tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5669780704333164966..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: End to seasonal song / TUE 12-6-16 / Alfred who was follower of Freud / Filmdom's Flynn Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85197930316410568192017-01-11T11:48:09.034-05:002017-01-11T11:48:09.034-05:00I might not have figured the theme without the rev...I might not have figured the theme without the revealer. Did it like a themeless and then looked back. PASTTENSE? OK if you SAYSO. <br /><br />C’mon, many of you must’ve see A Mighty Wind about 15 years ago with the catchphrase “WHA Happened?”. Not new at all. Must not be many Formula 1 fans either, MCLAREN is huge in that AREA. I had an acquaintance who named his daughter MCLAREN.<br /><br />RUBIO goes over better in MN as T’Wolves point guard Ricky.<br /><br />Back in the Cheers era I had a big crush on SHELLEY Long as overqualified yeah baby waitress Diane Chambers.<br /><br />Maybe this puz didn’t pop, but not AWFUL at all if I were to JUDGE. <br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19545053647435273492017-01-10T16:32:38.568-05:002017-01-10T16:32:38.568-05:00In
Among my least favourite Christmas songs would...In<br /><br />Among my least favourite Christmas songs would be:<br /><br />Little Drummer Boy<br />I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas<br />Most religious carols (Silent Night is an exception because I can play it on the guitar)<br /><br />Among my favourites:<br /><br />Do They Know It's Christmas (Band-Aid)<br />Deck Us All With Boston Charlie (Hi @evil doug. Anything Pogo is great)<br />Good King Wenceslas<br /><br />So there!<br />Though this puzzle is perhaps not a favourite, it was just fine for Tuesday, if not for jazz. <br /><br />Out<br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39776349150070945522017-01-10T15:27:37.078-05:002017-01-10T15:27:37.078-05:00Enjoyed the puzzle more than the song - never coul...Enjoyed the puzzle more than the song - never could wrap my mind around some kid with a drum bringing on all the warm fuzzies, but as I say, to each...<br /><br />Sure beats "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," which I and some other ASL students signed at a Christmas party at the local deaf center. The looks on the faces of the audience - cannot be replicated. Grandma got what???<br /><br />Was the MGM lion really LEO? <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for that drum to stopDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47807001974456204572017-01-10T15:04:59.697-05:002017-01-10T15:04:59.697-05:00Count me among those who found the puzzled fun. C...Count me among those who found the puzzled fun. Couldn't see that the fill was especially bad for early week. But then, I'm one who still appreciates getting some familiar crosswords to ease my solve.<br /><br />Martin Albresch's question/comment about why pa- umm... is broken up and the way it placed made me look at it again.<br />If you just look it might seem odd. but if you say the pa-rum-pum-pum-pum in the rhythm it has in the song, I think the placement fits that rhythm.<br /><br />Enjoyed reading comments from several posters on the connections between other words. I had already enjoyed the demo, repo, used run, but missed several others.SharonAKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88204407322768499212017-01-10T14:28:52.592-05:002017-01-10T14:28:52.592-05:00ANYONE:
See @Ellen S's essay, way above. It...ANYONE:<br />See @Ellen S's essay, way above. It's a good one.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60359319868554429462017-01-10T12:24:51.554-05:002017-01-10T12:24:51.554-05:00PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM and all the rest of it, PRESTO....PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM and all the rest of it, PRESTO. Quickest of times ever for an extremely GENTLE Tuesday puzzle.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29731251610252927142017-01-10T11:45:25.926-05:002017-01-10T11:45:25.926-05:00
Hands off this fun, fair puzzle. What is wrong w...<br /><br />Hands off this fun, fair puzzle. What is wrong with an enjoyable Tuesday puzzle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89614703967094897232017-01-10T11:08:37.429-05:002017-01-10T11:08:37.429-05:00Wax on
