The last names make me think of a former School of Journalism.Q: Name a state capital. Inside it in consecutive letters is the first name of a popular TV character of the past. Remove that name, and the remaining letters in order will spell the first name of a popular TV game show host of the past. What is the capital and what are the names?
Edit: The picture of Sesame Street characters above was a hint to Ernie. Ernie Pyle Hall (at Indiana University) used to house the Journalism Department but has been renovated/rededicated as the Office of Admissions.
A: MONTGOMERY --> GOMER (Pyle), MONTY (Hall)
That took 2 seconds to solve.
ReplyDeleteRearrange the letters of the last names of the character and of the host. You get a two-word phrase that describes what the character did with a supervisor.
ReplyDeleteRearrange the relevant last names to get something you might need and someone who might provide it.
ReplyDelete(I don't immediately comprehend Blaine's hint, however.)
I get Rob's hint, though.
DeleteOK, now I understand Blaine's hint.
DeleteI rearranged to get HELP and ALLY; it looks like Rob got PLAY HELL (yep, he did, I just checked), and Blaine, instead of rearranging, pointed to Ernie Pyle Hall on the campus of Indiana University.
DeleteI'm reminded of a logic problem.
ReplyDeleteYes!
DeleteI'd pose a related one here but it might be TMI. Maybe I'll do it on Thursday.
For sure ... but it's tough to hint!
DeleteThere's a 1 in 2 chance that your hint is TMI.
DeleteRIP Chuck Woolery
ReplyDeleteBlaine's hint has an interesting connection.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, ecoarcitect! Solved 😀.
ReplyDeleteI second those CONGRATS, Wise Word Woman. (Haven't yet solved...)
DeleteLegoLambda/EcoSlamDunkPuzzleMaker!
Yes! Congratulations eco on yet another chosen submission.
DeleteZoom zoom
ReplyDeleteZoom zoom: Jim Nabors sang Back Home Again in Indiana at the Indy 500 for years
DeleteCute puzzle! I'm always pleasantly surprised that such elegant examples of wordplay can lie undiscovered for so long. I'll venture that the over/under this week should start at 2000. No hints; none needed.
ReplyDeleteChange the last letter of the game show host’s last name to the letter that is eight places later in the alphabet to spell what I suspect many of us would like to do with puzzles like this.
ReplyDeleteEven though it was easy, I enjoyed discovering this capital tidbit.
DeleteRemove one vowel from the state’s name. Replace it with a consonant already in the state’s name. Rearrange, and get an animal and the sound it makes.
ReplyDeleteOk Boomers, I know my TV
ReplyDeleteDing ding twenty nine nine, just my two cents.
ReplyDeleteGolly, that was an easy one today.
ReplyDeleteI’d say today’s challenge is just the latest in a string of pretty easy puzzles, generally speaking.
ReplyDeleteTedeschi Trucks Band wasn't the first.
ReplyDeleteNot hard to solve, with a USA map on the kitchen wall. I'm spending more time trying to come up with a clue that is not TMI.
ReplyDeleteTake the first letter of each name in the answer. Reverse the order. The original order, and the reversed order are both examples in a category.
DeleteGomer and Monty give you GM. Reverse that to get MG. Both are car companies.
DeleteWell, pulling Diana out of Indianapolis doesn't work...
ReplyDeleteI so wanted Lassie to work for Tallahassee.
DeleteOh, that would have been a fun one...
DeleteWell, Indianapolis does kinda work with one of the answers, no?
DeleteEasy this time...
ReplyDelete1/3 of all submitted answers will be correct.
ReplyDeleteI have a higher opinion of our fellow puzzlers. I say 2/3 will be correct.
DeleteIn the end, I believe jan will be proven correct.
DeleteProbably.
Delete(Provably?)
DeleteIn the Monty Hall Problem, you have a 1/3 chance of getting the prize if you stick with your first choice.
DeleteReminds me of another state capital
ReplyDeleteIt might be a good idea to remind everyone that because of the Thursday Thanksgiving holiday the submission deadline this week is Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET.
ReplyDeleteBreaking away.
ReplyDeleteGOLLY!
ReplyDeleteThe November Grand Sumo tourney wraps up today, for those who follow the sport. Unfortunately one of the most popular wrestlers, Ura, isn't in contention.
