FormerMod-a1 January 11, 2017 Share January 11, 2017 Such a hard game time! But so much fun to listen to. 1 Link to comment
John Potts January 11, 2017 Share January 11, 2017 Knowing nothing about Frontier, I pictured Jason Mamoa's character causing a disruption by biting out somebody's tongue while screaming gibberish. If that's the case - I guess Dave won't hate it. Just when I think my Game Times are too hard, I hear nightmare ones like this - I was VERY pleased when I got ONE question from Round One! 1 Link to comment
deangirl January 11, 2017 Share January 11, 2017 Hi thanks for the kind words on my canon submission, I didn't expect it to get in but I had to try! FYI: Ally Sheedy had an awesome arc as the serial killer Yang on Psych :D 3 Link to comment
David T. Cole January 11, 2017 Author Share January 11, 2017 @deangirl at one point in your submission you say the words "kooky older lady" which, with your permission, I'd like to make a drop for the show. 3 Link to comment
swimmyfish January 12, 2017 Share January 12, 2017 Can I request that someone submit an episode of Almost Human to the comfort canon? After years of hearing how aggressively fine that show was, I think it deserves the recognition. Link to comment
David T. Cole January 12, 2017 Author Share January 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, swimmyfish said: After years of hearing how aggressively fine that show was... I'm not sure fine is the right word but I'd totally be up for that challenge. 1 Link to comment
Portia January 12, 2017 Share January 12, 2017 22 hours ago, Corgi-ears said: Whereupon the couple says "sorry" to the slapper, and everyone moves on. So, Le Slap: a one-episode half-hour show. You mean "SORE-Y," no doubt. 2 Link to comment
Primetimer January 12, 2017 Share January 12, 2017 Step-by-step, we put greatest in the spotlight. View the full article Link to comment
Cekrypton1 January 12, 2017 Share January 12, 2017 I'd be curious to know from The Bachelor watchers whether UnReal has had any noticeable effect on either production or contestant behavior. Link to comment
primemover76 January 12, 2017 Share January 12, 2017 And now we know Dave is one of those monsters who shoos videos in portrait format. 3 Link to comment
primemover76 January 12, 2017 Share January 12, 2017 And now we know Dave is one of those monsters who shoos videos in portrait format. And I can't spell check Link to comment
David T. Cole January 12, 2017 Author Share January 12, 2017 I shoo away landscape videos. Link to comment
April Bloodgate January 12, 2017 Share January 12, 2017 The Peanuts kids dancing is so perfect! Great answer, Jeff! 2 Link to comment
jima January 13, 2017 Share January 13, 2017 (edited) Another good choice for an important dance: David Brent's hideous dance from the UK Office. An appropriate description from the BFI's companion book about the series is worth quoting here: Quote While Brent's routine is funny in itself, it takes on its car-crash compulsion because of the gulf between the ferocious conviction of brilliance burning in his eyes and the befuddlement and slight fear creeping over the faces of his spectators -- spectators whose attention he demands by wagging a finger around the room as he powers up, upper teeth firmly clamped over his lower lip as he grunts the opening bars of 'Disco Inferno' -- a song whose hellish title has surely never found more apt application. Then, legs bowed and arms spinning at the elbow, he squats and jives like some kind of disco hobgoblin, either possessed or constipated. Pointing at the camera as he concludes confirms the horrible group responsibility into which we viewers have been coerced along with those in the room. Edited January 13, 2017 by jima added link to book 2 Link to comment
Sarah D. Bunting January 13, 2017 Share January 13, 2017 My esteemed colleague John Ramos was SHOCKED that my pick was not this... ...and in retrospect so am I? 5 Link to comment
gpgurl50 January 13, 2017 Share January 13, 2017 I have to say that Psych is definitely one of my go to comfort shows. While it was still airing, I would frequently forget it existed until I happened to see it while looking through stations but I was always happy when I found it. And at a time I was really down, I would just turn on an episode everyday on Netflix. I would definitely recommended it for a comfort show canon. 1 Link to comment
OceanicFlight818 January 13, 2017 Share January 13, 2017 Another chapter in my never ending quest to be the most annoying person on the planet:This Game Time never should have gone to the tiebreaker.Before the first "last question" (the one that turned out NOT to be the last question), Sarah has 25 points. She answers that question correctly without a hint (Addams Family Feud), so she should now have 27 points. However, when Dave asks for the scores again after he realizes his mistake, Tara says Sarah has 26 points. So, going into the REAL last question, Sarah should have had a 2 point lead, not 1.And, of course, it didn't really matter because Sarah won anyway. And it didn't really MATTER, because it's just a game on a podcast, And, really, does anything really MATTER anymore anyway, in the grand scheme of things?I'm going back to bed. 6 Link to comment
David T. Cole January 13, 2017 Author Share January 13, 2017 You passed our little test @OceanicFlight818! 1 Link to comment
Primetimer January 13, 2017 Share January 13, 2017 Actors who need adopting into Drag Race families. View the full article Link to comment
