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An “accidental” miscount is certainly tempting, as saying goodbye to Mrs. Paddock before the top five is far more disappointing than any game should be, but she got just enough votes to go out this round. Out first with six votes is Duane Barry, followed by Leonard Betts with four. Mrs. Paddock’s three votes were weighted just a hair higher than Alfred Fellig’s, so she’s first, but we’re going to kick him off as well in order to get down to six characters. Luther Lee Boggs (Beyond the Sea) The Eves (Eve) Eugene Victor Tooms (Squeeze and Tooms) Robert Patrick Modell (Pusher) Eddie Van Blundht (Small Potatoes) Maurice and Lyda (How the Ghosts Stole Christmas) Vote for three in order to determine our three finalists.

No, I really didn’t share any of the usual complaints about Arthur; it was something random. Maybe he was the one who kept looking off to the side, but not in the direction where their monitors are? Someone did that and I found it distracting. I do remember Arthur’s “damn, someone beat me to the buzzer” stink eye, though; that’s probably something I’d have to consciously suppress.

I hate to see the Patriots win, ever, but if it has the side effect of me hearing less about Andrew Luck, I can live with it.

I know, which is why all the long O pronunciations were making me twitch.

My favorite spin on that came in an episode when a HH was looking for a vacation home. I don’t think any of them had second bedrooms, and the agent kept looking for nooks that could be turned into office space. The HH said words to the effect of, “It’s a vacation house, I won’t be working.”

From my understanding, it wound up in pieces, but I'm not entirely sure.

Yeah, I haven't worked out all the specifics of my top five yet (or even my top ten), but she is definitely up there. She's fantastic in her own right, and even more so for being a character not often seen on TV.

Except when the buyers walk into a kitchen and discover the appliances aren't stainless steel and/or the countertops aren't granite.

Yeah, it's a typically androcentric list; one of the many reasons the votes for Mrs. Paddock are killing me. Nope, I didn't see it until now, so you're all set.

I'll pass along the sugar suggestion, thanks; I'm sure they both just used “regular” sugar. (I had no idea the texture of a mere tablespoon of sugar could take down a whole crust.) I’ve made that cauliflower gratin, and agree it’s delicious. Of course, I like cauliflower, but it has so much creamy cheesy goodness going on I don’t think that’s a requirement for enjoying it.

Yikes, this is really getting hard; these characters are all quite interesting to me in one way or another, whether they entertain me, make me think "Well, that's not something you see on TV every day," make me feel sorry for them or give me a nice case of the creeps. This pains me, but they're in such good company that they wind up on the bottom of the top ten for me: Alfred Fellig Duane Barry Leonard Betts

With five votes, the full moon fear monster is next off the list, followed by Donnie Pfaster and John Lee Roche. Those two are tied for the next slot, both having received four votes of the exact same weight. We're down to the top ten: Luther Lee Boggs (Beyond the Sea) The Eves (Eve) Eugene Victor Tooms (Squeeze and Tooms) Duane Barry (Duane Barry and Ascension) Mrs. Paddock (Die Hand Die Verletzt) Robert Patrick Modell (Pusher) Eddie Van Blundht (Small Potatoes) Leonard Betts (Leonard Betts) Maurice and Lyda (How the Ghosts Stole Christmas) Alfred Fellig (Tithonus) Vote for your next three.

Sure, because domestic chores are a woman's responsibility, so if the man creating 50% of the detritus of life does 50% - hell, let's say 30% - of cleaning it up, he's to be commended for helping the little woman with her job.

That was probably so she could read her lines off hidden cue cards, since she started having problem remembering them somewhat early on. They could have worked around that on the regular set in a less awkward way, especially in the beginning.

I must have been tired last night, because I didn't realize she actually ran over his gaming equipment; I thought she kept driving right up to it and slamming on the brakes to freak him out. (Both are ridiculous responses, of course, but I think it's even worse to destroy expensive gadgets.)

I thought that was smart strategy -- take less money for that one game, but still add to his winnings, plus stick around to play against one competitor he believed he had a good chance of beating and one whose play and knowledge were unknown, yes, but who would also be new to game conditions. There was something Arthur did the first time around that bugged me, but I can't remember what it was. Whatever it was, he didn't do it this time.

No, but that makes me think of an episode that is ... I can't say a favorite, but certainly a memorable one, the one about young people supporting their families. There was Unique, working the stripper pole to support not just her son but her pack of younger siblings (their mom had died, and dad was out of the picture for reasons I can't remember) ... one of whom was pregnant and had moved her boyfriend into the house. Neither one of those two had jobs or even seemed to lift a finger around the house, and somehow it was Unique's responsibility to support them and their baby. I don't remember the other girl's name, but her parents were both in poor health and not working, and she was on her way to a stress-induced health crisis of her own working to keep them all from being evicted, and all her parents could do was shrug and say, "If you don't work, we don't eat."

I don't make pies because I don't care for cooked fruit, so I have no personal experience, but I've had two people in as many weeks tell me they tried Ina's "perfect pie crust" recipe and had it fall apart on them. Any similar experiences among the pie bakers of the group? They put the diced butter back in the fridge to keep it cold, wrapped and refrigerated the ball of dough, rolled it out, and everything in between per the recipe, but when they went to pick it up to put it in the pie pan is when it went to hell for both of them.

I missed the last two episodes, and just read through the clues of Thursday's game on the archive. Wow. That must have been painful to watch with all those TS. I'll admit, many of them stumped me, too, but some surprised me. That Lawrence Welk = the accordion was probably the biggest, but stole for furry fashion (in the category about words made from the letters found in obsolete), The Women of Brewster Place, Mark Twain, and Marilyn French as the author of The Women's Room also surprised me, as did the giant egg they laid in the sailing category. My motion sickness ensures I'll never get on a sailboat in my life, yet I somehow knew all those terms. They only got one between the three of them.

Full moon fear monster John Lee Roche Donnie Pfaster

It's his apartment, not theirs ("What are all these people doing in your apartment?"), so I like to give her a pass on not kicking people out, especially since she doesn't go along with it, either, because she's the only one who reacts to this bizarre scenario like a normal person. Plus, "You mean the ottoman?" is well delivered.

With four votes, Jenn is out first, followed by the mothman creature with four lesser-weighted votes. For our third slot, we have a tie of villains I find highly entertaining, so we'll say goodbye to them together: Ronnie Strickland and Terri and Margi got three equally-weighted votes each. So ... you are in big trouble. Or, hate you, wouldn't want to date you. Luther Lee Boggs (Beyond the Sea) The Eves (Eve) Eugene Victor Tooms (Squeeze and Tooms) Duane Barry (Duane Barry and Ascension) Mrs. Paddock (Die Hand Die Verletzt) Donnie Pfaster (Irresistible) Robert Patrick Modell (Pusher) John Lee Roche (Paper Hearts) Eddie Van Blundht (Small Potatoes) Leonard Betts (Leonard Betts) Maurice and Lyda (How the Ghosts Stole Christmas) Alfred Fellig (Tithonus) Full moon fear monster (X-Cops) Vote for your next three.

Oh, I remember those! I drank the root beer one.

I caught it while going around the dial, but happened upon John Tesar and kept right on flipping channels.

Wasn't that originally longer when it came out? I seem to remember seeing him wasting the day playing games before settling in for his nap. As the working spouse, I'd be pretty damn annoyed to come home - after having done the grocery shopping on the way home from my job - to find out my partner had spent the day acting like a lazy teenager. I would not manifest this annoyance by engaging in some passive-aggressive bullshit with my vehicle, though, but that's how Madison Ave. likes to portray women. Still. In 2014. Sigh.