ChatGPT isn't much help, or is it?Q: Take the name JON STEWART, as in the comedian and TV host. Rearrange the letters to spell the titles of three classic movies. One of the titles is its familiar shortened form.
Sunday, March 09, 2025
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 9, 2025): Jon Stewart at the Movies
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 9, 2025): Jon Stewart at the Movies
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Take the last eight letters of the full title with the shortened form. You get things that you might see at a movie screening.
ReplyDeleteOh! Rearrange the letters!
DeleteYou might also see them during a film shoot.
DeleteHey Rob! You're causing a—
Delete(Oops. Can't say any more without TMI.)
While the first two titles jumped out at me, I was unfamiliar with the 3rd “classic” film I had come up with (but that’s just me; films are not my long suit). I must have stared at that 3rd title for quite a while, but then, finally, the synapses fired.
ReplyDeleteA tweak here, a tweak there…
I’m thinking of a lawyer….
Right -- as Jan said in the earlier thread, there's no question of one being less 'classic' in terms of its era, but I'd agree that, um... one of them has not withstood the test of time nearly as well as the other two.
DeleteYeah, it’s certainly had a lasting cultural impact, but has way less rewatch value than the others.
DeleteThink one of these titles was used in a recent puzzle
ReplyDeleteAll 3 films have won Academy Awards.
ReplyDeleteNot in my answer, one did not. (Not if you mean "Academy Award" as in "Oscar.")
DeleteYou are right, Pam
DeleteThanks Diz. Wolfgang - yes Oscars/Academy Awards but not necessarily for Best Picture.
DeletePam — ah, okay. I thought we might have different answers. (I was debating my own.)
DeleteArrange the first letters of the three movie titles to spell something featured in a classic 1980s movie.
ReplyDeleteIf I didn't already have the answer, this would be the Gordian Knot of clues.
DeleteHint? I've seen all three
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DeleteEasier than it appears at first.
ReplyDeleteTwo of the three films were made by the same movie studio.
ReplyDeleteHi friends! It my puzzle you're all working on this morning! I'm so glad to get to share it with you.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThanks Al.
DeleteCongrats, Al.
DeleteCongratulations!
DeleteYes, congratulations!
DeleteAl, it's a really nice observation about "Jon Stewart"! One of those that makes you go, "huh, I would never, ever have noticed that on my own."
DeleteCongrats on having your puzzle selected, Al. :)
DeleteGood one, Al!(Almost looks like it would be an AI- made puzzle, don't you think?)
DeletepjbOnlySawOneOfTheseFilmsAsAChild,BTW
Al, you're in Cozy Lake? That's near Augusta, right? When I lived in NJ, I used to take the family every August to the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show aka the New Jersey State Fair.
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ReplyDeleteI wish I could call my folks, but they live on in my heart. (Sorry, feeling sentimental today.)
ReplyDeleteUnderstood, today would have been my daughter’s birthday. Some days just bring out the emotions.
DeleteMay you be consoled by memories of times shared.
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DeleteScarlett, I may be seeing a hint there, however suffused with sentiment.
DeleteSuperZee, you are not alone. Not a day goes by…
They are missed for sure. My sisters, too. 💙💜
DeleteThank you all.
DeleteYou may be right Dr. K. All these replies really touched me.
DeleteI was taught, one never needs to search for enemies, enemies will find you.
DeleteBut, friends are where you find them. This blog, of people with a shared interest in puzzles, is a place where friendships begin.
Friends who celebrate each other’s successes….and share each other’s sorrows.
Let us continue to share, and grow, our friendships.
Amen to that 🙏
DeleteHear, hear.
DeleteThanks, SuperZee. It's a lovely expression for all of us at Blaine's.
DeleteCongrats to Al for creating a wonderful NPR puzzle. And Thanks to SuperZee for sharing those beautiful sentiments... and to Blaine for providing us this excellent forum!
DeleteLegoSincerely
So the deal is that we use every letter once, right? It's not like we're intended to get Star Wars outta Stewart by recycling the a and the s. If so, then I have three movies. This puzzle seems familiar.
ReplyDeleteGood one.
ReplyDeletepieces
ReplyDeleteBTW, two of these movies were great – one sucked.
On my first try, I thought I had a correct answer, but one of the films turned out to be a dud.
ReplyDeleteThis is a repeat. I remember because Will made a point to say that this was a very clever puzzle.
ReplyDeleteIt's an apt puzzle for us today. Thank goodness Jon doesn't spell his first name John.
ReplyDeleteIf I get your John drift.....ouch!
DeleteActually, you can also get three well-known movies by rearranging the letters of John Stewart. You just need a spelling variant for one of the titles. Literally.
DeleteScarlett, you got it!
DeleteLancek, no spelling variant needed for me.
I thought Scarlett was just adding an H to one of the titles to get her ouch, without worrying about whether it was a movie. My three movies would not evoke an ouch, but there's the spelling thing.
DeleteI just realized ouch can serve double duty.
DeleteAh, touché!
DeleteToo bad there is no M in the name. (That one is a classic!)
ReplyDeleteOne of the movies has been used before.
ReplyDeleteUsing letters found in Jon Stewart's real surname LEIBOWITZ, possibly repeated, make the title of another classic movie, it won an Oscar though not Best Picture.
ReplyDeleteOK, not "Z". A movie whose title contains 7 letters.
DeleteThe plot to one of the movies is based on Ibsen.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first looked at this puzzle after feeding my dogs, it was predawn and couldn't think clearly...I needed more sleep. The most important was to realize something about the number of letters available to me.
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ReplyDeleteWily, Clark.
DeletePam, you are correct that all 3 films have won Oscars.
DeleteNice one CAP!
DeleteDr K and Scarlett, I feared it was TMI and it might be deleted.
DeleteThanks
Oops! Guess you were right after all.
Delete$.03
DeleteA well Scarlett, what can I say, except, Blaine I apologize!
DeleteWell, I never...
DeleteOne of these has not spawned another movie--unless you believe everything you see on the internet.
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ReplyDeleteWill sure sounds good on the radio. Sounds like he may well make a full recovery from his stroke. Does anyone know if he's resumed playing table tennis daily?
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ReplyDeleteWell, it's not in Latin...
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