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I only got Jimmy Carter BECAUSE of Alex's bad Southern accent. Periscope was easy for me, but then, I like naval stuff. I got pheasant under glass, Lou Gehrig, San Diego (a total guess), grog, and Ft. Wayne (Hi there, Mad Anthony!). I agree that they shouldn't have accepted Canadian geese for Canada geese. And I, too, was saying "Pat, Pat S-something, not Summerall but something like that".

My mother adores John Wayne. I grew up being forced to watch his movies, and I hated him. I've mellowed on him as an adult, and can appreciate some of his movies while hating others. But I understand completely. And I second the recommendation of Silverado, which is not a typical western.

Sir Laurence Olivier once said he did Inchon because the Moonies paid him a lot of money to do it. I've always respected his honesty. It's the big paycheck crap that makes the good stuff possible for a lot of actors. I have to confess: every time I see the commercial for Amy Schumer's new movie, I wanna go all Elvis on my tv. She's the most obnoxious person I've ever had the displeasure of seeing on a tv or movie screen, and that commercial is the epitome of why.

I'd hope that too, except it's in a better place, really. A retired seamen's home probably doesn't have a lot of visitors and not nearly as much to do as Nonnatus House. It made me feel less angry at Sister Ursula for taking the tv away when I found out where it went. And Sister Monica Joan can still watch it.

There was one thing in one episode which I found funny: the bit where Alan's girlfriend is in a CSI-like tv show, and it uses the Who's "Squeezebox" as the theme song. It was only funny to me because a friend who is a huge Who fan and I have a running joke about CSI: Peoria, and its theme song, "Boris the Spider". Other than that, this show was just gross and offensive to me.

I did what I always seem to do when tire-related clues come up on Jeopardy: answered Firestone.

Not for me. I actually like most of the other regulars more than I do Meredith, and can do without focusing on her journey. So, if I have to watch lame bottle episodes, I'd rather they not be all about the amazingness that is Mere. Oh, and Meredith, you had TWO other sisters besides Maggie, and still have one of them. If I ever got on a plane and saw her, I'd get right back off, that's for sure.

One of my favorite detour tasks ever was assembling a desk in the world's largest IKEA in Sweden during AR6 (the one with the pro wrestlers, Lena & Kristy, and He Who Must Not Be Named & Victoria). Mainly because I so would've rocked that task. Admittedly, they did have a manual for that one, whereas the teams in Zanzibar didn't, but this task did not look that complicated if you took a minute to examine the pieces before starting. The drive thru at the Sands Hotel & Casino in Vegas? (Yeah, I know, it's long gone :-( but I miss it.) I was really disappointed in Becca's behavior after realizing their passports were missing. (Was it both or just Floyd's?) I'm hoping that she calms down after the first flush of panic and anger, and apologizes on camera to Floyd. If not, my estimation of her will go down considerably and I won't be able to root for that team. Which is a shame because I really like Floyd, especially after how he treated the cab driver who brought the passport(s) to the hotel.

Even if it's not, they have two trips now, so they could split them.

Oh man, why did it have to be Seth & Olive instead of Mr. "Ow, My Balls!"? Love that Liz and Michael have gone from screw ups to being quietly competent. I was inclined to like Redmond, but he was pretty obnoxious on this leg, and his behavior to Vanck after finding out about the U-Turn was borderline bullying. I didn't like that the U-Turn came at the beginning of the Detour instead of after the task like usual.

I should've gotten FJ, but didn't. The "6/6/76" didn't resonate for me. All I could think of was Jaws and I was fairly certain that's never been remade. Concur on the MST3K stumper. Not even geeky Greg got it.

They used that cover over the Apollo 11 launch on The Astronaut Wives Club - I ended up downloading it immediately afterward. I don't mind some board-hopping, especially late in the game, but it's pointless to do it early in the first round. No one generally has enough money to make hitting the Daily Double early worth the annoyance.

I think there's one named for Joyce Kilmer, too. I loved that story. Between it and the KGB story, this was one interview section I'm glad I watched. I knew the song "America" referenced the New Jersey Turnpike.

