WordWolf

Another clue might be in order....

"Bar Rescue" is the one I wanted for bragging rights. (It aired a year before the hotel one, according to Wikipedia.) "Restaurant Stakeout" doesn't match any description I gave, as restaurants, as a rule, are neither places to buy pastries and cakes, nor vehicles/cars, nor get your skin decorated. (I did a question on "Restaurant Stakeout" before, but it's also a different show in that it doesn't change the locations at all-just retrains the boss and/or staff.) As for "Cupcake Wars", it's a head-to-head baking competition. So, still looking for any of the 3 I described. (Not counting the bragging rights one, since that was named.)

That's it. It amazes me that every time I mention "10 Things I Hate About You", I keep getting a reaction like nobody's ever heard of it. I like trying to make successful triples. Your turn, George.

"Don" Diego de la Vega, aka "Don" Diego Vega, or "Diego Vega" as he would be called today. The most famous wearer of the mask of Zorro. Anthony Hopkins in the more recent movies (Banderas played Zorro, but NOT Diego Vega). Tyrone Power in "the Mark of Zorro", and Guy Williams in the Disney television series. (My Mrs would have gotten mad at me if I left him out.)

Anthony Hopkins Tyrone Power Guy Williams

Side note: Although the title of the first show is occasionally written one way, it is almost always written another way. (I even glanced at it once and mispronounced it for an instant because of the standard way of writing it.)

Here's a set of obscure, recent shows. Name any to take the round. Seems that a lot of people are making shows based on rebuilding businesses. Some expert visits the business, chats with the staff and owner, fix their attitudes, and usually do some or lots of remodeling to the physical location to make it a more successful business. Besides the first one, there have been, so, far, shows to save: A) local places to buy pastries and cakes B) local places to buy cars C) local places to decorate your skin permanently Name any. (And name the one that I didn't describe, that became the model for the others, for bragging rights.)

No. The titles, as written normally, work completely as a "stealthy triple" should. (1 & 3 could fit together, there's no articles in between any of them.) You just need the 3 (2) names, and you need to put them in the correct order of the titles (which is not necessarily the order of the description, which otherwise would get too convoluted.)

Are those roles for Shia Le Boeuf? (However his name is spelled)

Here's a stealth triple. In this animated (?) TV movie, we follow the life of a boy/man-Ben Tennyson. As a young teen, he discovers an alien device (the Omnitrix) that allows him to transform into alien forms. As an older teen, he has to find an un-date-able girl in school a date so he can date her younger sister (somewhat like an easily-forgotten takeoff of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew.") As an adult, he goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with this blonde, cornrow-wearing married woman he meets. Actors include Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larry Miller, Gabrielle Union, and Bo Derek.

Hello! I'm doing fairly well and I hope you are, also. 15 years. Where has the time gone? They look like they're doing well.

Actually, the one that's technically "the middle one" is the one you got without effort. And the other one really should be memorable to you, since forgetting that particular film is becoming the Abe Vigoda of my posts, so to speak. (No, he's not in the film.) The cartoon part has been in syndication and new episodes for nearly a decade of continuous appearances.

I'm less than a month older than him, so that would be a really, really narrow window of difference.....

Here's a stealth triple. In this animated (?) TV movie, we follow the life of a boy/man-Benjamin Tennyson. As a young teen, he discovers an alien device (the Omnitrix) that allows him to transform into alien forms. As an older teen, he has to find an un-date-able girl in school a date so he can date her younger sister (somewhat like an easily-forgotten takeoff of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew.") As an adult, he goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with this blonde, cornrow-wearing married woman he meets. Actors include Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, and Bo Derek.

T&O, I think everyone-Raf included- would freely admit we all have lives and posting here can easily take a back burner to actually living them. It's perfectly fine to say you'll get back to this soon with a better answer- then hold off until you can post it. We can take it in good faith that you're waiting until you can articulate your points in a manner they deserve, and don't want to rattle off something off-the-cuff. (You haven't seen my response to all this partly for that reason.) There's no need to take up time by posting and saying you WILL post the response. This isn't network television and there's no competition for viewing the thread. Use that time productively and begin a draft of your main points, or just use it now to live so you can sit down later and make all the points in one sitting without life interrupting every keystroke. Raf, if he did that, would you promise to give him the benefit of the doubt and let him have some time without teasing him, goading him, or anything else he might be concerned about?

Is that "Mad Men" ?

Wild swing here.... Annie Potts?

Michael Gough Alan Napier Sean Pertwee

Although I would agree with this statement, you're doing a disservice concerning the rest. You quoted a biased source, labelled it unbiased, and got called (successfully) on it. That's worth some chagrin, but really, suck it up and move on. If you don't do that, and instead make it personal, how can you hit upon any of the perfectly legitimate points left unaddressed here? I mean, Raf accidentally POSTED one in the past day, and you missed it completely because you were busy being emotional on a subject that should be approached coldly. You can do a LOT better than that, and usually do. If you respond to points with nothing more than emotion, Raf will come away thinking you've proved he was right because you had nothing to respond with other than volume.

Liam Neeson.

That's it. Why Alfalfa and Herb Alpert (the musician) were in there, I can't guess.

That's it.

I'm with you so far.

Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Herb Alpert John Carradine Vincent Price Debra Paget Edward G. Robinson

"You have all overbid."