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1	* When the guy who makes the crossword puzzles asks, "What's a six-letter word for a condition of the hypothalamus?" and Amy replies, "Goiter." Not only is a goiter a thyroid condition, but why does the editor need to know the word? If it's for the puzzle, shouldn't he be placing the words first and asking for the ''definition?''
2	** Perhaps he was making one of those "themed" crossword puzzles.
3	** Perhaps he knew the definition of the word he wanted to use and how many letters it was, but couldn't remember what the exact word was.
4	** Also, [[RuleOfFunny it's a joke]]. The guy responsible for writing the crossword is essentially ''doing'' the crossword.
5	** Also, unlike emu, gnu doesn't have anything to do with birds... I believe it was deliberately inserted for the audience to get a clue that for all her sharpness Amy's not so impeccable after all, even a little bit BookDumb.
6	* Shouldn't the guy have been fired for delivering the blue letter an entire year later than he should have?
7	** Here's my WMG on the matter. Yes, he would be fired, but what was written in the blue letter still stands. He was still named president earlier, and as such, he gets all the shares of the company. In short, he was fired, and then re-hired.
8	** Alternately, he'd get fired, but since he'd already been appointed President, he'd ''also'' get the majority shares which he was entitled to.
9	** Basically, he was fired, pretty much, already. When he delivered the Blue Letter, he was given a GUARANTEED job, as CEO, due to the wording on the letter, which meant they HAD to hire him as CEO, as the last decree of the previous owner.
10	** In addition to the above, IIRC no one ever outright says that there's a deadline by which the blue letter has to be delivered (though, granted, the way everyone reacts the implication is "immediately"). All that anyone says matters is that the blue letter is put into the hands of the person to whom it is addressed. So technically, as long as Norville ''eventually'' delivers that letter directly to the person to whom it is addressed, there's no grounds to fire him.
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12	* If it's 1958, why does everything still look like the Great Depression? It would make sense if this were a small town out in the middle of nowhere, but it's New York City - the nation's cultural capital. Surely a great deal must have changed.

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