Friday, April 23, 2021

Take me to the Nicknameolodeon! Barnyard creatures barnstorming; A “cinenym” of an antonym of “remove...ie” How to tweak a talkie; “Oh I’d love to be an Oscar (Why her!) winner”

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 6!π SERVED


“Schbuzzle” of the Week:

“Oh I’d love to be an Oscar (Why her!) winner...”


“... that is what I’d truly like to be,

’cause if I were an Oscar (Why her!) winner

everyone would be in love with me!”


Take the last word in a buzz phrase from a popular movie that won multiple Oscars. 

Replace its last letter with the two letters that flank
it in the alphabet to name a popular entertainer who has won many Grammys but no Oscars. 

Who is this entertainer?

What is the buzz phrase?


Appetizer Menu

Note: We are proud to unveil this week the debut of “GB’s Bafflers” on Puzzleria! The new feature is the brainchild of our friend GB. 

His inaugural puzzle, serendipitously and cinematipitously, dovetails beautifully with this week’s Oscar theme. 

Cinematic Sci-Fi Appetizer:

A “cinenym” of an antonym of “remove...ie”

🎥Take the title of a classic Science Fiction film in two words, fifteen letters. That film is
universally considered to be groundbreaking; a pioneer; and culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. 

The title includes a repeated vowel and a repeated consonant. Remove the second instance of each of those. 

Then remove from the beginning and end of the result four letters in order that spell a noun
that is a synonym of an antonym of “remove”.  

The remaining letters, in order, form a nine-letter two-word term for what we all are now experiencing.  

What is the film title?  

What are we now experiencing? 

Hint: The film’s visual effects team was nominated for an Oscar at the Academy Awards.  


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“Nick Is Just A Four-Letter Word” Slice:

Take me to the Nicknameolodeon

Two main characters in movie nominated for a best-picture Oscar each had a nickname that included a four-letter word. 

Switch the positions of two letters in one four-letter word to spell the other four-letter word. 

Who are these characters?


Riffing Off Shortz And Regan Slices:

Barnyard creatures barnstorming

Will Shortz’s April 18th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Theodore Regan of Scituate, Massachusetts, reads:

Name a famous actor — 4 letters in the first name, 7 letters in the last. You can change the first letter of the actor’s first name to name a bird. And you can change the first letter of the actor’s last name to name a mammal. Who’s
the actor?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Regan Slices read:

ENTREE #1 (ROAD HOG ENTREE... for those eating Greecy Turkey off of fine China)

Name a puzzle-maker — 8 letters in the first name, 5 letters in the last. You can rearrange these 13 letters to spell three words:

1. a nymph, beginning with a vowel, one might have found on on the forested hills of the Areopagus in Greece,

2. the dwelling place of a dryad (a nymph related to the Areopagus nymph), and

3. a commercial establishment or house of foreign trade in China.

Who’s the puzzle-maker?

What are the nymph, dwelling place and commercial establishment?

ENTREE #2

Oscar Hammerstein II is the only person named Oscar who has won an Oscar. He did it twice, for Best Original Song.

Name a playwright named Oscar who never won an Oscar. 

Add an “r” to the end of his surname to spell a new 6-letter surname shared by two male members of the Academy who between them have either won or been nominated for more than 20 Oscars. 

The first names of those two men sound like the two names in the title of a 1980’s Grammy-winning song (but that are spelled differently).

Who is the playwright named Oscar?

Who are the two men who between them either won or were nominated for more than 20 Oscars?

What is the Grammy-winning song?

ENTREE #3

Name a famous singer — 5 letters in the first name, 6 letters in the last. 

You can remove the first letter of the singer’s
first name to name a university town in the Midwest. 

And you can change the first letter of the singer’s last name to name a university that has lately been in the news. 

Who’s the singer?

ENTREE #4

Name a famous past entertainer and actress — 7 letters in the first name, 4 letters in the last. 

The second syllable of the entertainer’s first name sounds like the name of a trained mammal. 

And the entertainer’s last name is an object often associated with such a mammal. 

Who’s the entertainer?

ENTREE #5

Name an actress — 4 letters in the first name, 8 letters in the last. The actress’s first name is a bird. And you can rearrange the eight letters of the actress’s last name to name a five-letter mammal and a three-letter prefix associated with birds. 