I got all of those except Neptune. Last time friends and I went to Atlantic City, I think we stopped at the Edison rest stop to go to the bathroom. FJ was an instaget, because I love that song. And I just found out yesterday afternoon that Woodrow Wilson was governor of New Jersey - thank you, PBS. (Actually, on second thought, we were on the Atlantic City Expressway when we made our bathroom stop. But I HAVE stopped at the Joyce Kilmer rest stop on the NJT.) I knew that one from reading about pirates. You should see the size of the needles used to inject mercury into their, um, infected areas.

I knew who they wanted but couldn't think of Melville's name. Do you think they would've accepted "the guy who wrote Moby Dick"?

For me, if it's a Norwegian, it's Amundsen. If it's a Englishman, it's either Shackleton or Scott of the An-tarc-tic (with electric penguins). If it's an American, I usually end up mashing Robert Peary and Matthew Henson into one big explorer named Matthew Peary. You think I'd know by now, but you'd be wrong. And I picked the wrong show to not tape while I was at the opening of the local historical society's WWI exhibit, 'cause I liked a lot of the categories. Corn on the cob should be cooked for ten minutes or so in boiling water. Possibly grilled - although I've never actually tried that. I did extensive research on Caribbean vacation destinations several years ago, and so I can smugly say that I knew the correct pronunciation of Dominica. (If it hadn't been so hard to get to then, I would've chosen it because it sounded wonderful.)

That's why I said it was for the wrong reason. Really, though, Maggie was the one in the wrong in this episode.

I'm sorry but Owen was absolutely correct, if for the wrong reason. Maggie had no business performing that surgery because she was not the one who prepared for it. She knew nothing about it before she walked into the x-ray room, whereas Riggs had been prepping with Arizona and the patient for days.

Maresha bugged me from the get-go, and finding out that she's a preacher only confirmed how much I wanted her to lose. (It's my own issue with god-botherers, and she struck as being that type. Not all preachers are, and those that aren't are just fine.) So yay! to guy in the middle! David? I think? I didn't get the New Yorker, but did get the others. I almost went with the Tonys then realized they must be considerably older than the date in the clue. Love me some James Cagney, although I've never actually seen Yankee Doodle Dandy; I read a biography of him, though, which talked extensively about his vaudeville days. I also got Liberia - I remember Charles Taylor being the president because of Naomi Campbell testifying at his war-crimes trial; yeah, that seemed really random to me at the time. I was hit and miss on the bible category. I've heard the phrase "Jesus wept", but the chapter and verse numbers meant absolutely diddly-squat to me.

In reference to the shit way Meredith treated Riggs and also how Amelia is treating Owen, I say: DATE OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL!!

He did say he wanted to conquer that fear, and although he was in tears, he just sucked it up and did it. Unlike Shamir and his broken balls. I agree about the complaining, but I think she might have done something more serious to her elbow; it looked like she was having trouble moving it.

Is it totally wrong that I wanted Owen's friend's baby to die just to punish Maggie for stealing a surgery away from the person who'd actually prepared for it? Okay, I didn't really want that, but I did want to punch Maggie in the face. This was like when Mere came back from maternity leave and wanted to do the surgery with Cristina which Bailey had prepped for; fortunately Cristina came to her senses and realized the person who was prepared for the surgery was the one who deserved to be involved. I really wanted Arizona to refuse to let Maggie do this one for that very reason, not all this "her mom died and she's not ready" crap.

I think the movie was going to tank anyway because it was too much of a niche thing, but the controversy certainly didn't help.

Nope. I hated everything about the animated version, especially the singing and dancing. Although it did lead to Mr. Burns singing "See my vest, see my vest, made from real gorilla chest", so there's that. Of course, I hate pretty much all of the animated musicals from Disney's alleged renaissance, not just Beauty and the Beast. I am with you on the superhero/comic book movie trend, though.

I don't think that was really a gimme question. Not if you're not much of a sports fan anyway. (Disclosure: I'm not an NBA fan but I tend to listen to the sports reports in the morning during breakfast.)