| 1. | This popular cereal took the bold step of eliminating all the remotely healthy parts of its recipe, and offering a special edition of its brand consisting solely of the good stuff: | ||
| Froot Loops | |||
| Apple Jacks | |||
| Count Chocula | |||
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Lucky Charms | ||
| 2. | Saturday Night Live is so outdated and out of touch that we only mention it a few times each month. This former star of the show made his most welcomed return to the set on this weekend's broadcast: | ||
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Tracy Morgan | ||
| Dan Aykroyd | |||
| Norm MacDonald | |||
| Kevin Nealon | |||
| 3. | Speaking of SNL cast members, this one-time 'not ready for prime time player' has been tapped to host next year's Academy Awards. | ||
| Mike Myers | |||
| Bill Murray | |||
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Chris Rock | ||
| Robert Downey Jr. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
No, it's not RDJ but yes, we would like to remind you that he was a single season alum of SNL. |
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| 4. | Comedian, old-school: The funnyman told his first joke on stage in over *25 years* as he accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this week: | ||
| Jerry Seinfeld | |||
| Billy Crystal | |||
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Eddie Murphy | ||
| Carrot Top | |||
| 5. | Comedian, new-school: Meanwhile, this star's transcendent year continued with his/her own comedy concert being broadcast on HBO: | ||
| Louis CK | |||
| Jerrod Carmichael | |||
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Amy Schumer | ||
| Sarah Silverman | |||
| 6. | Big Movies Making Big News, Part 1: All your friends and neighbors freaked out over the debut of the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which debuted during which prime-time show? | ||
| The Big Bang Theory | |||
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Monday Night Football | ||
| Dancing with the Stars | |||
| The Blindspot | |||
| 7. | Big Movies Making Big News, Part 2: There's also a slight chance that you were aware of Back to the Future Day. Which day this week coincided with Marty McFly's arrival from 1985? | ||
| Monday (October 19, 2015) | |||
| Tuesday (October 20, 2105) | |||
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Wednesday (October 21, 2015) | ||
| Thursday (October 22, 2015) | |||
| 8. | TV show, coming back: Netflix - perhaps you have heard of it - is planning on bringing back this cult favorite for a limited revival: | ||
| Firefly | |||
| My So-Called Life | |||
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Gilmore Girls | ||
| Battlestar Galactica | |||
| 9. | TV show, going away: Meanwhile, this popular pseudo-scientific TV show is soon to be no more, following its cancellation this week: | ||
| Bill Nye, the Science Guy | |||
| Forensic Files | |||
| Brain Games | |||
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Mythbusters | ||
| 10. | North West, who? That must have been the rationale for actress Zooey Deschanel and husband going with this mammalian name for their baby girl -- Elsie _____. | ||
| Meerkat | |||
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Otter | ||
| Aardvark | |||
| Marmoset | |||
| 11. | Take one Voice judge. Add a long-standing feud with tabloids. Throw in one $1 million suit for damages. Which prime-time music competition judge is going after In Touch Weekly with a vengeance? | ||
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Blake Shelton | ||
| Christina Aguilera | |||
| Adam Levine | |||
| Gwen Stefani | |||
| 12. | Dear Donald Trump: Please cease-and-desist from using our bitchin' song ____________ during your presidential campaign. Love, Aerosmith. | ||
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Dream On | ||
| Janie's Got a Gun | |||
| Walk this Way | |||
| Dude Looks Like a Lady | |||