September 2025
This round is still underway and has had 22 goos so far. Start playing!
Players this round: Russ Wilhelm (22 goos solved), Steve West (21 goos solved), Richard Slominsky (20 goos solved), Samir Mehta (14 goos solved), LaVonne Lemler (8 goos solved), Erik Bates (7 goos solved), and Scott Hardie (1 goo solved).
Captain Crunch
This formative friend of pre-Apple Steves had a freaking great reputation for navigating complex telecom systems so deftly that it was like he ate phone networks for breakfast. Go »
Red Panda
This basketball fan brought her balancing act to both American and British televised talent competitions, but she's a native of China, just like the furry forest animal that inspired her performing name. Go »
Jenny Craig
From its humble start in Australia, she built her eponymous company into a weight-management empire whose hundreds of centers spanned North America in the 1980s and 1990s. Go »
Stefania Follini
She didn't hear about Iran issuing a fatwa on Salman Rushdie, or Rain Man winning Best Picture, or Lucille Ball dying? What, was she living in a cave? Go »
J.R.R. Tolkien
His legendary trilogy of novels about a Ringmaster, and the fellowship charged with its destruction, introduced the world to a new kind of fantasy. Go »
Stephen King
This horrifically successful author predicted that long after he's dead, the character that he'll most be remembered for will be a Clown that lives in a sewer. Who's the king? Go »
Laurent de Brunhoff
Continuing the work of his father, this French pachydermophile's books controversially implied that cities and civilization were the best Elephant Trainer. Go »
Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
When their most famous character made his 1938 debut lifting a car over his head, it was clear that this writer-artist duo had created a super-popular new kind of Strongman. Go »
C.S. Lewis
As a Christ allegory, he created a talking Lion Tamer than any real-world big cat, who was the enemy of a witch on the other side of a wardrobe. Go »
E.L. James
This former ice queen knows a thing or two (and a few dozen more) about Tightrope. Walker, her editor, is among many who have praised her work. Go »
Gucci Mane
His bestselling 2017 autobiography was written while this Trap(eze) Artist was spending approximately 7000 hours in prison. Go »
Simon Stålenhag
Simon & Schuster (& Skybound) saw soaring sales since sympathetic stans sponsored some Stockholmer's sci-fi story "Sparking State." Seriously. Go »
T. Hee
During his stint at Disney, he tried to make children say his name when they watched a fox, a cat, a hippo, and a gator. Go »
Holly Marie Combs
She has charmed many, being pretty and little. Go »
