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Quick heads up . . . Aisha Tyler is on tonight's @midnight on Comedy Central.

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I was a little distracted . . . the big TV wasn't getting FX, so I had to hustle to my room. Any reason why the insane clown posse released all of the hostages except for our usual players and Jon O'Hur .. . Her . .. . J. Peterman? Lucky that the clowns haven't noticed Archer in their midst. Of course, he gets all the breaks, what with killing somebody and making out with Veronica Deane. If Lana doesn't lose a high heel up his ass, I will be mildly surprised. "I fucked you on a blimp!" Good times. The gang and the upper crust haven't mixed well since, have they?

This show. Vandal Savage still isn't a credible villain, and the show is at a loss as to how to make him look evil. Also, more wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey bullshit to think about . . . like how Carter could reincarnate without Kendra. Or how Carter always looks like Carter. If it turns out Savage modified a solider to look like Carter, I would support Rip and the others smacking Kendra upside the head. And the daughter isn't Scandal Savage. I can live with that. For Scandal to work, you'd need Bane as a surrogate father with rage issues. Plus: Ray went macro to defeat Colossal B- . .. Leviathan. Minus: Jax reduced to cheerleading while Martin was knocked out. Here's hoping for Firestorm fun from here on out.

Feels odd to be talking about Arrow the day after. Good to see the conversation ignited, even if it's for a blah episode. Also, it makes me wonder . . . if Laurel and Oliver had sex on top of Tommy's grave, would that count as a threesome? Discuss. Hey . . . no Five Years Ago flashbacks! I didn't really feel like things were getting retconned, because I was relieved that the dullest flashbacks were put on hold. Like Quentin, I'm a little into denial about Laurel's death, mainly because things were staged for wiggle room to bring her back. Quentin lost Sara twice (and once more without him knowing it), so of course he'd figure Laurel would come back. I'm happy Nyssa wrecked the Lazarus Pit, because Laurel is one less headache to deal with. Hi, River! Bye, River! And do women go with their middle names often? I thought that was a guy thing (e.g., Lynn Nolan Ryan, George Thomas Seaver, Henry Louis Gehrig). Totally would have understood if Ruve got killed. It wouldn't have been right, and Diggle would've hated himself forever afterward, but she's a one-note character.

Staten Island Yankees announced their promotional schedule. The one that raises my attention is Tony Reali Bobblehead Doll Night. I keep forgetting the former "Stat Boy" came from Staten Island.

Crap. Jason lives. On the bright side, so does Mark. For now, anyway. Awesome to see Scot in his natural habitat . . . the bench. Probst should have given him breakaway pants that he would never remove. On the downside, if Jason makes it to Day 39, he would get $100,000 because Scot voted for him, and the eventual winner would get the others. That would count as a loss for me. "Meh" on Julia leaving. Surprised Tai didn't play his idol. And he's in a better situation than that fat pantload Dan in having two votes, because nobody else has an idol to play after being spooked.

Saw a commercial for Rivals III spotlighting the Johnny/Sarah rivalry. Johnny is dubbed "Banana Man" and is still butthurt by what went down in BOTE2. Sarah is cast as "The Hustler." Looks like MTV is on Johnny's side. I wish there was somebody I could yell at, because I don't believe Sarah is supposed to be the bad guy.

Glad to be back, even though the episode itself was a dud. Basically, Team Flash had the aging guy (unworthy of a quippy nickname) beat Barry like a piñata until he had a massive heart attack. Um . . . yay? Anybody else amused that Harry gets kidnapped the first time he leaves STAR Labs? Also, I'm disappointed we didn't get to see an art-deco-inspired Opal City. Still holding out hope that one of the DC shows will feature Jack Knight and/or Shade. Also funny . . . Harry ready to replicate the "accident" that gave Barry his powers. Somebody read the Flashpoint miniseries.

Is it a good thing to have a reliever named "Bastardo"? He was supposed to preserve Noah's latest gem, but he let the Reds tie the game, and Neil Walker had to bail him out.

A list of players has been released for the special episodes of The Price Is Right. On the Survivor show, it looks like we'll have a few unavoidable pantloads to deal with.

Anybody else amused by an oddly giddy Trevor after showing The Crippled Master clip? I think it was the sound effects and one move per second that made it gold.

It looks like a good lineup. Not the best, but it doesn't suck outright. Keep an eye out for a Microsoft commercial with Doyin from TAR2. I wonder if he swapped out with Shola at any point. ETA:

Where can I see Seth's commercial? And why is "Whacking It Off To My Mom" so catchy? ETA: Is anybody else distressed by Robot Chicken showing a sketch of Prince dying a few months ago? That's just bad timing.

This week: Gon, Blonde Sasuke and Asshole Adult start taking unofficial tests for the Hunter Exam. They deal with subjective questions and a mock attack of fox demons. Apparently, Asshole Adult is a medic, in addition to possessing at least one knife. Gon uses his fishing pole. I'm hoping he levels up to something a little more battle-ready. I'm willing to bet that the weapon will be as cute as him.

More advancing of the plot this week. The big guns actually meet an old man with severe injuries. Two of the "zombie generals" are partially revealed: Absalom (the invisible man) and Perona (a character whom I got a sketch four year ago). And the big bad gets a name: Gekko Moria. And "big" is the operative adjective.

Chiming in late . . . for anybody who's still interested in Congressmen raising funds, 60 Minutes will be doing a segment on tonight's episode. Saw that in a commercial while watching The Amazing Race, and Time-Warner confirmed it. I found the Yankees' policy more interesting (I'm a Mets fan), but I figured y'all should know.

Just saw a commercial for ANW on NBC. The new season starts on Wednesday, June 1.

Maybe they were demolished to build that giant structure. The statues are distinctive, but compared to (seemingly) free energy? No contest.

Quilt Fairy . . . Dana & Matt and Zach & Rachel won legs. Kinda weird that Sheri & Cole got to the front of the pack for the first time, while Brodie & Kurt finished in the back.

"Ditzy"? I got the leg averages after nine episodes. The figures in parentheses are the averages after the best and worst placements were removed. 2.33 (2.14) Brodie/Kurt 2.67 (2.43) Tyler/Korey 3.33 (3.14) Burnie/Ashley 3.56 (3.71) Dana/Matt 4.67 (4.57) Zach/Rachel 6.44 (6.57) Sheri/Cole

Predictable episode. Would have been fitting if Brodie & Kurt had gone out because Brodie is a dumbass. Instead, we had to lose the inoffensive Zach & Rachel, because they picked wrong on the first Roadblock. No guarantee that Zach would have rocked the salt or Rachel could have done well on the kite, but we could've had an upset elimination in the neighborhood as the latest episode of Survivor. Not nearly as awesome, though. I probably would've hesitated around the snakes, but I would have done the task. Funny that the Frisbee Bros went to the snake temple with the fruit first. I'm not too stressed about Burnie & Ashley. How many times did Kelsey & Joey finish second before they won last season?

That's a pity. It always takes me a while to get to the adventures of Zorricolo and Budget Dorothy Wainwright, but I was hoping it would be as long as most anime. And what is My Hero Academia about? I think I've seen clips on Funimation's YouTube site.

Ugh. Condolences for those in the Washington area. Reminds me of TAR4, where the Great Northeast Blackout of 2004 hit on the day of the penultimate episode of TAR4. CBS did us a solid by reairing the episode on Saturday . . . but here in New York, the local station was playing a Jets game. A preseason Jets game. I think it aired around 2 a.m. as well.