Say Can You See Puzzle

You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Martha Barnette.

And I’m Grant Barrett, and we’re joined now by our quiz guy, John Chaneski. Hello, John.

Hi, Grant. Hi, Martha. You know, I’m a big TV fan. I’m a big TV watcher. I’m unapologetic about it.

I like that show Californication on Showtime.

With David Duchovny.

That’s right. I wonder that the setting and the subject fit together so perfectly in the title.

I mean, California and fornication share five consecutive letters, and that’s pretty good.

Well, I started wondering about other shows set in other U.S. states.

For example, I recently pitched a show, not really, to the Discovery Channel about a guy who runs a giant storage facility in Wilmington.

Can you guess the title?

Della Warehouse?

Della Warehouse.

Della Warehouse.

Yeah.

Very good.

But now you get the concept of today’s puzzle.

Nice.

I call it Portmanteau Say Can You See.

Okay.

Very good.

Thank you.

Portmanteau Pica.

Okay, here’s the first one.

Okay.

Here’s a show about people in Mobile who do various activities, not because it’s their job, but just for the love of them.

Alabamatures.

Alabamatures.

Very nice.

That show I would watch.

How about the next one, which is a touching coming-of-age series about a teen boy who lives in Boulder?

Colorado Lessons.

Yes, Colorado Lessons.

In some of these, the pronunciation of the words is massaged a bit.

Colorado lessons.

Very good.

How about this one?

This one is right up my alley.

Here’s a show about a Fort Wayne puzzle fanatic who compulsively transposes the letters of every word he sees.

Indianagrams.

Indianagrams.

Yeah.

I’d watch that show.

Now, I know you guys know I was born in Hoboken, New Jersey.

This one also is a show I would watch.

A show about a Milwaukee man who is obsessed with old blue eyes.

Wisconsinatra.

Wisconsinatra.

Martha, you’re on fire.

You’re doing great.

A sequel to Breaking Bad.

This new series is about a geometry professor in Albuquerque who makes 20-sided dice.

New Mexico-hedron or something?

New Mexico-sahedron.

New Mexico-sahedron.

Yes.

You got that one, sure.

This show is about a family in Chicago who for years have made rattles, gongs, horns, and bells for use on New Year’s Eve.

Illinois Makers?

Illinois Makers, yes.

Here’s the next one.

A charming series about a baker in Detroit who is admired for his chocolate and cream pastry filling.

A baker in Detroit admired for his filling.

Chocolate and cream pastry filling.

Misha-ganosh?

Misha-ganosh.

Oh, no.

And he was a heck of a guy.

Enough of this Misha-ganosh.

A quirky look at a woman who organizes meet-and-greet events for singles in Cheyenne.

Wyo-mingle?

Wyo-mingle or myo-mingling.

I’ll take either one of those.

It’s good.

Here’s our next TV series.

It’s a fish-out-of-water tale about a family that moves from French Polynesia to Salt Lake City.

Utah-heedy?

Utah-heetians.

Utah-heetians.

Just fine.

Yeah, very good.

Again, I’d probably watch that.

Here’s the last one.

It’s a really simple one.

It’s a show about playground architects in Memphis.

Playground.

Tennessee sawers.

Tennessee sawers.

Tennessee sawers.

Very good.

Oh, that’s great.

I’m going to get to work on some show pitches, and I’ll see you guys later.

Yeah, there are about 30 more states to go.

That’s good.

You know?

Thanks, John.

It was great fun.

Bye, John.

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