By Mark La Monica
Back on the night of June 18, 2006, the judges came within a receding hairline of giving Drama the first-ever non-spoken Best Printable Line weekly honor for his dive into the pool.
Nearly two months later, we come close again. His right haymaker to one of Seth Green's boys was priceless, especially when watched in slow motion.
But since we didn't do it the first time, and that dive was better than the haymaker, we must look in another direction.
Seth Green came close right before the punch, and it would be printable. But I can't allow such disrespect of Emmanuelle Chriqui to be rewarded with anything but a vicious Drama haymaker.
So, this week, Best Printable Line goes to Turtle for his poolside chat with a bunch of strippers all trying to curry some favor in advance of the upcoming, um, "beauty contest."
"Fortunately for you ladies, I left my integrity in Los Angeles," Turtle says to the ladies by the pool at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. "My vote is 100 percent for sale."
Turtle solidified this week's top honor later in the show. Vince finds out about Turtle's maneuverings and suggests that his vote can't be bought just because a girl promised to sleep with Turtle. Turtle responds with, "I don't care who wins. I cut deals with all of them."
Outstanding. Vegas, baby.
Best Printable Line Standings*
Ari Gold 3.5
E 2
Turtle 1.5
Drama 1
Turtle's mom 1
* Ari Gold has a 1.5-game lead with three weeks left in the race for the second Big Knish Award.
Comments (6)
Great, great episode ! I loved Drama, coming out of left field with that haymaker to Seth Green's boy. I also liked Turtle throwing the guy over the railing. Brilliant- but would have liked to have seen Ari punch someone.
Turtle is such a loser, I wouldn't have minded seeing Seth Green paste him. Eric is a total punk anyway for believing Sloane - she said she never "dated" Seth - sex is not dating...I have a feeling this isn't over.
Don't dis Turtle, the funniest character on the show!!!!
Ari Gold is the funniest character on the show. With his outburst and very bad temper. Hopefully he wins an emmy.
Man, what a great episode...Solid all 'round, and for a change, an actual "up" ending. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FEW EPISODES ARE LEFT!!!!
Turtle the funniest character on the show? NOT! Ari has that title hands down. Turtle is just a waste of space, he has no purpose. Hopefully him making his own money is a preclude to him being written out.