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Woot woot! I also missed the first installment of this (I think I was on sabbatical from the board when it started) so I'm looking forward to seeing how this pans out. I'm stoked you're starting with Chuckles... it was between that and the drunk Thanksgiving episode from Bob Newhart Show ("Over the River and Through the Woods") for my bonus "Classic Seventies Sitcom Episode" nomination.

Bonus: 9

Level 2: Saints

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Chuckles Bites the Dust"

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Babylon 5 - "The Coming of Shadows"
Carnivle - "Pick a Number"
Six Feet Under - "That's My Dog"
The Sopranos - "Employee of the Month"

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0-1 (would've gotten it wrong anyways)

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Update: I didn't mind 4-2 that much, although the Mr. Hat thing was bad and there were definitely a few sections that were a bit annoying to get through. I'm towards the end of 4-3 and it's... pretty significantly worse.

I'm about halfway through the fourth game playing the series for the first time. I have to admit, I think 3-3 is quite underrated; I actually had a really good time with that one. I honestly thought all of the cases in the third game were really good (with 3-2 probably being the weakest of the bunch in my mind, although I still genuinely liked it). I'll agree with the masses that 2-3 is pretty not-good, though.

I think my least favorite so far, though, has been 1-5, which I found super tedious, needlessly convoluted, and just overall obtuse, despite a decent storyline payoff.

I'm also going to take this opportunity to officially announce the next Gauntlet Project: Movie Musicals, Part 2: The Golden Age! Due (tentatively) on December 1, this list is comprised of both critically acclaimed films and high-profile flops, all noteworthy for one reason or another, with a particular focus on the "golden age" of the '50s and '60s, and the 21st century renewal of interest in the genre. Some (but not all) of these are fairly long, so I would recommend getting going on the list soon.

*Worth noting: It has been pointed out that 1959's Porgy and Bess is a quasi-"lost film" that is extremely difficult to find as it has never been released on any home video format. I am considering replacing it with something else, given its general inaccessibility, but the decision has not been made yet. To weigh in on said decision, please visit the Gauntlet channel on the B8 discord or send me a PM, and let me know what you think.

Here is the list of 35 films:

42nd Street (1933)
On the Town (1949)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
A Star is Born (1954)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
South Pacific (1958)
Porgy and Bess (1959)*
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Help! (1965)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Oliver! (1968)
1776 (1972)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
A Star is Born (1976)
The Wiz (1978)
All That Jazz (1979)
Hair (1979)
Fame (1980)
Yentl (1983)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Rent (2005)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
The Last Five Years (2014)
Into the Woods (2014)
La La Land (2016)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Mamma Mia! 2: Here We Go Again (2018)
A Star is Born (2018)

Yeah, I had quite a bit of fun with this project; thanks to JONA for both the unique idea and the great source material. I'm sorry I didn't comment more throughout the ranking process but I've been pretty busy with shows recently. (On which note I have been singing in the Distant Worlds concert this week in Seattle - singing backup for Susan Calloway in particular is absolutely thrilling.)

I've used Opera for several years now and love it.

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Aerith

Presumably so the next-lowest outlier will still have double his points

Holy shit, that's definitely not one I expected to see get a bottom ranking. Glad it made it to the top 10 though, regardless!

Aerith

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Well I'm doing way better in this than I expected to. Losing "Asteroid Blues" right before the top half stings a bit, but I certainly can't complain re: the overall list.

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5. Asteroid Blues
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14. My Funny Valentine
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16. Honky Tonk Women
17. Heavy Metal Queen
18. Ganymede Elegy
19. Stray Dog Strut
20. Bohemian Rhapsody
21. Cowboy Funk
22. Jamming with Edward
23. Wild Horses
24. Gateway Shuffle
25. Sympathy for the Devil
26. Boogie Woogie Feng Shui

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Zidane

Yeah that's a good start.

I'm genuinely surprised anybody put my #24 or #26 in their Top 10, though. #25... well, I'm guessing it'll get me a little more ire for how low I put it. It was definitely difficult to order my #23-26, though. The bottom four were all around the same level of "aggressively mediocre" for me.

(I will mention that my boyfriend actually seemed to quite enjoy "Wild Horses" which I found somewhat baffling.)

Taaaag

Aerith.

Aerith