tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6232762016077410806..comments2024-03-28T14:03:44.822-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2008 - Matt Ginsberg ("McHale's Navy" craft / Ford and Bush adviser Scowcroft / Classic British Jaguar)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92037623237390771172017-09-07T07:16:07.235-04:002017-09-07T07:16:07.235-04:00Nice Blog Post !Nice Blog Post !Used PC Distributorhttp://www.electrocw.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31383830297833631262009-01-06T18:14:00.000-05:002009-01-06T18:14:00.000-05:00You people make me feel so old. Coming up behind s...You people make me feel so old. Coming up behind someone and saying "beep beep" ala a car is a joke older than the roadrunner and was used by the cartoon to make that joke. So it doesn't matter what you think it sounds like everyone at the time knew the joke. Also, I remember when XKE's, aka E-Types were new. They were preceded by the XKSS which had its factory burned down and led to the radical new E-Type design. Yes, a classic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39555006537702769182009-01-06T14:17:00.000-05:002009-01-06T14:17:00.000-05:00I thought this puzzle was the easiest and most fun...I thought this puzzle was the easiest and most fun NYT I have ever done. I got the theme from my second entry CLUCK and raced through from there. I would have called the theme clues "names of sounds" rather than the sounds themselves but it didn't get in the way. I stared at that Jaguar clue with ETY E, had my aha moment, and finished the last entry, with no idea what ETAPE was. But, upon reading the comments, I am ashamed to have forgotten the word as we watch every moment of the Tour de France at my house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20021691177671899332008-12-04T14:19:00.000-05:002008-12-04T14:19:00.000-05:00This one was brilliant!This one was brilliant!Laurence Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512608792667325309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11970892284307506612008-12-03T06:31:00.000-05:002008-12-03T06:31:00.000-05:00@Greene-Let me say that I really enjoy your occasi...@Greene-<BR/><BR/>Let me say that I really enjoy your occasional asides on the Thea-tuh and musicals in general. They are both lively and informed.<BR/><BR/>You are a welcome addition to our little group.<BR/><BR/>@imsdave-<BR/><BR/>I did your puzzle at Orange's Summer House and, I admit, I shamelessly searched for my own name.<BR/><BR/>Maybe if I had a pithier nom de crossword I would have stood a chance. But alas . . .<BR/><BR/>Suffice it to say, a really good job.Bill from NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103923612595508277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25408439333261260992008-12-03T05:24:00.000-05:002008-12-03T05:24:00.000-05:00Back from New York where I gloriously got to do th...Back from New York where I gloriously got to do the Saturday Times puzzles (one of the sad parts about doing the crosswords on the International Herald Tribune is that you lose Saturday).<BR/><BR/>Yes, much to love about this one. And I don't really see the problem with E-Type - it's a really iconic car for anyone familiar with car history. But then I always get stuck on American car model names like the AMC Hornet, so I'm quite pleased to have others flummoxed by Jag model names...Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496381028501467886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16956945034908269052008-12-03T02:00:00.000-05:002008-12-03T02:00:00.000-05:00@imsdavewow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I particularl...@imsdave<BR/>wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/>I particularly enjoyed 6A.<BR/>I just noticed 82D!<BR/>So much to love!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41520262564872414232008-12-02T22:18:00.000-05:002008-12-02T22:18:00.000-05:00@no, Orange, actually, as I remember it, it was a ...@no, Orange, actually, as I remember it, it was a parody of generic musicals where they break into song and dance at the slightest provocation (such as when a lineworker stamps the Air Force seal on the side of a plane or records the serial number of the aircraft part).<BR/>The point is there are very good musicals which approach operettas (like Sondheim's A Little Night Music) and very lame cheesy musicals that waste your time, which is what Winters was making fun of.<BR/>Dudley Moore did the same thing on the piano, making screw of how Beethoven could never bring a symphonic piece to an end. Very subtle and very funny.<BR/><BR/>...and now we should stop or Rex will get nasty again.fikinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324570637549775751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48944366659693808762008-12-02T22:02:00.000-05:002008-12-02T22:02:00.000-05:00I've been thinking about the beep/meep controversy...I've been thinking about the beep/meep controversy and tried to reproduce the sound I remember. I think it's actually a g said with your lips closed, and when you open them for the eep sound it comes off as an m. So it is actually a gmeep!;-)machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19735010928357578432008-12-02T21:40:00.000-05:002008-12-02T21:40:00.000-05:00@imsdave: cool how you hid my name in the first tw...@imsdave: cool how you hid my name in the first two letters of 87D, all of 9D and the first three letters of 87A.Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90782001443044431492008-12-02T21:30:00.000-05:002008-12-02T21:30:00.000-05:00@fikink: Got a transcript? I'd do better with a tr...@fikink: Got a transcript? I'd do better with a transcript than a video...which I might skip entirely. Doesn't the humor of a send-up rely on deep familiarity with what's being sent up? And if I don't watch musicals, won't I miss some of the humor (or just be annoyed by the song-and-dance business that annoys me in real musicals)?<BR/><BR/>Sheesh, you <I>are</I> a cultist!Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79079196725999201592008-12-02T21:24:00.000-05:002008-12-02T21:24:00.000-05:00Fun Puzzle, happy, hoppy, fantasmagoric! A Thing o...Fun Puzzle, happy, hoppy, fantasmagoric! A Thing of GAMAL --i.e. Beauty, in Arabic, as in GAMAL Abdul-Nasser- "Beauty of the Servant of God the Victorious... No pressure...