publication date: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 (part of Fall 2013)

category: Television

clue: Arrested Development fans wonder if he treats the actors studio like a prison.

explanation: Lipton hosted Inside the Actors Studio and played a prison warden in Arrested Development. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, and Sarah Kyle

Jimmy Talks a Lot: A busker in New Orleans performs under this name, but the phrase better describes the proliferation of talk show hosts named James. These five men all belong to that growing club.

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