Their routines left viewers and judges alike gasping as Paddy was thrown through the air.
Perhaps the relative civility left viewers restless and inclined to look elsewhere.
The broadcast was bland and, worse, left viewers craving more – more replays, analysis and information.
It left viewers feeling they were eavesdropping on a very private moment.
She didn't label them but left viewers to try to guess the sex of the sitters.
Richards had already appeared on David Letterman's program, presumably to apologize, but his muddled performance left viewers unconvinced.
Even then, Scioscia left viewers wondering why he didn't summon his flame-throwing reliever one batter sooner.
The last show of such work in 1994 left viewers a bit lightheaded it was so good.
That left viewers so confused they were unwilling to believe any supposed revelation of the true winner.
Over the last decade, his provocative, slyly sophisticated paintings have left viewers charmed, offended and sometimes bewildered.
As Parky embarrassingly muttered on about her "physical attributes", she left viewers in no doubt about how she felt at having to answer such "boring questions".
