Theme: Group Sprint - as the reveal explains:
55A. 1973 triple-platinum album by Wings ... and what each of three answers to starred clues is, literally: BAND ON THE RUN. The theme entries are literally names of bands atop types of runs. Neatly done.
The cover artwork of the album features Paul & Linda McCartney and Denny Laine from the band, along with six other well-known faces in the UK - talk show host Michael Parkinson, actors Christopher Lee and Charles Coburn, singer Kenny Lynch, boxer John Conteh and humorist & MP Clement Freud.
A nice theme and reveal, so let's dig into the details. The theme entries are:
19A. *Wizard revealer: TOTO. Sitting on top of RACE. It's too tempting not to link a heavy-metal version of Toto's best known hit "Africa" recorded by Norwegian Leo Moracchioli at his home studio assisted by music chums Hannah and Rabea. PG warning for thrash metal and eardrum danger, but I love this.
28A. *Electrically flexible: AC/DC. Underneath is DASH.
40A. *Aerie nesters: EAGLES. Placed above SPRINT.
1. Starbucks rival owned by a fast-food chain: MCCAFÉ. I confess that I didn't know McCafé was a thing - I just thought it was the brand name for coffee sold in McDonald's. I've never seen a storefront of a McCafé, but the all-knowing Wikipedia tells me there are around 1500 in the world. So yes, it's a thing.
7. Josh of "Frozen": GAD.
10. Spots for toddlers: LAPS.
14. Automatic reaction: REFLEX.
15. Reproductive cells: OVA.
16. Cookie shaped like two of its letters: OREO. Now I think the crossword gods are toying with me in my plea to put OREO fill on hiatus for a little while. It seems every puzzle I blog has the word in it now.
17. Welcome words to a dishwasher: I'LL DRY. Better words: "You go and put your feet up, I'll wash and dry".
18. Moving wheels: VAN.
20. Classic 1779 hymn: AMAZING GRACE. It's become pretty much a standard at funerals, much as "Canon in D" is at weddings.
23. Rock's __ Fighters: FOO. Much music in the puzzle today.
26. Lassitude: INERTIA.
27. Dale's guy: ROY. Roy Rogers and his wife Dale Evans. I had to look that up.
30. "The Jungle Book" python: KAA.
31. Flight safety org.: T.S.A.
33. "The Thin Man" author Hammett: DASHIELL.
35. 20 fins: C-NOTE. A fin is a five dollar bill. Twenty of them make up a hundred, or a c-note. A five-pound note in the UK is colloquially known as a Lady Godiva.
39. Plaza Hotel girl: ELOISE. Children's books and a 2003 made-for-TV movie. Thank you, crosses, I had no clue.
41. Red-and-white suit wearer: SANTA.
42. Proofer's find: MISPRINT.
44. "Sammy the Seal" writer Hoff: SYD. More crosses, thank you.
46. World games org.: I.O.C. International Olympic Committee.
47. Coupling device: YOKE.
48. Big club: ACE.
51. Weeks in Oaxaca: SEMANAS.
54. Old atlas abbr.: SSR. Soviet Socialist Republic.
58. __ one's time: BIDE.
59. Tijuana aunt: TIA. A smattering of Spanish today. I like the Tijuana/Tia alliteration.
60. Titans: GIANTS.
64. Bow-toting god: EROS.
65. USN VIP: ADM. Admiral of the Fleet.
66. Home of the Senators: OTTAWA.
67. Center of N.Y.C.?: YORK.
68. Escape: LAM.
69. Disc golf starting point: TEE PAD.
Down:
1. Hosp. test in a tube: M.R.I.
2. Hanna-Barbera collectible: CEL. I met Joe Barbera in his office at the Hanna-Barbera building in Los Angeles. The building was modern, with some nice touches (the reception desk was a Jetsons-inspired piece) - Joe's office, or suite, was modeled after an English stately home, complete with study & fireplace, library, sitting room and ... a butler to bring you tea or coffee.
3. Montreal Alouettes' org.: C.F.L. Canadian Football League.
4. "The Aviator" (2004) Oscar nominee: ALDA. Best Supporting Actor.
5. Manhattan Project physicist born in Rome: FERMI.
6. Derek Jeter, e.g.: EX-YANKEE. I tried "N.Y .YANKEE" at first, even though as I was filling it in I was noting that there was no abbreviation in the clue to suggest "N.Y."
7. Spread quickly online: GO VIRAL.
8. __-garde: AVANT.
9. "Blast!": DANG IT!
