Question 568: Marry whaaat?

Ah, xkcd. Isn't it great?
Anyway, easy one.

They should call her what?
Because she just got what?

Question 567: What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons.

Apt title for this clip, which is also a quote from the original.
ID the parody, ie, what is being parodied.
The title should give you a hint.

Question 566 : He keeps invading my space...

Check the answer for the question: Meanwhile, in the legion of doom....
A little surprise left by Pranav
Also, try attempting Question 561
Seems to have gotten lost in the theme
We do have 4 other authors you know.
-Pai.

-x-

The lady ____X____, now infamous for having had a long-standing affair with ___Y____, was the feature of much speculation when a popular international magazine published a series of never-before-seen photographs recently. The series included much of __X's__ life prior to meeting __Y__ (23 years her senior), while modeling for publicity photographs. It also included some very intimate photographs of __Y's__ private life, a perspective that very few could afford until recently.

Mine Bonny lies over the wall

She is also notorious for resorting to several (as many as 4 documented) attempts at suicide (failed, obviously) to maintain __Y's__ undivided attention to her; something he could not afford given his well known proclivities. He kept her hidden from public knowledge, so much so that the public did not know of her until their joint and untimely death. In fact, the only time she made a public appearance with him was as his "secretary", at the House, to her family's utter disappointment. He eventually married her when he was 56, and she was 33, in a hasty civil ceremony; only 40 hours before their deliberate deaths.

She is potrayed as one of the most interesting characters in a graphic comic series by the well-known Osamu Tezuka (of Astroboy fame) in the 1990s, dramatizing __Y's__ life (loosely).

Give me X and Y.

P.S. - sorry about the late answer on Question 551 - check the answer out for a special treat.

Question 565: On Jordan's Bank the Baptist Cry

Belated OScar Question, since i had no idea when it was due to that stupid pre WC coverage

__X__ is the story of Thiery Guetta, and his love. In the film, he hears about the urban legend __Y__ and tries to contact him. After many a failed attempt, he finally does and for the rest you need to watch __X__, and not spoil the surprise; partly coz i haven't seen __X__ or __Y__ either,lol.

__Y__'s manager had this to say about __X__:

"I think the joke is on... I don’t know who the joke is on, really. I don’t even know if there is a joke."

__Y___'s former spokesman

On __Y__ and the choices of __Y__, it can best be summed up in his own words:

"When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires."

– __Y___

Y

X

So:

1) Give me X

2) & Y

Brownie points for what it is Y does

PS: Pi.R.Square, Manish HN & Rohan have already answered it, and your scores have been updated

So no baying for my blood.

Regards

-Pai

Roll of Honour

Not really. Just a list of who cracked what and when.

563:

THEME CRACKED BY:
Siddarth Pai at Question 563 c: +40
Pi.R.Square at Question 563 c: +40

WRONG GUESSES:
Archimonde at Question 563 d: -15
Archimonde at Question 563 f: 0

RED HERRING (+20):
Siddarth Pai
Pi.R.Square

564:

THEME CRACKED BY:
Siddarth Pai at Question 564 b: +50
Pi.R.Square at Question 564 c: +40

WRONG GUESSES:
Manish Hn at Question 564 e: -10

RED HERRING (+20):
Siddarth Pai
Pi.R.Square

CONNECT BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF QUESTIONS (+20):

Pi.R.Square
Siddarth Pai
Sukanto

Theme Connect

CONNECT:The Red Herrings in both the sets come from the same source.


Wile E. Coyote - 563
                                                                } The Roadrunner Show
Acme Corporation - 564

Connect = Red herring

Theme 564: Answers

564 - U turns are good

THEME:
Companies that changed their core products to the ones that they're known for today.

Wrigley -  originally sold soap and baking powder.

Tiffany & Co. - originally started as a stationery and fancy goods emporium.

Hasbro - textile company which moved on to selling pencil boxes and school supplies.

Nintendo - initially it produced handmade hanafuda cards.The company also tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel.

Avon - door-to-door book sales.

RED HERRING:
Acme Corporation -  is a fictional corporation that exists in several cartoons, films and TV series, most significantly in the Looney Tunes universe. Products from the fictional Acme Corporation are both generic and tend to fail.

