Constructor: Gene Louise De Vera
Relative issue: Simple
THEME: none
Phrase of the Day: “Hey ARNOLD!” (44A: “Hey ___!” (Nickelodeon cartoon of 1996-2004)) —
Hey Arnold! is an American animated sitcom created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. It initially aired from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The present facilities on fourth grader Arnold Shortman, who lives along with his grandparents in an inner-city tenement within the fictional metropolis of Hillwood. Episodes middle on his experiences navigating city life whereas coping with the zany hijinks he and his buddies encounter. Many episodes, nonetheless, concentrate on different characters, together with main, secondary, supporting, and even minor characters.
Bartlett’s thought for the present is predicated on a minor character named Arnold who he created whereas engaged on Pee-wee’s Playhouse. The executives loved the character, and Bartlett accomplished the forged and setting by drawing inspiration from individuals and areas he grew up with in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and Brooklyn, New York. Bartlett created the pilot episode in his front room in 1994 and official manufacturing started in 1995. The animators labored to remodel Arnold from clay animation to cel animation, resulting in the sequence premiere in 1996. Hey Arnold! was the ultimate sequence to be inexperienced lit (together with Kablam!) below the management of community president Geraldine Laybourne. Manufacturing on the present concluded on December 7, 2001, after 5 seasons and 100 episodes. Its final episode aired unannounced on June 8, 2004. A characteristic movie based mostly on the sequence, Hey Arnold!: The Film, was launched in theaters on June 28, 2002. All 5 seasons have been launched on DVD.
On March 2, 2016, a tv movie continuation of the sequence, Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Film, was greenlit. It picks up from the place the sequence ended and resolved unanswered plotlines of the story. The movie premiered on November 24, 2017, on Nickelodeon, Nicktoons Community, TeenNick, NickRewind and on November 24, 2018 as a global theatrical launch, wrapping up the sequence’ storyline.
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Discovered this very straightforward even though it appeared prefer it was made for an individual who was very a lot not me. Online game ranges, social media stars … you realize, I do not assume I’ve seen even a single film within the Alien franchise. The very existence of that first one traumatized me so unhealthy as a child that I by no means had any curiosity in it, or any of its many follow-ups, as an grownup. So ALIEN QUEEN? (11D: Xenomorph who can produce humanoid offspring). I imply, I may infer it, but it surely was simply blah blah blah to me. Bizarre to have a franchise-specific reply with out with the ability to point out the franchise within the clue. Looks as if there would possibly, theoretically, be all types of ALIEN QUEENs on the market … you realize, in house … not all of whom are xenomorphs who can produce humanoid offspring. So a number of this was simply not in my vary of pursuits. And but, I smoked it. I feel the solutions I discussed have been nearly the one hold-ups I had in any respect on this puzzle. As for the cross-referenced grid-spanners … fairly tepid. Type of a yawn. I do know the phrase “cautiously optimistic,” however CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM … sure, I assume I do know that too, but it surely does not land with fairly the identical drive / familiarity. I am undecided PLEASANT SURPRISE ties to CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM that properly. I feel PLEASANT SURPRISE is one thing you expertise whenever you actually did not anticipate issues to prove so good, whereas CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM has you leaning towards optimistic expectations. Anyway, neither phrase made me sit up and applaud. However they’re 16s (versus the standard 15 for grid-spanners), so if nothing else their presence right here means you get Extra Puzzle, and that is … one thing.
Assorted factors:
- 1A: Course on conduct (PSYCH) — me: “SEX ED”; that is how I satisfied myself that Iowa was by some means within the “E”astern time zone (EDT), regardless of being straight beneath Minnesota, which I do know is within the “C”entral (CDT) (4D: Summer time hrs. in Iowa).
- 28D: Shelters from the warmth? (SAFE HOUSES) — me: “SAFE HAVENS.”
- 16A: Lyrical piece (EPODE) — by no means actually bothered to study the distinction between this and a daily outdated ODE. Crazily, the American Heritage Dictionary has seven (7) (!?) definitions for EPODE:
noun
- 1. A lyric poem characterised by distichs shaped by a protracted line adopted by a shorter one.
- 2. The third division of the triad of a Pindaric ode, having a special or contrasting kind from that of the strophe and antistrophe.
- 3. The a part of a choral ode in classical Greek drama following the strophe and antistrophe and sung whereas the refrain is standing nonetheless.
- 4. The after tune; the a part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, — the traditional ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode.
- 5. A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, by which an extended verse is adopted by a shorter one. It doesn’t embody the elegiac distich.
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Epodes of Horace” - 6. The after tune; the a part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
- 7. A form of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, by which an extended verse is adopted by a shorter one
- 43A: Rock band based by three sisters (HAIM) — new album, I Stop, out subsequent month. I assume they don’t seem to be truly quitting. I take pleasure in their music, and am an enormous fan of their performances within the film Licorice Pizza (Alana is the star of that film, however her sisters are in it (enjoying her sisters), as are her dad and mom (enjoying her dad and mom!)). Right here is an ironic and/or apt tidbit from their wikipedia web page:
On April 23, Haim held one in every of two shock live shows on the Bellwether theater in Los Angeles, their first full live performance in almost two years. Through the gig, the band performed in entrance of a display with the phrases “I give up” which was later introduced to be the title of the album. The trio carried out their beforehand launched singles in addition to the dwell debut of the third single “All the way down to Be Incorrect” and the unreleased album reduce “Blood within the Streets”, whereas the latter efficiency was joined by American singer Addison RAE. [“singer!?” that was not in the clue]
- 1D: River that after marked the boundary of the Wild West (PECOS) — wait, you are telling me that “the Wild West” was a particularly demarcated piece of land and never simply an summary idea used to promote TVs and flicks? Like … the “Wild” West was distinct from simply “the West”? That is all information to me. However I nonetheless acquired this reply actually simply. “Quickest gun west of the PECOS“—that is a phrase from … one thing, is not it? LOL sure, Yosemite Sam! My foundational supply of all issues Wild Western:
- 24D: Xi’s language (GREEK) — see, this is the reason it’s best to by no means take note of present occasions— I simply yesterday learn some article about our present buffoonish administration’s ongoing assaults on Harvard and the results that the latest dumb-ass and doubtless unlawful order (prohibiting Harvard from enrolling international college students) might need, particularly on college students from China (the place most of Harvard’s international college students come from). And I feel that article talked about that Xi Jinping had a toddler that went to Harvard (sure, true—she attended below a pseudonym and studied English and PSYCH). The purpose is, I used to be primed to see “Xi” because the chief of China. So my first response to this clue was “… what the hell languages do they communicate in China apart from Mandarin and Cantonese? Which are 5 letters beginning with ‘G’!?” However as you’ve got seemingly guessed by now, “Xi” right here refers to not the Chinese language president, however to the Greek letter:
- 34D: A flute might need a brief one (STEM) — the flute here’s a glass (“champagne flute”), not a musical instrument:
See you subsequent time.
Signed, Rex Parker, King of CrossWorld
