S05.E09: History’s Greatest Acting Robots
Here it is, the last regular elimination of the season! Brand new contenders Thom, Marina, and Joelle show their stuff in an all-out brawl of pop culture knowledge! In round one, our players prove their moral and spiritual virtue by identifying recent movies from their content warnings on an intensely Christian website. Next, they'll launch into the future for some assessments of history's greatest acting robots, all before wrapping it all up in the lightning round. Come back for our first even Holiday Special next week!
NOTES
⛪️ The Christ metaphor for Jesus in Justice League was definitely intentional on Snyder's part.
🎵 The "Mambo Number 5 Scorebreak." "Mambo Number Five:" my favorite song of all time. That's right: my name is Dan Cassino and I think the greatest musical achievement of the last seventy five years is Lou Bega's 1999 hit song "Mambo Number Five. No one told me to say this, least of all one of the Home Version riddle winners who won the chance to make me read whatever they wanted as part of a scorebreak. No, I am telling you all of my own volition, fueled by unreproachable passion, that "Mambo Number Five" brings joyful tears to my eyes every time I hear it. Shout out to Monica, Erica, Rita, Tina, Sandra, Mary and Jessica. I love a little bit of you all.
🤖 Bender is from Mexico. His full name is Bender Bending Rodriguez.
☕️ The Rick's Cafe scorebreak. Rick's Cafe: the one from the 1983 TV series with David Soul and Hector Elizondo. You know, the definitve iteration of Rick's Cafe!