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I still refuse to judge because I do not have enough info. And it's actually none of my business.

A lot of kids get to a stage where they don't want their parents showing affection in front of their friends and/or other people. (I remember going through a period like that.) That's what the commercial is showing. It's not about hugging your kids being creepy. It's about kids trying to be cool in front of their friends.

I love that one! Kid can get his own band aid. But even if I didn't like it, I wouldn't blame the actress. That's like hating on Jack Gleeson because his Game of Thrones character was horrible. Actors are just doing a job. Unless someone is a big star, making a living by acting is not easy. Turning down something as innocuous as the Sheba commercial would be pretty damned dumb for a jobbing actor. They have bills to pay, too.

Eh, I've seen a lot of family cases in the court where I work, and situations are often not as they appear. Just because the mother says she wants the daughter to see him, doesn't mean she told the truth to the tabloid reporter. And since he required a paternity test, it sounds like there were a lot of problems in that relationship. So I'm not judging him based on a situation where I don't have information.

My understanding is that they needed to do it slowly to ensure they got a good melt on the adjoining edges. The teams who took multiple tries were rushing it. I don't think they've been that under-served by the editing. They don't seem to have been particularly competent, just slightly more so than Sunny & Bizzy. At least that way other teams had to do their own navigating. Helping other teams is what got Angie the help she needed in the mega-leg so I'd say it paid off for them pretty well. She certainly wasn't performing better in that first road block last time; without Amber's help, she'd probably still be there.. But it's down to few enough teams now that they do need to stop. I'm with you on them. I'd found Leticia a little annoying in a previous leg, but she's winning me over. And yes, Rod's respect for her really shows. That's pretty much the point of alliances on AR. It certainly worked out for them.

I'd much rather listen to Melissa and Yvonne sing. Hey now, that's his only redeeming quality. Oh, she is, but it wouldn't matter either way because Vinny wasn't going to listen to her (or anyone else, probably) anyway. It's his way or else. Danny can only do 1 more so they're going to have to choose very carefully from now on. She should've done the face painting task from leg 2.

I'm assuming they're not, given that sad sack interview face Amber had. Run, Amber, run. Sure, she's probably annoying but he's verbally abusive. And they are now the team I want gone asap. Idk about other commenters, but I've found most of them pretty interesting. Not all of them, sure, but that's every Race for me. I'd like to think I'd have done okay with the welding since my dad occasionally welded things in his shop, but probably not. Sure, but he's so, so much worse. And far less good at those things than he thinks. He was also pretty good at the welding, and both he and Angie rocked the drum task. I have decent rhythm and would've probably been good with the drum task, but I'm not sure how my BFF would do. Although she did take tap dancing as a child, so maybe there's some rhythm still in there.

I liked all 3 of last night's contestants, but I'm glad Amy won. FJ was an instaget for me. The Montgolfier brothers = hot air balloons (thanks, Monty Python's Flying Circus for that bit of info), and what sort of lighter than air craft would need such a separate smoking room other than a zeppelin. Voila! The Hindenburg. She did, but since I was pretty nervous during my game, I could relate to her. I'm stealing this. The irony is that the fire wasn't in any way related to the smoking room.

On one hand, in your face, Chelsea!!! On the other, this weekend might be slightly awkward with my Chelsea-supporting best friend.

Doesn't help that the guy can't sing.

This was one which sounded really interesting to me, so I hope HBO eventually changes their minds.

I did get UNCF but did the same thing you did with CERN. My dad used to have some sort of obsession with Toshiro Mifune. Not sure why, as he didn't watch foreign films, but I guess the actor was in a WWII movie he saw. Dad loved his WWII movies. (Edited to note: Some googling gave me Hell in the Pacific with Lee Marvin - that had to be it.) I remembered the commercials I used to see for it, with the aforementioned "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" as the tagline. That's how I knew it. I also remember this infamous Vice Presidential moment: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is." (Vice President Dan Quayle - this was part of his address to the United Negro College Fund, whose slogan is "a mind is a terrible thing to waste")" Me too.

I said Standard Oil only because standard was in the clue. Oh well. Okay, yes, Nam was incredibly annoying in his intro. Glad Mark won.

And most of the time there's only one shift of detectives, even in a big city.

Exactly. That's what I hate the most about these commercials.