Recipient of a regrettably unused fleshlight for Secret Santa
Mateo
C.S. Lewis' Narnia book that showed off a little too much skin at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Malfunction
1946: "I owe everything to George Bailey. Help him, dear Father"
It's A Wonderful Life
To exist (or not to exist, that is the question) + a commercial, for short = a small, round stone threaded on a wire
bead (be + ad)
A labrum tear, rotator cuff damage & a dislocated shoulder--I can see why the Chargers let this QB walk, but he went on to win a Super Bowl & be a virtual lock for the Hall of Fame after signing with the Saints
Drew Brees
This member spent two summers in Florida and is responsible for the disbandment of the Purdue Jiu-Jitsu Club
JT
Louisiana Purchase explorers joined by the hapless protagonist of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
Lewis & Clark Griswold
1994: "Mr. Dufresne, describe the confrontation you had with your wife the night she was murdered."
The Shawshank Redemption
A singular Santa laugh
+
a chopping tool with a long handle =
a trick
hoax (ho + ax)
This 3-namer turns it up to eleven playing a superpower character of that name on "Stranger Things"
Millie Bobby Brown
This former RA struggled with infidelity early in her college life
Emily
"International" cocoa concoction for the unmarried Clue character
2014: "Well, my dad was a farmer. Um, like everybody else back then."
Interstellar
"A long, long way to run" in a "Sound of Music" song
+
Spanish for "of"
=
to dim
fade (fa + de)
This bow-tied popcorn mogul grew up on an Indiana farm & died in his Jacuzzi in California
Orville Redenbacher
Her freshman fling with Mateo included proposing with a fake ring and spooning on the couch
Sydney
Billie Eilish's Bond theme plays as Bruce Willis fights off bad guys at the Nakatomi Building
No Time to Die Hard
2010: "Pull yourself together, Teddy. Pull yourself together. It's just water."
Shutter Island
A word that can follow "make" +
I, in objective case
=
a type of sports venue
dome (do + me)
On July 20, 1969 he said, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed"
Neil Armstrong
After Mabel Ruth Rowe's birth, the only pregnant member of Choccy Milk
Grace
The mascot of Arizona State University arguing against their inclusion in the College Football Playoff
Sun Devil's Advocate
2008: "Three of a kind lets do this." "That's it, three guys?" "Two guys on the roof, every guy gets a share, five shares is plenty" "Six shares, don't forget the guy who planned the job"
The Dark Knight
A math term &/or a Greek letter
+
a Britishism for "thanks!"
=
a form of bread
pita (pi + ta)
In 2009 this US Airways pilot miraculously landed an Airbus A320 & its 150 passengers in the Hudson River
Sullenberger (Sully)