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You forget that we're also taught the exception to that rule: That whenever a word or a syllable ends in silent "e," the preceding vowel in the word or syllable is automatically lengthened without doubling it: can, cane; man, mane; not, note; etc. "Lose" follows the "silent e" exception.

DAMMIT, 2021! We just talked about this yesterday. You just HAD to be the one to take her, didn't you? RIP, Betty, and thank you. Have fun catching up with Allen and the rest of the casts of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls!

Gay men under 25 would like to have a word with you. It's synonymous with "twink" in that circle, and I always thought that was where it originated.

I never saw that, so it WAS a shock for me. I'm roughly Susan's age, and it's just weird to me to think of the "kids" as being old enough to have grandchildren now!

Ready for a shock? Take a look at the Brady kids, Christmas 2021:

It's also the name of the Speed Force, who modeled her physical form after Bart's mother Nora.

And she's also from the 31st Century in the comics. I wonder whether this will tie into Iris's time sickness and the fact that in the comics, she's also from the 31st Century and was sent back in time as a baby to save her from a nuclear holocaust. The showrunners have hinted before that that's an aspect of Iris's backstory that they plan to explore at some point, and it would be the reason for her time sickness.

Nope. It just moved to a new home. Instead of being on FOX, it's on Hulu now.

Well, I can't honestly say I blame him!

Here's a radical idea: How about bringing Tom Bergeron back?

Bumping this thread up because the titles of the first seven episodes of Season 2 have been released:

I've had Hulu for years. This is going to be no biggie for me!

I thought it was cute. Sure, it wasn't Legends-level of insane, but it was just the right amount of humor and schmaltz for this type of family holiday programming. And it was nice seeing Beebo with a full personality!

No, it always went for ten weeks, ending the fall season just before Thanksgiving back when the show was on in both the spring and the fall. Strictly Come Dancing still runs through the first part of December, with an additional Christmas competition after the main season concludes.

Says who? I, for one, would welcome it!

I wondered whether anyone else would recognize that scene as a deliberate shout-out to the famous chocolate-factory scene from I Love Lucy!

That doesn't really count, though, because (a) they weren't a competitive couple -- Jonathan was only subbing in training for Steve's actual partner Anna, who was out sick that week -- and (b) it was more or less a joke (this happened right around April Fool's Day, if I remember correctly). It will never not be amusing, but I really don't consider it a "hint" about any future direction for the show. Strictly did something similar with one of its pro group numbers this year, and it was electrifying to see.

Be more specific. In the Cop timeline or the Rocker timeline?

Eh. I guess I'll just have to wait for John and Johannes on Strictly to make history as the first same-sex couple ever to win on any version of the show.

Why? Australia had one, and I never did see what the point of that was.

Yes, we blocked each other on there years ago for that very reason!

The protest itself wasn't the problem. But when she threw the rock at the cops' car and damaged it, I cringed. My immediate thought was, "Girl, that was dumb. Understandable, but DUMB!" Did she really think she was helping matters by acting in such a stupid fashion during what was already a tense situation? What did she THINK the cops were going to do in response?

It's going to be interesting to see what happens now that he's literally bumped into the Legends and is going to be stuck time-traveling and working with them (and vice-versa). First, he's going to have a HELL of a lot of explaining to do -- and FAST before they decide to beat the hell out of him. Fortunately, he already knows what a monster he created in AI Gideon and will work with the Legends to take her down. But is he ever going to be able to get the Legends to trust him once they find out that HE was the one who deliberately got them into this mess in the first place?

The producers and writers wanted Jim to cheat on Pam with Cathy down in Florida. That's what would have happened if John hadn't refused to go there. That's why Cathy's attempt to seduce Jim ended in disaster and was quickly aborted. And John was right. The viewers would never have forgiven the show if Pam and Jim had broken up after the show had spent four years getting the viewers invested in putting them together in the first place!

She came out in drag for ALL of her performances. That's why I don't count their partnership as same-sex male. If I hadn't known she was a drag queen, I would have thought she and her male pro were just another opposite-sex pairing. I almost found her borderline offensive as a gay man myself for that very reason. Her doing it in drag gave it something of a minstrel-show quality that I didn't like and that to me made a complete mockery of the concept of same-sex partner dancing.