The Crossword Puzzle

Crossword puzzles: amzn.to/3NIyh5V
From Episode 106 (6/7/2018)
Solution to the crossword in this video: www.xwordinfo....
Nick Mullen, Stavros Halkias and Adam Friedland
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[@timdalton919]

Ironically, the name of the guy that makes The NY Times crossword now is named Joel Fagliano

[@Gumfondle]

nick’s new pen name after nicole

[@jimmytumbles9640]

Gay Fagliano

[@derekgleeson1353]

*coincidentally

[@jellophant9716]

@@jimmytumbles9640 Yeah? Can I fucking help you?

[@HelterGaming]

more like hole fagliano

[@peddlersclan]

Crossword is from Monday, 4th June 2018 in the NYT made by Zhouqin Burnikel, who is, it seems, Chinese

[@BigFatCock0]

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[@TheBigWI93]

I, it seems, am a homosexual.

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

You are, it seems, gay.

[@LazySillyDog]

Gross

[@alpharoo2581]

It's pretty impressive how quickly nick got balderdash

[@421less1]

Well, Autistic people are good at that shit

[@callanc3925]

well hes a gentleman, you see, and im gay

[@lindboknifeandtool]

@@callanc3925the gentleman’s secret

[@Derek_Keenan]

unfortunately he's still dumb enough to say "acrosst"

[@TheBigWI93]

@@lindboknifeandtoolits no secret that youre gay.

[@AbsurdistAgent]

Stav lazily annoyed that the government won’t force citizens to bake cakes.

[@jjgeoffphhcinkkllee]

all cake should be banned, only make pies

[@ChiefDoggingfood]

Stav's political beliefs are identical to those of a 17 year old girl from connecticut.

[@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956]

@@ChiefDoggingfoodno kidding

[@MoDeegroes]

His f@tness knows no bounds

[@LinusBitchTits]

@@ChiefDoggingfoodWith very notable bit of Utah Libertarian thrown in.

[@hamburgerphobia]

It's actually so fucked up how Nick's jokes end up happening or are just true. Sudan legitimately translates to "land of the blacks" fucking hell 😭

[@JackMannerheim]

Stav hearing that a guy is happy and immediately saying "fuck him" is a great summary of his outlook on life

[@mactallica9293]

Meanwhile Nick immediately says "I hope he's not happy" right after stav

[@jestawell]

its funny how much better them doing the crossword puzzle is, compared to tafs

[@johnlewtas6833]

nick "four letters" stav "ostrich"

[@dirtmasta2960]

The good ol days

[@proletussy4469]

why are they so mean to adam :(

[@dimwitted-fool]

It’s very difficult to hear for people who see themselves in Adam (me)

[@diamondsprince]

he's a bug

[@dildonius]

Yessssssssssssssss.

[@Bepis13]

you did the crossword lmao top fucking notch

[@datrakapo4807]

makes it way better

[@bucketiii7581]

"$400,000 a year."

[@abe-love]

When they collectively realize and can’t stop laughing that they make so much money a year for doing bullshit like this 14:40 😂

[@DannyCheezits]

best part

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

Thank you for investing in the NYT crossword app subscription that made this possible.

[@mrmagoo8956]

Favorite video

[@MrFirextinguisher]

I love at 24 minutes adam says something funny and nick tries not to laugh

[@Tunkkis]

Good catch. I'm gay.

[@joeybeann]

I don't get it

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

TIME. STAMP. DUMMY.

[@vilentman111]

Stav is the only overweight person who is somehow too lazy to read a comic book.

[@mattsmith457]

0:26 adam is a "yes" kid 1:23 prank calling pizzerias 3:55 stav gets adam's praise 9:08 benjamin franklin jeopardy question 13:50 most successful podcast 15:39 Aware 20:55 jeopardy daily double 22:50 jordan peterson on women 24:25 adam's shoutout 36:45 karate kid gay version 39:10 adam's father 43:00 "adam friedland rap fact"

[@jestawell]

whats the point of these

[@mattsmith457]

@@jestawell I index my favorite bits since I tend to rewatch a lot of content like this

[@sithgod999]

@@mattsmith457 what the fuck

[@rickymoen9482]

@@sithgod999 its smart imo

[@JoeMama-hf4xh]

Thanks this is gay

[@Kostly]

When I see a Town Manager video on my menu, I think, "ok....whatever" and click on it and listen to my detriment.