Theme 563: Answers. Oh Joy.

563 -  Vhateezinnoonymme?
(I honestly have no idea why this was the title. But when spelt in a non idiotic manner it's supposed to read, " What is in -onym" or atleast that was the intention)

THEME:

Cartoon Characters named after famous people/characters.

Yogi Bear - Yogi Berra

                

Scrooge McDuck - Ebenezer Scrooge

Duck Dodgers - Buck Rogers

   

Huckleberry Hound - Huckleberry Finn

           

Buzz Lightyear - Buzz Aldrin

           

RED HERRING:
Wile E. Coyote - His name Wile E. is a play on the word "wily"

Other Cartoons are:

Stony Curtis - Tony Curtis

           

Whatte looker! :D


Owl Jolson - Al Jolson

                   

Time's up

Na, I'm just messing with you.

You'll have till 12:00 pm tomorrow to submit your answers/guesses/opinions/assumptions/whatever else for the respective themes, the respective red herrings, the connect, the individual answers and anything else you may have missed out.

Do give it a shot :)

Question 564 f: Court fees can weigh you down

_______ V. __X___
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,
SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT, TEMPE, ARIZONA
CASE NO. B19294, JUDGE JOAN KUJAVA, PRESIDING
___________, Plaintiff
-v.-
    ____X____, Defendant 
Opening Statement of Mr. Harold Schoff, attorney for Mr.__________:
 
 
My client, Mr. ____________, a resident of Arizona and contiguous states, does hereby bring suit for damages against the _____X_____, manufacturer and retail distributor of assorted merchandise, incorporated in Delaware and doing business in every state, district, and territory. ___________ seeks compensation for personal injuries, loss of business income, and mental suffering causes as a direct result of the actions and/or gross negligence of said company, under Title 15 of the United States Code, Chapter 47, section 2072, subsection (a), relating to product liability.
 
 
Mr.____________ states that on eighty-five separate occasions he has purchased of the _____X______(hereinafter, "Defendant"), through that company's mail-order department, certain products which did cause him bodily injury due to defects in manufacture or improper cautionary labelling. Sales slips made out to ____________ as proof of purchase are at present in the possession of the Court, marked Exhibit A. Such injuries sustained by Mr._____________ have temporarily restricted his ability to make a living in his profession of predator. Mr._____________ is self-employed and thus not eligible for Workmen's Compensation.

(Some inbetween stuff  has been omitted for the sake of brevity...and because you horribly smart people will get it anyway)

Paragraph One of the Report of Attending Physician (Exhibit B), prepared by Dr. Ernest Grosscup, M.D., D.O., details the multiple fractures, contusions, and tissue damage suffered by Mr. __________as a result of this collision. Repair of the injuries required a full bandage around the head (excluding the ears), a neck brace, and full or partial casts of all four legs.
 
(Again, omission of stuff)
 
As the Court is no doubt aware, Defendant has a virtual monopoly of manufacture and sale of goods required by Mr.___________ 's work. It is our contention that Defendant has used its market advantage to the detriment of the consumer of such specialized products as itching powder, giant kites, Burmese tiger traps, anvils, and two-hundred-foot-long rubber bands. Much as he has come to mistrust Defendant's products, Mr.___________ has no other domestic source of supply to which to turn. One can only wonder what our trading partners in Western Europe and Japan would make of such a situation, where a giant company is allowed to victimize the comsumer in the most reckless and wrongful manner over and over again.


Mr.___________ respectfully requests that the Court regard these larger economic implications and assess punitive damages in the amount of seventeen million dollars. In addition, Mr._________ seeks actual damages (missed meals, medical expenses, days lost from professional occupation) of one million dollars; general damages (mental suffering, injury to reputation) of twenty million dollars; and attorney's fees of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Total damages: thirty-eight million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. By awarding Mr.__________ the full amount, this Court will censure Defendant, its directory, officers, shareholders, successors, and assigns, in the only language they understand, and reaffirm the right of the individual predator to equal protection under the law.

Just id X.
Easy.

And get the theme! :)