Please consider mentioning that Hulu really f'd it up for millions (?) of viewers by ending their Live broadcast at 10:39, before the Leading Actress and Best Picture winners were announced.

Yeah, I read that today while reading up on all of these people. Apparently the director told her not to look at the camera and she kept doing it anyway.

I took my boyfriend to SDCC. He'd never been. In the airport he chats with an older couple. The man said he's got a booth. My bf said "Don't tell me your name, I'll find you." He did, it was Neal Adams 😂. For years after, every time he encountered Neal & Marilyn, they greeted him like an old friend!

I'm so glad you reposted this and the thread is lighting up with positive stories. We need this right now.

Got through it. Holy crap. So many layers of truly disgusting and horrifying behavior, compounded by the feeling of deep betrayal that comes from over 3 decades of falling for the propaganda that Neil Gaiman was a decent human being.

I'm only about ... probably a quarter of the way through and I keep having to pause because it's already making me feel so despondent and I know it's going to get much, much worse. I'm determined to see it through, though.

There were some technical difficulties with the audio, so they had to pause the show for a bit. This turned out well for us as the performer, Joshua William Gelb, passed the time by answering audience questions and giving us background info on the making of the show. Bonus Q&A!

When they said the judges would be judging blind, I thought that meant that they wouldn't be told who made which dish. But they actually have blindfolds on and can't see the food at all, so they have to judge it entirely on taste! (Plus someone has to feed them, which adds extra humor.)

After the Black Spoons get reduced to 20, they each go head-to-head with one of the White Spoons. Both chefs make a dish using the same primary ingredient. The judges taste these while blindfolded and choose a winner. If there's a tie, they debate until they agree. This continues to be amazing.

This is nonsense. Olives and Tomatoes are on twice as many slices as everything else.

But is the plural "person of interests" or "persons of interest"?

Which makes me think of this classic Ikea ad by Spike Jonze: youtu.be/3Rx9q_cirCA?...

That's a complicated question to answer. On one level, it's probably "bittersweet". But also, these characters are robots, so it kind of hinges on what you think about how robots "feel". And on another level, the robots are stand-ins for "what it means to be human". So 🤷‍♀️

The second show was "Once Upon a Mattress", which was a great showcase for Sutton Foster's many comedic talents. It seems highly influenced by English pantomime - farcical, broad humor.