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Between awards show and magic trick, I think I've narrowed it down to one person.

One of the lyrics was "I guarantee a truly legendary show." The singer did not make us wait for it.

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He hosted the Oscars once, as did Hugh Jackman.

Both also hosted the Tony Awards.

Neil Patrick Harris hosted in 2013. Bigger was co-written by Lin Manuel Miranda.

It was ... amazing.

See for yourself.

 

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In case it got lost in the shuffle:

The music producer was Berry Gordy of Motown [and banging Diana Ross] fame. 

NPH was famous [in part] for his character Barney Stinson who would promise adventures that were "legen--wait for it--dary. legendary."

And yes, there was a Spider-man musical. He was not crashing the party. 

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On 3/6/2023 at 11:16 AM, Raf said:

In case it got lost in the shuffle:

The music producer was Berry Gordy of Motown [and banging Diana Ross] fame. 

NPH was famous [in part] for his character Barney Stinson who would promise adventures that were "legen--wait for it--dary. legendary."

And yes, there was a Spider-man musical. He was not crashing the party. 

If I'd thought about it, the Spider-man reference should have been a bigger hint to me. I'm well aware they kept trying to put "TURN OFF THE DARK" on Broadway for years, and accidents kept halting rehearsals. The show was getting a reputation for being cursed.  There was even a New Years Eve Times Square show based on the thing to drum up interest.   And Grover Monster on Sesame Street had an equally difficult time trying to perform as "Spider-Monster" in some sort of accident-prone show. 

What I wasn't 100% sure of was that the show actually went off as planned. 

I also was trying to remember if NPH and HJ had both hosted the Oscars or the Tonys.  I feel better knowing why that was confusing.   

Ok, I need a question, let's see......

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Ok, next question, new category.

 

Ok, so there were these 2 Jewish guys who came up with the idea of a superhero.  He was mischievous and extremely wish fulfillment/ anti-bullying.  One of their earliest stories to hit print had him end a war between 2 countries by kidnapping their presidents and putting them in a boxing ring to fight it out and settle their differences (given the choice, they declared peace instead.)     This was actually their second concept for the character- they had tried him as a villain, but that idea failed and was largely forgotten.

So, who was this character?  (Bragging rights for his name as the villain, or the names for the 2 Jewish guys.)

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I think Mariner 10 transmitted images from Venus and Mars.  What do I need now, two more?  I've got some space stuff in my files, personal data that I've noted from my desire for becoming an opsimath that I might find something else.  Nothing off the internet.

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