ElleryAnne

Damn. I loved him in everything I ever saw him in. Caught him at a local convention once and he was a lovely guy, too.

Peter Boyle should be named there, too.

Aw, damn. He always seemed like such a nice guy. And James Evans was America's dad long before Cliff Huxtable was. RIP, Mr. Amos.

One of the stars of one of the most recognized (even iconic) shows of its time. I realize they can never get all of the names in, but that's a glaring one to miss. As usual, there are a lot that left their mark on the industry and pop culture but wow, that final three of Sutherland, Jones and Newhart.

She was only twenty-nine years old. And according to the article, she and her mother died one day apart from each other. My heart hurts for the remaining family.

I know the "all connected in the great circle of life" is the goal of that scene, and it's beautiful, and his voice is so majestic and yet warm and caring. But right now, it hurts hearing him say, "one day the sun will set on my time here." Because 93 years is a good long life, but I'm still sad that the sun set on his time here. Each year, we note so many celeb deaths in this thread. And each year, two or three are really painful ones, because they're people who've just contributed to our world and culture in a way that we feel more than the rest. Mr. Jones is one of those. At the end of the year, he'll be the one that I'll think that of. It's the next day, and I'm still kind of teary-eyed seeing the tributes and hearing his voice.

Oh, this one hurts. What an incredible voice Mr. Jones had. There are at least a dozen things I could point to, but honestly, the first thing I think of with him is his recitation of parts of The Raven on the original Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror.

My Two Dads and Perfect Strangers were always my favorite opening songs. And Twin Peaks, for instrumental.

Halloween Wars is coming back for 2024 on September 22nd. Sounds like this year will be eight teams, and two qualifying rounds. Six of the eight teams move into the regular challenges. This year's twist is apparently that each team will be captained by a former champion. Jonathan Bennett is back (yay!!!), and so is Shinmin Li (also yay!). Aarti Sequeira is also back. Halloween Daily News article about this season's Food Network lineup. Season 14 Episodes titles and descriptions (still incomplete), on Food Network page.

I hadn't heard of her. I just now read the articles linked (thank you, @MissAlmond ), and two things stood out. 1) Cancer, again. Fuck it. And 2) this little bit from the Hollywood Reporter article, because what a fantastic way to live. I'm sorry she's gone too soon, but it sounds like she really lived while she was here. "...attended Emory University to study medicine. She took a break and went to Japan, where she “fell into a background singing gig my first week there” and did some modeling, she told the Los Angeles Times in 2017. “Then my modeling team was doing a show for the royal family of Japan at this hotel and the ringside announcer thought I should ringside announce. Literally, one thing led to another, so I tell people I’m the Forrest Gump of my field. I just blindly, by faith, walked through life and said ‘yes’ to things that were presented to me, and it led me here.” Yeah, I know they weren't Shakespeare, but they were a little piece of my childhood. RIP, Ms. Pascal.

Damn. He really was one of the legends. RIP, Bob.

Aw damn. Shannon Doherty had her rough moments, and people hated on her a lot for it, but there was always something about her that made me root for her. RIP. Geez, the past several weeks... Willie Mays, Donald Sutherland, Martin Mull, Shelly Duvall, Dr. Ruth, Richard Simmons, etc... can it let up for awhile now?

Wow, Donald Sutherland was in so many movies that I've enjoyed over the years, I almost wouldn't know where to begin. For the past decade, he's been President Snow to me. Probably the earliest thing I remember seeing him in was that weird remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which freaked me out when I was little. Probably about a gazillion things in between. And of course, this:

I really wanted to see someone do the fingerprinting task. I agree with others that the beef task was poorly designed in that the teams could monopolize the stations and shut out other teams. Danny himself admitted it wasn't a nice strategy. If it's an effective way to a million dollar prize, I can't fault him for it. But it didn't make the episode more enjoyable to me as a viewer, though. (Unlike the racecar maps, which I found hilarious in some cases. Leticia's first attempt had me laughing for a solid ten minutes.) I don't automatically hate alliances, but I prefer them to be short-term and specific. So if they agreed to help each other survive the megaleg and that's it, I guess I don't mind. And I was glad that Danny said they should go on their own to the mat after the last task of the leg. Still, watching some teams work together in a really obvious way like they did at the beef stations while essentially preventing other teams from being able to make their own progress (whether from the alliance or the game design or both) isn't ideal "Amazing Race" to me. Fortunately, the two teams I'm rooting for came in first and second place, and both of those teams are running their own races.

The goofy sweet caption in the second picture, about giving their cats some responsibility so they're giving them each a baby? That's the kind of silly thing that says a lot about what kind of people they are, and I totally love them for it. Wishing all the best to them, the cats, and the babies on the way.