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Oh, that does make sense, thank you. (I don't wear make-up, so I was just fixated on the fact eyes and lips are part of the face, but you make a good point that in the specific context of make-up, those are three distinct categories.)

All their flavor will be in the broth. The no food waste thing works in reverse - making stock out of stuff that would otherwise have been discarded. I keep a bag in the freezer with vegetable (lots of carrot, onion, celery, and mushroom) and herb ends, peels, stems, etc., the small garlic cloves I don't want to bother peeling, chicken carcass, and parmesan rinds and that's what I make my chicken stock with. Dried bay leaves, salt, and pepper are the only things I add new - everything else is something that would have gone in the compost bin, but is instead providing flavor.

I watched SVU for a while way back when, and that was because of their partnership; the actors' close friendship made for a great chemistry between the characters, and Olivia and Elliot were each the only one who'd occasionally call the other on their shit. But Stabler was a jackass - and a terrible cop, so I'm disgusted they brought him back and gave him his own show - and Olivia seemed better off without a romantic relationship, so unless things have changed drastically in the many years since I quit watching (possible, I'll grant, given the length of time, but my sense is it's unlikely), I don't see how a romantic relationship would work for them. Beyond that, it's just tiresome to keep saying that heterosexual men and women will inevitably fall for each other if they work together long enough.

I've never even heard of the show, but that's now my favorite chase scene. Hilarious!

I'd call it a Freaky Friday moment, since that's my favorite of the soap disaster scenes I've seen (that one was a washing machine rather than a dishwasher), but calling it an I Love Lucy moment would register with a lot more people, so it makes sense using that as the reference. That was me, too - okay, obviously they want eyes, lips, and face, but WTF, make-up brand; eyes and lips are part of the face. That's how I lucked into guessing the correct brother - Orville was the only one whose name I could remember.

TV writers don't like to let atheists remain atheists. But, newsflash, we're still atheists when bad shit happens (yes, there are atheists in foxholes) -- when our husbands abandon us with two kids, when we lose our careers and have to move back home, when our moms die, and certainly when our bearded sloth boyfriends break up with us. This franchise has always been so refreshingly non-religious (until that weird-ass prayer at the dinner table in season ten of Roseanne), with the Conners being Good People (but non-practicing), so hopefully this will be a comedic mini-arc and Darlene will get back to her normal self.

Mark's project was about the Conner family tree, so that alone would be enough reason for him to use just the relevant portion of his name when speaking to the distant relatives - he's part of the Conner clan that settled in Lanford, what's up with your Conner clan in X city - but Harris and Mark have also been repeatedly neglected by David, so even if one or both dropped Healy from their name in all interactions, it would still make sense, although such a development would benefit from at least a mention. So I think it's just the first scenario - he was talking to unknown Conners, so he only referred to himself as another Conner, the Healy line being irrelevant to the conversation - but it works for me regardless.

"There's an empowering message - I don't care what my kids want, I'm getting my man back!" "It's always hard when your menopausal kid moves out for the third or fourth time." "... generational poverty ... We're rooting for you, but we'll hold a spot for you." Great lines just in the opening. Nice breaking of the fourth wall with Sara Gilbert running from one set to another. But, good gods, show, let this Darlene/Ben relationship die its natural death already. And a "spiritual advisor" who's "not just a psychic" is pretty much the last thing Darlene - or anyone - needs. She's not the type to fall for this crap, no matter how upset she is that her boyfriend dumped her. And then her trotting down the God path, despite her entire history. Hopefully the fact Jason Alexander is playing the pastor means this will be a phase she hilariously abandons. Good for Louise saying she'll pay for the wedding she wants (and Dan not getting his machismo on at that), and explaining why she wants it and acknowledging she's as surprised as Dan is she feels that way. I just hope they're both researching pre-nup lawyers in the midst of the fluffy stuff. Norm MacDonald declared Roseanne Barr shouldn't have been fired and bemoaned what she had "gone through" as a result of her repugnant actions, so I understand why he was honored, given his connection to the show, and appreciate their feelings towards him, but mine aren't as straightforward. (Lovely of them to end on, though; I'm not saying it shouldn't have happened, just that I don't have only warm fuzzies about him.) I wonder why Lecy wasn't in this episode. I mean, I know the in-show explanation of Becky's absence, but they didn't have to write it that way, and it was weird to leave her out of the live premiere.

