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I'm not sure who "Dot" is, but you're right about the singer. This was her biggest hit of the 70s, even above "Half Breed." George

One of the major stars of this film was notoriously lazy. He suggested that the cameras roll during rehearsals, because they "might get lucky" (meaning he wouldn't have to repeat a performance). He was also bad about memorizing lines. He delivers a key speech written on a baby's diaper. The actual star of the film was a relative unknown at the time and was actually third-billed in the credits and most promotional material. George

OK, TWO lines, then... "I was born in the wagon of a traveling show. Momma would dance for the money they'd throw." George

Victor/Victoria James Garner The Americanization of Emily George

Margaret Thatcher. FREE POST George

The oral sex clue pretty much eliminates any show prior to about 2000. Even implied, that would probably not have gotten past the censors. Unless it was on premium cable (e.g., HBO). No real idea, yet. George

The Avengers? George

I suspect that there's a coming, but I'm not getting it. George

Soap? George

We sorta ended this thread, but there are still a lot of easy ones. For example "I was born in the wagon of a traveling show." George

No. This woman did receive a title of Baroness before her death but was not of England's royal lineage. (In fact, I hadn't known she HAD a title until just now looking up her Wikipedia site.) George

That's it. Hailed as one of the worst movies of all time, though Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman did all right, afterwards. George

Feel free to go ahead with another, if you wish, WW. George

Janet Brown Meryl Streep Lindsay Duncan Andrea Riseborough Lesley Manville Greta Scacchi There are other, even-lesser-known actresses. Would it help if I mention that the character is (or was) an actual Englishwoman? George

Not sure if this qualifies as "super-hero," but the CW network will soon premiere "Tom Swift." The book series generally had him as a teen-age inventor akin to a young MacGyver. In the CW version, he's black (of course) and gay (of course). The trailers look interesting. George

In one of Gary Larson's "The Far Side" comic strips, captioned "Hell's Video Store", the entire store is stocked with nothing but copies of this film. Larson later apologized, saying "When I drew the above cartoon, I had not actually seen [the movie]. Years later, I saw it on an airplane, and was stunned at what was happening to me: I was actually being entertained. Sure, maybe it's not the greatest film ever made, but my cartoon was way off the mark. There are so many cartoons for which I should probably write an apology, but this is the only one which compels me to do so." Although the film had an overwhelmingly negative reception when released, it underwent three successful screenings with preview audiences. The stars have all defended the film's quality in subsequent years, blaming its bad reputation on reports of production and budgetary problems which had been leaked to the press by studio head David Puttnam, who disliked two of the stars. Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Edgar Wright are fans of the film. Scorsese called it one of his favorite movies. The film's reception was so awful that it helped coin a new Hollywood term in relation to writer and director Elaine May: "movie jail". The term referred to someone whose perceived failure as a director was so profound, they would not be allowed to helm a movie again for a very long time, if ever again. In fact, May has not directed a single new movie since this one. It should be noted that the two main stars did the film because they felt indebted to May, who had been involved in the writing of some of their actual box-office hits. Both main stars took a lot of ribbing for the film, but it's safe to say that neither of their careers really suffered for it. George

Stripes? George

"Tropic Thunder"? George

Oddly enough, those lines do seem vaguely familiar. (Not enough yet, for a guess.) George

Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles Alex Karras George

Technically, it's Raf's turn, but... George

I'm not sure you're in the right thread. My last post was Janet Brown Meryl Streep Lindsay Duncan To which I'll add Andrea Riseborough Lesley Manville Greta Scacchi George

I looked it up. Training Day FREE POST (if there's anyone left) George

Michael Douglas The China Syndrome Jane Fonda George

Superman and Lois continues to impress. First they make you think Doomsday is coming, and it turns out to be Bizarro. Now we have a long Bizarro arc. (In this manifestation, Bizarros look just like mirror images of the Earth characters and behave "normally," except that they speak backwards. It would be interesting to see Bizarro Zatanna.) These were probably spoilers, but it seems that I'm the only one watching the shows in "real time." George