Indeed. I am all about Monsoon Season. I just used S4 as the cutoff in my list to define "early years".

Same here. It's like cannibalism. Also its not that imaginative, with centuries' worth of celebrities to choose from.

Must be a Super Bowl Shuffle 'cause jam don't shake like that.

Yup. This is why Pearl was so disliked for the first half of last season — she seemed over it all. Pearl woke up, but Betty turned into Magnolia Crawford.

Not that I want this to happen, but here is my weekly prognostication of possible doom for Bob before the finals. When he's not owning a challenge (like the punk band), he tries to clown his way out of the hole. One of these weeks I fear he's going to pick the wrong moment to start yukking it up, and it will land flat…

Well one of the models knew what "tucking panties" were since she gave that as an answer, so they weren't completely in the weeds.

Ha, I was going to mention that I loved how Ru ditched the Snatch Game for All-Stars, and had them do impersonations in set of a Laugh-In segments instead. I thought that format was a better setting and a lot more entertaining and faster-paced.

I agree, I don't understand why Derrick got so much praise for her Britney. Unless a lot was lost in editing (which I doubt), she was flatlining without Ru's setups, and she didn't wake up until Bob started riffing with her. Plus, she sounded like Derrick.

I've read that before the queens arrive, the show gives them a list of specialty looks/costumes that they will need for certain themed challenges (without telling them when or why they'll need them). It could be that those 4 came with kimonos for their Madonna look and had no backups. I wish they had played up their…

(Raja whispering) …dirty knees… (Raven cracks up)

Which, coincidentally, was in that season's Snatch Game episode. Ha!

True. And if you look back at many of the lip syncs, some queens have wisely chosen their outfits based on how it would suit the lip sync. Think Coco Montrese in that tearaway baby doll dress and Shirley Temple curls for "When I Grow Up". She was able to move like a panther on the runway while Monica Beverly Hills…

Funny thing about Snatch Game — it is so revered and hyped before it happens (by me as well), but most of them end up being kind of a chore to sit through. There are usually more lags than peaks with the performances, and host Ru has to talk through the whole thing to keep it together. It must be even more of a chore…

I really miss Craig Ferguson at 12:30. "Big cash prize, mouth organ, or awkward pause?"

This comment makes me want to audition for the show just so I can do Brett Somers at Snatch Game.

Yup, Derrick's Get Out of Jail Free card will expire with Snatch Game for sure.

No better Plan B in place? They had never had a double elimination this early in the season before. I'm surprised Ru doesn't have a couple of alternate almost-made-it queens ready if something like this happens.

Very much so. She's been touring Europe with the Battle of the Seasons queens for the past month. She is tight with the queens and stays in their lives after their seasons are over.

Maybe they think they need to manufacture tension on the panel now that Michelle's punching bag Santino is gone. It was getting plainly uncomfortable between them by the end of season 6.

Ironically, giving "dude" also worked for Pearl when she lip sync'd to Blondie's "Dreaming" against Trixie. She beat Trixie with nothing more than a lot of fist pumps and finger points.