The AmFam Field sausage races are from left field, to behind the plate, into right field, along the warning track. Guessing Top Chef didn’t think that made as good of TV as running the bases....but even then, why not end at Home (it’s literally called the “plate,” and this episode was all about the puns).

I wonder whether or not the show depicted the exact truth of what happened?

...that was already the joke; Hartman passed away in 1998.

“From Eden” is probably my favorite Hozier song, but I’m glad to see one of his songs really pop off (pun intended).

Pointing out that Michelle gave up some of the pineapple she had to tenderize the chicken was also something which should have come up; I suspect her answer would have been a bit less diplomatic had elimination been a possibility. It always bothers me in a team challenge why the chefs don’t do more to set a budget for…

I appreciate any and every reference to The Pirates of Dark Water, so good call Saloni!

Literally the only thing I remember about this movie is “The dishes are done, man!” line from the end of the trailer.

https://www.vulture.com/article/snl-heidi-gardner-beavis-and-butthead-sketch-interview.html

Was glad to see the Monona Terrace getting love this week. The UW Law School holds its graduation ceremonies there, so the building will always hold a special place in my heart. Plus, as noted this week, the design and the setting is absolutely beautiful.

Watched the series over a week and a half, and really enjoyed it. Was afraid it was going to be Netflix trying to make “an HBO show,” and that fear was definitely not helped by the Westworld-adjacent theme music. (Yes, I know the composer was ripping off his own work, but I could have used something less derivative…

Big difference here is that the books they’re adapting have already been written (which seems to be the falling-off point for much of the fandom).

Fun list, but I find the absence of the Ron Swanson Pyramid of Greatness to be disappointing.

More like a deuce if you ask me.  (Tennis humor!)

FINALLY the Rock has come BACK to the political center!

If the FF movie involves having Galactus, that means having one of his heralds. Garner is being cast in to fill that spot in the narrative as Shalla-Bal. I suspect they’re going to mix-and-match between the Silver Surfer and Frankie Raye for the movie (if only to give Johnny Storm the romantic angle from Nova’s…

I think Julia Garner could have made a fantastic Frankie Raye, a different herald of Galactus than the Silver Surfer. Forcing the actress into a different role - effectively deleting Norrin Radd from the MCU before he could get there - feels like an unforced error.

Any amount of set-up would have been worth it just to have her call Jost a “nocturnal predator.”  The physical comedy of imitating an owl was just a bonus.

There was an old adage about a mouth writing checks... which I dare not type out in full, lest I be accused of body-shaming poor Lizzo.

Don’t promise something you have no intention of living up to.

“CHAPPY!”