MISS BUXLEY WEEPS: I assume Mort Walker had been phoning in Beetle Bailey strips from the grave since the first Reagan Administration but learn that he had lived long enough to be dead only now. 

THE ONLY WAY IT WOULD BE MORE ON-BRAND FOR US IS IF IT INCLUDED THE EATING OF FERMENTED WHALE BLUBBER OR SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENING ON JEOPARDY!:  Josh Radnor + true story in the Phila suburbs + high school musicals (Spring Awakening!) = Rise, airing on NBC starting this March.

DAMN IT FEELS GOOD:  Today in controversial Jeopardy! scoring decisions--a contestant was told his response of "Gangster's Paradise" was incorrect because the song title is "Gangsta's Paradise."

MIKE DOONESBURY LED THE WAKE:  Yet another case of premorse.  John Anderson, dead at 95.

SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE: If ever I had a case of premorse, today's the day.

Jim Nabors, dead at age 87.

ZIP CODE, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA:  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!  And remember that while killing your guests is not necessarily a deal breaker, you should still call the Butterball Hotline to make sure you're cooking things right..

TREBEK'S PRISONER'S DILEMMA:  It's time for Final Jeopardy!.  Player A and B each have $12,300; Player C has $1000.  The Final Jeopardy! category is one not obviously within your intellectual bailiwick (Asian Geography). What do you wager  as A/B, or C?

How did it play out?  Roll tape!