Check It Out!

When Alex was younger, he took classes at Acting Creatively, which is a studio that is no longer around. This was interesting because the owner was the older sister of Jesse and Hallie Eisenberg, and I remember seeing them there a few times. Today, Jesse is one of Alex's idols. However, the best part is what we came across on our way to class. There were several warehouses and cheap stores around, and we always used to hear vendors yelling "Check it Out!" Under our breaths, we'd add "Stolen Goods! Right From the Truck!" Let's check out the theme answers today's puzzle by Fred Piscop:

17A: "Hmmm . . . (NOW LET ME SEE)
55A: Kid prankster's taunt (MADE YOU LOOK)
11D: Vigilant (ON THE WATCH)

Don Adams in "Check It Out"

28D: Devilish star (THE EVIL EYE)

"Check It Out" was also the name of a Canadian series that I watched on the USA network during the late 80s. This comedy followed the misadventures of a grocery-store staff, and Don Adams ("Get Smart") played the manager. Adams was such a brilliant comic actor, and I found it hard to believe he had to stoop so low. The show, however, had its moments.

Helen Rowland

And now, for today's cryptoquote:

"A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it."--Helen Rowland

This is so true whenever groups of women get together! The spouses are in the car ready to leave, and the women are still chatting away!

Helen Rowland (1875-1950) was a journalist and humorist who wrote a lot about women's issues. Her works include The Widow, Reflections of a Bachelor Girl, and If, A Chant for Wives also The White Woman's Burden. Other than that, I couldn't find much information about her.


Gym tonight and then I get ready for Andrea Bocelli in Central Park tomorrow night!


Till tomorrow. . . . 


Signing off,
The Puzzlechick