ReplyDeleteThis week's deadline is WEDNESDAY, November 27th.
ReplyDeletethis puzzle is easier for those in my age category
ReplyDeleteThanks for the puzzle. Semper fi.
ReplyDeleteYou can’t be in a blue state with this puzzle. And turning to other news today…..
ReplyDeleteSurprise! I solved it, though I won't say why it's germane to me personally. I'd rather just spend a typical Sunday afternoon zonked out on my bed.
ReplyDeletepjbDidMakeATripToAldiEarlierToday,SoHe'sNotSoTired
The tv actor is from the state whose capital contains his (tv) name.
ReplyDeleteFarewell, Alice Brock.
ReplyDeleteAdieu, Charles Dumont.
Did the character sing of the host?
ReplyDeleteI found the answer, I think, but it gave me the heebie jebbies searching for it.
ReplyDeleteAlways a good idea to start with the alphabet.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don’t mind an easy puzzle now & then: let’s me get back to a long Sunday lie-in afterwards.
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ReplyDeleteI was joking. But you should pull your post because of the gender reveal.
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DeleteTwo in a row.
ReplyDeleteJust a random thought: how many people has Trump nominated who are actually qualified for that position?
ReplyDeleteGood point, Jan—I thought of that after the fact will do.
ReplyDeleteAs I said, I am new to this blog, so please bear with me and DO correct me when I err.
ReplyDeleteSure. Generally, if you think it's TMI, don't post it.
DeleteI am a retired teacher but, I hope, a life-long learner!
ReplyDeleteBoth these shows are before my time—but my literary clue is P. G. Wodehouse.
ReplyDeletePretty sure it is not Ward Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver.
ReplyDeleteNice one, Joe! I would have complimented you earlier, but I wanted to wait until close to reveal time so as not to compromise your subtlety.
DeleteName a state capital. Inside it, in consecutive letters, is the name of a Roman poet. The remaining letters, save one, in order, spell the last name of a vice President. The remaining letter stands for the political party of the V.P. For extra credit, take another U.S. state capital, shave off the last letter, and add two more, this is a U.S. capital don't forget, and you'll have the name of a contemporary of the Roman poet.
ReplyDeleteThe latter banished the former from Rome.
DeleteMasterfully done.
DeleteP(R)(OVID)ENCE
DeleteAUGUSTA - A + US = AUGUSTUS
Augusta ME is a capital; Augusta GA is not, unless you count the first full week of April, when it becomes the capital of the golfing world.
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ReplyDeleteThat popular TV character of the past ( like a lot of characters) may have been named for somebody in the Bible
ReplyDeleteOr not.
DeletePvt. Pyle may have been named for Noah's grandson; he probably was NOT named for Hosea's wife.
DeleteBlaine, I think I can see who's your journalism school inspiration. Alas, is all knowledge of reporting also "former"?
ReplyDeletejan-
ReplyDeleteI thought by now I would have seen a post, by you here, asking my opinion having to do with today in our history.
No idea what you mean, sdb.
DeleteThe news story that broke yesterday re: something that happened this day 53 years ago.
DeleteMissed that. Ok, what do you think about them maybe finding D B Cooper's chute?
DeleteWell, chute! Do tell us.
DeleteWell, since you ask. I heard the story on NPR yesterday morning as I was getting up and my initial thought was that it is nonsense. However I then googled the origin stories and my opinion has not changed. I think it is just another guy getting his 15 minutes off his bucket list.
DeleteNB8 containers are extremely common dating back to WWII. They were frequently modified by riggers or non-riggers to be used as primary containers for sport jumping, including student jumpers. Prior to this container being modified it would have had a chute attached and the data card in the pouch on the back to indicate its number and dated and signed by the rigger who packed it each time. This card may or may not have remained in the container. If it did it would have had some rigger signatures and packing dates and rigger's codes, but it would probably not be Earl Cossey's signature and code because it would not be required for a main, which it was being used for then. But saying it was a "unique" modification is BS from what I could tell from the articles I read.
