New Game: Switcheroo

[plasticene]

49. JENNIFER JONES + 74. LAWRENCE TAYLOR = Jennifer Lawrence (Silver)

[plasticene]

Barry is a common first name, but George is an uncommon last name. Maybe we should axe Barry Diller and use Phyllis Diller for Phyllis George? We've got to get rid of one of the two Fox matches anyway.

[starfish1113]

#16 is probably Rocky Burnette of Tired of Toein' the Line fame.

[silverscreenselect]

#16 is probably Rocky Burnette of Tired of Toein' the Line fame.

Once I saw this answer, I quickly figured this one out:

69. Nobody knows if this fictional TV character would be as well-remembered today if he were still known by his original name of Sonny Friendly.

This is Guy Smiley of the Muppet show, which means that Smiley Burnette is one of the links.

[silverscreenselect]

67. Every TV and film appearance this blonde actress has made in her career has been with her natural hair color... with the exception of her acting debut in a 1982 ABC Afterschool Special, where she was a brunette.
Helen Slater

THen she matches with Fletcher Christian for Christian SLater (Rose)

[mellytu74]

#16 is probably Rocky Burnette of Tired of Toein' the Line fame.

Once I saw this answer, I quickly figured this one out:

69. Nobody knows if this fictional TV character would be as well-remembered today if he were still known by his original name of Sonny Friendly.

This is Guy Smiley of the Muppet show, which means that Smiley Burnette is one of the links.

And his word is probably [Petticoat] JUNCTION

[mellytu74]

42. Absurd as it may seem, this comedian's parents thought that writing comedy as a teenager was a mental disorder, so they sent him to a psychoanalyst. After one visit, the psychoanalyst told him, "It's them, not you."

Can this be the late BILL HICKS?

I seem to recall something but I can't pinpoint that it's him. And he does fit alphabetically.

[plasticene]

A few more observations:

We have two Louises, Mandrell and Slaughter, so I imagine LOUISE MANDRELL should be matched with FLETCHER CHRISTIAN to free up LOUISE SLAUGHTER for her last name.

Phyllis George's word is probably NFL.

Shannon Elizabeth's word is probably Pie.

43. GRANT HILL doesn't match up with 38. VALERIE HARPER, but with 37. BUDDY HACKETT to make Grant Hackett (Swimming).

I think 32. DEBORAH GIBSON matches with 36. ALLEN GREGORY to make Deborah Allen (Different). It's more often Debbie Allen, but Deborah Gibson also went by Debbie for quite a while.

[macrae1234]

66. Unbeknownst to him, this actor's lifelong love of flying would eventually lead to his witnessing one of the most tragic events in American history. He was flying his Beechcraft Baron directly over the World Trade Center at the exact moment that the first plane flew into it.

This is Cliff Robertson

[plasticene]

I'll bet 34. NANCY GRACE matches with 18. DREW CAREY for Nancy Drew (Clock).

76. ANTHONY WAYNE + 12. JAMES BRADY = Wayne Brady (Line)

[franktangredi]

43. GRANT HILL doesn't match up with 38. VALERIE HARPER, but with 37. BUDDY HACKETT to make Grant Hackett (Swimming).

I don't think that works, because Grant is a first name in both matches and Hackett is a last name in both matches. You can only make Grant Hackett out of somebody whose last name is Grant (or whose first name is Hackett).

[silverscreenselect]

43. GRANT HILL doesn't match up with 38. VALERIE HARPER, but with 37. BUDDY HACKETT to make Grant Hackett (Swimming).

I don't think that works, because Grant is a first name in both matches and Hackett is a last name in both matches. You can only make Grant Hackett out of somebody whose last name is Grant (or whose first name is Hackett).

Hill Harper would go with (CSI) New York.

[plasticene]

43. GRANT HILL doesn't match up with 38. VALERIE HARPER, but with 37. BUDDY HACKETT to make Grant Hackett (Swimming).

I don't think that works, because Grant is a first name in both matches and Hackett is a last name in both matches. You can only make Grant Hackett out of somebody whose last name is Grant (or whose first name is Hackett).

True! Maybe one of the unanswered questions has the last name Grant; I was so pleased with myself!

[smilergrogan]

Identify the 77 people and fictional characters based on the clues below. Using each answer only once, form 26 matches of 3 names and 2 of the associated words in the Word List based on a Tangredi, or hidden principle that you must discover for yourself. There may be alternate matches, but only one configuration will allow you to complete the puzzle.

Now I'm sure that most of you are sitting there, demanding that I check my math. "If there are 77 names and each can be used only once, you can't make 26 triplets because 77 isn't divisible by 3." Well, that's the Fireball twist this time around. You have to identify this clueless person on your own in order to complete the 26th and final triplet.

