Cary Bates returns to discuss “Revelations”! A film noir-ish story featuring Elisa Maza’s partner, Matt Bluestone, front and center as he finally tracks down the infamous gangster, Mace Malone and, through him… the Illuminati!
A variety of topics are covered, such as the show’s use of the Illuminati versus modern day conspiracy theories. The excellent guest cast: Tom Wilson, Michael Bell, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.! Disney’s desire to use the show to promote their Tower of Terror ride in Walt Disney World… before suddenly changing their minds! Elisa keeping the clan a secret to their detriment, and so much more!
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Regrading Taskmaster: S06E08 What kind of pictures?
*Score changes noted in parenthesis.
It has been awhile! Not gonna lie, I'm a little burnt out on the Taskmaster regrades, but that doesn't mean I want to stop doing them. I have been watching Series 17 and I'm a little underwhelmed by it. I absolutely love Nick Mohammed, but haven't connected with the rest of the cast easily. Additionally, the location task setting isn't all that interesting and there hasn't really been super interesting task design. All that said, underwhelming Taskmaster is still Taskmaster. Plus, I'm here to talk Series 6 anyway.
Alex made a brass rubbing of Greg's face and there really isn't any more to say about it.
Prize Task: The Most Interesting Footwear
I'd love to hear you drop the C-bomb.
Crikey?
Asim supposedly stole one boot and one trainer from Post Malone (who is currently Billboard #1 collaborating with Taylor Swift right now). Alice brings in a pair of Verrucas Socks which caused me to learn what the purpose of these actually are. While I did learn something, antiviral wart socks don't become anymore interesting with the knowledge.
Tim's big toe bobble hat is adorable. It also raises the question of when it is appropriate to wear it. Liza brings booties for dogs. I will say the idea of a dog walking in them is interesting, but the shoes themselves aren't interesting. Anything you force a pet to wear that they don't want to wear is going to be interesting to see. Russell got a signed cleat from Phillipe Coutinho, current Al-Duhali soccer player (and played for Liverpool at the time).
So, Tim is easy first and Alice is easy last for me. Liza will bring up fourth for also submitting something impersonalized. That leaves Russell and Asim . . . I lean Russell because (1) his is signed and (2) I'm not sure how much I believe Asim's story.
Alice: 1 (0)
Asim: 3 (-2)
Liza: 2 (-1)
Russell: 4 (+2)
Tim: 5 (+1)
VT 01: Put something genuinely surprising in this chocolate egg.
You've got to go, otherwise it's rude.
I've got to go, otherwise it's rude.
No win condition dictated, so we default to "most genuinely surprising thing wins." There are two easy candidates for five points . . . Alice and Tim. Alice's is much funnier, but it is genuinely impressive that Tim managed to catch a fly and keep it alive in the egg. That impressiveness earns the five in my mind.
Alice stole Alex's financial information through his wife, but Rachel historically has seemed fairly ready to ruin Alex throughout the history of this show. Asim's worm is the same as the fly except many levels down in impressiveness. It has to take one.
The one legitimately impressive thing about Liza's is that she was able to make a recording that triggered when Alex opened the egg. The Jeremy Irons themed message was thematically confusing and honestly, a lot of contestants brought it for this task. Russell put a lot of effort in, but he can only manage three despite going on an actual day trip with Alex and his son.
Alice: 4 (-1)
Asim: 1 (-2)
Liza: 2 (-1)
Russell: 3 (0)
Tim: 5 (+1)
VT 02: Find out what you have in common with this person. Most remarkable things in common wins.
Swear on your life.
What's the point of that?
So there is both a quality and quantity aspect to this win condition. It kind of asks that you aggregate two medium-remarkable things and compare it to one REALLY remarkable thing. The easiest way to do this is to list the things the contestants had in common with Carol that were actually any sort of remarkable.
Things we learned that brushed against "remarkable" (because honestly, slim pickings):
Tim and Carol are both good at Scrabble.
Tim and Carol both used to play tennis poorly.
Russell and Carol both die their hair.
Russell showed Carol an earwax removal video that she humored (though I somewhat question how much genuine enthusiasm she had for it).
Alice and Carol were born the same week.
Asim and Carol were both school teachers at some point (Asim not for very long, but still).
Liza definitely lied about her favorite color. She's getting the 1-point. Ranking other facts I'd say Birthday > Die/Earwax > Teachers > Tennis > A lie. Thus, easy scoring --
Alice: 5 (+3)
Asim: 3 (-2)
Liza: 1 (-2)
Russell: 4 (0)
Tim: 2 (0)
VT 03: Wearing these heels, create the best dot-to-dot picture on this canvas.