10. Middle-earth trilogy, to fans: LOTR. Lord of the Rings.
11. Cheering loudly: AROAR.
12. Retailer offering sitting and walking services: PETCO. I didn't know this, but it wasn't hard to guess.
13. Farm call: SOOEY. I actually knew this from watching college football - the Arkansas Razorbacks fans chant "Woo Pig Sooie" - same sound, different spelling.
21. Enthusiasm: ZEAL.
22. Tank top: GAS CAP.
23. Dims: FADES.
24. City near Orlando: OCALA.
25. Eats way too much of, briefly: OD'S ON.
29. Debt vouchers: CHITS.
32. Sore: ANGRY.
34. Parental "explanation": I SAY SO.
36. Mishmashes: OLIOS.
37. Some charity runs, informally: TEN K'S. More RUNS.
38. Aromatic compound: ESTER.
40. Gastropod on a brasserie menu: ESCARGOT. Food! I love 'em. Garlic butter, lemon and parsley dressing, what's not to like?
42. 2007 National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee: MIA HAMM.
43. "Say Anything..." actress Skye: IONE.
45. Insurance that covers canines: DENTAL. Fun misdirection. With the earlier "Petco" entry, I was on the pets wavelength.
48. Westminster attraction: ABBEY. I lived in London for more than 25 years, I passed the abbey pretty much every day on my commute, and I've never been inside. Terrible in hindsight.
49. City near the Heliopolis Palace: CAIRO.
50. Home of the Ewoks: ENDOR. I got this! I've been catching up on my Star Wars movies.
52. Crete's highest pt.: MT. IDA. You don't immediately associate a Grrek island in the middle of the Mediterraean between Europe and Africa as a place for snow-capped peaks, but Mt. Ida surprises.
53. Posh hotel option: SUITE.
56. Newsroom post: DESK.
57. "Mom" actor Corddry: NATE. More crosses. I don't keep up with my actors, but crosses are usually fair in cases like these.
61. Snooze: NAP. I can't nap. I wake up feeling like my head is full of glue and it takes me ages to shake off the grogginess.
62. Former flier: T.W.A. Trans-World Airlines. Howard Hughes connects this entry and "The Aviator" at 4D.
63. Like one texting ":-(": SAD.
And there we have it. The puzzle gets a :-) happy face from me today. Here's the grid with the bands and the runs highlighted for clarity.
Steve.
62 comments:
Good morning!
Managed to read part of the reveal clue, so d-o saw the bands, but not the runs. Sezst Lah Vye. Came right out of the gate proudly inking DUNKIN at 1a. Bzzzzzt. Like Steve, I thought MCCAFE was just a thing at McDonalds. DUNKIN was my only Wite-Out moment. Very clever, David. Steve, enjoy your ESCARGO with OREOs.
DENTAL: Dropped my DENTAL insurance a year ago. Premiums and deductible kept going up, while the coverage went down.
TIA: I don't speak Spanish, but it grates on my ears when some pronounces Tijuana as TIAjuana.
Time to march, and later this morning I've got a M-o-W route. For me, that constitutes a busy day.
Sucked in with sst instead of TWA, but straightened that out and FIR. Overall an easy grid today.
Somebody unloaded the T from my ESCARGOT.
If to GAD about, you intend
Be sure of where your journey will end.
If in places you range,
You eat foods strange,
To-da-loo you may need to RUN, my friend!
Ira Lacomb was on a political spiral!
To run his state, his campaign would GO VIRAL!
He won the vote
For the office YOKE,
And now he is known as GOV. IRA L.!
{A-, A-.}
I got the three bands but didn't get "on the Run". Per usual D-Otto is with me. Neat(or as Misty would say,Sweet).
No it's not just you, Steve. Evan Birnholz* (Wa-Post) loves those cream filled dainties too.
Yep, for every Sports fan there are five music people. Anon-T and TTP for two.
Ok, I've never heard it pronounced any other way than TIA-"wanna". Then again there's the bastardization of Segue to SEG-way.
Thanks Steve especially for elucidating "Band". Wasn't that a take about the Beatles being chased around by Feds etal
I had to correct "wait" to BIDE which held up SW. MIA HAMM married Nomar who besides being MLB all-star was All-America in Soccer at G-Tech.
WC
*I just can't seem to finish 8/23. "1500"????
I was running with the bands today, as it took 7:03. I did not "see" the race, dash, & sprint that the bands were on.
I love the song, "Band on the Run."
FIR without help, but it was not a fast solve. I didn't realize that TOTO and EAGLES were bands. I knew AC/DC was a band. So I didn't appreciate the theme until Steve explained it. Clever.
