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Alex Jacob's twitter talks about Rob and the toilet-roll holder, and has a video clip. He also mentions Bryan finishing in the minus, and Bryan checks in with his own twitter reply if you follow the thread. Interesting reading. Check it out: @whoisalexjacob

Add Jimmy Hoffa to the quickly growing list of easiest DDs ever.

I noticed his hair toward the end of the episode and wondered if it was just soaked with flop sweat from his tanking so badly. But no ... I looked up his picture on the Jeopardy! website and yeah, mega gel. A little hair spray will keep that 'do in line, Bryan, or try "A Little Dab'l Do Ya." Not a whole tube. (Not that it matter now. But still ...) If they had only mentioned the Mel Gibson movie ... 100 likes for this, Mondianyone. If only we could still do that!

Yeah, that's the Arie I fell in love with. Those were some good times ... not that I liked Emily all that much, but the Arie and Jef Show was The Best. Anyone watching that YouTube vid, be careful not to watch any others on that site or even read the titles. Gigantic SPOILER ALERT!

WTH with Rob being applauded for his "cleverness" of using a toilet-paper holder as a practice buzzer when Alex Jacobs, you know, the 2015 ToC CHAMPION, told us that same thing during one of his many interviews. Holy crap, Trebek, you freaking can't remember that? Because I sure can. And so did Rob, which is where he got the idea to begin with, I'm guessing. Alex not only won more than $150,000 in his seven appearances, he also pocketed $250,000 (well, before taxes) from winning the ToC. According to Ken Jennings' book, he used his child's stacking rings post for his practice buzzer. Edited to add: Mondianyone beat me to it about Alex Jacob's practice buzzer.

I hope that Motel 6 wasn't too far down the road, because that blizzard was a "do not drive, stay home" blizzard where I live, and I live on the upper Midwestern Nordic tundra. These kids were wearing their stocking cap beanies inside the house, then they have to leave and go outside wearing off-the-shoulder evening clothes and heels. (The women anyway. Heh.) What the what ... Well, unless there were PAs with gigantic fans off to the side to blow the snow around for the most DRAH-matic exits EVAH. So there's that to consider. Now that I think about it, yeah, that "blizzard" was fake.

I noticed that too, Mondianyone. I was waiting for the contestant to pronounce it "in a regular way," but he never did. But yeah, Trebek really took "bocce" to task for being a foreign word. He knows how to punish language, that's for sure.

It's Trebek's over pronunciation of Camus that drives me crazy. Just say the name without putting 100 pounds of DRAH-mah into it. One can say Ca-moo, one doesn't have to say Ca-meuooooooooooooooooooooooo. Unless you're hosting the I'm Alex Trebek Look At Me Show.

Carmen Miranda Rights! This made me laugh. Thank you.

Oh, so much THIS. I'm positive Trebek makes the clue writers include anything that lets him say Ca-mooooo, although it is more like Ca-meuoo. THAT makes ME stabby. Thank goodness I was doing something else so missed the "Easy come, easy go" dickweed comment. R*smileyface*B is now in TofC.

Thanks, Ben, for making Yuki cry because of your selfish ass.

Those were not "freshly skinned" rat pelts. Hides/pelts are tanned and cured before they can be mounted ... or turned into a stole or collar or muff or anything else. Those rat pelts were totally clean, they had no smell, no nothing, they were just hides that already had the "fake" heads/faces put on. You can buy pelts many different places, including eBay. A white-rat pelt sells for around $10 MOL.

Yeah, that was a stuffed-animal warehouse full of what are probably tv/movie props. Kendall works as a set designer on tv shows. I've been to warehouses owned by rental companies that supply the movie and tv industry ... they have fascinating stuff. (Stuff ... ha ha.)

Oh, not really. None of these b-ettes "designed" their day with Arie. Every single one was created for them, down to the stuffing-the-rat-skins date that everyone everywhere is talking about. (A big win for Fleiss.) TPTB had already done the shooting and mud rassling Arkansas redneck date so the race car thing was the best dirt-road date they could come up with. Tia was never going to be in Arie's final final for so many reasons that have nothing to do with a producer-driven car-driving date.

