Up the Long Ladder

Climbing the longest ladder that's ever been is the same as climbing a short one: Just take it one step at a time. It only makes sense to take them in order, right?
publication date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, May 11
category: Music
clue: When he's not writing songs under the pseudonym of a Back to the Future character, he's writing books about a dinosaur's gastrointestinal foreign body expulsion.
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Steve West
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publication date: Saturday, May 3, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, May 10
category: Movies
clue: This director is frequently on the road: He's made films about trips to Sarajevo, Guantanamo, Italy, Spain, Greece, and his native England.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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publication date: Friday, May 2, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Friday, May 9
category: Music
clue: He's never gonna dance again—not because guilty feet have no rhythm, but because he died in 2016.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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publication date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, May 8
category: Television
clue: In her home country of Australia, she gained fame for starring in a long-running soap opera while still a teenager. Since moving away, she has hunted for better roles, from thieves using aliases first, to a patient in treatment for a short heartbeat, to a mother who (twice) slapped mosquitoes on a coast.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Samir Mehta
pending guesses: Richard Slominsky
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