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It's got to be "the Devil's Advocate." If I were to try to find a movie connecting "Rosemary's Baby" with "the Firm", that leaves me with only one possible movie, which gives me "Scent of a Woman" even before Milton's name comes up. "Scent of a Woman" is relevant as a Pacino movie, but that's it. It does confirm the rest, however.

Cool-Hand Luke George Kennedy the Naked Gun:from the Files of Police Squad

I know I've heard this before.... "Michelle"? I'm unsure if that's the Beatles, or Paul Mc Cartney post-Beatles.

In the movie of the same name, "the Running Man" is the name of a violent game-show, hosted by Damon Killian (Richard Dawson.) (repeated exchange) Host:"What's the greatest television show in the whole, wide world?" Audience:"THE RUNNING MAN!" Host:"Who loves you and who do you love?" Audience:"KILLIAN!" Host:"It's showtime!" That explains the answer and the reference to the greatest show. Now, one of the "stalkers" was Dynamo, played by Erland Van Lidth. I frequently forget his name, but George does not, because he KNEW the late Erland Van Lidth. Apparently, the man could also sing opera- and did so in this role, more than once. I forgot to answer the round after posting my comment.

"THE RUNNING MAN."

No, you named 1 and 3 and skipped 2, the spoof with the new teacher. You definitely left out at least 1 word (technically 2) in the middle. (Which should tell you what the last word "missing" is.) It is indeed a semi-stealth triple. You'll understand when you have the entire title. You recognized 1 and 3 and still have the one in the middle to name.

That's it. I forgot to include "I'll do it myself" before hitting "reply."

"All set up boss." "Actually, HE'S the boss. I just pay for everything and design everything, make everyone look cooler." "You get hurt, hurt 'em back. You get killed... walk it off." "You didn't see that coming?" "And for gosh's sake, watch your language!" "THAT'S not going away anytime soon." "That man has no respect for lawn maintenance."

Here's another unnecessary triple. Strictly speaking, it's not a "stealth" triple in that I'm using 3 different names. This movie is a send-up of secondary schools. A new teacher is recruited to try to teach uninspired teenagers to like education in their time at a school to train future superheroes. His job is bad enough, but the school's also taken a Psychiatrist on staff, and he's acrophobic- a problem when you have to FLY to reach the school! Actors include Kurt Russell as one of the parents, Mary Winsted as one of the students, Jon Lovitz as the new teacher, and Mel Brooks as the Psychiatrist.

Few people talk about this show now. However, it won a Peabody Award and 2 Emmys in its time. It was aimed at children but a lot of adults became fierce fans of the show, and raised a ruckus when its runtime was cut. The show's ensemble included exactly 1 human being in the cast (and the title.) The show was renamed from its original, local name-"Junior Jamboree."

Of course, Galen, active service in the military thwarts twi preferred strategy in 3 different ways A) you are locked into a career and can't be talked easily into just moving when and where twi says B) you have a support network in the military, so you can't just be isolated from everyone and told that twi is all you have for people in your life C) your physical mobility means their attempts to have you shunned are only effective until your next tour of duty. All of that makes it more difficult for twi to impose identity changes on you.

That's a much bigger concern for: A) Non-users of Firefox B) Users of Firefox who don't have NoScript and/or Flashblock already installed as Extensions. My Firefox is optimized for A) security and then B) download capability

Here's another unnecessary triple. Strictly speaking, it's not a "stealth" triple in that I'm using 3 different names. This movie is a send-up of secondary schools. A new teacher is recruited to try to teach uninspired teenagers to like education in their time at a school to train future superheroes. His job is bad enough, but the school's also taken a Psychiatrist on staff, and he's acrophobic- a problem when you have to FLY to reach the school!

As twi's shrunk, they've "recapitulated" many of their steps from when they grew. One was switching a dozen or so regions back to 3 in 1989 when 80% of the membership walked off. Another was putting "wows" aka "way disciples" on-site at their permanent location(s). Initially, it was a way to get others to work there without really paying them. Later, there was enough of a candidate pool to get people to agree to work there permanently, which made for more competent work (no need to keep retraining new people.) Now, with an inability to find willing volunteers to be bossed around for a living, they've been ordering some to do so from among those who thought they were volunteering to travel somewhere and teach the Bible for a year to new people.

I've only heard of this show from this thread. You guessed this one when I was dropping hints about the obscure "Uncle Croc's Block." Was it titled "Hot Dog" or "Hot Dog-The Show" or something?