OceanicFlight818 January 13, 2017 Share January 13, 2017 You passed our little test @OceanicFlight818! Yay! I'm a WINNER! 3 Link to comment
Lisin January 13, 2017 Share January 13, 2017 10 hours ago, Sarah D. Bunting said: My esteemed colleague John Ramos was SHOCKED that my pick was not this... ...and in retrospect so am I? My favorite part is the clapping. It never fails to crack me up! Link to comment
Lisin January 13, 2017 Share January 13, 2017 I got an Amazon Echo for my mom for Christmas. It understands her (born in UK lived in the US since she was 5) and my grandfather (Irish, lived in the US for 60 years) but not my step-dad (German, has lived in the US for 30 years). Conclusion? Amazon hates zee Germans (see Man in the High Castle). 3 Link to comment
Duckie30ca January 15, 2017 Share January 15, 2017 I just finished binge watching One Day at a Time based on the Around the Dial mention. Thanks for the crying migraine (cry-graine?) because that Quinces scene at the end was GOLDEN. 1 Link to comment
Primetimer January 16, 2017 Share January 16, 2017 Rebooting the family-friendly fun of yesteryear. View the full article Link to comment
Tara Ariano January 16, 2017 Share January 16, 2017 On 1/13/2017 at 2:58 AM, OceanicFlight818 said: Before the first "last question" (the one that turned out NOT to be the last question), Sarah has 25 points. She answers that question correctly without a hint (Addams Family Feud), so she should now have 27 points. However, when Dave asks for the scores again after he realizes his mistake, Tara says Sarah has 26 points. So, going into the REAL last question, Sarah should have had a 2 point lead, not 1. EEEEEEEEK. So sorry! Frankly the game should have ended when Dave told us it was over, but I'm relieved that my fuckup didn't change history. 2 Link to comment
profreader January 16, 2017 Share January 16, 2017 Okay a bit late to this but: Pandora Boxx should adopt none other than feisty nonagenarian Betty White -- who will just be in lady drag because why not. And her name will be Raisin D'ettra. You're welcome. 2 Link to comment
EAG46 January 16, 2017 Share January 16, 2017 (edited) I had never heard of that Mr. Belvedere rumor and it's not listed in the Wikipedia entry for the show. Nor is it in the entry for the actor that played him, Christopher Hewett, who was also Roger DeBris in the original Producers movie. EDIT: Ouch! I can believe that would hurt for a week. Edited January 16, 2017 by EAG46 After reading David's/Glark's entry Link to comment
PatternRec January 16, 2017 Share January 16, 2017 4 hours ago, Tara Ariano said: ...but I'm relieved that my fuckup didn't change history. But we were all set for a previously.tv spinoff of The Man in the High Castle :( 1 Link to comment
David T. Cole January 16, 2017 Author Share January 16, 2017 From: http://mentalfloss.com/article/78309/11-dignified-facts-about-mr-belvedere Quote TAPING WAS HALTED WHEN HEWETT INJURED HIS TESTICLES. Stein told Maclean's that an urban legend about Hewett injuring his own testicles by sitting on them—necessitating that the production shut down for an entire week—happens to be true. “He fell backwards riding in a convertible in the Hollywood Christmas Parade,” Stein said, causing trauma to his genitalia. Another version of the story told by Adam Sandler, who guest-starred on an episode, involved Hewett coming in for a table read and accidentally sitting on his testicles. Link to comment
Primetimer January 17, 2017 Share January 17, 2017 Casting the other MSCL-ers on Claire Danes's current show. View the full article Link to comment
Primetimer January 18, 2017 Share January 18, 2017 Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to talk about what may be 'The Final Problem' for real. View the full article Link to comment
John Potts January 18, 2017 Share January 18, 2017 Definitely on Sarah & Dave's side of the argument when it comes to Sherlock. But because I AM that guy (and proud of it!), I have to correct one thing you said: The Disney snake that hypnotised was in Jungle Book (Kaa). One of Prince John's minions in Robin Hood was also a snake (Sir Hiss), but I don't think he had hypnotic abilities. Amy is definitely not a crackpot! Before hearing the questions, I thought Game Time sounded impossibly hard, but it was actually loads of fun. But surely the Hannibal answer should have been "Game (time) pie" (each season was a different cuisine, so maybe that Season was British)? 3 Link to comment
David T. Cole January 18, 2017 Author Share January 18, 2017 Definitely on Sarah & Dave's side of the argument when it comes to Sherlock. But because I AM that guy (and proud of it!), I have to correct one thing you said: The Disney snake that hypnotised was in Jungle Book (Kaa). One of Prince John's minions in Robin Hood was also a snake (Sir Hiss), but I don't think he had hypnotic abilities. Amy is definitely not a crackpot! Before hearing the questions, I thought Game Time sounded impossibly hard, but it was actually loads of fun. But surely the Hannibal answer should have been "Game (time) pie" (each season was a different cuisine, so maybe that Season was British)? Re snake: doh. Link to comment
OceanicFlight818 January 18, 2017 Share January 18, 2017 4 hours ago, John Potts said: Definitely on Sarah & Dave's side of the argument when it comes to Sherlock. But because I AM that guy (and proud of it!), I have to correct one thing you said: The Disney snake that hypnotised was in Jungle Book (Kaa). One of Prince John's minions in Robin Hood was also a snake (Sir Hiss), but I don't think he had hypnotic abilities. Au contraire.... 1 Link to comment