I once met an EWOK with no parents. He was an ENDORPHIN.
Good Morning:
Hand up for seeing the bands but not the run, although I never heard of a band called Toto, only Dorothy’s dog. While I have heard of AC DC and the Eagles, I know nothing about them or their music. I’m in Wilbur’s sports fan club, not Tony’s and Tom’s music world. My only two w/os were Zest before Zeal and Take before Bide, but there were several unknowns: Semanas, Mc Cafe, Cairo, and Syd. I’ve never heard of Mc Cafe as I don’t drink coffee and I don’t go to Mc Donald’s. CSOs to CC, again, at Olio, Wilbur at Ocala, and CanadianEh at Ottawa, Lucina at Semanas and Tia, and to our dear Argyle, at Santa. Cute duos of York/Yoke and Sad/Pad.
Thanks, David, for an impressive theme and solve and thanks, Steve, for the grand tour, especially for pointing out the run entries that sailed right over my head. I share your fondness for escargot and your indifference to the ubiquitous Oreo.
FLN
YR, so happy that you got good health news! 🤗
Have a great day.
Very clever theme today! And great write-up, Steve! I did not know until now that the album cover of Band on the Run had famous people (besides the musicians). Not that they are all famous to me, but I recognize Christopher Lee and James Coburn now that I am looking at that picture more closely.
WC, for Evan Birnholz's puzzle from 8/23, I didn't understand 1500 for a long time, either. Here's a hint: 1500 is part of a series that goes up to 2400.
Enjoyed the creativity and challenge this theme must have presented - with the band stacked on the "run"
"BAND ON THE RUN" is permanently in the brain cells after coming out during my teenage years when you would listen to the same song over and over. It was unusual then for all the different parts of the song with different tune and tempo - rather than just one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjlvdcBAKdg
I had one off cell which in retrospect I should have caught - I had MRA crossing with "ALL DRY" instead of MRI/ I'LL DRY - an MRA is a less well known medical test than an MRI - (Magnetic Resonance Angiography vs plain Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
Thanks Steve and David!
FIR again today! It went smoothly though like D-otto I missed catching the runs under the bands in spite of the clear reveal. Starting in the NW, the first word I filled in was REFLEX, ending the growing fear I would have trouble with that corner again. A puzzlement that perps helped with was LAPS. Of course! And the only w/o was I SAid SO which I saw wasn't going to fit after all. Often said as a mother.
Thanks David for today's fun and Steve for more entertainment. Thanks OwenKL for your limericks today. GADding about Germany and Switzerland we saw MCCAFEs, usually at train stations.
FLN I noticed too, Lucina, the lack of comments in the evening. Unusual.
Good day to all of you.
I never saw the theme or paid attention to the stars by the clues. An A&E puzzle today with the musicians, authors.
GAD, KAA, SYD, SEMANAS (really?), NATE Coddry- unknowns filled by perps.
Knew 'Hammett" but didn't know there was an extra vowel in DASH'I'ELL.
MCCAFE- the brand of coffee my wife buys from WalMart. About $8.00 for a large can.
Yellowrocks- don't know THE EAGLES? "Take It Easy" and "One Of These Nights" you can go drink a "Tequila Sunsise". You must be a "Desperado" or "Witchy Woman" and your "Lyin' Eyes" are missing some things when you work a puzzle . Well you have "The Best Of My Love" anyway. Their 1971 album was the largest sell album of all time by any musician until knocked off by Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album.
Musings
-Even an obscure actress crossing a Spanish word did not keep me from a “got ‘er done”
-I remember Paul McCartney and Wings’ song Band On The Run
-Welcome dishwasher words from me this week, “I fixed it!”
-INERTIA/Lassitude
-My USN vet and golf partner is the ADM of our cart
-Ask ten people today what the capital of Canada is.
-College FB will not be in stadiums AROAR with the ZEAL of sellout crowds this fall
-“Because I SAY SO” should be the comment of last resort but sometimes…
-Is NATE Corddry more known than NATE Archibald?
-Fun tour, Steve!
Husker, I'm pretty sure it's the Canadian dollar.
FIR. Big wag at GAD. Is that a first or last name. Josh Gad. Gad Josh
Original entry for tots spots was nAPS corrected to LAPS.
Unfamiliar with LOTR abbr.
Got the 3 bands right away. Totally missed the on the run part.
MO
Warning - contains profanity
Lebowski on The Eagles
Good morning everyone.
