# Sunday Morning Puzzle # 8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-8/57537 "2001-03-11T13:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **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 11, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-8/57537/1 "2001-03-11T13:39:01Z")
The solution to SMP#8 is a list of movies with something in common.That common factor makes them appropriate for this week’s puzzle. The movie titles have been broken into “doublets” and these doublets have then been alphabetized. For example, “Sunday Morning Puzzle Number Eight” would be broken into SU ND AY MO RN IN GP UZ ZL EN UM BE RE IG HT and then alphabetized thus: AY BE EN GP HT IG IN MO ND RE RN SU UM UZ ZL. **If a title has an odd number of letters, the last letter will remain as a single.** Two minor problems, one mitigating circumstance, and one note: **Minor Problem #1** : Prior to their being broken into doublets, the original movie titles were altered in a way that makes them now inappropriate themewise for Sunday Morning Puzzle # 8. **Minor Problem #2** : One doublet from each set is missing. **Mitigating Circumstance** : The missing doublets --from 1 through 8 in that order-- spell out the reason why the movies with their original titles are appropriate for this week’s puzzle. **Note** : One of the titles is an animated short more commonly known in another medium. * * * 1.\_\_ EC IC NI OR OT PR TH 2.\_\_ AS EY HO KW LL MY VA WP 3.\_\_ EN ER MM ON SI SO YL 4.\_\_ DY EL FR IE LO OE OM S WT 5.\_\_ BE EC MS ON RE TH TS 6.\_\_ EB LA LE MI TH 7.\_\_ BL DE DR GG HA IR M ND ON SA SE TY US 8.\_\_ AN BL ES GA GR NE OF What are the original movie titles, and what is the reason for their collection together? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-8/57537/2 "2001-03-11T13:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biotop \* > \*\* > 7.\_\_ BL DE DR GG HA IR M ND ON SA SE TY US \*\* We’re missing a doublet here. ---
**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 11, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-8/57537/3 "2001-03-11T14:04:00Z")
I’ll look at this again, but other than the promised missing doublet, I don’t see one gone. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-8/57537/4 "2001-03-11T14:11:23Z")
Oops. I’m sorry, you’re correct. I misread your bolded part about there being odd letters in the answer. And **Happy Saint Patrick’s Day** to you too, **Biotop**. [Edited by Eutychus55 on 03-11-2001 at 08:41 AM] ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-8/57537/5 "2001-03-11T15:00:53Z")
That’s the easy part **Eutychus**. I got them all except the first one. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-8/57537/6 "2001-03-11T15:14:26Z")
Just got that one too. 1. The Corn I **s A** pricot 2. How P **in** k Was My Valley 3. Soylen **t P** ersimmon 4. Fried Yellow Tom **at** oes 5. The C **ri** mson Berets 6. The Bla **ck** Mile 7. Dr. Sues **s D** irty Blonde Eggs and Ham 8. Anne of Gr **ay** Gables ---
**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 11, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-8/57537/7 "2001-03-11T16:19:08Z")
Congrats to **Euty** and **Jeff**! I put this puzzle up at work earlier this week and no one could get it. I guess the SDMB I.Q.s really are THAT much higher. I still have not been able to stump this board. Maybe next week…