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In case you didn't hear: Toonami will be rerunning last week's episode of My Hero Academia tomorrow night. My guess is that Funimation had trouble dubbing the episodes, since it's being done from homes now. Here's the post from Facebook:

Watching the Mets win the 1969 World Series. Epic party in the locker room . . . Seaver, Koosman, Al Weis, Ed Charles, Gil Hodges and his wife, principal owner Joan Payson, Mayor Lindsey . . .

Not much to say that hasn’t been said already. It wasn’t that the line “Put your neck in my mouth” was funny. It was also because Nandor was asking politely. I know he was too drained to actually demand Guillermo to do that, but it was pretty funny. A powerful Colin Robinson is more dangerous that all three “normal” vampires put together. From the teaser, I thought the hair growth would be gradual. Nope . . . instant hair. And he produced clones! Real ones!! And it’s hysterical that they bored each other to death. I’m surprised the other vamps didn’t feast on the two dead Colins Robinson. Off the top of my head: motivational speakers. People with energy that can’t be knocked out by a Colin quip. Either the optimism repels him, or he feeds on an endless buffet of one until he explodes.

There might be negatives about her that we never get to see. Even then, I’ve seen Jenna in person, all dressed up. SMOKE SHOW. And I bet her “dumb” moments are played up. I reckon she and Chanel from Ridiculousness could start a club/support group for that. She can do so much better than Zach. Sadly, she’s probably been told that countless times, and she’s still with him. I’d offer my resume to her, but 1. You could fit a college freshman between our birth dates, and 2. She’s already been with a putz named Jay. Why repeat that with an older model? (I’m a “Jason”; occasionally, I’ll answer to “Jay,” though it bugs me if someone uses that off the bat. On the other hand, I’m not a serial cheater like lil’ Quitty McGee was to her) ETA: Is Kailah being slut-shamed? I’m uncertain about the precise definition. All I know is that nobody really puts the judgement spurs to Bear, and he’s the biggest asshole in that ongoing plot.

Jay's out of contention, but his legend grows. Here is his Purgatory win against CT, as told through Animal Crossing:

Right now, I'm just concerned about when we'll see TAR32. One of the few nice side effects of the pandemic and quarantine is that most reality shows are suspended. I reckon if TAR32 gets great ratings, we'd get a new season sooner rather than a lot later. Or at all. Seriously, I want Game On! to tank. HARD. No offense to Keegan-Michael Key, I like his work, but he's hosting the Million Dollar Mile of 2020.

Oddly enough, SNY isn’t showing that tonight. That episode of Mets Classics will sir tomorrow at 6 a.m. I did catch the tail end of the Mets walking off on the Yankees in 1999, clinching their first Subway Series win. Great to see Matt Franco go 0-2 and the Yankees fans getting ready to party. After a probable third strike from Mariano, Franco drove in Rickey Henderson and Edgardo Alfonzo for the 9-8 win. For any Mets fans: next week, SNY will run the 1986 NLCS.

For anyone in need of a smile: Sinclair Broadcasting will pay $48 million civil penalty to FCC. I wasn’t sure if I could post this on the Media thread, so I’m linking the article here.

Watching Game 3 on SNY. Got to hear Casey Stengel get interviewed. The guy was a trip, even during his peak years managing the Yankees. Damn, Davey Johnson was a baby back in 1969. Any day now, I expect to hear that fantasy leagues have been set up for KBO. It's inevitable. ETA: Just saw the same guy interview Jerry Lewis. Also in attendance: Pearl Bailey and Jackie Onassis. Now I'm wondering if I should have seen who showed up to the games in Baltimore. I did see Babe Ruth's widow throw the first pitch of Game 1.

