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These two short-lived TV shows featured movie stars in perhaps their only starring TV (series) roles. Both involved intrigues in Washington, DC. Name either one. George C. Scott stars as President Samuel Tresch, whose wife mysteriously leaves him. From the late 1980's. I've already essentially given the title. Also featured Conrad Bain and Madeline Kahn Sharon Stone as Vice President Natalie Maccabee, guardian of a special copy of the Constitution. Ran last year. This special, "original" version of the Constitution includes a section in Article 2 empowering a secret operative to carry out covert operations, under the direction of the VP. The show's title refers to the operative, not the VP. Also starring Gerald McRaney, Jeff Hephner, and John Shea. George

"The Blues Brothers" comes to mind immediately. Not sure of the other one. George

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley. George

Unless it's a triple (is the mock trial part of Cadillac Man?), it should then be Cadillac Man of La Mancha George

I got the Man of La Mancha part. It's the rest that I'm not getting. George

Of course. George

"The Sound of Music"? George

In that case, I think "If I Only Had a Heart" might be more apropos. :lol: George

That's just plain right. George

By the way, we wouldn't mind another player or two in the game threads... Just sayin'. George

I have not yet seen Resurgence, and it may be a couple of weeks before I do. That said, if the original Independence Day writers were planning a sequel, I doubt they would have waited 20 years to release it, so I guess we just have to deal with the "orb" non-sequitur. (Maybe they'll release a new "Director's cut" of the original, with orbs, orbs, everywhere.) I don't watch movies in 3D. Long story short, I only use one eye at a time (both work, it's a mental thing), so there's no point in spending the extra bucks for a special effect I won't perceive. I don't mind being in mostly-empty theaters. In fact, it's why I never see a film on its opening weekend. Not even "Green Lantern." :o I think it's insane to stand in line for hours to see a movie that I can just walk into, the following week, and pick my seat. George

Stop by any time, T-Bone! And Tonto, too, if she's so inclined. George

I'm just going to go ahead and give the answer, as either no one is interested or has a clue. All of the baseball players mentioned began and ended their careers in the same city. Lou Gehrig is the "odd man," because he played his entire career with one team (the Yankees). Babe Ruth started with the Boston Red Sox, went to the New York Yankees, but finished with the Boston Braves. Hank Aaron began his career with the Milwaukee Braves, moved to Atlanta (with the Braves), and finished with the Milwaukee Brewers. Willie Mays started with the New York Giants, moved to San Francisco (with the Giants), and finished with the New York Mets. Jimmy Foxx started with the Philadelphia Athletics, moved to Kansas City (with the Athletics), and finished with the Philadelphia Phillies. Something to share at your next party. :) George

"The Man from La Mancha" "If I Only Had a Brain" George

Yes. And the parodies did as well as the original. Not quite. George

That would be the one. George

WW is correct. George

Interesting guess, though I don't think President Tom Whitmore was in either The Walking Dead or Dead Rising: Endgame. Let me add a word: After thwarting an attempted alien takeover of Earth, President Tom Whitmore helps free a Colorado town from flesh-hungry zombies. George

After thwarting an attempted takeover of Earth, President Tom Whitmore helps free a Colorado town from flesh-hungry zombies. George

"Caddyshack" I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of 3 branches of the government working for them, and that ain't bad. George

These two short-lived TV shows featured movie stars in perhaps their only starring TV (series) roles. Both involved intrigues in Washington, DC. Name either one. George C. Scott stars as President Samuel Tresch, whose wife mysteriously leaves him. From the late 1980's. I've already essentially given the title. Sharon Stone as Vice President Natalie Maccabee, guardian of a special copy of the Constitution. Ran last year. This special, "original" version of the Constitution includes a section in Article 2 empowering a secret operative to carry out covert operations, under the direction of the VP. The show's title refers to the operative, not the VP. George

As far as I know, only two people portrayed Danny Partridge (and one was in a made-for-TV movie portraying the other), so... Danny Bonaduce? George

Sorry. When production costs spiraled over budget, Universal Chairman Lew Wasserman told producer Ross Hunter to shut it down. Hunter persisted, and finished the film. Universal execs predicted the film would be a flop and premiered it in many markets, hoping to recoup their loss before word of mouth killed it at the box office. The film turned out to be a hit, and brought in huge profits. Hunter publicly boasted that the film paid the salaries at Universal for several years, thus earning Wasserman's eternal enmity and resulting in Hunter's contract not being picked up for renewal. Patty Poulsen, who portrayed Joan, one of the stewardesses aboard the "Golden Argosy" in her first and only film role, was an actual stewardess for American Airlines. She was the winner of a stewardess beauty contest in which one of the prizes was a role in this film. She was also used heavily in American Airlines' advertising of its new uniforms during the mid to late 1960s, photos that have, more recently, appeared in several different coffee table books celebrating the history of the airline hostess. Ever since the introduction of the MPAA two years prior, this movie was one of the few G rated films to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. The others are Oliver! (1968) which won it, Funny Girl (1968), Fiddler on a Roof (1971), Sounder (1972), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Babe (1995), and Toy Story 3 (2010). This movie had three sequels (arguably, not as bad as "The Exorcist II"). It was the final film of actors Van Heflin, Virginia Grey, Thomas Browne Henry, and Jessie Royce Landis, as well as composer Alfred Newman. The movie was double-billed in some markets with "The Andromeda Strain," with the tag line "Together On One Great Family Program". The film featured five Academy Award winners (not for this film). The two main stars each received 10% of the gross, or about $7,000,000 (a lot of money at the time). One of them, however, called this film "the worst piece of junk ever made." George

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