Lee Lamberts

One of the few game shows I've found (along with TPIR and Jeopardy) where the contestants have to have a certain amount of knowledge about certain topics to succeed. I think Jay Pharoah is a great host, but I wish he would do a little more of his standup and voices to outshine boring contestants. And getting punished for a wrong answer? What better than a dunk in a pool??

Having worked in Holland (Michigan) for many years, several scenes in the movie made me cringe as so many stereotypes of the good Dutch people of West Michigan were in full display here for about 90 minutes. That I watched more closely to see where it was all going (not to mention some of the horrible geographical mistakes) my brain kept asking my eyes, "is that what you're really seeing?" I was expecting a clever reversal on the theme of the woman who suspects her husband of having an affair while she has one to work up the nerve to tail him, but that just kind of fell apart, especially when their undercover experiences were simply lame and the dialogue was just plain stupid. I have a friend who was an extra in the film -- he is one of the folks leaving the Windmill on Windmill Island -- so that was fun to see, but I was thankful I only had to sit through this mess only for an hour-and-a-half.

Having watched all three of my brothers off to Vietnam and being very, VERY good friends with an Air Force vet, I knew exactly what FUBAR meant. Upon seeing nothing more than the photo of Ah-nold with a five-day growth puffing gleefully on a fat stogie, I thought to myself, "this might be good." I thought right. Wife and I binged the first four episodes the first night -- Tuesday, 6 June, I believe -- and only shut it off because of the late hour and a pending 6:30 a.m. alarm. Not going to go into characters and how they're played -- except to say I fell in love with her in "Life In Pieces," but Fortune Femister is one of the funniest people around -- but I simply can't say enough about this series. Arnold is at his wise-cracking best as he tries to save the world AND his daughter from destruction, but there are moments of drama as well so you're riding an emotional roller-coaster from start to finish. There are so many things about this that it could almost be a True Lies follow-up, but not a sequel: Working man working undercover for the CIA; a clueless wife; a team of highly intelligent but snarky helpers who really do help. And, of course, the love stories, one between father and daughter but the other between two of the supporting cast, with "help" from Roo (Feimster). Can't wait to see the Final Four episodes and then --- PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE --- another season. Enjoy