Jeopardy! Season 38 (2021-2022)

[853fisher]

I'm glad I didn't overthink the Hugo Awards and "The Sword in the Stone."  They are principally known for science fiction, but they cover fantasy too.  I recalled that the "War of the Worlds" broadcast had won one retroactively because I've enjoyed reading about it.  The panic it supposedly caused was exaggerated by newspapers hoping to paint radio as irresponsible and untrustworthy, which I find fascinating.

The talk about Christine's future home organ made me smile.  Good for her, to be able to make that work.  I have a handful of acquaintances with pipe organs at home, including some who own large former theater organs.  I don't know any of them well enough to broach the subject of installation and maintenance costs, but I'm very curious.  Meanwhile in my city flat, the Hammond-style organ being passed down to me through the family soon seems like a more responsible choice. ;)

[DrSpaceman73]

I would be so afraid to Try and pronounce 'horologist' on national tv.

[853fisher]

I thought Christine's short hair was chic with the hoops.  I was glad she had the opportunity to share what it meant to her.

Too bad it wasn't a great game for Joe, but I always think well of students who test their knowledge in the general pool.

Noy joy in FJ for me.  I was assigned to read "Zlata's Diary," about a middle schooler in Sarajevo during the siege.  Her family escaped and she now works in documentary films.  I found it affecting, one of those books I can remember where I was when I read it, but I didn't really understand the geopolitical context.  I think to some extent that was the point: the suffering of this child and triumph of her spirit could be understood universally.  But I would like to learn more about the Bosnian War and read the diary again sometime.

Edited March 1, 2022 by 853fisher
little early by mistake - sorry! I put a spoiler tag on it right away until the appointed time

[PaulaO]

Nothing to see here

Edited March 1, 2022 by PaulaO

[ams1001]

Ran Small Adjectives. Missed one book (never knew what Marathon Man was about nor did I know the author), one Kick, and one School…I actually got two sports honors, which is more than I expected. We won't talk about how I did in DJ (I only missed one Letter from a famous person and that's the best I can say). No FJ (interesting timing on that particular category, though).

My TSes were Sophie's Choice, scissors kick, infinitesimal, Charles Schulz, and Yeats (DD).
 

[Katy M]

I said Kabul for FJ.

I got the missed clues of Jacaranda, Sophie's Choice, golf, infinitesimal (sp?), Coral, and Basra.

I got the entire categories of small adjectives and colors in nature right.

 

[Prevailing Wind]

I said Japonica instead of Jacaranda and Mogadishu instead of Sarajevo.

[Browncoat]

37 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

No FJ (interesting timing on that particular category, though)

Seemed a bit prophetic, didn't it?  I did not get it, though.  Bad start to the week!

I got a lot of TS, including Wampanoag, golf, infinitesimal, Coral Snake, Yeats, jacaranda, The Band, and Mothers of Invention.  

I love The Band, and was quite sad that it was a TS.

[secnarf]

I was a bit off time-wise for FJ - I said Pristina (the capital of Kosovo). Then I actually did consider Sarajevo, but stuck with my initial guess of Pristina.

Per Wikipedia, today is actually the anniversary of the start of the Kosovo War.

[zoey1996]

As a Kansan and a KU basketball fan, I knew Naismith was (college)basketball in sports awards. Also knew scissors kick & women’s golf.

Couldn’t come up with FJ. 

[shapeshifter]

5 hours ago, DrSpaceman73 said:

I would be so afraid to Try and pronounce 'horologist' on national tv.

And now I'm wondering if my neighbors heard me yell "Horologist!" last week. 

 

34 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

No FJ (interesting timing on that particular category, though).

Seriously.

No hope for FJ, but TSs were:

• infinitesimal
• scissor
• coral (snake --thanks to my 4th grade teacher in 1962, Mrs. Jackson)
• Jacaranda
• Mothers of Invention (who I saw in concert in the 70s in Champaign IL, I think with an AA ticket)

I was pretty sure Christine was wearing a wig last week. I only wore caps and scarves and don't have any pictures of me from 2016. Seeing Christine without her wig made me wonder how I looked.
I hope she gets to 5 games. That guarantees TOC, right?

 

[dgpolo]

1 hour ago, Browncoat said:

I love The Band, and was quite sad that it was a TS.

