Friday, June 8, 2018

Plurutensils; Subway? Superway? Twisted TV titles


Blue Plate Special Of The Week:
Plurutensils

Divide a word for plural body parts in half. The second half is a word for plural utensil parts. The first half can be rearranged to spell a word for plural utensil parts. What are these body parts?


Appetizer Menu

Transportation Appetizer:

Subway? Superway?

Name a means of transportation in which vehicles travel largely above ground level (although its passengers usually maintain contact with the ground). 

Move the first letter to the end to name a means of transportation in which vehicles travel both above and below ground level.
What are these two means of transportation?


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Riffing Off Shortz Slice:

Twisted TV titles


Will Shortz’s June 3rd NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
Television today can be so derivative — and so is this two-week creative challenge. The object is to pitch an idea to one of the networks, either broadcast or cable, in which your show’s title is just one letter different from an existing show’s title, past or present. Name your TV show and summarize it in 15 words or less.
Examples:
N.Y.P.D. CLUE — Manhattan crime investigation in which each case hinges on a single, unexpected piece of evidence
HAVE GUT, WILL TRAVEL — Portly host tours the best all-you-can-eat restaurants in America 
Puzzleria!’s Riffing Off Shortz Slice reads:
Name the titles of the following potential TV shows, based on their summaries. To aid you, we are providing the genres and time frames of the actual TV shows from which each of their titles is taken, along with the number of words in the title: 
1. (Sitcom; 1980s-90s, 2 words)
Dr. Drew Pinsky encourages wimps to begin behaving more confidently and courageously.
2.  (Sitcom; 1990s-2000s, 3 words)
A serial documentary chronicling the cocaine epidemic in post-Watergate-era America.
3. (Sitcom; 2000s, 4 words)
A fantasy about Forbes, a billionaire whose extravagant lifestyle ends after he is shrunken and confined to the inside of his Stradivarius violin.  
4. (Sitcom; 1900s, 2 words, but written together as one)
A media executive convinces former House Speaker Gingrich, who plays himself, to compete with Limbaugh and Dr. Laura over the airwaves.
5. (Crime drama; 1980s, 2 words)
Mickey, Minnie and company pull up their Orlando stakes and move south to South Beach.
6. (Sitcom; 1970s-70s, 3 words)
All-American dad Steve Douglas admits he fathered Mike, Robbie and Chip all out-of-wedlock.

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15 comments:

  1. I have answers for all except the Appetizer and ROSS #1, with qualms about #2 and #6.

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    1. Paul,
      Qualms about your answers to ROSS #2 and #6, or qualms about my content in ROSS #2 and #6?

      LegoWhoHasQualmsBeforeTheStorm

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  2. Greetings from beautiful Ft. Walton Beach, FL! We leave for home tomorrow, but we've had a great time here celebrating Mia Kate's 11th birthday! She received a Barnes and Noble gift card, and immediately went out and bought a book about Alexander Hamilton(she's just crazy about the Hamilton soundtrack, so of course she'd get the book). It's been great down here. They've changed the cable system and the Wi-Fi, so I can actually listen to the radio on my Kindle here without it buffering constantly! I've also managed to solve everything except Riff-Off #1, so I'll need a good hint for that one, Lego. Also, I have to ask: Is the "Blue Plate" puzzle going to be there from now on, and if so, is it replacing the Dessert? Just wondering. See y'all back in AL!

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  3. Oddly, *I* got an answer for Riff #1, but I have to say that I do NOT like it.

    Otherwise, have only Riffs 5 and 6 [like Paul, not exactly sure on #6), and the BLue PLate.

    But I had also been wondering if the Dessert was permanently gone, replaced by yon Blue Plate Special? It's been ages since we had an Hors D'Oeuvre, too.

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    1. I apologize for Riff #1, VT. It is blue, offensive and sexist, but it is listed as a slang idiom in a handful of online dictionaries... although not in Merriam Webster, my biblio-bible.
      So, I will try to keep it cleaner in the future.
      As for the Desserts and Hors d'Oeuvres, I am trying to simplify and streamline the blog a bit. It has become too "busy" and an overload for the senses, I believe.
      My intended answer to Riff #6 is somewhat judgmental.
      In the Appetizer, one means of transportation is hyphenated, the other is an acronym.