[@youarenotmadenough655]

Unironically one of my favorite episodes

[@xXThomas89999Xx]

It’s ironically one of mine

[@notfbi673]

A little to ironic, don’t you think?

[@vevvenennevvev5945]

Favorite episodes of what

[@batss97]

@@vevvenennevvev5945 yes

[@lindboknifeandtool]

Does anybody remember the episode where they play loud music, or where they do an echo?

[@yourhighschoolenglishteach8405]

this is honestly such an easy crossword and it makes it so much funnier

[@thescientistsalarian2441]

Damn, I love doing crosswords with my best friends.

[@dyscostic]

thanks for putting the effort into the graphics. i know this is all actually someone else's show and you didn't do any of the content, but in terms of supplemental fan content, this video is truley wiki worthy.

[@backupinit]

You guys are so sweet

[@hello-rq8kf]

adam shouting out Identiy Evropa as a gay jewish bug is hilarious. i'm gay as well

[@ty88]

13:00 10 down, random guest. 4 letters, 3rd letter is an A: ADAM

[@canislupus3655]

Moonman?

[@HarrisonHollers]

Sometimes I think to myself of what Nick was like growing up, possibly being sexually molested on at least two occasions, while being on the spectrum (potentially caused by the former incidents), and somehow consuming all available content in the world and storing all of that memory, to eventually come out in adulthood and to receive considerable compensation for sharing his experience. Equal to Martin Luther King Jr. if you ask me.

[@willelliot4001]

Years later and Adam is being introduced every show

[@fartpimpson3843]

"I gotta take a dump and we gotta eat that sushi" is such an apt sign-off

[@40oz82]

haha the measuring tape i though no way its the exact one on the screen but then adam goes on to read the exact specs out loud

[@cuniculi666]

This is such a masterpiece in podcasting and I keep coming back to it again and again

[@davidec.4021]

Love you for getting the actual crosswords

[@yourhighschoolenglishteach8405]

about halfway through they started podcasting again, and i almost skipped to get to the rest of the crossword

[@Andrew-wd3qi]

Too much chit chat, not enough puzzle

[@condor237]

Mr Miyagi? Mr me I’m gay

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

It’s inspiring that someone who values sharing very common facts WAY more he values bits could be so successful in comedy

[@roddypiper7404]

5:57 Regis Dice Philbin is a premise I wish Nick would have explored further.

[@IrishMan441]

"Regis is Albanian. Elvis knows all the famous Albanian people" - Stavros I don't know why that was so funny.

[@gcantstop]

Delmonico Steak!!!

[@HarrisonHollers]

Wait Regis Philbin was Albanian? “His father, Francis "Frank" Philbin, was a U.S. Marine of Irish descent who served in the Pacific. His mother, Filomena ("Florence"; née Boscia), was a member of an Albanian-Italian immigrant family from Greci.” Is Nick a moderator of Wikipedia?

[@thecalebwalker]

Nick getting the 16' tape and not the 25' tape made me chuckle

[@sickboyrari708]

So glad stavs gone but worst decision for him I feel like works gonna dry up for him

[@sickboyrari708]

@Catman Inc. dude I was just done with the weird songs in the middle on nicks bits and yea I’m gay whatever of course some of the dick shit was funny but when he starts doing his gay Elmo voice that shits just annoying and was never funny for me I’d love to see it be nick Mullen nick rochefort and Shane gills

[@No1hyp0cr1te]

@@sickboyrari708those 3 would probably just sit in silence, they need the bug & fat man

[@mactallica9293]

Complete opposite

[@Djacob_]

We traded gold for silver. TAFS will never be this good

[@typicalamerican2164]

The pod had been terrible for at least two years

[@Djacob_]

@@typicalamerican2164 like I said. TAFS will never be this good.

[@typicalamerican2164]

@@Djacob_ Probably, but it's better than what the pod has been recently by a mile

[@Djacob_]

@@typicalamerican2164 idk man. The bits have been dry as fuck lately. The only good ep was when nick played as Dracula.

[@harrydavey9884]

I enjoy it tbh. We have about 550 episodes of the pod, that's enough

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

The tape measure fade out might be the funniest thing in the whole video.