That's what Picasso did. He took an image and then made it unrecognizable.
Best picture? Seems to come down to a couple elements: (1) ambition and (2) accuracy. Asim whiffed on accuracy; Alice whiffed on ambition. Russell has to take 1-point because he didn't attach numbers to it. It's rough, but there is an argument for zero as well (but I guess he did make some dots).
Was Tim actually going for the remnants of the Titanic? I can actually sort of see it. Liza did what one would expect from any non-artist with a childish sense of humor asked to draw a picture. It's not a great drawing, but I kind of think it's good enough for second.
Alice: 3 (+1)
Asim: 2 (+1)
Liza: 4 (0)
Russell: 1 (-2)
Tim: 5 (0)
Live Task: Stick a plaster to the correct body part. The slowest person to stick a plaster to the correct body part is eliminated.
Thank you Alice.
Thank you Alex.
Body part.
Body part.
I don't see any dispute-worthy claims within this task. The original scoring stands.
Alice: 3
Asim: 2
Liza: 4
Russell: 5
Tim: 1
F I N A L:
Alice: 16
Asim: 11
Liza: 13
Russell: 17
Tim: 18
TIM WINS. NO TIEBREAKER NEEDED.
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This class president is the model of a successful Texas teen. After a ban on trans health care, she can’t wait to leave the state.
The Texas Tribune tells the story about Topher Malone, a Round Rock teen, who is now using her admission to Harvard to get away from this state of hate.
William Molhado and Leila Sadane writes:
By every standard, Malone is a model of a successful young woman: She’s a straight-A student and class president at Round Rock Independent School District’s Early College High School, she attends national youth leadership conferences and she’s raised money to support the school group she leads.
Malone is also trans. Malone says having access to gender-affirming treatments before she turned 18 in May allowed her to embrace her true self and channel her energy into her advocacy for LGBTQ youth.
“I think she’s put so much effort into finding her identity but also using that to reach out to the community to actually make a difference,” said Julian Jones, one of Malone’s teachers who has known her for almost four years.
But young trans people like Malone who have blossomed with support from teachers, family members and medical professionals will soon be a relic of a bygone era in Texas. Senate Bill 14, which bans transgender youth from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to address mental health issues associated with gender dysphoria, will go into effect in September unless Gov. Greg Abbott reverses his commitment to sign the legislation.
For those of us who live outside of the United States it is absolutely absurd that a country can end up being divided into hate states like Florida and Texas (where trans people are erased) and openminded and compassionate states that help and protect LGBTQA people. Shouldn’t human rights be the same all over?
Moreover, a lot of the people living in these states do not support these transphobic measures. Do not they have rights too? Mind you, a lot of people cannot easily move from a hate state to a sane state. They have jobs, families and friends who anchor them where they are.
“I’m absolutely ecstatic to leave and go to a state where everyone actually cares about me and cares about my identity as a trans person,” Malone says. “A lot of the queer people I know, they want to escape as quickly as possible.”
Read the whole story here.
Photos by Leila Saidane/The Texas Tribune
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Where every player played during the 2012-13 NHL lockout: Colorado
DEL: Paul Stastny (Eishockeyklubb Red Bull München)
ECHL: Ryan O'Byrne (Florida Everblades)
HockeyAllsvenskan: Gabriel Landeskog (Djurgårdens I.F. Ishockeyförening)
NL: Matt Duchene (C.D.H. Ambrì-Piotta)
SEL: Matt Duchene (Frölunda Hockeyklubb)
KHL: Ryan O'Reilly (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) & Semyon Varlamov (K.K. Lokomotiv)
AHL: Tyson Barrie (Lake Erie Monsters), Patrick Bordeleau (Lake Erie Monsters), Stefan Elliott (Lake Erie Monsters), Brad Malone (Lake Erie Monsters), Mark Olver (Lake Erie Monsters), Michael Sgarbossa (Lake Erie Monsters) & David Van Der Gulik (Lake Erie Monsters)
Didn't Play: Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Jan Hejda, Milan Hejduk, Matt Hunwick, Erik Johnson, David Jones, Nicolas Kobasew, Jamie McGinn IV, Wesley McLeod, John Mitchell, Shane O'Brien, Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Ryan Wilson & Greg Zanon
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