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I've heard "chichi" many times, but I think "chichier" is made up for the commercial.

It probably shouldn't have surprised me even the bit it did, it's just that it was on during a time when there was a good bit on TV, but not the gazillion shows there are now, and traditional entertainment media (e.g. Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide) were widely read, so it wasn't unusual to pick up the basics of a show one didn't watch after it had been on long enough to skim past numerous mentions, because the info was repeatedly there in the margins but there wasn't so much of it that the overload meant it was all skipped over. But all our minds wind up stuffed with superfluous knowledge like that, so for none of the three to happen to have that tucked away to be retrieved under these conditions is common.

That was a really good first round (it wasn’t a bad game in DJ, just that the first round zipped along quite nicely). I’m surprised no one even took a guess on the antibiotic TS. Chicago Hope going unanswered surprised me a bit, too; I never watched it, but other than theatre, that’s my primary association with Mandy Patinkin. FJ was an instaget, that I then counted letters on my finger to confirm because it was really an instaguess; not something I specifically knew, just what immediately came to mind. But my prediction was only one of them would get it, so I wasn't surprised by it being a TS (I was a bit surprised by their guesses, though). I didn’t know the Spiderman actor, either; I’ve never seen any of those films and didn’t recognize him from anything else. I knew all the others in that category, though, despite not seeing most of the films (I’m not much of an action movie fan), so I did better than I expected to based on the category. Having an Angels clue come up on the day one of their players died was sad – the J! curse strikes again.

"Chuck E. Cheese's, where a kid can be a kid." Thanks a lot, folks; now that jingle from the old commercials is in my head.

That was another way - in addition to the character of Sharon Raydor, as discussed above - The Closer and Major Crimes were refreshing; Andy Flynn - who'd been sober for over 20 years by the time the second series ended - never relapsed, or even had one of those staring at the glass, deciding whether to drink scenes in 13 seasons. And it's not that his recovery was brushed off as a given because it had been so long; he still worked a program and was very clear about always being an alcoholic, just one who chooses each day not to drink because of what it does to him. It's not that there shouldn't be fell off the wagon storylines (and the franchise indeed included peripheral characters with addictions who did relapse), it's just that, like you said, it's annoying for it to happen to seemingly every main character who deals with addiction. So it was refreshing to have that balanced out some. As anyone who has so much as skimmed the shows' threads knows, I love Sharon Raydor beyond reason and would have watched a show about her reading the phone book. And I like the ensemble of squad characters, so I was quite happy for The Closer to transition to Major Crimes the way it did. But, I would have also loved to see a show about Sharon as the head of FID (Force Investigation Division [one of the two parts of the Professional Standards Bureau], which investigated - under a federal mandate, after all the crap the LAPD was up to being exposed - all uses of force). IA is always just "the rat squad" seen through the "real cops'" eyes on these shows, and, while it was really nice to see more and more of FID Sharon over three seasons, she was still regarded by almost all the characters as an adversary. I'd have enjoyed a show about her division - from their perspective, and doing the full scope of their jobs (not just when she had to interact with the Major Crimes squad). Setting those characters aside, just in general I'd like to see a show about an IA division, where they are the heroes. There are a ton of potential storylines for such a show, most of which have not already been seen on every other cop show that has ever aired in the history of television.

I didn't hear it last night, but I just popped in the DVD and it's there, so it was my ears, not a writing error. And that also explains why I never had the "Wait, what about Emmy?" thought during previous viewings - because I heard it properly then. Thank you for checking that; it was seriously bugging me! That's part of what they're arguing about as they both rush to do the "I'm going to cooperate, give me a deal" thing. They say the drug dealer killed Kevin, and each point the finger at the other for shooting the drug dealer. But the gun was found in the law student's house, I believe. Sharon pawns the case off on the FBI (or hands it back to them, really), so they don't need to know the specifics; it's up to the feds to sort out.

Which you never see in adults on TV - they were either utterly miserable in high school or high school constituted the best years of their lives (and they're still stuck on it, talking about that great play in the big game all the time and stuff like that). No one looks back on it as a time like any other in their life, one that left them with both good and bad memories.