*1. BUD ABBOTT
*2. LOU ADLER
3. Before she died, Patti Page re-recorded her most famous song with this man as her pianist.

4. Riding high with eleven career #1 hits on the Billboard country chart, she was also the first country singer to win an American Music Award.

5. TOM ARNOLD
^6. ELIZABETH ASHLEY
*7. MARION BARRY
8. BORIS BECKER
*9. DAVE BING
10. KAREN BLACK
*11. WILLIAM BLAKE
*12. WYATT BRADY
13. ALBERT BROOKS
14. An astonished Leontyne Price was among the guests at a party where he announced that he was leaving the wine business to pursue his acting career.

*15. JIMMY BUFFETT
*16. ROCKY BURNETTE
17. ROBERT BYRD
*18. DREW CAREY
19. AMY CARTER
*20. KYLE CHANDLER
*21. FLETCHER CHRISTIAN
*22. DICK CLARK
23. GARY COOPER
*24. Shortly before his death, he accepted the co-starring role in a film that began with him performing in the middle of the Australian outback.
DAVIS?
25. BRUCE DERN
*26. PHYLLIS DILLER
*27. FRANCIS DRAKE
*28. ALLYSON FELIX
*29. LITA FORD
30. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
*31. AL FREEMAN, JR.
*32. DEBBIE GIBSON
*33. PHILIP GLASS
*34. NANCY GRACE
*35. MACY GRAY
*36. ALLEN GREGORY
37. BUDDY HACKETT
*38. VALERIE HARPER
*39. GEORGE HARRISON
*40. JUNE HAVER
41. JESSE HELMS
42. Absurd as it may seem, this comedian's parents thought that writing comedy as a teenager was a mental disorder, so they sent him to a psychoanalyst. After one visit, the psychoanalyst told him, "It's them, not you."
BILL HICKS?
*43. GRANT HILL
44. RON HOWARD
45. DFW Airport was not thrilled when he tried to smuggle a toy knife, a toy gun, and toy hand grenades in a 1991 publicity stunt.

46. JEREMY IRONS
47. He recorded over 40 jazz albums before his death in 1987, but he was perhaps better known as the second husband of the R&B legend whose backing band he led.

48. THOMAS JEFFERSON
*49. JENNIFER JONES
50. His 35-year-long TV and film career includes roles that range from one of the greatest military heroes in American history to one of the worst military traitors in American history. And he played The King, too.

51. RICHARD LEWIS
52. HEATHER LOCKLEAR
*53. CHRISTOPHER LOWELL
*54. SHANNON LUCID
*55. LOUISE MANDRELL
56. Of all of the guys who were known as the M&M Boys, he was the youngest "M" to help lead his team to its first championship appearance in franchise history.

57. "Rugged romantic" was how this actor was billed in the trailer for the only movie that he made with Esther Williams.

58. KENDRICK MEEK

59. VERA MILES
*60. HENRY MORGAN
61. On June 4, 1951, this world-renowned dancer became the father-in-law of a man whose medical discovery almost exactly 23 years later would save millions of lives.

62. RYAN O'NEAL
*63. JOHN PAYNE
64. PAUL PIERCE
65. Last July, this legendary composer's new work, Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano, had its worldwide debut postponed due to illness. (Its new debut date is this December.)

66. CLIFF ROBERTSON
*67. HELEN SLATER
68. LOUISE SLAUGHTER
*69. GUY SMILEY
70. RALPH STANLEY
*71. MARTHA STEWART
72. BEATRICE STRAIGHT
*73. PATRICK SWAYZE
*74. LAWRENCE TAYLOR
*75. EARL WARREN
*76. ANTHONY WAYNE
77. NATALIE WOOD

Word List
Bond
*Bucket
*Castle
Chicago
*Clock
Cosmetic
Daddy
Dame
*Depend
*Different
Emmys
Express
F-Word
Fake
Falls
*Fox
Gloria
God
Heartbeat
Hurricane
*Invest
*Jerry
*Junction
Lawyers
Lawyers
*Line
Lion
Meet
*Minnesota
*Monica
*New York
New York
*NFL
North
North
*Nurse
*Pants
*Pie
Porter
Porter
Poster
Proud
*Recall
*Rose
*Silver
*Solo
*Stamp
Stooges
Swimming
Talk
Talk
3000

