tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8068817679909238972..comments2024-03-29T07:34:38.633-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: WEDNESDAY, Sep. 12, 2007 - Alan ArbesfeldRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39326404905088911372007-10-24T19:48:00.000-04:002007-10-24T19:48:00.000-04:006 weeks later:Funny how your identification with a...6 weeks later:<BR/><BR/>Funny how your identification with a movie/TV actor depends on your age. As a kid in the '50's, one of my favo(u)rite TV shows was "Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion" starring Buster Crabbe. Though I know he was far more famous a generation earlier as Tarzan, Buster Crabbe is always Capt. Gallant as far as I'm concerned.<BR/><BR/>In a similar vein, the most noteworthy Tarzan actor ever, Johnny Weissmuller (like Crabbe, a former U.S. Olympic swimming gold medal winner), had become Jungle Jim (TV again) by the 1950's and again that's how my brothers and I remember him.Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54722960110159134422007-10-24T18:21:00.000-04:002007-10-24T18:21:00.000-04:00I thought the SRO (standing room only) sign was go...I thought the SRO (standing room only) sign was good for an angel because he didn't need to sit down. He could fly or hover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40541069124141111962007-10-24T12:31:00.000-04:002007-10-24T12:31:00.000-04:00six weeks behind...I recently retired from the Uni...six weeks behind...I recently retired from the United States Air Force and NEVER figured out B-1 letters until reading the blog...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81597588090022928182007-09-13T00:25:00.000-04:002007-09-13T00:25:00.000-04:00early on, had DREAM for 23A: Pipe typeearly on, had DREAM for 23A: Pipe typeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27085599971885569492007-09-12T23:29:00.000-04:002007-09-12T23:29:00.000-04:00Thank you, Donald, I was totally nonplussed about ...Thank you, Donald, I was totally nonplussed about whatever SRO had to do with "good sign for an angel".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46789449333483348262007-09-12T23:09:00.000-04:002007-09-12T23:09:00.000-04:00Rex, your movie set references prompt me to tell y...Rex, your movie set references prompt me to tell you that I appeared a movie with Luciano Pavarotti (r.i.p.). That movie, "Yes, Georgio," in which Pavarotti plays a tenor (surprise) who loses his voice in the middle of a concert on the Boston Esplanade and then falls in love with his nurse, was admittedly terrible. Still, it was fun getting a glimpse of the movie business from the viola section.<BR/><BR/>Nearly as good as a NO-HIT game is a walk-off home run by Big Papi. Go, Red Sox!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66665842280445729892007-09-12T23:08:00.000-04:002007-09-12T23:08:00.000-04:00Count me among the folks that entered "Ron Ely" ea...Count me among the folks that entered "Ron Ely" early in the game. I also had cotto salami, which complicated things for the northwest. I will now expose my ignorance: why is "ESS" head of state? Oh crap. I just got it. "State" starts with the letter ESS. (annoyed grunt)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3092137960035989562007-09-12T22:50:00.000-04:002007-09-12T22:50:00.000-04:00kristen f --Worried re. disconnect given the time,...kristen f --<BR/><BR/>Worried re. disconnect given the time, but no, you were there! Thank you, it's in my shopping cart. When one has grandchildren, everything changes...like shopping the baby stores near hospitals after a massive power outage, since hospitals get their power back tout de suite, and hence the neigboring grid, in order that we could load up for a two month old, as we did in December. Just bought our first copy of" Peter and the Wolf" since my parents' 1947 Columbia 78.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thanks again,<BR/><BR/>KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39024836467972710782007-09-12T22:24:00.000-04:002007-09-12T22:24:00.000-04:00Karma --Looks like it's the third track on a cd ca...Karma --<BR/><BR/>Looks like it's the third track on a cd called "Archy & Mehitabel" (with Carol Channing, sounds intriguing). Here's the URL<BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Archy-Mehitabel-Carnival-Various-Artists/dp/B0002739QI" REL="nofollow"> http://www.amazon.com/Archy-Mehitabel-Carnival-Various-Artists/dp/B0002739QI </A>Kristen Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05724061202917213874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65023641947344213882007-09-12T21:23:00.000-04:002007-09-12T21:23:00.000-04:00kristen --sounds like a must-have for the granddau...kristen --<BR/><BR/>sounds like a must-have for the granddaughter / amazon searches futile so far / hints on finding?<BR/><BR/>thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85579227475463660192007-09-12T21:03:00.000-04:002007-09-12T21:03:00.000-04:00A fine Wednesday puzzle. Many clever clues and I ...A fine Wednesday puzzle. Many clever clues and I learned a thing or two i.e. SATIE, STRIKER and of course DERRY (had DERBY for a while).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23225262231545952022007-09-12T20:46:00.000-04:002007-09-12T20:46:00.000-04:00From The Official Site of Major League Baseball:An...From <A HREF="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb/rules_regulations.jsp" REL="nofollow">The Official Site of Major League Baseball</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>An official no-hit game occurs when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings. In a no-hit game, a batter may reach base via a walk, an error, a hit by pitch, a passed ball or wild pitch on strike three, or catcher's interference.