Deborah Lipp

Hints!

1. I was surprised to learn that lesbians accessorized.
Solved by Andygrrrl (comment #2).

2. And I’m thinking, Christ, I got 45 minutes to show this guy how loving, smart, supportive, funny, independent, and sexy I am. And all I can really think about is how I’d rather be sitting home watching the baseball game.
HINT: The actress speaking this line is better known as part of a group of singing siblings.
Solved by Daven.

3. Is the colonel’s underwear a matter of national security?
Solved by Daven (comment #6).

4. Hey look, Mister, we serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast, and we don’t need any characters around to give the joint atmosphere.
Solved by Hazel (comment #1).

5. You know me. I’m the same as you. It’s two in the morning and I don’t know nobody.
Solved by Ken (comment #4).

6. My voice is raised in emphasis. It’s a perfectly legitimate use of volume.
HINT: Opened in Chicago with a role played by Christopher Walken; that role was taken over by Ron Silver on Broadway and played by Kevin Spacey in the film. None of them, however, spoke this particular line.
Solved by Melville.

7. You know, there was a man that lived here once that had a prize-fighting kangaroo.
HINT: This haunting and confusing film was originally conceived as a television series.
Solved by Hazel (comment # whatever; I don’t have comment numbers anymore).

All wrapped up!

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…because I feel like it and it’s my blog.

1. There is now a statue on the spot of the hat-tossing location of this sitcom.
Solved by George (comment #4).

2. In an episode of this show, a character visited a city that was the setting of a film musical that actor also starred in. The actor, in character, sang a line of his own from the musical, and this was included in the show.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

3. “I’ve had a really fucked-up life and I need sarcasm to hide how ridiculously miserable I am!”
Solved by Evn (comment #14).

4. The apartment building that this show was set in is at 328 Chauncey Street in Brooklyn, New York. This was the star’s childhood address.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

5. “I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.”
Solved by George (comment #5).

6. The number 47 pops up many times on this show; on computer screens, in serial numbers, in dates, etc. This in-joke was started by a show writer/co-producer because when he was a graduate student, a math professor joked that all numbers are equal to 47.
Solved by Hazel (comment #9).

7. This was the first series to feature a “final episode” in which all the plot lines were resolved and all questions answered.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

All day yesterday, I kept telling myself to post trivia. But darn, I was busy.

So, I’m going out of town. Feel free to play round robin all week:

Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.

It was Tuesday.

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I guess it’s Tuesday, huh?

1. According to the IMDb, this is the first ever film released on DVD.
HINT: Musical starring a pop star.
Solved by Even (eventually) (comment #17).

2. A cult movie starring a rock star, the star of another cult movie, and the star of a movie about sexual fantasies and sexual trangression.
Solved by Ben (comment #7).

3. When this movie won an Academy Award, the recipient balanced the statuette on his nose.
Solved by Wendy (comment #1).

4. Manolo Blahnik created hundreds of specially made shoes for this film about a historical figure considered a fashion icon at the time.
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #4).

5. Two acting sisters played a character in this film as a young girl and as a teenager. The older sister became famous. The younger sister became a Bond girl.
TIE: Solved by Hazel (comment #9) and Melville (comment #10). (Cut-off for ties is 3 minutes.)

6. In one scene, a band plays the song “Yes, We Have No Bananas” in German.
Solved by Melville (comment #12).

7. “You mean you want me to shove my finger up that turtle’s ass?”
Solved by OhKen (comment #5).

Well done. I screwed up one of the questions and you still got ’em all.

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Because clearly you guys are teh suck at round-robin lately.

1. Silent film star and crazed general never get the Kentucky horse farm.
Solved by Hazel (comment #9).

2. Cute toddler and bass player member of a rock band have terrible shotgun marriage.
Solved by Wendy (comment #14).

3. Respected country lawyer and comedic spy have wartime adventure.
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #4).

4. Fussy roommate and dance hall girl meet at work, play cards.
TIE: Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #3) and Hazel (comment #5).

5. Nurse to a dying man and wife of a famed researcher are siblings.
Solved by Wendy (comment #12).

6. Famed prisoner and “a virgin” meet in New Jersey.
Solved by Melville (comment #10).

7. Former president pursued by gay poet.
Solved by Melville (comment #13).

All day I’ve been moving from my old computer to my new one. I have no time to play!

Here’s a clue, you all run with it:

For an early role in a cult classic, she refused to do a nude scene, and a shadowy silhouette is used instead, but three years later she appeared nude in a movie made extremely controversial by someone else’s nudity.