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Oh wow. Most private insurers are no longer waiving cost-sharing for Covid-19 treatment -- (link) - decline Aug 20, 08:29 5
- It is increasingly like if there were a spate of bear attacks from people ignoring "Please Don't Feed The Bears" signs -- (edited) - Reagen Aug 20, 08:34 1
  - The ones attacked who are not feeding the bears were probably taking selfies with the bear in the background -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 12:36
- Good. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:33
- good (if was only for unvaccinated) -- nm* - Beaker Aug 20, 08:31
- ! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 08:31
I feel every SNL writer just had the same idea for a skit. -- nm - Mop Aug 20, 08:25 1
- Sean Connery is anxiously waiting by the phone -- nm - oblique Aug 20, 08:26
We slightly underestimated the food situation going into the move weekend and subsequent vacation. Empty nest isn't supposed to mean empty fridge! - oblique Aug 20, 08:23
This is great. Will Smith telling the story of how he passed on playing Neo in the Matrix because of the pitch meeting -- (link) - decline Aug 20, 08:21 2
- I can’t see him as Neo anyhow. He’s too sharp for a character that is built to be an ignorant blank slate of possibilities. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:26 1
  - very true. The 'instead I made' comment is hilarious though -- nm - decline Aug 20, 08:30
I am seriously amazed at how much so many people care about who hosts a game show on TV. nm -- nm - Dean Winchester Aug 20, 08:09 26
- I think this is the only game show where fans have a legitimate chance of being on it - but only if they earn it. - loosilu Aug 20, 08:27
- It would be like of Survivor did a search to replace Jeff, they tried out the Richard Hatch, Russell Hantz, Yul, Ozzie ... and went with Mike Burnett. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 08:24 5
  - Or is it Mark Burnett? Oops. I know he created the thing, so it doesn't completely translate, but the point is, he would be a bad host choice. - Beryllium Aug 20, 08:41
  - Or if they gave Spelling Bee to ty -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 08:30 1
    - Right? No one could come close to matching my delivery -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 08:32
  - (... I totally forgot parvati and cirie) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 08:25 1
    - hrrmmm ...Parvati -- nm Posted by homer (aka mud) Aug 17 '21, 09:09 -- nm - mud Aug 20, 08:26
- I totally get why people who really dig the show may have feelings about how this replacement process is/isn't working. - Diva Aug 20, 08:18 2
  - It’s be like when Jay Leno took over for Carson and instead of Leno or Letrerman, or Joan Rivers or whoever else had guest roles, they picked - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:22 1
    - Yep. And people were fascinated with the way it went down. -- nm - Diva Aug 20, 08:24
- It's an interesting contrast to the Price Is Right transition. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 08:13 1
  - I was robbed of that too! -- nm - Mike Richards Aug 20, 08:16
- don't make me cut you -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 08:13
- I don't give a shit who hosts Wheel of Fortune or Family Feud. Jeopardy is different. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 08:11 9
  - There's been so many Family Feud hosts... I may have hosted for a couple of years in the 90s! -- nm - Mop Aug 20, 08:14 2
    - The show has had six hosts: Richard Dawson, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, Richard Karn, John O'Hurley, and current host Steve Harvey. - Spawn Aug 20, 08:33 1
      - Course the last 5 all took place under Alex’s single reign as Jeopardy host. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:36
  - right -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 08:13 5
    - A game show is a game show. The only time I care is if they cross genres. A QB host would be something. Obama hosting wold be something. Otherwise... - Spawn Aug 20, 08:18 4
      - (not just a game show) -- nm - mud Aug 20, 08:22 3
        
        Without Alex, it is relegated to game show. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:32 1
        
        [bzzzt] -- nm - mud Aug 20, 08:34
        
        This -- nm - Diva Aug 20, 08:26
- Consider it a tribute to cultural impact of the previous host? -- nm - JD Aug 20, 08:11
- I really don’t. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 20, 08:11
- Better than pandemic news, I guess. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:10
YouTuber Modern Vintage Gamer was a lead programmer in the Quake remaster. -- (link) - Mop Aug 20, 08:03 [youtube]
With the announcement that they will 'continue the search for a new permanent host' what does that mean for the previous guest hosts? - Diva Aug 20, 08:03 13
- I suspect this is code for "we'll see which past candidate we can agree to a contract." - Mop Aug 20, 08:17 5
  - If they bring in more new guest hosts, I'd better see Dan Patrick and Aisha Tyler on the list. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 08:20 3
    - To say “we need to see more guest hosts” is to imply that the first batch - the cream of the crop - didn’t cut it. That was the A-team. - Mop Aug 20, 08:22 2
      - To be clear, I don't want them to start the carousel again, but if they do, those are candidates I like. - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 08:29
      - Yes, I want one of those, not a new batch. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 08:28
  - Agree on all points. -- nm - Diva Aug 20, 08:19
