John Ramos

I typed that through crossed fingers. It's TERRIBLE.

Tough question: Is it TV-illegal to hook up with a character who's underage played by an actress collecting Social Security? Also, if you keep your eyes on Kelly during the whole "dancing" GIF, she pulls a pretty great eleventh hour WTF side-eye.

I thought this was the funniest episode in recent memory. The Draft Of Innocence was so Andre and Meegan fits with him perfectly. And Ruxin's abject horror at Sofia's draft plan were some A-plus Kroll faces.

Oh totally! I didn't think you were; was just adding to the info.

I probably only know this because VM was my recapping life at the time, but this was well reported on the boards; in fact, it was hoped that Michael Cera would continue as the Moe character, feeding off his appearance in the "The Rapes Of Graff" storyline. They couldn't get him, obvs, so this was the result. @Nick, I don't know if you've done it before, but your "Hi, everybody!" didn't go unnoticed.

I'd bet they couldn't afford to shoot all summer at an actual pool and tennis club (which do exist out here) so they pretended beach clubs are a thing so they could shoot on public property. This poor show (except for the million things it willfully gets wrong).

Excellent. And it's criminal that there have only been 7 Nonac submissions!

Hey @Glark, speaking of questions about the podcast, here's one I've been meaning to ask: Is there an index of Canon submissions somewhere?

Inside Braysball: The Brandon Walsh Story

I did have trouble sorting out some sound details in the louder clips, but that's still no excuse for the Red Wedding fail. I didn't want to dwell on it because Sarah was SO MAD, but who (a) calls five times to confirm a window-washing appointment, (b) tells the client when he's coming and what he's doing rather than asking, and © apparently does all this unsolicited, since "Mistah Bahbecue" had no idea what was happening?

Oh, since Sarah asked in the podcast, forgot to add two things about Chandler's racquet: First, Borg was known for his own very distinctive wood racquet; it was painted black and had his name on it and was obviously not whatever cheapshit stick the prop master bought in a 99-cent bin. Relatedly, no one used wood racquets past 1983; graphite and other materials proved so superior that Chandler in 1990 wouldn't have been competitive against the best twelve-year-old girls SoCal had to offer.

Agree on all counts; I went to one of the best public high schools in the country, but West Beverly, from the way they talk about it, should be on par. 1190 wasn't even acceptable for the PSATs. And for fictional context, Buffy Summers's surprise great SAT score was a 1430.

Steve's Mom had the house fumigated OVER PRESIDENTS' DAY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I wish the UnREAL-ers had quoted passages from Harrison's "book" in response.

This was brought up on an earlier edition, but this episode really made me think there's something to the thought that Jason Priestley was just incapable of portraying anything other than anger/condescension/lecturing in scenes involving the slightest amount of conflict. It would explain why we didn't see the apologies he claimed to have made; if he couldn't even reference them without a snotty "what more do you want me to do," how could they have played as convincing or sincere? Oh, and his kick in the heart to Ohhhhhndrea at the end seems to suggest that (a) Brandon's completely ignoring the fact that he drunkenly kissed her only a few eps ago, and (b) not only did Brenda not spill the not-a-slumber-party revelation that Ohhhhhndrea wants to bone him -- dubious -- but none of his male friends have mentioned Ohhhhhndrea's crush to him despite it being so glaringly obvious that even uncaring seniors have taken note of it.

Oh, Michelle Abrams. Between this and the Buffy movie, you really had your moment in the sun.

I can say with certainty that "bitch" was uttered on Dynasty before L.A. Law, because I remember Alexis Carrington Colby slapping her daughter (played by a terrible British actress IIRC) and shrieking "You bitch!" because the daughter went public with her parentage, and I was jaw-droppingly, silent-movie-reactive scandalized that they said "bitch" on TV.

Eeeee, did I see Elizabeth Marvel in there?

As noted (and usual), the sound design with the "background" people "talking" is HILARIOUSLY terrible, but it speaks to the show's overinvestment in Brandon that it depicts so many people giving a shit whether he sips a froofy blended drink or not. There was practically an impromptu referendum on the subject!

Okay, I checked and it totally was! It wasn't owned by Laemmle at that time, but it's definitely the same theater. Excellent eye!

I'll have to check when I have a moment.

"I have AIDS, and will not be taking questions."

I love this.

Nooooo, you're not!

I'm reminded of Jack Donaghy to Liz Lemon: "I knew it; you're a blonde in your fantasies. It looks terrible."