It was another archive game for me, so I still have yet to see Mayim's hosting this time around (and will be watching football tomorrow night, so it won't happen until Friday). The title of the Acronyms & Abbreviations category annoyed me; an acronym is a type of abbreviation. It should have been called Acronyms and Initialisms. (For accuracy, and, perhaps as a bonus, those who call them all acronyms might learn there's a difference and stop doing that.) I missed one each in national parks and movies (I knew Morricone, but couldn't pull his name out of my brain), but got everything else in the first round. In DJ, I only ran _R_M, but still did well overall; I missed two each in art* and characters, and one each in the rest. *Well, technically three in art, but I'm giving myself credit for black lacquer, as I feel sure I'd have got it had I been able to see the picture (but it was a TS, so maybe it was a bad picture and I wouldn't have). FJ was another instaget, so having two of those in a row was nice after not having the slightest clue for Monday's.

The one in back.

She didn't know she didn't want to live with him until she lived with him. She married him as a reaction, which was a really bad idea, and without having seen if they could live together, which was also unwise, but I like that she wants to find a way that works rather than jumping to divorce. Between Grace and Nick being married but not cohabitating and Brianna and Barry being permanently engaged, I like that this series shows the traditional way isn't good for some people - especially some women - and there's no lack of commitment in wanting to do it differently.

I love how much money I save there, the quality of what they carry (especially under their Kirkland label), and how they treat their employees, but I am very deliberate about when I go because I could not handle it during the after-work or, worse, weekend crowds. My dad hates shopping in general, and Costco in particular because he gets impatient with how long it takes (since it's huge and sometimes they move things around so you have to go hunting).

I'm off for the rest of the week to get a few things done around the house, and this morning I went to Costco with my mom. (She was getting a lot of stuff, and, while she's capable of doing it on her own, it's easier if someone else does all that lifting and pushing. Costco is pretty much my dad's idea of hell, and I needed a few things, so I went.) She walks with a cane, and slowly. I get it; that's annoying to be behind. But, good gods, she can't help it - and no one is more annoyed than she is that she can't still get around like she used to - and she stays off to the side of what are quite wide aisles, so the fact that in the course of one shopping trip three different people nearly plowed her over in their hurry to get around her is revolting.

Wow, Yahoo may call her video "heartbreaking", but I thought it was tacky as hell and wouldn't donate one red cent towards that spectacle. (I mean, I wouldn't anyway, but the way she went about it was really off-putting.)

I've only seen it once, and it amused me.

I always assumed it was a name. Now I know, thanks.

I didn't watch any of the shows on which Garson was a regular, but I saw him in a few one-off roles in film and television - most notably as Henry Weems in "The Goldberg Variation" episode of The X-Files. He was great in that, giving the character the perfect blend of good and bad.

I just read the archive, since I'm now going to have a phone call at 7:00 tonight. The gin brand is Beefeater, not Beefeater's, so unless Matt's answer was incorrectly transcribed, he should not have been given credit. The defund TS surprised me, given the "much in the news" hint in the clue. I ran divide, code, and booze in the first round, but missed three in penny, two in books, and one in color (and then promptly smacked my forehead for not guessing The Blue Boy). In DJ, I only ran cells and OED. I did even worse than I normally do in classical music categories, missing all but one. I also missed all but one in sequels, plus three in awards and two in abdicated. Not my round! At least I rebounded to get FJ as an instaget (but not because I knew the book being quoted, just because children's book + rabbit = Beatrix Potter).

If her subsequent shows are like the original, with her and the first husband, was during the brief time I watched, she implements the same basic design in every single home. So that would leave her with plenty of time on her hands.

