tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1675493988361690221..comments2024-03-29T10:07:18.537-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Old cornball variety show with Buck Owens / TUE 12-24-19 / Ghostbusters character Spengler / Carpenter's decorative molding / Director of 2000s Charlie's Angels to film fans / Black-purple fruit from palm tree Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-522786664275279162020-02-03T20:47:05.550-05:002020-02-03T20:47:05.550-05:00She wove and unwove and wove and did not know
That...She wove and unwove and wove and did not know<br />That even then Odysseus on the long<br />And winding road of the world was on his way.<br /><br />lines from Edwin Muir, “The Return of Odysseus”Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15727381745425202252020-01-28T21:57:28.748-05:002020-01-28T21:57:28.748-05:00Barbi Benton was a regular on HEEHAW for a few sea...Barbi Benton was a regular on HEEHAW for a few seasons, and she turned 70 today. But THE fully spelled Bond girl HALLEBERRY has got to be the yeah baby, reprise of Ursula's scene years before after she SWIMS. <br /><br />EZ and OK for a Tues-puz.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80227278159426697372020-01-28T19:39:11.785-05:002020-01-28T19:39:11.785-05:00Still giggling from this one, purely from a Britis...Still giggling from this one, purely from a British perspective. Nobody says BOSH unless they're trying to parody an upper class twit. Fair enough clue, but possibly not what the compiler intended. I'm pondering that because it would tell me whether 53d was supposed to be a bit rude or if it was an accident.<br /><br />I should watch less Benny Hill.straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21080237814482417942020-01-28T15:15:32.093-05:002020-01-28T15:15:32.093-05:00Fine puzzle for the theme, themers, revealer, appr...Fine puzzle for the theme, themers, revealer, appropriate difficulty level, fill, clues, grid.<br /><br />I ran into zero Naticks, and rather enjoyed my solve. Certainly up there among Tuesday offerings.<br /><br />Though bygone, WKRP In Cincinnati was one funny show. Great characters.<br /><br />Once, while camping with my family, there must have been a BARBERSHOP QUARTET convention nearby because we heard many rehearsed 4-part harmony endings reverberating through the trees. Most entertaining, as was this puzzle.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16000370828415689312020-01-28T14:00:10.821-05:002020-01-28T14:00:10.821-05:00DOOR, 1D not 1A.DOOR, 1D not 1A.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63040587459585545312020-01-28T13:34:26.690-05:002020-01-28T13:34:26.690-05:00And I nearly Naticked close by - the G in EGON/STE...And I nearly Naticked close by - the G in EGON/STEIG was a good guess on my part.<br /><br />The rest was just fine.<br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5691892555830073902020-01-28T13:30:04.239-05:002020-01-28T13:30:04.239-05:00Standard Tuesday with some Wednesday touches: MCG,...Standard Tuesday with some Wednesday touches: MCG, STEIG/EGON cross, and maybe MIEN and STARMAN. <br /><br />THE as cafe' alternative snuck in not furtively through the back door but boldly through the front (1A).<br /><br />Coincidental happening here in our yard today: Landscapers are here to CUT, CLIP, TRIM, and CROP trees, bushes, etc. They don't sing while at work.<br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38235434607998734702020-01-28T12:50:04.914-05:002020-01-28T12:50:04.914-05:00UH...no. Naticked at 37: I must disagree with OFC....UH...no. Naticked at 37: I must disagree with OFC. The crosses are ultimately UNfair. Therein lies my DNF. The NEA funds museums? I guess it makes sense, but it certainly isn't an activity they're KNOWN for. C'mon, man, it's only Tuesday.<br /><br />I had to deal with other unknowns, too: who's gonna know MCG? Naturally, I thought I'd goofed somewhere up there, but the rest of the NW fit, so I just left it. You want to tell me this guy is FAMOUS??? Again: TUESDAY!!!<br /><br />The theme works nicely, but it didn't DEFRAY the cost of the fill.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49167964563878469332020-01-28T12:00:29.009-05:002020-01-28T12:00:29.009-05:00THE AWE