Now here's another observation. How would the chute D. B. Cooper used have gotten way back there? If the weather was as it has been widely reported that night and where he jumped, then it would have been soaked as if it had been submerged in water. Why would he have wanted to deal with it, other than perhaps hiding it in the ground? It would have been very difficult to carry even if it were dry during a sunny day. Also consider the media source. These are my initial thoughts.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA; GOMER (Pyle) and MONTY (Hall)
ReplyDeleteMONTGOMERY, Alabama → GOMER (PYLE), Character on “The Andy Griffith Show," and MONTY (HALL), Former host of “Let's Make a Deal.”
ReplyDeleteMONTGOMERY (Alabama) —> GOMER (Pyle) + MONTY (Hall)
ReplyDeleteHint: “Remove one vowel from the state’s name. Replace it with a consonant already in the state’s name. Rearrange, and get an animal and the sound it makes.”
—> Alabama -a +b —> lamb + baa
Montgomery, Alabama >>> Gomer Pyle & Monty Hall
ReplyDeleteMONTGOMERY (AL) — GOMER (PYLE), MONTY (HALL)
ReplyDeleteAlmost all of the shows connected to this puzzle were before my time. I still got the answer once I looked at TV game-show hosts instead of TV-show characters. "Monty" popped out at me right away.
Before looking at game-show hosts, I tried to make AL (BUNDY) work (from Married…with Children, but obviously, the likes of "Reigh" and "Sem" led nowhere. I was thinking of posting that, but didn't, since I was afraid it might be TMI ("AL" as in Alabama).
Nice puzzle anyway. :)
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 🦃
I wrote, “Rearrange the letters of the last names of the character and of the host. You get a two-word phrase that describes what the character did with a supervisor.” Anagramming “Pyle” and “Hall,” you get that Gomer Pyle would regularly PLAY HELL with Sargeant Carter.
ReplyDeleteMONTGOMERY, (AL )"-->
ReplyDelete"GOMER (Pyle)"-->
"MONTY (Hall)"
Our friend Rudolfo returns this week with an Appetizer titled “Let’s go... !!” in which you must replace the ellipsis (and thereby complete that sentence) in two ways... but by using the same letters in the same order! Rudolfo also challenges you to solve a related Bonus Puzzle that has an 11-letter solution and a 12-letter solution.
ReplyDeleteWe will upload Puzzleria! sometime on Thanksgiving Day afternoon... You'll be able to feast on Turkey and Trickery!
Also on this week's menus:
* a Schpuzzle of the Week titled “Such fine turkey-day tableware!”
* a “Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum” Hors d’Oeuvre titled "Raises, Rises, Roses..."
* a "Finding The Finest Definer" Slice of puzzle titled "Battleground, Toss-up, Purple...?"
* a “Death By Chocolate?” Dessert titled "Dangerous game, Heavy actor," and
* roughly ten-or-so Riff-offs of this week's "Gomer in Monty, Python ate Pyle!" NPecoaRchitectural puzzle challenge, including six from Nodd, and one each from Plantsmith and a friend of Puzzleria! (a trio of talented puzzle-meisters!).
LegoGivingThanksForBlaineHisFamilyAllBlainsvilliansAndAllPuzzlerians!
My clue was a riff on Blaine's clue that the puzzle reminded him of a school of journalism. So I wrote to Blaine I think I know "who's your" reference. As far as I know the Ernie Pyle Hall is still on the "Hoosier" campus in Bloomington, Indiana.
ReplyDeleteMy use of the phrase "heebie jeebies" was to refer to the Al Jolson song with lyrics that begin:
ReplyDelete"I'm Alabamy bound, there'll be no heebies jeebies hangin' round"
And let's not forget Louis Armstrong's version, the first recorded version of scat singing that changed jazz vocal technique forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmGt2U-xTE&t=4s. Nothing to do with Alabama, however.
DeleteMontgomery->Gomer, Monty
ReplyDeleteThe capital is Montgomery, Alabama. The people are Gomer Pyle and Monty Hall.
Both Gomer Pyle have a connection of sorts with the Marines: Gomer went from Mayberry to the Marine Corps in "Gomer Pyle USMC," while Monty Hall's name is an inadvertent play on the first line of the Marines' Hymn ("From the Halls of Montezuma...."). And what do Sumo wrestling and Ura have to do with that? "Oorah!" has been the unofficial battlecry of the Corps for seventy years or so.
