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I love Better Off Dead ("I want my two dollars!"), and, while I have nowhere near the same affection for it, I am entertained in spite of itself by the Charlie Sheen/Emilio Estevez collaboration Men at Work -- which totally rips off that line! ("Oh, looky here, somebody threw away a perfectly good white boy").

I didn't have high hopes for the original yet it was still a let-down, so I cannot imagine how crappy this sequel is based on the trailer.

The only reason I don't re-watch The Naked Gun on a semi-annual basis is the presence of O.J. so that final shot of Nordberg's son has me rolling, but I'm skeptical of this as nothing else in the trailer made me laugh. I'm not going to the cinema for this, but when it comes to something I have access to in my living room, I'll give it a shot.

Sarah Gruenberg from season nine, Texas, who mistreated Beverly Kim that season. Bailey has worked for both of them since, and I don't have any guilt by association feelings towards her, but that's the reference.

"Are you telling me that not only did you invent a secret plan to fight inflation, but now you don't support it?" "Celestial Navigation" is possibly my favorite episode of the entire series. Post-root canal C.J. is absolutely hilarious, and Bartlet in the Oval Office when he's learning about the several catastrophes incidents that occurred in his absence also cracks me up. "Okay, before we go on: C.J., if blood is gushing from the head wound you just received from a stampeding herd of bison, you'll do the press briefing."

I missed all of this week's episodes, so just checked the archive for the FJ clues. I could have sat here until I died and not come up with Friday's; I've never heard of them. I didn't come up with James Fenimore Cooper, either, but got the rest.

Hopefully Sam called and told him to turn around and come back home. That whole thing was stupid, with her not going, because Jay can't see Shiki, or explain, so what was he going to do -- just walk into the office, put some strange contraption down, and hope Shiki found it? And what would happen if she did, since she can't push the button to let Sass out?

They've been divorced a long time; the reason Julian hates Family Day at the firm is that's when Senior, in the bunny costume, chose to tell eight-year-old Julian oh, BTW, I'm divorcing your mom.

Because if there really is a dead daughter, and she's somehow the reason for this deception, then Olympia is going to have to feel sorry for her on that level, and maybe even understand why she did all this, and she's not remotely ready for that at those points in the episode. It's like when Matty heard Olympia's saved message from her dad, after stealing her computer, and had to look up at the suspect board and remind herself "We're not friends".

I've recently poked through some transcripts of the West Wing Weekly podcasts (I do not have the patience to actually listen to podcasts), and I'm impressed with how critical they are, and how - as two men - they routinely call out the sexism. The little bits of Josh Malina as himself I've seen over the years left me with a poor impression of him, but I like most of what I've read from him in these podcasts.

They're my favorite part, even as I love the rest. I will never tire of watching the DVD commentary when C.J. falls into her pool; Martin Sheen cracks up even more than I did, which is saying something.

No, as they've managed to find a couple with even less romantic/sexual chemistry than Thor and Flower, a feat I did not find achievable. I found this episode rather resoundingly blah. There were a few funny lines, and I did like Flower being one of the few people who wasn't stupid and/or awful and thus turning the tables on Trevor and Hetty, but this was not their best effort.

I will let everything about the case go - for tonight, anyway - because I was frakkin' glued to my TV for all the Olympia/Matty stuff. Someone please go engrave all the awards for Skye Marshall. Goddamn. She had to play so many emotions, and she nailed every one of them. I don't know if I can pick a favorite, but top contenders are: the flashback to her at home, make-up off and hair covered, frantically searching for additional listening devices and then making up an explanation to her kids, and the way her voice broke and she had to repeat herself when saying "my friend" to Matty.

Sara Bradley. She's competed on two seasons of Top Chef.

I wanted to try all those restaurants they staged at. I knew it was going to be Kat and Corwin eliminated, which bummed me out as I'm ready to lose Vinny (not Lana, but she's distinguished herself more to me by how stunningly beautiful she is and how much I love her voice than by making memorable food). I agree with what the judges said, they have no idea who he is as a chef, just who all his famous mentors are. It's pretty cool for the team with immunity to turn out the best dish of the night. That was the one I most wanted to eat, but the Royal Thai was a very close second.

Quoting myself to say I looked it up to see if my vague memory is correct, and, yes, they'd retconned the injury that led to Jackie leaving the force from hurting her back falling down stairs (while chasing a naked guy) to shooting herself in the leg back in season four, episode 12.

