tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6525240675558310472..comments2024-03-28T22:09:11.213-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14, 2007 - Jim PageRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60862295903596583392007-12-26T11:35:00.000-05:002007-12-26T11:35:00.000-05:00No-hitterFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIn b...No-hitter<BR/>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<BR/><BR/>In baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game, and sometimes called a no-no) refers to a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting a hit. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter". Throwing a no-hitter is rare and considered an extraordinary accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49921611184189411512007-11-16T21:36:00.000-05:002007-11-16T21:36:00.000-05:00For a revised record - Put QUOTES around "no hitte...For a revised record - Put QUOTES around "no hitter" and "No hit game"<BR/><BR/>No hitter = 840,000<BR/>no hit game = 16,000<BR/><BR/>"no hit game" doesn't exist.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994595635649654314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72482290010009626992007-11-15T02:24:00.000-05:002007-11-15T02:24:00.000-05:00I go to Brown University, the host of the infamous...I go to Brown University, the host of the infamous "dental dam website". I am an RA this year, and was also an RA last year. I leave dental dams on my door. Exactly zero people have used them. This lack of dental dam usage is corroborated by my fellow RAs.<BR/><BR/>As far as the real world is concerned, it would appear that dental dams amount to nothing more than flim-flammery cooked up by so-called "health educators".<BR/><BR/>But they are not gross. I think you all are being a little too squeamish. In any case, I am almost sure that this shouldn't pass the breakfast table test. Maybe Will Shortz didn't check the meaning because he'd just heard the phrase before, or something.<BR/><BR/>I thought the theme was kind of cool, once I got it. I was trying to rationalize having "HOLDS BARRED" meaning "A la free-for-all". That means that you aren't allowed to have any holds? So everything is allowed? (Obviously the phrase "no holds barred" means everything is allowed, so for some reason or another I'm interpreting this entirely incorrectly.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345623954861334689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10067069242854618082007-11-15T02:19:00.000-05:002007-11-15T02:19:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345623954861334689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18954756131715946932007-11-14T22:52:00.000-05:002007-11-14T22:52:00.000-05:00"no hit game" is completely ordinary baseballese a..."no hit game" is completely ordinary baseballese as in "Nolan Ryan pitched X [I rget the number] no hit games." It is interchangeable with "no-hitter."Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1906788098441015772007-11-14T22:22:00.000-05:002007-11-14T22:22:00.000-05:00Mac.... don't do it!!! Orange... I'm repressing th...Mac.... don't do it!!! <BR/><BR/>Orange... I'm repressing the dam along with the eyebrow threading, to be pulled out much later in analysis (the memories, not the appliance or brows). In truth, it was the image of the actual dentist using the dam that was traumatic. But then, combined with the alternate usage, it was all too much for me. ;-) California misses you.... 85 degrees today!<BR/><BR/>Hope work is going well, Oh Rex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41573798672492007612007-11-14T19:15:00.000-05:002007-11-14T19:15:00.000-05:00Joan was doing a play at the Northland Playhouse i...Joan was doing a play at the Northland Playhouse in Southfield, Michigan and rented a cottage on Walled Lake which, at the time, was about an hour's drive from there.<BR/><BR/>Her agents combed the neighborhood prior and asked all the people in the neighborhood to ignore her. Walled Lake is, and was, a very small town and everybody complied to the point that when she sunbathed nude on our dock (her lakefront sucked) everyone pretended she wasn't there, even my grandfather who was of the age to be excited by her (I was about eight).<BR/><BR/>My mother and grandmother (whom I lived with at the time) were starstruck. Walled Lake was extremely rural then and the only phones we had were party lines, so they listened to her calls.<BR/><BR/>I got to know the daughter, an adopted native american, because her adopted mom mostly ignored her (she had done her good deed). I got to know the butler/chauffer because he was a good man.