Term of the Day: Shell Answer Man

Shell Answer Man--famously opinionated carpenter, now retired, who had an answer for everything. Name taken from the old TV commercials for Shell Oil, which had a character called the Shell Answer Man.

Term of the Day: a talkie

a talkie--straight play with only a handful of actors, maybe just two. Also, old slang from the 1920s, for movies with sound. "I want my next project to be a simple talkie, maybe just two actors," said the PSM.