Matches:
73. PATRICK Swayze + 60. HENRY MORGAN + 31. Al FREEMAN, Jr. = Patrick Henry (STAMP) + Morgan Freeman (BUCKET)
1. BUD Abbott + 43. GRANT HILL + 38. Valerie HARPER = Bud Grant (MINNESOTA) + Hill Harper (NEW YORK)
55. LOUISE Mandrell + 21. FLETCHER CHRISTIAN + 67. Helen SLATER = Louise Fletcher (NURSE) + Christian Slater (ROSE)
26. PHYLLIS Diller + 39. GEORGE HARRISON + 29. Lita FORD = Phyllis George (NFL) + Harrison Ford (SOLO)
11. WILLIAM Blake + 35. MACY GRAY + 24. DAVIS? = William H. Macy (JERRY) + Gray Davis (RECALL)
40. JUNE Haver + 28. ALLYSON FELIX + 2. Lou ADLER = June Allyson (DEPEND) + Felix Adler (?)
27. FRANCIS Drake + 7. MARION BARRY + ?. ? = Francis Marion (FOX) + Barry ? (?)
33. PHILIP Glass + 22. DICK CLARK + ?. ? = Philip K. Dick (CASTLE) + Clark ? (?)
54. SHANNON Lucid + 6. ELIZABETH ASHLEY + ?. ? = Shannon Elizabeth (PIE) + Ashley ? (?)
49. JENNIFER Jones + 74. LAWRENCE TAYLOR + ?. ? = Jennifer Lawrence (SILVER) + Taylor ? (?)
32. DEBBIE Gibson + 36. ALLEN GREGORY + ?. ? = Debbie Allen (DIFFERENT) + Gregory ? (?)
34. NANCY Grace + 18. DREW CAREY + ?. ? = Nancy Drew (CLOCK) + Carey ? (?)
?. ? + 63. JOHN PAYNE + 71. Martha STEWART = ? John (?) + Payne Stewart (PANTS)
?. ? + 75. EARL WARREN + 15. Jimmy BUFFETT = ? Earl ( ?) + Warren Buffett (INVEST)
?. ? + 20. KYLE CHANDLER + 9. Dave BING = ? Kyle (?) + Chandler Bing (MONICA)
?. ? + 69. GUY SMILEY + 16. Rocky BURNETTE = ? Guy (?) + Smiley Burnette (JUNCTION)
?. ? + 76. ANTHONY WAYNE + 12. Wyatt BRADY = ? Anthony (?) + Wayne Brady (LINE)

[franktangredi]

?. ? + 69. GUY SMILEY + 16. Rocky BURNETTE = ? Guy (?) + Smiley Burnette (JUNCTION)

This would go with 37. BUDDY HACKETT to make guitarist BUDDY GUY (Chicago)

[franktangredi]

57. "Rugged romantic" was how this actor was billed in the trailer for the only movie that he made with Esther Williams.

Alphabetically, this could be VICTOR MATURE.

[mellytu74]

4. Riding high with eleven career #1 hits on the Billboard country chart, she was also the first country singer to win an American Music Award.

Could this be LYNN ANDERSON? with I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

[mellytu74]

4. Riding high with eleven career #1 hits on the Billboard country chart, she was also the first country singer to win an American Music Award.

Could this be LYNN ANDERSON? with I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

AND It could complete the Marion Barry pairing to give us BARRY LYNN, who heads the council for the separation of church and state and is on the news alot.

[mellytu74]

14. An astonished Leontyne Price was among the guests at a party where he announced that he was leaving the wine business to pursue his acting career.

I should have gotten this earlier!

It's ROSCOE LEE BROWNE.

He's originally from Woodbury, NJ, right outside of Philadelphia and was mentioned in his local obits when he died a couple years ago.

It goes something like this -- he was working for someone like the Bronfman family (?) as a representative (or something like that) and was tired of people telling him he should be an actor with that voice. I may not have the details right but I know I have the right actor.

[smilergrogan]

4. Riding high with eleven career #1 hits on the Billboard country chart, she was also the first country singer to win an American Music Award.

Could this be LYNN ANDERSON? with I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

AND It could complete the Marion Barry pairing to give us BARRY LYNN, who heads the council for the separation of church and state and is on the news alot.

We have Gary Cooper availiable, so if Marion Barry is used that way, a complete trio would give us Anderson Cooper (talk). But the Francis Marion (fox) match also seems pretty solid.

[smilergrogan]

The second Talk guy could be Clark Howard, to complete the Dick Clark trio using Ron Howard.

[mellytu74]

4. Riding high with eleven career #1 hits on the Billboard country chart, she was also the first country singer to win an American Music Award.

Could this be LYNN ANDERSON? with I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

AND It could complete the Marion Barry pairing to give us BARRY LYNN, who heads the council for the separation of church and state and is on the news alot.