But you can also rearrange the eight letters of her last name to name a Eastern
U.S. state postal abbreviation and something the mammal has four of.

Who’s the actress?

What are the prefix and the mammal?

What are the postal abbreviation and what that certain mammal has four of?

Hint: The last name of a character the the actress portrayed on TV is a reptile.

ENTREE #6

Name a stately and plump literary character — 4 letters in the first name, 8 letters in the last. You can change the first letter of the character’s first name to name a bird. 

And you can change the first of the first four letters of the literary character’s last name to name a second bird. You can rearrange the remaining four letters in the last name to spell (no, not a third bird, but rather) the name of a character played by Teri Garr (who was also an Oscar nominee for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in the movie “Tootsie”... it was a “Tootsie role”).

Who’s the literary character?

What are the pair of birds and the character played by Teri Garr?

ENTREE #7

Name a famous author — 7 letters in the first name, 7 letters in the last. 

Remove six consecutive letters, the first five of which are the name of a French city. 

The result is certain birds.

Who’s the author?

What are the birds?

ENTREE #8

Name a famous past radio personality — 4 letters in the first name, 8 letters in the last. 

Add two letters to the beginning of the first name to spell a bird. 

Remove four letters from the end of the last name to spell where this bird may perch. 

Who’s the personality? 

What are the bird and the perch.

ENTREE #9

Name a famous author — in 7 letters and with a bit of punctuation in the name. 

Duplicate the first three letters and place these trios of letters side-by-side to name a type of insect. 

Replace the last letter of the remaining four letters with an “n” to spell a mammal.

Who is the author?

What are the insect and the mammal?

ENTREE #10

Name an American cultural icon associated with “dropping balls” and “pyramids,” 4 letters in the first name, 5 letters in the last. 

You can replace the first letter of the icon’s first name with two letters to name a young bird. 

Or, you can change the second letter of the icon’s first name with one letter to name a different bird. 

And you can remove the first letter of the actor’s last name to name a third bird. 

Who’s the icon?

What are the three birds?

ENTREE #11

Name a late European author, first and last names, and a living three-time Oscar nominated actress, first and last names. 


Two of those four names are “George” and “Laurie.” 
The other two names can be put next to each
other to spell a bird. 

Change one letter in the name of the bird to form something abrasive. 

Who are the author and actress?

What is the bird?

What is the abrasive thing?

ENTREE #12

Name a trusted journalist — 6 letters in the first name, 8 letters in the last. The journalist, while a student at the University of Texas at Austin, appeared in a play with fellow student Eli Wallach (who at the age of 94 received an Honorary Oscar  for his contribution to the film industry from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).

Remove the first letter from the journalist’s first name, leaving a synonym of “change.” Put that first letter in place the fourth letter of his last name, thereby “changing” the last name so that it spells a pair of four-letter birds. 

Who’s the journalist?

What are the pair of birds?

ENTREE #13

Name an actor, screenwriter and director who was nominated for two Oscars — 4 letters in the first name, 5 letters in the last. 

The Oscar nomination he received for a screenplay involved a movie which climaxed
at a church wedding. 

You can change the first letter of this person’s first name to name a bird. 

The first three letters of this person’s surname spell a second bird. 

Place the 4-letter site of a well-known wedding in front of the remaining two letters in the surname to name a third bird.

Who’s this actor/screenwriter/director?

What are the three birds?

Dessert Menu

Working To Perk Up A Screenplay Dessert:

How to tweak a talkie

Take a memorable ten-word quote from the script of a classic Oscar-winning film. Insert a “t” somewhere in the last word. 

The result arguably improves the quote by adding more information. 

What are the original last word and the word it becomes?

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42 comments:

  1. Good morning (or in my case, still evening), guys!

    I'm pleased to say that the Schbuzzle (cute!) has once again been solved, nearly immediately. Also managed to (after finding four or so movies that fit the two-word, 15-letter bill) solve GB's first Appetizer.

    On to reading the rest of the new P! Cheers!

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  2. Lego, I believe that in Entree #11, which is where I. now am, you must mean "What is the BIRD?", not "what is the VERB?"

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    1. Correct you are, VT. Thank you. I shall correct the text.