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83603989702645360932007-09-12T20:38:00.000-04:002007-09-12T20:38:00.000-04:00While Ryan NO HIT the Orioles, the clue called for...While Ryan NO HIT the Orioles, the clue called for a description of the seven NO HITTERS that Ryan pitched, and not the verb form. Even with the use of "Like any ..." the response still should be descriptive. I wasn't aware that you could describe a game as a "NO HIT" game. <BR/><BR/>DSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56360754377277487072007-09-12T15:46:00.000-04:002007-09-12T15:46:00.000-04:00Orange"Sensational" was meant in a negative sense ...Orange<BR/><BR/>"Sensational" was meant in a negative sense as in "shocking" --the remark was posted as an FYI, and now that it is resolved, this comment and the FYI comment should be removed.DONALDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48403512069795716452007-09-12T15:43:00.000-04:002007-09-12T15:43:00.000-04:00Having no idea about that angel clue, I lost sever...Having no idea about that angel clue, I lost several minutes of my life creating an elaborate mental scenario in which prospective angels are standing around outside heaven, waiting to get it. But wouldn't that be a bad sign for them, if heaven were so crowded? You can see how I would be confused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14389584909038650122007-09-12T15:26:00.000-04:002007-09-12T15:26:00.000-04:00That's like the other confusing animal once appea...That's like the other confusing animal once appearing in a Byron Walden Saturday: the entry "catamount" mistaken for "catamite."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50395880707585888822007-09-12T14:50:00.000-04:002007-09-12T14:50:00.000-04:00The Noel Coward recording is still around on Amazo...The Noel Coward recording is still around on Amazon -- I'll have to get a copy of that. I love Ogden Nash and my four year old loves listening to him read "The Adventures of Isabel". And btw, I confused ONAGER with ONANISM -- that would be crossing new crossword boundaries!Kristen Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05724061202917213874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45157567649812195182007-09-12T14:35:00.000-04:002007-09-12T14:35:00.000-04:00I missed all the kerfuffle (isn't this a great wor...I missed all the kerfuffle (isn't this a great word? Couldn't pass up the chance to use it particularly in this context) until I went back to Tuesday's blogs and found there were 65 comments which took a long time to read and digest. Everyone's comments add to my enjoyment of the puzzles--they're enlightening, often very funny and can be screeds but that's fine with me. Does anyone for instance, have trouble remembering how to spell Emimin? See, I did it again; it's Eminem because he's Marshall Mathers--M and M. Thanks for the explanation for today's theme, Rex; had me going there for awhile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27043848683249997352007-09-12T14:29:00.000-04:002007-09-12T14:29:00.000-04:00what is the shakespeare link everyone is referring...what is the shakespeare link everyone is referring to? was it removed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53696886591296141312007-09-12T13:55:00.000-04:002007-09-12T13:55:00.000-04:00btw, i alwayas though ONAGER was more ofr a wild h...btw, i alwayas though ONAGER was more ofr a wild horse than a donkey (ASS)QPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09735954150325912750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11765558365496284152007-09-12T13:38:00.000-04:002007-09-12T13:38:00.000-04:00Even with Rex's explanation of the theme, I puzzle...Even with Rex's explanation of the theme, I puzzled a spell until it finally clicked, demonstrating the traction that a misguided hunch can have. Just to be kind to the constructor and maintain the "integral consistency" of the STRONG theme, I suppose a bridge player could strong-suit the opposition, by running a long suit after all the trumps are gone. A stretch, but so what.<BR/><BR/>FORTIFIES was a worthwhile cross with the theme hint.<BR/><BR/>Perusing a map of Ireland seems like a good exercise for puzzle solvers, since yet another county name appears each week. Running through the Welsh counties could come in handy, too, on a particularly 'Scrabbley' Saturday, I would imagine. The Mexican states show up frequently enough, but regional geography seems otherwise lightly tested, with the exception of course, of the previously discussed Napoleonic administrative divisions.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51357100970357838102007-09-12T13:36:00.000-04:002007-09-12T13:36:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11197873339519032163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22752920966557422842007-09-12T13:26:00.000-04:002007-09-12T13:26:00.000-04:00Whoops! It's "Carnaval des animaux," not "carnival...Whoops! It's "Carnaval des animaux," not "carnival." Gotta get things right! Mea culpa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25360195174768960812007-09-12T13:22:00.000-04:002007-09-12T13:22:00.000-04:00Knew "onager" from one of the poems Ogden Nash wro...Knew "onager" from one of the poems Ogden Nash wrote to accompany Saint-Saëns's "Carnival des animaux." Especially as read by the great Noël Coward on a probably out-of-print old recording:<BR/>"Did you ever hear of the jackass wild<BR/>Which scientists call the onager?<BR/>It sounds like the laugh of an idiot child<BR/>Or a hepcat on a harmoniger."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6498630766376206782007-09-12T13:14:00.000-04:002007-09-12T13:14:00.000-04:00Buster Crabbe first got famous by taking Olympic b...Buster Crabbe first got famous by taking Olympic bronze in swimming in 1928, and gold in 1932.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com