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    VelocirapstarAlex McLevy
    2/21/18 12:18am

    Politics Corner - Democratic candidate Linda Belcher won a special election for the Kentucky House by 36 points in a district Trump won by 49 points. Yes, you read that right. Her name really is Linda Belcher. (If that name isn’t familiar to you, you’ve missed out on one of the best shows of the last decade.) She won in Bullit, Kentucky (interesting name) which was a major setting in Justified, another of the best shows of the last decade. I actually have a pretty substantial fever right now, so there’s a pretty good chance I’m hallucinating all of this. I hope it doesn’t get weirder.

    Oh wait, it does. The seat was vacated when the incumbent killed himself. Which is tragic. His suicide was triggered by accusations of sexual assault against an underage girl. He was a far, far right pastor who referred to himself as ‘Pope’, who cultivated a cult-like following, claiming he’d raised the dead and cured the deaf, implicated in two arsons, perpetrated vile racism, advanced crazy conspiracy theories, and sounds like he was an all-around horror show of a human being. It is sad he killed himself. He should be in prison.

    He narrowly won in 2016, and before you say ‘well, that’s Bullit, Kentucky for you’, the incumbent he beat was named... Linda Belcher. And the person running against her for his seat was his widow. I want to make it clear that she has my sincere sympathy, not just for losing her spouse, but for evidently being a deeply unpleasant person. She ran an intensely negative and dishonest campaign while refusing to debate or even meet with Linda Belcher. Who doesn’t want to meet Linda Belcher? I want to meet Linda Belcher! Oh, and even though she lost 2 to 1, she says the election was stolen.

    Just as a final disclaimer, I really do have a nastyish fever, so it’s possible none of these things actually happened. That’s what Occam’s Razor would suggest. I read it all from reputable news sites. At least, I think I did? I did. I’m pretty sure I did.

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      wykstradVelocirapstar
      2/21/18 12:29am

      Alriiiiight!

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      Miss EliVelocirapstar
      2/21/18 1:26am

      Take heart - if it’s a delusion, it’s a mass one!

      https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/02/20/linda-belcher-defeats-dan-johnsons-widow-reclaim-district-49-seat/356202002/

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    MegaBlastoiseAlex McLevy
    2/21/18 7:31am

    Since I don’t watch ABC all that often, I annoyingly keep forgetting about their game show reboots. I’ve only been able to tune in a handful of times and it annoys me.

    Also makes me wish WBFF would bring in Buzzr already instead of airing MyNetworkTV on three separate channels.

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      ChicosBailBondsMegaBlastoise
      2/21/18 12:21pm

      Buzzr is great, if a bit Match Game-heavy.

      They were showing this 70s game show I’d never heard of that was kind of a celebrity version of The Newlywed Game. Half of one couple was a pre-Deliverance Ronny Cox.

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    rev_skarekroeAlex McLevy
    2/21/18 8:46am

    I had no idea this version of Match Game existed.
    If it didn’t say what it was in the headline I would assume that pic was from an episode of 30 Rock that I missed somehow.

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      MegaBlastoiserev_skarekroe
      2/21/18 10:58am

      A couple years ago ABC rebooted Match Game, $100,000 Pyramid (with Michael Strahan as host), and paired them up with Celebrity Family Feud (with Steve Harvey). They’re a lot flashier and louder than the originals, but both games are actually pretty well done and keep to the classic rules (just upping dollar amounts)

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      ChicosBailBondsMegaBlastoise
      2/21/18 12:22pm

      They also rebooted The Gong Show, hosted by Mike Myers, er, “Jimmy Maitland.”

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    TychoCelchuAlex McLevy
    2/21/18 5:54am

    Why does Alec Baldwin appear to be pulling Leah Remini towards his groin?

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      Elrond Hubbard - Elven ScientologistTychoCelchu
      2/21/18 7:11am

      He does appear to be creeping on her a good bit.

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      MegaBlastoiseTychoCelchu
      2/21/18 7:29am

      Eh, not that much different from old school Match Game.

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    ChicosBailBondsAlex McLevy
    2/21/18 12:23pm

    Ah, Horatio Sanz. Skinnier, but just as overrated and annoying.

    I recognize everyone but “Amy,” who is that?

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      MandalietChicosBailBonds
      2/21/18 3:03pm

      Her face is at an odd angle but I think that’s Amy Sedaris.

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      ChicosBailBondsMandaliet
      2/21/18 4:17pm

      ...Maybe?

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    MandalietAlex McLevy
    2/21/18 3:12pm

    Well, there’s at least a new episode of Waco. I want to mention that show as much as I can because it’s not covered here but I think it’s one of the best things I’ve seen this year.

    (For TV purposes, the year started on June 1. Of course, most of the really good stuff airs starting around April. This is all because of the Emmy Awards.)

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    PedanticEditorTypeAlex McLevy
    2/21/18 8:32am

    We’ve mostly been watching the Olympics for the last however long, but I didn’t even know Match Game was back, dammit. 

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    Pope FrancisAlex McLevy
    2/21/18 7:24am

    I’d watch Match Game if they could find a host that didn’t make goofy fun look like serving probation.

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    The Kinja Caffeine SpiderAlex McLevy
    2/21/18 12:56am

    Rupaul has a weird neck.

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