<BR/><BR/>It was a brief moment in my life but it taught me a lot about people that think they are priviledged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73208835868107021922007-11-14T18:49:00.000-05:002007-11-14T18:49:00.000-05:00MTM has a brain tumor? Joan Fontaine had a party ...MTM has a brain tumor? Joan Fontaine had a party line? <BR/><BR/>I've never lived near anybody, but I did have an impromptu lunch at the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal with Don Porter, the actor who played Sally Field's father in Gidget.;) My father insisted I go up to him since I made such a big deal about recognizing him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89413445119575363832007-11-14T18:28:00.000-05:002007-11-14T18:28:00.000-05:00chefbea,I lived a quarter mile from Katherine Hepb...chefbea,<BR/><BR/>I lived a quarter mile from Katherine Hepburn for two years and never saw her.<BR/><BR/>I lived *next door* to Joan Fontaine for two months and only got to meet her butler and daughter (although we did listen to her phone calls on our party line).<BR/><BR/>** = ""Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38100148934996403312007-11-14T17:36:00.000-05:002007-11-14T17:36:00.000-05:00Chefbea,On the day some of the NY rags announced t...Chefbea,<BR/>On the day some of the NY rags announced that MTM was deadly ill with a brain tumor, I saw her, radiant as ever, at Paul Newman's restaurant next to the Westport Playhouse. Check out museums, I've run into her twice in the Whitney.<BR/>Fun puzzle, needed no reference aid. Orange, I'm afraid to go to the dental dam site.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5578179137635801502007-11-14T17:17:00.000-05:002007-11-14T17:17:00.000-05:00Well I had a problem at 39D too. Tried to make it ...Well I had a problem at 39D too. Tried to make it JAB so 39A was JETIS and 51A was BITGAME. Did't think there was such a thing as a "no bit game" and didn't think a J could be exchanged with the Y in YETIS but YAH really didn't seem to fit. Maybe it's related to YAHOO!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55918928135063586762007-11-14T16:38:00.000-05:002007-11-14T16:38:00.000-05:00mary tyler moore - my idol. She just moved to Gree...mary tyler moore - my idol. She just moved to Greenwich and I am hoping to run into her some where.<BR/>chefbeaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4539213299555685532007-11-14T16:04:00.000-05:002007-11-14T16:04:00.000-05:00I think the lineup was:MASHAll in the FamilyNewhar...I think the lineup was:<BR/><BR/>MASH<BR/>All in the Family<BR/>Newhart<BR/>Mary Tyler Moore<BR/>Carol BurnettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57629037704452135932007-11-14T15:31:00.000-05:002007-11-14T15:31:00.000-05:00Thanks Fergus. That did cross my mind until I rea...Thanks Fergus. That did cross my mind until I read Rex's comment.puzzlemenschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639383053741429992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11986583575182703202007-11-14T15:26:00.000-05:002007-11-14T15:26:00.000-05:00Puzzlemensch: Definite article, as opposed to a, ...Puzzlemensch: Definite article, as opposed to a, or an, the indefinite ones.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50540371397756634482007-11-14T15:23:00.000-05:002007-11-14T15:23:00.000-05:00Guessed the theme after putting in two answers, NT...Guessed the theme after putting in two answers, NTH and EBB, so I was certainly in the FLY ZONE today. In fact, I felt like GREAT SHAKES and a true BRAINER, whereas yesterday I was a slug. <BR/><BR/>While we're on the baseball topic, I found 32A World Series prize to be a bit inaccurate. The prize is a big trophy with a whole bunch of metal flags on it, a sizable chunk of money, and maybe a call from the president amid a spray of champagne. The RING comes later, and often reluctantly from the team's owner. I don't know when this presentation became an obligatory ritual, but it's not really a prize that gets bestowed on the team members. And while I prefer NO-HITTER, I had no problem with NO HIT GAME.<BR/><BR/>As a child I didn't like either the Dick Van Dyke Show or Rocky & Bullwinkle, but with a little maturity found them both to be extremely funny and well written. DVD, by the way, was awarded some esteemed prize for the worst ever attempt at a Cockney accent, in Mary Poppins.<BR/><BR/>And in the 1980s, I didn't know anyone who uttered JUST SAY NO in anything but a tone of total derision. Way more emphatically than YAH.