YoSaffBridge February 1, 2017 Share February 1, 2017 Tara: I've been referring to Drumpf as "Sabor de Soledad", the off-brand Mexican Cheeto. It translates to "Flavor of Loneliness." I call him Sabor for short. It makes me feel a teeny bit better. 2 Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 February 1, 2017 Share February 1, 2017 Betty White was married to Alan Ludden. Bill Cullen hosted many game shows including Child's Play, Blockbusters, Hot Potato and was part of the panel on I've Got a Secret. 2 Link to comment
Tara Ariano February 2, 2017 Share February 2, 2017 9 hours ago, aquarian1 said: Betty White was married to Alan Ludden. Bill Cullen hosted many game shows including Child's Play, Blockbusters, Hot Potato and was part of the panel on I've Got a Secret. I regret the error. 1 Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 February 2, 2017 Share February 2, 2017 @Tara Ariano - I just might be addicted to the Buzzr network and the Gameshow network and therefore know way too much about who's hosted what and when. 1 Link to comment
SnideAsides February 2, 2017 Share February 2, 2017 I need Leah's "a little bit of everything, assholes" as a drop. 2 Link to comment
Primetimer February 2, 2017 Share February 2, 2017 Turning bright shows dark in the style of The CW's newest teen soap. View the full article Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce February 2, 2017 Share February 2, 2017 A small-town crime boss (Margo Martindale) takes in four wayward orphans, raising them in the back of her front business, a cozy little bakery. She teaches them all about the inner workings of her criminal empire, imparts her lifetime of hard-won street-smart wisdom, and shares with them.... The Facts Of Life. 1 Link to comment
April Bloodgate February 2, 2017 Share February 2, 2017 Leah was a good guest. I hope she returns. For the "Midwest" clue in Game Time, I thought of Roseanne, which then came up later. 1 Link to comment
Monty February 2, 2017 Share February 2, 2017 Sesame Street, but with actual trash monsters, giant carnivorous birds, sentient numbers, etc. Elmo stays the same. 2 Link to comment
David T. Cole February 2, 2017 Author Share February 2, 2017 16 minutes ago, Monty said: Sesame Street, but with actual trash monsters, giant carnivorous birds, sentient numbers, etc. Elmo stays the same. Yes please. It will be called The Sesame Streets. 3 Link to comment
profreader February 3, 2017 Share February 3, 2017 (edited) Showtime presents The Brady Bunch. Serial monogamist/"black widow" Carol Ann Tyler Martin (Naomi Watts) meets her match in Mike Brady, Florida land developer and real estate scam king (Luke Evans). They alternate between late night philosophical conversations while screwing, and War of the Roses-style attempts to off one another and collect on the multiple life insurance policies they've taken out on each other while on family vacations to theme parks, the Grand Canyon, etc. After Marcia, a quarterback on her high school's football team, is disfigured in an accident, Greg nurses her back to health (and then some) in a Flowers In The Attic homage. Jan is slipping into schizophrenia with three inner voices (Marcia, Marcia and Marcia). Cindy retreats from her mother's emotional abuse into childish lisping and confesses everything to Kitty Karryall. Peter's voice changes lead him to acknowledge his true gender identity as Petra, whose tastes in clothing run to noir femme fatale with the catchphrase "pork chops and applesauce." Bobby invents an imaginary cousin, Oliver, who tells him to do Very Bad Things... FX presents Love Lucy! Raúl Esparza plays struggling Cuban musician Ric Ricardo, who meets Lucy McGillicuddy (Judy Greer) at an open mic night. She agrees to enter into a green card marriage, and all is well until her bipolar disorder begins to make itself known. Refusing to seek treatment, her manic episodes interfere with Ric's plans to open a club -- where she imagines she can finally Be In The Show. HBO brings you Bewitched. A modern adaptation of Macbeth. Rachel Bloom plays Samantha Stevens, sorceress of the dark arts, who enslaves media strategist Darrin (Justin Bartha). Donna Lynne Champlin plays next door neighbor and conspiracy-theorist-blogger Gladys Kravitz of the Kravitz Report (at kravitz dot tumblr dot com) who sees satanic messages in media everywhere, and sees the Mark of the Beast on Samantha. Samantha manipulates events so that Darrin's self-involved boss Larry rises to become a reality star, with Darrin calling all the shots (under Samantha's control.) Louise Tate discovers Samantha's plan and tries to stop the madness, while Larry rises to the presidency. Of course, THIS COULD NEVER HAPPEN. Edited February 3, 2017 by profreader 1 Link to comment
Primetimer February 3, 2017 Share February 3, 2017 Drafting TV characters for televised party games. View the full article Link to comment
MaryPatShelby February 3, 2017 Share February 3, 2017 On 2/1/2017 at 7:26 PM, aquarian1 said: @Tara Ariano - I just might be addicted to the Buzzr network and the Gameshow network and therefore know way too much about who's hosted what and when. I just might be old enough to have actually seen Allen Ludden host Password in the 60's. Link to comment
