Clerow Wilson, Jr. (December 8, 1933- November 25, 1998), known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show. The popular series earned Wilson a Golden Globe and two Emmy Awards. His most popular character, Geraldine Jones, always referred to boyfriend 'Killer' and whose line "The devil made me do it" became a national expression. WYSIWYG was originally a catch phrase popularized by Flip Wilson's drag persona "Geraldine" (from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in the late 1960s and then on The Flip Wilson Show until 1974), who would often say "What you see is what you get" to excuse her quirky behavior. The phrase proved popular enough to become the title of the hit single "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get" by The Dramatics in 1971. The term is used now in computing to describe a system in which content displayed during editing appears very similar to the final output, which might be a printed document, web page, or slide presentation. Sure hope he copyrighted it. Our stars today: - for Annette, mnswgal, Thinman and greylady-gardener. Thanks for playing. It was lots of fun trying to come with something interesting, but not impossible to guess/know. Cyn and I will see you next weekend. Heal well, TM. Nancy.

Well, I'd say most of you got there!! Except TM, and I'll work on those clues. In December 1954, shortly after the completion of The Seven Year Itch, Marilyn formed Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc., with photographer Milton Greene. Marilyn had met Greene the previous year on the Fox lot when he had traveled to Hollywood to photograph her for Look magazine. The photographer and the former model hit it off instantly, and when they met again at a party a few days later, the two began discussing a possible partnership. Throughout 1954, Greene conferred periodically with Marilyn about his partnership proposal. During the production of The Seven Year Itch, negotiations began in earnest, and the company was formed a few weeks later. Marilyn Monroe Productions was established with 101 shares of stock; Marilyn controlled 51 shares, while Greene retained the remaining 50. Marilyn's function was to star in the films selected by the company, while Greene was to conduct all of the business and pay the bills. And pay the bills he did, even mortgaging his home when she stopped working in the dispute with Fox. This was her 'New York' period, when she took acting lessons from the Strasbourgs, and met Arthur Miller, her future husband. She complained about the dumb blonde roles she had been assigned at Fox and, after some prompting by reporters, announced she would like to tackle something as challenging as Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. The press seized on that comment to ridicule her ambitions, snidely inquiring which of the brothers she wanted to play. She patiently replied that she would like to play Grushenka, the leading female character. Marilyn's remarks about The Brothers Karamazov would be widely misquoted in print over the next few months, with the result (probably deliberate) of making Marilyn look quite foolish. Reporters questioned whether she could spell "Grushenka," let alone play the role. Anyway, as Annette pointed out, the Prince and the Showgirl was their first production. Lawrence Olivier was tapped at leading man and director, even though he had only directed filmed versions of Shakespearean plays previously. Though he had been warned not to yell at or belittle Marilyn, he apparently needed to, and drove her to her insecurities, and barbiturates. Miller became her caretaker; she was late to the set everyday. After filming, she apologized to the entire cast and crew for her behaviour. Olivier never directed a film again. The film proved less than impressive, both critically and financially. It recorded a profit, but many critics panned it for being slow-moving. It was awarded for 5 BAFTA awards, but not even nominated for any Oscars. So, for Annette, Cyn, Bobbie and Chuck: Thanks to all for playing. On a happy note here, it cooled off considerably overnight, and the temps are now in the low 20s. I started watching The Forsyte Saga last night. It's a tad slow, but I see some potential in it. I'm only 2 episodes into it. I got rid of cable one month ago, and haven't looked back. Quite frankly, it was costing way more than the entertainment value I was getting. I replaced cable with Netflix, and am very impressed. I was watching TV on the internet before, but this is a very robust platform, no lags and high def is standard! Cheers to all till next week. Nancy. Here is a link that might be useful: 50 Things You didn't know about Marilyn Munroe

Happy anniversary to you and James, Annette! 58 years is a wonderful accomplishment, isn't it?! Yes, the Rubik's cube is correct. I find that rather astounding, but also pretty cool. In fact, I think I may buy several for my classroom! I wonder if my kiddoes would like it and stick to the challenge or become frustrated and turn it into a projectile. So four stars for TM, Nancy, Annette, and Bobbie! Congratulations. Hope you all have a marvelous week. Thanks for playing and being patient when I took so long to get back with clues. I am still recovering from our party-and I only had half a glass of wine! Sheesh. Cynthia Here is a link that might be useful: Top ten

Well, my apologies. I didn't even think about the trivia till I was half way to Ottawa - the trip was a late BD present, and I had been eagerly awaiting it, just thought it was going to be during the week! Wiki, now, is usually a web application which allows people to add, modify, or delete content in a collaboration with others. Text is usually written using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor. While a wiki is a type of content management system, it differs from a blog or most other such systems in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have little implicit structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users. It was a word before this though, and Cynthia, you alluded to a vacation spot, and yes, it is Hawaiian in origin. It is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick". Ward Cunningham started developing WikiWikiWeb in Portland, Oregon, in 1994, and installed it on the Internet domain c2.com on March 25, 1995. It was named by Cunningham, who remembered a Honolulu International Airport counter employee telling him to take the "Wiki Wiki Shuttle" bus that runs between the airport's terminals. According to Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software: "I chose wiki-wiki as an alliterative substitute for 'quick' and thereby avoided naming this stuff quick-web." The essence of the Wiki concept as follows: A wiki invites all users to edit any page or to create new pages within the wiki Web site, using only a plain-vanilla Web browser without any extra add-ons. Wiki promotes meaningful topic associations between different pages by making page link creation almost intuitively easy and showing whether an intended target page exists or not. A wiki is not a carefully crafted site for casual visitors. Instead, it seeks to involve the visitor in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the Web site landscape. A wiki enables communities to write documents collaboratively, using a simple markup language and a web browser. A single page in a wiki website is referred to as a "wiki page", while the entire collection of pages, which are usually well interconnected by hyperlinks, is "the wiki". A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing, and searching through information. A wiki allows non-linear, evolving, complex and networked text, argument and interaction. So there you go. For everyone, for putting up with my scatter-brain: Thanks, see you next week, when I promise to stay put, mostly!! Nancy.