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Rethinking this, I'd say "la bow-em" like the H is silent. I've never actually had the opportunity to say it out loud, until now. Oh, okay. I stand by my original post that the clue was a horrible one. Not funny. Just bad. And wrong too. Thanks for clarifying! Forgot to mention all three players got a GFY today. It's been a while. Cheers and bottoms up.

LOL. Now I have something to pay attention to next week. Thanks for the tip!

I, too, remember Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, although I never saw or used it/her. If you have Pepto-Bismol in your medicine chest, you do indeed have bismuth in the house. Meanwhile, that was one TERRIBLE clue. WTH writers, this isn't SNL, can the jokes, please. I got Custer. Don't remember any other TSs. FJ was a No Way Never. At least we got an asterisk for the contest. It's been a while, thanks to James AND @teebax! I missed both, not paying attention. Was Francois "Fran-swah" or "Fran-koyz"? I've heard it both ways. And I say "La Bow-hem" but what do I know.

One can buy 16.5 oz. (more than one pound!) of Pillsbury cookie dough or Nestle Toll House dough for $2.50 or less at Walmart. Eat some, bake some.

Today is the last day I can use my "buy two get one free" Saucemoto code. Ack! Heh. I do wonder about the "dripage" of sauce on that nugget when going from the Saucemoto vent holder to your mouth. I can see the need for lots of napkins and Wet Wipes when you finally reach your destination. And some of those Tide pens to take care of the sauce stains on your shirt. Or maybe that's only me. I agree inserts are needed to squeeze ketchup into. Maybe one Saucemoto could be a ketchup-squeeze holder with a supply of a dozen (or more) inserts, toss the insert when finished, and replace with a clean one for next trip? Or am I overthinking this.

From Wikipedia: "Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family. Their sound resembles that of church bells, carillon, or a bell tower; the original tubular bells were made to duplicate the sound of church bells within an ensemble."

That's an excellent article, very well written. That newspaper "reporter" needs to take a lesson. (Quotes because she was anything but.)

If you watch the video at Jeopardy.com that promos the teachers, at the end all the contestants are lined up and, to my eyes, @teebax does double finger guns. Correct me if I'm wrong, and it's just a split second, but that's what I saw. I took it as our own personal shout out. It stinks that I missed the episode, and YouTube no longer posts episodes, so I am doubly screwed. I did get FJ from TJF.com earlier in the day and was so proud of myself to instantly answer, it was so easy, HELEN KELLER. Yeah, I had that kind of day yesterday.

I've been trying to find a clip online but I've had no luck. During one of his talking heads, Derek said Poppin John went from Poppin John to Dropout John or Droppin John or something like that, meaning that he was a big loser. Then he laughed and laughed at his cleverness. Someone else here might remember the exact words or know where there is a clip. I reacted by yelling out WTH? so overshadowed my own memory of exact words. Plus it was Derek's score that kicked PJ out of finals. No other dancer or group got ragged on, just PJ. Gymnastic strippery describes it perfectly, and is exactly why I do not like BN. She made me feel like I was watching some pay-per-view station.

Where's the "GROSS" emoji?

Yeah, I used to be able to watch episodes I missed and always found them easily on YouTube. They would be posted the same day. Now they are gone. Today I tried to find James' first episode, April 4, 2019 ... nothing. Irritating.

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Thank you for your vote of confidence. I'm irritated about missing the extra Iowa clue. Since I ran the category on the show, I was hoping to get another point from J6. Plus, I've been to Ottumwa many times (And Bloomington, Illinois, Henry Blake's hometown.) so was hoping for a Radar/Tom Arnold connection at least. *sigh* ETA: I've never seen a sign honoring Ottumwa as hometown of Radar or Tom, unless I've missed it or it's on some other road into town. I've always thought that strange. Ronald Reagan gets signs at multiple towns around here, like he's more important than Radar O'Reilly. I think not!

