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[girlonthepark]

I have a 19 month old little boy and I have to say Batman: The Brave and the Bold is kind of fantastic. It is so aware of how ridiculous its history is and how lame some of its villains are and openly makes fun of itself.

For example - Kiteman's origins:

Also, the Batman in this version is made of snark which I enjoy and the supporting characters are pretty funny. John Dimaggio (the voice of Bender) does the voice of Aquaman and his pomposity is hysterical. The episode where he goes on vacation with his family across America to see things like The World Biggest Ball of Yarn and is bored out of his mind is kind of amazing.

[Joseph Finn]

girlonthepark, the moment when Aquaman looks over and sees his nemesis, Black Manta, in a car next to him also bored out his mind on a family vacation and they share a look of commiseration just slays me. It's, dare I say, OUTRAGEOUS!

[Maria]

I'm probably Domer than all for knowing this, but Melanie (f/k/a Drownsie) *does* name her hometown when recognizing the obelisk. It's Zenith. I double checked in the "previously on..." this week. I will now punish myself accordingly for paying that close attention and retaining the information.

Also, PICCI 3000 is a jerk sometimes, eh?

[Primetimer]

Limiting Zillow results to houses from TV.

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[bwiemann]

Birgitte and Phillip's original house from Borgen. Classy, comfortable, Danish design, and within a bike ride to the seat of government.

 

[Fafolguy]

Is it weird that I immediately thought of Oliver Threadson's house from American Horror Story: Asylum? I mean, without all the human skin lampshades and skull candy dishes. That basement could be the best rumpus room ever! That furniture, that fireplace!

[David T. Cole]

Birgitte and Phillip's original house from Borgen. Classy, comfortable, Danish design, and within a bike ride to the seat of government.

 

Oh, GREAT call!

[vmayo]

I would definitely want to live in the beautiful house on The Fosters.

[Ubalstecha]

Any mention of seaQuest gets bonus points from me.

[panthergirl13]

I'll take Julia and Joel's house on Parenthood. Or Emily Thorne's Hampton's house (more understated than that awful monstrosity next door).

[halgia]

Or Emily Thorne's Hampton's house (more understated than that awful monstrosity next door).

Ooh, yes. Great house.

[Monty]

Addams Family house for me.

[FormerMod-a1]

Oh man, I remember Doctor! Doctor! too. I loved that show. I might have to look it up.

[Lisin]

The house from Joan of Arcadia for me! I loved that house. 

[formerlyfreedom]

@Tara Ariano , I would TOTALLY watch NCIS:Dubuque! They do have the Mississippi there, but no real naval presence, but I'm sure that wouldn't stop them...

[Ubalstecha]

Thank you for the seaQuest reference. Bonus points and love.

[yeswedo]

I've always loved Ray and Debra's house on Everybody Loves Raymond. To actually live in it I'd want it moved to a neighborhood far away.

[Primetimer]

What's in a name? (A lot.)

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[Misanthrope]

Oh, Terriers.

Sigh.

[smrou]

I loooove the Girardis' house.  So pretty.  A house I used to envy a lot as a kid was the house from Webster because of the secret passageways.

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[WordboyDave]

"The Good Wife" has always struck me as an idiotic show title. Alternate title, because of all the sex on the show: "Legal Briefs." It may be just as idiotic, but it's at least on topic. "The Good Wife" makes the show sound like you're going to see a lot of dreamy shots of meadows, and at least one sunbonnet.

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Go Fug Yourself's Jessica Morgan returns for discussions of Project Runway, The Quest, and fandom portmanteaux.

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[Cranberry]

I would have cleaned up in that Game Time! Thanks to years of moderating TV forums/reading Tumblr, I knew almost all of those, whether I'd watched the show or not. I call shenanigans on "BroTP," though. Nobody gets to have that as a shipper name; that's the generic combination of "bros" and "One True Pairing" and can apply to any friend-couple (Scrubs' J.D. and Turk could be your BroTP, for example).

[Fukui San]

Question: if you could kickstart a new season of Clone High into existence under real world assumptions (creator's labor of love side project between Lego Movies) would you? Or would you be too gun shy after the examples of Arrested Development and the Veronica Mars movie?

