Hhn 23

[DizneyFreak2002]

Doctor Jimmy is back... He is posting Youtube videos giving cryptic messages as clues to possible houses for HHN 23... He is only giving one word a week however, leaving the speculation up to you, the fan and viewer...

I am going to try to keep up with his messages, and while I do that, we all should have some fun and try to guess some themes.. Ready?

Week one cryptic clue: BALLOONS
Week two cryptic clue: KEVIN

Any guesses?

[cer]

I know this is about Universal, but based on the clues given....

BALLOONS
KEVIN

The first thing I thought of was UP!

A floating haunted house with a giant crazy bird....

It would be quite scary....

[NJGIRL]

I'm not good with guessing games but I can't wait to find out since I will be there again this year.

[DizneyFreak2002]

He's back with another cryptic clue...

Week three cryptic clue is SURNAME...

Previous cryptic clues:
Week one cryptic clue: BALLOONS
Week two cryptic clue: KEVIN

[DizneyFreak2002]

Week four's cryptic clue: ERASER

Previous clues
Week one cryptic clue: BALLOONS
Week two cryptic clue: KEVIN
Week three cryptic clue: SURNAME

[DizneyFreak2002]

Week five cryptic clue: CHRISTINE

Previous clues
Week one cryptic clue: BALLOONS
Week two cryptic clue: KEVIN
Week three cryptic clue: SURNAME
Week four cryptic clue: ERASER

[minnie04]

I know this is about Universal, but based on the clues given....

BALLOONS
KEVIN

The first thing I thought of was UP!

That's exactly what I was thinking..
When do they announce the dates for Horror Nights??

[DizneyFreak2002]

Interesting development... Cryptic comment number 4: ERASER has been, well, erased and has been replaced by a new cryptic comment number 4:

ACROSTIC

So, this is what we have so far:

Week one cryptic clue: BALLOONS
Week two cryptic clue: KEVIN
Week three cryptic clue: SURNAME
Week four cryptic clue: ACROSTIC
Week five cryptic clue: CHRISTINE
week six cryptic clue: SILENCIO

An acrostic is a poem or other writing in with the first letter, syllable, or word of each line, paragraph or recurring feature in the text spells out a word or message... Acrostics are used as a device used to retrieve memory

An example:


My
Very
Excellent
Mother
Just
Served
Us
Nachos

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Edgar Allan Poe wrote an Acrostic:

Elizabeth it is in vain you say
"Love not" — thou sayest it in so sweet a way:
In vain those words from thee or L.E.L.
Zantippe's talents had enforced so well:
Ah! if that language from thy heart arise,
Breath it less gently forth — and veil thine eyes.
Endymion, recollect, when Luna tried
To cure his love — was cured of all beside —
His follie — pride — and passion — for he died.

And another appears in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, which spells out Alice's full real name:


A boat, beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July -

Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear -

Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die:
Autumn frosts have slain July.

Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.

Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Lovingly shall nestle near.

In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream -
Lingering in the golden gleam -
Life, what is it but a dream?

[NJGIRL]

Interesting....because Kevin Bacon is on The Following.......which is about Poe......or at least a cult obsessed with Poe.

My son just did a paper on Poe and his influence in the entertainment industry today.

[DizneyFreak2002]

Interesting....because Kevin Bacon is on The Following.......which is about Poe......or at least a cult obsessed with Poe.

My son just did a paper on Poe and his influence in the entertainment industry today.

The only thing that leads me away from Poe is, they did a Poe house 2 years ago... I guess they could revisit it, wouldn't be unheard of... But, as much as I love Poe, it wasn't the best house of 2011's HHN... The 3D one was the best...

Oh, and I cannot seem to verify if the clues tie in to one overall theme, or themed to several different houses...