      LegoWhoKnowsThatEverybodyKnowsThatBirdIsTheWordButWhoIsAlsoUnderTheMistakenImpressionThatBirdIsTheVerb!

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  3. I'm too wiped out to keep trying, but I remain stuck on the SLICE and Entree #13...I spent forever on both of these, to no avail. I cross-checked various lists, used my 'finder function', etc, and nothing cooperated. I tried every 3-letter bird in every list I could find, and no screenwriter's name worked.

    However, at least Dessert was easy this week. : O )

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  4. !3. There is a connection to the three word bird in one of last weeks entrees, in regards to a certain painter. Can't remember which one.
    You already got dessert?

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    1. That referred to the Dessert. Were you meaning the three-letter bird in #13?

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    2. I just looked at last week, PLTSTH, and couldn't see/find any reference to a painter from the answers.

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    3. It is in E7. As Cranberry says below this bird is definitely a generic one. I am working backwards in time.
      The movie line i have is not ten words but nine- and so may not fit.
      You really don't like P.S.? OK. I just realized i referred to part of your name in the ecdysiast puzzle last week. Sorry.

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    4. I am sorry, PS, but I'm not sure I know what you are talking about immediatley above. What do you mean, I really don't like P.S.....you mean as an abbreviation for your screen name? It wasn't me who had objected, I dont' think, so I've just been picking random letters out of your screen name when I talk to you on here. But I truly have NO idea what you mean about referring to 'part of my name in the ecdysiast puzzle last week". Enlighten me, please.

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    5. Thanks to the #13 hints from PS and PJB, I managed to guess the 'generic bird', and thus use that fact to find the actor/director/screenwriter, who surely had NOT shown up in any of my prior Googling attempts. I still can't make any sense out of this puzzle's relationship to Michaelangelo, however....please explain. next Wed, thanks.

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    6. " You can call me Al." i thought the five letter word in the puzzle last week that started with T was a Teddy. But it was not. So i had to grin and bear it.

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    7. Ah, ok, PS....given the subject of that puzzle, I see why you said you were sorry, although I don't OWN the word 'teddy'....of course, you are using the whole thing to pun-icize (that's not a word, is it?)

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    8. I think i have about 4 entrees at this point.I think the play wright was also on "laugh In" from time to time.

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  5. Happy Friday to all on the blog!
    Not much happening around here. The only other fun things I've done today were the Guardian Prize Crossword(set by Tramp this week)and listening to the 30-minute version of "Says You". I did bring in the groceries for Mom earlier, though. And then we had some sort of salmon dish via one of our meal boxes. They're supposed to be fillets, but I still managed to find a bone in mine! Can you believe that?
    Anyway, late last night I checked(almost forgot to, BTW)this week's "salute to the Oscars" here on P!, and I only got the Schpuzzle and all the Entrees. I will tell you, VT, that the bird in question is "gender-specific", so to speak, and the playwright was often seen on late-night TV in the 70s, though not every week. And I did somehow manage to find a quote for the Dessert, but the T must replace another letter, not just be inserted. But it doesn't really add any more information. I will reveal my "answer" on Wednesday. Hope there will be some good hints provided by Legolambda again this week. GB's debut offering has proven tougher than I thought.
    Good luck in solving to you all, please stay safe, and remember we still must wear masks. Also, Monday I'm going back to get my second vaccination, and overnight tonight there'll be some thunderstorms coming through AL, but the Southern part of the state is supposed to get the worst of it(and Mom and I live in West Alabama), which may or may not include hail and tornadoes(low chance, but not zero chance). The storms will continue into tomorrow afternoon, but it'll all be over tomorrow evening. I say in this case, you can pray for us if you like, but the worst we may get is the satellite TV going out. That's probably going to be it. Hope everyone elsewhere has better weather! Cranberry out!
    pjbSays"CurrentlyOutsideOurStudios,It'sBasicallyJustLikeTheInside,OnlyDarkerRightNow,AndWithoutFourWalls."

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    1. Yea i thought i had GB'S, but i was mistaken.

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    2. pjb - I first had the same thought on that replacement "t" but then found a quotation where an inserted one works and is probably the intended solution. I think the alternate is a good one though. pjb & P'smith - The actor with top "bill"ing in that Sci-Fi classic has a name that fits the sub theme running through this edition.