[@jonvia]

53 Across: PAWG

[@robertwilson7587]

The whole comic book explanation by Stav… I hate to say it but same lmao

[@chriswalls5831]

My new idea is Christmas crossword puzzle and color books

[@maknavickas]

At 1:00 Adam pretends not to know that's Montana and switches to Idaho.

[@classicpinball9873]

Thanks for the aids i wouldn't have been able to follow along otherwise

[@cooperland5879]

The drake segment is spot on to this day lol

[@Jwill5151988]

13:50

[@kingbernie4303]

Back when Adam was still the girl…

[@LateNightWithFimmyJallon]

I remember being shocked when I realized Adam wasn’t (openly) gay

[@puremercury]

Nick sounded genuinely upset about not knowing Deborah Kerr.

[@michiel6718]

Hell yeah dude

[@harrylimeracketeer]

15:00 crazy how stav’s saying was in the crossword

[@Kostly]

In 1789 the freedom of speech was gifted to us. That included slave catching and slaughtering indigenous people.

[@WaldoCarmen]

20 seconds in, I’m getting that sweet content I crave after watching the current TAFS

[@JakeRanney]

Nick really showing his gayness by saying "everyone knows who Chuck Todd is" like wtf is Meet the Press

[@cms3816]

it’s funny because i didn’t know who chuck todd was

[@jollimaiahtacksworth]

It got to a point where I just wanted them to shut ul and get on with the crossword

[@hals6118]

“These people take these things you say seriously”

[@Monicaespresso]

Great vid brother

[@tiananman]

c'mon it's delmonico steak

[@TellYourFriends]

shoutout fun church

[@surfrad420]

What up pimp

[@DMO-DMO-DMO]

"You look like fucking Barton Fink" Hahahahahahaha

[@bigol9223]

burpp oh excuse me

[@jewyork718]

brilliant

[@ceebee491]

Kerr. Deborah Kerr

[@Soapdish747]

Adam sucks

[@sbz666_]

Man I miss this shit. I would give anything to hear these boys do another crossword.

[@RamblingGreek]

36:40 Karate Kid

[@KnoxWheelerJr]

Pretty sure Sudan literally means black, don't feel like fact checking though

[@treyebillups8602]

Chuck Fagg would be a better name for Chuck Todd

[@vandalman8]

30 minutes in and worried they aren't gonna finish this crossword

[@mrblack9791]

sorry

[@wellsborie6897]

I didn't find anything about Heather O'Rourk

[@rileygray8182]

Could possibly be the peak of the show

[@BigPundo]

17:19 the first crossword had the word "Dove" twice

[@christiananderson6761]

I love hanging out with my friends

[@jordanjames9242]

God this makes me happy. Or Gay one would say.

[@SaginawCareerComplex]

Kind of surprised they didn't know Delmonico Steak

[@williamrogers3701]

DelMonico steak btw

[@stevowilliams8279]

22:56

[@Tunkkis]

36:44 "Lube on, lube off".

[@Tremuoso]

yessss 🙋‍♂️

[@haydenheitter3507]

I was named After Hayden fox 😟

[@ricinaddict]

the betdsi days, classic

[@multiplesifl]

Ooh, even highlighted the tree types! Nifty!

[@2_ratsplz]

Why did they start laughing at 14.20

[@todvarian7216]

It's like... $400,000.

[@ThorMNs]

cause people gave them money to literally do crosswords for 50 minutes

[@todvarian7216]

@@ThorMNs and, ya know, good for them.

[@68able2]

the n word puzzle

[@yourfamilydocter]

It definitely was Porterhouse

[@rb3706]

Also the bird is kiwi, not emus. I’m gay

[@notscotthenson]

Be tough to spell "balderdash" with K but alright

[@DMO-DMO-DMO]

That doesn't work in the crossword bruh

[@rb3706]

@@DMO-DMO-DMO that’s the only fucking other flightless bird from that region smart guy. It’s also probably not a real crossword, but a bit. The answer to a four letter flightless bird is Kiwi because that’s the only bird that fits that criteria.

[@DMO-DMO-DMO]

@@rb3706 nope

[@toastedt140]

@@rb3706 crosswords frequently have bullshit/ just plain wrong clues

[@twinkdeathshawty]

god these men keep doing “comedy bits” im dying to know the answers to this puzzle!!! shut up!!! also im gay

[@dickheadrecs]

KOOKOO BERRA