We have Gary Cooper availiable, so if Marion Barry is used that way, a complete trio would give us Anderson Cooper (talk). But the Francis Marion (fox) match also seems pretty solid.

That's true -- Francis Marion seems too solid.

[franktangredi]

14. An astonished Leontyne Price was among the guests at a party where he announced that he was leaving the wine business to pursue his acting career.

I should have gotten this earlier!

It's ROSCOE LEE BROWNE.

He's originally from Woodbury, NJ, right outside of Philadelphia and was mentioned in his local obits when he died a couple years ago.

It goes something like this -- he was working for someone like the Bronfman family (?) as a representative (or something like that) and was tired of people telling him he should be an actor with that voice. I may not have the details right but I know I have the right actor.

Well, then, this one must be somebody whose last name is Jackson, and whose first name makes a last name:

47. He recorded over 40 jazz albums before his death in 1987, but he was perhaps better known as the second husband of the R&B legend whose backing band he led.

????? + 47. ???? JACKSON = ?????? + Jackson Browne (LAWYERS)

[franktangredi]

Here's a possible:

66. CLIFF ROBERTSON + 51. RICHARD LEWIS + ???????? = Cliff Richard (Talk) + Lewis ?????

One of Cliff Richard's big hits was We Don't Talk Anymore
Maybe pairs with Karen Black to make Lewis Black?

[Pastor Fireball]

In this consolidation:

--Every answer is correct, including the two answers with question marks! (You should have no problem figuring out #24's first name now.)

(Actually, I overlooked one thing. The team's collective answer to #12 is technically wrong, although the surname is correct and doesn't affect gameplay. It isn't Wyatt Brady or James Brady, but Mathew Brady.)

In the matches:

--One name is still in an incorrect trio.
--One correct derived name is still paired with an incorrect associated word.

Identify the 77 people and fictional characters based on the clues below. Using each answer only once, form 26 matches of 3 names and 2 of the associated words in the Word List based on a Tangredi, or hidden principle that you must discover for yourself. There may be alternate matches, but only one configuration will allow you to complete the puzzle.

Now I'm sure that most of you are sitting there, demanding that I check my math. "If there are 77 names and each can be used only once, you can't make 26 triplets because 77 isn't divisible by 3." Well, that's the Fireball twist this time around. You have to identify this clueless person on your own in order to complete the 26th and final triplet.

*1. BUD ABBOTT
*2. LOU ADLER
3. Before she died, Patti Page re-recorded her most famous song with this man as her pianist.

4. Riding high with eleven career #1 hits on the Billboard country chart, she was also the first country singer to win an American Music Award.

5. TOM ARNOLD
^6. ELIZABETH ASHLEY
*7. MARION BARRY
8. BORIS BECKER
*9. DAVE BING
10. KAREN BLACK
*11. WILLIAM BLAKE
*12. WYATT BRADY
13. ALBERT BROOKS
14. An astonished Leontyne Price was among the guests at a party where he announced that he was leaving the wine business to pursue his acting career.

*15. JIMMY BUFFETT
*16. ROCKY BURNETTE
17. ROBERT BYRD
*18. DREW CAREY
19. AMY CARTER
*20. KYLE CHANDLER
*21. FLETCHER CHRISTIAN
*22. DICK CLARK
23. GARY COOPER
*24. Shortly before his death, he accepted the co-starring role in a film that began with him performing in the middle of the Australian outback.
DAVIS?
25. BRUCE DERN
*26. PHYLLIS DILLER
*27. FRANCIS DRAKE
*28. ALLYSON FELIX
*29. LITA FORD
30. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
*31. AL FREEMAN, JR.
*32. DEBBIE GIBSON
*33. PHILIP GLASS
*34. NANCY GRACE
*35. MACY GRAY
*36. ALLEN GREGORY
37. BUDDY HACKETT
*38. VALERIE HARPER
*39. GEORGE HARRISON
*40. JUNE HAVER
41. JESSE HELMS
42. Absurd as it may seem, this comedian's parents thought that writing comedy as a teenager was a mental disorder, so they sent him to a psychoanalyst. After one visit, the psychoanalyst told him, "It's them, not you."
BILL HICKS?
*43. GRANT HILL
44. RON HOWARD
45. DFW Airport was not thrilled when he tried to smuggle a toy knife, a toy gun, and toy hand grenades in a 1991 publicity stunt.

46. JEREMY IRONS
47. He recorded over 40 jazz albums before his death in 1987, but he was perhaps better known as the second husband of the R&B legend whose backing band he led.