We've seen the woman who runs the rescue taking in puppy mill victims before, unless my memory is deteriorating with age even worse than I think. Regardless, good on her. And Hector announcing Andy should be taken into their adoption program and Dr. Jeff reminding him he's the boss was fun. I also appreciated the explanation of the various household sounds a mill dog must become acclimated to, because it's all foreign to her/him. And, of course, Andy indeed finding a good home. Hershel's momma having another tech do the anesthesia and talking about how different it is with your own pet was a touching moment. And I loved the little conehead going home. Cheech's poor guilt-ridden owner touched me; what a lucky break (pun) in his young life that the injury was minor and easy to heal. Carly the young kitten was adorable each time she calmed down upon getting a hiding spot (just having a blanket put over her). I loved seeing her get to be a proper kitten in a good home. I had a medium-haired female tuxedo, so I had a real soft spot for her. I forgot to post about last week's episode and have forgotten many of the stories - other than tiger testicles being tough - but this stuck with me: I hope Watson regains the use of his back legs and gets a home, of course, but in the interim, I am really enjoying watching him wheel himself around the clinic and doing his water therapy. That dog is seriously adorable.

It bothers me that she's not even mentioned in the discussion. The LAPD, U.S. Marshals Service, and ICE have all - more quickly than is reasonable, but that's TV - agreed on the offer, yet when they present Rico with that offer it's not just that they don't mention Emmy, he doesn't either. Them, fine, but he's presented as a good guy, so surely he would ask "What about my girlfriend; she's getting ready to have our baby?" So it seems like the writers forgot about Emmy and her fetus when drafting the witness protection discussion (and, for several rounds of viewing, I forgot about her, too).

I can’t believe I never thought of this in previous viewings, but what happens with Emmy in “Targets of Opportunity”? Rico and his parents enter Witness Protection - which means no contact with anyone else from their real lives - but Emmy is pregnant by Rico and there’s no mention of her. So she gets left behind – unable to make rent or keep the car running – to raise a kid by herself? I always roll my eyes at Taylor’s “In the past year, have police departments become more or less popular?” (gee, I wonder why it's the latter) he cites as the reason for his “safe zone” nonsense - and at cops’ murders being elevated above those of folks like poor Mr. Peppers (whose body they don’t even bother with for a while and who remains an afterthought) - but the opening sequence is beautifully shot and the ritual involved in removing the officers' bodies powerfully conveys the characters’ reactions to cops being killed in the line of duty. There’s an error in editing, as we see Mike remove his hat twice, but it still comes out great. Does anyone familiar with this paramilitary protocol know why some salute the fallen officers and some put their hands over their hearts? I thought maybe it related to rank, but on subsequent viewings it became clear that wasn’t it. Is it plain clothes (hand) versus in uniform (salute)? My problem with this episode is the whole background check thing. First, what Rusty abuses his position to find out about Gus is public record, so he didn’t even need to go there in the first place. Good going, Mr. Super Journalist; you can’t even hit Google as a first step in your research? (But I love the way he feels like utter shit for doing it after Sharon and Provenza both thank him for pitching in – he’s a good person, he just [as is typical of his age] acts without thinking.) Second, the cops doing background checks on people calling in tips is a really good way to get people NOT to call in tips. I guess it’s legal, falling within the “in furtherance of a criminal investigation” requirement, but it’s not wise. My favorite part of the episode is the transformation of Sharon from needy civilian to badass cop with a gun pointed at Baldy’s head; it’s a five-second master class in acting. Plus, it was delightful having Sharon at the crime scene and working in the field in this one; I like the realism of her being in the office so much, but it’s also important to have her out there in situations that call for it and I always enjoy those scenes. I also love Sharon’s reaction when it starts to look like this was cops on cops; Mary McDonnell plays the dawning, horrified reaction and the mind spinning as Sharon decides how to proceed so well. I adore Sharon’s “We’re not pausing to define ‘fake’ for you, Paco” when he objects that’s not even his name on the fake passport card bearing his face. Amy’s “Sorry, I’m just a girl, and this 3D printer is heavy” and Andy picking up the thread is perfect to make Echo twitchy (how'd that guy wind up working for MS13?!), and I like “Father Provenza” – there are some nice humorous moments in this very serious episode. And I love Rico at the end, calling bullshit on having been deported to a country he doesn’t even know (since he was a toddler when his parents brought him to the U.S.) and it only now being okay for him to stay because he happened to witness a murder. And his parents have to risk their lives spilling what little they know about his uncle’s gang in order to stay. His frustration is a nice way to close the episode, and I like that Sharon, Taylor, and Fritz are aware the best they can do for him isn’t all that great. I still want to know the story behind “Moosescrapple” (the name of the U.S. Marshal seen on the signature line), though – inside joke, or just the prop department having fun? (We never figured it out in the original thread.) Random note: It’s interesting that Provenza mistakenly says INS rather than ICE – he’s horribly out of date about many things, but he’s always referred to Immigration correctly before, so it plays as a nice touch indicating how on edge this case has made him. One more: They never explain how the fake cops got not only their uniforms, but a Charger complete with police lights. “Hostage of Fortune” is a nice palate cleanser after such a heavy episode. And, speaking of the previous episode, I love the callback in HoF that whenever we see someone in uniform, they still have the black band over their shields. Agent Shea is entertaining and, as usual, the squad’s reactions to this buffoon are the best; such great looks from everyone throughout, and especially the “The Captain asked you a question” rallying around their leader when Sharon tells him if he wants to stick around he must do things her way and Sharon’s faux-innocent little shrug when Shea insists on arresting the Clarks (when she knows it’s the buddies who did it, not the parents). I’m also entertained by the joy Sharon takes in annoying Andy by bringing him along to the Badge of Justice set and complimenting Mike about ruling the roost there (and love the meta commentary via the cop show having fancier technology than the actual cops). And Provenza’s pronunciation of “Guy Lafontaine”. It’s also pretty funny to listen to Kevin’s friends continue to try to squeal on each other in exchange for a deal as they’re being placed under arrest; the main audio is from Electronics, so you have to pay attention to what they're hearing via the monitors. This is another episode showing us Julio knows every strip joint in a 30-mile radius, but his evolving characterization with respect to women has taken that from just gross to sometimes amusing. And it’s funny when Sharon shuts down his desire to go to Sultry Dolls alone and sends Amy with him. Rusty is, once again, in over his head, and he absolutely should have given Sharon a heads-up on the pending notification (and I love how the difference in Andy’s reaction from everyone else's to Rusty having uncovered Alice’s identity reflects that), but it’s great that for all his “I’m a journalist” (and I love Gus being the latest example of a for what, The Kindergarten Times? reaction) bravado he, once this comes to a head, knows he needs to step back and take Gus to the police. I love Rusty’s OMG, I really did it reaction when he learns Alice’s real name and his I am so out of my depth right now reaction when Gus asks to see his sister. The T.J. stuff is a little weird, because while it’s a nice illustration that Rusty is myopic and will, despite no ill intentions, fall back into his learned habit of using people and then cutting them off when he doesn’t need anything from them (something they explicitly revisit when he does the same thing to Gus), so good on T.J. for hanging out until it’s clear the meeting with Gus is safe and then peacing out, T.J. is also a stage five clinger; they have only been friends a little over a month, and he flips his lid over going four days without a call or text – dude, chill. As a side note, as we say good-bye to T.J. – he’s not out to his family, with whom he both lives and works. So, his parents and brothers: Possessing the worst gaydar in the world, in serious denial, or sitting around wondering when this guy is going to go ahead and tell them what they already know?

