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"Uh, did you see a little nekkid man runnin' around with a $100 bill?" "I've arranged for yaks, ponies, and boats." "You didn't see a little nekkid bum with $100?" "No, but I could arrange for one." "I don't know, maybe he cut himself shaving and bled to death looking for a kleenex."

I'm with waysider. Happy New Year to all. Let's hope it's a good one.

"Scarface", "And Justice For All", and "Dog Day Afternoon" make this actor the great "AL PACINO." BTW, he seems to have a lot of fans in Argentina, and seems to like it here.

How about "ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE" ???? Vic Tayback is best known as Mel Sharples, the diner owner (and diner cook.) He was also a gangster in TOS' "A Piece of the Action." ( Jo Jo Krakow, or something like that. He tried to "put the bag" on Kirk, and Kirk beat him to it. He was the only gangster who actually made it up to the Enterprise. One of the waitresses in "Alice" was spun off, I think it might have been "Flo" but I'm not sure. If you don't like my guess for this round, all I can say is "Kiss mah grits!"

Amazingly, I thought about that very moment in passing when I had lunch today (or possibly yesterday.) This was Axel Foley pretending to be a reporter from Rolling Stone in "BEVERLY HILLS COP."

"I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Daryl."

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"

"Houston, we have a problem." "Crying? There's no crying in baseball!" "I have made fire!"

Then, how about "HUGH GRANT"??

The story of "Iron Man 1" was adapted from a comic book storyline- with a great many changes that vastly improved on the story. The story arc with Obadiah Stane, in the comics, was so bad that the first half of the storyline convinced me, a die hard Iron Man fan, to stop collecting the comic book. (I had an unbroken run of about 100 issues, plus others before that.) Obadiah Stane was a complete stranger, a cipher who had a holding company. He quietly tried to ruin Tony Stark and ruin Stark International, to lower the buying price after he ruined Stark. His agents failed repeatedly to damage the company (one managed to ruin a set of Iron Man armor, and Tony switched to an older armor, a point that was later forgotten by the writer, Tom de Falco.) One of his agents DID manage to cause Stark to have a breakdown. Those of us who'd read "Demon in a Bottle" noted he acted nothing like Stark having a breakdown, and also had one a LOT easier than last time, especially since he knew what to avoid this time around. But, de Falco wanted a black Iron Man, and he didn't like the idea of the inventor wearing the armor. So, after a bunch of story gymnastics, Tony Stark became a broke drunk and James Rhodes put on the Iron Man armor (and had to figure out how to use it.) Rhodes was a competent hero, but he wasn't as good at being Iron Man. (And I liked Rhodey.) Eventually, Stark got out of the gutter, and cleaned his act up. He worked with a small electronics startup, and the West Coast Avengers convinced him to make a new IM armor for when the next IM was going to need it. When Stane tried to blow up Rhodey, Stark and the startup, he was partly successful. Stark went to the WCA compound and put on the new armor. The resulting battle inspired the end of Iron Man 1, with Iron Man vs Iron Monger. Tony eventually outsmarted and outperformed Stane, who took his own life rather than let Tony arrest him. Stark got control of his personal fortune again, and later bought back (Stark) Stane International from its current owner (Justin Hammer) and returned it to its original name. I trimmed the story down and left out a LOT of missteps by the writer, who, apparently, couldn't keep consistent within his OWN continuity (he contradicted his own stories at times.) The movie's story worked a lot better. It kept a few nods to the original, but most of the storyline was rewritten into something good. Robert Downey Jr, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges were all familiar with the comics. (Jeff Bridges was familiar with Obadiah Stane, which was a lot harder.) Jon Favreau knew Happy Hogan. Gwyneth sat down with a pile of comics shortly after being cast. Marvel movies had a bad record of crashing at the box office, and this was believed to be likely for Iron Man 1, despite excellent casting and excellent SFX and CGI work. The excellent storyline, added to the rest, made for a box office smash. Marvel Studios, all but on life support, was rejuvenated. There were sequels, and Avengers movies, and other heroes got movies.... For the sequel, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard were not invited back. Terrence Howard was good as Rhodey. When he initiated salary negotiations, they canned him and pulled in Don Cheadle, who looked nothing like him (other than both men being black.) That was a shame. Jeff Bridges was not invited back because Stane died in the first movie (as in, they found the body and everything.) Apparently, I was able to fog things for George, but Raf managed to find his way to the answer. Go, Raf!

It IS "Iron Man."

It was not "Mission Impossible."

Not only did he play The Wolf Man, Dracula, AND The Mummy, he ALSO played Frankenstein's Monster. That makes him the only actor in Hollywood history to play all four of Universal's classic movie monsters. Your answer was too close to the correct answer to not have that count. Correct! Your turn!

Got it in one!

*counts* No, it's not even close. But the actual answer is something that no other actor can claim. There are other actors who have played vampires in movies more than Lugosi (the "Twilight" series is one place to find them.) Lon Chaney (Jr) actually did something that, to date, no other actor has done.

This movie could be thought of as an adaptation of source material from a different medium, which would be technically correct. The story itself was more inspired by the source material, since it diverged radically from many specifics of the original. People familiar with the source material freely admit this was an improvement. Much of the principal cast was actually familiar with the source material- and of the roles for which they were cast. One cast member who was not made a point of sitting down and crash-coursing on their character before filming started. A lot of people expected this film to crash and burn. Boasting an excellent plot, excellent effects, and an excellent stable of actors, it was a rousing success, which naturally led to a sequel (and so on.) Two actors of the principal cast were not invited to return for the sequel. (Rather sensibly for one, but arguably not at all for the other.) What movie is this?

As it turns out, out of all the actors in Hollywood, and more to the point, in the Universal movies that BL and LC were in, Lon Chaney Jr (sometimes billed simply as "Lon Chaney" as if he was Lon Chaney Sr who was already deceased) could actually claim a singular honor. He is remembered for exactly one role. However, he actually played a number of different roles, all for Universal. There's a dubious honor he could have claimed about his filmography. What is it?

"You reached for the secret too soon. You cried for the Moon."

"Braveheart." (Or one of many spoofs.)

Eso es "Largo", el mayordomo de la familia en "Los Locos Addams." (That's "Lurch", the butler for "the Addams Family.")

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So, it's George's turn.

"I have the impression that we woke you about three-thirty this morning." "No, it was ten of four." "Did we say why?" "Uh, you said you wanted to sacrifice a virgin." "Did we?" "I was too sleepy." "Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice. Pull down your pants and slide on the ice." "Attention all personnel- incoming wounded."

No.