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    3. Could we possibly narrow down the decade the film was released? Also, I'm having trouble finding the antonym, let alone the synonym, and the film titles I've found have more than one repeated consonant, vowel, or both. And I've only found a few 15-letter two-word titles to begin with, and none of them have given me any luck whatsoever as I somehow try to figure out the beginning and end letters that are supposed to spell the antonym/synonym whatever, so this has been well nigh impossible to say the least! Besides, I find the instructions alone unfathomable anyway! I hope GB's subsequent offerings prove much easier, because I'm not too crazy about his debut attempt so far.
      pjbBelievesThisSci-FiPuzzleHasTurnedIntoAHorrorMovie(TentativelyCalled"TheSolver'sNightmare"Or"RunThisThroughYourSubtheme,'Bill'!")

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    4. Decade: '50s
      As to: "I find the instructions alone unfathomable anyway"... do not blame GB. Blame me.

      LegoWhoNotes"WhatWeAreNowExperiencing"PertainsToAmericansInThePostTrumpEra

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    5. OK, now I've got it. Apologies to all.
      pjbKnows"Post"ShouldBeSpelledWith"PO",Not"PO'D"

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  6. May the harrowing hails of April pass over Alabama and also Georgia. These things we pray Amen. In your mercy.

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  7. LATE-SUNDAY HINTS:

    “Schbuzzle” of the Week:
    The multiple-Oscar-winning movie is animated.

    Cinematic Sci-Fi Appetizer
    I will defer to GB's judgement about what further hints he may want to provide for his fine puzzle.
    I already commented that the film was from the '50s.
    (I did learn a new nominal meaning for a common verb from GB's puzzle.)

    “Nick Is Just A Four-Letter Word” Slice:
    Many critics felt the movie should have won Oscars. Its producers pocketed more than $7.5 million at the box office. (I wonder if they took it to the bank.)

    Riffing Off Shortz And Regan Slices:
    ENTREE #1
    1. The nymph begins with an O... concentrate more on the "hills," less on the "forested."
    2. The dwelling place of a dryad? Concentrate more on the "forested," less on the "hills."
    3. The commercial establishment or house of foreign trade in China shares something in common, namewise, with the word "King."
    ENTREE #2
    The first names of the two male members of the Academy begin with B and G. The two names in the title of a 1980’s Grammy-winning song are B and J.
    ENTREE #3
    The university town in the Midwest is perhaps the alma mater of a M.A.S.H. character? The university that has lately been in the news has been on ESPN.
    ENTREE #4
    The famous past entertainer and actress, and the hubby who reputedly loved her, mothered and fathered progeny who were "juniors."
    ENTREE #5
    The actress whose first name is a bird was on a sitcom with a four-word title. This title is an indiom that originated in pugilism or, apocryphally, in being buried alive.
    ENTREE #6
    The character portrayed by Teri Garr co-starred in a comedic movie with the male member of the Academy in ENTREE #2 whose first name begins with G.
    ENTREE #7
    The author's surname was also "Fenster's" business partner's surname on a '60s sitcom produced by the companny owned by the couple whose progeny who were "juniors."
    ENTREE #8
    The famous past radio personality is pretty recently past.
    ENTREE #9
    A "Possum" penned a book about creatures in the same family as the mammal that ends with an "n". The Possum was the alter-ego of the famous author.
    ENTREE #10
    The "balls drop" at the very end of December. The “pyramids” are made of six triangular "bricks."
    ENTREE #11
    The European author and Oscar-nominated actress are both women. The bird is a compound word, the second part of which, when followed by a young bear, is a brand of an airplane.
    ENTREE #12
    People really seemed to trust this journalist. He was a "weighty" groundbreaker.
    ENTREE #13
    The actor/screenwriter/director portrayed the front desk reservation-taker at a posh hotel in the movie he screen-wrote that ended with the wedding.

    Working To Perk Up A Screenplay Dessert:

    The memorable ten-word quote from the script of a classic Oscar-winning film was cackled by an actress who appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in 1975 where she explained to children she was only playing a role and showed how putting on a costume "transformed" her into a witch.

