I'm pretty sure it's the juxtaposition with the NO hat.

[frantically searches for a downvote button]

Yep.

No, the old buggy system was much better.

No, Sean O'Neal is their competitive advantage against the Dissolve.

Even worse, you have people making asinine, pseudo-iconoclastic comments, prefaced by, "I know I'll get downvoted, but…"

Wait… maybe I am Batman!

Well, I can see down @avclub-eaaf6236c28c668e40fdf9b17394b7ec:disqus 's shirt.

I agree it reads more like a "For Your Consideration" thinkpiece than a review.  And there was certainly never any pressing need for the AV Club to even acknowledge "the Biggest Loser" exists.

It's part of the sequester, @avclub-641d4f6894c6365a14007567a41793d8:disqus .  Until Congress passes that budget, thebtpyoda dictates all terms of pop culture opinion — and I'm not even American!  Thanks, Obama.

Yeats?

Hmmm.  My memory's playing tricks on me, I could sworn it had a "what happens *after* the fairy tale prince and princess marry" conceit.  Apparently not.

Yeats?

It was also a Drew Barrymore movie in the nineties called, well, Ever After.

I'm partial to Dinah Washington, myself:

It's A solid B, C?

Ooh, Dan Hedaya would be fantastic.

On the clue=target basis, they'd surely want to pick weaker competitors.  Ciera, Katie, maybe Mrs Rupert… and if the said giftee actually does get the HII out of it, they can pretend it was sincere and hope for an ally down the line.

To be fair, there are lots of relationships out there like that.

Appendicitis is actually misdiagnosed a lot (usually as something less serious — my sister-in-law's appendix burst because she was told she had constipation and sent home with a laxative).  Presumably the med staff was playing it safe?