<BR/><BR/>May it inspire many other wonderful Tuesdays!<BR/><BR/>@imsdave: I enjoyed solving your puzzle and smiled in many places as I recognized references to blog friends, names and even double names... If you knew my name in real life (and you spoke some Arabic) you'd know that I was also in there! That made me laugh...foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37390666901622208102008-12-02T21:02:00.000-05:002008-12-02T21:02:00.000-05:00"Grease in a deep fryer", same as fixin "ham and e..."Grease in a deep fryer", same as fixin "ham and egg(s)" to me sounds something like KSHHHH, much more than SPLATTER. And I am firmly in MEEP camp. No matter, I really loved this puzzle! Rock RabbitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56602085616548159552008-12-02T19:54:00.000-05:002008-12-02T19:54:00.000-05:00What is up with the usual crowd here.Everyone play...What is up with the usual crowd here.<BR/>Everyone playing cloy. No one mentioned that SCREECH had done a porno. (Insert sound effect joke here). I bet ACME knew. Heck she may even have a DVD copy.<BR/><BR/>Also, I was hoping for a BLAM, POW, or other from the Batman TV show. The true one IMHO -- campy=funny.<BR/>SteveLarsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61874661086288641122008-12-02T19:27:00.000-05:002008-12-02T19:27:00.000-05:00This one is "live", but who knows...http://www.you...This one is "live", but who knows...<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1gc3-iCiEoDONALDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66911437507681852262008-12-02T19:11:00.000-05:002008-12-02T19:11:00.000-05:00Well, I had two mistakes on a Tuesday -- the cross...Well, I had two mistakes on a Tuesday -- the crossing of etape and etype and ohoh/ihna instead of oooh/iona. But all that is made up by seeing my town (Iowa City) in a puzzle -- even if the answer was the more common Iowa.<BR/><BR/>Oh, by the way, great puzzle!Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56556506344803354992008-12-02T18:39:00.000-05:002008-12-02T18:39:00.000-05:00Orange, if I could find it I would send you an old...Orange, if I could find it I would send you an old Jonathan Winter routine where he did a send up of stupid musicals. <BR/>One was a fictive musical set in a military airplane manufacturing plant with a Music Man-type Robert Preston singing, "Put That Stamp on the Aluminum and send it into the blue..." <BR/>You would appreciate it.<BR/>Very Beyond the Fringefikinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324570637549775751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46101828481711458982008-12-02T18:01:00.000-05:002008-12-02T18:01:00.000-05:00I like the way a three-letter answer DIN ties t...I like the way a three-letter answer DIN ties this whole puzzle together.<BR/><BR/>Aside from some minor quibbles about the nature of the sounds, I really enjoyed this one.<BR/><BR/>Insofar as Ham and egger is concerned, I thought Greene hit the nail on the head in described that as a schlepper. Rocky (from the movie) was a classic ham and egger, not necessarily incompetent but just . . . meh.<BR/><BR/>Very nice entry for a Tuesday.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89716562549636446752008-12-02T17:58:00.000-05:002008-12-02T17:58:00.000-05:00BTW, Jaguar is no longer American Ford. It's been...BTW, Jaguar is no longer American Ford. It's been Indian Tata for some time. The Empire Strikes Back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49089316077688247572008-12-02T17:40:00.000-05:002008-12-02T17:40:00.000-05:00Thanks, fikink!I found Dave's puzzle, but it did t...Thanks, fikink!<BR/><BR/>I found Dave's puzzle, but it did take me three tries to get it to open. hmmmmm. (not that I was in it. I guess I need to post more/be more witty)jeff in chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492964479021891094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6608007273472901492008-12-02T17:37:00.000-05:002008-12-02T17:37:00.000-05:00@chefbea, the puzzle's not at my blog, it's at the...@chefbea, the puzzle's not at my blog, it's at the Crossword Fiend forum. Dave's post and puzzle are <A HREF="http://crosswordfiend.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=138&sid=2341242027e4cccc06457b7b48b87f2f" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>@fikink, puh-leeze! I would never call anyone (save an annoying cultist) an annoying cultist. That said, I'm squarely in Rex's camp when it comes to musicals.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83564208488259474332008-12-02T17:00:00.000-05:002008-12-02T17:00:00.000-05:00Oh, I don't know RexIn psychology we call it savin...Oh, I don't know Rex<BR/><BR/>In psychology we call it saving and then killing, you know, he's a nice guy but...<BR/><BR/>For such a swoon over a Wow Tue puzzle, me thought the man did protest too much before saving. <BR/><BR/>For me, a perfect Tue puzzle, a thing most difficult to sound.Ladelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822660581698301611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50108895365091286472008-12-02T16:26:00.000-05:002008-12-02T16:26:00.000-05:00I don't know how, but suddenly my pic is back. He...I don't know how, but suddenly my pic is back. Hey you, you behind the curtain, what are you doing? Speaking of Miep Gies, this was taken on a canal not far from the Anne Frank Huis.<BR/><BR/>OK, I'm 4 for 3, signing off.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389790318218161090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13134563012121792752008-12-02T16:23:00.000-05:002008-12-02T16:23:00.000-05:00@acme Thanks for the link to the Miep video. @ims...@acme Thanks for the link to the Miep video. <BR/><BR/>@imsdave On behalf of all cruciverbalists named Doug (Evil, Nebraskan, Canadian) thanks for the 15 seconds of grid fame!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389790318218161090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91411731682508967392008-12-02T16:22:00.000-05:002008-12-02T16:22:00.000-05:00I am unable to get the puzzle. Asked my daughter a...I am unable to get the puzzle. Asked my daughter and she cant either. Can someone send it to me but not in across lite? chefbea1@yahoo.com<BR/>Thanxchefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.com