[David T. Cole]

Oh man, a new season of Clone High might make me do it.

[Omar G.]

Maybe the stuff they've done since "Clone High" hasn't been as pure, but I still thought "LEGO Movie," "Jump Street," etc. were pretty freakin' hysterical and it sounds like they're still game for it. Plus Will Forte kinda blew up since then. TOTALLY VIABLE, GET BILL LAWRENCE ON THE HORN TOO.

[radishcake]

For all you Cheese lovers out there. Here's a piece I did for Cartoon Network for one of their yearly calendars. I knit the patches of Eduardo & Cheese and their graphic designer incorporated them into the sweaters for the calendar. It turned out really cute! Tagging @Sarah D. Bunting & @David T. Cole since they are such Cheese fans. :)

 

  

[David T. Cole]

I LIKE CHOCOLATE MILK and those!

[Will Holston]

Ever since Olivia introduced me to Face Off, I've been spoiled for reality shows that keep the 'drama' to a minimum. Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge had a pretty good focus on just the work as well. The last episode of Skin Wars was just on the side of too much personal b.s. for my liking, and I think it's going to get worse.

Ashamed at how well I would have done in that game time.

[EllieH]

I would watch "Ye Old Mole", would have done pretty well at that game time and have had "Makeover/ Makeover" stuck in my head all day!

[Tara Ariano]

MAKE

 

O

 

VER!

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Which siblings would we watch on reality shows?

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[Michele]

It is so very, very sad how well I would have done on this Game Time. That's what I get for living in fandom circles, I guess.

[Jesse]

Right? So many shows I don't watch, so many portmanteaux I'm aware of. 

[Primetimer]

Our six year old Face Off correspondent has opinions!

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[swimmyfish]

I'm really glad I'm not the only one who would've cleaned up on that Game Time despite not watching 2/3rds of the shows mentioned. It's little things like that that make me really love this site and the forums here.

On the other hand, I've had that "Makeover, makeover" song stuck in my head for almost 2 full days now, and that I'm not crazy about.

[Alison]

I loved Jessica as the guest host; when my Internet/podcasting worlds collide, it brings me great joy : )

Something I'm just curious about - can the East/West coast constituencies see each other while y'all are recording, or can they only hear what's going on?

[David T. Cole]

Just audio. We tried video at first but it made everything too choppy.

[swimmyfish]

Guys, these are almost unbearably cute! Will Olivia report on another program after Face Off ends?

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The gang imagines a future for our favorite TV duos.

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[Maria]

2 instances of coarse language most certainly is a deserved boot. Please please please find another age-appropriate show for Olivia to cover when Face Off is between seasons.

[profreader]

Gametime contributor here – glad it turned out to be such a close game. I couldn't believe how many characters named Juliet are running around out there ...

[David T. Cole]

Great game and the perfect lineup for it IMO.

[Fukui San]

"Olivia, what did you think about this weeks Game of Thrones?"

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An Extra Credit calling out TV's most sartorially challenged, from inmates to alien experts and back (in time).

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[Lindsey]

Seconded on Reign. It's the only show I've ever been unable to watch based solely on the bad costuming, and I will usually watch anything that involves period costumes and yearning. Seriously, I've watched every BBC costume drama I've ever found. I watched The Tudors. My standards are not high. So the terrible costumes on Reign make me even more furious, because they're coming between me and old-timey good/badness.

[smrou]

anything that involves period costumes and yearning.

I love this.  I think "period costumes and yearning" should be a genre on Netflix/IMDb/Hulu/etc.  

[EllieH]

The reference to 'Cosby sweaters' made me laugh, as I work with two guys who I have definitely called 'Bill Cosby 1' and 'Bill Cosby 2' behind their backs. Its possible their sweaters have simply held up that long, as we live in the south, but seems more likely they have found some store that continues to sell those monstrosities.

[April Bloodgate]

I started watching the show because of her reporting, and it's really good. Thanks, Liv!

[Primetimer]

Our esteemed colleague Dan MacEachern asked which shows ended one season too late.

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