My guess is the pub wouldn't allow the camera crew inside. Based on the dancing, I think maybe the cyclists went inside and had a pint or four.

What happened to the 4-hour penalty for the teams that gave up on the compass challenge? I assume that the next day there was at least a 4-hour wait between their start time and their flight and that absorbed the penalty. Which would mean, as frequently happens on the show, there was no penalty at all.

It could, but the oddest thing was that was first category chosen, presumably because the champion liked Madonna and/or videos yet didn't know the most famous of them all.

Jill said Vanna was tiny, and Alex said something like, "Just like you… [awkwardness] very slender… uh, you have control and the lead."

For a long time, enough-to-win-by-a-dollar was the standard bet for whoever had the lead going into FJ. That seems to have changed these days. What also has changed is Alex yelling out "Hello!" when such a wager is revealed. As Seinfeld would say, "I'd lose that."

My guess was Dog Day Afternoon, which might have come out in the late 60s so then I thought Taxi Driver, figuring the movie must have something to do with New York.

Greetings from 12 years into the future, when I have just finished this book and found it remarkable. Lynchian human oddities? Indeed. Along with Tarantinoeque violence. But mostly what's remarkable is that every abusive act, every murder, every depravity is told with the same Linda Barry tone as her Marlys comics,…

I knew the Laffer curve from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. "Something-doo economics… voodoo economics."

Option A: Start with #1 and see the show from the beginning (this is what I did). Option B: Start with the Zach G. or Amy Poehler episode because you won't feel any more lost than the guests do.
Option C: Start with #124 because it's wonderful. You'll see where the show as ended up and want to go back to the beginning.…

So distracted by the bewbs you didn't even realize there are no $300 answers on Jeopardy these days.

I expect the semifinals are seeded based on money earned in the prior round.

Definitely sounds like Gethard.

LOSE WELL

Gethard had a very long and heartfelt (imagine that!) post on Tumblr today where he said:

I just got into TCGS over the past few weeks after reading about it here on the AV Club, and I adore it. All their past episodes are available online and regardless of where Chris Gethard goes from here the episodes are worthy of your attention. The first few are rough, with little hints of diamonds, but give it a…

That place might love "one man sketch comedy" shows, but The Chris Gethard Show is not a one man sketch comedy show.

I appreciate Pollard's honesty in including "and who you think Guided by Voices is" when questioning the asking price. (Questioning the Asking Price would be a good album title for GBV, unless it makes too much sense)

Was I the only one who thought those dishes looked terrible? They looked like a Pick Up Stix or Panda Express challenge, not a Wolfgang Puck restaurant challenge.

Agreed. If Bri would have stepped in an cooked the shrimp dish I think her team would have won the challenge.

"Low Winter Sun is like a particularly intense steam bath. It’s filled with lots of shouting and cursing and scowling, and it’s not entirely unpleasant."