LONG-DISTANCE SONG PARODY DEDICATION: "CHERRY PIE."
I really blew it last week. We had a really good puzzle set to go along with the debut of our new feature, the Long-Distance Song Parody Dedication, but yours truly spent the weekend at the lake cottage, which I built with the sizable advance for Carlton Doby's Humongous Book of Matchbook Puzzles #18. Around three o'clock on Sunday, Mrs. Doby asked if I'd written that week's Brain Exploder and I tapped a finger on my temple and replied, "It's all right here. Splash a couple ice cubes in my gin and tonic, will you?" So I sat down to write the thing around Midnight and to be honest, I don't even remember finishing it, which is probably why the instructions were nearly incomprehensible. My wise and diligent editor at McSweeney's tried to contact me the next day, but I'd ripped the phone cord from the wall (note: be skeptical of any hangover cure that involves raw shrimp, especially if you live more than two days drive from the ocean). He tried to clean it up as best he could, but he was not at all certain of the puzzle's intent. The result was a Brain Exploder that was impossible to solve if you followed the directions literally. Fortunately, my instructions were so vague and poorly written that hundreds of you figured out clever ways to work around the rules, proving the old adage that those who solve puzzles are infinitely more sober than those who make them. The upshot is that anyone who made a respectable attempt at last week's Brain Exploder was eligible for the prize, and the winner, chosen at random, is Molly Jenney. I have learned much from your answers. That puzzle will be retooled and one day we will do it again, and we will do it right. Also, if you would like to make a Long Distance Song Parody Dedication, send an e-mail to carltondoby@hotmail.com. Include the thing or person you want parodied, the name of the song you want the lyrics sung to, and a sentimental story about why this dedication is important to you. Thanks for your understanding. I shall not let you down again.
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