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  1. Dolly Parton Tom Skerritt Sally Field Daryl Hannah Shirley MacLaine Dylan McDermott Olympia Dukakis Julia Roberts Bibi Besch George
  2. This musical won three Academy Awards. David Hemming didn't sing at all, although he was the only trained singer in the cast. In later years, the star bought the rights to the stage version of the movie for $1 million, revamped the musical, and took it on tour. It made him a very rich man. During one rocky period in the film's production, David Hemmings came to collect the star from his house in the Hollywood Hills. When he arrived, he found him on a balcony above the swimming pool. "I'm going to jump", he announced. "You can't do that", Hemmings protested. "There's no water in the pool". The star replied, "I don't give a f--k. I f--king hate Warner Brothers and f--king Hollywood, the people here are all f--king arseholes". Hemmings climbed out on to the balcony. "Are you sure you really want to do this?" The star's face fell, and he said "No, I don't. Let's have a drink." He and Hemmings became life-long friends. George
  3. True, but I can see every other person on the list whom I recognize doing Shakespeare. George
  4. It sounded like something Al Bundy would have been in. George
  5. If I "read what's written," it says that his role as an artist is to express what we feel, not that that is everyone's sole role in life. Of course, he certainly wasn't above "preaching": "Imagine" was certainly a political statement. Most of the Beatles' stuff was pretty non-ideological, though. George
  6. This is probably too easy, but it might get the thread rolling again: "You never study." "Back off, man! We're SCIENTISTS!" George
  7. I'm about halfway through Ship of Fools by Tucker Carlson. George
  8. Classic Concentration was the reboot, but I'll give it to you. It was simply Concentration. George
  9. Another expanded clue. This show began two years after the original Price is Right. This was the last of NBC's black and white shows to convert to color, on 7 November 1966. It made NBC-TV the first all-color television network. During the original run of the show, the show reportedly gave away 512 cars, 397 boats, 1,287 domestic and foreign trips and cruises, 12 trips around the world, 857 fur coats and numerous diamonds not to mention all the travel trailers, airplanes, swimming pools, furniture and countless other items (one history on the show reported the total prize giveaway at $10 million). Hosts included Hugh Downs, Bob Clayton, and Ed McMahon. A remake, hosted by Alex Trebek, debuted in 1987 and lasted four years. Prizes were not usually cash, although, for a time, the show featured a "Money Shower," where a contestant stood in a booth under a jet of $5- to $100 bills and could keep whatever cash he could catch and pass through a small window in the booth. (Note: this segment doesn't remotely resemble the main part of the show.) The game board consisted of 30 "trilons." A trilon is short, three-sided pillar. On one side was a number; on the second side was a prize; and on the third side was part of a picture. Not a card game, but there were "Wild Cards." George
  10. Right church, wrong pew. Much more famous than Claudius. George
  11. Dolly Parton Tom Skerritt Sally Field Daryl Hannah Shirley MacLaine Dylan McDermott George
  12. I think it's a Karen Carpenter song, but I'm not sure. George
  13. I'm familiar with the song, and the lines were evocative of someone on Death Row. I MIGHT have gotten it with more lyrics, in Name That Tune) but I don't think I would have remembered that it was a Bee Gees' song. George
  14. The good news for Texas is that now that cold fronts are passing through with some regularity, the likelihood of an hurricane striking us is very low (until next season). The fronts tend to push storms off to the south and east (not much help for Florida, I'm afraid). The last hurricane to hit Texas in October was Hurricane Jerry in 1989 (Cat 1). George
  15. No. This character was a real person (and predates Pennyworth by a couple of millennia). Ciaran Hinds Rex Harrison Jeremy Sisto Timothy Dalton John Gielgud Cameron Mitchell Louis Calhern John Gavin Sean Pertwee Claude Rains Ditch Davey Karl Urban George
  16. No. Though Dalton did portray him. You have two options, here. You can pick a character (movie and/or TV) and name three actors who portrayed that character. E.g., Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh, Henry Cavill --> Superman. Voice actors in cartoons are allowed. If no one gets it with three actors, add a few more. Alternatively, you can choose three roles portrayed by a single actor. E.g., John Nash, Jor-el, Javert --> Russell Crowe. Again, voice work is acceptable. In this case, I'm giving actor names; you must guess the character. Ciaran Hinds Rex Harrison Jeremy Sisto Timothy Dalton John Gielgud Cameron Mitchell Louis Calhern John Gavin Sean Pertwee Claude Rains Ditch Davey Karl Urban George
  17. Karl headed south into Mexico: George
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