Monthly Archives: September 2025

Hammett: Jeopardy! Combines the Obvious with a Huh-What?

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Don

Last season — S41E207 — 6/24/25 — in the first round Jeopardy! offered the category “Chapter & Non-Verse.” The $600 clew: “The Black Bird”: “Yes, with ten thousand insurance, no children, and a wife who didn’t like him.” “The Black … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Jeopardy! Does a Double-Tap

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Don

Jeopardy! just kicked off a new season, S42, while I still have a couple of posts in the files mentioning clews from earlier in the year. The most interesting use was that in their sideshow, Jeopardy Masters. S3E2, aired on … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Back in the Jeopardy! Saddle

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Don

Last week Jeopardy! returned with Season 42, and took me by surprise by immediately dropping a Hammett clew into the mix. S42E4 9.11.2025 — the Double Jeopardy round. Category: Writers at Rest. The $1200 clew: Lillian Hellman spoke of his … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: 50 Years of Gangland’s Doom

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Don

The crew at The Shadowed Circle magazine just released a commemorative 50th anniversary edition of a landmark in Shadow studies. You’ll remember that in addition to the magazine not long ago they brought out the excellent omnibus The Shadowed Circle … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: More On Dyson

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Don

Deuce Richardson dropped me a line to advise that awhile back I got name-checked on The Classic Horror Blog. M. Grant Kellermeyer pulls a quote from something I wrote on Arthur Machen as he surveys Machen’s character Dyson — in … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Woman Chaser on Blu-Ray

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Don

Got a note from Joe McSpadden that the film version of Charles Willeford’s novel The Woman Chaser, which he produced, is now — finally — on Blu-Ray. Don’t think it ever made it to DVD, only appearing long-ago as a … Continue reading →

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