This puzzle will appeal to two groups: @M&...Wax on<br /><br />This puzzle will appeal to two groups: @M&A (admittedly, a group of one, but many times I think he's a multiple personality: I mean, come on. Singing dogs? Seriously?) and we who search for hotties in the grid. Several DOD contestants strut across (and down) this one; I'll pick the first one I came to: LANA Del Rey. Who could ask for more?<br /><br />PREPPY, of course, puts me in mind of "Love Story," a real tear-jerker on page or screen (give Ali MacGraw honorable DOD mention). It's the first thing she called him.<br /><br />Hand up for jerry- vs. JURYRIG, though I've heard it both ways. My impression of the theme beat wording is that it starts with PAh, not just PA--but that would play hell with construction, so let it pass. I'm not usually a Sessa fan, but aside from a few cliche fill items this one wasn't too bad. I liked that big SE car lot with would-be DOD on most other days REESE going through it. Certainly she's got the GOODS. Par.<br /><br /> Wax off spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11693229729977267692017-01-10T10:31:32.716-05:002017-01-10T10:31:32.716-05:00ALOHA JELLO
I USED PROZAC to be GENTLE, ERGO no T...ALOHA JELLO<br /><br />I USED PROZAC to be GENTLE, ERGO no TANTRUM.<br />PFIZER? PRESTO! REDMEAT. ILOST no APLOMB.<br />With a PARTINGSHOT I PUMPER, PA RUM PUM PUM PUM,<br />nobody BANGS ITT like MEANDMYDRUM.<br /><br />--- ERROL FLOYD<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81293107542086222162016-12-07T13:31:19.150-05:002016-12-07T13:31:19.150-05:00Use the Syndicated Puzzle button above. Travel bac...Use the Syndicated Puzzle button above. Travel back in time.<br />Go to near the end of the comments. 5 week late posters.<br />See clever verse from @Burma Shave. Daily contributor.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51629577498796599032016-12-07T10:27:03.797-05:002016-12-07T10:27:03.797-05:00Rex, you should listen to Ray Charles's versio...Rex, you should listen to Ray Charles's version of Little Drummer Boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36369535553758487482016-12-07T07:29:44.943-05:002016-12-07T07:29:44.943-05:00Perhaps the worst puzzle ever. Old, dated fill is ...Perhaps the worst puzzle ever. Old, dated fill is bad enough but when it is terrible fill, spare me. Nothing in this puzzle is from this century and it is boring. Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988927312203207580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43119405838517274312016-12-06T22:03:12.988-05:002016-12-06T22:03:12.988-05:00PUMPER was a male rabbit actor who auditioned for ...PUMPER was a male rabbit actor who auditioned for the Disney classic "Bambi" but unfortunately lost by a hare for the part, to a last second walk-on named Thumper! ;-) Warren Howie Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2091841952929916792016-12-06T18:28:36.898-05:002016-12-06T18:28:36.898-05:00Maybe this will help like Little Drummer Boy a lit...Maybe this will help like Little Drummer Boy a little more:<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/boQ8GN-r36A" rel="nofollow">Richie Petrie performs it</a>Doc Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540112168511893896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9275567300072025442016-12-06T18:06:36.874-05:002016-12-06T18:06:36.874-05:00I hope Ed Sessa is enjoying the Christmas Carol hi...I hope Ed Sessa is enjoying the Christmas Carol highs and lows his puzzle has inspired.<br />I'm stopping by to admit that I was probably about 45 years old before I realized that it was daddy that mommy was kissing in "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus".<br /><br />I guess it got etched in my brain when I thought it really WAS Santa, and I never looked back.<br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46871502449308271332016-12-06T17:55:39.404-05:002016-12-06T17:55:39.404-05:00@Numi...Gauloises!!!! I used to smoke those god-aw...@Numi...Gauloises!!!! I used to smoke those god-awful cigs. My dad quite smoking so he gave me his gold Dupont lighter and it was oh so tres chic sitting in a boite with a vodka tonic and your smoking accoutrements...I finally changed to Gitanes because I was tired of my cigarette going out every time I put it down. After hacking every time I smoked one, I stopped inhaling and pretended to enjoy..like Bill Clinton.... God they smelled awful!GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70754356869838144042016-12-06T17:35:38.675-05:002016-12-06T17:35:38.675-05:00@mathgent (9:35) -- my favorite Christmas songs ar...