I was absolutely shocked that I got this one! all because several -decades- ago I was with my ex in a hotel room and he was watching a documentary about them. So weird the the things that stick in my mind.

[Bastet]

The "first Thanksgiving" myth in a J! clue in this the year 2022.  <sigh>

But "I wanted to normalize what cancer recovery looks like" was such a wonderful moment, that is what I'll remember this game for, and walk away happy.  Go ahead, Christine!

I was a little surprised by the coral TS, given the category.  And no one knowing The Band bummed me out a bit.

Poor Joe never got off the ground; pretty much every time he got one right, he turned around and got the next one wrong.

I did pretty well in the first round, running three categories, almost running another (I know jack all about wrestling, including its award), and missed two each in the other two.

But in DJ, I only ran colors.  I almost ran homophones, but the Dee TS got me too.  I'm usually pretty good with geography categories, but I missed three in this one, and missed two each in the rest.

FJ took me a moment, and then the light bulb went on.

[BuckeyeLou]

I'm glad Christine had her natural hair today, I thought the wig was un-attractive.  I am rooting for her, she is very calm & seems to have knowledge of different subjects.  Plus, it seemed 'eerie" to me to have the FJ be about a war in Europe as we are watching another war develop in Europe. 

[Leeds]

 

On 2/26/2022 at 11:12 AM, 853fisher said:

 

The talk about Christine's future home organ made me smile.  Good for her, to be able to make that work.  I have a handful of acquaintances with pipe organs at home, including some who own large former theater organs.  I don't know any of them well enough to broach the subject of installation and maintenance costs, but I'm very curious.  Meanwhile in my city flat, the Hammond-style organ being passed down to me through the family soon seems like a more responsible choice. ;)

My late grandmother used to play the organ in a cinema in the days of silent movies (think Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin).  She would rise up from the basement sitting at the organ.

24 minutes ago, BuckeyeLou said:

I'm glad Christine had her natural hair today, I thought the wig was un-attractive.  I am rooting for her, she is very calm & seems to have knowledge of different subjects.  Plus, it seemed 'eerie" to me to have the FJ be about a war in Europe as we are watching another war develop in Europe. 

I thought it was extremely brave of her to do that on national television.

[853fisher]

RE The Band, I really enjoyed the "Once Were Brothers" documentary.  I used to love a little theater where I trusted the bookers enough to come out every week for the new film, no matter what it was.  This one about The Band was one of the last I saw there.  I'll never forget how electrifying I found the footage from their Last Waltz concert.  The theater was going to be replaced by a multiplex anyway, but it closed early due to COVID, just before its 50th birthday.  I miss the ritual of going there, and the burritos I used to smuggle in from a nearby place!  I always thought it was an unsung little jewel.

2 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

I hope she gets to 5 games. That guarantees TOC, right?

That's generally been the case.  This cycle, according to the show's website, the cutoff is 4 wins, so I think she's qualified now.  Maybe this will be mentioned tomorrow.

1 minute ago, Leeds said:

My late grandmother used to play the organ in a cinema in the days of silent movies (think Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin).  She would rise up from the basement sitting at the organ.

How wonderful!  Thank you for sharing.  Part of the reason I took piano back up, and am looking forward to having a small organ to work with, is that I'd like to learn how to do that.  There are still three movie houses around here with organs played regularly, with more used occasionally, but there aren't too many younger people who seem ready to take up the mantle.  Suffice it to say that I'd better keep practicing.

Edited March 1, 2022 by 853fisher

[Leeds]

27 minutes ago, 853fisher said:

RE The Band, I really enjoyed the "Once Were Brothers" documentary.  I used to love a little theater where I trusted the bookers enough to come out every week for the new film, no matter what it was.  This one about The Band was one of the last I saw there.  I'll never forget how electrifying I found the footage from their Last Waltz concert.  The theater was going to be replaced by a multiplex anyway, but it closed early due to COVID, just before its 50th birthday.  I miss the ritual of going there, and the burritos I used to smuggle in from a nearby place!  I always thought it was an unsung little jewel.

That's generally been the case.  This cycle, according to the show's website, the cutoff is 4 wins, so I think she's qualified now.  Maybe this will be mentioned tomorrow.

How wonderful!  Thank you for sharing.  Part of the reason I took piano back up, and am looking forward to having a small organ to work with, is that I'd like to learn how to do that.  There are still three movie houses around here with organs played regularly, with more used occasionally, but there aren't too many younger people who seem ready to take up the mantle.  Suffice it to say that I'd better keep practicing.

