SomeTameGazelle

The idea of penance made me think of Edward the Confessor but when I looked up his dates they were too early as he was pre-Norman. I got steamers. I really enjoy both Juveria and Matt and how much fun they are having with Ken. I especially liked Matt's thank you to his girlfriend for improving his anecdotes. I may have seen a tiny bit of red when Ken joked with Juveria about taking up knitting (instead of some other hobby less mocked for being the sphere of little old ladies) but he probably didn't mean it quite that way. Glad that Juveria had a much better game today than yesterday and I would have been happy to see her win today but Matt played a great game as well. Roger made a great recovery toward the end and I would not have been surprised if he had pulled off the win but really I was rooting for Matt or Juveria to win the JIT.

I was afraid to guess spider in case it was insufficiently specific. I should have realised it was a low-value clue.

As a person who was rooting for Juveria, I interpreted Ken's comment as meaning "just enough for Juveria to squeak through." But from Raymond's perspective I suppose it was indeed just too much.

I would like to take credit for knowing Vega of the Lyre (because Teddy was so dramatically bitter about it in Emily's Quest) but I don't think I actually got to the word Vega, I was still wallowing in "there is only one star I hate". That was a great game and I am glad it came down to who knew FJ because although I like Matt a lot it was rough on Luigi whom I also like very much to be overtaken on DDs. At least it wasn't a runaway. No idea who Randolph was, so props to Matt for getting it.

"As the episode's closing credits rolled, Myers also clearly mouthed the words "elbows up" as he pointed to his bent elbow and moved it into the air. Myers, a famous hockey fan, was likely referring to when players go into the corner to fight for the puck, they keep their elbows up to help them win the battle." https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/mike-myers-sports-a-canada-is-not-for-sale-tee-on-saturday-night-live/article_b7867fda-f756-11ef-b0f7-975040573005.html

Dooneese is a character whose popularity I have never understood. The only joke is that she's repellent. On the other hand I never disliked Wiig's Password game show actress character the way many people seem to.

Bridget the puppet was underused and I was excited to see JAJ and Ashley but they got short shrift as well. I was delighted to see the PDD boys as characters! with different accents! but confused as to why Shane's character was apparently ripped off from Little Britain. The structure was very solid and I liked the fact that they just made it plain he was at an intervention and left it there. I FF'd through the monologue, Marcello's WU bit, and the doctor visit sketch. Then I saw comments online praising the escalation in the doctor visit sketch so I went back to give it another chance but could not make it through. The first sketch with Heidi wanting photos also seemed to be very one-note with nowhere to go. I laughed at Che's joke about being the only black news anchor left for NBC to fire, but then he annoyed me by being indignant about the audience reaction. Gillis' whole shtick appears to be that he gets to say terrible things because he is playing at being a terrible person. I don't think the writers forced anything on him or tried to make him look bad. He went for the loser characters because that's where he sees the jokes.

Megan Follows will play L M Montgomery in middle age in a new series called Lucy. Maud. https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/anne-of-green-gables-megan-follows-lucy-maud-1236311127/ It sounds like it will be based on the Mary Rubio bio. Susan Coyne, (who wrote the rather disappointing series of Anne of Green Gables where Martin Sheen was miscast as Matthew) is involved in writing this new series.

I have to admit that although I knew "cat lady" I could not for the life of me recall "childless". I knew it wasn't "crazy" but couldn't come up with the right word.

Neither did I, so I named the only Hungarian whose name occurred to me: Ferenc Molnár. I was hoping hard that Jaskaran would pull through. I did guess Cook County but he did not hear me.

I've never read the book, only saw the movie, and I suspect the name was in my head only because of a podcast (probably I Hate it But I Love it) I listened to within the last year. Oh, sure, TODAY they go echidna. Happy to see Juveria get through -- she impressed me when she originally lost to Hannah Wilson and whenever I get a tiny bit tired of Second Chance it cheers me up to think of her success.

It stressed me out when Teddy reacted badly (even though he had a point) so I was glad that he reached out to make up with her and also that even though it was his boyfriend's idea he wasn't trying to have it both ways -- he was just forthright about it. And if Teddy isn't in town it would still be nice for Elsbeth to see Roy (Ray?) and get to know him.

I thought of the echidna before the sea urchin and didn't manage to sort out that confusion in time. I did know that Mitch McDeere was the lawyer in The Firm, and I got the dozens as well. I came in rooting for Ben but Shane absolutely deserved the win.

Last year Amy was first runner-up in the JIT final. This year she was eliminated in the JIT quarter final round. I would be very surprised if they made her the producer's pick for Masters again from that distance but I guess we will see.

Since the author himself was the response, it didn't occur to me that the wife would be known -- I assumed Alabama and WWI must be the significant part but didn't do any better than Faulkner.