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They pulled it off pretty well. The overhead mike in the kitchen came into view briefly, but that happens sometimes in shows that aren't live, too. Mark has apparently grown eight feet since the series began.

I may have jinxed Mr. Arenado. He left tonight's game with lower back tightness... though I'll bet he did it adorably. The team got its 11th straight. They scored 2 runs on one sacrifice fly.

is adorable.

Where's the line for returns? 😁😎😇🤣

Damn, you'll look for any excuse to pat yourself on the back, toot your own horn, or any other cliche about being impressed with yourself, huh?

You see it all ties together... Roxanne was the name of one of The Police's biggest hits, sung (of course) by Sting. Who is in Only Murders. (Far Out, man!)

I always call Jeff my long-lost identical twin, but I clarify that I'm an inch bigger than he is... He's 5'6, I'm 5'7 (or at least I was when I could stand up straight).

And I've had the opposite reaction. I've honestly not seen much of Martin Short's work, and never found him enjoyable. I like him in this. I also haven't seen all that much of Steve Martin; I loved him in All Of Me with Lily Tomlin, and liked him on talk shows, but didn't really watch much of his other stuff, either. (I only watched the first couple of years of SNL, but found his 'wild & crazy guys' routine with Dan Ackroyd to be asinine.) I like him in this. Random Steve Martin-related story: He starred in the dud DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID. At the time the movie was out, the Atlanta Braves had a relief pitcher named Jeff Dedmon. One day he was out on the field before the game and suddenly manager Joe Torre barked at him-- DEDMON! Thinking he'd done something wrong, he turned towards Torre, who said to him "Don't wear plaid!"

I don't need to see a pic to know that he's aged much better than I have.

same day

Alex Murdaugh was hit with yet another lawsuit this week — accused of “orchestrating a campaign” to blame an innocent teen for his drunken son’s deadly 2019 boat crash. The drug-addicted lawyer’s son Paul had been set to face trial for the crash when he was found shot dead alongside mom Maggie Murdaugh, 52, in June of this year. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Connor Cook, one of the individuals on the boat at the time of the crash, claimed Murdaugh tricked him to protect his son — even though he knew he’d been “drunk and traveling at excessive speeds” when the crash killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach. Murdaugh — currently in rehab while on bail for orchestrating his own shooting in a doomed life-insurance scam — immediately “sought out all or most of the boat passengers in an attempt to control the narrative of what occurred,” Cook’s lawsuit insisted. As Cook, 19, was being taken to be X-rayed for a fractured jaw, Murdaugh cornered him and told him to “keep his mouth shut” when asked who was driving the boat, the lawsuit claimed. Murdaugh then “encouraged and instructed” Cook to retain attorney Cory Fleming, who also ordered him “to decline to be interviewed by law enforcement,” the lawsuit said. But Murdaugh made no mention of how Fleming was his college roommate, best friend and drunken son’s godfather, the lawsuit said. Without mentioning the “conflict of interest,” all the advice given “was to the advantage of Paul and [Alex] Murdaugh and against the interests of Fleming’s new client,” Cook, the lawsuit alleged. It made him an “unwitting … agent of protection for Paul Murdaugh” — instead exposing Cook to “the potential of being charged” and held responsible for the crash, the lawsuit said. “Murdaugh and others were orchestrating a campaign to have Connor Cook held criminally and civilly responsible for the boat accident,” the court papers alleged. It included “a ‘whisper campaign” against him — as well as “law enforcement misdirection and possible obstruction of the investigation.” The lawsuit noted that Murdaugh’s son was not tested for his blood-alcohol levels despite “his obvious state of intoxication” and “the loud and angry statements by at least one of the passengers that Paul Murdaugh was driving the boat” that belonged to his dad. The lawsuit claimed Paul had the “express permission” of his father to drive his boat despite him knowing that he “would often drink to the point of intoxication” even while driving “family vehicles, including boats.” The lawsuit also names Buster Murdaugh — the lawyer’s surviving son, for whom he allegedly tried to get $10 million in his assisted suicide plot — for allowing his brother to use his ID to buy the booze. The store and the staffer who sold it to him are also named. Together, they are “liable for all damages” because of “their negligent, careless, grossly negligent and reckless acts and omissions,” the lawsuit claimed. A spokeswoman for Alex Murdaugh told the Post and Courier that his lawyers would not be able to comment until they could review the lawsuit with their client, who is in rehab for a reported opioid addiction. “Right now, they are focused on supporting Alex’s recovery,” spokeswoman Amanda Loveday said. Fleming could not immediately be reached for comment, the outlet said. The double slaying of Paul Murdaugh and his mom — whose bodies were found by Alex — have yet to be solved. No suspects have been named. The same force last week also announced that it was now investigating the suspicious death of Murdaugh’s longtime housekeeper at his home, as well as up to $4 million in insurance money that was collected but never forwarded to her family. Murdaugh is also the subject of a state investigation into allegations he stole money from his family law firm, which booted him and led to him being suspended from practicing law in the state.

Wendy Williams has it in her legs, Kathy Bates in her arms.

Sign me up right now! My mother had a stroke and was fine except that her short term memory was shot. She kept asking my sister and me how our aunt (her sister) was. We'd either tell her 'fine' or say 'the same'. She had been dead for several years at that point. We hired a home aide for her. When she was out of her apartment, her neighbors would think there was nothing wrong with her, not realizing she was talking to them about things that had happened in the past.