    LegoWhoSaysIfYouAreStillStugglingWithThe"SchBuzzle"ItMightHelpIfYouKickTheEightOver

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  8. Well now, thanks to the additional hints I can finally say I'm done. So, "I'm done!". See y'all on Hump Day!
    pjbIsFinallyGoingHomeAfterFearingHe'dReachedThePointOfKnowReturn

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  9. Following Lego"s hints: For the Appetizer: The lead actor in the movie has a 6,7 name. Remove the first letter of the first name and what remains is a synonym for pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Remove the second consonant of the surname to get a bird. The second of the two words for what we are now experiencing is prominent in the collage Lego included.

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    1. Very fine hints, GB. Thank you.
      In GB's sentence, "Remove the first letter of the first name and what remains is a synonym for pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters," however, I would add a bit more info (appearing in bold below):
      "Remove the first letter of the first name and what remains is a verb. A 6-letter synonym of that verb has a homonym that is a noun that can be defined as pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
      Interestingly, another key actor in GB's film also has a 6,7 name. You can rearrange those combined 13 letters to name two well-known rivers and the word that belongs in the blank in the following idiom:
      to ____ down the river, which means "to betray someone in order to gain a personal benefit."
      The idiom is an an allusion to the practice of selling slaves to plantations farther south via the Mississippi River.
      The idiom was used in its literal sense by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin."
      The idiom was used in its figurative sense by P.G. Wodehouse in his novel "The Small Bachelor."


      LegoWhoAppreciatesGB's"Appetizing"Hints

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    2. Most methodical and systematic, Lego. I'm taking notes.

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    3. Actually, a good bit of the cast of the movie reads like a casting register for TV of the decade following the release of the movie.

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    4. Most interesting re the hints, Lego. Actually, I was starting to panic when I read GB's hint, thinking perhaps I had the wrong answer, so I was very glad when you "added more info" about the verb synonym, etc.

      And the additional actor hint was fun, too.

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  10. Schpuzzle: Beyonce; To infinity and beyond

    [Appetizer: FORBIDDEN PLANET - d - e - fort (synonym of "keep" which is an antonym of "remove"0 = BIDEN PLAN]

    Nick Slice: Minnesota "Fats" & "Fast" Eddie Felson (In "The Hustler")

    Entrees:
    1. Theodore Regan; Oread, Tree & Hong
    2. Oscar Wilde; Billy Wilder & Gene Wilder; Billie Jean
    3. James Taylor (Ames & Baylor)
    4. Lucille Ball
    5. Lark Voorhies; Ovi & Horse; RI & Hooves
    6. Buck Mulligan; Duck, Gull & Inga
    7. Charles Dickens; Chickens (remove: Arles D)
    8. Rush Limbaugh; Thrush & Limb
    9. T.S. Eliot; Tsetse & Lion
    10. Dick Clark; Chick, Duck & Lark
    11. George Sand & Piper Laurie; Sandpiper; Sandpaper
    12. Walter Cronkite; Crow & Kite
    13. Buck Henry; Duck, Hen & Canary

    Dessert: Too & Toto ("I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!")

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  11. TO INFINITY AND BEYONCE
    FORBIDDEN PLANET > BIDEN PLAN
    MINNESOTA FATS / FAST EDDIE
    THEODORE REGAN > OREAD, TREE, HONG
    OSCAR WILDE / BILLY & GENE WILDER / BILLIE JEAN
    JAMES TAYLOR > AMES, BAYLOR
    LUCILLE (SEAL) BALL
    LARK VOORHIES > HORSE OVI > RI HOOVES
    BUCK MULLIGAN > DUCK GULL INGA
    CH(ARLES D)ICKENS
    RUSH LIMBAUGH > THRUSH, LIMB
    T.S. ELIOT > TSETSE, LION
    DICK CLARK > CHICK, DUCK, LARK
    GEORGE SAND / PIPER LAURIE > SANDPIPER / SANDPAPER
    WALTER CRONKITE > ALTER, CROW, KITE
    BUCK HENRY > DUCK, HEN, CANARY
    "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, Toto!"

