| Author | Message | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 42 Registered: 11-2011 |
A woman started a very successful career, but the more skills she acquired, the less popular she became to her audience. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2394 Registered: 2-2011 |
was she in the entertainment industry? did she start out with one particular skill? did she become less popular because the audience only really appreciated the original skill? or because the new skills were ones they did not appreciate? would her new skills have been more popular with a different audience? true story? FYOI? FSEI? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 43 Registered: 11-2011 |
was she in the entertainment industry? yes did she start out with one particular skill? yes did she become less popular because the audience only really appreciated the original skill? or because the new skills were ones they did not appreciate? both would her new skills have been more popular with a different audience? yes true story?no FYOI? FSEI?no | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 533 Registered: 7-2011 |
Is it relevant what her first skill was? Music? Dance? Drama? comedy? Playing an instrument? Something else? Was she not as good at some, or all, of the additional skills? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 44 Registered: 11-2011 |
Is it relevant what her first skill was? Music? Dance? Drama? comedy?yes, no to rest Playing an instrument? Something else? Was she not as good at some, or all, of the additional skills? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15956 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she focus more on the additional skills than her original skills? So she became less good and less funny? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 45 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did she focus more on the additional skills than her original skills?no So she became less good and less funny?she did, but unintentionally | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 535 Registered: 7-2011 |
If this was a real life puzzle, I could think of several people who would fit. Since it's FYOI, I'll mull it over for a while. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1082 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is the original skill related to comedy? Is the additional skills? Any of these relevant: Imitation of celebrities? Imitation of a certain group of people? Stereotyping relevant? Imitation of animals? Imitation of accents/dialects? Jokes on a particular subject? Dressing up? Directly addressing single persons from the audience? Athletics/dancing/acrobatics? Singing? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 46 Registered: 11-2011 |
Is the original skill related to comedy? yes Is the additional skills? no Any of these relevant: Imitation of celebrities? Imitation of a certain group of people? Stereotyping relevant? Imitation of animals? Imitation of accents/dialects? Jokes on a particular subject? Dressing up? Directly addressing single persons from the audience? Athletics/dancing/acrobatics? yesish, no to rest Singing? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3749 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was the original humour in her act to do with the fact that she was bad at something but persisited in doing it e.g. many comedians get laughs from playing an incompetent magician who's tricks go wrong? Did she then become actually good at the skill and her act suffered accordingly? Does the skill require dexterity? juggling? spinning plates? something like this? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 47 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was the original humour in her act to do with the fact that she was bad at something but persisited in doing it yese.g. many comedians get laughs from playing an incompetent magician who's tricks go wrong? {good example, but she was not a magician.} Did she then become actually good at the skill and her act suffered accordingly? yes Does the skill require dexterity?yes juggling?no spinning plates? nosomething like this?{yes} | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1087 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is doing something with her hands relevant? With her feet? with a different part of her body? Moving in a particular manner relevant? Walking in heels relevant? Balancing relevant? Throwing things relevant? Catching things relevant? Sport stacking relevant? Is a particular item relevant? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3752 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it something you can fall from? Unicycle? Tightrope? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 48 Registered: 11-2011 |
Is doing something with her hands relevant? With her feet? with a different part of her body? Moving in a particular manner relevant? yes Walking in heels relevant? no, but she needed special shoes. Balancing relevant? yesish Throwing things relevant? Catching things relevant? Sport stacking relevant? no to these Is a particular item relevant?yes | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 49 Registered: 11-2011 |
Is it something you can fall from?It's something you can fall ON. No to rest. Unicycle? Tightrope? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1092 Registered: 7-2010 |
Would she fall on the item after falling from a height? Would she fall on the item after jumping from a height? Would she fall on the item after a standing jumping? Is it a mattress? Are springs (on her shoes) relevant? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2412 Registered: 2-2011 |
dancing? ballet? tap? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4623 Registered: 9-2009 |
Tightrope walking? Was she funny because she was bad at this thing? And made a career out of that? but eventually, through inevitable practice, became better? and hence less funny? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 50 Registered: 11-2011 |
Would she fall on the item after falling from a height? Would she fall on the item after jumping from a height? Would she fall on the item after a standing jumping? Is it a mattress? Are springs (on her shoes) relevant?dancing? ballet? tap? Tightrope walking? no to allWas she funny because she was bad at this thing? And made a career out of that? but eventually, through inevitable practice, became better? and hence less funny?YES | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2418 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she walk on stilts? roller skates? ice skates? | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 51 Registered: 11-2011 |
did she walk on stilts? roller skates? ice skates?YES *****SPOILER***** She was a clown at either Ice Follies or Ice Capades, who produced lots of laughs when she fell on the ice. However, when she improved at skating, she had trouble making herself fall, resulting in her becoming replaced. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3755 Registered: 1-2007 |
Good one | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2011 |
Maybe I shouldn't have included the word "audience" in the original clue. You figured that out quickly! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2426 Registered: 2-2011 |
nice puzzle! |