This wasn't a fun episode. I should have checked out when Jay got up and asked Teege who he was and why Jeff Probst wasn't around. Rogan didn't even have to carry the flaming ball. And then things got worse. Jenna, Jenna, Jenna. Why, Jenna? Why do you persist on staying in a relationship with a Neanderthal? Once again, Zach found a way to ruin things without being on the show. And even if Jenna did cheat on him, hasn't he constantly cheated on her? She should be allowed to balance the scales. And Kailah. Oh, Kailah. You're kissing on a weird mix of personality defects and slime, barely wrapped up in a Union Jack. Bear's natural habitat is trying to start fights at lower division soccer games in England. Why would ANYBODY throw out a relationship -- in ANY shape -- to screw around with Puck's illegitimate son? And then Johnny and Wes make a little love nest for Kailah and Bear. I am very disappointed in Wes. When it comes to mean-spirited stuff, he shouldn't be involved at all. Also: should I read into how Bear isn't being shamed for his involved? No, it's Kailah being a slut and/or her boyfriend being a cuckold. Nobody involved looks good. Mission was interesting, Only three pairs managed to complete it. Aneesa didn't look to be going hard, but then Nelson made her look awesome by being a complete and total bitch to her. I don't consider myself an expert on Aneesa, but I'm certain she wasn't trying to throw the mission to get a date in Purgatory and a possible easy Skull against a broken Jenna. He kept going on and on and on and oh my GOD, shut the fuck up! SHUT IT! Wes gave Josh too much credit. In order for someone to throw a mission, one would have to be aware that they WANT to screw up on purpose. Josh might be a humanoid black hole. He's so vacant and dull. He just dropped a puzzle piece without realizing it, then got all huffy when he was told he fucked up. He's just so dull. It's like he knew that other Big Brother people weren't going to be assholes like him, so he had to be extra "extra" to make up for Paulie's absence.

Well, at least the penultimate episode was entertaining. Also, Jeremy used the word "penultimate" correctly. For all the hype that padded out the last ten minutes, I think we're going to get blueballed. Somebody who isn't that popular wins their way back into the game, that person won't make it to the end, an we'll get a winner that will induce eyerolls for many viewers. Also: because the last two seasons (EoE and IOTI) sucked copious amounts of ass, and the Reunion is going to be really different this season, AND this will probably be the last season until at least early 2021 . . . we'll probably look back an give W@W a pass on the harsher criticism. I mean, if Tony wins, would that be the absolute worst thing? Like I've said, the guy can hustle. Sure, he's more of a cartoon (Probst's second fave category for males) than an alpha, but he's been working. Of course, given the last few years, either Tony or Ben wins. Or one of the EoE guys. The game just cares a lot more for guys. Natalie should get back into the game. Given the number of tokens she wound up obtaining, she should have been able to buy her way back outright. The others can compete for another spot, but the hard work for her to make a comeback should stop now. I think she had sixteen tokens before she spent them on advantages and peanut butter. She actually got Nick to pay eight tokens to screw Ben's game. EIGHT! If fire tokens return, she would be the main reason why they'd come back. As for helping Tyson . . . I think at this point, she'd rather the show burn to the ground if she doesn't get back. And what is even worse than Chris spending two-thirds of the game on EoE last year? Tyson getting voted off, winning his way back, getting voted off again . . . and winning in the end. Hey, we didn't get whispering this week! It probably got cut out. Maybe the editors realize how tedious they've become. Two more standard Challenges . . . and if Nick hadn't handicapped Ben, the big guy would have smoked everyone on the blockinoes. From the Live Viewing thread: I think it's pointing towards Ben. He's basically Colby + Rupert. Probst probably has a body pillow with Ben's picture on it.

CBS.com commercial focusing on Tony . . . and Rob and Parvati? Yep. Seems right to me. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

“And watch me next week, as I try to spin this season as being awesome, and that the immediate future of the series isn’t that bleak!” Seriously, though, how will the Reunion be done? 🤔🤔🤔

Maybe the first two minutes? ETA: *sigh* Never mind. 🙄

It ain’t Edge of Extinction or IOTI. At this point, I’ll take it.

Seriously, though, was there any food you could buy other than peanut butter?

Wait . . . Probstover? The actual hell?!?

Fourteen tokens! Even if they return, I don’t think anyone will match Natalie’s total. Okay, she lost me with the helping of Tyson. WTF?

Fingers crossed!

Please tell me Amber doesn’t win the challenge and luck into another payday.

Oh, wow, the votes are being shown this time. And Tony was the other vote for Denise. Who ordered the Extreme Closeup for Amber?

Fireworks? Nope.

Next time: you get twenty tokens, you can make any three players create a temporary human centipede.

Enough! Either let them vote, or charge Natalie ten tokens to remove someone from contention!

My closest parallel: cigarettes in a prison. The official unofficial currency.