March 1, 2009: Sunday Showdown!

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Clockwise from the bottom left:

• Awkward, pun-filled shopping with the Lockhorns; what better way to spend a pleasant Sunday afternoon. Oh Loretta, don't pretend that you didn't hear Leroy's comments about your inability to shut your mouth, we all heard it. First point goes to Leroy.
• It's a subtle insult. In fact, it seems almost too subtle. Without the context of Leroy's dire financial situation and Loretta's history of vengeful shopping sprees, I'm not sure an average person would have become aware of the joke. Despite that fact, Loretta's spiteful spending still earns her a point.
• Apparently, not only is Loretta a terrible cook, she has a tendency to maximize the lifespan of her awful cooking. If there's anything worse than amorphous greenish slop in a pot, it's stale amorphous greenish slop in a pot. Leroy plays the cooking card for the point and the lead.
• So the button somehow summons one third of a Village People cover band? Also, I'm starting to get a little worried about Leroy's disturbingly frequent trips to the hospital. We know he doesn't keep himself in the best of conditions, but it's like every other week he's in a bed. I'm going to have to give Loretta the point here for maintaining her cool and sardonically pointing out Leroy's bizarre mistake.
• It's your usual, Leroy's an idiot/the Lockhorns are going to the poorhouse situation. Loretta does a good job with the commentary. Leroy gets sad. However, the most fascinating thing about this scene for me was that, without a TV in the frame, it looked like Leroy was sitting and starring off into the corner while Loretta was mocking him. It injects a little extra sadness to the scene. So a late surge by Loretta gives her the point and the day: 3-2.
  

Official Count:

Leroy - 17
Loretta - 24
Push - 19