That's what Maddie did. She was a mellow, go-with-the-flow cat, but hated noises from above: thunder, aircraft flying over, and fireworks were the three things in the whole world that scared her. Aircraft didn't bother her in the house (and we were never under a commercial flight path, so it's just helicopters or small private planes), but if we were outside and one flew over, back inside she went until it passed. With thunder or fireworks, she went under the bed, and when the noise stopped, she'd poke her head out, but wouldn't bring the rest of her out until it remained stopped for about 20 minutes.

Fluidity Barre - it's for barre exercises. And, yes, you can use things you already have around the house as support, but if you're really into it, I have to say this looks like an easier thing to make room for and set up than installing a traditional barre (because how many people have a room or even portion of a room they want to turn into a dance studio)? I won't be ordering one while watching late-night TV, mind you, but it's not the worst exercise equipment I've seen advertised.

I'd definitely let Kids Week and Teen Tournament contestants compete again as adults if they qualified a second time (probably requiring TT contestants to be at least five years removed from their initial appearance), but I don't think I'd do it for College Championship contestants; they're already adults (most of the time), so I'd subject them to the same rules as any other adult playing. I wound up missing this entire week of episodes, so I didn't see any of the semi-finals let alone the final showdown. Boo hiss; from the original round, they seemed like pretty good players.