What a great goal!

Edited March 1, 2022 by Leeds

[SomeTameGazelle]

17 minutes ago, 853fisher said:

 

This cycle, according to the show's website, the cutoff is 4 wins, so I think she's qualified now.  Maybe this will be mentioned tomorrow.

I have also read here that they are planning to hold the TOC at a fixed time every year, but I am struggling to understand how they can fix the time AND include all minimum 4-day champions AND come up with a set of 15 contestants annually consistently.

They have added Christine to the list here. They are up to 11 now, including the champion professor.

[kathyk24]

5 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Seemed a bit prophetic, didn't it?  I did not get it, though.  Bad start to the week!

I got a lot of TS, including Wampanoag, golf, infinitesimal, Coral Snake, Yeats, jacaranda, The Band, and Mothers of Invention.  

I love The Band, and was quite sad that it was a TS.

The Weight is one of my favorite songs so I was yelling the Band at the tv. I also knew Double Trouble and basketball and ladies golf. I also knew Yeats.

[GreekGeek]

7 hours ago, Bastet said:

The "first Thanksgiving" myth in a J! clue in this the year 2022.  <sigh>

I know the story has been sugarcoated, but was there anything false in the clue itself?

I agree it was admirable of Christine to show her own hair. I wondered if Ken would mention it.

I knew Sophie's Choice, golf, Marathon Man, Seville, infinitesimal, Heinz, Charles Schulz, Alfred Stieglitz, and the Mothers of Invention. I should have known The Band, having seen The Last Waltz a long time ago. For FJ, my mind went to the Middle East, not Eastern Europe.

Regarding the Peanuts clue, I'm too young to remember Charlotte Braun, but I looked her up. Here is the letter Schultz wrote to the reader urging him to dump Charlotte. I hope young Ms. Swaim didn't take Schulz's dark joke to heart!

 

Edited March 1, 2022 by GreekGeek

[bad things are bad]

FJ: "that city in the former Yugoslavia where the Olympics were held". Don't think I'd have gotten credit.  Or that I could have written it down in time 😁

[Leeds]

9 hours ago, Bastet said:

 

But in DJ, I only ran colors.  I almost ran homophones, but the Dee TS got me too.  I'm usually pretty good with geography categories, but I missed three in this one, and missed two each in the rest.

 

I said Wye for the River homophone - we lived near it and my Dad used to make terrible puns about it, as in:

Q: Do you know what river this is?

A: No, sorry.

Q: Why/Wye?

A: I don't know.

And on and on.

 

[Clanstarling]

13 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Seemed a bit prophetic, didn't it?  I did not get it, though.  Bad start to the week!

I got a lot of TS, including Wampanoag, golf, infinitesimal, Coral Snake, Yeats, jacaranda, The Band, and Mothers of Invention.  

I love The Band, and was quite sad that it was a TS.

I was almost impressed that the answers to Backing Bands were all old school bands - though I missed a few, they were mostly from my teens and childhood. I wasn't surprised they didn't do well.

8 hours ago, kathyk24 said:

The Weight is one of my favorite songs so I was yelling the Band at the tv. I also knew Double Trouble and basketball and ladies golf. I also knew Yeats.

I did not know the song I also loved was called "the Weight" (though it makes sense, of course). I was always bad at names of bands, and song titles since I mostly listened to top 40 radio and didn't pay attention to the introductions.

I picked the wrong long war for FJ and said Tehran (knowing absolutely nothing about the war between Iraq and Iran except it's duration) I thought that it was around the same time, but no - that was in the 80s, not 90s. I blocked that siege of Sarajevo out of my mind. We drove through the former Yugoslavia when I was  a kid and it was beautiful and the people were friendly (even to Americans with a Strategic Air Command sticker on our car - I don't know what my father was thinking!)

I did reasonably well, but not great.

I thought Christine looked great without the wig.  I suspected it had been a wig and had been sorry that she felt the need to wear one.

 

[DXD526]

Being a fan of The Band since high school (which was at least 20 years ago!), I was disappointed the question was a TS, but not surprised. They've always been underrated, IMO. I've met so many people over the years who like one or two of their songs, but have no idea who they are. I enjoy setting them straight 😁

I think Christine looks great without the wig! 

