Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 22-2-2025 — Kyle MacLachlan

22nd February, 2025: Kyle MacLachlan

Right … it’s now officially Saturday.

And I’ve got “ Prisencolinensinainciusol” earworming its way through my head … !

It’s possibly the one song you can’t mention on X or Bluesky: because the title’s got two many characters … !

Why I’ve got it in my head?

Is possibly easier to say: I’ve caught an advert on YouTube that uses it as a tune.

Heigh-ho!

~≈♩≈~

Have you heard the term, ‘cuckooing’?

It’s where a vulnerable person’s home is taken over by drug dealers: so it can be used as a base.

I’ve known it happen in my area: at least once in Railway Square, Victoria Road/Masefield Court and here on Rollason Way.

It’s not nice, I know that.

So … ?

I’m thankful that the government’s planning to introduce legislation to make it illegal.

Anything that helps can only be good.

~≈🪺≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Debbi scoring five out of five, Olga on four and Mum on three.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video.

Q1)        Actor, Kyle MacLachlan, was born on 22nd February.   Of which year of the 1950s?

Q2)        He played Paul Atreides: in which 1984 David Lynch film?

Q3)        He played Orson Hodge.   In which US series: Cougar Town, Silo or Desperate Housewives?

Q4)        He hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live: in which year of the 1990s?

Q5)        Finally … ?   And famously?   Who did he play in Twin Peaks: Special Agent Dale Cooper, Sheriff Harry S. Truman or Big Ed Hurley?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        The New Yorker was first published on 21st February.   Of which year of the 1920s?

A1) 1925.

Q2)        What is The New Yorker: a newspaper, a magazine or a website?

A2)        A magazine.

Q3)        Who publishes The New Yorker: Condé Nast, Fawcett Publications or Hearst Communications?

A3)        Condé Nast.

Q4)        Eustace Tilley appeared on The New Yorker’s first what?

A4)        Cover.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The New Yorker is published how many times in a year: forty-seven, forty-eight or forty-nine times?

A5)        Forty-seven.

Here’s a thought …

“Well, good art asks questions, you know?   It doesn’t always provide answers.”

Kyle MacLachlan.

And a llama …

The next ten question set is on 1st March: it’s about Ohio.


Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.



Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Hello, Mum … !

†        Ye, GODS!   Three and a half hours!?   The publicity for The Brutalist better be good, Olga: with that sort of length, it’s going to take a while for the producers to make their money back!

        But … ?   It sounds like the director has the pacing right: that’s always a good thing, I think.   And having an intermission is a good idea, I think.   People will need a toilet break over that sort of time: but I bet the cinema you saw it in doesn’t have enough loos!

        You mentioning your mother’s condition always reminds me that Terry Pratchett occasionally called his version ‘The Embuggerance’.   Although quite how that translates into Catalan, I don’t know.   But yes: my gran faced memory issues.   (And a relative of Mum’s has the condition: and is being affected the same way.)

        

‡        Tell me about it, Debbi!   But — *spoilers* — at least Eon gave Daniel Craig’s version§ a heroic finish!   (Amazon’s cancelled Neighbour’s, as well: two years after it was cancelled the first time.   That’s going to disappoint fans of Aussie soaps: it was THE big hit for the genre.)

        Oh … I saw this photo … 

§        Hmmm … there’s all sorts of worries with theacquisition, Debbi.   But you’ve probably already worked out the big questions — from where I’m sitting — are these:

• Will they cast an American?   (I hope not.)
• Will they make it exclusively streamed, release it to cinema, or have a hybrid release?   (I’d prefer the latter two.)