# The Atoz Game (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 154

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3062 "2020-07-12T18:50:54Z")

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Muppet-related

Animal! Animal! Animal!  
Beaker  
Caroll Spinney  
Doc Holiday  
Ernie  
Frog, Kermit the  
Grover, Lovable, Furry Ol’  
Harvey P. Dull  
It’s Not Easy Being Green  
Janice  
Kermit  
Lin-Manuel Miranda  
Muppets Take Manhattan, The  
Newsman  
Oberdan JúniorPiggy, Miss  
Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” parody  
Rowlf  
Statler  
Telly Monster  
Uncle Deadly  
Vera  
Waldorf

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3063 "2020-07-13T02:07:11Z")

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Muppet-related

Animal! Animal! Animal!  
Beaker  
Caroll Spinney  
Doc Holiday  
Ernie  
Frog, Kermit the  
Grover, Lovable, Furry Ol’  
Harvey P. Dull  
It’s Not Easy Being Green  
Janice  
Kermit  
Lin-Manuel Miranda  
Muppets Take Manhattan, The  
Newsman  
Oberdan JúniorPiggy, Miss  
Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” parody  
Rowlf  
Statler  
Telly Monster  
Uncle Deadly  
Vera  
Waldorf  
Xylophone, converted into the infamous “muppaphone”

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3064 "2020-07-13T13:40:59Z")

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Muppet-related

Animal! Animal! Animal!  
Beaker  
Caroll Spinney  
Doc Holiday  
Ernie  
Frog, Kermit the  
Grover, Lovable, Furry Ol’  
Harvey P. Dull  
It’s Not Easy Being Green  
Janice  
Kermit  
Lin-Manuel Miranda  
Muppets Take Manhattan, The  
Newsman  
Oberdan JúniorPiggy, Miss  
Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” parody  
Rowlf  
Statler  
Telly Monster  
Uncle Deadly  
Vera  
Waldorf  
Xylophone, converted into the infamous “muppaphone”  
Yasuki Uchida

> **[Yasuki Uchida](https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Yasuki_Uchida)**
>
> Yasuki Uchida (内田泰喜) is a Japanese actor and voice artist. He dubbed Bert on Sesame Street (Japan) Resume, with audio sample of Uchida as Bert (first button under "Character")

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3065 "2020-07-14T02:35:26Z")

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Muppet-related

Animal! Animal! Animal!  
Beaker  
Caroll Spinney  
Doc Holiday  
Ernie  
Frog, Kermit the  
Grover, Lovable, Furry Ol’  
Harvey P. Dull  
It’s Not Easy Being Green  
Janice  
Kermit  
Lin-Manuel Miranda  
Muppets Take Manhattan, The  
Newsman  
Oberdan JúniorPiggy, Miss  
Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” parody  
Rowlf  
Statler  
Telly Monster  
Uncle Deadly  
Vera  
Waldorf  
Xylophone, converted into the infamous “muppaphone”  
Yasuki Uchida  
Zoot, sax player

Pass

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3066 "2020-07-14T12:57:48Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3067 "2020-07-14T13:07:22Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3068 "2020-07-14T13:09:23Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3069 "2020-07-14T14:14:47Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3070 "2020-07-14T14:18:01Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock

His mother.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3071 "2020-07-14T17:28:53Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3072 "2020-07-14T20:30:17Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The

The first movie he ever worked on (1920), as a title designer. Now considered a lost film: [The Great Day - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Day)

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3073 "2020-07-14T20:41:22Z")

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[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:3072, topic:846920”]  
Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn

Cronyn appeared as Stanley Garrett in the Hitchcock film _Lifeboat_, and nearly drowned during filming.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3074 "2020-07-14T22:40:12Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess

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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3075 "2020-07-14T22:52:59Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3076 "2020-07-14T23:01:50Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace

who appeared in three films: _[Dial M for Murder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_M_for_Murder)_ (1954), _[Rear Window](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window)_ (1954) and _[To Catch a Thief](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Catch_a_Thief)_ (1955).

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3077 "2020-07-15T01:38:00Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang

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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3078 "2020-07-15T01:58:37Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3079 "2020-07-15T02:45:57Z")

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[quote=“lobotomyboy63, post:3078, topic:846920, full:true”]  
Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3080 "2020-07-15T04:02:12Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars

He was nominated five times for Best Director but never won.

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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3081 "2020-07-15T11:32:22Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho

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