WordWolf

Neither Caddyshack, nor Dangerfield, nor the 80s.

*checks his clock* *compares the time zones* Hey, it's Tuesday morning. Free Post! This is a good chance for a new player, or an occasional player, to take a turn, posting some things about a movie that people could reasonably expect to remind them of the movie and get them to the answer.

"Know what happens when you give a politician Viagra?" "No." "He gets taller." "Guy come out of an antique shop carrying a big grandfather's clock. Bumped into this drunk, broke the clock. Guy said, 'Why don't you watch where you're going.' The drunk says, 'Why don't you carry a wristwatch like everybody else.' "Hey, go easy on that!" "What I'm about to do, I won't want to remember a whole lot of." "What do you call a cowboy with a sheep under each arm?" "What?" "A playboy!" "What do you get when you cross an onion with a donkey?" "What?" "You get a piece of @$$ that will bring a tear to your eye." "Why are divorces so expensive?" "Why?" "Because they're worth it!"

King Canute is a historical figure. He is remembered for something specific he did one day. It's remembered to this day, sometimes in an old saying, and a video by Sting included it. What he did is remembered correctly. However, people have interpreted that as him having an enormous ego, when he was actually demonstrating the opposite, to his courtiers who were yes-men. One day, he was surrounded by his courtiers, and got up, and walked to the shore. What did he do there, and what was he trying to say at the time? (What did he mean by doing it?)

"And I'd give up forever to touch you, 'cause I know that you feel me somehow. You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be, and I don't wanna go home right now.And all I could taste is this moment. And all I can breathe is your life. And sooner or later, it's over. I just don't wanna miss you tonight." "And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming, or the moment of truth in your lies. When everything feels like the movies- yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive." "And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am." That's the best-remembered part. These are also all the lyrics, not counting repetition. This was featured prominently in the soundtrack for the movie "City of Angels."

Other than CT and Michael Clark Duncan, I remember Ewan McGregor Big Fish Helena Bonham Carter If you're going to watch "The Island"(2005, I checked), I recommend going into it "cold." All spoilers are BIG spoilers for that movie.

I tend to be picky and idiosyncratic about my movies, and I don't watch many movies. I tend to rewatch movies I like. So, there's a few I've seen once, a number I've seen a few times, a few I've seen a lot, and vast numbers of whom I know trivia. That being said, I'd rewatch "The Island" again. It has at least 3 stars I remember in it without trying hard.

Ok, but the 3 of us weren't enough viewers to sustain the show, apparently. BTW, if you didn't pay attention, you'd think Alan Tudyk played Vanderveer Wayne. VW is a really, really obscure character from Batman comics, and is largely remembered because of this TV show. https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Vanderveer_Wayne_(Earth-One) He was seen once, in 1962, back when Bill Finger was still working on "Batman." I like the trivia. "The exact relationship between Van Wayne and Bruce Wayne is not explained -- they are just "cousins". They cannot be first cousins, because Bruce's father Thomas Wayne's only sibling is Philip Wayne, who had no children." Obviously VW is related to Thomas Wayne and not Martha, because Martha became a Wayne by marriage. In the Silver Age (pre-Crisis), her surname was never given. (Newer continuity said it was "KANE", which suggests a bunch of other blood relations.) Now that I'm scrutinizing it, just how VH is related to Bruce is a good question. Other than Martha and Bruce, Thomas had the following known relatives... Bruce N. Wayne, Silas Wayne, Elwood Wayne, and Philip Wayne. Bruce's "Uncle Philip" might not have BEEN a Wayne, he might have been Martha's brother. However, the "Who's Who" entry for him settled that and said his last name was "Wayne." "Uncle Philip" was in charge of Bruce following the deaths of Thomas and Martha. He was a businessman who traveled a lot, so Mrs Chilton really raised him- Philip's housekeeper. (No, only Alfred Pennyworth ever learned her estranged son whom she never talked about was "Joe Chill" who shot the Waynes in the pre-Crisis continuity.) Some other obscure story showed a young Bruce with foster-parents under "Dr Wayne", which, QED, points to Philip Wayne being a Dr Wayne. (PhD or MD, I don't know, I don't care enough to dig any further.) Elwood Wayne was introduced as an old man who basically arrived to read his will and drop dead in one issue... but the Waynes who attended included Wilhemina Wayne, who made her only appearance. https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhemina_Wayne_(Earth-One) Silas Wayne was an ancestor, and a silversmith. Thomas Wayne Jr was 3 years older than Bruce, and believed dead. https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas_Wayne,_Jr._(Earth-One) Bruce N. Wayne was a private detective who appeared once in 1957 and has largely been forgotten. But Bruce Wayne was named after him.https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Bruce_N._Wayne_(Earth-One) (At least in continuity. In history, Batman was introduced decades earlier, of course Where does VW fit in? No idea, I stopped caring about 5 minutes ago....

The closing line of "BACK TO THE FUTURE" (the first one.)

Correct. Wat was from "A Knight's Tale." I recognized him in the role, but didn't know the name. But I definitely would have gotten Vanderveer Wayne Junior from the short-lived TV show "Powerless." I think Mrs Wolf and I might have been the only people who liked the show.