Albert Einstein Professor Max Krassman Tomas de Torquemada Respectively, from "Peabody and Sherman", "the Muppet Movie," and "History of the World, Part I." In The Muppet Movie, he's the mad scientist working for Doc Hopper. He prepares to perform a "cerebrectomy" on Kermit, which "turns the brain into guacamole." And "let's face it-you can't Torquemada anything." Dr Richard H. Thorndyke Moses Professor Van Helsing "High Anxiety" (the H stands for "Harpo"), "History of the World, Part I", and "Dracula: Dead and Loving It." Victor Frankenstein William J. Lepetomane Dr Frederick Bronski Goddard Bolt He does the voice of the original Dr Frankenstein in "Young Frankenstein." When they enter the secret lab, we hear voice-overs of the Dr and his assistant (Frederick and I-gor's grandfathers.) Mel Brooks can be recognized with care. Governor William J. Lepetomane is named, rather prominently, a few times in "Blazing Saddles." Dr Bronski is from "To Be or Not to Be". Goddard Bolt is the businessman in "Life Stinks." Somehow, I think that, without Lepetomane, it would still be a mystery. (BTW, Mrs Wolf got it from the 1st 2 sets of names. Then again, she's seen 5 of those 6 roles.)

That's him.

As I see it, vpw viewed the people as INSIGNIFICANT. Each mattered to him as he found them USEFUL. So, useful people around grounds, he could be friendly to them in passing and otherwise leave them to tedious work he didn't have to do. He wanted money-to buy things he wanted to use or "own" (ministry property was "his stuff" by his own words), he wanted adulation-people applauding and hanging on his words, and he wanted women. Actually, I think he was usually more excited about GETTING the women, and didn't care as much even about getting sex, that is, the "chase" was exciting, and bending a woman to his will, but since he didn't see her as a person, she otherwise didn't matter except as a trophy. If he sought to kill his followers, he'd have fewer people to give him money, adulation, and women. So, it's unlikely he wanted the power to kill them. He was many things, but he had a self-sustaining plan that lasted through the end of his life.

Now that George got this round, here's the names of all these obscure shows. I have fond memories of several, if vague memories of them. A) This post-WW3 Saturday morning offering featured young scientists exploring what's left of Earth in a high-tech RV/lab. It rather prominently featured a functioning JETPACK used during episodes. Filmation did this one, and the nose of this vehicle was used in some other live-action 70s stuff they did. It was named after their large travel vehicle. ARK II. B) This space show also appeared on Saturday mornings. Set in the future, it took place on an asteroid, and had young scientists learning about the universe. Their "SEEKER" vehicles had a nose that Filmation used in some other work they did around that time. Jonathan Harris and Brian Tochi were part of the principal cast, and acted alongside the robot "Peepo." "ORACO!" ("Orders Received And Carried Out.") It was named after their off-Earth school. SPACE ACADEMY. C) This Saturday morning space show was set on the same asteroid, but was only vaguely related to the other show. It had a lead hero, and used more macho "Starfire" vehicles rather than the SEEKERs (almost all the time.) His tiny robot, designated "W1K1" was called "Wiki." Sid Haig played the bad guy, and the principal cast included JAMES DOOHAN. It was done in the old "movie serial" format and was usually part of a larger show with cartoons. It was named after the hero and his organization. JASON OF STAR COMMAND. D) This show aired in the afternoon, and was from Sid & Marty Kroft. It had Chuck Mc Cann and Bob Denver as NASA employees who accidentally fly into space while loading food into a ship. (One of them was told to press "lunch" and he pressed "launch" instead.) The other main character was played by Patty Maloney, actress and dwarf. She played "Honk", an alien who communicated with horn-honk sounds and was usually smarter than the 2 humans. Its forgettable name referenced the distance traveled and the level of sanity exhibited by the 2 human leads. FAR OUT SPACE NUTS. E) This Sid & Marty Kroft show aired in both daytime and Saturday morning slots. It featured Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi as 2 androids and their space/time vehicle, unable to return to the present and deposit 2 people from the present back in their correct time. In the process, they visited Earth and Earth colonies in the past and future, in adventures that were heavy-handed social commentaries. (Hey, it was the 70s and that was no surprise.) It was named after the vehicle. THE LOST SAUCER. F) This Sherwood Schwartz sitcom was a Saturday-morning offering. A teacher sips from the Fountain of Youth, and finds he switches back and forth between his current age and himself at age 12, unpredictably of course, as he seeks a cure. Hilarity ensues. Herbert Edelman and Robbie Rist share the title role. (Yeah, "cousin Oliver" Robbie Rist.) BIG JOHN, LITTLE JOHN. G) This Sid and Marty Krofft daytime production overtly spoofed the classic Batman television show. Deirdre Hall and Judy Strangis played the 2 title roles. They rode to crimes in the "ElectraCar" and had an "ElectraBase." In 2001, plans were made to make a new show which spoofed the original. Markie Post starred in the pilot, but the show was never picked up. ELECTRA WOMAN AND DYNA GIRL. H) This Sid and Marty Krofft production aired on Saturday morning and in the afternoon. It was a science fiction production that was NOT intended to be a time-travel series (some viewers misunderstood.) Writers for that show, amazingly, included: Larry Niven, Ted Sturgeon, Ben Bova, DC Fontana, Norman Spinrad, and Walter Keonig. It, of course, was aimed at children. A number of them remembered it decades later and greenlit a theatrical movie inspired by the original show. LAND OF THE LOST. I actually saw more of the others than I saw "Land of the Lost", except for their catchy opening. I DO remember at least one episode of "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl." (Glitter Rock used "glitteranium" against them.) I preferred the first 3 I mentioned, even if they aired so rarely and it's been so long since I've seen them. And some of the theme-songs were too catchy to ever forget. "Big John found the Fountain of Youth. He drank a little drink. And that magic water is the thing that made him shrink. Now that he's Little John, he never knows just when, zap! He'll change! And rearrange! And he's Big John again!" The truly curious can find some details on Wikipedia and other pages, and YT has opening sequences and sometimes whole episodes.

