Let's kick off this week's Touchbase with a hearty kudos and a job well done to Lisa Ann Walter (Abbott Elementary) for her big win as the final champion of Celebrity Jeopardy Season 2. The final with Walter, Mo Rocca and Katie Nolan was a well fought and entertaining match.
Even if ABC did spoil the ending.
There was a pop ad at the start of the episode promoting that night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live including guest Lisa Ann Walter.
Well, it could be nothing. Abbott Elementary is returning in a few weeks so Lisa could be there to promote that and it's all just a coinkydink.
Or...
It's NOT a coinkydink and she's there to talk up her Celebrity Jeopardy win.
Answer: it was not a coinkydink!
Anyway, the win was a surprise to Lisa Ann Walter who didn't realize until Ken Jennings pointed it out that Lisa (and only Lisa) got the final clue right.
It was an emotionally moving moment and made for compelling TV.
I know Celebrity Jeopardy catches a lot of flack for being an easy version of the regular show and the celebrities are clueless about how the show works.
And that can be true. (And I'm looking at you, Emily Hampshire!)
But there were celebrities who know their shit and took their stint at their podiums seriously.
And Ken Jennings as host did a commendable job of corralling these celebrities. Ken said in an interview he had to on occasion channel his inner grade school children's teacher to admonish the class to behave.
Celebrity Jeopardy varies in quality based on the celebrities but when they are truly knowledgeable about stuff and take the game seriously, it can be a lot of fun.
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A couple of weeks ago, Andrea and I brought our time with the series Julia to an end.
Reluctantly I might add.
It seems Max opted to forego production of a 3rd season.
Which is a damn shame because Andrea and I felt we weren't quite done with Julia Child and her extended family.
Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child portrayed a woman who did not have the body or the voice for television stardom but made her endearing and charismatic.
The story of this odd cookbook author who saved public television with her cooking show "The French Chef" was at turns funny and sad, heart breaking and thought provoking.
Beyond Julia herself, the show had an outstanding supporting cast and nowhere is that more apparent than with David Hyde Pierce as Paul Child, Julia's husband, an artist and retired diplomat. Pierce also appears as Charles, Paul's twin brother in a tour de force episode where the brash and pushy Charles clashes with the quiet diplomatic Paul.
Although Julia I think had more life in the series, the 2nd season does end on a positive note and if we do have to say farewell to our found family at WGBH, well, it's a good note to go out on.
And that is that for this week's Tuesday TV Touchbase.
Coming up on the Touchbase:
- Abbott Elementary
- Ghosts
- Young Sheldon
- Gravity Falls
- Quantum Leap
- The Orville
- Wheel Of Fortune
- Community
And more!
And look for a Doctor Who Is Classic post this week!
Until next time, remember to be good to one another and try to keep it down in there, would ya? I'm trying to watch TV over here.
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