ReplyDeleteMontgomery (Alabama), Gomer (Pyle), Monty (Hall)
ReplyDeleteLast Sunday I said, “Today’s challenge is just the latest in a string of pretty easy puzzles, generally speaking.” Of course, I am referring to General Bernard “Monty” Montgomery.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
MONTGOMERY (AL) -> GOMER (PYLE), MONTY (HALL)
ReplyDelete> I didn't have to search long for the answer.
Because Alabama is the first state, alphabetically.
> Also the name of the star of another TV show of the same era.
Elizabeth MONTGOMERY played Samantha Stephens on Bewitched.
> . . . who is memorialized in a city with the same name as another state capital.
In Salem, Massachusetts (home of the witch trials).
> Blaine's hint has an interesting connection.
Ernie Pyle Hall used to house the School of Journalism at Indiana University, Will Shortz's alma mater.
> Did the character sing of the host?
It wouldn't be surprising for a USMC recruit to sing "From the HALLs of MONTYzuma, to the shores of Tripoli. . ."
And, surprise, surprise, surprise! Jim Nabors was a singer, too.
My comment was "Ding ding twenty nine nine, just my two cents." Ding ding was the noise you'd hear when someone drove up to Wally's filling station on the Andy Griffith Show. 29.9¢ was the approximate price of gas when Gomer worked there, before he went off to join the USMC.
ReplyDeleteMy comment was "The TV character reminds me of something that reminds me of Bert, and the game show host reminds me of goats.
ReplyDeleteTaking my associations in the reverse order of what I said reminded of what, Bert --> (&) Ernie --> Ernie Pyle --> Gomer Pyle was the first one, and goats are what are behind the two doors that you don't want in the usual statement of the Monty Hall problem in elementary probabilistic reasoning. (And no, I'm not interested in getting into an online debate about the Monty Hall problem.)
MONTGOMERY,
ReplyDeleteGOMER,
MONTY
I clued Semper Fi because the full name of the show was "Gomer Pyle USMC"
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
ReplyDeleteSome organizational inspiration for the coming year, from 57 years ago, in memory of the late Alice Brock.
jan, such a fun rambling song. Thanks for the link.
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving, in mourning or in evening 😉.
Alternatively, Happy National Day of Mourning!
ReplyDeleteMy comment - “You can’t be in a blue state with this puzzle. And turning to other news today…” was a reference to the St Louis Blues firing their coach last Sunday and hiring Jim MONTGOMERY! Quite a coincidence (not that others here would be interested). Anyway, a happy thanksgiving to all in blainesville!
ReplyDeleteMy hint: "Reminds me of another state capital"
ReplyDeleteGomer Pyle got me thinking about Denver, specifically Denver Pyle who played Uncle Jesse in "The Dukes of Hazzard"
Another interesting connection--Denver Pyle played Mr. Darling on the Andy Griffith show.
DeleteHere's a fun fact I just discovered: Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell, writers for The Andy Griffith Show, are credited with creating the character of Gomer Pyle. The character was based on an "incompetent" gas station attendant whom Greenbaum met and named after Gomer Cool (a writer) and Denver Pyle (an actor on The Andy Griffith Show).
Joe Kupe made what I thought at first was a random comment that it was "not Ward Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver," but then I realized he was cleverly tying Montgomery directly to vintage TV. The other comments were focused on Gomer and Monty. Montgomery Ward was a bigger name when all these shows originally aired, but I think they all live on today.
ReplyDeleteMONTGOMERY(AL, so I would definitely know), MONTY(Hall), GOMER(Pyle)
ReplyDeletepjbAlsoKnowsTheActorPlayingGomer,JimNabors,WasFromSylacauga(AL)
This week's challenge comes from the crossword constructor and editor Peter Gordon. Think of a classic television actor — first and last names. Add a long-E sound at the end of each name and you'll get two things that are worn while sleeping. What are they?
ReplyDeleteWhat else could it be?
DeleteYes, I see what you mean.
DeleteAppropriately, solved without getting out of bed. One of the actor’s better known rolls used his/her first name.
ReplyDeleteNowadays, a dope klutz walks.
ReplyDeleteHooray! Biden just pardoned Hunter. I was hoping he would.
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