PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 5πe2 SERVEDSchpuzzle of the Week:
Infinite leaps and boundlessness
Name four adjectives, all associated with the infinite and the boundless.
The alphanumeric sum of each adjective is equal to the sum of each of the other three.
What are these four words?
Hint: One of the four adjectives contains a hyphen.
Appetizer Menu
Fishy Oscar; Grooming & Gaming; (Some) Creatures Great & Small; Swiggin’ it, Wingin’ it; Well-known Wanter; Country becomes a Quaff
Fishy Oscar
1.🐟This deceased Oscar nominee’s last name includes the name of a fish, no rearranging needed.
Identify the person and both animals.
2.🎲Name a familiar personal grooming brand that bears its creator’s last name.
The brand’s products are frequently found in drug stores. The creator’s first name names a game piece. Who is it?
Creatures Great & Small
The middle four letters – rearranged – name a large animal. The other letters, in order, name very small animals.
Name the entertainer and the animals.
4.🍹Think of a well-known alcoholic beverage and delete the letters that name a kind of bird.
Rearrange the rest and you’ll discover a popular movie character who also flies. Who is it?
Well-known “Wanter”
beginning.
The new word is what this person wants concerning U.S. politics.
Who is it? What does he or she want?
6.🌎☕Name a country. Delete its first letter and add the abbreviation for the continent on which it’s located. Rearrange the result to discover a popular drink. What’s the brand?
MENU
Anagrammatical Hors d’Oeuvre:
A gent named James & his Gang
James _____ was a _____ who loved to make _____ and then _____ it with friends.
anagrams of one another, as are the words in the second and fourth blanks.
Name the four words.
Hint: Each of the four words contains five letters.
Marquis de Sadistic Slice:
My Fiendish Friend, Inflickta!
Spoonerize what remains to spell something and some things that may also inflict pain. What is this “wholly unholy trinity” of pain-inflictors?
Riffing Off Shortz And Bass Entrees:
Shortstop Stops Short?
Take two different articles of clothing and place them one after the other. The result will spell something seen at a baseball game. What is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Bass Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Many communities in New York State (including the towns of Yorktown, Carmel and others), citing environmental concerns, have indefinitely halted the development of new utility-scale battery storage facilities (known as
______y _____y _______ _y______ (7,6,7,7), or, more briefly, an anagram that is a first lady’s first name).
In short, these communities have opted to ___ ____! (3,4) Rearrange those seven letters to name a puzzle-maker.
Who is the puzzle-maker? What have some Empire State communities opted to do?
Answer:
Note: Entrees #2 though #8 are the handiwork of our friend Nodd. (Nodd and Lego collaborated on #8.)
ENTREE #2
What is the phrase, and what might you see?
Take a word for articles of clothing made to be especially comfortable.
Precede this word with a hyphenated word containing an ordinal number to get something that occurs at a baseball game. What is it?
ENTREE #4
last three letters.
Follow this with a word for a part of a certain article of clothing to get something you might see at a baseball game.
What is the fabric, and what might you see?
Take a word for a lightweight fabric often used to make decorations.
This word also describes something you may see a player doing at a baseball game.
What is it?
ENTREE #6
Replace the last letter with two consecutive letters of the alphabet to get things seen at a
baseball game.
What are the type of fabric and the things seen at a baseball game?
ENTREE #7
Take a word for something that sometimes occurs at a baseball game during an at-bat.
A word for an article of clothing that is often made from this kind of fabric also describes something that may occur in the ninth inning of a baseball game.
What are the thing occurring during an at-bat, the fabric, and the article of clothing?
Due to a global button-and-interlocking-metal-fastener shortage, denim jeans manufacturers
Levi Strauss and Lee have made the tough decision to _________ ____ (9 & 5 letters) on all their products.
Those two words are also things often seen at baseball games. What are these things?
Note: Entree #9 is the brainchild of our friend Plantsmith.
ENTREE #9
This compound word is also something on a baseball infield (that most people don’t even notice!) that helps manage moisture, improve playability, and create a consistent surface.
What are this garment and “infield dressing”?
ENTREE #10
Place a two-syllable word that appears on this bottle of aftershave lotion, followed by a one-syllable word on it.
The result sounds like people seen at a baseball game.
What are these two words and the people seen?
Write a caption for the top image – in two words of three and one syllables and of seven and five letters.
The same caption may be used for the lower image.
What is this caption?
ENTREE #12
Write a two-word, six-letter caption for this image.
What are these two captions?
ENTREE #13
The first word is a verb; the second a proper feline pet name.
The caption sounds like something a pitcher might “serve up to a batter on a silver platter, down the heart of the plate!”
What is the caption? What might a pitcher “serve up?”
Write a caption for the image pictured here, in four and three letters.
You would normally use a fork to devour the result. But in this instance, use a “spoon” instead. The result, in three and three letters, will be seen at a baseball game.
What are the caption and something seen at the game?
Hint: A caption in seven and three letters, and a “something seen at the game” in six and three letters is also acceptable.
Dessert Menu
Anatomical Dessert:
Divide a place on earth into three parts.
Anagram the letters in the first part to form a one-syllable body part.
Anagram the letters in the third part to name a second one-syllable body part.
Move the middle part, also one syllable, to the end.
The result is three body parts in order from lowest to highest.
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Lego...
QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteHaving nothing whatsoever to do with the new puzzles, but rather with stuff I just read on Blaine's (where I can no longer seem to sign in to be able to comment, due to some 'cookies' issue), I wondered if indeed, Lego, you will be at the Minneapolis convention (or whatever it is) this week, thus meeting Will Shortz and BLAINE...i.e. getting a picture taken of the three of you, as someone had commented. The 'joke' about your all being "one and the same person" is TOO FUNNY....altho I had wanted to react -- below YOUR [Lego's] comment there on Blaine's---re the two of them being 'wiser' (or something) than you are....to say "balderdash.' Or some such phrase.
DeleteGreat post, ViolinTeddy.
DeleteI imagine it would be interesting and fun to attend this puzzle convention in Minneapolis but I have some appointments at Mayo in Rochester that take precedence. I know I would likely enjoy being there though, and it is just an hour or so away from both my Gopher State and Badger State haunts.
