http://disqus.com/by/LakeNeuron/enMon, 04 May 2026 16:25:01 -0000https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/gary-cohen-flexes-ivy-league-education.html#comment-6872121667<p>I live in Bedford County, Tennessee, which is the center of the Tennessee Walking Horse world, and I busted out laughing two years ago when Cohen was calling a game against the Diamondbacks, and at one point a batter named Walker was facing a pitcher named Walker, and Cohen came out with, "If they were from Tennessee, they would be Tennessee Walkers." There was a long pause, as no one else in the booth had any idea what he was talking about. "....as in, Tennessee Walking Horses." I may have been the only person watching the game that night who got the reference. I know the head of the walking horse breeders' and exhibitors' association, and I immediately tagged him when I posted about it on Facebook. ("The Simpsons" also had a TWH reference once, with Homer making an out-of-left-field mention.)</p>LakeNeuronMon, 04 May 2026 16:25:01 -0000https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/phase-10-review/#comment-6817752148<p>I've never played this in the physical, real-world form, only in a smartphone app -- a particularly infuriating smartphone app because it won't let you simply play the actual Phase 10 game, but keeps nagging you about playing a series of completely unrelated secondary games in hopes of winning in-game currency which you can use for mulligans, extra playing time, etc. The secondary game is switched out every month or six weeks or so, and sometimes is themed to intellectual property -- I remember once when it was Barbie-related, and I wondered what people would think if they saw a 61-year-old man playing a Barbie game on his phone!</p>LakeNeuronFri, 02 Jan 2026 16:24:54 -0000https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/greg-olsen-joe-burrow-signals-future.html#comment-6809890894<p>Meaning, the signals he is sending out are separate, discrete, from any other signals?</p><p>Or did you mean "discreet"?</p><p>Sorry. I guess I'm that guy.</p>LakeNeuronMon, 15 Dec 2025 12:48:50 -0000https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/bruce-pearl-michael-wilbon-surprised.html#comment-6785553189<p>I had no idea Wilbon was a magician....</p>LakeNeuronTue, 21 Oct 2025 11:08:24 -0000https://www.avclub.com/all-about-eve-female-acting-nominations-feminism#comment-6782415901<p>Sanders is the villain in one of my guilty pleasures -- a terrible, terrible movie that's still a fun time capsule. I'm talking about "Good Times," a Sonny &amp; Cher vehicle. Sonny &amp; Cher play fictionalized versions of themselves, and Sanders is "Mr. Mordicus," a somewhat-sinister movie mogul with whom Sonny (on behalf of the couple) has signed a contract. Much of the movie is Sonny &amp; Cher talking about what kind of movie they would like to make, leading to various fantasy sequences and musical numbers. It's almost like a dry run for their variety show. A terrible movie by any cinematic standards, but i will still watch it if it's on.</p>LakeNeuronTue, 14 Oct 2025 14:25:18 -0000https://awfulannouncing.com/viewing-picks/september-29-2025-watch-monday-night-footballs-two-gams.html#comment-6775452037<p>Glad you told us how to watch both gams. Whether it's Betty Grable or one of today's top supermodels, looking at only one gam is kind of boring.</p>LakeNeuronMon, 29 Sep 2025 10:02:20 -0000https://www.avclub.com/spinal-tap-2-comedy-sequel-nostalgic-respectibility#comment-6768945849<p>Back before IMDb, I used to regularly buy Leonard Maltin's annual Movie Guide, and I loved the way that, in the review of "Gremlins 2," he and his staff chided the movie for "gratuitous celebrity cameos." (This was actually a self-aware joke, because one of the "gratuitious celebrity cameos" was ... Leonard Maltin.)</p>LakeNeuronTue, 16 Sep 2025 14:09:31 -0000https://www.avclub.com/ron-howard-biopic-problem#comment-6758607257<p>Right. If I understand correctly, Garry Marshall pitched ABC on a series pre-American Graffiti and they turned him down, but then they went back and took a second look after the movie became a hit.</p>LakeNeuronWed, 27 Aug 2025 13:23:47 -0000https://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/debut-nba-doubleheader-martin-luther-king-jr-day-quadrupleheader.html#comment-6751368938<p>"But even with just a few key dates known, it seems clear that NBA will be well positioned as one of the league’s premier partners for at least the next 11 years."</p><p>Yes, definitely. The NBA will definitely be one of the NBA's premier partners for at least the next 11 years.