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  12. SCHBUZZLE: "TO INFINITY AND BEYOND" (BUZZ LIGHTYEAR in TOY STORY) => BEYONCE

    GB BAFFLER: FORBIDDEN PLANET => BIDEN PLAN (FORT is synonym for HOLD, which is antonym for REMOVE)

    SLICE: MINNESOTA “FATS” & “FAST” EDDIE NELSON, in The Hustler

    ENTREES:

    1. THEODORE REGAN => OREAD, TREE , HONG

    2. OSCAR WILDE(R) => BILLY WILDER & GENE WILDER; “BILLIE JEAN"

    3. JAMES TAYLOR => AMES & BAYLOR

    4. LUCILLE BALL => SEAL

    5. LARK VOORHIES => HORSE & OVI; RI & HOOVES

    6. BUCK MULLIGAN => DUCK; GULL; INGA

    7. CHARLES DICKENS => remove ARLES/D => CHICKENS

    8. RUSH LIMBAUGH => THRUSH; LIMB. [So glad he is ‘past’]

    9. T. S. ELIOT => TSETSE; LION

    10. DICK CLARK. => CHICK; DUCK; LARK

    11. GEORGE SAND & PIPER LAURIE => SANDPIPER; SANDPAPER

    12. WALTER CRONKITE => ALTER; CROW & KITE

    13. BUCK HENRY => DUCK; HEN; CANARY

    DESSERT: I’LL GET YOU MY PRETTY, AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO / TOTO!

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  13. Not a fan of movie stars and production staff (directors, etc.), so this week's Oscar theme was a bummer.
    Also have been working on an unrelated document that has taken much time, and looking for condos (I must move by 30 June as owner wants to re-occupy her unit).

    Schpuzzle: ???

    Appetizer: ???

    Slice: ???

    Entrées
    #1: THEODORE REGAN → TREE, OREAD, HONG
    #2: OSCAR WILDE → (Gene)WILDER, (Billy)WILDER
    #3: JAMES TAYLOR → AMES, BAYLOR
    #4: SEAL, BALL → LUCILLE BALL
    #5: ???
    #6: ???
    #7: ???
    #8: ???
    #9: ???
    #10: DICK CLARK → CHICK, DUCK, LARK
    #11: SANDPIPER, SANDPAPER → GEORGE SAND, PIPER LAURIE
    #12: WALTER CRONKITE → ALTER, CROW, KITE
    #13: BUCK HENRY → DUCK, HEN, CANA + RY → CANARY

    Dessert: ???

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    1. I hope you can find something nice, geo. Moving is always horrid!

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    2. I echo ViolinTeddy's hopes for geofan's successful relocation.

      LegoWhoAlsoWishesgeofanGodspeedOnTheDocumentHeHasBeenWorkingOn

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    3. Ditto. For Geofan.

      4/28/21” - On the road Again 63 inSeattle.

      Schpuzzle?

      Appetiser-?
      Slice -??
      Entree
      1.THEODORE REGAN / OREAD, TREE, HONG
      2.OSCAR WILDE / BILLY and GENE WILDER / BILLIE JEAN
      3. JAMES TAYLOR /AMES, Baylor
      5. LARK VOORHIES / HORSE OVI / RI HOOVES
      6 RUSH LIMBAUGH > THRUSH, LIMB
      7.???
      8??
      9.??
      11.WALTER CRONKITE > ALTER, CROW, KITE
      13 .BUCK HENRY > DUCK, HEN, CANARY

      Dessert. Adorable
      "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, Too/ +T-Toto!"

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    4. Many thanks to all for concerns and prayers.
      geofan