I feel that I already know Blaine a bit from his "Year-end Holiday Video" productions and from the comments he occasionally posts on his excellent blog. As for Will, I think we have nurtured a "mutual working relationship" in which I am "getting much more than I am giving!"
LegoWisconnesota
Oh, I'm surely sorry to hear that you have Mayo appts that get in the way of being able to go to the puzzle convention. What a shame! [I do hope there is nothing seriously wrong; any info appreciate via email.]. IS Blaine actually going to be there? I.e. has HE ever met Will in person? Do you know what they actually DO at a puzzle convention? (Pass out crosswords? Hold riddle contests? What?)
DeleteMaybe do some Skyping with the fabulous duo.?
DeleteVT, those are good questions. I looked into the National Puzzlers' League when I first discovered these puzzles and didn't sign up because it costs $20 to $30. The website says: "Our annual convention, a weekend full of puzzles and games – meet other puzzlers like you in person! We meet in a different city every year to play games together in person and revel in the creativity of our fellow constructors."
DeleteI'm extremely introverted and like to do these puzzles by myself, so I don't know how fun all of that would be for me. 😹
Thanks, VT, Plantsmith and Tortie. I believe Tortitude has hit the nail on the head vis-a-vis what the National Puzzlers' League's conventions are like. I, like Tortitude (and likely some others who access and/or participate in our blog), tend to skew "introvertish."
DeleteLegoWhoSomehowSuspectsThatOurFriendPatrickDoesNotSkewIntrovertish(FeelFreeToCorrectMePatrickIfIHaveMisjudgedYou!)
Well, you guys, altho I don't consider myself to be introverted at all, from what Tortie described, I probably wouldn't like it either (never mind the COST), but because I can't stand it when people try to 'show off' how smart they are, and I would assume there might well be LOTS of that going on at one of these puzzle conventions. I remember attending a trial MENSA meeting once, and it was utterly revolting. Nothing but egos spewing all over the place!
DeleteQuestion to Lego: (At this point, there are SO MANY comments, sprinkled around in sections where they actually don't belong, that I'm having trouble finding things.). Re : Entree #1...your hint mentions 'first and LAST" names of the woman....but where in the actual Entree does a LAST name even come up for a female? Have I, as so often occurs, missed something?
DeleteYou are correct, VT. Our "Comment Volume" seems to have skyrocketed this week. The more Comments, it seems, the more convoluted our four categories become... at least this week anyway.
DeleteLegoWhoDoesEnjoysLotsaCommentsHowever
HINTS!
ReplyDeleteIf I have the right answer, one of the body parts in the Dessert is only there in some people.
DeleteYou likely have an acceptable alternative answer, Nodd, but likely not my intended answer.
DeleteMy three body parts are each one syllable long and gender-neutral, for example.
LegoIntendedSchmintended!
Thanks, Lego, I'll have to tweak my answer some more.
DeleteOoops! If I'd bothered to read the puzzle carefully I'd have known my answer wasn't right since it's two syllables. I totally overlooked the anagram.
DeleteSUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 2-8:
Delete2. Rhymes with the last name of one (incorrectly) credited with inventing baseball.
3. Comes between a late-game top and bottom.
4. If your dad wrote “Hamilton” you’d have the fabric name.
5. Daddy's gone a-hunting.
6. 1977 play by The Organic Theatre Company.
7. 1978 Hawn-Chase movie.
8. Not an issue for ladies.
LATE SUNDAY-EARLY MONDAY HINTS
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
UNN_ _ _ _ _ ED
NEV_ _-_ _ _ _ NG,
UNC_ _ _ _ ED,
IMP_ _ _ _ _ _ _ LE
Appetizer Menu
Conundrumbstricken Appetizer:
I will defer to Chuck regarding hints, but will provide some myself if he wants me to do so.
Anagrammatical Hors d’Oeuvre
A gent named James & his Gang
The four missing words begin with a "b".
Marquis de Sadistic Slice:
My Fiendish Friend, Inflickta!
The "something" that my inflict pain is part of a utensil. The "things" that may inflict pain may be polished.
Riffing Off Shortz And Bass Entrees:
Shortstop Stops Short?
ENTREE #1
The first lady’s first and last names are an anagram of what an inexperienced barbecue griller does, especially if he is not attentive to the flame!
See Nodd's hints for his Entrees #2 though #8 just above, in his July 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM post.
ENTREE #8
"Take a swatter to 'em?" (Lego's hint for Entree #8)
ENTREE #9
I will allow Plantsmith first crack at providing a hint for his riff.
ENTREE #10
"Who was that masked man... and his fellow 'blind mice?'"
ENTREE #11
The top image is a girl's best friend, and the guys who might introduce her to that friend."
ENTREE #12
The something seen at a baseball game might be a bloop, "Texas-Leauger" or "Seeing-Eye Single."
ENTREE #13
University of Minnesota pitchers “serve these up” all the time.
ENTREE #14
The inverted image is not the result of a "Flip" but rather the result of the first syllable of a "cheap rooming house or hotel."
Anatomical Dessert:
Somatic Syllabus Fare
The place on earth is an Asian island nation.
The lowest and highest body parts rhyme. The other body part is what, in 5 letters, the beautifully plummaged Norwegian
Blue Parrot does for the fjords.
LegoPluckin'TheBeautifullyPlummagedPollyParrot!
Lego and Nodd, thanks for the hints. Whew! Think I now have everything but the Apps. It turns out I had an Alt for Entree 6.
DeleteHoping that Chuck gives some hints or at least permission for App hints. Has anyone solved anything other than #2 and #3?
Not me, Tortie. Only Apps 2 and 3. I haven't read Lego's hints yet (was working on Nodd's hints down below in the My Progress section), but am disappointed that there are none for the Appetizers yet. I hope to figure out the Slice now.
DeleteAh, Slice success. The four-syllable 'thing' suddenly came to me, and the hint helped me see that it was correct.
DeleteGot the Hors d'Oeuvre and the Slice, got the five-letter part of Entree #8 but not the nine-letter part, and I figured out the Dessert's "other body part" will require some rearranging of its letters to get TWO different body parts(one that is, in fact, NSFW on this website!).