</p>LakeNeuronTue, 12 Aug 2025 14:37:11 -0000https://www.avclub.com/the-player-robert-altman-industry-satire#comment-6710585757<p>"The Bad and the Beautiful" is a great one, that not enough people know about.</p>LakeNeuronFri, 23 May 2025 10:55:26 -0000https://awfulannouncing.com/amazon/amazon-prime-video-keeping-wild-card-game.html#comment-6646876855<p>I'm sorry, but there's just no way that the NFL can figure to broadcast games to your Victrola. Please stop asking them.</p>LakeNeuronFri, 07 Feb 2025 11:30:35 -0000https://cordcuttersnews.com/disney-launches-a-free-streaming-service-to-take-on-pluto-tv-tubi-here-is-everything-you-need-to-know/#comment-6355077416<p>Well, that's what they had the rights to, because it aired, in the past few years, on ABC, and ABC probably negotiated some sort of streaming rights back when the reboot was first launched. They probably don't have the rights to those other versions; there are several other free streaming channels that focus on older game shows. It's not a case of them deciding which is the best version, it's a case of them leveraging content that's already in their vault.</p>LakeNeuronFri, 29 Dec 2023 22:54:43 -0000https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/friday-night-sports-strategy-big-ten-smackdown.html#comment-6288153354<p>I have the perfect name: "Fox's Wide World of Sports." <i>(receives message in earpiece)</i> Oh, I'm sorry. I understand that's already taken ....</p>LakeNeuronThu, 28 Sep 2023 11:23:50 -0000https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/kevin-millar-red-sox-home-run-prediction.html#comment-6260634739<p>Well, according to the photo caption, he is an "annalist," so I guess that's his job .... ;)</p>LakeNeuronTue, 22 Aug 2023 09:06:25 -0000https://www.droid-life.com/?p=292174#comment-6109565808<p>I am on Mint Mobile, an MVNO on the T-Mobile network, and I didn't get the January update. Anyway, the February update now appears to be downloading!</p>LakeNeuronTue, 07 Feb 2023 11:20:23 -0000https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/567671-tn-school-board-member-says-that-hes-leaving-state-following#comment-5492440508<p>His name is Fiscus, not Ficus.</p>LakeNeuronThu, 12 Aug 2021 23:56:09 -0000https://thedirect.com/article/loki-tom-hiddleston-release-schedule-disney-plus#comment-5371720611<p>Or, to be a little more specific, "Woden's Day," but Woden was the English analogue to Odin.</p>LakeNeuronWed, 05 May 2021 14:19:04 -0000https://thedirect.com/article/loki-tom-hiddleston-release-schedule-disney-plus#comment-5371715535<p>Well, you're also missing what may have been an intentional Easter egg -- Wednesday gets its name from "Odin's Day."</p>LakeNeuronWed, 05 May 2021 14:15:02 -0000https://www.decades.com/articles/the-disappearance-and-reappearance-of-harry-bentley-from-the-jeffersons-cast#comment-5043464821<p>I also loved him as the film professor in "The Freshman."</p>LakeNeuronMon, 24 Aug 2020 14:50:55 -0000http://www.twincities.com/2017/12/02/a-prairie-home-companion-becomes-town-hall-chris-thile-says-live-on-show/#comment-3644081900<p>I'm not sure they were saying "Town Hall" was the name of the show, just that it was the name of the venue. Earlier in the evening, it was listed on the MPR website as "The Show with Chris Thile."</p>LakeNeuronSat, 02 Dec 2017 23:08:05 -0000http://www.avclub.com/article/entire-first-episode-spongebob-has-been-compressed-259792#comment-3482914242<p><strong>The AV Club</strong><br>Why is this news?</p>LakeNeuronWed, 23 Aug 2017 10:20:53 -0000http://www.avclub.com/article/get-know-dream-team-behind-immortal-majestic-duckt-259282#comment-3465055985<p>And Gizmoduck -- seriously -- is Lin-Manuel Miranda.</p>LakeNeuronSat, 12 Aug 2017 19:45:31 -0000http://www.avclub.com/article/v-club-hosted-john-teti-come-down-259300#comment-3461566679<p>Drew Carey turned into Bill Cullen so gradually I barely even noticed.</p>LakeNeuronThu, 10 Aug 2017 14:40:39 -0000http://www.avclub.com/live/v-clubs-exhaustive-guide-fast-food-sauces-258992#comment-3457732040<p>The funny thing was, when I first saw the headline, before I actually saw the contents and categories, the first thing that popped into my head was not a dipping sauce but the Wendy's hot chili seasoning, which I love and which I wish they sold by the bottle.</p>LakeNeuronTue, 08 Aug 2017 10:41:49 -0000http://www.avclub.com/live/v-clubs-exhaustive-guide-fast-food-sauces-258992#comment-3456139983<p>Agreed on the McDonald's hot mustard. The best thing about Chicken McNuggets.</p>LakeNeuronMon, 07 Aug 2017 12:13:04 -0000