FIR; but had to wite-out SST to get the correct TWA. I did hold off on MCCAFE until I could see what else was going on. CEL and CFL clinched it. Needed to come here to see what the total theme was all about.
SOOEY - Latin for pig is Sus. For female pig, English has 'sow', L.Ger. 'Söög", Dutch zaai. Seems to be a relationship there.
ADM - - The highest current rank in the USN is Admiral - ADM. 4 stars. Fleet Admiral was in use in the latter part of WWII, but none have been appointed since then. At present there are 9 four-star ADM's. If there were a Fleet Admiral, it would be abbreviated FADM.(Elements of style may vary.). If there were a 'fleet' tasked for a mission, the ranking officer would probably be a vice admiral (VADM).
Josh Gad is the voice actor of the (talking) snowman in Frozen.
Dang! Carelessness led to three wrong squares, so FIW. However, I loved the clever cluing. A few weeks ago on local t.v. there were two anchors discussing which is the worst job, loading or unloading the dishwasher. I thought, "You've got to be kidding!" How about doing the dishes WITHOUT a dishwasher? Also, whenever I hear or see the word Escargot, it reminds me of an old Herman comic strip depicting a man protesting outside a fancy restaurant holding a sign that read, "Escargot have rights too."
I saw the run parts, dash, sprint, and race. I missed the bands and the significance of the stars. Now that I "get" it, this was a great theme.
I was never big on band names, idols' names and producers names. I do remember some of those songs, Big Easy.
I was reading brassiere instead of brasserie. Snails wear bras?
Nate Archibald would have been easier than Nate Corddry. GAD was new to me, too. CAIRO was perped and wagged.
I struggled with spelling DASHIELL, that pesky I. Perps helped. I knew Semanas, Mc Cafe, and Syd.
I just finished reseating the gasket in my fridge door and setting up the patio furniture the workmen displaced. Rest time, a big long one.
Why does 48 across (ace) mean "big club?"
I wondered too until I thought of ACE of clubs, highest playing card in that suit.
Fun and fast puzzle today. And as always, a great Steve tour. Like others, got the bands, not the races.
Summer is unofficially over today for me. The "normal" high temp in Chicago drops from 80 to 79 although we will be in the mid-80's per the forecast. Sweater weather is just around the corner.
Have a great day everyone and stay safe and well.
JB2
Maybe Ace of Clubs?? I just went with it.
I finished easily other than the guess SEMANAS (figured it was an N like Manyana)
But..I have no idea the meaning of TOTO above RACE, or ACDC above DASH, or EAGLES above SPRINT
Were these underneath words the names of band members? Songs?
I thought it would have been nice to have SANTANA instead of SANTA given the theme.
OH, thanks Anonymous. They are simply races.
Saw the bands, missed the runs...
I actually had a very difficult time on this puzzle.
It might have been all the names, or the wavelength...
Must claim a DNF, but do appreciate the cleverness of the theme.
So, Ace, could also have been clued as "Big Heart?"
(well, I did ask to be puzzled.
gotta be careful what you ask for...)
ACE - So, in bridge, the ACE is the top card in a suit. A trick can always be trumped if one is void, though.
Got it done, but didn't get the theme until Steve led me through the grid.
DASHIELL was a stumper for a while because of the double LL. It is a weird name to me.
Steve, I think Rich is out to annoy you with OREOs. He does have a tendency to beat certain words to death. My non-favorites are ALOE and just about any 4-letter European river.
I don't know why, but OTTAWA seems to stump me. I put in an O instead of an A again so I had OTToWA and Nod crossing. Sorry CanadianEH.
I didn't know GAD, KAA, ELOISE and SYD. Plus I had FAA before TSA. Perps solved these issues.
Yay, we're getting more rain today. My grass is starting to turn green again.
I hope everyone is well and please wear your masks.
Was chugging along like a loco-motive when disaster struck..the train derailed suddenly in the SW corner. Nothing made sense and I DNF (***hangs head in shame***). All these years I thought it was "a man" ON THE RUN...geesh. Misheard like CCRs 1969 song :"There's a Bathroom on the Right!"
By now hope no one was fooled by the canine clue (teeth not dogs)...but...was looking for a dog breed for Westminister attraction. Heliopolis is a Greek word. So I didn't walk like an Egyptian.
I also must have respelled DASHIELL 3 times. Of course some clues made me ANGRY ....really Iring me. (Hey, if IRED is CW acceptable so should iring). Read SYD Hoff books ("Danny and the Dinosaur" the favorite) to my kids but never heard of ELOISE
MIA HAMM..who? Is she claiming to overact? or in crosswordese...emote, orate?