DeletepjbAlsoKnowsOneOfTheBodyPartsWasFoundWhenDickCavettManagedToComeUpWithAFunnyAnagramOfAFormerVicePresident'sName,FirstAndLast(The[NSFW]Part,NotTheOtherPart...AndY'AllHaveToFigureOutWhichVicePresidentItWas,Too,BecauseToRevealItNowMightBeConsidered[TMI]AtThisPoint!)
BTW I just looked up the reference from Nodd's #6, and I already knew the one from his #7. However, what both references have to do with each puzzle in particular is still a mystery. Granted, I totally see the baseball references(a person suggested in #10 would clearly see them!), but they don't exactly go with the necessary wordplay operations.
DeletepjbIsAlways"ReadyToTakeAChanceAgain"WithThesePuzzles,MuchLikeMr.ManilowSangOnTheSoundtrackToTheFilmSuggestedBy#7!
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DeleteE9. I believe the term could also be bantered about at a nail salon.
DeleteLooks like we're not getting App hints. I gave App #1 one last try, and found a massive list of dead people (sheesh) on IMDB and found this person on the last page (i.e., recently deceased). The fish is obscure, at least to me, and had to look up "what is a ???" to make sure it was a fish. The Oscar-nominee, however, is not obscure.
DeleteNice work, Tortie. I had the fish right and had considered the Oscar nominee, but I didn't think of the name as a nickname. I suppose in a way it is, though.
DeleteNodd, have you solved Apps #4-6? If I have the energy and time, I may still try to solve them.
DeleteI think I just figured out 5. The well-known person's initials are an abbreviation for an elected office in the U.S., but the person does not live in the U.S. Furthermore, many people would say this person already has what they want concerning U.S.politics.
Delete11th Hour Appetizer hints:
Delete1. Spell the Oscar nominee’s last name in reverse and it sounds like a Dixieland word that follows "Tiger."
2. The grooming brand that bears its creator’s last name is a homophone of Teller's partner's surname. The game piece is protected by pawns.
3. "Ah One an ah Two..."
4. The well-known alcoholic beverage is also associated (loosely) with a mockingbird, thank to Truman's literary pal.
5. The first name of this person with the well-known last name is the same as the first name of a novelist/lepidopterist.
6. The country is the first 71.4% of a United State. The popular drink might lift your spirits if you are in a sad mood.
LegoLateHinting!
The drink in 6 also anagrams to a peak in NM.
DeleteThanks for the hint on 4, Lego. That character didn't come up when I searched for popular flying movie characters. My hint: Take a word for an abstract unit of the phonetic system of a language. Insert a space, followed by a model train scale. You will have a famous phrase attributed to the character, but which the character didn't actually say.
DeleteThanks for the hints. Think I have them all now.
DeleteI'm a bit confused by the hint for App #3. Isn't that phrase from a different musician? The musician in my answer had a brother named George. Maybe both musicians used that phrase.
I think you are right, Tortie.
DeleteThanks, Tortitude and "Nodditude."
DeleteYes, I confused the two "L-names": Lawence (Welk, who said "Ah One, an a Two") and Liberace (he of the perpetual smile)!
I don't feel so bad about my confusion... I some strange way, these music men seemed to be kindred spirits.
LegoLawrence&LiberaceIncorporated!
Liberace appeared on Lawrence Welk's show, so you are okay, Lego.
DeletePUZZLE RIFFS!
ReplyDeleteMY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteIf can find 3 more adjectives that add up to 160, I may have something.
DeleteBTW, here's a handy gadget:
https://onlinetexttools.com/calculate-letter-sum
And, I suppose, if I could find 3 more adjectives adding up to 117, I might be somewhere.
DeleteThis is starting to remind me of that joke about the prison where they've all heard all the jokes so many times that they gave them numbers...
Delete"You didn't tell it right," right?
Deletepjb'sProbablyHeard'EmAllBefore(NeverKnewHe"SkewedIntrovertish",Though!)
Paul, I appreciate the link you provided above, because adding all the letters up of slews of adjectives is driving me nuts. I finally did find two that add to 118, but like you with your 117 or 160, I haven't found any more. Sigh....
DeleteSo little progress this week. I haven't even tried the Schpuzzle, which I would have tried if I could make decent progress otherwise. I just have two of the Apps and some of the Entrees for now. I must say that I enjoyed the two cuties in Entree 13's photo.
DeleteSeems like an early hint for the Schpuzzle may be warranted:
DeleteMy answer has words of 9, 10, 11 and 12 letters, beginning, respectively with a U, U, N & I. The 11-letter word is hyphenated.
The first two digits of the common sum and the last digit of the sum (as Paul and VT have correctly observed) rhyme with each other.
LegoToInfinityAnBeyond...Comprehension!
I found four words with the right lengths and starting letters that add to 117 each, but whether they're sufficiently "associated with the infinite and the boundless" might be arguable.
DeleteEarly Schpuzzle Hint:
DeleteConsider consecutive word-pairs in each of the following four statements:
* The food we ate at the Mexican restaurant was so hot that the menu burned!
* David Niven: Gender, Male; Profession, Actor; Nationality, British.
* "How would I describe my pet kitten? I dunno, 'cute' I guess."
* "Philip is recovering, albeit suffering, from a miserable hip replacement surgery!"
LegoIndefinitely!
A lot harder to do math without writing it down, but I finally got all four words! I knew I had the right word beginning with N!
DeletepjbHadDifficultyLookingForTheOtherThreeWordsWhileScanningListsForTheWordBeginningWithN(SoSureAboutThatOne!)
Thanks, Lego, the hints confirmed my answers.
DeleteYes, not all four words are what we might call "synonyms" of , say, "infinity." I probably shoulda used language like "the four missing words are somewhat synonymous with infinity" or something similar.
DeleteLegoWhoAplogizesForASomewhatAmorphousSchpuzzle
Lego, I am more confused that ever. Re your post about 9, 10, 11, 12 and U, U, N, I, when you say that the first two digits of the sum rhyme with the last digit, you said that Paul and I had so observed. WHERE did we indicate anything like that? (In other words, HUH?). I have gotten nowhere yet, and am already rather burned out on the effort.
