# Sunday Morning Puzzle #102 --- A Hollywood Trend **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991 "2006-03-19T11:58:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/1 "2006-03-19T11:58:09Z")
This puzzle consists of 16 movie titles. These titles have been broken into “doublets”, and the doublets alphabetized. **Example:** AM ER IC AN BE AU TY AM AN AU BE ER IC TY +++ **Problems:** 1. Prior to being broken into doublets, the movie titles were altered to reflect a current trend in Hollywood. 2. In addition to problem #1, each title entry contains either an extra single letter or an extra doublet. These extra letters are not part of the altered titles at all. **Mitigating Circumstances:** 1. The extra single letters and doublets can be arranged to spell out the title of an appropriate 1989 film. 2. The Hollywood trend can be found thus: (altered title #/letter #) 2/16, 14/17, 8/3, 3/22, 6/5, 5/13, 1/3, 10/16, 9/9, 15/3, 7/17, 13/3, 4/3, 11/9, 12/11, 16/14 Can you discover the altered movie titles, the extra title, and the trend? * * * 1. FS HI IS LO LS MI NI OU OW TS UB VA 2. ER ES EY FO GL RI RR SP TW 3. AM DA EW FE GL HI IN LA MS MS SV TE UE 4. IB IN MU 5. EA EC HE LA LH NG ON SV VI VR 6. DS EA ER HA IT MY ND RE RW UP 8E 7. AS BE DW GC GO HR IN IN IS IV NE SU TM 8. CH EP OP SI TH 9. BA CA EB IB IN LE NX RD RO TH TO 10. BQ GP IN KE NT OI RS TA TE TI UA 11. BU DY EP ET EX HM IE LA NC OV TH YT 12. GR IP LI ON PT SE ST 13. AN BI CD DT EP HE IT SI TH UL UM 14. AN DE ED IN NG OL OM RE SS TH XP 15. AD ER LL OA PI RC SB ST UR YE 16. AN AS AT CH DU ED ES HE IF IR ND OX SA TD TH * * * ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/2 "2006-03-20T08:14:41Z")
Hmmmm… IS UP PO SE TH IS PU ZZ LE IS TO OD IF FI CU LT MY DE EP ES TA PO LO GI ES ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/3 "2006-03-20T13:59:15Z")
It’s not to o difficult \*\* biotop\*\*. I just found it. Give an hour or so… ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/4 "2006-03-20T14:37:16Z")
Ok. I’ve got a few and am starting to cruise. Must be the coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/5 "2006-03-20T20:22:47Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Ok. I’ve got a few and am starting to cruise. Must be the coffee. Oh ho! And just what brand of coffee is bringing such enlightenment, **MonkeyMensch**? I’d really like to know. My current generic coffee just gets me hyper and impatient. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/6 "2006-03-20T22:14:46Z")
Might as well post what I’ve got so far… Hollywood Trend Product Placement The Extra Title How to Get Ahead in Advertising 1.Mitsubishinival of Souls 2.Forrest Wrigleysp 3. Nothing 4.IBMU 5. Nothing 6. Nothing 7. Nothing 8.Chopepsit 9. Nothing 10.Bquakerstateing Point 11.The Playtexdy Bunch Movie 12.Stripliptonse 13.The Pit and the Bicdulum 14.The Dominoland Express 15.Pillsburyer Coaster 16.The Duchess and the Dirtdasani Fox I’ll see if I can’t knock out the rest after work. Patrick ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/7 "2006-03-20T23:50:43Z")
9.Bacardible in the Bronx ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/8 "2006-03-21T00:12:23Z")
**MonkeyMensch** : You are a champion at this brand of anagramming! I’ll bet you get those last few sooner or later. Awesome. And I thought this was going to go unsolved… While the entry at #15 works, I actually meant to put in : AD AP BU IL LS RY SE The puzzle as posed was from an earlier draft. ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/9 "2006-03-21T12:46:28Z")
1. It looks like it’s SINGLE WHITE FEMALE with a brand of ALE at the end… ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/10 "2006-03-21T13:15:24Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > While the entry at #15 works, I actually meant to put in : > > AD AP BU IL LS RY SE SEAPILLSBURY ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/11 "2006-03-21T13:26:48Z")
5.Leaving Las VeChevron ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/12 "2006-03-21T13:54:37Z")
3.Single White FemSamuelAdams ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/13 "2006-03-23T15:51:38Z")
And just to round things out: I think #7 has a typo: BA for BE 7.Suwinnebagoiving Christmas 6.My Dsuper8er with Andre As always, **Biotop** , your puzzles are a real mind-bending treat. I look forward, as always, to the next challenge. Patrick ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/14 "2006-03-23T16:48:57Z")
Grr… _Stinkin’ typos._ **MonkeyMensch** : Glad you enjoyed the puzzle. Work and life keep me very busy now, so there are fewer puzzles from this poster. Maybe someone else could give them a try? One thing drove me nuts writing this one. I wanted to find a well-known movie title with the letters “TV” together (probably with the ending of one title word with a “T” and the beginning of the next word with a “V”) for a product placement. I wracked my brain and spent many hours with VideoHound, but couldn’t come up with one. Can anyone? ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-102-a-hollywood-trend/348991/15 "2006-03-28T13:05:45Z")
[The Last Valley](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065969/)