Could not find a video of Emily Latella decrying EAGLES Rights but...Emily Latella: Never mind!
Chits (scrip)were a way of keeping poor workers enslaved by being paid not in cash but credits only redeemable at the owner's stores.
The MRI "tunnel" is called the bore...more to bore you with.
Hot cup of brew! spare the table, please use a______TEEPAD
With male triplets there's always an _______ ODSON.
We call my Spanish Aunt Jane .......TIJUANA.
Litiginous.....SOOEY
Kelly or Slick....Amazing Grace
The Model T is extinct but where did the ______? ESCARGOT.
Sunny and warm again...hope it lasts.
Hola!
Gracias, David Poole and Steve! As a dedicated tourist I did go inside Westminster ABBEY and found the initials of famous persons carved on the pews as well as the tombs of famous poets. You should go sometime.
Count me as one who did not know that MCCAFE is a stand alone place.
And no, SEMANA does not require a tilde. And many thanks for pointing out that Tijuana is not Tia-juana! That one grates on me, too. Think of it as Tee-juana.
I recognized the EAGLES and ACDC but didn't realize that TOTO is also a BAND and of course did not notice how they were perched atop each one. I love most of those songs by the EAGLES that Big Easy listed.
Another CSO to Canadian Eh at CFL.
Shankers: did you see my note last night?
Have a good day, everyone!
Terrific Thursday. Thanks for the fun, David and Steve.
Officially a FIW (my Zest never did get corrected to ZEAL); I got the bands but missed the runs in the theme. I see that I have good company.
I smiled at CFL, and then when OTTAWA filled, I knew that we must have a Canadian constructor. Then I arrived here to see David Poole in the credits. Thanks David, for some Canadian content (even though there were many acting, music, sports names that undoubtedly will bring some complaints!).
Hand up for SST before TWA.
I had AM to start 20A and was trying to make the hymn America the Beautiful... no room!
I fought entering MCCAFÉ as I was not sure they were considered the same level as Starbucks. (Similar to our Timex, Omega, Bulova watch discussion previously)
Some lightbulb moments with clues for OREO, ACE.
I had Achey (sp?) before ANGRY. Oh, that kind of sore.
I was misdirected by “tank top” thinking of the summer shirt.
I noted TIA and INERTIA ( is that a sleeping aunt?).
YR- LOL re ENDORPIN. Glad you are feeling better.
D’otto-LOL re Canadian capital ( could be Loonie)
Wishing you all a great day.
HG, Desper-Otto beat me to the Capital of Canada query,
(Can I just reply, "C?")
Ray-O-Sunshine,
You lit up my Lunch, as you must be on a roll today!
Amazing Grace was good!
Escargo(t) was inspired,
But, Litiginous=Sooey has to have "so many" connotations
that you have completely sated CED...
I was delighted to get the whole top half of this fun puzzle without any problems. Loved having AMAZING GRACE turn up (sweet, thank you, Wilbur) but it never occurred to me that there would be a music theme. Got TOTO, of course, but had no clue why it had a star. And was proud of myself for getting DASHIELL and even spelling it right, and then the extra pleasure of ELOISE and SANTA. But that was about it and needed cheating for the rest. Wow! ESCARGOT! Puzzle creators just amaze me--thanks, David.
Ray, I'm afraid I put in DOG _ _ _ before I finally got DENTAL. Hey, when you have a 17 year old dachshund, you have dogs on the brain.
Have a good day, everybody, and stay safe.
Ray-O, your remarks about being paid in chits, remind of the Tennessee Ernie Ford song,
Sixteen Tons
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store.
I have read several historical novels about the miners' difficulty in breaking even, often due to the company store concept.
I think we had Eloise before and most solvers had never heard of her. In the 1950's there was a series of books about a little girl named Eloise who lived on the top floor of the Plaza Hotel.
We are back and catching our breath after two months of SPRINT to find new housing. After our lovely new landlord evicted us. They promised they would have the Sheriff at our door on August 31 to escort us out. Isn't that sweet? We are in our new home and for now no one is evicting us.
I actually managed to keep up with the puzzles and the Corner except for when we had no Internet access. But I am caught up now. How appropriate to have MOVING VAN today!
Here are our MOVING VAN photos. Two rounds.
Hand up got the BANDs but missed the RUNs. It seemed like such a weak theme, but now that I see the RUNs I see it is very clever.