DeleteAlright, having found two successful consecutive words in each of the sentences in "Early Schpuzzle Hints", I found four words with proper meanings, who have the proper length, and begin with the proper letters. The third one is even hyphenated! But the sum of the letters in each words has NO relation to the sum of letters in any of the other words. I thought they were all supposed to be THE SAME? This is more frustration than I can handle. What am I (once again) MISunderstanding here?
DeleteScratch what I just wrote above. Paul's link for doing quick sums on the letter values gives WRONG ANSWERS!! It doesn't count any letters that appear TWICE in the words! SO I am not manually adding letters up and for just one of the words, came up with the correct number (that Paul had gotten). I will assume that the other three words are going to add up to the same sum. So the only remaining mystery is why that site Paul told us about does it WRONG!
DeleteYippee, the four words indeed have the same sum. What a relief.
DeleteAs for any of the other puzzles, I could solve only Apps 2 and 3 (the same as Tortie, I think it was, said), the Hors D'O, and in a most unusual occurrence, almost ALL of Nodd's entrees (plus Entree 1, with the exception of #8 and half of Entree #7, This week it is all Lego's entrees, that I can't solve, with the exception of #10. (That is certainly backwards from usual.)
DeleteI got nowhere on Dessert either. I haven't fathomed from all the posts if others have solved it.
VT, I did solve the Dessert. The place on earth is three syllables. The first two spell a male name and the third spells coniferous trees.
DeleteLego Entrees:
11--singer Neil; hyper-masculine men or horses
12--parasitic flatworm, song that is a smash
13--rodent associated with Lego's state, sphere
14--see Entree 4
NoddWhoIs"Nodd"TryingToSpeakForLego,WhoPresumablyWillProvideHisOwnHintsLater
Sorry! I just assumed that calculator was doing the right thing.
DeleteNow I'm back at square zero.
OK, now I have what I'm pretty sure are lego's four words, and they check out with my online letter-sum calculator, so now I'm wondering why said calculator wasn't working for VT.
DeleteI'm confused!?!
Somehow I missed that link. I just went to the site, and I see that there's a checkmark for "Count Unique Letters." VT, is it possible you had that checked? In my case, I had ChatGPT write a program for me, and it actually worked. I just had to type the possible word choices in the list. I was able to solve three of the words last night, but Lego's hint got me to the fourth one.
DeleteYes, the Apps I solved were 2 & 3. The only Lego Entree I solved (other than Entree 1) was Entree 13. I see that Nodd has posted some hints, so hopefully, I'll get somewhere.
Nodd, if we have the same first word in #11, I don't think anyone pronounces it with three syllables. Solved it though, I think.
DeletepjbAlmostForgotAboutTheOneWordThatWouldActuallyWorkWithBothImagesInThePuzzle
pjb, I didn't say the first word in #11 was three syllables, I said the place name in the Dessert was three syllables.
Delete#11 clearly states, "Write a caption for the top image---in two words of three and one syllables and of seven and five letters."
DeleteTHREE and one. The first word I have is rarely considered a three-syllable word.
pjbWondersIfAnyoneElseHereIsAngryEveryTimeAutocorrectFeelsItMustChangeAnyWordsThatRequireAHyphenInTheirSpelling(OrAnyRealUseOfAHyphenAtAllWhenTexting)?
TOrtie, I don't know whether I had some box called "count unique letters" checked. I certainly never put a check in ANY box after I got the webpage up....so if it WERE checked, it arrived that way! But you may well be right, and that was why it was giving me all wrong numbers. IN any case, it seems we all have the Schpuzzle solved at this point, so I'd prefer to forget all about the debacles involved!
DeleteNodd, thank you for the Dessert hints. I haven't tackled them yet.
PJB, Lego was the one who wrote that Entree #11's first word was three syllables, not Nodd. But I agree, we all tend to NOT pronounce that word with 3 syllables, but with only 2.
DeleteNodd, thanks to your hints, I now have Entrees. 11, 12, 13, and 14. Turns out I had had partially correct answers already....the second words for 11 and 14, and the first words for 12 and 13. I just hadn't put them with their correct 'other halves.'
DeleteI still have no answers for Entrees 8 and 9, or the first part of #7.
On to your Dessert hint....
Finally figured out the Dessert. My question is HOW did you do it without your own hint?
DeleteVT, the first part of 7 is a four-letter homophone of a four-letter collective term for birds. The first word in 8 is something typically made to a deity the maker is trying to placate; the second word is what Superman does. The compound word in 9 is the last thing you would apply if you were painting something in several layers.
DeleteVT, to answer your question, in solving the Dessert I just made a lucky guess as to the place name. I figured it could easily be divided into three words.
DeleteIt's funny that I guessed at a possible answer for the Dessert that started with the same four letters as the answer, and then couldn't make the leap to the answer. Felt like just about all of the puzzles were a struggle this week.
DeleteThanks to all your hints, Nodd, I THINK that I have all the Entrees now. I had certainly NEVER heard of the fabric in #7 [the only word I'd had was the clothing article], and I had never heard of the baseball term in #8 either. [I even had the WRONG second word, as it was the same second word as in Entree #11.]
DeleteNow I will just have to go read Lego's hints up in the Hints section, to see about the Slice and remaining Appetizers. Thanks for all your help. I still think it's amazing that you managed to hit upon the right place for the Dessert with your lucky guess.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS THAT DO NOT PERTAIN TO ANY OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES ABOVE, YOU MAY WRITE THEM BELOW THIS POST. THANK YOU.
