“Go to sleep, little babe.”
As the Master Cecil asked early on, “Did the Corinthians ever write back?”
Re: TroutMan’s response to my Brazil query.
It’s Monday. I’m not ready for this.
Was the hill billy that they killed in Deliverance really one of the bad guys?
I think the real mystery is, who was paying all the other detective’s and staff’s salaries? City of Angels Detective Agency was set up to lose money (and they lost it great!) as a tax dodge. But when Maddie lost all her money, she didn’t need (or even want) to lose that much money. Sure, she kept the staff on out of some misguided good will (and hand-waving show writing), but where did she get the money? (No work - and pay!)
I think the Anselmo case exemplifies how bad an agency they actually are (were?). They just milk the poor schlub who hired them in the first place, and never give results.
And then, when they decided they wanted to bring up a detective from the background, they had to bring in a new one. (detective Booger). Those poor actors playing the staff. They were little more than set decoration.
The other confusing gap between the original story and the “solution” is that two assailants were reported when the incident happened, but the solution puts forward one individual, who apparently is delusional. So was this person able to convince another person to be his accomplice?
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I apologize if this sets off a flame war among the true believers, but I think there is a different explanation:
Who is “American Pie” about, mostly? Buddy Holly…
Before Elvis, who was considered the “King of Rock and Roll”? Buddy Holly…
Now let’s step through it.
♫When the Jester sang for the King and Queen,
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean♫
In his early appearances, Elvis looked very much like James Dean.
♫And a voice that came from you and me♫
Strong Southern hillbilly accent and less-than-stellar diction.
♫And while the King was looking down♫
Not facing the floor, but losing status due to his death
♫The Jester stole his thorny crown♫
Thereby becoming The King …
♫The courtroom was adjourned,
No verdict was returned.♫
And no one questioned the succession.
Then later in the song;
♫With the Jester on the sidelines, in a cast♫
At the time of the other events symbolized by the football game, Elvis was less active in actual music production, and was starring in movies - member of a cast.
Definitely not the only play on words in that song. :rolleyes:
No mention of the Third Murderer from Ma– er, The Scottish Play? Just a garden-variety continuity error, or a dropped plot thread?
Trying to stay away from plot holes, I wish I could hear a final word from the authors:
What happened at the end of Stephen King’s “The Long Walk”?
In “1984”, the Newspeak appendix refers to The Party in the past tense. Does this mean the Party gets overthrown, perhaps by the proles?
Re; American Pie: Many fans believe the King isn’t a reference to the King of Rock and roll, but the king of folk, therefore, Pete Seger and Joan Baez were the king and queen. Plus, they were onstage with Dylan at Newport Folk Festival in 1963.
Makes sense to me.
This one was answered in the [del]comic[/del] graphic novel The Shepherd’s Tale (spoiler after the first paragraph) by Dark Horse in 2010.
This is an old one, but I have been thinking about it recently because my daughter is reading the books. Where did Mrs. Graymalkin get this chemistry set? Why is it magic? What was her son up to with it? Who made it? Is this like a retail thing? Or did someone buy a regular chemistry set and make it magic?
In The Time Machine (1960), what 3 books did George take when he went back to the future?
- Why is Cupid often portrayed as a baby?
- A nymph falls in love with Hermaphrodite and prays to Zeus for them to be together forever. Why does Zeus grant her wish?
- What did Hermaphrodite look like after? One theory I read said He/she may have had two bodies. How would that even work?
Solved. Yes.
In the novel version of *The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy *there is a mystery set up where somebody bruises their upper arm. The person’s identity is a mystery to be revealed later. Strangely enough, the question is never answered.
The radio and TV versions each had an answer. But given the major differences between the versions we can’t trust that.
I adore Douglas Adams for this mystery. His line about it is brilliant. The reader can just imagine his reassuring voice say that the identity of the person whose arm is bruised can safely remain a mystery because it is of no consequence whatsoever.
Thank You for mentioning this one!
And Huey, Dewey and Louie’s parents?
Likewise, what happened to the Fool from King Lear?
I suspect that in both cases the real answer is that the original actor playing the role was needed for a different role later in the play, but given the prominence of the Fool in Act I, his unremarked disappearance seems abrupt.
Well, the radio show came first (even before the book) so if one needs a definitive answer it’s “Arthur”. But the revised, unresolved version is better.
One more I’ve just thought of: I want to know when the father in Fortunately, The Milk encountered the piranhas.