My grandma (born 1927) loved crossword puzzles. It's because of them she knew what "coiffure" meant (she'd often say this when the wind was messing up her hair lol.) It was only when she was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer that she stopped doing them. So crossword puzzles are very comforting to me whenever I do them. She's been gone for 13 years now but I still miss her everyday ❤
The 1920s Crossword Craze Was INSANE! 0252am 7.10.24 i have never attempted a cross word puzzle. dunno why...i do sudoku. sudoku is also addictive... i dont think that was me on the phone as my phone is not working correctly. y'see....
How could I go on living without crosswords!!! A relative of mine, Merle Reagle, was a master creator --- sold his first one to The New York Times when he was in high school!
Back in the seventies, high school teacher Donald Harden and his wife Bettye, decrypted the Zodiac killer’s letter. They weren’t cryptologist, rather, word puzzle enthusiasts.
Great video. I wonder if this is why my grandfather did the crossword in the newspaper every day. My grandparents were in their 20's and early 30's in the 1920s. I really like your channel bc it helps me better understand the times they thrived in. Thank you.
15:12 Carolyn Wells, Cross Word Puzzle Editor - it might just be a coincidence of names, but Carolyn Wells was a mystery writer from the early 20th century.
There's something vaguely, faintly unsettling about the perpetual cycle of fads, vogues, and frivolities throughout history which we perennially distract ourselves with as humans. They're harmless in and of themselves, amusing even. But I cannot shake the feeling that they speak to a kind of restlessness just under the surface, of shackled ardor that a newly intelligent species experiences finding itself imprisoned on the surface of its parent planet, as yet largely unable to directly explore the vastness of mystery awaiting in the cosmos at large.
The 1920s Crossword Craze Was INSANE! 0232am 7.10.24 your point being...? you haven't said anything beyond life being a bigger mystery than the frivolous crossword puzzle.
I actually find trend cycles comforting and interesting and a metaphor for the bigger picture. There will always be change, there will always be something new to look forward to. And there will always be nostalgia, reflection, and repeating certain aspects of bygone times. yin and yang.
good/great writers don't shoe-horn superfluous words, by the way. It doesn't make something seem deeper - at least not to people who have taste. It just comes off pretentious and redundant.
You have one of the better channels on RUclips. Been a fan for years. Soul crushing about the copyright strikes. Keep on keeping on. The only channel I let the ads run through 😊
That was a great video! Thank you for taking time to do all the research and sharing what you learned with us. Right after you mentioned The Long Green Gaze, I searched it and got the basic info. Continued the video to see that you have a copy and I think it'd be really cool if you did read alongs of the book, especially with the crosswords for us to do and articles you found. I'm looking forward to it, thanks again!
I never wouldve expected it, but this is one of my favorite videoes. I don't know whybut i love that these were such a popculture craze. And its also in a way, I don't know, giving pause to think; the idea something can be so big and popular that it takes hold of the who nation so thoroughly and yet lose that place to such a degree that its position of importance and everydayness can be so thoroughly forgotten by layer generations. I mean sure, in older nations, but for such a young nation, its quite a thing. Fads nowadays come and go, but seem rarely if ever so embraced even at their height as this seems to have been by so many stratas of society.
There's always going to be a moral panic about something. We did crossword puzzles on the flight line waiting for our planes to land. I still do them on my phone to help me go to sleep.
When crosswords became popular and there being detractors saying they were dangerous might sound crazy today, but this happens every time there’s a popularity in something new. To this very day. This does remind me of the popularity though of sudoku when it became a big deal.
The 1920s Crossword Craze Was INSANE! 0228am 7.10.24 i know i said this when i initially joined this channel but chatting to a skit presented by an Ai bot regards the wonderful world of the 1920's is pretty much testament to a sad life being lived. but i would certainly date that flapper... knowing full well we'd never have a cross word. hahaha... i should be on telly with jokes like this...
My grandma (born 1927) loved crossword puzzles. It's because of them she knew what "coiffure" meant (she'd often say this when the wind was messing up her hair lol.) It was only when she was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer that she stopped doing them. So crossword puzzles are very comforting to me whenever I do them. She's been gone for 13 years now but I still miss her everyday ❤
The 1920s Crossword Craze Was INSANE! 0252am 7.10.24 i have never attempted a cross word puzzle. dunno why...i do sudoku. sudoku is also addictive... i dont think that was me on the phone as my phone is not working correctly. y'see....
The best crossword puzzles are in the San Fransisco Chronicle. I start everyday doing both as a brain warmup before I begin work.
This is a great episode, thank you. I sent it far and wide to all of my crossword puzzle fans.
How could I go on living without crosswords!!! A relative of mine, Merle Reagle, was a master creator --- sold his first one to The New York Times when he was in high school!
