S03.E06: Quarterfinal #6: Susie Essman, Blake Anderson and Robin Thede

[chitowngirl]

Celebrity contestants Susie Essman, Blake Anderson and Robin Thede.
 

Airdate February 12, 2025 on ABC, next day Hulu 

[Bastet]

Robin Thede is the only one of those I know. 

[Browncoat]

I've never heard of any of them.

[illdoc]

I know Susie Essman from "Curb Your Enthusiasm", but that's it.

[Red Bridey]

Is Robin Howard Stern's sidekick? Have heard of Susie Essman. Who's the last guy? I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[DXD526]

No, Howard's Robin is Robin Quivers. Thede is a talented comedian, who has had a couple of her own shows. The Rundown with Robin Thede I very much enjoyed, but it was only around for one season, unfortunately. A Black Lady Sketch Show did better, lasting four seasons.

Her comedy is pretty intelligent, so I hope she does well!

[Bastet]

Robin is the only one I knew, so I'm glad she won, but this was a fun group.  "I literally need to pay the turtles at this point" when Blake went into the red was funny.

"Ratings are plummeting in Long Island right now" about them bombing the Billy Joel category also made me laugh.

As did "Who is ... I can see his face, why can't I think of his name?" -- we've all been there.

I've never even seen the movie, but FJ was an instaget; I'm surprised it was a TS

[Browncoat]

I was surprised none of them got FJ, too.  Not quite an instaget for me as I was distracted by the sounds of tree limbs breaking and falling, and worried about whether or not I'd lose electricity.  I heard transformers blowing in the night, but my power only blipped briefly.  So far.  

Still have no idea who any of them are, but Blake was funny and had a great head of hair.  I got all the Billy Joel clues.  

[MrAtoz]

I remember Robin Thede from Larry Wilmore's late night show on Comedy Central. She didn't just write for it, but often appeared on camera as well.

I recognized Blake Anderson (though I didn't know his name until now) from one episode of The Big Bang Theory, which wikipedia tells me aired in 2016. You will be glad to know that Blake has not changed his hairstyle in 9 years. Pity he lost so much on that last Daily Double. Otherwise it might have been a competitive game.

According to TheJeopardyFan, Robin did not have any wrong answers (apart from FJ). Impressive.

[chessiegal]

51 minutes ago, MrAtoz said:

According to TheJeopardyFan, Robin did not have any wrong answers (apart from FJ). Impressive.

Ken mentioned that at the end of the game.

[proserpina65]

I had no idea who any of these people were, but it was an enjoyable game.  And Robin Thede was damned impressive.

On 2/13/2025 at 1:14 AM, Bastet said:

I've never even seen the movie, but FJ was an instaget;

It took me a moment despite my having seen the movie more than once, but then "Who ya gonna call?" popped into my head and damned if that doesn't sound like something from a pest company commercial.

On 2/13/2025 at 6:35 AM, Browncoat said:

I got all the Billy Joel clues.

Me, too.  The only way which gave me a moment's pause was Pressure.  I own the three albums that contain the songs they used.  The Stranger is a masterpiece.  (Interesting note: the other night on regular Jeopardy, Ken made a comment which referenced Brender and Eddie from Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.)