The Wright Stuff

I got a chuckle from the "themers". Nice Sunday solve from the Cap'n. Thanks!

Aha! Slightly changed, I see. But I remembered this time! Very fun once again, Cap'n!

I didn’t sleep well. I made a couple of mistakes. That guy!! Thanks, Capn.

And take a bow, Cap’n! Saw him 40 years ago and still remember this one: The student loan director from my bank called. He said, "You've missed seventeen payments, and the university never received the $17,000. We'd like to know what happened to the money." I said, "Mr. Jones, I'll give it to you straight. I gave the money to my friend Slick, and he built a nuclear weapon with it. And I'd appreciate it if you'd never call again."

I LOVE this guy. Maybe it is a Sunday morning thing but when I read 3D I immediately thought of Steven. It took my brain awhile to catch on. I think that using the down entries hid the mechanism just enough. I was also coming off of working on Mikey's puzzle so the "Wright" clues did not register as they might have otherwise. Great job! SSSmore please.

So, enjoyed this one! Steven Wright always makes me laugh.

It took me a while, but I landed it. Very clever as always!! Thanks Rick!(my first thought was: wait, Wendy just did one like this... oh! A different Wright stuff. )

Nice one, Rick! Gave me some chuckles on a Sunday morning.

Needed the first nudge. Thanks for the excuse to google SW's one-liners.

My girlfriend said, “Let me ask you a question: If you could know how and when you were gonna die would you want to know?’

I said no and she said, ‘Forget it then.”

Thanks Cap'n! I didn't recognize the quotes so I needed your 3rd nudge, but I was able to get it from there. I'm not very familiar with his standup routines but I remember him as "The Guy on the Couch" from Half-Baked :D

Nicely done! My fave? “I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time' So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.”

Very fun!

Recognized some of these immediately, and started thinking, hey he stole these jokes from Ste....oh, right. If you melt dry ice, can you swim without getting wet?

Used the nudges, but probably would have gotten it without them because I would have been less lazy and looked at other possible orderings of the first letters . Fun stuff, thanks.

Great puzzle, Cap'n Rick, and I love the Steven Wright clues - he always makes me laugh!

Stephen Wright's delivery is the best. "The sign says you're open 24 hours! [pause] [incredulous look] Not in a row..."

I needed nudge 1, got it from there, but haven’t had the pleasure of getting to know the subjects material. Funny one-liners!! Thanks Cap’n

Good stuff! Thanks for introducing me.

Saw Steven Wright a couple of times by the third joke I recognized the jokes. Reallly good one Rick....

My first guess was DEADPAN, but I couldn't backsolve to it. So I ordered French toast during the Renaissance.

I thought of Steven Wright when I saw the title and one joke in I knew it had to be him. I’m sure there are other eggs than Mort Sahl but I’m working on a phone and it’s hard to search. Loved it Cap

Steven Wright is a genius of our time. One of my favorites:

I was going 70 miles an hour and got stopped by a cop who said, "Do you know the speed limit is 55 miles per hour?"

"Yes, officer, but I wasn't going to be out that long..."

One of my favorite comedians! Well done!

Needed another nudge to take me back to my first idea, followed almost immediately by a headslap. Nice variation on a common theme.

i needed the nudges cause i was sure the meta had to do with homophones or silent letters... looks like i didnt have the right stuff for this puzzle, sorry for the intrusion among you geniuses, but thanks for the puzzle anyway