[Prevailing Wind]

2 hours ago, Leeds said:

I said Wye for the River homophone - we lived near it and my Dad used to make terrible puns about it, as in:

Q: Do you know what river this is?

A: No, sorry.

Q: Why/Wye?

A: I don't know.

And on and on.

 

I, too, said "Wye" for the river.

[MrAtoz]

2 hours ago, Leeds said:

Q: Why/Wye?

A: I don't know.

Third base!

[Mindthinkr]

I was unable to watch last night, but when I checked the archive I did get Sarajevo. 

 

[Trey]

My son said Sarajevo before I could think about it but I don't think I would have got it. I cannot claim it as a get for the FJ contest.

[Mindthinkr]

1 hour ago, Trey said:

My son said Sarajevo before I could think about it but I don't think I would have got it. I cannot claim it as a get for the FJ contest.

Well kudos for your son. 

[Bastet]

9 hours ago, GreekGeek said:

I know the story has been sugarcoated, but was there anything false in the clue itself?

That the 1621 feast was a first Thanksgiving, celebrated between the pilgrims and the Wampanoag.  Thanksgiving feasts predate Plymouth (there's one recorded in 1619, in what is now Virginia), and, while records indicate the Plymouth pilgrims indeed had a feast in 1621, there's no indication the Wampanoag were invited to it.  Some experts believe the tribe members said to be there were an army, dispatched by the chief to investigate the sound of gunshots (which turned out to be part of the festivities).

The Plymouth pilgrims announced their arrival in 1620 by stealing the Wampanoag's winter provisions.  Chief Ousamequin offered an alliance only as an opportunity to protect his tribe, decimated by disease brought by early European settlers, from rebels (and, in turn, the Wampanoag would help protect the English from the French).  It was always a reluctant strategic alliance, about security forces, not a friendship.  It's not likely they actually sat around together celebrating in food and harmony; when you come in and steal someone's land, regarding them and their way of life as inferior to yours in every way, you don't usually invite them to break bread with you.

Edited March 1, 2022 by Bastet

[proserpina65]

16 hours ago, Katy M said:

I said Kabul for FJ.

I said Baghdad because of the dates, although I knew the length of time was wrong.  Sarajevo was obvious in retrospect, but my brain just wouldn't go there.

19 hours ago, 853fisher said:

I thought Christine's short hair was chic with the hoops.  I was glad she had the opportunity to share what it meant to her.

You could tell it was really important to her.

18 hours ago, Browncoat said:

I love The Band, and was quite sad that it was a TS.

Me, too.  I ran that category.  I'd been afraid they wouldn't get to it.

8 hours ago, GreekGeek said:

Heinz

That surprised me a bit - Pittsburgh is always Heinz, always.

3 hours ago, DXD526 said:

think Christine looks great without the wig!

The short haircut suits the shape of her head beautifully.  Not everyone can pull off hair that short, but she can.

 

[possibilities]

I've actually seen one of those Heinz pickle ornaments and they are not a euphemism, Ken!

[PaulaO]

Would it kill Christine to crack a smile?  Talk about grim.

[Prevailing Wind]

1 hour ago, possibilities said:

I've actually seen one of those Heinz pickle ornaments and they are not a euphemism, Ken!

I used to have a pickle pin. Shaped & colored like a pickle, about an inch long, curved downward with HEINZ embossed on a rectangle in the center of the pickle. I also still have a raisin label. Many, many mango seasons ago, I ordered a booklet of recipes from the Raisin Advisory Board. It came with a little envelope with a raisin sticker and a magnifying glass with which to read it.

[shapeshifter]

15 minutes ago, PaulaO said:

Would it kill Christine to crack a smile?  Talk about grim.

Yeah, after I finished chemo even my oncologist didn't understand why I wasn't deliriously happy.
While he was thrilled because I should have died and didn't, I was having mood swings due to coming off of meds.
So, I don't expect Jeopardy! viewers to get it, but if you're wondering why she's not overly energetic and ecstatic, there are a lot of chemical reasons for that. 
I wonder if watching the show now, a couple of months later, Christine even has any memory of having answered all those questions (another side effect).

 

2 hours ago, Bastet said:

That the 1621 feast was a first Thanksgiving, celebrated between the pilgrims and the Wampanoag.  Thanksgiving feasts predate Plymouth (there's one recorded in 1619, in what is now Virginia), and, while records indicate the Plymouth pilgrims indeed had a feast in 1621, there's no indication the Wampanoag were invited to it.  Some experts believe the tribe members said to be there were an army, dispatched by the chief to investigate the sound of gunshots (which turned out to be part of the festivities).