ReplyDeleteWhat about that Mariner's pitcher Cal Raleigh? Home run batting king. Though I know little if anything about baseball. Apparently also an all around nice person
DeleteAnd now, a possible disclaimer for the upcoming season premiere of the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" reboot, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, this coming Wednesday on ABC:
ReplyDeleteWarning. The following broadcast includes a continuation of a decidedly pointless and increasingly unfunny running gag which began long ago on a third(possibly even fourth or fifth)-rate late night talk show, normally hosted by this evening's host, who has taken the Summer off from the talk show, and is currently being temporarily replaced by a revolving door of guest hosts. The running gag stemmed from an attempt long ago by the host to make his crew laugh. He merely pretended that he was apologizing for bumping a certain A-list actor. While this could have been a simple throwaway line that viewers would have instantly regarded as funny or not on that one broadcast, and that would have been that, he nevertheless kept using this same not-getting-any-funnier-but-getting-lamer-by-the-minute "joke" at the end of every single episode. Even during the pandemic, when anyone in their right mind would have to believe the actor in question would have to be smart enough not to keep showing up in the green room night after night, thinking he'll actually finally get on, and violate quarantine. The actor in question does have a career, after all. It does not hinge on any appearance whatsoever of this actor on the host's talk show. Add to this any actual appearances made by the actor on the show(in which the host is clearly the one pushing the whole feud idea, and not the actor), and this running gag has obviously run out of steam much earlier in the gag's pointless beginnings on the show. But if you've seen the commercials promoting the return of this game show already, then you know the actor will appear before the host(as a guest of a celebrity contestant who's already well-known for his appearances on another game show, which he now currently hosts), and the host will say insulting things to and about the actor. A recent promo for the premiere show has even featured the host desperately urging the viewers not to watch, followed by a voice-over announcer immediately declaring the actor will appear on the show(surprise!). This is where you, the viewer, must now make an important decision: whether to watch this cringeworthy trainwreck of an unfunny continuation of a pointless running gag, or to change the channel altogether. If possible, this program may be on opposite an all new episode of "Trivial Pursuit" starring LeVar Burton, on the CW. If you choose to watch the latter instead, you will not be missing anything on the former. The choice is now yours. Just know the "Millionaire" host has also created an equally unfunny Halloween prank on his talk show, in which parents are supposed to tell their kids long after trick-or-treating that they ate all their candy, and at the same time, videotape the kids' reaction. Hilarious, right? We didn't think so. Anyway, here's the trainwreck in its entirety. We know you'll do the honorable thing. Have a good evening.
pjbJustHappenedToCatchThe"RecentPromo"AndDecidedHeJustHadToSaySomething(ItWon'tAffectHisPerformanceTryingToSolveThisWeek'sPuzzles,WePromise!)
Thanks for explaining all of that. I saw the promos and was confused as I don't watch late night talk shows. I agree with you that the whole thing just doesn't seem funny. But I'll be watching watching anyway because I'm a Ken Jennings fan, and I'm curious if he'll do well. The last few times I saw him on The Chase he definitely didn't seem to be at the top of his game.
DeleteGood Friday evening to you all from us all!
ReplyDeleteExcuse my previous post regarding my taste in late night humor. I just felt it needed to be said, and Mom and I are probably going to be watching "Millionaire" anyway, regardless of Mr. Kimmel's attempt at levity by creating a "feud" out of nothing. But just about every talk show host who injects humor into his(usually his)program, be it simply the opening monologue, or desk bits, or sketches, or a combination of them all, is going to run something into the ground if it gets any response whatsoever from the studio audience, whether the home viewer is right there with them from the very beginning, or simply hated it from the very beginning. I myself think the late great Johnny Carson, who certainly did it the longest, should have held off on doing too many jokes about then-VP Dan Quayle. The way I saw that was, the man
misspeaks here, he misspells there, so what? It almost became like he was the ONLY person alive who's ever done this. It got excruciating to watch within the short span of four years(the entire length of the Bush/Quayle administration, of course). It is simply because of this that I don't miss Mr. Carson as much as I'm sure most people who grew up watching him for years do. I mean, I started enjoying it more when any joke he did(aside from the Quayle jokes, which always got a laugh, sadly)would totally bomb. Just fall flat, just lay there. Dead silence. And IMHO, no subsequent talk show host, not one, has ever bombed in the same way as Johnny used to. Sure, he could maybe adlib something much funnier than the prepared material, he could start to do a little soft shoe dance, maybe even grab the boom mike and pretend to be the guy at Kmart announcing the "blue light special", I've seen him do them all. And Antenna TV still airs "Tonight Show" reruns even today. But the joke that got nothing has still been told. You can't just pretend that didn't happen. It's captured for all posterity. So I just started thinking if the former VP were actually watching, then this is where he would laugh the loudest of all. Just knowing whoever's usually taking cheap shots at him has just bombed with another joke, that should've pleased the Veep very much. Call it payback, call it karma, whatever, it just seemed fitting. Verified the order of things in the universe. And God help us if Mr. Carson hadn't retired shortly before Bush/Quayle was over. Can you picture Johnny actually leaning into the whole Barney backlash that would soon follow? Bad enough Leno and Arsenio, and even Jon Stewart early on, took advantage of that whenever possible. To the best of my recollection, Letterman never even touched it. Quayle yes(Dave actually even went to school with Marilyn Quayle, I've heard), but not Barney. I don't even want to go into that one. Just know more than a few parents out there hated Barney, obviously jealous of his ability to hold their kids' interest over their own, with a few actually planning to kill the fictional children's show character. Literally. Commit. Murder. Dan Quayle never wished that upon Murphy Brown when he condemned this fictional character's having a baby out of wedlock, and that backlash ensued. And yet here these idiots are wanting to do this to a fictional character who isn't even human(though IMHO, he seemed much more human than Murphy Brown, but that's just me). Now here we are, 30+ years later, and our current President, who never even started as a Vice President for us to start dreading it happening ahead of time like with Quayle(another thing I don't like about the man), has proven himself time and time again to be much more ignorant than anyone thought Quayle was. If anyone back in the Bush/Quayle days was wishing for it to get much better than that, all I have to say is, careful what you wish for.
