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Once again, because I haven’t been taking notes . . . would Probst bust a nut for Nick or Davie?

And Mike is holding his glass. #Priorities

What? Did I miss something? ”I literally could have died!” I’ll have to rewind later.

Okay, how do you tell Alison and Angelina apart? Kara is blonde, right??

“I’ll take care of the meat.” #phrasing

Hoping someone lagging chucks a piece at Probst’s head . . .

Oh, fuck, that looks like an off-putting puzzle. “Why did it have to be a puzzle?!?”

While they’re fighting . . . Mike looked like he was dressing for the show’s general vibe. Still not hating him. 🤷‍♂️

That asshole is still around??? 🙄🙄🙄

Since I don’t fully grasp the Angelina hate, I’m a bit impressed with the improvisation.

How do you lose the clue?!? Erik is laughing his butt off now. 😜

Will Probst disappear up his own ass this season?

@Moose135 . . . I meant the part about the Mets being contenders in the N.L. East. That's why I recommend the roll-slowing.

@Spike . . . so is Nicole, but at the very least, they can resemble decent people.

Three words for Brodie Van Wagenen: Slow. Your. Roll.

Lets see . . . you got wedding and family drama, things are approaching a boil . . . and then the Challengers arrive. If BMP and/or MTV footed the bill for at least part of the wedding, I'm thinking those guys were a condition Lili had to deal with. Seriously, aside from Wes and Leroy, would you want any of those china shop-destroying bulls at your special day? Also, I didn't know for sure that Cara Maria knew CT before Fresh Meat II. I just thought CT grew up with David "YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW!!!!!!!!" Burns and that was it. I can see how some people think Lili might not be the best woman for CT . . . but screw it, I hope they're happy. In a situation like that, even if the drama is enhanced by editing, it's not a place where I feel comfortable hating people. Shit, I think this was the first time in years I heard Shane and not wanted to hurt him. I'm guessing S33 comes in March. I can wait with other reality show. Not Made in Staten Island, though. Now I want to go to 1515 Broadway to scream at random MTV people. Seriously, I thought making fun of my borough was more or less over after the peak of Jersey Shore and Mob Wives, and now I see a commercial for that. Ugggggh. ETA: Got squeamish at Cousin Zach bringing up Diem. I really would not have brought her up. And then CT came up with an elegant response, and I was relieved . .. and then I wondered if he rehearsed that. Sorry, but I'm cynical about any part of the BMP family.

In regard to the irony of Tegridy Farm being South Park's Amazon . . . maybe the next season kicks off with the town setting it on fire and singing "Kumbayah." Rewatching the episode . . .Dr.Mephisto and his little imp were there! Man, where have they been?!?

Lambington gets a hippopotamus for Christmas. It does NOT go well.

"Dad? Look, I thought I had the Byakugan, and I was wrong. No, what I got is an eye that can sense really dark chakra. Don't know why I have it, don't know if it comes from you or Mom. That's why I've been getting into all sorts of misadventures, up to and including the train car slamming into your chiseled head on Hokage Rock." Is it too much for Boruto to just say that, or does common trope rules push him into keeping that to himself and friends? Also Shino, but -- once again -- who cares about him? Poor buggy bastard. One thing I like about Boruto: he can only summon three shadow clones, and they appear to have minds of their own. Also, the bit where he finished off the movie hero with Sarada's help was reminiscent of what Naruto and Sasuke did to Zabuza was back in the day. Also funny: Naruto asking his son if he had read a forbidden scroll, and Boruto saying that would be stupid. In front of his mother and Shikamaru. Last question: does Naruto have a different voice actor in the original version? It bugs that the same guy is apparently playing Adult Naruto. Not as annoying as kid/adult Son Goku, of course. ETA: I got this sketch of Chōchō last month. Not sure if I'll get another character from the series soon. How about Metal Lee drowning in his own flop sweat?

I got an idea about the concept of "fixing" marathon games. Here's what I got: if a game goes beyond fourteen innings, teams can bring back players that had been replaced earlier. Pitchers would stay benched, though. Why complicate things with them?