The Plymouth pilgrims announced their arrival in 1620 by stealing the Wampanoag's winter provisions.  Chief Ousamequin offered an alliance only as an opportunity to protect his tribe, decimated by disease brought by early European settlers, from rebels (and, in turn, the Wampanoag would help protect the English from the French).  It was always a reluctant strategic alliance, about security forces, not a friendship.  It's not likely they actually sat around together celebrating in food and harmony; when you come in and steal someone's land, regarding them and their way of life as inferior to yours in every way, you don't usually invite them to break bread with you.

I was cringing at the illustration of "The First Thanksgiving" (not sure what painting it was, but it looked famous enough) because I knew it was a white washing of the incident, but I didn't know the details (or even "Wampanoag"), so thanks, @Bastet.

[bankerchick]

11 hours ago, GreekGeek said:

I agree it was admirable of Christine to show her own hair. I wondered if Ken would mention it.

With all respect, I don't see what is so 'brave' or 'admirable' about Christine choosing not to wear a wig.  It's supershort now, but it's not unusual to see women with this hairstyle, some undoubtedly for the same reason as Christine. We all know what cancer looks like.  I find it much more attractive than the awful wig she was wearing.

[Bastet]

Since it's State of the Union night, I decided to read the archive rather than waiting to watch at 10:00.  So for a couple of clues I had to assume I'd have come up with it had I been able to see the picture.  Bummer about Christine losing, but hopefully we'll see her in the ToC.

Larry + Michigan State made Nassar spring to mind, but I knew that wasn't who they wanted!  <shudder>

I thought I'd be terrible in military memoirs, but I got all but the $1000 clue.  "Got all but one" was a theme for the first round; I ran prime, missed three in Sondheim, and then in everything else missed one.

I started off DJ by missing all but one instead - I only knew M*A*S*H in the TV finales category.  I did well after that, though; I ran sheep and stanzas (poetry isn't a strong suit, so it helped that only three clues were revealed), got all but one in Italy and cause of death (I'd never heard of Bright disease, and guessed liver), and missed two in antonyms.

FJ was an instaget.

[PaulaO]

The contestant who died of ovarian cancer was cheerier.  Maybe it’s the combo of piano teacher/church organist.

[ams1001]

I lost track and gave up on keeping score, wasn't doing very well, anyway. Didn't get FJ but I figured Gone with the Wind was one of the movies.

Got the missed clues of Cheers, Six Feet Under, Volta, and Fellini. 

This is Gracie. She's a cuter Havanese than the one they used. (I might be biased. She's my cousin's dog; my parents were babysitting.)

 

[Katy M]

I got FJ, but it took me almost the whole time.  I only knew Gone with the Wind.

I got the missed clues of Fellini, Page, Colorado, 6 Feet Under and Cheers.

[853fisher]

Maybe Christine is just a reserved person in general.  I did see quite a smile when Johnny announced her total!  I'd like to see her again in the TOC.  When Ken said he "suspected" we'd see her again, I re-read the fine print on the website and 4 and up is "eligible" but not "guaranteed": "other eligibility rules apply and final selection is up to the producers' sole discretion."  I guess there still is plenty of playing left to do before that tapes.

I liked Margaret too, and suspect she is not from Pittsburgh originally. ;)  I thought her body language, and her remark before Verrazzano, suggested a lack of confidence.  Maybe that will be cured by the result.  Throughout the game it seemed clear to me the did have the right stuff.

Edited March 2, 2022 by 853fisher

[blueray]

I loved the part when the one contestant was like 'this maybe stupid" and Ken responded that "it wasn't stupid, it's correct" . Great come back.

I did well in the geography like category. And got most of the final episodes, but the 200 one. I should have guest Cheer's but for some reason I thought it ended earlier the 1993.

And FJ, I was like the guy from Gone of the wind ;). 

[853fisher]

I also only confidently knew "Gone with the Wind," but that was enough.  Many cinephiles consider 1939 the greatest year of Hollywood's "Golden Age."  There's always debate around those absolute statements, but I think it was at least pretty good.  Garbo in "Ninotchka" is my personal Best Picture.  As far as Clark Gable, not that it matters, but I've never understood the appeal.  I don't consider him a particular standout as an actor and I don't find him attractive at all.  Oh well - I'm sure he's devastated.