More likely they all would have thought he was a pompous and conceited European smart ass. Which he would have been, speaking a foreign language to "look smart" in front of stupid Americans. He could have been telling them all to bite his butt for all they knew. (Which would have been my inclination if I were asked to trot out and perform for people I had just freaking met.) I agree that making someone say something in another language is the same as making the monkey dance for your entertainment. I hate it when men say "Smile, give me a smile" to women. Makes me stabby.

Anyone remember Wes from ... was it Des's season? I can't remember. I just remember Wes, "that bird's got one leg," and his showboating in the limo ride. He never would say or do anything TPTB wanted him to say/do, they just kept driving him around. I think he eventually fell asleep during the drive.

Geez, that's what they all say, every time. None of the "rejected" will "ever find love." Gah. So scripted. Every season. Every Bach and B-ette say the same thing. On a different note, was there some hand-lettered sign in the window of Tia's house, like Cook Shack or something? I was watching with only part of an eye and half my brain but thought I saw some signs like that. I wondered if they were at a local cafe, not Tia's parents' home.

All these hometowns are the same every season, the players and names are just interchangeable. Overly protective sibling, unapproving parent, right- and wrong- reasons families. *yawn* I swear TPTB are editing Arie to look like a dullard when we get clips, like at the very end, of him being witty and funny. But instead edits have to keep his made-up "kissing bandit" moniker alive by showing him only doing that. Who knew he and other drivers had visited the troops in the Middle East? Not us viewers, until last night. I'm betting he is full of fun stories, we just don't get to see/hear them for some reason. I guess Fleiss has to stick to the formula season after season after season. It doesn't matter who the b-ette is next, she will be edited the same as the one before and the one before that. Fleiss and this franchise are raking in the dough, so why change it. Viewers actually believe it's real, and that's all that counts for ratings success.

Ha ha, yes, I did. He was estimating the $$$$$$ in his head for sure. I know I was!

Yes! Where is our Mystery Author? I, too, thought of our friend who better tell us she ran that category!

I hated that I couldn't come up with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Graceland is my favorite album of all time. I wore out my Graceland cassette, which I played over and over years ago while driving to Arkansas in the middle of the night. During that drive, I decided to make a detour to Memphis to tour Graceland. (I slept in a roadside and was first in line the next morning.) I also attended their concert tour. Simon caught quite the heck from partnering with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, I found out later. Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes ... best song ever.

It's too late for that cat. It'll still be there in the taxidermy den ... forever. And ever. (Taxidermy eyes are very realistic.) Oh, man, now that's an angle I hadn't thought of. I'm all "Bye Kendall" now. (I watch too much Dateline.) Lennie, they always show an outtake at the very end, during credits. This one was Arie and Kendall playing with the rats. It was pretty funny, and Arie was clever, the Arie the show won't let us see this season. Anyway, at the end a third rat appeared wearing a long blond wig. "This is Krystal," Arie said. Arie put Krystal Rat in a toy car and said "Bye Krystal" as he shoved it off the table. It oughta show up on YouTube soon. If you Google it. If you don't know how to Google, ask Tia's father!

Okay, that ending segment was the best one EVER on this franchise. A rat with a blond wig ... "This is Krystal." Puts Krystal in the car and shoves it off the table ..."Bye Kristal." Comedy gold!

Oh, I totally caught that. A local radio station host has people send in snippets that the other hosts say that can be taken in a naughty way, and he plays them once a week in a segment called "Out of context." For a minute I forgot what I was watching and was ready to report the "stick it in all the way" so my clip would get on the radio.

Arie: "I thought I knew what I wanted to do. Then I met their families and I could see myself with every one of them." Me: "Liar." (Ha ha. Arie likes to leave the room a lot. I wonder if he will do that when he's married. "Excuse me ... I'll be right back ..." and he jumps in his car and drives away.)