If I were in Manhattan, why the hell would I want a perfectly bleached little donkey from the Midwest?

To live in, or as a cruising location?

Typically thoughtless post by Merboy. With all the geriatrics on this site he offers something that will stain their dentures. Just wait until you get a little older, kid!

Haven't really missed it. Don't think I'll watch it much anymore. Jeannie's tits are huge.

With a bad hip, that might not be a good idea. 🤢😟👀

I didn't know this until a few days ago, but the actress who played her young assistant is Lorraine Newman's daughter.

Jean Smart scored the first standing ovation of the night at Sunday’s 2021 Emmy Awards. However, the veteran actress stopped the crowd in its standing tracks with her moving acceptance speech for Best Actress in a Comedy for “Hacks” on HBO Max. “I have to acknowledge my late husband, Richard Gilliland, who passed away six months yesterday,” said Smart, 70, who was clad in a sleek black gown with a classic updo. “I would not be here without him — without him putting his career on the back burner so I could take advantage of incredible opportunities.” The “Designing Women” alum had double the chances to take home a statue, having sparked a “Jeanaissance” and double Emmy nods for her role as an aging Las Vegas standup comedian in “Hacks” — and, on the opposite end of the spectrum, as an overwhelmed cop’s mom in HBO’s “Mare of Easttown” (she scored a a Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nod — but the trophy went to her co-star Julianne Nicholson). I love Julianne Nicholson! Smart also shouted out her sons — Connor, 30, and Forrest, 13 — “who are very courageous in their own right, putting up with mommy commuting to Philadelphia and back.” Her late husband, veteran character actor Gilliland, died at 71 after a brief illness in March. They were married for more than 30 years. Gilliland got his start at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago and became a regular presence on the small screen in shows such as “The Waltons,” “Thirtysomething” and “Party of Five” He also played Captain Stan Cotter on “24” and had a recurring role as a serial killer in “Matlock.” The couple met when Gilliland scored a guest spot on Smart’s hit sitcom “Designing Women.” In 1986, the Fort Worth, Texas, native landed a recurring role on the sitcom as baseball talent scout J. D. Shackelford, the boyfriend of Annie Potts’ Mary Jo Shively. “I met him when he was kissing someone else,” Smart said during a 2017 interview with Northwest Prime Time, explaining that she quietly asked fellow cast member Delta Burke to find out if Gilliland was on the market. “Naturally, Delta walked up to him and blurted, ‘Jean wants to know if you’re married.’” Smart said that she and Gilliland instantly hit it off after she “lured” him into her dressing room to help her out with a crossword puzzle. They were married in June 1987 in “Designing Women” cast member Dixie Carter’s rose garden.

The world’s largest tree is safe from a raging wildfire — for now. The General Sherman, a 275-foot-tall, 36-foot-wide giant sequoia that towers above the trails in California’s Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, remained out of danger from the KNP Complex fire Saturday, the Los Angeles Times reported. But the 18,000-acre conflagration, sparked by a Sept. 9 lightning storm, has burned through a western portion of the forest — and came alarmingly close to the Four Guardsmen, the famous group of giant sequoias that generations of tourists have known as the park’s entrance portal. The General Sherman, a 2,000-year-old behemoth thought to be the world’s largest tree by volume, grows in the northern end of the forest. Crews worked frantically Friday to shield the park’s most iconic trees, including the General Sherman, by wrapping their trunks with fireproof foil blankets and clearing flammable debris from their bases. Firefighters wrap the Sequoia National Forest Sign with fire-resistant material to protect it from the KNP Complex Fire. National Park Service via EPA The General Sherman tree is 2,000 years old. EPA/National Park Service HANDOUT Firefighters were diligent to wrap the General Sherman tree with fireproof foil blankets. EPA/National Park Service HANDOUT But authorities could not predict where the fire — which is still zero percent contained — would head next. “We don’t know exactly what will happen today,” Steven Bekkerus, a public information officer with the firefighting Southern Area Blue Team, said Saturday. “Today may be an active fire day.”

Not that the first season was a classic, but season 2 has been really dumb. Ironically, while I like the supporting characters, I find Nora to be annoying.

A few weeks ago I was in a store and wanted to get some soda, which (of course) was on the top shelf, and they didn't have much left, so it was towards the back of the shelf. I was looking around for an employee to help me when I noticed a woman a little ahead of me had a cane in her cart (I was using a handicapped cart, she had a regular one). The cane had a curved handle so you could hook it around the bottles, so I said 'Excuse me, ma'am, this might sound a little weird, but can I borrow your cane for a minute?' She looked at me and smiled and said 'You want to get something off the top shelf, right?' and she handed it to me. As I returned it I thanked her and said 'I'm so glad you knew why I was asking.' She said that's how she gets her cereal off high shelves. Ironically, I had my cane in my car, but because the basket of the handicapped cart is so much smaller than a regular cart, it sticks out and bangs into people and things, so I don't bring it into the store.

You forgot to mention her most famous and important roles... saying baby Maggie's first word on THE SIMPSONS and evil Helena Cassidine on GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Me, too! BTW, if anybody watches THIS IS US, Anthony Ramos is engaged to the daughter of the actor that played William. And if you want to see him nude, watch the end of 'Eladio Week 4' on HBO's IN TREATMENT. (or go here:) https://men.aznude.com/azncdn/anthonyramos/intreatment/intreatment-04x13-ramos-hd-01_hd.html