BTW, I MET a TRUE STAR,MAN,
her SIXPACK a...THE AWE<br /><br />BTW, I MET a TRUE STAR,MAN,<br />her SIXPACK abs I gave ARUB,A feel,<br />I found they’re LEAN and TAUT and,<br />UH,YES, HALLEBERRY’s AREOLAR REAL.<br /><br />--- STIEG MOLIERE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39515415990949771112019-12-25T12:13:53.810-05:002019-12-25T12:13:53.810-05:00Is our whole quartet in NYC?? Might be a fun eveni...Is our whole quartet in NYC?? Might be a fun evening to actually do thisburtonkdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775521394938142484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63879547945061155952019-12-24T22:39:36.247-05:002019-12-24T22:39:36.247-05:00@Gill
HEE HAW had very good musicians and singers....@Gill<br />HEE HAW had very good musicians and singers. One of the better commercial tv music shows.<br />Well worth watching purposely. Corny jokes and country music are not to everyone's taste. But I like the Mills Brothers and barber shop too.<br />BOSH WAS made popular by author and diplomat James J. Molier, distant cousin to MOLIERE. Definitely English, maybe not in Liverpool.<br />I was positively delighted by your "my memories are not what they used to be". I wish I said that. I probably will. Suggestive of Heraclitus and his toes and rivers as well.<br /><br />@anon 853 am<br />Only the music segments were filmed with a "live audience". The jokes were not. Is it more or less honest to be more deceptive by expertly covering up this fact? <br /><br />My list of paired word, all of which were from the symmetric locations in the grid, was a large sampling of the encompassing close and not so close similarities of various types. I omitted some decent ones such as NEAR MWAH, ARTY ACAI, SWIMS SNAPS, TIBIA CANOE. My favorite might short one was BOSH WKRP because the fictional radio station (for those who did not know) w-crap in Cincinati (the implied and unsaid joke of the show). BOSH = crap. If only TIBIA CANOE had a TYLER TOO. My point was give the constructor some credit. Not all of this is accidental even if it all wasn't intentional.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49718754572647752492019-12-24T21:47:19.413-05:002019-12-24T21:47:19.413-05:00@Jod, et al.--The Evadeludes is downright brillian...@Jod, et al.--The Evadeludes is downright brilliant and I declare the nominations closed and the matter settled.<br /><br />And now, after the above mentioned candlelight service with the Silent Night finale, I send to all further wishes for a joyous holiday. The quartet discussion is the most fun on this blog so far.<br /><br />Also, try to stay awake until 11:30, when I will pack up my guitar and accompany the midnight service at our postcard New England church, which was full for an earlier service and will have yours truly and about a dozen others later tonight.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.pabloinnhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967477079504866917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36535995031109596902019-12-24T20:43:53.653-05:002019-12-24T20:43:53.653-05:00@Nancy – like minds...@Nancy – like minds...Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42420498287650738462019-12-24T19:45:56.522-05:002019-12-24T19:45:56.522-05:00@Nancy – you can always sing Bass with us.
