This is the last one left unsolved, and I thought it would be the easiest. It’s too literal. If you know who they are, the answer is obvious. In fact, you can almost certainly guess correctly even if you only know the guy on the left. I guess the two people pictured were too obscure to make it as easy as I expected.
For my fellow movie geeks …
How does this relate to this year’s Oscar nominations?
This one had joy, it had fun …
OK, I admit it. This one is just dumb. (And I love it.)
Now this is more like the ones I like! Obscure references combined with groaners.
Last week Fred Campson solved all of these as fast as I could post them. Fred is obviously a genius at this sort of pop culture word play. Can anyone get the answer before he does?
We’re off to the Campson Races. (Doo-dah, doo-dah.)
P.J. has written many wise and wonderful things over the years, I suppose. I don’t really know because I have not read most of them. My ignorance of his past 45 years notwithstanding, I would gladly present his case for a spot in heaven. I wouldn’t even need to say a word. I’d just hand ol’ St. Pete a copy of this.
My recommendation: never discuss a race except the seventh at Santa Anita, in which case lay down a g-note on Make Hay at 7-1.
“The law sets a very high standard for actual malice, and in this case, the notorious anti-Semite and serial killer was unable to provide sufficient evidence. I am immediately dismissing the ISIS fighter’s lawsuit.” The judge added that Palin was free to appeal, given she wasn’t too drunk to file the paperwork.
… as the producers strive to push those ratings even lower. Next year’s show will be on cable access, and I don’t mean to jinx the negotiations, but I can now reveal that they have asked me to host if I agree to do a sex change.
I should ask them to validate my parking, right?
“Snoop Dogg smokes weed right before star-studded Super Bowl 2022 halftime show.”
Not Snoop! Say it ain’t so. The next thing you’ll tell me is that Seth Rogan, Willie Nelson and Bill Maher smoke that stuff. Please don’t, and let me treasure my innocence.
“Some countries might send in a riot squad to disperse coronavirus vaccine protesters. In New Zealand, authorities turned on water sprinklers and blasted out Barry Manilow records.”
Damn. I was going to read Churchill’s “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples,” but that goes onto the back burner now, so I can read the autobiography of a contestant on Love Island.
Given that they are about even as writers, I had to give her the nod, based on a precedent clearly established by the Summarizing Proust competition.
I thought about giving it to Winnie because his were natural, but the Proust competition went to the biggest overall, not the biggest natural.