Am I imagining it or are we getting a few more videos than still photos when the clue comes with an image lately?  Like the Havanese they had gamboling around today.  I don't care either way, it's just something I (think I've) noticed.

[SoMuchTV]

1939 led me to Gone With the Wind, but Clark Gable seemed too obvious. It must be the supporting actor, right? What was his name?  Oh well, due to lack of “burden of knowledge” I went with Gable and accidentally got it right. 

[853fisher]

13 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

1939 led me to Gone With the Wind, but Clark Gable seemed too obvious. It must be the supporting actor, right? What was his name?  Oh well, due to lack of “burden of knowledge” I went with Gable and accidentally got it right. 

Just for fun, the Best Actor and Supporting Actor that year were Robert Donat ("Goodbye, Mr. Chips" - health problems limited his career) and Thomas Mitchell ("Stagecoach" - he also did four other films that year).  Gable may not have brought home the trophy but I think there's no doubt he is the best remembered today.

[Miss Anne Thrope]

56 minutes ago, 853fisher said:

Just for fun, the Best Actor and Supporting Actor that year were Robert Donat ("Goodbye, Mr. Chips" - health problems limited his career) and Thomas Mitchell ("Stagecoach" - he also did four other films that year).  Gable may not have brought home the trophy but I think there's no doubt he is the best remembered today.

including GWTW, as Scarlett's father.  1939 was a good year for Thomas Mitchell (and clearly for movies).

[Bastet]

On 3/1/2022 at 5:16 PM, 853fisher said:

Many cinephiles consider 1939 the greatest year of Hollywood's "Golden Age."

Knowing that is why FJ was an instaget for me -- Just based on the dates all being in the '30s, Gable was my instaguess (since he was the "King of Hollywood" at the time) as I first glanced at the clue.  Knowing the Best Picture winner for 1939 was Gone With the Wind (which I know even though I don't like the film, because 1939 is talked about so much in film discussion, including that of all the great/popular films that year GWTW won the Oscar) meant I was sure it was indeed him upon reading the clue in its entirety, and then knowing It Happened One Night won for 1934 (which I know because it beat one of my favorite films of all time, The Thin Man) was absolute confirmation.  (I've never seen Mutiny on the Bounty, so that didn't help me at all, but I didn't need it.)

Edited March 4, 2022 by Bastet

[Cotypubby]

A Sondheim category! I was positively squeeing with joy at that. Got every one instantly of course and I am so glad the contestants knew them as well and didn’t leave any unanswered!

Instaget FJ today. I knew immediately that 1934 was It Happened One Night because that was the first of only three films to ever win the “big five” Oscars: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay. (Only other films to ever do so were One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Silence of the Lambs.) And then 1939 being Gone With the Wind is something every cinephile should know so Clark Gable was a no brainer.

[zoey1996]

9 hours ago, Bastet said:

That the 1621 feast was a first Thanksgiving, celebrated between the pilgrims and the Wampanoag.  Thanksgiving feasts predate Plymouth (there's one recorded in 1619, in what is now Virginia), and, while records indicate the Plymouth pilgrims indeed had a feast in 1621, there's no indication the Wampanoag were invited to it.  Some experts believe the tribe members said to be there were an army, dispatched by the chief to investigate the sound of gunshots (which turned out to be part of the festivities).

Not to mention that even the earlier Virginia thanksgiving, which was more of a religious observance, was not the first in North America. There was one at St. Augustine, Florida in 1565, and I remember reading of one in the area of what is now Texas near that time. I can’t find the reference for that one right now. These were not necessarily feasts, but religious in nature, it seems.

6 hours ago, bankerchick said:

With all respect, I don't see what is so 'brave' or 'admirable' about Christine choosing not to wear a wig.  

I think appearing in public for the first time, on TV no less, with such a different look than before is brave, no matter the reason for the change.

[Leeds]

I had to spoil myself because after a few minutes I really needed to know the outcome of Christine versus Margaret, who looked like she'd been abducted on her way to the opening night of some weird performance-art opera, and Mr. Initially Bouncy but Eventually Deflated Checkered Suit Guy.

Edited March 2, 2022 by Leeds
Comma not period.