It was such a struggle to get and keep the show on the air. Here's probably more than anyone wants to know: Phase I: The Feature Film C&L was originally conceived (by the two Barbaras, Avedon and Corday) and pitched (by Barney Rosenzweig) back in 1974 as a film – a feminist buddy movie (since there had never been a female equivalent of Butch & Sundance and the rest) that used the gender switch to spoof the buddy films, but also to show women working and talking together, not as competitors. A production company was interested and paid the Barbaras to write the script, which they did, basing the relationship between the characters on their own partnership – Corday was more Mary Beth and Aveday more Cagney. But studio execs kept thinking of the characters in terms of how the men around them would view them sexually, and all the studios they shopped it to complained they weren’t “feminine” enough. Sherry Lansing – then second or third in command at MGM – convinced her boss to make it, but he imposed ridiculous requirements that simply couldn’t be met (namely, casting well known sex symbols Raquel Welch and Ann Margaret [the Barbaras wanted Paula Prentiss and Sally Kellerman], but on a tiny budget that meant they couldn’t be afforded) and it sat for five years. Phase II: The TV Movie In 1980, Barney tried pitching it again, this time to the networks as a series. Avedon rewrote it (Corday was working as an exec in comedy development at ABC by then) as a realistic crime drama rather than a spoof. CBS didn’t want it as a series, but agreed to make it as a TV movie. But, of course, they wanted two sexy young actors in the roles. Barney explained one was a mother, the other a career cop; these needed to be women, not girls, and they’re certainly not sex objects. They were at an impasse for a while, until CBS agreed to cast Tyne Daly if Loretta Swit (with whom they had a pay or play deal and needed to put her in something) would be Cagney. As I noted, feminist media loved it and helped promote it. The TV movie picked up a 42 share (CBS normally got 28-29 in the 8 pm Thursday timeslot), so the series execs (different than the TV movie execs at CBS) who’d turned it down initially called Barney the next day saying they’d changed their mind and wanted it as a series, even though Swit wasn't available and there would need to be a new Cagney. Phase III: The series, season one (the Meg Foster episodes) Publicity in advance of the series actually emphasized the themes of women working in traditionally masculine jobs fighting sexism, since that was explicitly addressed in the episodes. Reviews were generally positive, and virtually all discussed the feminist viewpoint of the series, sometimes positively, but sometimes claiming the chauvinism and sexist double standards were exaggerated. There was also a ton of brazen analysis of the leads’ physical appearances. The premiere aired directly against the premiere of the 9 to 5 series, harming the ratings of both shows (since the target audience would be interested in both, but only be able to watch one). Rather than a schedule change, CBS stopped promoting it after just two episodes, and wanted to cancel it. Barney convinced one exec to give the show a Sunday at 10:00 slot (normally occupied by a Trapper John re-run), and the production company paid to promote that airing, sending the actors on a week-long cross-country tour of major urban areas. It got a 34 share and ranked seven, but the top brass at CBS thought that a fluke. The exec who’d granted the timeslot said he’d champion the show to his boss, but only if Foster was replaced with someone "more feminine" and the characters, especially Chris, were written as less aggressive (specifically in terms of "women’s lib"), because they were coming across like “dykes”. Also that Chris’s background change from working class city to wealthy suburb. When these upcoming changes were publicized, a segment of the audience and some (female) entertainment journalists were vocal in their opposition to this narrow vision of “femininity” and the idea that the old presentation of two NYC cops was too "tough" and "aggressive". Phase IV: The series, take two - season two, with Sharon Gless as Cagney When the retooled show premiered, press focus was first all about the differences between season one and season two (with probably record use of the word “feminine”). As that died down, it returned to one of the main themes of first season coverage – the difference between the “real women” on C&L and the sexpots on so many other shows. The season was a critical darling, but the ratings were not great (timeslot competition was primarily female-oriented TV movies), and CBS canceled it. Barney coordinated a letter-writing campaign – not just to the studio, but to major newspapers, so that the public was aware – which was publicized by NOW. The letters all emphasized the same thing: 1) how important and personally empowering it was to see smart, capable, strong women on TV, so the show should be given a proper chance to find its audience, and 2) the chemistry between the actors and the relationship between the characters makes them role models important for women and girls to see on their screens. During the off-season, the show received four Emmy nominations (and Tyne won Best Actress), and the reruns were in the top ten all summer. Phase V: Okay, maybe not canceled - Season 3a In light of all the above, CBS relented, somewhat – they ordered a seven-episode trial run. Trying to keep the show on the air, producers – including Barney – started to think more in conventional network terms than women’s movement terms not just in writing the characters, but in dressing them. Sharon – who wanted to continue doing her own hair the way she thought Chris would have it, not done professionally in a way made to bounce and look good on camera, told Barney, “Fine, you can have my hair for those seven weeks; after that, it’s mine again”. Tyne told him to get stuffed: She’d continue to shop with the wardrobe designer in the sale/clearance section of NYC department stores, where Mary Beth would get her clothes, she’d keep her hair and make-up no fuss, and her weight would fluctuate. (Tyne and Barney had a standoff during the filming of “Burn Out” [Mary Beth’s nervous breakdown episode, for which she won the Emmy], because he wanted her in make-up for the day two scenes, and she wanted to go without because her character had been sitting on a beach for 24 hours losing her mind, not reapplying eyeliner; they compromised on minimal make-up.) Phase VI: Okay, definitely not canceled - season 3b and beyond After the trial period, the series was renewed for the full season. With a little more security under their belt, the producers went back to writing more feminist storylines. CBS mostly confined its network notes to arguing about Christine’s “promiscuity” – they wanted her at least in a steady relationship with one man (but the audience didn’t like her only dating Dory). The show won the Best Drama Emmy for seasons 3 and 4, and Tyne again won the acting Emmy those years. Sharon won the category in seasons 5 and 6, and Tyne again in season 7. Phase VII, the "menopause years" TV movies, is its own complicated story of network changes and broken promises, which is why we only got four of them and on such a weird schedule.

