for, and their cover isn't worth the price. Hey, pinball was fun and the sharks said that the video version was better than the original. I know people that would buy it. I am not one of them. But the guy';s valuation was wrong, and the market isn't as big as he thinks - those machines take up a lot of space. Originally, I thought he meant that he was using these camps in the winter time, which would be pretty ridiculous. However, later he made it sound like he uses these camps during their regular season, but he uses them on the weekends. Of course, this still makes his camp a seasonal thing.
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Are you sure they weren't trying to write for the Three Stooges? Remember the hilarious antics over the years - the too small office, the eavesdropping through vents, the mix up with apartment numbers, the employee who telecommuted by being a screen on a segway, Elsbeth's crazy mind, the wacky judges, etc...? As for the marriage thing - they couldn't have people be married because everyone had to fall in love with Alicia, even though being married didn't stop Alicia and Peter from having sex with other people.
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I am not so sure Alicia ends up all alone (well, she will always have Grace, and since Grace is going to delay her first year of college and she can't live with her father in prison, she will probably have Grace living with her - not that Alicia will notice that she is there). She may still have Jason. There have been many times Jason doesn't return her call/text right away - he seems to like to play hard to get. Sure, she chased after a guy who ended up not being Jason, but Jason not being there is not the same as Jason being gone (unless there was something that I missed). I am going to miss making fun of the silliness that is The Good Wife at times and reading everyone else's funny comments about the episodes.
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Burnie and Ashley were known as the "second place team." Cole and his mom came in near the bottom so many times that they earned the title of the "second to last place team." I suppose it is only fitting that they finished the race second to last (which was also second place in this case). My gut feeling is that once the first two teams have crossed the finish line, someone tells the last place team to stop and go to the end. No point in having everyone, incluidng all the people the show has to pay, to wait around for someone if it isn't going to change the outcome. Well, it is easier if you don't have them one at a time - there was Octomom a few years ago. I don't know how old they were when they started or stopped having children, but two of my great-grandmothers each had 12 kids, all singel births. I don't either. I can never root for couples that bicker (even if it is just one of them doing the bickering). The closest I come to rooting for them is to root for them to fail because the one who is obnoxious did something obnoxious (Like Justin last season). Karma is fun to watch. The only way there would be a chance that I was happy with Dana and Matt winning is if Dana would have told Phil "This leg made me realized how much better we are together when I put effort into staying calm and be patient, rather than screaming and flying off the handle." Instead, she kept up the "We are volatile. We bicker. Etc" I think when Matt says "We yell" he is thinking "You yell, but, if I say that, you will just yell more." And when Dana says "We fight," she is thinking "You are the problem, I am just including myself because I am trying to be nice to you, like I always do, even though you never treat me with respect."
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My ability to predict what is going to happen on a show, while I watch the show, not very good. However, I have found that the ads for the show often spoil the outcomes. DVRs are a blessing. Unfortunately, I saw an ad for Black-ish where the announcer said that there was going to be a big surprise and Bow and Dre were sitting on the couch (I don't remember if it also mentioned the family being sick, I woudl assume it did since that was the bulk of the episode) - I immediately thought "Oh crap! Bow's pregnant? They can't be going there." Then as I watched and the characters were throwing up, I thought "Oh crap! Bow's pregnant. They are going there." Then Bow shows Dre the pee stick and I thought "Oh crap!" I hope they can make this work.
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S09.E24: The Convergence Convergence
needschocolate replied to shapeshifter's topic in The Big Bang Theory [V]
Beverly is horrible! I was hoping Alicia Florrick would walk by and slap her. -
Cydney seems to get offended easily, but she does a good job of hiding it from those who offend her. She may complain to Aubry or Michelle about Joe/Tai/Jason/Scott, but she doesn't get into arguments with the ones who offend her. She keeps herself from becoming a target that way. The only time Cydney's been targeted was after the Dumb Duo figure out that she "back-stabbed" them. I can see it now - Survivor 1: Kyle Jason...I am still surprised they let him be on this season with his skin condition. Survivor 2: Skin condition? You mean his tattoos? Survivor 1: Tattoos? Those were tattoos? What were they supposed to be tattoos of? Survivor 2: Beats me. Anyway, one of us should say something nice so that we can move on to the next one. Survivor 1: Um... Survivor 3: Um... Survivor 1: Oh great! It's like when we walked up to Scot's torch all over again ...We stand there for fifteen minutes until somebody says "He was a tall guy." Survivor 3: Well, how about this - Jason, he had an interesting beard. Survivors 2: Works for me. Now, where is Joe's torch?
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I think Jay and DeeDee were together when he started his closet business and the business was successful by the time they divorced, so, unless they had some sort of pre-nup, which is unlikely, DeeDee should have gotten the half of the business - well, he should have paid her what half the business was worth. Therefore, she should have had plenty of money and not needed alimony. I think the writers got a bit lazy and threw in the alimony comments because they couldn't think of another reason why Jay would care about DeeDee getting remarried and would be willing to go to the ceremony. Regarding Manny's crush on Haley - at least back then he was new to the family and he hadn't grown up with these people. Lily has always known Manny as her uncle and she is old enough to understand that you do't marry family members, so it is just weird. Plus, we haven't been shown anything that woudl have her crush make sense - Manny hasn't been especially nice to her tat we have seen. Regarding Alex's story - normally, I would agree that Alex never getting a win is annoying, but after the way she treated the guy who asked her to prom last week, I am okay with it.
