jmunney

If I were Ming-Na, I would have been calling bullshit on that Inglorious Basterds clue in Scary Poppins. Bastard does not in any way mean "fatherless."

To answer the lingering question: I would hope they would accept "Nine." It's what I thought of at first. And before they revealed the placement of the vowels, it fit the clue just as well. The only reason not to accept it would be that it wasn't what they specifically had in mind. On Jeopardy!, they'll accept alternate answers they weren't expecting if they find that they also work. HGN is different from Jeopardy! in a lot of ways, but both shows have fair and (mostly) consistent judges who take the rules seriously.

Damn, next week's lineup looks stacked. Paul Scheer, Bobby Moynihan, Randall Park, and Constance Wu all on the same episode? Wowie zowie. I think Paul especially will absolutely slay. There will be no excuse not to pick him for Celebrity Name Game. Don't know how Randall Cobb will do. Amy Smart'll probably be fine.

Would anyone have gotten the Rose Bowl on Gina's flea market clue? I had no idea what she was talking about, but apparently it's a thing.

I think she's actually Italian. But this is one case in which clueing the wrong info might be more helpful.

I think Sienna Miller was the only really legitimately tough Celebrity Name Game name. Jeremy Renner was a little tricky, but I think they should be a little hard like that every once in a while. Ariana Grande is one of the biggest pop stars right now - every HGN civilian should know who she is. To be fair, Yvette starting the clues off with "Victorious" wasn't the best move; I wouldn't expect every civilian to know what Nickelodeon show she was on.