      LegoApologetic

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  4. Oh, Riff #3 came to me a little bit ago...appropriately enough!

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  5. I now have Riff-Off #1, but I was way off on the Appetizer. I wonder what would be a good website to find hyphenated modes of transportation or transportational acronyms. Lego, I don't suppose you'd know?

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    1. Here is a site that may prove helpful, cranberry.

      Lego(LetsEverybodyGetOptimistic...LEGO)

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  6. Thanks, Lego! I'm done! See y'all Wednesday!

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  7. INTESTINES > TINES, TINES

    T-BAR > BART

    GROWING PAIRS
    THAT 70'S SNOW
    MALCOLM IN THE FIDDLE
    NEWTRADIO
    MIAMI MICE
    MY THREE SINS

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  8. Blue Plate
    INTESTINES, TINES(on a fork)
    Appetizer
    T-BAR, BART(Bay Area Rapid Transit)
    Riff-Offs
    1. GROWING PAIRS(Growing Pains)
    2. THAT 70'S SNOW(That 70's Show)
    3. MALCOLM IN THE FIDDLE(Malcolm in the Middle)
    4. NEWTRADIO(Newsradio)
    5. MIAMI MICE(Miami Vice)
    6. MY THREE SINS(OR SOBS)(My Three Sons)
    A certain classic rock favorite from Nazareth comes to mind(and it ain't "Love Hurts"!)-pjb

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    1. Wow, cranberry, "My Three SOBS" is even more Non-PC than my intended answer, "My Three Sins," but I still wish I would have thought of it.
      As I've noted before, especially when it comes to these 2-week NPR creative challenges, you have established a track record of thinking of pretty much everything.

      LegoHopesToHearcranberryPlayingOnAirWithWillShortzComeSunday

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  9. This weeks answers for the record:

    Blue Plate Special Of The Week:
    Plurutensils
    Divide a word for plural body parts in half. The second half is a word for plural utensil parts. The first half can be rearranged to spell a word for plural utensil parts. What are these body parts?
    Answer:
    Intestines; tines, tines

    Appetizer Menu
    Transportation Appetizer:
    Subway? Superway?
    Name a means of transportation in which vehicles travel largely above ground level. Move the first letter to the end to name a means of transportation in which vehicles travel both above and below ground level.
    Answer:
    T-bar; BART


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    Riffing Off Shortz Slice:
    Twisted TV titles
    Puzzleria!’s Riffing Off Shortz Slice reads:
    Name the titles of the following potential TV shows, based on their summaries. To aid you, we are providing the genres and time frames of the actual TV shows from which each of their titles is taken, along with the number of words in the title:
    1. (Sitcom; 1980s-90s, 2 words)
    Dr. Drew Pinsky encourages wimps to begin behaving more confidently and courageously.
    2. (Sitcom; 1990s-2000s, 3 words)
    A serial documentary chronicling the cocaine epidemic in post-Watergate-era America.
    3. (Sitcom; 2000s, 4 words)
    A fantasy about Forbes, a billionaire whose extravagant lifestyle ends after he is shrunken and confined to the inside of his Stradivarius violin.
    4. (Sitcom; 1900s, 2 words, but written together as one)
    A media executive convinces former House Speaker Gingrich, who plays himself, to compete with Limbaugh and Dr. Laura over the airwaves.
    5. (Crime drama; 1980s, 2 words)
    Mickey, Minnie and company pull up their Orlando stakes and move south to South Beach.
    6. (Sitcom; 1970s-70s, 3 words)
    All-American dad Steve Douglas admits he fathered Mike, Robbie and Chip all out-of-wedlock.
    Answers:
    1. "Growing Pairs" ("Growing Pains")
    2. "That '70s Snow" ("That '70s Show")
    3. "Malcolm in the Fiddle" ("Malcolm in the Middle")
    4. "Newt Radio" ("NewsRadio")
    5. "Miami Mice" ("Miami Vice")
    6. "My Three Sins" ("My Three Sons")

    Lego...

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