Hoban Washburne Vanderveer Wayne Junior Mr Nobody the Joker Mr Darling Tuk Tuk Dave Lambert K-2SO Duke Weaselton Ted Thurber Duke of Weselton King Candy Turbo Doc Potter Steve the Pirate Wat Everton Gerhardt Ben Chapman Stephen Kepler Mr Priest

A mentalist has a stage act as well, and it's related to magic acts or escapology. Agent Van Pelt never mentioned the "Peanuts" connection. The magician claimed that mentalists don't actually have an act when they're on stage. Patrick Jane, before the series, pretended to be a psychic and consulted with the police. When he went on TV talking about Red John, RJ took it personal-especially that psychics are frauds- and killed Mrs Jane and their daughter. Some time later, the series began. Members of the Blake Association use this code word to identify themselves to each other- to get help if they're in trouble. Since many of them are in influential positions or are cops, investigators, etc, this is a lot more useful than you'd think.

A) Lisbon's the capital of Portugal, which is west of Spain, which almost puts it completely into the Atlantic Ocean. B) After resolving the "Red John" story, there was the Blake Association story to address, an even bigger deal. Oddly, the writers never followed up on that despite it being a big deal and one of the things that got Jane the FBI job-and out of prison. The series "resolved" with settling things between Jane and Lisbon.

The first arc was the hunt for the serial killer, "Red John", that had killed the wife and child of Patrick Jane, the mentalist in the title. They worked for the state investigative agency, the CBI, the California Bureau of Investigation. As Red John was finally caught, the CBI was dismantled due to large amounts of influence by Red John in the agency- one way he checked if they were close to catching him. The agents that were the main characters either joined the FBI or retired from investigation. Rigsby and Van Pelt settled down to raise a family and formed a small security firm. Patrick Jane was known for inspiring people to punch him in the nose. (I'm surprised it didn't happen more often.) Patrick Jane was raised on the carnival circuit, doing a fake psychic act. His idea of a home was a good RV, so he got himself one. Sacramento, the California state capital, was where the CBI was headquartered. Rigsby went from the Arson Squad to CBI, then to security consulting, and Van Pelt was the computer expert. Kimball Cho was a military veteran and fit in at CBI and the FBI quite easily. When they moved to Austin and the FBI, the new computer expert was Agent Wiley. Agents tend to call each other by last name, including consultants like Jane. Patrick Jane could do a mentalist act, and could also do close-up stage magic. From time to time, he would do a little of one, the other, or both, either for one person, or for a stage, depending on the situation. He worked with Theresa Lisbon- no connection to Portugal. The agent in charge of their FBI unit was Agent Abbot- for his last name, not for an abbey.

It IS "The Mentalist."

No. Depending on who you are, any of those other names might be a giveaway. For me, the second would be it, for you, it's actually the very first name... once you remember the character's nickname.

Of all the people who do magic shows "of one type or another", one type is called "magicians", and another type is called "escape artists", and this show was not about either, but yet another type. One of the original cast shared their last name with Lucy and Linus from the "Peanuts" comic strip, but that was probably just a coincidence. When the title character ran into an old associate (a stage magician), the other man derided the title character's specialty, saying that they didn't actually do anything when they were on stage. The title character, for reasons obvious in the show, also used to do a more controversial type of show, and had no guilty conscience for fooling the gullible. He gave it up after he faced some consequences for being a charlatan. "Tyger, tyger."

It is, although the answer is not "Madrid." I suppose it did. There was a plot to follow it, but the script-writers seemed to ignore it.

Appears so, H w/o B. However, he usually appreciates it if someone has something and is willing to move a thread along. So, if inspiration strikes, I think he would be cool with it.

I have not seen that movie. The only line I tend to remember from it wasn't even said in the movie. "Welcome to Earf."

"Know what happens when you give a politician Viagra?" "No." "He gets taller." "Guy come out of an antique shop carrying a big grandfather's clock. Bumped into this drunk, broke the clock. Guy said, 'Why don't you watch where you're going.' The drunk says, 'Why don't you carry a wristwatch like everybody else.'

In later seasons, the primary cast for this show went to work for the FBI, which allowed for a new direction for the show as well as a new setting. A pair of the characters went into the private sector as security consultants instead, and settled down to raise a family. One character who didn't, had previously been shown to be at risk of getting punched in the nose possibly once per season (justifiably.) One character was especially fond of traveling- and being ready to travel, 24/7. The early seasons set the action primarily in Sacramento. One character who retired from investigation work was a computer expert. The other was formerly on the Arson squad (before we met him.) A third was a military veteran- he went on to work for the FBI in Austin (IIRC) as well as other places. When they worked for the FBI, they were joined by Agent Wiley. He hadn't figured out why some people had nicknamed him "Coyote" for "Wiley Coyote." Most of the characters were called mostly by their last names for the entire run of the show, which, for agents, is not that peculiar. One of them was a man named "Jane", who should not be mistaken for the man named "Jayne" who was on "Firefly." Rarely, the title character would perform a magic show of one type or another. Given his skills (and the show's title), this should not be surprising. Another character was referred to by the name of a European city, even though she was not from there and probably has never even visited. One of the FBI people was known by a name that was a religious title, despite him not seeming religious or it even seeming appropriate for him.

Hoban Washburne Vanderveer Wayne Junior Mr Nobody the Joker

"And I'd give up forever to touch you, 'cause I know that you feel me somehow. You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be, and I don't wanna go home right now.And all I could taste is this moment. And all I can breathe is your life. And sooner or later, it's over. I just don't wanna miss you tonight." "And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming, or the moment of truth in your lies. When everything feels like the movies- yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive." This is one of those songs whose title is not in the lyrics. It was on the soundtrack to a movie.

King Canute is a historical figure. He is remembered for something specific he did one day. It's remembered to this day, sometimes in an old saying, and a video by Sting included it. What he did is remembered correctly. However, people have interpreted that as him having an enormous ego, when he was actually demonstrating the opposite, to his courtiers who were yes-men. What did he do, and what was he trying to say at the time? (What did he mean by doing it?)