I also thought the Sharks' "obesity" complaint about the cookie dough was bogus. What about those cupcakes in a can or jar or whatever? While I like to eat a bit of dough when I'm making cookies, I would never sit down and eat a whole scoop of it, just thinking about it grosses me. But cookie dough IS popular, contrary to what the Sharks said. Almost every brand of ice cream has a cookie dough flavor now. (I'm not interested in that, either, and I love ice cream.) The phone booth thing seemed problematic to me. If someone goes into one to make a phone call, wouldn't all the other people in that open-air office space be watching him/her and spend less time working and more time speculating on who he/she is calling and what it's about that it has to be so private? I saw it causing more problems than solving. "There goes Sally into the phone booth again, what's up with that, who's she calling, what's up with HER being so important. I can't believe it's work related." Better to use that money to install cubes to the ceiling as another poster said. Barbara not wanting people to put personal things in their offices makes me think she doesn't want them to spend extra time packing when she fires them. I went to the Saucemoto website during the show, and one can buy a pack of two sauce holders for $9.99, $5 each, cheaper than on Shark Tank. But go to check out and you get to "spin the wheel," where I won an extra free holder if I bought two. So, I could get three for $9.99. I didn't go far enough to see what shipping cost. My problem with it was, like another poster, all the fast-food places around here give ketchup in flat packets that you have to squeeze onto your sandwich wrapper or container to dip fries into. Once, somewhere, a place gave me ketchup in a container like a dipping sauce. I just don't remember where in the USA that was. So, unless you are a nuggets fan, the Saucemoto is a Saucenogo for me.

I remembered this morning that I forgot to play yesterday. I hate when that happens. And it's happening a lot lately.

and 3. Since it was French it was not Wilbur and Orville. The Love Boat reruns are on one of the antenna tv stations. It's fun to see all the guest stars that are SO YOUNG. The clue/answer was easy for me without having watched the show since it was a HUGE DEAL when Fred Grandy ran for office in Iowa, it was all the news, lots and lots of talk about how "Gopher" could possibly be a Congressman, an actor that was in no way qualified for that elite position. (This five years after Reagan became president.) American politics were heading down a rabbit hole back then for sure! Eddie Haskell ... what a hoot. He had "that kind" of face. He played the same horrible kid on an episode of Lassie, he set a fire when the Boy Scouts were out camping. But he was hilarious (in a good/bad way) on Leave It To Beaver. The actor became so typecast as Haskell, he quit acting and became a police officer. I love all the old BW tv shows.

LOL that he could have started his Twitter account with 6,578,491 follows and removed a bunch after each game.

Wow, a CD, so modern. We had The Everly Brothers tunes on 45s. "Cathy's Clown"! Tell your husband he could play his EB CD for me. Hey, I'm a poet! ("You, sir, are no Robert Frost.")

You are correct. A U.S. passport would list the country of birth, Finland. SO SURPRISED the writers didn't research that easy-to-find fact. (Heck, I found it.) Anna Croft ... Laura's sister?

Derek got off my (DWTS) Do Not Like list after being good in other appearances (American Ninja Warrior) and seeming like maybe he's a nice guy after all. Then he disses Poppin' John and WHAMMO, back on the list. I don't know if anything will get him off after that totally uncalled for snark. Then we got treated to a big commercial promo for Derek! Hough! LIVE! and more than once in my market. No thanks. I'd pay to see Poppin' John though. I went outside and sat a while with the dogs while Ne-Yo was doing his routine. *yawn* I do not like Briar Nolet. At all. I got chills watching The Kings, which surprised me. I wonder if they were really goosies? Who knows! I also liked Ellie and Ava so was good with them coming in second. There was a casting call put up during this episode so I guess it's been renewed for a third season. Oh boy.

Some call this trolling and trash talking. I do not. Make up your own mind.

I am on Twitter and follow James and Ken. If someone wants to call their back and forth trolling and trash talking, I can't help that, but it's far from it. Ken is hilarious and so funny, with a sharp wit. Plus he is a genuinely nice guy. I'll post a tweet series in the Media thread for people to make up their own minds. I believe Jeopardy producers started the #ChasingKen hashtag, not James or Ken.

I thought the entire board was easier than normal, and based on my scores -- last game with James, 12 correct; today's game, 42 correct -- I have to say that's a fact for the entire episode. I did appreciate the man winner betting more than "usual" in the DD. If the second-place woman had bet wiser in FJ, she might be assured of getting a wild-card spot. Now it's a wait and see. All the TSs were so depressing: Love Boat, Everly Brothers, Woolworth (there was a Woolworth's clue not that long ago) and meal ticket. Of course I ran the Iowa category. I'll have to play J6 to see if Radar O'Reilly is the Iowa answer there, @opus. Or Tom Arnold. (Loose meat sandwich!) At least I'm starting this week with a FJ. I'm betting some asterisks are in our future. Tomorrow: @teebax. Yeay!

"Non-Show Chat, 2000" because we're worth it.

Are there cat cafés near any of you? There are three or four that I know of in Chicago and one in Milwaukee. I believe most of the resident cats are available to new homes. I would definitely go to one of them instead of some other "catless" place. I'd love a coffee shop with cats.