I didn't know that one, either; I've never seen it and don't know much about it other than it exists. I missed another movie in that category, too, but have already forgotten it. I was rooting for Roy because I loved him so very much on The Daily Show, but Robin played a good game and I love her charity so I'm really happy for her. LOL at Romy and Michelle being what led Natalie to come up with post-it. Pop culture so often sinks me on J! but there are also numerous examples where I only know something because it was discussed in a show/movie. I also laughed at Ken's desperation to get someone to act out YMCA. Roy indeed saying it like a cowboy was entertaining. And Natalie's depressed cowboy. This was a fun game. It's weird we didn't hear Ken and the contestants talking at the very end like we usually do.

You're right, but I have a vague memory that they'd already retconned that in an episode several seasons back. Becky and Dan's conversations were great. "Resting Darlene Face" made me laugh. As did Neville's fashion knowledge and "That is a circle we could not close" about needing bigger boobs to get a sugar daddy but needing a sugar daddy to pay for bigger boobs.

No, it's a big ball of nothing -- just that Roman would like Sass's death to be something ridiculous and embarrassing: "I would love for it to be something so ridiculous that he's been hiding it for so long. Like, he's been telling a story, and it turns out that story is completely false, and it's actually something else incredibly embarrassing."

Way back in the 1800s, yes, otherwise, no. Here's an article that gives an overview. Sure, in numerous places you can find a Coke machine that only dispenses Coca-Cola products (just as you can find Pepsi machine only dispensing Pepsi-Co products). But the discussion refers to all the places in the southern U.S. where "Coke" is used as generically as "soda" or "pop" or similar are used elsewhere to refer to soft drinks in general, regardless of brand. @StatisticalOutlierillustrated this well with the Dr. Pepper example.

Alberta's explanation played as sincere to me, which makes it clunky writing to have her describe herself as "a new ghost". It would have made far more sense for her to say the same things she did about freaking out about a 1000-year existence, framed instead as it making her think good gods, she had so many conflicting emotions at 50-some years, what the hell was it going to be like at a thousand.

Were they ever not? I tried Kohl's once, back in the day when it moved into a space that had been previously occupied by Mervyn's -- another low-cost option, but a better one -- and the quality sucked.

Kevin vs. Adam - I don't hate Adam, but I don't like him, so seeing him get his ass so roundly kicked was enjoyable. I love the porterhouse cut of pork chop, even though it is a little tricky to cook, and I found Kevin's technique a good one even though I often don't care for cooking meat off the bone. I love me some nachos, usually with fewer components than his but, yum, they sounded good. And he blew Adam away on taste points. Carlos vs. Nini - Him, I find insufferable, the kind of person I hate to ever see succeed even if it's earned in a particular instance. I like her going back to Top Chef and have liked seeing her grow as a chef and competitor as the years have passed; the increase in confidence is great to watch. I'm not a big fan of either classic dish, and would happily taste both updated offerings but didn't drool over either one, so I was hoping hers was the one-point winner (that point came on taste). Sara vs. David - I don't "know" him, while I liked her a lot on both her seasons of Top Chef (and was disgusted by the "she's unlikable" or even outright "she's gross" type comments during her first season, unsubstantiated by any actual thing she'd said or done, so presumably based on her body shape and her accent), so I was all in for her, but I love the ingredients and wanted to taste both. Especially her treatment of the lamb, but what she won on was use of the randomizer. Antonia vs. Rocco - Team Antonia, almost always, and definitely here. I'm not a mushy peas fan, nor do I like the fries of traditional fish and chips (they too strongly resemble potato, which I hate, rather than grease, salt, and whatever I dip them in), but goddamn I wanted Antonia's tartar sauce; based on the strength of my reaction through the TV, I was not surprised by the strength of Andrew's upon eating it. She won mostly on taste, and two points on randomizer; I'm glad to see her take it home at this level and hope it's her year in the end. Also, Tiffani singing "Like a Sturgeon" made me LOL.

There was early reference to children, plural (about how she outsourced their care), but by the time they explained her death, only "my son" (presumably Thomas, the one who killed Alberta) was mentioned (in her wanting to preserve the family wealth for him, in regret that the most valuable thing she could have given him, a mother's love, she didn't, etc.) so they seem to have retconned the number of kids.

I highly doubt if someone who looks like, say, Giada De Laurentiis did and said all the same things Britt has ever done, Guy would even think of calling her "The Angry Italian". Britt's manner is less aggressive than many cheftestants, yet she's the one he describes as angry? I think her not being stereotypically "feminine" is coloring his perception. Based on their Top Chef performances, Sara is a better chef and stronger competitor. But Nini seems to have gained confidence as well as skill with these extra years of experience under her belt. I like both, but I've always really liked Sara, so I'll be rooting for her but won't be bummed if Nini has the better cook that day.