The usual info will be in Part 2. Sorry for going off on a tangent here twice already. I just sort of got on a roll.
pjbIsToBeContinued
Part 2
ReplyDeleteMom and I are fine. Maddy wanted to eat at Sakura this evening, so we went and joined her, Mia Kate, and Bryan. Maddy had sushi and some kind of smoothie they serve there; Mia Kate had Crab Rangoon, fried rice, and a different smoothie; Bryan had steak(I think)with soba(thin)noodles and water; Mom had steak, fried rice, a house salad, and a Starry; and I had the House Trio(steak, chicken, and shrimp)with udon(thick)noodles, a house salad, and a Diet Dr. Pepper. A little conversation but not much, as Bryan, Mia Kate, and Maddy all looked at their phones half the time. Mia Kate said Austin was actually texting with her right then, and said he was familiar with the Johnny Cash song "Ring of Fire"...especially when he was younger, when she says he was actually an "arsonist", starting fires everywhere, particularly once when he was actually in a forest(she may have even said he was all by himself, too!), and very easily could have started a forest fire! BTW Mia Kate now has a big tattoo of a snake on her right arm. She recently got it in memory of a friend who had passed away a short time ago, and who had owned a pet snake. The tattoo was of that pet snake. Not what I would've chosen if I had ever even begun to consider getting any sort of tattoo(and that will never happen, BTW, because tattoos just aren't my thing). Came home with Mom's leftovers, and they will be either my lunch or supper tomorrow. Solved the latest Prize Crossword on the Guardian website(set by Brick well this week). 6 Down was WARBLER, and various other clues mentioned "6d", going back and forth between "type of bird" and "human singer". Some of the answers were DIANAROSS, MEATLOAF(which was two words for the singer's name), CHIRPER, and CHOIRBOY. Then I checked in here, and threatened to get a "Comment is too long" notification before I knew it.
Sorry again for that. As for my progress so far with the puzzles, I managed to solve Appetizers #2 and #3, and Entrees #4, #5, #10, #13, and #14. Will need hints for all others(don't forget this time, Lego!).
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and may God have mercy on the souls of both Kimmel and Damon(but mostly Kimmel, since he's leaned more into the whole "feud" thing, with predictable results).
pjbHasNoMoreToSayHere(Y'allCanBreatheEasyNow!)
If you solved Blaine's offering this week -you already have half of my entry.
ReplyDeleteThey were talking about AI-groups this AM and the subject of the Monkees came out. Reading their Wickepedia page they did start out as a T.V. only band and had many hit songs in the early 60's with studio musicians and professional arrangers; however,they wanted more control and the last two albums they created on their own. But later info . says their still was a controversy about whether they actually played their instruments? Is this one of the great mysteries? Can anyone clear this up for me?
In order of length:
ReplyDeleteDUNNO, CUTE = UNCOUNTED
MENU BURNED = UNNUMBERED
NIVEN: GENDER = NEVER-ENDING
MISERABLE HIP = IMPERISHABLE
NEVER-ENDING was my second guess; my first was ALL-ENCOMPASSING (160)
Love the anagrams, Paul!
DeleteLegoDonnoCute!
SCHPUZZLE–UNCOUNTED, UNNUMBERED, NEVER-ENDING, IMPERISHABLE
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS
1. TERI GARR; GAR, TIGER
2. KING GILLETTE
3. LIBERACE, BEAR, LICE
4. TEQUILA, QUAIL, E.T.
5. VLADIMIR PUTIN; INPUT
6. DASANI (INDIA, AS)
HORS D’OEUVRE–BEARD, BAKER, BREAD, BREAK
SLICE–CAT O’ NINE TAILS, TINE, NAILS
ENTREES
1. BEN BASS; BAN B.E.S.S.
2. DOUBLE PLY; DOUBLE PLAY
3. SEVENTH-INNING STRETCH
4. POPLIN; POP FLY
5. BUNTING
6. BLEACHED; BLEACHERS
7. FOUL; FOULARD; TIE
8. SACRIFICE FLIES
9. TOPCOAT
10. MENNEN, BLUE; MEN IN BLUE
11. DIAMOND STUDS
12. FLU KIT; FLUKE HIT
13. GO, FURBALL; GOPHER BALL
14. FLOP PIE, POP FLY or FLOPPED PIE, POPPED FLY
DESSERT–PHILIPPINES; HIP, SPINE, LIP
Too many Post hints to separate them this week…
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: UNCOUNTED, UNNUMBERED, NEVER-ENDING, IMPERISHABLE
App:
1. TERI GARR, GAR, TIGER
2. KING CAMP GILLETTE
3. LIBERACE, BEAR, LICE
4. E.T. (TEQUILA, QUAIL)
5. PUTIN, INPUT
6. DASANI (INDIA)
Hors d’Oeuvre: BEARD, BAKER, BREAD, BREAK
Slice: CAT O’ NINE TAILS, TINE, NAILS
Entrees:
1. BEN BASS; BAN BESS (Battery Energy Storage System)
2. DOUBLE PLY, DOUBLE PLAY
3. SEVENTH-INNING STRETCH
4. POPLIN, POP FLY
5. BUNTING
6. BLEACHED, BLEACHERS (alt: LINEN, LINERS)
7. FOUL, FOULARD, TIE (alt: SCARF, from people wolfing down their remaining food before they have to leave the stadium)
8. SACRIFICE FLIES
9. TOPCOAT
10. MENNEN BLUE, MEN IN BLUE
11. DIAMOND STUDS
12. FLU KIT; FLUKE HIT
13. GO FURBALL; GOPHER BALL
14. FLOP PIE, POP FLY
Dessert: PHILIPPINES, HIP, SPINE, LIP
Tortie, how did you end up getting the other four Appetizers? Did Chuck come through with some hints this morning that I just haven't seen prior to just now getting downstairs and posting my own answers?
DeleteNuts, I DO see (after searching) that Lego posted Appetizer hints this morning. Never had a chance to try to solve them, on well.
DeleteYeah, the App hints were pretty much last minute. I did solve App #1, though, by looking at this very long list (Teri is on the last page): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls058794652
DeleteSadly, never any hints for the Appetizers were forthcoming....
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE: U, U, N, I: 9, 10, 11, 12; UNCOUNTED (117); UNNUMBERED (117); NEVER-ENDING (117); IMPERISHABLE (117)
APPETIZERS:
2. KING GILLETTE
3. LIBERACE => BEAR, LICE
HORS D’O: BEARD, BAKER, BREAD, BREAK
SLICE: CAT O' NINE TAILS => TINE, NAILS
ENTREES:
1. BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS = BESS; BAN BESS => BEN BASS
2. DOUBLE PLY => DOUBLE PLAY
3. SEVENTH-INNING STRETCH
4. POPLIN => POP FLY
5. BUNTING
6. LINEN => LINERS
7. FOUL => FOULARD; TIE
8. SACRIFICE FLIES [I’ve never heard of this term, of course]
9. TOPCOAT
10. MENNEN BLUE => MEN IN BLUE
11. DIAMOND STUDS [I already had the second word, prior to Nodd’s hint]
12. FLU KIT => FLUKE HIT
13. GO FIRBALL => GOPHER BALL [I’ve never heard this baseball term, of course]
14. FLOP PIE => POP FLY
DESSERT: PHI/LIP/PINES => HIP, SPINE, LIP
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteUNCOUNTED
UNNUMBERED
NEVER-ENDING
IMPERISHABLE
The letters in each word all add up to 117.