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I have a friend who is a nurse. One night, she had a patient, an elderly man, who hadn't peed in over 12 hours. He looked pregnant. The doctor tried repeatedly to insert a catheter, and could not get it in far enough. His prostate was in the way (he was even using a special catheter that is shaped to go around an enlarged prostate). Finally, our of desperation, he asked for a scalpel. He jabbed the man's abdomen with the scalpel and urine shot into the air. I wonder how bad Joe would have been if his prostate was a normal size. It seems that the doctor was primarily concerned about the amount of urine in his bladder and the possibility of it causing kidney damage, and not worried about the constipation (although the constipation contributed to the inability to pee.
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When Matthew said that his brain moves faster than his mouth, my first thought was, "Well, maybe if you didn't open your mouth so big, you could talk faster." If I liked him, I probably wouldn't even notice how wide he opens his mouth when he talks, but I find his personality annoying, so I find everything about him annoying. My guess is that she is a judge because she just got her first show this past year. Put her in a bunch of FN shows to get people interested in her and give her credibility as a "culinary expert."
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Season Two Talk: Spring Baking Championship
needschocolate replied to cherrypj's topic in Spring Baking Championship [V]
So surprised Kenny was out - I was sure that Jane and Kenny would be in the final. When they said that 10 minutes of help from Damiano was the advantage, I thought "Did he make it this far into his season?" (Looking back to the season one thread, it had it to the end but lost). I can see having a winner help, but "Your advantage is getting help from a guy who lost on this show in the past" doesn't seem like a bonus. PBS has aired two seasons - They call it The Great British Baking Show - season 1 was aired in the fall of 2015, I think - I missed it and caught it on Netflix). Season 2 aired recently. I missed it too, but am catching it in reruns - they just showed Season 2 Episode 4 last Monday in my area. Season 1 is the same as Season 5 of The Great British Bake Off in the UK, and Season 2 on PBS is the same as GBBO season 4. -
When we found out that they were looking for a replacement for SOS, but before the VP announcement, my husband and I were joking that, in order to keep the same title for the show, they would have to give her another cabinet position, like Secretary of Agriculture - every week there would be a new threat to US crops, and the season finale would be Elizabeth trying force Japan to take their beetles back before the grass shortage reaches crisis level. Well, from a show perspective, they would lose a big chunk of their script and would miss out on Bess's sticking her foot in her mouth the second week in a row. From a real world perspective, Dalton would rather have a second choice VP and keep Bess as SOS, if he couldn't find someone good enough to replace her, so he had to make sure that he had replacement before he made any promises/proposals.
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TDS 3.0: Season One Talk
needschocolate replied to formerlyfreedom's topic in The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (2015-2022)
I wonder if I would have an easier time with opinions/viewpoints of of some people if they were consistent. Maybe I am stereotyping, but I have the impression that the people who support the NC bathroom law are anti-gun control and anti-gay marriage. They would be against a law requiring handguns to be registered because "that will eventually lead to not allowing people to ever hunt again" and they are against allowing a gay marriage because "That will lead to people marrying their dogs." Yet, a law discriminating against trans-gendered people doesn't make them jump to "That will lead to laws discriminating against skin color and religion, and soon blacks will have to have separate drinking fountains and everyone will have to be Baptist." And it isn't a new thing either. Decades ago, when my children were small, people would tell moms and moms-to-be that they should or shouldn't be doing something. A lot of people seem to think they are experts on parenting. My kids were sitting on a concrete planter for a few minutes at a park, and an old man came up to inform me that if I let them sit there, "they will have problems with their rectums." My mother was told by a well-meaning friend not to let me play in an empty cardboard box because it means I will die (the box is the symbol of a casket). And then there were all the comments about how you should stay home with your kids and everyone has to breastfeed and cloth vs disposable diapers, etc.... -
I think the uni detour was fair as long as the same rules apply to everyone. Since Sherry and Cole were the only ones to stay at that task long enough to actually ride down the road with a briefcase and a cup of coffee, we don't know whether all teams would have had the same rules. However, given that I don't ever remember TAR having different rules for different teams, I would bet that if Burnie and Ashley fell every 20 feet they would still get the clue once they got to the end. Did the rules of the uni task seem more lenient that most tasks in the history of the show? Yes. There have been times that it seems the judging is more forgiving after a team has made many, many attempts - like the first few times through, every step has to be perfect, but a team would pass their 40th attempt, if it was "close enough." But even that is fair, as long as every team would with a "close enough" performance, as long as it was also their 40th attempt. It would not be fair if one team had to be perfect to pass on their 3rd attempt, but another team passes on their third attempt even though they made a lot of mistakes. Did the uni task seem easier than the artwork task, where the judge literally checked the spacing with a ruler? Yes. But detour choices are not always equal. I would suspect that if the racers had known that they didn't have to ride to the finish without falling, more would have attempted that task.
