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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 01/09/2026

Word games and drawings are really all I need from life. There's four more of these bad boys over here: thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com/p/puzzle-seventeen

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Puzzle Seventeen: I'm Rebus!: Part Two

Some more original cartoon rebuses for your puzzling pleasure.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 02/07/2026

CURRENTLY READING: the novelization of Jackass: Best and Last

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 04/06/2026

This is a fun one for my codebreakers out there!

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 30/05/2026

I am 100% certain that one of the songs on the new Paul McCartney album was inspired by the Home Depot commercial song, so I made this as evidence:

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 30/04/2026

This is a very fun thread of useless trivia.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 25/04/2026

Please enjoy some of the stupidest opposites ever written.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 24/04/2026

The Atlanta Hawks’ logo looks like they’re about to open a bank.

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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

cowboy who stubbed his toe:

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RJ “Quantity Over Quality” White @rjwhite.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

The first Enthusiasts Club featured @ramseyess.com talking about a favorite overlooked Stephen Sondheim show, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. Since 2019, it's gone from overlooked to very-much-looked, with a Broadway revival starring Daniel Radcliffe in 2023. Here's Ramsey very much ahead of the curve -

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Enthusiasts Club: Ramsey Ess on MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Ramsey Ess talks with me about the early 80s Stephen Sondheim show MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. At the time, it was considered to be a flop, but has seen a reassessment over the years. From September 2019.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 06/03/2026

Solve a puzzle with bonus audio sketch!

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 02/02/2026

Math and numbers are not my strong suit, but this puzzle works! Give it a shot and win immortality (kind of)!

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 30/01/2026

This sucks. Here's my favorite Catherine O'Hara SCTV sketch. We will never have another one like her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dtr...

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SCTV High Q Night School sketch with John Candy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Rick Moranis

YouTube video by SCTV

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The Puzzleboy @thepuzzleboy.net · 01/12/2025

Fix my fruitcake! This month's puzzle is a grid/logic puzzle, asking you to take out some fruit and make my sweet treat less sweet and more treat! Check it out at: thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com/p/puzzle-eight

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 23/11/2025

Janus Films logo always shaking like it had too much coffee

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 01/11/2025

Stephen Sondheim is my favorite writer. The man also enjoyed a good puzzle. I was incredibly excited to read this new book about his world of puzzles, and it inspired Puzzle Seven of thepuzzleboy.net. Start puzzling now!

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The Puzzleboy

One original puzzle each month. Solve it. Submit it. Achieve eternal glory.

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Mike Scollins @mikescollins.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I'm on Podcast: The Ride today talking about going to Spooky World with Wendy the Snapple Lady! Listen where you get podcasts!

Ad for Spooky World ep of Podcast: The Ride

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Disney has tried so hard to make Tron into a viable franchise, but they did zilch with The Rocketeer. For shame.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 11/10/2025

NEW BIT I'M GOING TO DO: If anyone mentions a Shamrock Shake going forward I'm going to pretend I think they're referring to an Irish dance called "The Shamrock Shake."

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Alejandro Arbona 🇵🇷 @alejandrobot.com · 27/09/2025

Wes Anderson's New Nightmare

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 27/09/2025

I hate when I see a 30 second version of a commercial that was clearly designed to be 60 seconds. I’m not getting the full narrative around this Toyota.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 23/09/2025

Hey-la, hey-la, The Hess truck’s here

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 11/09/2025

@straczynski.bsky.social I just finished your Mole Man story in Fantastic Four Fanfare #4 and thought it was absolutely beautiful. Bravo.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 02/09/2025

I've been looking forward to this one for a while. This is a puzzle written for the Internet, so why not use the Internet as a playground? Explore the Letterboxd account and crack the code!

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 26/08/2025

Part one of the comic I wrote for Jonathan Hickman's @3w3m.bsky.social is out now! Valeria Burzo, the artist, absolutely killed it. So excited that it's out in the world! Enjoy "THE MERGER pt. 1!" 3w3m.substack.com/p/the-compet...

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[THE COMPETITION] MERGER - PART 1

You... become me. Then you escape it all.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 05/08/2025

Oceans are now, more than ever, battlefields.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 31/07/2025

I'm very excited for this one because I got to draw a bunch of puzzles in the style of Kimble Mead’s classic rebus puzzles from Four Star Puzzler. These are gonna be fun! thepuzzleboy.net

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 27/07/2025

I love Tom Lehrer and I love this story. So long, Tom.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 27/07/2025

Good job, everybody! We got more submissions on this one than the previous two puzzles. Keep 'em coming! (well, not on this puzzle. This puzzle is done.)

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Jason Gore @jasongore.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Fantastic Four: First Steps was everything I wanted as a lifelong FF fan. Loved every single second.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 25/07/2025

I just need the record to officially state somewhere that I loved Fantastic Four: First Steps, so I’m putting that here.

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Jeremy Bent @jeremybent.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

With yesterday's disheartening Colbert news and today's deeply cruel gutting of our beloved PBS & NPR, maybe consider killing your Paramount+ subscription in favor of PBS Passport? www.pbs.org/passport/lea...

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PBS: Public Broadcasting Service

Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 10/07/2025

I have also looked at my phone outside of the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library! I am EXACTLY like Captain America!

Steve Rogers looks at his phone outside of the Brooklyn Public Library from Chip Zdarsky's Captain America #1 (2025).

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 01/07/2025

The time is now! I ventured into the world of math and numbers for this one! If that sounds scary, you have 25 whole days to work on it!

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 26/06/2025

I am a die-hard, life-long Fantastic Four fan so it's not weird that I was on page 12 of Hot Topic's Fantastic Four shirts when I noticed this very strange typo. Did they type the text directly onto the women's shirt rather than reuse the graphic?

A t-shirt with Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic that reads "MR. FANTASTIC - REED RICHARD."

A t-shirt with Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic that reads "MR. FANTASTIC - REED RICHARDS."

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Vulture @vulture.com · 26/06/2025

Decades after they first aired, 50 ‘new’ episodes of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’ are headed to streaming for for the first time ever — along some of the original music performances.

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50 ‘New’ Episodes of Johnny Carson Are Finally Headed to Streaming

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 19/06/2025

I’ve been loving the creative responses I’ve gotten to this puzzle. Get yours in while there’s still time!

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The Puzzleboy @thepuzzleboy.net · 26/05/2025

Less than five hours left to submit your answer for Puzzle One! Act fast! thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com/p/puzzle-one

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Puzzle One

It's time to rearrange the calendar.

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 25/05/2025

I want to be buried in the Ben and Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard.

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Brett White @brettwhite.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

If you haven't treated yourself, please watch the "Cheers" cast celebrating the series finale, absolutely blitzed out of their minds and torturing Jay Leno on live television for one hour. youtu.be/WeNlbmWppg8?...

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The Tonight Show - "Cheers" Last Call

YouTube video by Briean Jensen

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 04/05/2025

CAPTAIN AHAB (To the tune of "There She Goes") Tharrrrr... sheeeeee... blows!

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 01/05/2025

Okay! Last time I plug this for a bit, but the first monthly puzzle from my new newsletter is out and you can solve it now! Check it out, if you please!

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Ramsey Ess @ramseyess.com · 29/04/2025

I have just finished reading a Star Wars novel that I would charitably refer to as "inessential" because I love Andor so much and I want to trick my brain into thinking it is more Andor.

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