The cartoon starring this character had a different name for quite awhile.Q: Name a well-known cartoon character in eight letters. Change the last letter to a U and rearrange the result to make a phrase you might see on a Valentine's Day card.
Sunday, February 09, 2025
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 9, 2025): Happy Valentine's Day!
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 9, 2025): Happy Valentine's Day!
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ReplyDeletePretty easy. Searching for a hint that doesn't give too much away.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Easy. But a clue?
ReplyDeleteGot it. Working on a clue...
ReplyDeleteTyping the character's name into a search engine yielded an image that is appropriate for this time of year.
DeleteFrom fewer than 500 correct entries last week, I'm expecting a rebound to more than 1500 this week. No hint needed.
ReplyDeleteThe character predates the character with which it is usually paired.
ReplyDeleteBrutal.
ReplyDeleteMacArthur
ReplyDeleteIt shouldn’t take many synapses firing or gears turning to solve it.
ReplyDeleteThe answer was on the tip of my thumb.
ReplyDeleteThat's putting a bit of a spin it, perhaps to tickle our fancy?
DeleteIt's debatable whether or not an adjective associated with the homonym applies to the character.
ReplyDeleteThe character’s last name anagrams to the last name of a famous American actress of the past.
ReplyDeleteI like that one.
DeleteMe too, Nodd.
DeleteA notable death of 2024.
ReplyDeleteSometimes more than Mary.
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ReplyDeleteTMI
DeleteWay TMI.
DeleteSuper way tmi. blackdavidw, please remove your post. Thanks.
DeleteBlaine?
DeleteThank you for removing that TMI meltdown, Blaine. Only I am allowed such slip ups. Just for such a breech, Blainesvillians, I'm gonna bust my noggin thinking of the most abstract, obstruse, oblique clue I can possibly think of. You have driven me to an opposite extreme. From now on, my clues will be vague, with a few logical disconnects. Now I see the error of TMI.
DeleteShoulda read the instructions at the bottom. Forewarned is forearmed.
DeleteWhat kind of dip are you serving at your Super Bowl party?
ReplyDeleteA nice smoked delta smelt spread
DeleteJust a simple salad....I know, not typical Super Bowl fare.
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DeleteThe evolution of the cartoon character is interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe last name of the creator of the character can be arranged to parts of mechanisms.
ReplyDeleteFinally an easy one...
ReplyDeleteRed Auerbach
ReplyDeleteJust an ordinary puzzle
ReplyDeleteHere in Philly, there are more pressing things to do (like Super Bowl parties and such) than this week’s puzzle.
ReplyDeleteChange the last letter of YOGI BEAR to a U and rearrange to get I BEG YOU (with an annoying A left over), which almost works.
ReplyDeleteIt works if the card shows a 3-toed sloth, and the card says, "Ai beg you." :-)
DeleteWhy not "I beg a-you?"
DeleteI thought that Led Zeppelin song was about this character!
ReplyDelete(My hint from two weeks ago really *would* be TMI this week.)
As often happens, the answer came to me in church. The 2nd reading included a hint.
ReplyDeleteWere there more ICE agents attending than usual?
DeleteAnyone else planning on fried chicken for the Super Bowl?
ReplyDeleteOur menu includes: pigs in blankets, egg rolls, veggies, humus, chips, salsa, and wings. So I'd say yes.
DeleteMy son likes biscuits.
ReplyDeleteA certain U.S. general comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteExactly 487 correct answers. Out of 487, the same person gets chosen within six months? suspicious. Come on, now. That's a bit sus. Maybe they ought to put a limit on that. Maybe not, I guess, since that would limit the number who enter. Still...
ReplyDeleteNo real reason to let someone win and selected to go on air more than once.
DeleteIt happened to me, too. I played on the air and got my lapel pin a number of years ago. Then I was called again within a year. I told the producer that since I already had my pin, he could choose someone else if he wanted to. He was very appreciative.
ReplyDeleteThat displays a true sense of noblesse oblige. Very nice.
DeleteNovember, 2010, the same person was a winner on WWDTM (taped on Thursday) and a first time entry winner on the Sunday Puzzle.
DeleteThough I commend Chuck for giving up his pin, achievements need recognition.
DeleteEasy peasy. I think this cartoon character is probably older than I am!
ReplyDeleteYup, I just looked it up. Way older than me
ReplyDeleteA character associated with the character has a syllable that sounds like a syllable of the phrase.
ReplyDeleteI have spoken to a relative of the cartoonist, a few years ago. She told me some interesting information.
ReplyDeleteThere was a connection to this puzzle a few weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteFascism Clue: TESLA
ReplyDeleteI give this puzzle the highest grade…..for simplicity, that is. It was easy as pie….or piece of cake…..or whatever the expression is. As for the on air contestant, clearly it was not her first time.
ReplyDeleteDearest Odie,
ReplyDeleteRoses are red
Violets are blue
A FUGLIER dog
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Happy Valentine's Day, fugly.
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I'm not a football fan, but it doesn't seem that Tom Brady is doing much of a job anchoring the commentary.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Ho hum. Ho hum. Ho hum.
DeleteI can appreciate the character's practical footwear.
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