Monty February 3, 2017 Share February 3, 2017 My biggest problem with Hollywood Game Night is when the contestants don't take the game seriously, so I made a team exclusively made of hypercompetitive know-it-all tryhards. Peggy Hill from King of the Hill, Monica Gellar from Friends, Abed Nadir from Community. Abed isn't quite as competitive as the other two, but he'd definitely take the game seriously, and also he knows everything about pop culture, which seems like it would be helpful. 1 Link to comment
sconstant February 3, 2017 Share February 3, 2017 I may be the only one who thought "Lovejoy" was the two-syllable answer for "McShane." What can I do? Haven't seen any Deadwood or GoT, and early formative A&E experiences die hard. Back when A&E was trying to be PBS lite and so anything British was axiomatically good quality. I know that I wasn't the only one to think "Dan Bern?" for "big balls." (Sometimes I wish I were Tiger Woods. But not lately...) Link to comment
Cekrypton1 February 3, 2017 Share February 3, 2017 Just based on the audio I thought at least one of those Nintendo kids was young Brian Austin Green. Link to comment
thenheathersaid February 4, 2017 Share February 4, 2017 Dear Leah, Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series was TOTALLY a thing.Sincerely,A Fellow 1980's Baby 1 Link to comment
Primetimer February 6, 2017 Share February 6, 2017 TV shows that double as empathy teaching tools. View the full article Link to comment
John Potts February 6, 2017 Share February 6, 2017 Not quite clear if Dave is suggesting Postman Pat is a secret revolutionary or a secret policeman for the Fascist State. I think either interpretation could be supported by the screenplay... Link to comment
April Bloodgate February 6, 2017 Share February 6, 2017 I never would have thought of him for this, but Abed is a great choice. Link to comment
Tara Ariano February 6, 2017 Share February 6, 2017 On 2/4/2017 at 5:01 AM, thenheathersaid said: Dear Leah, Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series was TOTALLY a thing. Sincerely, A Fellow 1980's Baby Someone told me that on Twitter but as her sister I know for a fact that Leah did not know about it. Link to comment
Sarah D. Bunting February 6, 2017 Share February 6, 2017 Quote I'd be curious to see if getting the whole backstory up to this point would bump the needle at all for you. If Sharon is consistent as a character? No. I'm curious in theory as to whether you're right, but in practice I can't make time to find out. Link to comment
Kip February 7, 2017 Share February 7, 2017 Charlotte "Chuck" Charles (Pushing Dasies), Annie Edison (Community), and the ringer Data (Star Trek: TNG). Chuck spent her life reading books while living with her shut-in "Aunts", Adderall Annie will keep the team focused, and Data can download all the useless trivia. Link to comment
Kip February 7, 2017 Share February 7, 2017 I would go with "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver". Giving voice on issues like Immigration reform, Incarceration in the United States, Payday loans, Student debt, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Flint water crisis, or Debt buying industry would hopefully create some compassion for people being crushed by these systems. Link to comment
Primetimer February 7, 2017 Share February 7, 2017 Casting a Dinner For Five for a new generation. View the full article Link to comment
Kip February 7, 2017 Share February 7, 2017 I would do a new Flintstones cartoon based on the new currently running comic, which is pure genius, and if anyone was paying attention would likely not be published by DC comics. Issues have covered topics like consumerism (they refer to it as getting crap), this crazy new idea called monogamy (One man and one woman, that's just crazy!), and genocide (the poor tree people). I would want it to look like the art from the comic, and not have sound-a-likes form the show, from the art they seem more realistic (and often confused). Here is an example of the humor... Link to comment
PatternRec February 8, 2017 Share February 8, 2017 @profreader you, sir or madam, are a genius :D 1 Link to comment
PatternRec February 8, 2017 Share February 8, 2017 Ok here's my pitch: we re-tool Undercover Bosses so it's just things like the CEO of Apple or Nike trying to work in one of their factories and they don't fit in because they aren't Chinese children. 1 Link to comment
PatternRec February 8, 2017 Share February 8, 2017 On 2/3/2017 at 11:01 AM, Monty said: Peggy Hill from King of the Hill, Monica Gellar from Friends, Abed Nadir from Community. Abed isn't quite as competitive as the other two, but he'd definitely take the game seriously, and also he knows everything about pop culture, which seems like it would be helpful. Haha Abed and Monica were on my short list. Gotta think of a good one that doesn't have them now... My team: Jane from Happy Endings and Jake and Amy from Brooklyn Nine Nine. Link to comment