Appetizer Menu
1. TERI GARR, GAR, TIGER
2. GILLETTE, KING CAMP GILLETTE(The king is a piece in the game of chess.)
3. LIBERACE, BEAR, LICE
4. TEQUILA-QUAIL=E. T.
5. (Vladimir)PUTIN, INPUT
6. INDIA, AS.(Asia), DASANI(bottled water)
Anagrammatical Hors d'Oeuvre
BEARD, BAKER, BREAD, BREAK
Marquis de Sadistic Slice
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS, TINE, NAILS
Entrees
1. BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS(BESS, like Former First Lady Truman), BAN BESS
2. DOUBLE PLY, DOUBLE PLAY
3. STRETCH, SEVENTH-INNING STRETCH
4. POPLIN-LIN+FLY(pants zipper)= POP FLY
5. BUNTING
6. BLEACHED, BLEACHERS
7. FOUL, FOULARD, TIE
8. SACRIFICE FLIES
9. TOPCOAT
10. MENNEN BLUE=MEN IN BLUE(umpires)
11. DIAMOND RINGS
12. FLU KIT, FLUKE HIT
13. GO FURBALL!=GOPHER BALL
14. FLOP PIE, POP FLY(again)
Anatomical Dessert
PHILIPPINES, HIP, SPINE(the family-friendly body part), LIP
"Millionaire" Results:
Sadly, Messrs. Jennings and Damon will have to come back next week to once again meet with Mr. Kimmel, as the show had run out of time. The way things have been going, if Mr. Kimmel is the next talk show host to lose his show, tonight's broadcast will soon be known as "People's Exhibit A". Tonight's broadcast cast a pall over the evening which also ruined watching Mr. Short's debut as host of the "Match Game", at first. Although Mr. Damon would have to respond to, and did respond to, the whole "feud" nonsense(and yes, he has mentioned it before in other interviews, though not often enough, which means he's probably just been taking the high road all this time), it should be quite obvious to anyone who's been unfortunate enough to watch, that the whole thing is completely one-sided. If anything, Mr. Kimmel's mean and definitely stupid comments were clearly unprovoked, and have always been as such. While I personally bear no feelings toward Mr. Damon either way whatsoever, I do see the idea of creating a "feud" out of nothing as not in the least bit entertaining. If ABC, too, must soon make a "financial decision" to cancel Mr. Kimmel's program as well, just as CBS did with Mr. Colbert's program, then I do hope they take this "feud" into consideration as a definite reason to do so(as well as the Halloween prank I've mentioned earlier). BTW I personally think Pres. Trump is behind Colbert's and any other host's show's termination. He could well get rid of them all by the end of the year. Just sayin'.-pjb
That was painful. I enjoyed watching Ken and Matt, but you're right that Don Rickles Lite wasn't funny. Yes, it seems like Trump is behind Colbert's firing. Apparently Paramount has some sort of proposed merger going on and they feel that if they don't kowtow to Trump's whims, he won't let it go through. Don't think that Disney has anything like that going on.
DeleteThis week's official answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Infinite leaps and boundlessness
The alphanumeric sum of the word “infinite” is 86: 9+14+ 6+9+14+9+20+5.
Name four adjectives, all associated with the infinite and the boundless.
The alphanumerical sum of each adjective is the same as each of the other three.
What are these four words?
Hint: One of the four adjectives contains a hyphen.
Answer:
UNNUMBERED, NEVER-ENDING, UNCOUNTED, IMPERISHABLE (all four have an alphanumeric sum of 117)
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2:
ReplyDeleteAppetizer Menu
Conundrumbstricken Appetizer:
Fishy Oscar; Grooming & Gaming; (Some) Creatures Great & Small; Swiggin’ it, Wingin’ it; Well-known Wanter; Country becomes a Quaff
Fishy Oscar
1. This deceased Oscar nominee’s last name includes the name of a fish, no rearranging needed.
Add a letter from the fish’s name to the person’s nickname and rearrange to name a different animal, not a fish.
Identify the person and both animals.
Answer:
Teri Garr, gar, tiger
Grooming & Gaming
2. Name a familiar personal grooming brand that bears its creator’s last name.
The brand’s products are frequently found in drug stores.
The creator’s first name names a game piece. Who is it?
Answer:
King Gillette
Creatures Great & Small
3. This popular 20th-century musician and entertainer was generally known by his last name (8 letters) which contains two animal names.
The middle four letters – rearranged – name a large animal. The other letters, in order, name very small animals.
Name the entertainer and the animals.
Answer:
Liberace --> bear, lice
Swiggin’ it, Wingin’ it
4. Think of a well-known alcoholic beverage and delete the letters that name a kind of bird.
Rearrange the rest and you’ll discover a popular movie character who also flies. Who is it?
Answer:
TEQUILA – QUAIL = TE--> ET
Well-known Wanter
5. Take the last name of a well-known person and move the last two letters to the beginning.
The new word is what this person wants concerning U.S. politics.
Who is it? What does he or she want?
Answer:
PUTIN, INPUT
Country becomes a Quaff
6. Name a country. Delete its first letter and add the abbreviation for the continent on which it’s located.
Rearrange the result to discover a popular drink.
What’s the brand?
Answer:
INDIA – I + AS --> DASANI
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
ReplyDeleteMENU
Anagrammatical Hors d’Oeuvre
A gent named James & his Gang
James _____ was a _____ who loved to make _____ and then _____ it with friends.
The words in the first and third blanks are anagrams of one another, as are the words in the second and fourth blanks.
Name the four words.
Optional Hint: Each of the four words contains five letters.
Answer:
James BEARD was a BAKER who loved to make BREAD and then BREAK it with friends.
Marquis de Sadistic Slice:
My Fiendish Friend, Inflickta!