@mathgent (9:35) -- my favorite Christmas songs are all about the melody, not the lyrics, and both @old timer and @jberg have come up with some lesser-known carols that I was introduced to when I sang in my high school chorus and that I fell in love with at the time:<br />@Old timer -- I also love "O Come, O Come Emmanuel"<br />@Jberg -- I also love "In Dulci Jubilo" and [in the lyrics that we sang] "Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella."<br />Of the more well-known carols, my faves are "O Holy Night" (which I can also sing in French) and "Joy to the World".<br />My two least favorite, because they are so unmelodic (at least to me) are "Good King Wencelaus"(sp?) and "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen".<br />I hate almost all commercial -- i.e. non-religious -- Christmas songs. I find them all sappy, and the constant exposure in stores is enough to make me scream. One exception is a song that Belafonte sang back in the day, Caribbean in origin I would imagine: "The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy." But you never hear it played anymore. And "The Little Drummer Boy" is very high on my list.<br />Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86264737111696827612016-12-06T17:22:17.523-05:002016-12-06T17:22:17.523-05:00@Numinous - I recall Tommy Smothers referring to t...@Numinous - I recall Tommy Smothers referring to the "Norman Nabertwackle Choir" as great Christmas Carolers.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77552490379816264032016-12-06T16:11:18.415-05:002016-12-06T16:11:18.415-05:00To apologize for my Smothers Brothers' Christm...To apologize for my Smothers Brothers' Christmas perversion, here are some olden Christmas songs by Anonymous 4:<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/rBX_dPjxc8s" rel="nofollow"> The Cherry Tree</a> and<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/X4vefmI_VNc" rel="nofollow">The Seven Rejoices of Mary</a><br /><br />I don't know how old The Little Drummer Boy is but I don't recall hearing it any earlier than when I was 17. Even today I believe that Christmas carols should be a lot older than me. Anonymous 4, with all their mediaeval Christmas music fill that bill just right. And they are so lovely to listen to,Numinoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263999193499725814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50594750089013499062016-12-06T16:08:40.813-05:002016-12-06T16:08:40.813-05:00I'm surprised but ridiculously thrilled that s...I'm surprised but ridiculously thrilled that so many here say they like (or even love) the song. It has long seemed to me to be the fruitcake of Christmas carols - as though detesting it is an indicator of sophistication and discrimination. Personally, I very much like the song, just as I do a good fruitcake (and the more 'spirited' the better). Thanks @Z for the 'immunity', saw that bizarre event when it first aired, but the duet turned out to be mesmerizing and tear-inducing. (Bowie apparently did it for his mum.) BTW, the best fruitcake I ever consumed was the one my great-aunt sent us for Christmas years ago, made by Trappist monks at Gethsemani Abbey. These fruitcakes are so good because 'they're handmade with only the finest, freshest ingredients...and seasoned with fine Kentucky bourbon'.<br /><br />I also like a spirited discussion, and today's comments have provided a very reasonable facsimile of one. Thanks to Lewis et al for high-lighting the yummy words, and to all who shared favorite carols and songs of the season. Some are favorites of mine, all I at least like; there are actually very few Christmas songs/carols that I DON'T LIKE AT ALL, but one of these is whatever Dean Martin was singing in a store last night, a standard, which mercifully I have forgotten. It was truly terrible. <br /><br />@Cassieopia - I'm with you on 'Carol of the Bells'. Lt. Kije is great, too, but that's an interesting juxtaposition you've got there...<br /><br />But I didn't see three of my favorites:<br /><br />'Noel nouvelet' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xolN0xgPNKM<br /><br />'Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32I5MrtwBGo<br /><br />'Gaudete' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN9AJj9rtlk<br /><br />P.S. @LMS - thanks for your personal anecdote, and no, not the one about your feet (but hey, I'll take that one, too).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162755764092888665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20017836968338001462016-12-06T15:55:06.147-05:002016-12-06T15:55:06.147-05:00@Martin Abresch: M&A has way too many Christm...