- Other than maybe Jennings, Richards was the only one that was going to want the job for 20 years. That's why they hired him. -- nm - spamlet Aug 20, 08:11 1
  - I think Robin Roberts or Levar Burton would have liked to be there a while too. - Diva Aug 20, 08:22
- I think, regardless, they need to give themselves time to work out scheduling/contracts with whoever takes over -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 20, 08:08
- Yeah, there were enough quality candidates to find a valid host from the group already done. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 08:07 1
  - With several of them saying publicly they would take the job if offered. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 08:10
- I think they should continue rotating. the ratings will tell them what to do. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 20, 08:07
- I'm with you. Theoretically , this could have been handled worse, but it takes a lot of imagination to see how. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 08:06
My neighbor (that took care of me and the kits when I was hospitalized) gave me a t-shirt for my birthday - - Meg Aug 20, 08:02 5
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 08:28
- :-D -- nm - mud Aug 20, 08:24
- That's perfect :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 08:21
- HA! -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:10
- 😆 -- nm - JD Aug 20, 08:03
Do we hate Mike Richards because the “host search” was rigged from the start, or because he said offensive things in the past? - Mop Aug 20, 07:56 9
- Yes. - znufrii Aug 20, 08:09
- I refer to this up top. I had a hard time writing it out. - Diva Aug 20, 08:06 1
  - LOL. I love that analogy. -- nm - Mop Aug 20, 08:12
- I didn't want him because of the process. Past comments make a good excuse to get rid of him. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 08:00
- Both. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 07:59
- Indifference, but the apparent rigging was dirty pool. -- nm - VMan Aug 20, 07:58
- For me it's the first. I felt cheated. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 07:58 1
  - As a host, I felt at the time that he was fine, but this was the wrong game show setting for him. - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 08:04
- it can be both, but the rigging really put me off -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:57
Melissa Joan Hart: "I am vaccinated and I got COVID, and it’s bad" -- (link) - zork Aug 20, 07:51 3
- here is a Buffalo Bill telling his story - ‘I don’t know if I’m going to make this.’" -- (link) - Beaker Aug 20, 08:05
- Damn. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 07:59
- That's a good message, at least -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 07:54
LeVar Burton when jeopardy call him again -- (link) - budice Aug 20, 07:47
Any news on Wheel of Fortune? -- nm - rollo Aug 20, 07:42 1
- Rumour is Jon Stewart's auditioning. -- nm - VMan Aug 20, 07:43
Really getting tired of all these notifications. -- nm - Greg Kihn Aug 20, 07:39 3
- Tell me about it -- nm - Weird Al Aug 20, 07:41 2
  - Great, now I want Weird Al as a guest host of Jeopardy. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 07:53 1
    - Not really a bad idea -- nm - Weird Al Aug 20, 07:54
Interesting story about how Sting was tricked by an Italian Duke into buying an old Tuscan wine estate. Il Palagio now produces 150K bottles per year -- (link*) - decline Aug 20, 07:39
So you're saying that there's still a chance that I could become the Daytime Jeopardy host? -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 07:35 6
- Nope ... you know what you did -- nm - rollo Aug 20, 07:41
- They really should have done a streaming American Idol type reality show to allow an "amateur" to win a one-week guest spot. -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 07:37 1
  - Yup, like ESPN's "Dream Job." -- nm - mara Aug 20, 07:42
- you've got this -- nm - decline Aug 20, 07:37 2
  - " I'll take Loveable Kittens for $ 200 Dano" -- nm - Pippy loves Tish Aug 20, 07:44 1
    - It's where the kitties go. - What is a woodchipper, Dano. -- nm - VMan Aug 20, 07:46
Saw Free Guy last night. Solid B+ Definitely a lot of fun though I could have done without some of the drawn out plot points -- nm - oblique Aug 20, 07:32 1
- "15 minutes too long." -- nm - Baron's Evergreen Movie Rating Aug 20, 07:33
When you come upon the PHAT THOT DOOR ... open it. -- nm - rollo Aug 20, 07:27 3
- I've no idea about the overall logistics but I kind of want to open a business with that name -- nm - JD Aug 20, 08:05
- ODORTOAD - they make dealing with your murder hornet problem seem like peanuts -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 07:29
- AROD THOT TRAP - How's Alex faring post-JLo anyway? -- nm - rollo Aug 20, 07:27
Down (311 song): "However, following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, it was placed on the list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles - prayformojo Aug 20, 07:23 4
- I just looked at the lyrics, no idea but I do realize now that I know maybe 25% of those lyrics properly even though I would sing along to that song -- nm - oblique Aug 20, 07:26 2
  - I really think it was just the title. A LOT of stuff got pulled after 9/11. Companies were hyper sensitive -- nm - ty97 Aug 20, 07:35 1
    - Clear Channel was the one I remember as being most criticized at the time for this. Here's kind of an interesting article. -- (link) - mara Aug 20, 07:40
- Seems obvious - ty97 Aug 20, 07:25
Any news on the new Jeopardy host? -- nm - decline Aug 20, 07:20
Anyone heard an update on the host of Jeopardy? -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 07:20 2