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  14. Schpuzzle
    "TO INFINITY...AND BEYOND!"(Buzz Lightyear, "Toy Story" franchise), BEYONCE
    Appetizer Menu
    GB's Puzzle
    "FORBIDDEN PLANET"(1956), BIDEN PLAN, FORT(synonym for KEEP)
    Menu
    MINNESOTA FATS(Jackie Gleason), "FAST EDDIE" FELSON(Paul Newman), from "The Hustler", (1961)
    Entrees
    1. THEODORE REGAN, OREAD, TREE, HONG
    2. (Oscar)WILDE, BILLY WILDER, GENE WILDER, "BILLIE JEAN", by Michael Jackson(1982-1983)
    3. JAMES TAYLOR, AMES, BAYLOR
    4. LUCILLE BALL, SEAL
    5. LARK VOORHIES(Lisa Marie Turtle on "Saved By the Bell"), HORSE and OVI-; HOOVES and RI(Rhode Island)
    6. (Malachi)"BUCK" MULLIGAN(from "Ulysses", 1922), DUCK, GULL, INGA(from "Young Frankenstein", 1974)
    7. CHARLES DICKENS-ARLES and D=CHICKENS
    8. RUSH LIMBAUGH, THRUSH, LIMB
    9. T. S. ELIOT, TSETSE(fly), LION
    10. DICK CLARK, CHICK, DUCK, LARK
    11. (George)SAND, PIPER(Laurie), SANDPIPER, SANDPAPER 12. WALTER CRONKITE, ALTER, CROW, KITE
    13. BUCK HENRY("The Graduate", 1967), DUCK, HEN, CANARY(CANA from the Bible)
    Dessert
    "I'LL GET YOU MY PRETTY, AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO!"(The Wicked Witch from "The Wizard of Oz", 1939. If the T were inserted, it would be "...AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOTO!", thus implying the witch would actually know Dorothy's dog's name.)
    My original Dessert answer was from "The Godfather"(1972): "I'M GOING TO MAKE HIM AN OFFER HE CAN'T REFUTE(T instead of S)." It almost makes sense, doesn't it?-pjb

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    1. Yeah, cranberry, I kinda like it...
      Merriam-Webster says "refute" means:
      1. to prove wrong by argument or evidence: show to be false or erroneous
      2: to deny the truth or accuracy of ("He refuted the allegations."...
      So, for example, we might say:
      "The Godfather offered his opinion that anyone who might try to cross him would wake up with a horse head in in bed! It was an offer no one could refute."

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  15. This week's official answers for the record, part 1:

    “Schbuzzle” of the Week:
    “Oh I’d love to be an Oscar (Why her!) winner...
    Take the last word in a buzz phrase from a popular movie that won multiple Oscars.
    Replace its last letter with the letters that flank it in the alphabet to name a popular entertainer who has won many Grammys but no Oscars.
    Who is this entertainer?
    What is the buzz phrase?
    Answer:
    Beyonce (Beyond); Buzz (see "buzz phrase" note) Lightyear is known for saying "To infinity and beyond!" in "Toy Story."

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    Cinematic Sci-Fi Appetizer
    A “cinenym” of an antonym of “remove...ie”
    Take the name of a classic Science Fiction film in two words, fifteen letters. That film is universally considered to be groundbreaking; a pioneer; and culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
    The title includes a repeated vowel and a repeated consonant. Remove the second instance of each of those.
    Then remove from the beginning and end of the result four letters in order that spell a noun that is a synonym of an antonym of "remove".
    The remaining letters, in order, form a nine-letter two-word term for what we all are now experiencing.
    What is the film title?
    What are we now experiencing?
    Hint: The film’s effects team was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the Academy Awards.
    Answer: Forbidden Planet; Biden Plan"
    Explanation: FORBIDDEN PLANET=>FORBIDEN PLANT=>FORBIDEN PLANT - (FOR+T)=BIDEN PLAN
    "Keep" ia an antonym of "remove." (See Entry 2 of 2 in the definition of "Keep" as a noun.)
    "Fort" is a synonym of the noun "keep."

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    “Nick Is Just A Four-Letter Word” Slice:
    “Take me to the Nickelnameolodeon”
    Two main characters in movie nominated for a best-picture Oscar each had a nickname that included a four-letter word.
    Switch the positions of two letters in one four-letter word to spell the other four-letter word.
    Who are these characters?
    Answer:
    Minnesota Fats, Fast Eddie Felson, (in "The Hustler")