Albert Einstein Professor Max Krassman Tomas de Torquemada Dr Richard H. Thorndyke Moses Professor Van Helsing Victor Frankenstein William J. Lepetomane Dr Frederick Bronski Goddard Bolt After this, it gets obvious.

Without them, there would have BEEN no twi. The Christian hippies from the House of Acts lured in outsiders with their love and compassion, and the coordinators and other locals gave them a reason to stay with their love and compassion (to various degrees.) A dry class wouldn't have had much appeal to many people WITHOUT those others vouching for how good it was. (That's why twi is doomed-it can't recreate that without everything it's missing, and people are too savvy now.) I know that the twi IDENTITY brought group cohesion-something for the people to rally around- and "the class" was something tangible to offer people- a "rite of passage" and another marker of who's "in" and who's not- but the local people made it all work. REAL Christians made a difference locally and that's why the group grew once. Their absence is why the group's withered almost to irrelevance except to a handful of people.

A distinction between our ages shows why you watched them and I didn't.... in the early 70s, I watched shows about guys but not girls. :) But YES, that was "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl." Ever hear that they thought of a new show? A fan was supposed to approach "the original" Electra Woman, who was jaded and bitter, and end up becoming the new Dyna Girl.

No.

What, no opera for the greatest show in the whole, wide world?

Ok, here's some old kids shows, all science-fiction in setting, all 70s in origin. Name any one to get the round. A) This post-WW3 Saturday morning offering featured young scientists exploring what's left of Earth in a high-tech RV/lab. It rather prominently featured a functioning JETPACK used during episodes. Filmation did this one, and the nose of this vehicle was used in some other live-action 70s stuff they did. It was named after their large travel vehicle. B) This space show also appeared on Saturday mornings. Set in the future, it took place on an asteroid, and had young scientists learning about the universe. Their "SEEKER" vehicles had a nose that Filmation used in some other work they did around that time. Jonathan Harris and Brian Tochi were part of the principal cast, and acted alongside the robot "Peepo." "ORACO!" ("Orders Received And Carried Out.") It was named after their off-Earth school. C) This Saturday morning space show was set on the same asteroid, but was only vaguely related to the other show. It had a lead hero, and used more macho "Starfire" vehicles rather than the SEEKERs (almost all the time.) His tiny robot, designated "W1K1" was called "Wiki." Sid Haig played the bad guy, and the principal cast included JAMES DOOHAN. It was done in the old "movie serial" format and was usually part of a larger show with cartoons. It was named after the hero and his organization. D) This show aired in the afternoon, and was from Sid & Marty Kroft. It had Chuck Mc Cann and Bob Denver as NASA employees who accidentally fly into space while loading food into a ship. (One of them was told to press "lunch" and he pressed "launch" instead.) The other main character was played by Patty Maloney, actress and dwarf. She played "Honk", an alien who communicated with horn-honk sounds and was usually smarter than the 2 humans. Its forgettable name referenced the distance traveled and the level of sanity exhibited by the 2 human leads. E) This Sid & Marty Kroft show aired in both daytime and Saturday morning slots. It featured Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi as 2 androids and their space/time vehicle, unable to return to the present and deposit 2 people from the present back in their correct time. In the process, they visited Earth and Earth colonies in the past and future, in adventures that were heavy-handed social commentaries. (Hey, it was the 70s and that was no surprise.) It was named after the vehicle. F) This Sherwood Schwartz sitcom was a Saturday-morning offering. A teacher sips from the Fountain of Youth, and finds he switches back and forth between his current age and himself at age 12, unpredictably of course, as he seeks a cure. Hilarity ensues. Herbert Edelman and Robbie Rist share the title role. (Yeah, "cousin Oliver" Robbie Rist.) G) This Sid and Marty Krofft daytime production overtly spoofed the classic Batman television show. Deirdre Hall and Judy Strangis played the 2 title roles. They rode to crimes in the "ElectraCar" and had an "ElectraBase." In 2001, plans were made to make a new show which spoofed the original. Markie Post starred in the pilot, but the show was never picked up. H) This Sid and Marty Krofft production aired on Saturday morning and in the afternoon. It was a science fiction production that was NOT intended to be a time-travel series (some viewers misunderstood.) Writers for that show, amazingly, included: Larry Niven, Ted Sturgeon, Ben Bova, DC Fontana, Norman Spinrad, and Walter Keonig. It, of course, was aimed at children. A number of them remembered it decades later and greenlit a theatrical movie inspired by the original show.