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[Doriana]

Every day, for a couple of weeks, he would ask us how Lisa was doing.

Edit: This is now a two-tier puzzle. Here's the puzzle statement for the second part

PART TWO

[§poyler of part one: Lisa is a character in a telenovela that he couldn't follow because he had given up TV for lent.]
The creators of this telenovela had come up with a nice title, but decided to change it before releasing the show. How come? (No Googlepedia please )

[irishelk]

Is he a person? If so, an adult? A machine?

Is Lisa a person? An animal? A machine? A fictional person? Is she in a difficult situation? Is she sick? Is she in peril?

Do you know how Lisa is doing? Does he genuinely want to know? Is the question some form of code?

[GalFisk]

Us: you, Doriana, and others? Family? Friends? Colleagues? Kerbal Space Program relevant? (it has a planet called Jool.) Did you know how Lisa was doing? Were you supposed to know? Were you trying to find out?

[Doriana]

Is he a person? Yes If so, an adult? Yes A machine?

Is Lisa a person? An animal? A machine? A fictional person? This Is she in a difficult situation? Is she sick? Is she in peril? No to all

Do you know how Lisa is doing? No, I personally did not know Does he genuinely want to know? Yes Is the question some form of code? No

Us: you, Doriana, and others? Yes Family? Friends? Colleagues? No to all Kerbal Space Program relevant? No (it has a planet called Jool.) Did you know how Lisa was doing? No, I personally did not know Were you supposed to know? No Were you trying to find out? No

[Hobbsicle]

Is Lisa found in: TV? Movie? Novel? Game? Puzzle?
Did this happen at work? Online? At school? At your home? At lacrosse, perhaps?

[GalFisk]

Is he asking about how the making of a work of fiction is proceeding?

[Doriana]

Is Lisa found in: TV? This Movie? Novel? Game? Puzzle?
Did this happen at work? Online? At school? This At your home? At lacrosse, perhaps?

Is he asking about how the making of a work of fiction is proceeding? Good idea, but no

[Lynne]

Was Lisa in a soap opera? Was he unable to follow her progress himself?

[Balin]

Is Lisa's name actually Lisa?
Is Lisa a TV character? TV actress?
Lisa Simpson?

[Doriana]

Was Lisa in a soap opera? Yes Was he unable to follow her progress himself? Correct

Is Lisa's name actually Lisa? Yes
Is Lisa a TV character? This TV actress?
Lisa Simpson? No

[Hobbsicle]

Was "he" a fellow student? Teacher?
I assume that at least one person in the group he addressed knew and was able to give him answers?
Did he not have access to television at all during this time?
Was he physically prevented from watching?
Or was he making the choice not to watch for some reason?

[Doriana]

Was "he" a fellow student? Teacher? This
I assume that at least one person in the group he addressed knew and was able to give him answers? Correct, several people knew the answer
Did he not have access to television at all during this time? No
Was he physically prevented from watching? No
Or was he making the choice not to watch for some reason? Yes

[irishelk]

Lent?

Was his reason related to being a teacher? Was he not watching in order to facilitate a class project/assignment? Were the students asked to watch? Were the students expected to know how Lisa was doing? Is the type of class relevant?

Would he normally watch the show for his own entertainment? Would he return to watching it after the few weeks?

[Doriana]

Lent? YES

Was his reason related to being a teacher? Was he not watching in order to facilitate a class project/assignment? Were the students asked to watch? Were the students expected to know how Lisa was doing? Is the type of class relevant?

Would he normally watch the show for his own entertainment? Would he return to watching it after the few weeks?

I just decided to turn this into a two-tier puzzle, but I can already announce the $poyler for the first part.

********$poyler********

Every year, my Latin teacher would give up TV for lent. Usually, it wasn't much of a big deal, but one year, he was following a popular telenovela. Because he wanted to keep up with the protagonist's adventures, he asked us how she was doing at the beginning of every lesson.

PART TWO

The creators of this telenovela had come up with a nice title, but decided to change it before releasing the show. How come? (No Googlepedia please )

[LemonCurry]

Ah, I know that one! Clever puzzle idea indeed...

[irishelk]

Ha, good one!

And for part two:

Was there an unintended double meaning in the title? Might people think the show was something else? Censorship relevant? Did the Spanish words of the title unintentionally mean something in English? Or did it translate poorly?