More p...@Nancy – you can always sing Bass with us.<br /><br />More possible names:<br />The Four Naticks<br />The Green Paint Boys<br />The Evadeludes (ee-vay-duh-lewds)<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/00gXEn1ehDg" rel="nofollow">One more song to make you merry and dance around the living room.</a>Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2859128610960863452019-12-24T19:31:13.452-05:002019-12-24T19:31:13.452-05:00@Joe (6:01)-- "The Green Paint Quartet"...@Joe (6:01)-- "The Green Paint Quartet", natch. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17045605537009470142019-12-24T18:01:54.504-05:002019-12-24T18:01:54.504-05:00We still need someone on bass. @burtonkd is joinin...We still need someone on bass. @burtonkd is joining us so he can be Lead. @pablo is on Tenor and I was planning to be Baritone, but I can maybe cover Bass if it's not too low. Quasi, what's your range?<br /><br />Yes, we need a crossword name. Hmm...Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23519799676123604712019-12-24T17:40:43.701-05:002019-12-24T17:40:43.701-05:00@GILL (1:37 p.m.)-- We may have a problem, quartet...@GILL (1:37 p.m.)-- We may have a problem, quartet-wise.<br /><br />My voice started out pretty low when I was young. I could sing along with Ethel Merman in "Annie Get Your Gun". WE HAD THE EXACT SAME RANGE!!!! But I couldn't even <i>think</i> as high as the coloratura sopranos in "Oklahoma" and "Carousel". Their voices made my forehead ache. On those original cast LPs, I sang along with John Raitt. In the various choruses I was in, I was an alto who could sort of stretch for 2nd soprano when the 2nd's part was closer to the melody than the alto's part and I liked their part better. <br /><br />But my voice has gotten even lower over the ensuing years. (This I attribute to a fair amount of Scotch and later, red wine.) So, @GILL, if you've already put "dibs on alto", our little quartet might have a wee problem. I mean, as a good natured, amenable person and "team player", I'm willing to once again stretch to sing 2nd soprano. But what if it turns out that my vocal cords are not as flexible as I am? Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15723743943534182492019-12-24T17:29:26.161-05:002019-12-24T17:29:26.161-05:00I liked the puzzle a lot. I knew STIEG from "...I liked the puzzle a lot. I knew STIEG from "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," a part of the Millennium series. The ones he wrote are very good, the several written after he died, not so much.<br /><br />For the quartet I can contribute my one note. In 4th grade, the music teacher told me I should listen for a while. I knew what she meant right away. My music contribution now is "audience." I tell folks I used to have a musical gift, but I gave it to my daughter who is having a wonderful time with it.<br /><br />Last thing: We have a nod at Christmas ever at 67A. Silent Night with candlelight gets me every time.Monty Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924320449868956299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33249403841320005892019-12-24T16:29:09.698-05:002019-12-24T16:29:09.698-05:00@Pablo @joe and @JC66 how bout "the ONOs"...@Pablo @joe and @JC66 how bout "the ONOs"? It's a palindrome too. Sorta. :) -- QuasiMojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66813383927023497822019-12-24T16:18:50.551-05:002019-12-24T16:18:50.551-05:00Ok....So I'm thinking the Barbershops and the ...Ok....So I'm thinking the Barbershops and the Adelines should meet up at Brandy's Piano Bar on E 84th. The best belted out song get's to be lubricated by @JC66. Everyone's invited...even the atheists.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41740725450850208002019-12-24T16:15:50.742-05:002019-12-24T16:15:50.742-05:00Naticked at STIEG/EGON
But what’s not to love abo...Naticked at STIEG/EGON<br /><br />But what’s not to love about Barbershop Quartets. Or choruses. <br />Former Sweet Adeline here, (baritone) now a member of a mixed chorus (alto). Whether male or female, barbershop groups utilize the male terms for the voice parts.<br /><br />How cool to discover so many singers in this XW group!! Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28633428087549486572019-12-24T15:15:38.873-05:002019-12-24T15:15:38.873-05:00Cogito, ergo YETIS.Cogito, ergo YETIS.Birchbarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292725119040462686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48904099210414680012019-12-24T14:47:30.161-05:002019-12-24T14:47:30.161-05:00@pabloinnh, @Quasi & @Joe D
Count me in. I c...@pabloinnh, @Quasi & @Joe D<br /><br />Count me in. I can't sing a lick, but I love lubricating.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28880606547248381212019-12-24T14:45:45.687-05:002019-12-24T14:45:45.687-05:00I happen to live a few hundred yards from the worl...I happen to live a few hundred yards from the worlds tallest barber pole in Forest Grove Oregon. There used to be a big barbershop quartet contest every year. Sadly it is no more. In high school we staged The Music Man which has a couple of lovely barbershop quartet songs. Syndicate bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69107029310403690662019-12-24T14:43:57.338-05:002019-12-24T14:43:57.338-05:00@devoutAtheist: @God has a point. I would express...@devoutAtheist: @God has a point. I would express it thusly: to people who believe in them, God and Yetis are real. To us devout atheists, people who believe in god and yetis are not real. Agreed? Ellen Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473445503706985149noreply@blogger.com