48. THOMAS JEFFERSON
*49. JENNIFER JONES
50. His 35-year-long TV and film career includes roles that range from one of the greatest military heroes in American history to one of the worst military traitors in American history. And he played The King, too.

51. RICHARD LEWIS
52. HEATHER LOCKLEAR
*53. CHRISTOPHER LOWELL
*54. SHANNON LUCID
*55. LOUISE MANDRELL
56. Of all of the guys who were known as the M&M Boys, he was the youngest "M" to help lead his team to its first championship appearance in franchise history.

57. "Rugged romantic" was how this actor was billed in the trailer for the only movie that he made with Esther Williams.

58. KENDRICK MEEK

59. VERA MILES
*60. HENRY MORGAN
61. On June 4, 1951, this world-renowned dancer became the father-in-law of a man whose medical discovery almost exactly 23 years later would save millions of lives.

62. RYAN O'NEAL
*63. JOHN PAYNE
64. PAUL PIERCE
65. Last July, this legendary composer's new work, Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano, had its worldwide debut postponed due to illness. (Its new debut date is this December.)

66. CLIFF ROBERTSON
*67. HELEN SLATER
68. LOUISE SLAUGHTER
*69. GUY SMILEY
70. RALPH STANLEY
*71. MARTHA STEWART
72. BEATRICE STRAIGHT
*73. PATRICK SWAYZE
*74. LAWRENCE TAYLOR
*75. EARL WARREN
*76. ANTHONY WAYNE
77. NATALIE WOOD

Word List
Bond
*Bucket
*Castle
Chicago
*Clock
Cosmetic
Daddy
Dame
*Depend
*Different
Emmys
Express
F-Word
Fake
Falls
*Fox
Gloria
God
Heartbeat
Hurricane
*Invest
*Jerry
*Junction
Lawyers
Lawyers
*Line
Lion
Meet
*Minnesota
*Monica
*New York
New York
*NFL
North
North
*Nurse
*Pants
*Pie
Porter
Porter
Poster
Proud
*Recall
*Rose
*Silver
*Solo
*Stamp
Stooges
Swimming
Talk
Talk
3000

Matches:
73. PATRICK Swayze + 60. HENRY MORGAN + 31. Al FREEMAN, Jr. = Patrick Henry (STAMP) + Morgan Freeman (BUCKET)
1. BUD Abbott + 43. GRANT HILL + 38. Valerie HARPER = Bud Grant (MINNESOTA) + Hill Harper (NEW YORK)
55. LOUISE Mandrell + 21. FLETCHER CHRISTIAN + 67. Helen SLATER = Louise Fletcher (NURSE) + Christian Slater (ROSE)
26. PHYLLIS Diller + 39. GEORGE HARRISON + 29. Lita FORD = Phyllis George (NFL) + Harrison Ford (SOLO)
11. WILLIAM Blake + 35. MACY GRAY + 24. DAVIS? = William H. Macy (JERRY) + Gray Davis (RECALL)
40. JUNE Haver + 28. ALLYSON FELIX + 2. Lou ADLER = June Allyson (DEPEND) + Felix Adler (?)
27. FRANCIS Drake + 7. MARION BARRY + ?. ? = Francis Marion (FOX) + Barry ? (?)
33. PHILIP Glass + 22. DICK CLARK + ?. ? = Philip K. Dick (CASTLE) + Clark ? (?)
54. SHANNON Lucid + 6. ELIZABETH ASHLEY + ?. ? = Shannon Elizabeth (PIE) + Ashley ? (?)
49. JENNIFER Jones + 74. LAWRENCE TAYLOR + ?. ? = Jennifer Lawrence (SILVER) + Taylor ? (?)
32. DEBBIE Gibson + 36. ALLEN GREGORY + ?. ? = Debbie Allen (DIFFERENT) + Gregory ? (?)
34. NANCY Grace + 18. DREW CAREY + ?. ? = Nancy Drew (CLOCK) + Carey ? (?)
?. ? + 63. JOHN PAYNE + 71. Martha STEWART = ? John (?) + Payne Stewart (PANTS)
?. ? + 75. EARL WARREN + 15. Jimmy BUFFETT = ? Earl ( ?) + Warren Buffett (INVEST)
?. ? + 20. KYLE CHANDLER + 9. Dave BING = ? Kyle (?) + Chandler Bing (MONICA)
?. ? + 69. GUY SMILEY + 16. Rocky BURNETTE = ? Guy (?) + Smiley Burnette (JUNCTION)
?. ? + 76. ANTHONY WAYNE + 12. Wyatt BRADY = ? Anthony (?) + Wayne Brady (LINE)