Al Lowe January 18, 2017 Share January 18, 2017 I can't believe y'all talked about Foyle's War without me. 2 Link to comment
David T. Cole January 18, 2017 Author Share January 18, 2017 57 minutes ago, OceanicFlight818 said: Au contraire.... Go to hell @John Potts! :) 1 Link to comment
John Potts January 18, 2017 Share January 18, 2017 (edited) Counterpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59IQHcEAaoM (I guess Disney is allowed to rip off its own ideas) ETA: And Kaa was first: Jungle Book was 1967; Robin Hood was 1973. Edited January 19, 2017 by John Potts Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 19, 2017 Share January 19, 2017 Was fun hearing the "Happy Endings" submission for The Canon. That one's my second favorite episode of the series, just behind the one where they try and go to dinner for Penny's birthday and one disasters befalls them after another. 1 Link to comment
SnideAsides January 19, 2017 Share January 19, 2017 Can confirm that pretty much all of the problems mentioned with regards to Steven Moffat's writing are even worse with his episodes of Doctor Who. Edit: One small nitpick - Chuckles Bites the Dust isn't in the Canon. 1 Link to comment
April Bloodgate January 19, 2017 Share January 19, 2017 (edited) I agree with pretty much everything Sarah and Dave said about Sherlock. Such a let down after those first two seasons. Tara, thank you for not shying away from politics on the podcast. There are other crazy socialists among the listeners. :) I, too, am extremely frustrated at not being able to see any episodes of Atlanta beyond the pilot. Not cool. Regarding Seeso, Take My Wife is worth checking out, and it's only 6 episodes. Edited January 19, 2017 by April Bloodgate 1 Link to comment
Fukui San January 19, 2017 Share January 19, 2017 In the interest of time, a few Game Time entries were left on the cutting room floor. The only ones worth mentioning were these clues: In this season 1 episode, the clone club discovers a new member, a Canadian born TV writer by the name of Tara Ariano. Scott Aukerman's guest is Werner Herzog, played by Paul F. Tompkins, whose latest documentary is about the savage nature of TV quizzes. 1 Link to comment
NUguy514 January 19, 2017 Share January 19, 2017 Two things:1. The seemingly infinite number of crossovers on the four CW superhero shows was a large reason why I gave up on Arrow and The Flash at the beginning of this season (I had decided not to watch either Supergirl or Legends of Tomorrow after the end of last season); I resent feeling like I HAVE to watch all four goddamn shows in order to follow what's going on. I am not a crackpot.2. I live in LA and have been to Café Gratitude exactly once, in July 2012. It was at the end of a long day spent at Magic Mountain during which time I had eaten nothing but a funnel cake, and I was STARVING. I was with my two sisters, and the youngest (who was visiting my middle sister and me) was going through a vegetarian phase; my middle sister suggested Café Gratitude for that reason. I am, like, the antithesis of a vegan (the middle sister isn't a vegetarian either) and really just wanted a goddamn cheeseburger or something, but I went along with it since it would please my youngest sister. I should also mention that I had basically devolved into a complete low-blood-sugar, bitchy mess by the time we arrived at the restaurant. As such, it was NOT pretty when we sat down and all I could see on the menu was a shit-ton of completely unappetizing dishes with the most insultingly twee names ever put to print on a menu. I ordered the one and only thing that had neither fake meat nor kale in it; I did not do the "I Am __" bullshit for reasons of hanger and self-respect. However, the server would not take my order unless I said The Thing; I somehow managed to prevent myself from Hulk-ing out completely and told her through a clenched, WASP-y smile of a million teeth that I wanted that bowl thing, PLEASE. Finally sensing the very real danger, she left without trying again to make me say The Thing so that she could say The Thing back to me, which would have likely caused Mount St. NUguy to erupt completely. To my utter lack of surprise, the bowl thing was rather bland and unfulfilling, and my stomach was still crying out for a fucking burger. Nooooope. To this day, there are still people who are unironically shocked that I hated that place, and I'm like, "It's The Actual Worst and literally EVERYTHING people hate about LA. What is so difficult to understand about that??"This is all to say that I enjoyed Nick's mention of and derision towards that godforsaken place. 4 Link to comment
David T. Cole January 19, 2017 Author Share January 19, 2017 I enjoyed that. :) That place is a lot of people's personal hell. 1 Link to comment
J0nas3 January 19, 2017 Share January 19, 2017 I am not a crackpot, but I wish the CW hadn't cut a deal with Netflix. Yes, it will be great to get the Flash etc. on Netflix a week after their respective finales, but for right now the only way I have to see a show I may miss is the CW app, and I haaaate it. I pay Hulu so I don't have to see commercials, darn it! It's making me watch the CW live!! 1 Link to comment
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