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  16. This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
    Riffing Off Shortz And Regan Slices (Continued):
    ENTREE #5
    Name an actress — 4 letters in the first name, 8 letters in the last. The actress’s first name is a bird. And you can rearrange the eight letters of the actress’s last name to name a certain mammal, and also a prefix associated with birds. But you can also rearrange the eight letters of her last name to name a Eastern U.S. state postal abbreviation and something the mammal has four of.
    Who’s the actress?
    What are the prefix and the mammal?
    What are the postal abbreviation and what the mammal has four of?
    Hint: The last name of a character the the actress portrayed on TV is a reptile.
    Answer:
    Lark Voorhies
    Ovi-, horse
    RI, hooves
    Hint: Voorhies portrayed Lisa Turtle on "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" and on "Saved by the Bell."
    ENTREE #6
    Name a stately plump literary character — 4 letters in the first name, 8 letters in the last. You can change the first letter of the character’s first name to name a bird. And you can change the first letter of the first four letters of actor’s last name to name a second bird. You can rearrange the remaining four letters in the last name to spell the name of a character played by Teri Garr (who was also an Oscar nominee for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in “Tootsie”).
    Who’s the literary character?
    What are the pair of birds and the character played by Teri Garr?
    Answer:
    Buck Mulligan
    Duck Gull, Inga
    ENTREE #7
    Name a famous author — 7 letters in the first name, 7 letters in the last. Remove six consecutive letters, the first five of which are the name of a French city. The result is birds.
    Who’s the author?
    What are the birds?
    Answer:
    Charles Dickens; chickens
    ENTREE #8
    Name a famous past radio personality — 4 letters in the first name, 8 letters in the last. Add two letters to the beginning of the first name to spell a bird. Remove four letters from the end of the last name to spell where the bird may perch.
    Who’s the personality?
    What are the bird and the perch.
    Answer:
    Rush Limbaugh; Thrush, Limb
    ENTREE #9
    Name a famous author — in 7 letters and with a bit of punctuation in the name. Duplicate the first three letters and place these trios of letters side-by-side to name a type of insect. Replace the last letter of the remaining four letters with an “n” to spell a mammal.
    Who is the author?
    What are the insect and the mammal?
    Answer:
    T.S. Eliot; tsetse (fly); lion
    ENTREE #10
    Name an American cultural icon associated with “dropping balls” and “pyramids,” 4 letters in the first name, 5 letters in the last. You can replace the first letter of the icon’s first name with two letters to name a young bird. Or, you can change the second letter of the icon’s first name with one letter to name a different bird. And you can remove the first letter of the actor’s last name to name a third bird.
    Who’s the icon?
    What are the three birds?
    Answer:
    Dick Clark;
    Chick, Duck, Lark

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  17. This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
    Riffing Off Shortz And Regan Slices (Continued):
    ENTREE #11
    Name a late European author, first and last names, and a living three-time Oscar nominated actress, first and last names. Two of those four names are “George” and “Laurie.” The other two names can be put next to each other to spell a bird. Change one letter in the bird to form something abrasive.
    Who are the author and actress?
    What is the verb?
    What is the abrasive thing?
    Answer:
    George Sand, Piper Laurie
    Sandpiper; sandpaper
    ENTREE #12
    Name a trusted journalist — 6 letters in the first name, 8 letters in the last. The journalist, while a student at the University of Texas at Austin, appeared in a play with fellow student Eli Wallach (who at the age of 94 received an Honorary Oscar for his contribution to the film industry from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
    Remove the first letter from the journalist’s first name, leaving a synonym of “change.” Put that first letter in place the fourth letter of his last name, thereby “changing” the last name so that it spells a pair of four-letter birds.
    Who’s the journalist?
    What are the pair of birds?
    Answer:
    Walter Cronkite
    Crow, kite
    WALTER CRONKITE=>ALTER CROW KITE
    ENTREE #13
    Name an actor, screenwriter and director who was nominated for two Oscars — 4 letters in the first name, 5 letters in the last. The Oscar nomination he received for a screenplay involved a movie which climaxed at a church wedding.
    You can change the first letter of the actor’s first name to name a bird. And you can isolate the first three letters of the last name to name a bird. Place the 4-letter site of a well-known wedding infront of the remaining two letters to name a third bird.
    Who’s the screenwriter/director?
    What are the three birds?
    Answer:
    Buck Henry; Duck, Hen, Canary

    Dessert Menu

    Working To Perk Up A Screenplay Dessert:
    Tweaking a Talkie
    Take a memorable ten-word quote from the script of a classic Oscar-winning film. Insert a “t” somewhere in the last word.
    The result arguably improves the quote by adding more information.
    What are the original last word and the word it becomes?
    Answer:
    too; Toto
    "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" voiced by the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz" becomes, "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, Toto!"

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