Yellowrocks you say you have not heard of the EAGLES. Do you know their famous song "Hotel California"? When I first came to California I stayed with the family of my college friend Lisa when that song first came out. They had set up their home in Santa Monica so that people could come and stay for as long as they liked. They put a sign on the refrigerator "Hotel California" while I was there. It was a delightful experience to stay with them and meet the other visitors. And that song will always be associated with that experience.
Enjoyed seeing physics person FERMI featured.
desper-otto thank you for the learning moment. I looked up Tijuana and learned that it does not come from the Spanish for "AUNT Jane". It comes from a Native word Tiwan meaning "close to the sea".
FIR.I liked the puzzle -- found it challenging but gettable.Shame for such a fun theme to be sabotaged by way too many proper names and PP. Because of foreign vowel troubles and an unknown name, to me at least,I almost didn't finish. (semanas/ione)
From Yesterday
Chairman Moe thank you for your write-up and for the ACADIA photo invitation!
Here is a repeat display of my ACADIA photos!
Wilbur Charles thank you for the shout out regarding NCC!
I also have to comment on my former hometown airport DCA. It was named for George Washington.
Here I took a photo of DCA - George Washington National Airport - when I was back for my high school reunion.
Not sure how that other guy's name is associated with it in any way. The land it sits on was purchased in 1778 by John Parke Custis, the adopted stepson of President George Washington. It had been called "Abington".
Boy, this one went about as fast as I could type in the letters (I always do the puzzles on my iPad). Very few pauses needed and only one write-over: ZEst for ZEAL. I see I have company.
Add me to the growing list of those who saw the bands but not the runs.
Steve: “What’s not to like?” Garlic. Garlic is not to like. I cannot abide garlic. Also I don’t like it, too. :P
We (Chicago) may be in the 80’s today but the very strong winds make it feel cooler.
Thanks for the fun today, and thank you Steve for your romp through the puzzle.
Stay safe.
CW glad you enjoyed my "fun".
Canada ehs INERTIA took me a couple heartbeats for "sleepy aunt." Excellent!!
YR..Thankfully I believe paying in chits was made illegal. But I couldn't find google proof.
Misty. I should have had ABBEY (Westminster attraction) on my mind instead of prize winning canines...btw we had an 18 y o mutt in perfect heath. One day just keeled over.
DO: I kyna figured Aunt Jane wasn't south of the border. Mary Jane that's another story. 🚬
"We are in our new home and for now no one is evicting us."
Great news.
Given the demographics of The Corner, I am a bit surprised at the number of people who are unfamiliar with ELOISE. Perhaps because both of my parents hailed from NYC, I was introduced to the young lady at an early age. The original book is a children's classic.
Another hand up for fiddling around with the spelling of DASHIELL.
MT IDA made me think of Mt Idy the home of Charlie Weaver and other characters portrayed by Cliff Arquette.
Yes, Lucina, I saw your note. Sorry. I knew a lady here in Phoenix for 40 years who spelled her name Kathie, but I, for reasons unknown, always spelled it Kathy. Even my nuclear physicist brother misspells my first name. Go figure.
Puzzling thoughts:
What a difference a day makes ... yesterday was a breeze; today was a maelstrom. Never got a foothold in the NW. That corner looks like downtown Portland ... 😬 MCCAFÉ came quite late as I, too, had A-Rod as a NY YANKEE, not an EX. HU for ALL DRY. Didn’t know GAD, and had FAA instead of TSA. Had MISSPELL/MISPRINT, too. TAMPA/OCALA.
Needless to say, I did not finish it correctly; liked the theme once I read Steve’s erudite recap. The Toto / Africa cover was “interesting”. Not sure I like the heavy metal interpretation, but if that floats your boat ...
HG —> regarding, “ Ask ten people today what the capital of Canada is“. I’d counter by saying, and then as them to SPELL it!! Why do I always think it’s OTTOWA ...
Picard —> glad to hear you’re in a new place. Thanks for the Acadia pics
Again, thanks for the kind words from yesterday’s blog. September 12 is my next post ...
And of course, we’re back on the Moe-ku train ...:
The members of Wings
Had dysentery; changed song
To, “BAND with THE RUNs”
Steve, once again you have entertained me above and beyond. I have no idea above what, or beyond where, but I like it. I enjoyed your casual reference to Mr. Barbera; I guess I won't ask why you were there, only please tell me, did you have coffee or tea?
Speaking of coffee, the reason we don't know the history of MCCAFE is it started in Australia and the shops have never come to the US, though they are now in Toronto, Eh!
Mazel tov on your new place Robert.
I always thought TOTO's biggest hit was ROSANNA .