Technically, it won the battle domestically. A:IW won worldwide. I don't think that was the case. Deadpool wound up lasting seventy-plus issues, and made stars of Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness. As for Black Panther? While it was taken out of the Marvel Knights stable after twelve issues, we ended up with 62 issues total, sixty written by Christopher Priest. I'd like to think the title make Marvel a little money, added to the critical acclaim.

Saw it today. Very impressive. Is it too soon to think this movie gets an Oscar, beating out two Pixar films? So much detail went into it, and most of it was psychedelic as hell. I'm not sure about some of my friends saying it was the best superhero movie ever, but I get where they're coming from. Mile Morales, Spider-Gwen, Nicolas Cage, a burnt-out Peter Parker, the coolest Aunt May to ever exist, Spider-Ham, awesome music . . . and for the sheer hell of it after the credits? Spider-Man 2099 getting into a slap fight with the Spider-Man from Earth-67; that is, the one from the really old cartoon. And a female Dr. Octopus with plastic-looking maneuvering arms! And a really effed-up looking Kingpin! Seriously, that one looked like something Tim Burton would have drawn. And all of the Spider-People had their own animation movement, which was also really trippy. Especially Noir. "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: You Will Believe We Can Get Spider-Ham On The Big Screen." That's basically it. Oh, and I saw the "Oh, Hello!" billboard. Nice touch. Maybe Nick Kroll can be in the sequel, only not as a giant douche. (#InsideJoke) Is there a list of blink/miss moments? Oh, and a "Hairy Palm" moment that goes straight over kids' heads. Damn. So, what Spideys make the sequel? Spider-Punk? Spider-Man Mangaverse? Otto Octavius: The Superior Spider-Man, just to hear him shout "THE DIE IS CAST!!!!" every other minute? Come on, that was inevitable. Marvel is trying their best to keep her front-and-center, especially with the upcoming "Ghost Spider" rebrand. Her first appearance in the prologue for the Spider-Verse epic was cool, and the creators did a great job shaping her Earth and making her distinct from the original model. Yeah, Sony is still sticking around the scene. I heard Venom made decent money (didn't get around to watch), but SM:ITSV is a straight-up breakout franchise starter.

Cold open reminded me of something similiar from the Nineties, with Chris Farley as Newt Gingrich in the Scrooge role, and the recently-passed Richard Nixon filling in for Clarence. I liked the twist on that memorable line: "Every time a bell rings, I get stabbed in the ass with a pitchfork." I lost track on how many It's a Wonderful Life parodies have been done on SNL. The one with Old Man Potter getting curbstomped has to be the favorite, right? It was one of about eight sketches Dennis Miller appeared in! "Best Christmas Ever" was an improvement on Amy Schumer's "Best Day Ever" sketch, mostly through adding more types of dysfunction. I've blocked out any misbehavior on my part as a child on that day. Well, I do remember unwrapping my presents before my parents got up. "Who is this homie dissing the song? Why does he got to front?" I know, right? Like you were expecting those to come at you like a wrecking ball or something . . .

This week: Nephew and uncle go rat-hunting, because Aspiring Rock Star shot a rat with the enchanted bow and arrow, and now it has a Stand. Wait, Akira shot two rats. Josuke kills one, the other tries to Cronenberg Jotaro. In the end, Josuke gets the job done, and we get one less Stand to deal with. Its name is "Ratt," by the way. I don't think it came up. After Iggy and Pet Shop, a Stand-using animal isn't so unusual . . . but Ratt's flesh-melting effects are horrifying. One or both of the rats turned would-be rivals into a writhing mass, and stufed a couple in the refrigerator. I don't think that would qualify for this list, though. "Bug-Eaten" was so dangerous, Jotaro had to bring out Star Platinum: The World's time-stopping abilities to deal with it . . . and even then he got nailed by a few barbs. Bad news: no "new" episodes for three weeks. Also, the series is moved to 1:30. A quick look at the Wikia shows we'll have another one-shot episode.

Putting aside the award nomination implications for a second . . . I can’t believe Black Panther will wind up the highest grossing movie of the year, at least domestically. And it was released in February. Even for a Marvel movie, that’s insane.