Probably not in the middle of Nowhere, Arizona (where an awful lot of 'Mystery Diners' were filmed).

Way back in the first season, the show had a (unsponsored) grocery store challenge. Viewers still speak fondly of it and the garments produced twelve seasons later (the winning dress was made entirely from corn husks). It can be done.

Oh, the Domo dress was great and should have won. But it (and all the garments) had nothing to do with yogurt, which was the premise of the excruciating set-up viewers had to sit through. At least the Top Chef crew used cream cheese in their quickfire.

If only! That episode was also noticeable for the nervous breakdown one designer had. You see, he believed in unicorns and he sat on the stairs crying and hugging his prize unicorn he won at Coney Island.

Per another commenter in the thread, it was filmed in mid-June.

I save my ire for the thought of Julia Roberts getting another.

Seriously.  How many people have been shot in the squad room alone?

Amen.  I walked out extremely befuddled at the praise the film overall and Blanchett individually are receiving.  Blanchett's characterization is so clearly that of an insane woman on the verge of a schizophrenic break that the number of men falling over themselves to hook up with her was downright comic.  The sister…

It was in the New York Times:

Yes and not sure that I particularly bought the St. Joseph's guy signing off (with a moderately increased budget) because a dying man wanted to make an homage to a film about devil worship.

Maybe the movie is what finally did him in ;)

He died in "The Crash" - which was, four episodes (months) back.  This episode was set at the end of October. "Rosemary's Baby" opened in June, so theoretically, Gleason could have seen it before dying.

The Tate murder was in 1969.

somethingclever, this episode was in the can months ago, long before "Internet speculation" would have been possible.

I agree.  I watched the marathon on Sunday afternoon and thought his dressing down of Bob (when Bob was lurking outside an office) to be over the top, even though the point was valid.  And Bob seemed genuinely hurt and humiliated by the exchange.

@avclub-6ca57d2774f04ac8acf3d2b10f0338f4:disqus Agreed.  Also, marrying your rapist is so General Hospital.

This has to be the comment of the day.

He amended his post to note that Joan said Pete hadn't broken a promise to her, not that he had never lied.

I thought it was "all whores wear red" but that may be due to overexposure to MadStyle.

@not_Bridget:disqus that would be a great wacky (bad) sitcom: The FBI's Craziest Undercover Capers!