Kate Jackson would refuse, I'm sure, so Jaclyn Smith will remain the only one of the original Angels to appear, but maybe one of the later ones? I didn't know Farrah Fawcett had asked and been turned down; I'd heard all three were asked for the first film (which seems like something Drew Barrymore would do) and declined. I had no idea there was another film coming. And I can't believe they named one of the characters Sabina. I'm not an action film fan, so I'm not even sure if I'd see this if it was about "random" women (rather than Charlie's Angels), but because it's CA I will definitely watch it. I'm not familiar with any of the three main actors other than Kristen Stewart (and I've only seen her in one thing), but I really like Elizabeth Banks and love that we're getting a female Bosley (and a female director). I'm really jazzed by these quotes from her in the EW article linked upthread:

From any of the various internet service provider options in your area (limited though they may be in some areas due to deregulation). You may well have to negotiate down to a rate someone who'll "bundle" their ISP with phone and/or TV will be offered right off the bat, but it's certainly not a situation where ditching cable/satellite TV means there are no feasible internet options. (I have satellite TV [separate from my internet], and don't imagine cutting the cord any time soon, given what I watch, but fear of losing affordable internet access is not a factor.)

As I complained before, one of the first things I'd do is start dinging the contestants for making a non-appetizer in the appetizer round. The majority of offerings don't qualify - they're just smaller-sized entrees, and sometimes even the size reduction doesn't happen - and are not called out for it. This grumble was renewed tonight by a repeat of a 2017 episode in which someone offered up a whole thick-cut pork chop as an appetizer, and not only was she sent onto the next round, there was not a single word spoken in the judging segment about how non-appetizer her offering was. And why should it have been, since she was only the most egregious offender; entree as appetizer is a given, and hardly ever called out for not fulfilling such a fundamental aspect of the challenge? It's bullshit, right up there with the sob stories being predominant; if both were corrected, I'd watch a lot more.

Back when one could suspend disbelief and enjoy a reality show for what is was, season one of The Osbournes was quite entertaining, and I appreciated the ha, got ya, suckers season ending that took the lid off the whole thing. So, while it doesn't play the same today, I, too, still have a fondness for that commercial - a Super Bowl offering, IIRC - for the layers of commentary. The Osbournes became part of the problem (money talks), but this commercial as an of its time vacuum is a throwback to a fun commentary.

In discussing this show with a friend, I mentioned what I'd recently discovered following discussion here, the fact that two of the show's writers were responsible for the bulk of the comedic episodes, and she said it seemed like Paul McCrane directed a lot of them. We looked it up; it was only three, but he is the director with the most comedic episodes to his credit -- "Frozen Assets", "Turn Down", and "Hostage of Fortune". (And, of course, his guest star appearance was in another of the comedies, "There's No Place Like Home".) Three other directors (including Stacey K. Black, one of the few female directors on either series [and who was the hair stylist on both shows, until she resigned to devote herself to directing full-time]) helmed two comedic/comedy-heavy episodes each, but the rest were spread out. It makes sense, as it's more common to specialize in comedy vs. drama in writing than in directing. Your trivia for the day. 🙂

Quite a few things had to fall into place for this to happen, and I admit I didn't think it would - I am so excited to be wrong. I didn't get around to watching this until shortly after Netflix canceled it (I only watch Netflix when my parents are traveling and I'm cat-sitting at their house, and medical problems kept them home far more than usual, so my backlog of programming got pretty big) and considered not watching it in light of that cancellation, afraid there would be an unsatisfying non-ending. I was so glad I opted to watch it, and now I'm thrilled that there will be at least one more season (and that I can watch as it airs this time). TV needs programs like this.

YES!! That show is terrific. There's a link in there to a Deadline article with quotes by the showrunners on their season four plans, but it's pretty far into the article, so here's a link for those who quit reading before reaching it.

Back when AMC really was American Movie Classics, its prime-time films were introduced by magician, occasional actor, and huge fan of film Bob Dorian. He died on the 15th, at 85, but the entertainment media just noticed his obituary (listed under his birth name) a couple of days ago. Here's the Hollywood Reporter obituary.

Oh no, I can't believe they brought her back; that woman is unbearable. Hopefully this is just something they're doing around 4th of July, and she'll be gone again soon - and hopefully I won't hear her during that time, because just having that godsawful "Johnsonville Brats are made in the U.S.A." aural assault she calls a song pop into my memory upon reading your post is making me stabby.

Ha - I spent my 21st birthday at the Manhattan Beach one (or maybe the Hermosa one - one of those), drinking out of a bucket with my best friend. Shit-show is right; GrubHub called Sharkeez "Southern California’s sports bar bastion for drunk twenty-somethings on the make" and that's spot on. Needless to say, I have not been to one in quite a long time.

YES! I am so excited by this; I have loved all their albums.

There were about a dozen of them; here is a YouTube playlist that seems to have all of them.