Watching Ellie
How the latest Hollywood Game Night gave this commentator new respect for the laser-focused party game player Ellie Kemper. (And more, but a lot of that.)
Most Abused Non-Celebrity
Part of me wanted to take up for Dipal because he's Canadian and because Jane Lynch refers to us as "our goofy, simple-minded neighbours to the north," which is racist. But Dipal really does not deserve my support. First, there's this whole "YouTube Expert" malarkey.
That's a LOT of words that, in the end, add up to "unemployed." Lynch later makes fun of his "professional YouTube expert" "job" some more, though not in a way that indicates that she actually wants to talk to him.
Finally, when Dipal (spoiler) loses, he cements his douche prince status.
Goodbye forever, tool.
Most Abused Non-Present Celebrity
No, Max Greenfield, you have not identified the name of one of Brad Pitt's children.
No, Angela Kinsey, in the game where two celebrities who have a proper name in common have their faces Photoshopped together, you have not correctly identified the other half that goes with Boy George.
Most Useless Celebrity
Basically.
Biggest Celebrity Letdown
I thought Max Greenfield's untucked shirt -- the dude equivalent of wearing flats for a woman (and very un-Schmidt-like) -- was an indicator that he meant business. But between that Brad Jr. business above and this shameful showing...
He lost a lot of credit with me for that one.
Most Valuable Player
Ellie Kemper is my kind of player. She kept showing that she had the eye of the tiger by GLARING at the other team.
In How Do You Doo, the last game before the final round, she takes the stage confidently and follows through on her confident promise.
After Ellie Kemper practically single-handedly takes Jill's team to victory, Jill picks Minnie Driver for Celebrity Name Game, probably because Driver is a movie star. But for Jill, this is a fatal error.
I bet Kemper wouldn't have wasted PRECIOUS TIME prefacing all her clues by postponing offering any identifying facts about the celebrities until after she'd elaborately complimented them. "The most amazing director" is not a good clue for CLINT EASTWOOD, MINNIE.