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« on: November 06, 2010, 10:55:18 AM »
Who designed the rebuses? I know Norm Blumenthal designed the originals, and Steve Ryan designed the ones for Classic...
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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2010, 01:53:32 PM »
Don't take it as gospel, but I've read in at least more than one place that Norm did the rebuses on the 70's version. The episodes (that I know of), on youtube don't have a full credit roll, so they really aren't much help either...
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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2010, 02:12:59 PM »
[quote name=\'wheelloon\' post=\'250346\' date=\'Nov 6 2010, 12:53 PM\']Don't take it as gospel, but I've read in at least more than one place that Norm did the rebuses on the 70's version. The episodes (that I know of), on youtube don't have a full credit roll, so they really aren't much help either...[/quote]

There is a clip on YouTube with a full credit roll, and they do mention the artists.
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« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2010, 05:31:37 PM »
[quote name=\'Chief-O\' post=\'250347\' date=\'Nov 6 2010, 02:12 PM\'][quote name=\'wheelloon\' post=\'250346\' date=\'Nov 6 2010, 12:53 PM\']Don't take it as gospel, but I've read in at least more than one place that Norm did the rebuses on the 70's version. The episodes (that I know of), on youtube don't have a full credit roll, so they really aren't much help either...[/quote]

There is a clip on YouTube with a full credit roll, and they do mention the artists.
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Wow, hadn't seen that clip I don't think before...

Yeah, lots of artists there, but I don't see a listing for "puzzle writer" or the effect thereof. Maybe they were one in the same, I can't be sure... :P
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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2010, 05:38:12 PM »
There was a listing for "Puzzle Ideas" right before the "Artists" credit.  Perhaps that's the writer in question.

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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2010, 05:39:01 PM »
The name there is Allen Koss under puzzle ideas.

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« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2010, 08:42:51 PM »
[quote name=\'MTCesquire\' post=\'250359\' date=\'Nov 6 2010, 02:38 PM\']There was a listing for "Puzzle Ideas" right before the "Artists" credit.  Perhaps that's the writer in question.[/quote]
Correct. Credits including any form of the word "written" were and are often withheld in order to avoid paying WGA (Writers Guild of America) scale and residuals.

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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2010, 12:29:30 AM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'250369\' date=\'Nov 6 2010, 07:42 PM\'][quote name=\'MTCesquire\' post=\'250359\' date=\'Nov 6 2010, 02:38 PM\']There was a listing for "Puzzle Ideas" right before the "Artists" credit.  Perhaps that's the writer in question.[/quote]
Correct. Credits including any form of the word "written" were and are often withheld in order to avoid paying WGA (Writers Guild of America) scale and residuals.

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Would that be along the same lines as the kerfuffle at Temptation a couple of years back?

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