Delete the first two syllables of a four-syllable inflictor of pain.
Spoonerize what remains to spell something and some things that may also inflict pain.
What is this “wholly unholy trinity” of pain-inflictors?
Answer:
Cat-o'-nine-tails; Tine, Nails
Riffing Off Shortz And Bass Entrees:
Shortstop Stops Short?
Will Shortz’s July 13th Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Ben Bass of Chicago, reads:
Take two different articles of clothing and place them one after the other. The result will spell something seen at a baseball game. What is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Bass Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Many communities in New York State (including the towns of Yorktown, Carmel and others), citing environmental concerns, have indefinitely halted the development of new utility-scale battery storage facilities (known as ______y _____y _______ _y______ (7,6,7,7), or, more briefly, an anagram that is a first lady’s first name). In short, these communities have opted to ___ ____! (3,4)
Rearrange those seven letters to name a puzzle-maker.
Who is the puzzle-maker? What have some Empire State communities opted to do?
Answer:
Ben Bass; Ban BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems)
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/putnam/carmel/2025/03/14/carmel-ny-planned-battery-storage-facility-canceled-after-opposition-equinor-norway-energy-grid/82410206007/#:~:text=In%20Mahopac%2C%20local%20activist%20Frank,to%20install%20battery%20storage%20facilities.
https://www.yorktownny.gov/yorktown-bans-new-tier-2-battery-energy-storage-systems#:~:text=Yorktown%20Bans%20New%20Tier%202,Town%20of%20Yorktown%20New%20York
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
ReplyDeleteNote: Entrees #2 though #8 are the handiwork of our friend Nodd. (Lego collaborated slightly on #8.)
ENTREE #2
Take a two-word phrase for articles of clothing made to be highly durable. Insert one letter somewhere inside the second word to describe something you might see at a baseball game. What is the phrase, and what might you see?
Answer:
DOUBLE PLY, DOUBLE PLAY
ENTREE #3
Take a word for articles of clothing made to be especially comfortable. Precede this word with a hyphenated word containing an ordinal number to get something that occurs at a baseball game. What is it?
Answer:
SEVENTH-INNING STRETCH
ENTREE #4
Take a word for a fabric used to make shirts and other articles of clothing and remove the last three letters. Follow this with a word for a part of a certain article of clothing to get something you might see at a baseball game. What is the fabric, and what might you see?
Answer:
POPLIN, POP FLY
ENTREE #5
Take a word for a lightweight fabric often used to make decorations. This word also describes something you may see a player doing at a baseball game. What is it?
Answer:
BUNTING
ENTREE #6
Take a word for a kind of fabric commonly used in clothing. Replace the last letter with two consecutive letters of the alphabet to get things seen at a baseball game. What are the type of fabric and the things seen at a baseball game?
Answer:
BLEACHED, BLEACHERS
ENTREE #7
Take a word for something that sometimes occurs at a baseball game during an at-bat. Add three letters to the end to get a kind of lightweight patterned fabric. A word for an article of clothing that is often made from this kind of fabric also describes something that may occur in the ninth inning of a baseball game. What are the thing occurring during an at-bat, the fabric, and the article of clothing?
Answer:
FOUL, FOULARD, TIE
ENTREE #8
Due to a global button-and-interlocking-metal-fastener shortage, denim jeans manufacturers Levi Strauss and Lee have made the tough decision to _________ ____ (9 & 5 letters) on all their products.
Those two words are also things often seen at baseball games. What are these things?
Answer:
Sacrifice flies
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 5:
ReplyDeleteNote: Entree #9 is the brainchild of our friend Plantsmith.
ENTREE #9
Name a seven-letter compound-word garment World War I soldiers wore for protection that has since become a popular style for men, worn by the likes of David Bowie and Kurt Cobain.
This compound word is also
Name a seven-letter compound word is also something on a baseball infield (that most people don’t even notice!) that helps manage moisture, improve playability, and create a consistent surface.
What are this garment and “infield dressing”?
Answer: Topcoat (top dressing; top conditioner)
Note: In baseball infield maintenance, "top dressing" or "topcoat" refers to applying a thin layer of material, typically calcined clay or a similar conditioner, to the surface of the skinned area (the dirt portion). This practice helps manage moisture, improve playability, and create a consistent surface. (AI Overview)
ENTREE #10
Place a two-syllable word that appears on this bottle of aftershave lotion, followed by a one-syllable word on it.
The result sounds like people seen at a baseball game.
What are these two words and the people seen?
Answer:
Mennen Blue; "Men in Blue" (umpires)
ENTREE #11
Write a caption for the top image – in two words of three and one syllables and of seven and five letters.
The same caption may be used for the lower image.
What is this caption?
Answer:
Diamond Studs
ENTREE #12
Write a two-word, six-letter caption for this image.
The result should sound like a five-and-three-letter caption for something seen at a baseball game.
What are these two captions?
Answer:
Flu Kit; Fluke Hit
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 6:
ReplyDeleteENTREE #13
Write one caption for the two similar images pictured here, in two and seven letters.
The first word is a verb; the second a proper feline pet name.
The caption sounds like something a pitcher might “serve up to a batter on a silver platter, down the heart of the plate!”
What is the caption? What might a pitcher “serve up?”
Answer:
"Go Furball!"; Gopher Ball
ENTREE #14
Write a caption for the image pictured here, in four and three letters.
You would normally use a fork to devour the result. But in this instance, use a “spoon” instead. The result, in three and three letters, will be seen at a baseball game.
What are the caption and something seen at the game?
Hint: A caption in seven and three letters, and a “something seen at the game” in six and three letters is also acceptable.
Answer:
Flop Pie; Pop Fly
Hint: Flopped Pie; Popped Fly
Dessert Menu
Anatomical Dessert:
Somatic Syllabus Fare
Divide a place on earth into three parts.
Anagram the letters in the first part to form a one-syllable body part.
Anagram the letters in the third part to name a second one-syllable body part.
Move the middle part, also a one-syllable body part, to the end.
The result is three body parts in order from lowest to highest.
Answer:
Philippines; Hip, Spine, Lip (Philippines => PHI + LIP + PINES => HIP + LIP + SPINE => HIP + SPINE + LIP)
Lego!