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The world? No. A chair? Maybe... Damon, Lori and Barbara are only allowed to sit in chairs 2 and 4, so having three people share 2 chairs could be detrimental to one of the chairs. And what if Ashton Kucher (the non-regular who doesn't have to sit in Robert's chair) is also on that episode with Damon, Lori, and Barbara? Four people in 2 chairs? There would be chair shrapnel flying everywhere. I want to see an episode without Kevin. I am so tired of him talking over everyone, shouting out what he thinks are witty comments, while he is actually just being very mean and rude.
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Yup, I flipped the numbers - it should be 5,510 Jasons and 2,370 Kyles. The ranking was correct. I never noticed the ending with a smile or a frown thing with any names (which made me curious, of course). I have sat here saying Kyle and Jason for the last few minutes while paying attention to how my mouth ends up. Fortunately, all my kids end with a long e sound - so I smile for all of them.
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I find it fascinating that people have such opposite feelings about the teams - especially T/K who seem to have an even split between the "love 'em" an the "hate 'em" posts. Everyone seem to be able to substantiate their feelings, so it doesn't seem to be based on any sort of prejudice. It makes me wonder how many people find me really annoying (note: this is not a request for opinions) or can't stand the sound of my laugh - Not that I think I am just like Tyler, but it makes me wonder if I have characteristics/habits - how I chew my food, the way I pronounce certain words, the way I state my opinions, etc - that drive others up a wall (once again, not soliciting opinions on this matter). Personally, I don't love any of the teams, don't hate any of the teams, but I like them all, except I don't like it when Dana gets shrieky - I don't care if Matt drives her to it or not, Yelling and arguing aren't racing. Save the complaints for the rest periods. I wasn't giving the show my full attention, but it seemed to me that they went to the Coliseum for the Pope clue and just got lucky that it happened to be the answer to a different clue. The two teams didn't necessarily work together to eliminate the Frisbee guys. Yes, it took both teams to do it, but they didn't have to plan it.
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I thought all the presenters this week were pretty normal. And 3 of the 4 products seemed like something that would have a market, though not necessarily a large market. The frosting didn't seem like it had a reason to exist. "It's gluten free!" on a can of frosting is like saying "It's cholestrol free" on a jar of peanut butter (I do remember peanut butter jars boasting their cholesterol-free-ness). I remember Robert saying he didn't like the taste, but I don't remember anyone saying that it tasted good. I thought Mark's reason for being out was odd - "I can't invest because I would eat too much and get huge." I thought the girl handled herself well and seemed very mature. I think the brother was their for "cuteness" and because he really wanted to be on TV. The Spooner boards are a fad, but so were yo-yos, hula hoops, wheel-o's, those things you put around your ankle then spun it around and jumped over it, etc. They are all still around, but not nearly as popular as in their heyday. Like those other products, the Spooner will be really popular and then sales will dwindle. The question is "Have the peaked in popularity yet?" We fast forwarded through the back story for the CreatClips lady, but, as soon as I saw the image of a little girl flash by, I turned to my husband and said "She is going to cry during her presentation."
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S09.E23: The Line Substitution Solution
needschocolate replied to shapeshifter's topic in The Big Bang Theory [V]
I don't know how long the episode was, but, during the middle-of-the-show commercial break I emptied the dishwasher, put away three loads of laundry, and repainted the bathroom. Just kidding - I never watch the show live. I can't because the my attention span is too short for their too long commercial breaks - i would wander off and not return. Unfortunately, I think we are all doomed to have them stuck in our heads the rest of our lives. I thought that Beverly was going to say "I was joking" about the wedding, like she was joking in the car ride about asking Penny "How does it make you feel?" when Penny said she doesn't like to be psychoanalyzed. Leonard never had a birthday party, doesn't get invited to her parties, etc...it would be in character for her not to care about being at the wedding. Leonard is just one big research project to her I thought the line cutting situation should be resolved by having the guy go to the end of the line, then, when the gang gets into the theater, they can't sit where they want, because Sheldon's movie theater spot is being saved for the line-cutter by his friends. But i guess the show run time wouldn't be long enough for that -
She might not be able to do it in the same disdainful/incredulous tone that Probst uses, but I think Mark would be pretty good at henpecking the players. However, when it comes to asking leading questions at tribal, she would probably lay an egg.
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I think Mark should take over Probst's job. Then maybe all the clucking and squawking during the challenges would be less annoying.
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I think the didn't target the guy with all the advantages because he was the guy with all the advantages and they didn't know exactly what the advantage was. Based on someone (Michelle?) making a comment at TC that went something like Tai's "Two idols or super idol or whatever" and given that they had never seen the second vote advantge, I think they thought that Tai might have a way to play and idol after the votes were read. Tai told Aubry and Joe how the advantage worked, but they either didn't believe him or wanted to keep him in because he was an ally (even though they didn't vote the way he wanted).