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Flanders was born in 1959 ? I thought he was 60 years old -- that was stated outright way back in Season 10 when Ned and Homer got married in Las Vegas to waitresses.

I liked that this episode moved back to the 8pm time slot -- didn't like the 2 minute delay in the episode start time for the Special Forces promo. Felt like there were some edits in the episode to squeeze in the shorter run time. That really was a deep pull -- the question is how did they got out of France's Wine Jail ? And where was Maurice the donkey ?

Podcasts seen on the building exterior of Earmoose Studios (Your Home for Rewatch Podcasts) -- Water under the Bridgerton -- Better Recall Saul -- Key & Spiel -- Avatar - The Last Air-Banter Board Games seen in he Simpsons living room -- Never Sorry ! -- Soda-Land -- Video Game: The Board Game -- Connect One -- Yahtzu -- Needless Operation -- Scribble -- The Three Duos of Half-Dozen Mountain Stores at the strip mall -- Fun Once Escape Rooms -- Cavity Falls Children's Dentistry -- Knead for Swede Massage Parlor -- Not a Front Nail Salon & Money Laundry Consult your Physician before ordering 3 Day Clams.

Thursday's show with Ilana, Paul, and Fortune was all over the place. Last show of 2024. Taylor needs to not wear that heart necklace anymore, the bright light reflections from that necklace early on in the show were very distracting. Looks like someone sprayed something on it between breaks so it wasn't so bright. FTW/Ultimate challenge was 'guess which hand Ilana Glaser has hidden a Lego minifig ?'. Really ? Are the writers just phoning it in ? They did this once before and it was equally disappointing. Fortune won and received an envelope containing 'The True Meaning of Christmas' delivered by Santa.

Wednesday's show with Nico, Ben, and Franchesca was pretty good. Each of them were cast members on the show 'Superstore'. For the Guess Whom ? game, while everyone was impressed with the accurate guess for Venus de Milo, I was more impressed that they guessed Jake from State Farm. FTW/Ultimate challenge was 'guess how much this meal costs ?'. This is just so lazy by the writers. The meal was a fancy burger and fries with a side of ketchup that cost $38. Nico won and got a Christmas stocking filled with smaller Christmas stockings.

Tuesday's show with Vinny, Jeff, and Sasheer was pretty good for the most part. FTW/Ultimate challenge was 'find the snow leopard in this photo'. They did this challenge once before and it was as disappointing then as it was in this episode. Jeff won and got a bottle of body wash that Taylor received in a gift exchange.

Monday's show with Michael, Jessica, and Luke was pretty good (all 3 are cast members of the streaming series 'Shrinking')-- the Letterboxd game was funny and the Make It a Monologue game was really well performed, especially Jessica in her Wicked-style reading of the Intro of the WikiHow page on how to survive an encounter with an ostrich. Hashtag wars was #MakeaMovieChristmas -- and there were some really good responses. Examples like Luke's "The Yule-sual Suspects" or Michael's "North Pole-tergeist" or Jessica's Skyfall-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la FTW/Ultimate challenge was the only low point of the show -- guess how many bracelets a guy at Burning Man is wearing. Jessica won the Ultimate Challenge and got a small baggie of spare buttons that are provided with a new shirt.

Last Thursday's show with Jordan, Carmen, and Robby was .... out of control. There was no FTW/Ultimate Challenge because Robby and Carmen walked off in solidarity because Robby was eliminated but then Carmen volunteered to go, but they ended up both leaving -- making Jordan the winner Jordan got a Ziploc baggie of leftover screws and stuff from a futon that Taylor assembled.

Last Wednesday's show with Taylor, Jared, and Rachel was entertaining. FTW was "Take turns naming fake car models without pausing". Jared got screwed waiting for the laughter to die down so people could hear his answer so Rachel won. Rachel won and got a Christmas Advent calendar with only the last 4 days unopened.

Last Tuesday's show with Josh, Suzi, and Brandon was painful to watch at times. I did like they had the 'Untangled' game again -- it is a super hard multitasking challenge. FTW was "Guess how much Guy Fieri is worth ?" Which breaks down to essentially a 50/50 guess. If Josh had guessed $1 he would have won. Brandon won and received a loaf of bread with a party hat.

Just catching on last week's shows. Last Monday's show with Opey, Mamrie, and Kurt was pretty funny, but that sweater game was just so stupid. The comedians can only make do so much what they are given to work with. Hashtag wars was #coldersongs. And FTW was "Where in the world is this white guy with dreadlocks ?" They did this once before -- it was stupid then, and it was stupid now. Mamrie won and received a plate of Thanksgiving leftovers for her troubles.

All 3 of the planned participants for Thursday's show -- Sherry Cola; actress Justine Lupe; actress Jackie Tohn -- were replaced by Anna Seregina, Greta Titelman, and Will Miles. Thursday's Ultimate Challenge was "Guess which of staffers named Dave is taller ?" Just so lazy by the writers -- yet another 50/50 guessing game. Anna Seregina won -- and received an invisible trophy (i.e. absolutely nothing).

Wednesday's Ultimate Challenge was "guess how many times has 'The Parent Trap' been made in to a movie ?" We just did a version of this challenge a couple of weeks ago -- it's just a guessing game, requiring no comedic creativity whatsoever. So lazy. Matt Braunger won -- and received an open can of cranberry sauce.

Tuesday's Ultimate Challenge was even dumber than yesterday's "Where's North Macedonia ?" Taylor hid a phone charger somewhere on the stage and the first person to find it wins. It was just so lazy by the writers. What's next ? Who can hold their breath the longest ? The phone charger was stashed in Taylor's podium. Lisa won -- and took home a pair of airline tickets to Hawaii that leaves LAX within the hour.

Catching up on last week's shows. Monday's show had the "Where's this country on a map ?" for FTW. This time it was North Macedonia. This game was a dumb idea the first time, not sure why they brought it back again. HashTag War this week was #ruinadisneymovie. Bob the Drag Queen won -- and received a rock crystal that looked like it was previously part of a geode.