[Doriana]

Ha, good one! Thanks :)

And for part two:

Was there an unintended double meaning in the title? Yope Might people think the show was something else? Possibly Censorship relevant? No Did the Spanish words of the title unintentionally mean something in English? FA Or did it translate poorly? FA

[Hobbsicle]

Did it relate to a current event? Such as using a term that gained new significance after some event? Like using 911 in the title?

[Doriana]

Did it relate to a current event? Such as using a term that gained new significance after some event? Like using 911 in the title? No to all, but a good idea

[Hobbsicle]

Did they change titles because they realized it would be offensive? Confusing?
Was there already something else with the same or similar title?
Are other countries or cultures relevant?
Did it use a term or phrase that didn't translate well cross-culturally?

[Zanreo]

Was the old title even known to the public before the show was released?

[Doriana]

Did they change titles because they realized it would be offensive? Yesish Confusing? Maybe
Was there already something else with the same or similar title? No
Are other countries or cultures relevant? No
Did it use a term or phrase that didn't translate well cross-culturally? No

Was the old title even known to the public before the show was released? Assume no (I don't know though. Personally, I only heard about this story long after the show had aired.)

[Balin]

Did the title mean something else in a different language?

[Doriana]

Did the title mean something else in a different language? No

[Hobbsicle]

Did the title possibly seem to reference something else? Something in pop culture? Some kind of slang or colloquialism? Some kind of sexual innuendo? Something not politically correct?

[Doriana]

Did the title possibly seem to reference something else? Yesish Something in pop culture? Some kind of slang or colloquialism? Some kind of sexual innuendo? THIS Something not politically correct?

There's one more detail you have to find out to get rid of all the -ishes...

[Hobbsicle]

Did they not know the innuendo until later? Was the innuendo only recently coined or used? Did something occur to make them realize the name needed to be changed?

[Doriana]

Did they not know the innuendo until later? I don't know at which point they realized there could be an innuendo, but yes, it was not obvious at first. Explore. Was the innuendo only recently coined or used? No Did something occur to make them realize the name needed to be changed? No

[Grip]

Was the original non used title in English? Spanish? some other language?

[Doriana]

Was the original non used title in English? Spanish? some other language? German, but irrel - the innuendo is the same in German, English and probably other languages too

[Grip]

Is the innuendo related to just one word in the proposed title? more than one? all the words of the title?

[Doriana]

Is the innuendo related to just one word in the proposed title? more than one? all the words of the title? Thisish

[Hobbsicle]

Is it relevant how they discovered the innuendo? Is there a reason they didn't notice it at first beyond just basic oversight?
Was the title alone enough to see the innuendo? If it had been the title of a novel instead, would the effect have been the same?

[Zanreo]

Did they only realize it after: saying it? Writing it down?
Did they not know it was an innuendo until hearing someone use it in the "inappropiate" way?

[Doriana]

Is it relevant how they discovered the innuendo? No Is there a reason they didn't notice it at first beyond just basic oversight? Yope, the innuendo is not *that* obvious
Was the title alone enough to see the innuendo? Yes If it had been the title of a novel instead, would the effect have been the same? The innuendo would have been the same, but I think it's somewhat less likely they would have spotted it

Did they only realize it after: saying it? Writing it down? Neither of the two are enough to realize it, you need an extra step
Did they not know it was an innuendo until hearing someone use it in the "inappropiate" way? No, and there might be a slight FA

HINT: Remember that the innuendo was only yesishly in all words in the title

[Hobbsicle]

Was there some relevance to how you read it, or how much of it you read? Such as the initials of the title? Or reading it backwards?

[Doriana]

Was there some relevance to how you read it, or how much of it you read? Yes Such as the initials of the title? THIS Or reading it backwards?

********SPOILER********

The German adaptation of Ugly Betty was originally planned to be called "Alles nur aus Liebe" (Everything just out of love), but the producers decided to change the title to "Verliebt in Berlin" when they realised what the acronym for this title would spell.

[Hobbsicle]

Ah, that's funny, and now I see the significance of the title.

[Balin]

That's definitely funny, although I don't see the significance of the title.

[Doriana]

Balin, the puzzle title is the acronym of the English translation: Everything just out of love

[Balin]

Now it seems so obvious. I kept trying to translate it from various languages...