Chairman, your first Friday will be September 11 (rather auspicious but easy to remember the date) not 9-12-2020
Lemony,
You’re right; it’s on Friday. For some reason I recall my email from C.C. indicated I was doing the 12th & the 26th. Never stopped to “do the math”. Thanks for the correction ...
9/11 ... yes, a bit auspicious, for sure ...
I didn't like this puzzle as much as I usually like the puzzles. I don't really know why, other than that I didn't feel any satisfaction upon solving it. Hand up for seeing the band names but not the runs underneath them. I got stuck at NATE and TEEPAD and had to look the "Mom" actor up. Part of the problem was that I had ESCARGOS, which is my own fault.
I gotta say, two people (Big Easy "Yellowrocks- don't know THE EAGLES?" and Picard "Yellowrocks you say you have not heard of the EAGLES.") expressed surprise at Yellowrocks' not knowing the Eagles, which, as I have said before, should not be a surprise, especially since it is often praised as a "good thing" that we all have various areas of knowledge and lack of knowledge. When someone on here said about me for not knowing something that they were surprised I didn't know it, I was, frankly, offended, taking it as the equivalent of them saying to me "Everybody knows that and you should have known it too." Um, no.
End of rant.
@Lemonade - Warner Bros. acquired Cartoon Network, and with it the Hanna-Barbera properties in the late 90's when I worked for WB. I went to meet with the creative folks who designed the licensed merchandise for Scooby-Doo and the like at the HB offices. Joe invited me in for a chat; I think he was suspicious of anyone from WB who came through the door.
He needn't have worried, I was there to discuss how they did the product approvals, not to revamp Tom and Jerry for the 2000's! We had a nice chat and I had coffee. Joe had Earl Grey. Nice man.
Jayce you are seeking offense where clearly none was intended. How did Picard insult Yellowrocks? By asking if she had heard of one of their famous songs?
Hi All!
Took a while for my coffee to kick in on this one - lots of extra ink spilt.
Thanks David for the puzzle. Theme helped me spell DiSHIELL's name for the win!
Steve - You're a fount of knowledge -- I'd assumed that was a band-shot on the Wings' cover. Joe Barbera story (and coda) is pretty cool too; I grew up on Scooby-Doo mysteries.
//First thought for 55a: Wings At the Speed of Sound [full album(?!)] but that was '76 -- I remember loving 'Let 'Em In.'
I was only 6 wondering who Sister Suzie was and her relationship with Martin Luther, Phil & Don.
[strap-in]
WOs: ChL ->CFL; tLOT[R] -> LOTR, FAA->TSA (former causing me to redo INERTIA to INERTIL [sic] cuz GAA looked silly at 22d).
Achey [sic] b/f ANGRY, DiSHIELL [see above], wanted Breed at Westminster (Hi Ray-O!) but it was only 2/5ths filled b/f YORK was apparent.
Zest b/f ZEAL (Hi C, Eh! x2 - my 'tank top' wanted to be a tee then a turret b/f GAS )
TEEbo[x] didn't agree w/ NAP nor SST [bzzt!] b/f TWA. Ah, TEE PAD //played a lot of Disc Golf in HS & college. I'm pretty good at it; too bad the grown-up world is more impressed with real golf.
ESPs: SEMANAS | IONE ['N' was my lucky WAG], SYD, DASHIELL
Fav: Mind if I link The FOO Fighters? [AC/DC is not a RUN so, --- there's another band ON something :-) ]
//Fun Fact - Foo fighter was used by Allied pilots during WWII to describe UFOs*. That's where Dave Grohl got the name for the band.
{A, B+}
Knew Josh GAD. I didn't know of him until I was listening to an interview [37m and probably not the same] and Youngest rushed in:
"OMG!?! You're listening to Josh GAD?!? He was in Book of Mormon and Frozen II, I can't believe you're listening."
"Um, it's on the radio."
I figured if she was that into him, I should know too. #KnowYourKids //same reason I knew ELOISE; Girls watched it every Christmas.
HG - NATE and Rob CorrDRY [interview] both worked for Jon Stewart [commercials not optional :-( ]
Picard - so sad for your ordeal. Your new digs look pretty nice though [one door closes another...] //put that basil in the ground!
D-O: LOL Canadian Dollar!
Ray-O: Snails always wins the Daytona RACE... "Look at that S CAR GO!" #DadJoke
C, Eh! - INERTIA -- definitely a cut above.
C. Moe - *groan* :-)
Cheers, -T
*it's not necessarily aliens - simply Un-Identified Foos
Totally missed a chance at a groaner says...
