Word Pup
A child or young person in school or the contractile aperture in the iris of the eye.
What is a pupil?
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau were a pair of grumpy old men in this movie and a TV series.
What is "The Odd Couple"?
Can't finish your meal but think it's too yummy to go to waste? Ask your waiter for one of these.
What is a "doggie bag"?
DAILY DOUBLE
No summer movie watch list is complete without Steven Spielberg's classic in which one boy takes on the ultimate summer project. Don't forget to phone home.
What is "E.T."? (1982)
This is the fastest of the dog breeds.
What is a greyhound?
"Oh, when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof, And your shoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were fire proof. _____ __ _______, down by the sea, yeah on a blanket with my baby is where I'll be."
What is "Under the Boardwalk"?
This is a movable model of a person or animal that is used in entertainment and is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it.
What is a puppet?
DAILY DOUBLE
Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs... one a veteran police office and the other a relative rookie were characters in this soon turned into a buddy-cop movie bromance filled with mutual respect. Danny Glover is one of the stars.
What is "Lethal Weapon"?
DAILY DOUBLE
Feeling a little cynical? It is used to describe situations in which someone will do anything to be successful.
What is "It's a dog-eat-dog world".
Summer is the perfect time to hop in the car with your best friends, roll down the window and hit the wide open road. These two girls have to be the patron saints of girls trips. This trouble-making duo will inspire you to be drinking margaritas by the sea on your next summer getaway.
What is "Thelma and Louise"? (1991)
This is the heaviest dog breed.
What is a Mastiff?
(They can weigh about 200 pounds.)
"____ _____ had me a blast
____ ____ happened so fast
I met a girl crazy for me
Met a boy cute as can be."
What is "Summer Nights"?
These are small cakes of cornmeal dough that are quickly deep-fried.
What are hushpuppies?
You would think that the fact that they're both incredibly dumb and immature would just fuse them together in this unshakable blind-faith-based bro-bond. But it doesn't. Harry and Lloyd are played by Jeff Daniels and Jim Carey.
What is "Dumb and Dumber"?
This expression probably originated sometime in the 17th century where many dogs were left to roam the streets and weren't as loved as they are now. It also is an expression to describe humans being very ill.
What is "Sick As a dog"?
The only thing better than one great love story is three great love stories. Besides, is there anything more summery than ABBA? While you're at it, watch the sequel. (Cher makes a cameo.)
What is "Mamma Mia"? (2008)
These dogs are born pure white and develop spots as they grow older.
What are dalmatians?
DAILY DOUBLE
"Roll out those ____ ____ ____ ___ ___ ___,
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer.
Roll out those ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer."
(Nat King Cole made this famous)
What is "Those Lazy-Hazy Crazy Days of Summer"? (1963)
DAILY DOUBLE
This is a mistake, blunder, or oversight. It is a hyphenated word.
What is a slip-up?
Part of what makes Brian Piccolo and Gayle Sayers friendship so iconic is that it was a real friendship. Piccolo and Sayers were football players and Chicago Bears teammates. Piccolo died at a young age from cancer. The story of their friendship was depicted in an ABC Movie of the Week.
What is "Brian's Song"?
With a little determination, lots of praise and a few treats, it should be possible to teach something new.
What is "Can't teach an old dog new tricks"?
An excellent "nightmare vacation" movie, stars Bill Murray as a needy psychiatric patient who follows his egotistical psychiatrist Dr. Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss) on vacation. Even worse-he gets along famously with Marvin's entire family.
What is "What About Bob"? (1991)
DAILY DOUBLE
Dogs sweat through these.
What are the pads of their feet?
"Hot town, ______ __ __ _____ , Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty. Been down, isn't it a pity, Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city. All around, people looking half-dead, Walking on the sidewalk hotter than a match head."
What is "Summer in the City" by the Lovin' Spoonful? (1966)
This is a person, in entertainment, who manipulates an inanimate object to create the illusion that the object they are manipulating is alive. This person, (a 9 letter word) may be visible to or hidden from the audience.
What is a puppeteer?
DAILY DOUBLE
They are the wolf pack. A pack of wolves who ran around Vegas looking for strippers and cocaine. This is type of bromance for you if you prefer nights where you're not entirely sure when or if you're coming home. Bradley Cooper was one of the stars.
What is "The Hangover"?
This phrase is associated with alcohol.
What is "Hair of the dog"?
Nothing says summer like a really great road trip movie, and this near-perfect Indie comedy is one of the best out there. A young Abigail Breslin stars as Olive, a little girl who dreams of being a beauty queen, and persuades her entire family to drive from New Mexico to California in order to attend a pageant.
What is "Little Miss Sunshine"? (2006)
DAILY DOUBLE
These dogs are the only barkless dogs.
What are Basenjis?
"______ ___ for summer,
_______ ___ forever
School's been blown to pieces."
Sung by Alice Cooper.
What is "School's Out"? (1972)