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First clip from the upcoming season.

The series is returning in late September. Here’s a spoof of . . . High School Musical? Was that even in this decade?

Went to a big comic shop, and I discovered KidRobot has a new line of South Park blind box figures. I got two boxes . . . wound up with Wendy and Bebe. Not the funniest figures in the set, but they look good. Also, Comedy Central put out a quick generic trailer.

Isn't Jason on The Detour?

Better question: how soon do Yankees fans start chanting "SAVAGES!!!" during games?

I saw this from a friend of mine who has a table at Comic-Con this weekend. I thought that I should share.

This just in . . . the replacement for SAO is an anime still being rolled 0ut in Japan (first episode ran on July 5 over there):

I convinced that if the president knew how to "dab," he would have been doing that during the chanting. I think the race footage was about 11-12 seconds long, including the recovery of the lead runners. The Congressional stuff from a few days ago was cringeworthy. Funny to see Rep. Sean Duffy in Trevor's crosshairs. If you didn't know, he appeared on The Real World in 1997 and starred in the first season of what would be known as The Challenge. He met his future wife Rachel (RW: San Francisco), and they've had nine kids because they're religious and don't use birth control. Usually, I'd be okay with his presence in Congress . . . but I'd like someone in his district to step up and chop his ass down on Election Day like he was a redwood. He also competed in lumberjack events prior to RW. I should have led with that.

Sure. He’s got a heart. He’s got a dozen hearts, still beating, contained in a sub-basement. As much as you’d want a villain to reform, dude was beyond dangerous in his prime. And I’m convinced his Curse Mark is the main reason Anko has plumped up. Here’s the full version: BTW, is Hinata strictly a housewife/mom these days? I’m guessing she can still keep up with her contemporaries. Maybe she’s staying close to home to raise Himawari.

Funny thing. I visit a Facebook group based on The Challenge. Someone had made a case for Michael Yerger from Ghost Island going on that show. I typed "Survivor," and inadvertently found this article from The Ringer about how the series "Broke Itself," in relation to the rumor of the S40 twists. You know what would make a good story? The creation of the busts for Sandra and Rob. Did they have to pose for pictures, or did the crew work off old photos? How long did they take to build? Was Rob supposed to be wearing a baseball cap? If so, was that plan scrapped because Major League Baseball wouldn't allow the use of the"B" on Boston Red Sox caps?

I got a copy in the mail . . . Ruby Rose cover. I was disappointed, since I think Sara is the best Arrowverse hero.

I can, because this is KAC we're talking about. Even scarier was the lady with the panel of blonde women who didn't see how the president was wrong is telling freshmen Congresswomen to go back to their countries (even though they're American). Nice late night talk show parody/homage from Sam. Has there ever been a time where her husband Jason Jones didn't come off as a douche? I'm saying he seems to do it very well. Too well.

Archer panel tomorrow at Comic-Con. I'm not sure if they'd announce plans for the next season, if there is one. I think there are two episodes left, so it'll probably be all about "1999." Also: panelists sticking the word "space" into every other sentence.

First of all, this would be the 40th season, and May 31 will mark twenty years from when it premiered. It was logical to bring people back in Heroes vs. Villains, and it's logical here. Secondly: did I say I'd jump off the train? I'd watch despite myself, hoping that a decent person wins . . . by which I mean "female" or "male that would mind Probst smoking his pole."

In case you're not into Conan O'Brien . . . he's in San Diego for Comic-Con, and he goofed on SMITSV to start things off. ETA: I didn't realize that I neglected to post two more sketches I acquired based off the movie (in the sense that I used references from that). Here are Spider-Ham and Spider-Gwen.

"Benedict? Benedict who?" Nice rebound from last week, even with the gang holding closer to their traditional roles than usual. Bright side: space ocelots! Apparently, the one on the uniforms' sleeve wasn't enough. A spit-ton of bright blue big kitties than can murder with force blasts. What's not to love? Also: subtitles! Well, when Krieger's gadgets actually work. Gotta love Cyril's failing, and Cheryl immediately trying to sell him out to save her ass. 'Tis better to contribute less than the bare minimum than to try really hard and fail so miserably. Cyril. Remember . . . it's a death star. Lower case "d," lower case "s." Gotta love Archer looking directly into the "camera" while stating that.

Caught the filler episode. We probably won't get to see All Might unless there's a huge crisis that forces him to draw from quickly-created reserves . . . and if that's the case, he probably wouldn't be as funny as playing a villain. Awesome that Midoriya plays Detective Conan . . . but then he (and his classmates) lose the body, because the villain faked stabbing himself to death. If All Might had been more committed to his role, he would have flipped off the students while making his getaway. It's funny . . . seeing that All Might got started in America, but he came from Japan. Normally, I'd wonder how that can happen, since All Might looks extremely Caucasian . . . but this is a world that has kids with pointed teeth, frog-like attributes, and possessing the head of a crow. Best to let that slide.

Got bored some more. Used Excel on which contestants improved the most, in terms of the difference between their two stints. The co-leaders: Monica and Brad Culpepper. No, for real. Each of them lasted 15 days on their first tries (I'm counting Redemption Island as still being in the game), then they went the distance the second time.

S40 offers more wrinkles to gameplay. The best part is that the prize is bumped up to $2 million . . . and there's a huge gap between that and what the other twists might incur. It seems to be chaos disguised as innovation.

I think that's strictly minor league, but it is cute . . . everyone is recovering from a play, and a gosh-darn Golden Retriever goes out to fetch the bat. Always cute.

Oh, good. Two out, but the bases are loaded. ETA: You can feel the sphincters of the Mets fans in attendance unclench. Seriously, if you're at home facing the Mets, and Diaz is on the mound, and you got a runner on base? There's hope. Even if you're down by three runs and you can only send pitchers to the plate, you still have hope. For some reason, they showed Chris Chambliss' ALCS walkoff homer. I'm guessing the SNY announcers were talking about it. That was some scary shit. Remember Robin Ventura's "Grand Single"? Similar, but only instead of Chambliss getting mobbed by his teammates, he's being manhandled by Yankees fans. And these are mid/late-Seventies Yankees fans, so you know he had to be concerned for his life trying to reach home plate.

Mets up 3-2 in the ninth. Diaz has one out, Twins have a man on base. I got a bad feeling about this . .

I would've been great with series and actor nominations. Would've made me feel like less of a putz for not being into "quality" TV. Maybe the Emmys have a blind spot towards FX? I mean, Archer won a few awards, but I don't think It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia has eer been nominated for anything.

Never mind. We’re doubling up on AoT this weekend.

ANW nominated for two Emmys, including best competitive reality program.