Back in the seventies, high school teacher Donald Harden and his wife Bettye, decrypted the Zodiac killer’s letter. They weren’t cryptologist, rather, word puzzle enthusiasts.
Great video. I wonder if this is why my grandfather did the crossword in the newspaper every day. My grandparents were in their 20's and early 30's in the 1920s. I really like your channel bc it helps me better understand the times they thrived in. Thank you.
15:12 Carolyn Wells, Cross Word Puzzle Editor - it might just be a coincidence of names, but Carolyn Wells was a mystery writer from the early 20th century.
Excellent video. Now we need one on that other huge 1920s craze, miniature golf.
I love crossword puzzles. I buy whole books of them.
It keeps your mind active. I love them too!!! La times for me.
There's something vaguely, faintly unsettling about the perpetual cycle of fads, vogues, and frivolities throughout history which we perennially distract ourselves with as humans. They're harmless in and of themselves, amusing even. But I cannot shake the feeling that they speak to a kind of restlessness just under the surface, of shackled ardor that a newly intelligent species experiences finding itself imprisoned on the surface of its parent planet, as yet largely unable to directly explore the vastness of mystery awaiting in the cosmos at large.
That’s an interesting point, actually.
I agree. I think Terence Mckenna would agree as well.
The 1920s Crossword Craze Was INSANE! 0232am 7.10.24 your point being...? you haven't said anything beyond life being a bigger mystery than the frivolous crossword puzzle.
I actually find trend cycles comforting and interesting and a metaphor for the bigger picture. There will always be change, there will always be something new to look forward to. And there will always be nostalgia, reflection, and repeating certain aspects of bygone times. yin and yang.
good/great writers don't shoe-horn superfluous words, by the way. It doesn't make something seem deeper - at least not to people who have taste. It just comes off pretentious and redundant.
Super excellent video. Thank you
WOW! This is insane 😂 I had no idea! The pushback. You do such a fantastic job! Thank you
You have one of the better channels on RUclips. Been a fan for years. Soul crushing about the copyright strikes.
Keep on keeping on. The only channel I let the ads run through
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My mom did crossword puzzles to help keep her brain agile. She believed the brain was like a muscle - use it or lose it.
That was a great video! Thank you for taking time to do all the research and sharing what you learned with us.
Right after you mentioned The Long Green Gaze, I searched it and got the basic info. Continued the video to see that you have a copy and I think it'd be really cool if you did read alongs of the book, especially with the crosswords for us to do and articles you found.
I'm looking forward to it, thanks again!
The second half of my twenties I was obsessed with crossword puzzles. I suppose it would have been the same if I were in my twenties during the 1920s.
100 years from now will people be talking about a "Wordle Craze?"
My vote is on Sudoku.
Crosswords, the smart phone games of the 20s.
I never wouldve expected it, but this is one of my favorite videoes. I don't know whybut i love that these were such a popculture craze. And its also in a way, I don't know, giving pause to think; the idea something can be so big and popular that it takes hold of the who nation so thoroughly and yet lose that place to such a degree that its position of importance and everydayness can be so thoroughly forgotten by layer generations. I mean sure, in older nations, but for such a young nation, its quite a thing. Fads nowadays come and go, but seem rarely if ever so embraced even at their height as this seems to have been by so many stratas of society.
There's always going to be a moral panic about something. We did crossword puzzles on the flight line waiting for our planes to land. I still do them on my phone to help me go to sleep.
i do a crossword each day.
i haven't always.
i inherited the predeliction from my mother.
Very interesting! Well researched and presented. 👍🏻
Yeah, I did a lot of crossword puzzles back in the twenties. It was intense and absolutely action packed...
Hear hear! To the crossword book reading.
What's a four letter word for "All Notifications"?
When crosswords became popular and there being detractors saying they were dangerous might sound crazy today, but this happens every time there’s a popularity in something new. To this very day. This does remind me of the popularity though of sudoku when it became a big deal.
Crossword puzzles are good for you and learning words and spelling them makes you more intelligent, win win if you ask me!
This is nifty! I feel like I'm Albert Einstein for being so smart.
And yes, beautiful aestetics.
The actress at 23:08, is that Baby Peggy?
No, it’s a lesser known actress named Margie Gay
The 1920s Crossword Craze Was INSANE! 0228am 7.10.24 i know i said this when i initially joined this channel but chatting to a skit presented by an Ai bot regards the wonderful world of the 1920's is pretty much testament to a sad life being lived. but i would certainly date that flapper... knowing full well we'd never have a cross word. hahaha... i should be on telly with jokes like this...
OMG ! Crossword clothes ! :D
In my time I seen "sudoku". For the anxious. The driven.
The methheads...
how is this impossible with random questions
The guy who invented the crossword got a good deal. They paid him $5,000 down... and $2,000 across. 🤪. tavi.
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