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12212750871191721422007-11-14T15:13:00.000-05:002007-11-14T15:13:00.000-05:00I thought the answer was Mrs. Lillian Bakerman, a ...I thought the answer was Mrs. Lillian Bakerman, a group member who was constantly knitting!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50739487329879060872007-11-14T15:12:00.000-05:002007-11-14T15:12:00.000-05:00Easy and fun but what in the world does THE have t...Easy and fun but what in the world does THE have to do with It's definite in 19A. Rex says THE END...so?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1933130479815920752007-11-14T15:10:00.000-05:002007-11-14T15:10:00.000-05:00If you didn't get it, Newhart #2 was a dream seque...If you didn't get it, Newhart #2 was a dream sequence, and hence still set in Chicago from the #1 show.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389790318218161090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15345696953984636472007-11-14T15:09:00.000-05:002007-11-14T15:09:00.000-05:00No Newhart takers? There were two similar instanc...No Newhart takers? There were two similar instances that I can recall: 1) Bobby Ewing just appears from the dead one day and Victoria Principal finds she dreamt the whole thing; and 2) St. Elsewhere, from 1 to the NTH season, is in fact dreamt by the autistic son of hospital administrator.<BR/><BR/>In Newhart's (#2) last episode he turns on the bedside light to show us wife Emily, busty Suzanne Pleshette, from Newhart #1, in bed next him. He says something like "Emily, can you wear sweaters more often." Bob must have a thing for endpowed wives, as #2 was frequently dressed in tight fitting angoras, hence the request. <BR/><BR/>Okay, time to get some real work done....Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389790318218161090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74405184985005595202007-11-14T14:51:00.000-05:002007-11-14T14:51:00.000-05:00There was a time in the early 70s before VCRs that...There was a time in the early 70s before VCRs that Saturday night was a stay at home and watch TV night. If I remember correctly CBS had a block of programs starting at 8pm that included All in the Family, the first Newhart show, and MTM's show. As Archie would say "those were the days."<BR/><BR/>BTW like Orange I never saw the derisive word clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32898034304964444852007-11-14T14:44:00.000-05:002007-11-14T14:44:00.000-05:00i really struggled with the SW corner though the r...i really struggled with the SW corner though the rest, including the theme came very easily. as a member of the younger generation of crossword enthusiasts (im 22) this puzzle had a great mix of attainable cultural referencesUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13053307337553034775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14907946226787984682007-11-14T14:25:00.000-05:002007-11-14T14:25:00.000-05:00Vinny V., if you Google "no-hit game" in quotes, y...Vinny V., if you Google "no-hit game" in quotes, you get just 15,300 hits. (They're good hits, too—Time magazine, Wikipedia, the New York Times. Not just random illiterate postings on the internet.) Also, Vinny, if you're picking someone up at the airport after midnight, whoo, does that go fast! Monday night, the luggage arrived within two minutes of my arrival at the baggage claim, and I was home less than an hour after the plane landed.<BR/><BR/>I met NEAL Conan at the ACPT, where he and Merl Reagle do the color commentary during the finals. He's married to Liane Hansen, who hosts WIll Shortz's weekly puzzle on NPR.<BR/><BR/>And the quotes for "snowmen" is because The Abominable Snowman is such a different entity than Frosty the Snowman. I liked the clue.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76242283072096727052007-11-14T14:22:00.000-05:002007-11-14T14:22:00.000-05:00Liked this one also. Struggled with NOHITTER and ...Liked this one also. Struggled with NOHITTER and had ART for OIL at first, but pretty smooth other than that. <BR/><BR/>The second Newhart show was Bob's dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58938319386076679622007-11-14T13:55:00.000-05:002007-11-14T13:55:00.000-05:00OH RREEEX (doesn't quit trip off the tongue does i...OH RREEEX (doesn't quit trip off the tongue does it?)<BR/><BR/>All Newhart fans will know that in fact BOTH shows were in fact set in Chicago, i.e. the 2nd show was really not in Vermont. Hats off to the successful blogger who can answer, and I'll post the answer shortly. Clue "Emily, could you wear more sweaters?"<BR/><BR/>Now, all you "Saturday was moderately easy" folks, start your engines....<BR/><BR/>3-2-1-GODoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389790318218161090noreply@blogger.com