The dates are significant. Social Security is probably the most familiar New Deal program extant, and Bill Clinton famously made historic changes to welfare.

I'd much prefer that to the Kids and High School Tournaments.

Cleveland wept, and Frank Yankovic rolled over in his grave.

Due to my advanced age and reduced exposure to the popular musics of today, when the Final category was revealed I said to my wife, "Pfft. The only album title I know from 2014 is 'Mandatory Fun.'"

He actually addressed that in his Nerdist Podcast interview (which is great if you haven't heard it—it was sometime last May). He said if he doesn't pronounce foreign words just so, he gets viewer feedback "correcting" him. I can just imagine.

Upvoted for "feelings" instead of "feels."

"…the world’s most overrated desk job."

But on what plane of the mythosphere is Neil Gaiman considered Science Fiction, that's what I wanted to know.

The one thing I'll hate about Jeopardy! when I make it on is the consolation prize. I'm allergic to naproxen.

Well, it's been there a while. A hundred years ago, Euclid Ave. from the Clinic toward downtown was called Millionaire's Row, and not sarcastically. Also, there's a world-renowned art museum, university and classical music hall in the same neighborhood.

Alex was right to be derisive about the Cleveland Clinic, anyway. Idiots.

This season was pretty good, overall. It's when Jesse Jackson read Green Eggs and Ham on "SNL News."

Honorable Mention: Despite having cuddled with naked Jamie Leigh Curtis, Dan Aykroyd steals deli from a buffet, plants drugs in Eddie Murphy's desk and threatens to shoot up an office party while dressed as Santa in Trading Places (Dir, John Landis, 1984) Movie graded B- for gorillanormative sexual situations.

Dennis Hastert was only seven years ago—and O'Neill was a pretty significant figure in America for a long time not that long ago. (And to answer your question, seriously, looks like I could identify photos of the last seven speakers, going down the list on Wikipedia.)

I know it was a tossed off remark, but is that not the dumbest excuse for not knowing something on Jeopardy!? Just admit you turn a deaf ear to politics or something, but that you weren't alive? I laughed then, when a category in the next round was "Historical Novels."

Yep. Christmas went commercial more than 100-150 years ago. Before that, nobody gave "half a shit" about Christmas at all—celebrating it was a weird German custom. Rudolph began as a promotion for Montgomery Ward department store for crying out loud.

By far the most deeply upsetting scene on television this year. Confirmation thataaaAAARRGGHHH TELL ROSA SHE LOVES ME!!

Might have been Jim Henson. He created a lot of shorts with things like chalk and cut-out paper.

Not a Sondheim fan and the appeal of this show has always escaped me. I tried watching when it was on Great Performances however many years ago and bailed halfway through the first act.

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