Primetimer February 8, 2017 Share February 8, 2017 jk, it's 'only' Season 29 -- but will this round of innovations breathe new life into MTV's old warhorse? Kim Reed has thoughts! View the full article Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 February 8, 2017 Share February 8, 2017 You almost made me want to watch The Challenge again. :) 1 Link to comment
kermitmissesjim February 8, 2017 Share February 8, 2017 Ted Danson is having that much fun in "The Good Place." But as a Scrubs-lover who's watched the series many times; yes, Faison is the best, and the most fun. His "Poison" dance was a KoDTVM contender, but only won one day, to my sadness. 1 Link to comment
swimmyfish February 8, 2017 Share February 8, 2017 I've also noticed that the weekend Law & Order marathons have been *very* pointed over the past few months. In particular, like maybe a week after the Access Hollywood tapes were released, the Sunday SVU-athon was entirely devoted to women in abusive relationships (including the ep. with Claire from 90210 getting stabbed in the heart, which was so, so sad.) NBC may be wussing out on the new Trump-isode, but those in charge of programming the syndicated episodes are doing great work. Keep it up! Link to comment
John Potts February 8, 2017 Share February 8, 2017 I was just thinking that perhaps they should stop running that "I am not a crackpot" clip in case the current President decides to take up Grandpa Simpson on his request and decides he's had enough of that bunch of pinkos in California. But keep the Red flag flying Tara! If I was going to submit an episode of Scrubs it would be either My Old Lady (for a real tearjerker) or My Princess for the fantastical (though also a bit of a tearjerker). Surprised that there are (at present) NO episodes of Scrubs in the Canon - maybe I should submit one of those two! I was amazed that despite only having seen maybe 3 episodes of Benson, that I actually recognised one of those plots! Link to comment
jima February 8, 2017 Share February 8, 2017 Now I'm picturing a card game from the 1980s 3 Link to comment
SnideAsides February 9, 2017 Share February 9, 2017 I assure you, the equation "Next Top Model - Tyra = Better Next Top Model" is not a surprise to any of us who have seen non-US versions of the show. 1 Link to comment
Monty February 9, 2017 Share February 9, 2017 Turns out I'm great at remembering Night Court plots. 3 Link to comment
gpgurl50 February 9, 2017 Share February 9, 2017 Those Benson plots are really something. Link to comment
Primetimer February 9, 2017 Share February 9, 2017 One of our favorite segments is back as Kim runs down a Little House season premiere. View the full article Link to comment
gonewiththeschwinn February 9, 2017 Share February 9, 2017 It's like the Canon has been reading my mind but then going in a different direction the last two weeks. For months I've been thinking about submitting either an episode of Catastrophe or an episode of Scrubs, but in both cases it was not what the submitter went with. For Scrubs, I would have gone with the Brendan Frasier episode. As Kim Reed mentioned, it's kind of a gimmick episode, but I think it actually does a great job showing what Scrubs is about - a mix of humor and at times gut punching sadness. On a similar note, I would have picked season 1, episode 4 of Catastrophe - it's the episode where Rob and Sharon find out that the baby is at an increased risk of Down Syndrome and Sharon Horgan puts in a particularly heart-wrenching and thought-provoking performance. Sorry to dredge up last week in this comment thread, I was behind in listening and then it also struck me funny that the Canon submissions matched up with shows I had thought about submitting for two weeks in a row. If next week's submission is Brooklyn 99's "The Party," I am going to be really creeped out. 1 Link to comment
LAFR February 9, 2017 Share February 9, 2017 Thank you for bringing this back! I've missed it so. Any chance it could be a regular (or semi-regular) segment? Link to comment
Kerfuffler February 9, 2017 Share February 9, 2017 This is amazing, Kim! You should have presented this for the Canon! The mud fight is fantastic, and one of my favorite LH moments ever. Link to comment
YoSaffBridge February 9, 2017 Share February 9, 2017 I swear to god, I will become a recurring monthly donor to get a Most Awesome on the regular. Or an Again With This: Little House edition. Kim, you're a treasure! Link to comment
DasFlavorPup February 10, 2017 Share February 10, 2017 I'm surprised the episode where Halley's Comet annihilated everyone except Kraus and Benson (turned out to be just a dream, of course) didn't rate a question on the quiz. I kept waiting for that one to pop up! Link to comment
raymond February 10, 2017 Share February 10, 2017 This is the most awesome thing I heard on a podcast this week. I'm a little bit glad they come only once in a while because I don't think I could handle this much awesome every week. Link to comment
Primetimer February 10, 2017 Share February 10, 2017 The next TV flashback biopic. View the full article Link to comment
PatternRec February 11, 2017 Share February 11, 2017 Between this and facing her fear of a Canon loss then being ok with it, Kim Reed is my Winner of the Week. Link to comment
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