That's a much better trailer than the first one. There's no way I'm going to sit indoors with strangers for two hours, though, so I guess I'll have to wait for the Blu-Ray. That's a bummer, since it's tradition for my friend and I to go see certain horror films together. Or one of us could sign up for a Peacock free trial, maybe, and stream it. Still not the same. Stupid pandemic.

Yay for the archive being back on track, since I'll be watching football tonight. I laughed so hard I scared my cat at Ricky Martin instead of Ricky Nelson. I wish needing to give both names had been part of the challenge in the Alliterative People category. I correctly guessed gecko, but had no idea they make that sound. Interesting, and I think that's a rare bit of trivia that will stay in my mind after learning it from this show. I'm surprised no one got nada, but I guess neither of them realized Carlo's mistake and instead thought it was something else entirely, so they had no guess. I was not off to a good start; I only ran common bonds and Spanish in the first round, missing one in ventriloquism and two each in the rest. It didn't get any better in DJ, where I only ran lakes and food, and missed four gods, three greats, and one each in B and pop stars. I capped it off by having no idea for FJ. I did see that movie once long ago, but don't remember anything about it other than "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way".

Speaking of sexism, when the TV movie was getting ready to premiere, the creators courted feminist leaders and media to promote it; most notably, they sent the script to Gloria Steinem at Ms., and she loved it. She put it on the cover, and had (famous, fabulous, feminist film critic) Marjorie Rosen write the article about its importance. She also went on Donahue with Loretta Swit to promote the movie and advocate for it going to series. The CBS promo department, on the other hand, stuck with exploitation advertising – emphasizing sex and danger. Look at the difference:

Martin Kove was a sexist idiot back in the day, giving interviews in which he used feminist as a negative and whined the show makes all the men look bad and repeatedly "emasculates" his character, so hopefully he pulled his head out of his ass at some point.

I did it for friends when we were young and I knew shelling out for a cab would mean something to their budget, but now? That's a big nope. If I was staying with someone, I generally wouldn't schedule a late night flight in/out, and, if I did, I wouldn't burden my host with picking me up/taking me; odd hour transportation is on me.