@Martin Abresch: M&A has way too many Christmas tune staff picks to mention.<br />But here's a few more, from the bottom of the jukebox ...<br /><br />* Santa Claus Is Watching You [Ray Stevens]<br />* Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy [Buck Owens]<br />* What Do You Get a Wookie for Christmas [Starwars Choir]<br />* Don't Cry for Me This Christmas [Marcels]<br />* What Are You Doing New Year's Eve [Orioles]<br />* Love for Christmas [Gems]<br />* Jingle Bells [Singing Dogs]<br />* Mister Santa [Lollipops]<br /><br />M&A Christmas Help DeskMasked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346263641338670679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17682669351836887752016-12-06T15:09:08.313-05:002016-12-06T15:09:08.313-05:00I had never heard this song when, in 1967, in seco...I had never heard this song when, in 1967, in second grade, our teacher had our class learn it for the St. Casimir's Parochial School Christmas program. As is true for almost everything I learned before age 20 (coincidence that the drinking age was 19 back then?), I still remember all the words. I would certainly prefer to hear Little Drummer Boy to The Twelve Days of Christmas, if those were the only two choices I had. I'd go with O Holy Night, Little Town of Bethlehem or We Three Kings instead any day.<br /><br />This was a typical Tuesday solve for me, with only T-bill before T-NOTE as write-overs. I was shopping today (Christmas comes early for us - my family get-together is <i>this Saturday</i>, ack) so I took the day off to finish up. It is super windy today and while I was wandering the aisles of Target, I caught sight of myself in a mirror. My BANGS were in total disarray, I looked RUMPLEd, totally the opposite of REGAL. It is hard to go through the check out with APLOMB when you look like your ensemble has been JURY-RIGged. But I think my shopping is done now, so I'm walking ON AIR; I get the ULTIMA, the PARTING SHOT, the last laugh. And if there was Christmas music playing in the store, I was able to tune it out. Yes!Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15816440010599114282016-12-06T15:02:31.978-05:002016-12-06T15:02:31.978-05:00I can't believe that I forgot to mention this ...I can't believe that I forgot to mention this gem: <a rel="nofollow">Vashti Bunyan "Coldest Night of the Year."</a><br /><br />I'm listening to other people's favorite Christmas songs. Some good recommendations. Keep them coming!<br /><br />@jberg - I love your three choices, especially "In Dulci Jubilo" and "Un flambeau, Jeannette Isabella." That last one was new to me.<br /><br />@Cassieopia - I'm enjoying Prokofiev's "Troika" (from "Lieutenant Kije"). It's not familiar to me, though I'm sure that I've heard it before.<br /><br />@Masked and Anonymous - My favorites in your batch are "Jingle Bells Slide," "Donde Esta Santa Claus," and "Santa's Speed Shop." "Jingle Bells Slide" is new to me.<br /><br />@tea73 - Yes! Another person who likes "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming"! I also like your choice of "Il est né, le divin Enfant."<br /><br />I've come around on Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas" it's good. My favorite version can be found <a href="http://nymag.com/selectall/2015/12/all-i-want-for-christmas-in-midi.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Someone took the song and fed it through a MIDI converter. It's a jangling mess of piano, but you'll swear that you can faintly hear Mariah's voice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292806089549341991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50218404005157970742016-12-06T14:41:54.614-05:002016-12-06T14:41:54.614-05:00Oh and forgot to add. A PUMPER is a kind of firetr...Oh and forgot to add. A PUMPER is a kind of firetruck.tea73https://www.blogger.com/profile/04949792626860120963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68014170740794136522016-12-06T14:34:40.036-05:002016-12-06T14:34:40.036-05:00Most versions of the Little Drum Boy are way over ...Most versions of the Little Drum Boy are way over produced. I can listen to a simple one once or twice a season, but by Christmas day I can't stand it any more. The Baez version is too fast and I don't like the way she rolls her r's. But at least it's not syrupy strings.<br /><br />Favorite carols:<br />Il est né, le divin Enfant<br />Lo how a Rose is Blooming<br />What Child is this<br />The Friendly Beasts<br />tea73https://www.blogger.com/profile/04949792626860120963noreply@blogger.com