"wanted Breed at Westminster (Hi Ray-O!) but it was only 2/5ths filled b/f YORK[ie] was apparent."
-T
Picard, I wish you a successful and satisfying move-in to your new digs.
Anonymous @ 4:31PM, a question can be as demeaning as a declarative statement. Eg: "You don't know that?" Or "Do you know the Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for solo piano?"
I was not going to contribute, having heard all of the smart comments and the wonderful language mavens coming up with such clever combinations ... escargots and canadian capitals, et al. Learnt an awful lot from Steve's wonderful guide.
But, I feel I must comment on the Anon comment on Jayce's comment.
Jayce's comment took the trouble, and was at length an attempt to be a gentle one, explaining that the original comment, 'What you don't know ?' could be misinterpreted, as a mild put down. I have read Jayce long enough to know this gentle soul peacenik, that he is. The problem at this blog is, and indeed all over the internet is, that though we know each other fairly well, we are limited to words without tonal and facial features, so we should be careful lest our innocent comments get misinterpreted. Jayce just made that point, again, in a gentle manner. I, for one, also had exactly the same feeling, as Jayce did.
But, no harm done by omission or commission, so may I plead, to please let it go.
Picard, I am very happy for you, and sincerely hope this will end your troubles in this realm. Moving is, and can be a very traumatic experience. My empathy and hope that this may prove to open better days to come. Loved your pictures.
If no one else will give it, I'll take the CSO for ROY. And to continue a theme: Steve, you never heard of the King of the Singing Cowboys and his consort?
>> Roy
Picard, warm congrats on finishing the move. The new digs look good. The key is in the packing. A+. Plus. . did you catch the CSOs on DATA and ?*
We had a Hotel California discussion about the "message". To recap: an obvious heroin metaphor.
Re. Garlic. At dinner Betsy says "You don't like baklava??? What are you wierd?"
The original name was (Paul) McCartney and Wings**. It would have fit the ku perfectly.
They tried a McCafe in Clearwater I recall. I remember a Latin American coffee aficionado telling me that the only decent American coffee was McDonald's. They had Newman's at the time.
WC
*NCC, thx Picard. An unknown. I'm more knowledgeable on tomorrow's universe.
** From a work trivia contest. From the same young girl who knew ASTRO(speaking of Hanna Barbera)
First of all, FLN, yes, Moe! San Maarten is high on my bucket list! Trouble is, it is difficult to get there without going through either JFK or San Juan. We’ll see what it’s like if things get back to some kind of normalcy. I’ve never really checked to see if there are any non-US flag carriers that can get me there safely from Florida.
Thanks David and Steve.
Got the three bands and got the Wings album, but I missed the race connection too. Still I FIR, which is all that counts. Luckily, I DID proofread and fix an error with SSR.
FAA before TSA, but that’s just me. I interact with both at the museum. Perps changed it pretty quickly. Speaking of which, I stopped by this morning for a short meeting and finally left around 2PM. Got drafted by our hangar manager help him hang four heavy, heavy outdoor floodlights over our hangar bay doors. We're BOTH too old for that stuff.
YR, I think these days all of the musical groups are called bands. Don’t ask me why. Back in the good old days when I was trying to grow up, if there were STRINGS, it wasn't a band. It was an orchestra.
I’m happy to say that I DID remember KAA --- and how to spell it! Makes up for all the things I don’t remember, and today was a perfect example. I knew some of the other names, but most of them had to be solved via perps. I’m about ready to jump on the “Too MANY Proper Names” bandwagon too. They seem to be my biggest problems.
No problem with MCCAFE. My sister goes there every morning for her coffee; my brother and sister-in-law do Starbucks at least once a day. Guess what? I don’t like either one! I’ll make my own coffee and apply the money I save from their outrageous prices to something really important --- COLD BEER! Oh, wait! I hardly drink THAT anymore either. Well, there’s always more camera equipment!
See you late tomorrow --- my real work day.
@Anon 8:19 - nicely and gently put.
ME too.... never saw the "run" part of the theme. Very clever. Of the 4 bands, my favorite is the Eagles. Seen them many times and as they get older, Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmidt, can still sing extremely well.
Here is one of my favorite Eagle's songs... Love Will Keep Us Alive from "Hell Freezes Over"
Wilbur Charles yes, that is a much better fit!!
Steve, Mr. Barbera's secretary was a very proper English woman who could serve a very proper high English tea.
@sasses - well, that would be an English High Tea, but I was there in the morning so I'd have been surprised to see scones, clotted cream and jam served. Oh well.
I love Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters! Two super groups playing two different instruments... that man is talented
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