- I look forward to Remlik breaking this news on the next Board :) -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:22 1
  - And Mop sometime this afternoon. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 07:23
any news on Jeopardy? -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:19 3
- Well Greg Khin said our love is in Jeopardy and Weird Al said he lost on Jeopardy -- nm - eag Aug 20, 07:24 1
  - heh -- nm - zork Aug 20, 07:52
- let me get back to you on it. [ clock melody ..♪ ♫ ..] -- nm* - mud Aug 20, 07:21
Mike Richards statement: on stepping down as the host of Jeopardy -- (link*) - budice Aug 20, 07:19 7
- Have the Packers released a statement (or maybe their QB?). -- nm - VMan Aug 20, 07:29 2
  - Mike Richards is the new Packers QB. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 07:43 1
    - L3! -- nm - Pippy loves Tish Aug 20, 07:44
- Jennings! - Will Hunting Aug 20, 07:27 3
  - I wonder if there's any reason he can't do both Jeopardy and The Chase. Jeopardy can be a job for decades and is much more prestigious than any - Krusty Aug 20, 07:49
  - On the one hand, Levar only had a week and was a bit on tilt. On the other, David Faber was right after him and killed it. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 07:47
  - Not among my top picks, but one I would at least understand. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 07:28
Sorry, Mike Richards. You won't be the next host of Jeopardy! -- (link) - spamlet Aug 20, 07:17 2
- So we’ve got a week of episodes in the can. I wonder how that plays out. -- nm - Mop Aug 20, 07:53 1
  - Yeah, that could be strange. -- nm - Diva Aug 20, 08:29
Well, this is it ST. Half day at work. Then lunch with daughter. Packing up the car and heading to Indy tonight. We're back in town Sunday night - oblique Aug 20, 07:16 2
- I hope it goes well and everyone has a great time! -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 07:37
- good luck! - JaxSean Aug 20, 07:27
Richards out as Jeopardy! host -- (link) - TWuG Aug 20, 07:14 6
- Can someone summarize what he did? Racist comments, sexual harassment? something else? -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 07:21 3
  - spamlet's link above is pretty good too. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 07:22
  - The Ringer's article covers alot of it -- (link) - Beaker Aug 20, 07:21 1
    - Oh, not what I expected at all. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 07:23
- wow. -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 07:19
- *death by snu snu alternating faces* -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 20, 07:18
‘Twelve Minutes’ Will Suck You Into Its Time Loop - came out on Thursday for PC and Xbox platforms (including Xbox Game Pass) -- (link*) - Beaker Aug 20, 07:13
I've been shirt stocked! Thanks Jenbro!! (I'm on vacation till Tuesday, we can settle up then if that is OK....) - Beaker Aug 20, 07:05 3
- oh YAY - I am so glad it all made it there - and very happy to hear everything was "claimed" heh heh ... so - JenBro Aug 20, 07:23 2
  - thanks again!! - Beaker Aug 20, 07:28 1
    - copy inside - JenBro Aug 20, 07:53
STIS: My new favorite ice cream flavor is B&J seven layer (non-dairy). I count five layers. - loosilu Aug 20, 07:02 10
- ~smells like seven layers, that beaver eats Taco Bell~ -- nm - con_carne Aug 20, 07:19
- It seems like the Seven Layer Bars are misnamed, not the ice cream. - Dano Aug 20, 07:17 1
  - Defnitely 5. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 07:21
- Dear Ben and/or Jerry: I purchased your seven layer ice cream but only received five layers. Please mail me the other two at this address. -- nm - Loosi's letter Aug 20, 07:16 1
  - I was ready to do that! -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 07:17
- they count coconut twice and the wood from the stick is #7 -- nm - decline Aug 20, 07:07
- I get 6. 1. Coconut Ice Cream, 2. Coconut (flakes), 3. Fudge Flakes, 4. Walnuts, 5. Graham Cracker swirls, 6. Butterscotch swirls. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 07:07 2
  - OH, I missed the walnuts. So the ice cream is a layer? I mean, it's all ice cream. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 07:16 1
    - of course it is. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 20, 08:04
- One is "Essence of Jerry". -- nm - D Miller Aug 20, 07:06
reminder: don't get murder hornets confused with cicada killers. they are HUGE and terrifying, but goofy bumbly fun hornets. - chicken daddy Aug 20, 06:56 [Attachment] 8
- Yeah, we had those for a couple years in our front yard. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 20, 07:03 2
  - but did they kill all the cicadas? -- nm - decline Aug 20, 07:08 1
    - They…did not. -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 07:10
- What? I thought they harmed native honeybee populations. In what sense are they very good? -- nm - mara Aug 20, 07:02 2
  - Cicada killers = good, murder hornets = bad -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 07:04 1
    - Oh, sorry, I see. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 07:05
- tell that to the cicadas -- nm - decline Aug 20, 07:00
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH - JaxSean Aug 20, 06:57
Glad to hear ty97's Aunt is in the hospital and getting the care she needs. -- nm - Pippy loves Tish Aug 20, 06:49 1
- Yes. At least that's some positive news. It's so scary that an available hospital bed can't be taken for granted. -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 06:53
Christian Pulisic has the Coves. -- nm - Diva Aug 20, 06:47

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