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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Goodbye, Blue Sky

For last week's theme, we gave the Friday hint that there was supposed to be an item with the headline "Today's Crazypants Roundup: We Don't Need No Education." That's actually the item that appears immediately above this one. On Saturday, we added: "If you are still working on the headline theme, the key is a particular rock band. And while we can't exactly give you their name, we can tell you, "The band is just fantastic, that is really what [we] think.'" And now, the solution, from reader L.M. in Ottawa, ON, Canada:

They are all lyrics from Pink Floyd's The Wall:

On the Hill: Don't Give in... Without a Fight?—"Hey You"

Judges to Trump: The Evidence Before the Court Is Incontrovertible—"The Trial"

Captain Canuck: I Am Just a New Boy, Stranger in This Town—"Young Lust"

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Have I Been Guilty All This Time?—"Stop"

This Week in Schadenfreude: I've Got Wild Staring Eyes—"Nobody's Home"

This Week in Freudenfreude: Some Sunny Day—"Vera"

"We Don't Need No Education" is from a song that is not only the most famous one on the album (probably), but is Pink Floyd's only #1 single in the U.S.: "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)." And "The band is just fantastic, that is really what [we] think," is a slightly paraphrased lyric from "Have a Cigar," which is on one of the band's other albums, namely Wish You Were Here. "Goodbye Blue Sky," from the headline of this item, is from the song of the same name.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

S.F. in Hutto, TX
R.J.L. in Columbus IN
W.A. in Red Lion, PA
l.B. in Iowa City, IA
S.J.S. in Mount Holly, NJ
M.W. in Northbrook, IL
J.D. in Indianapolis, IN
B.P. in Salt Lake City, UT
J.W. in London, England, UK
A.T. in Elkton, MD
L.M. in Ottawa
D.P. in San Jose, CA
D.G. in Lac Brome, QC, Canada
J.M. in Somerville, MA
J.A. in Denver, CO
J.R. in Austin, TX
F.W. in Nijmegen, The Netherlands
K.W. in Manhattan, KS
D.L. in Uslar, Germany
M.S. in New York City, NY
C.K. in Aston, PA
P.C. in Vero Beach, FL
R.S. in Landing, NJ
R.P.E.H. in London, England, UK
C.E. in San Francisco, CA

M.A. in Boston, MA
C.B. in Lakeville, MN
M.L. in Iowa City, IA
D.L. in Plumas County, CA
J.Z. in Baltimore, MD
R.M. in Concord, NH
S.J.V. in New York City, NY
M.H. in Ottawa, ON, Canada
S.F. in Pemberton Borough, NJ
É. óhA. in Dublin, Ireland
B.D.M. in Tempe, AZ
J.A.W. in Queens, NY
N.M. in Medford, OR
J.M.R. in Muncie, IN
N.G. in San Jose, CA
P.H. in Williamston, MI
M.S. in Penndel, PA
K.D. in Alkmaar, The Netherlands
A.M. in Brookhaven, PA
J.G.B. in Natick, MA
T.K. in Kirkwood, MO
S.G. in Durham, NC
K.H. in Maryville, TN
J.P.M. in Eagle Mills, NY
M T. In Wheat Ridge, CO

This one was either popular, or on the easy side, or both. The 50th correct response was received at 6:39 a.m. PT on Friday. So, about 2 hours after the posting went live.

As to this week's theme, it's in the Trivial Pursuit category Science, and it relies on one word per headline. As to a hint, we have probably mentioned before that there is usually one headline that inspires the theme, and the rest we work out from there. Once you figure out this week's theme, you would very likely assume that it was the Freudenfreude headline/item that was the inspiration, but that is not the case. In fact, for the second week in a row, the inspiration was a headline that isn't going to end up running, due to lack of time. Had we more time, there would have been a companion to the item above, with the headline: "We Don't Need No Education, Part II: The Trump Administration Is Re-Whiting History."

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com, with subject "March 21 Headlines." (Z)

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