CANDY NAMES
In a '77 film Diane Keaton was looking for him
Mr. Goodbar
It can be people who utter owl noises or the name of a popular "risqué" chain of restaurants
Hooters
Seen on a bumper sticker: “Cannibals won’t eat” these circus performers; “They taste funny.”
Clowns
November 4, 2008
Barack Obama, the first Black US president, was elected.
Goodyear's the Eagle
A Blimp
Dumas work serialized in Le Siecle in 1844
"The Three Musketeers"
An informal performance by folksingers & dancers
A Hootenanny
“Either he’s dead or my watch has stopped,” quipped this funny man while checking a man’s pulse in his 1931 movie A Day at the Races.
Groucho Marx
November 22, 1963
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Disney's Herbie
Volkswagen Beetle (car)
Laughs disrespectfully
Snickers
You're "in" this when in a secret partnership with someone
Cahoots
An old 1960’s joke was: “Rousseau said ‘To do is to be.’ Sarte said ‘To be is to do.’ But [he] said ‘Doobedoobedoo.’”
Frank Sinatra
June 6, 1944
Allied Forces landed in Normandy, France, launching what became known as D-Day.
The Spruce Goose
Airplane
The time during the week when wages are given
Pay Day
A long full article of clothing belled out with circular supports
Hoop Skirt
According to comedian Ernie Kovacs, this is called a “medium” because “it is neither rare nor well done.”
Television
December 11, 1620
103 pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
Names for these include hogs and choppers
Motorcycles
A Spiral Galaxy
Milky Way
Also known as a hubble-bubble, it's the Middle Eastern smoking device with on or several smoking hoses
Hookah
When told of this president’s death in 1933, Dorothy Parker is alleged to have asked, “How can they tell?”
Calvin Coolidge
November 9, 1989
The taking down of the Berlin Wall began.
The Flying Dutchman in Opera
Ship