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  1. How often you mention it. Seems we each have a film we mention and nobody seems to remember was ever aired!
  2. Actually, I didn't put the line in quotes because I didn't know if it was in the movie! I know it's credited to the General, as was the one you quoted.
  3. Beverly Hills Cop II Bridgette Neilsen Rocky IV
  4. Ok, let's see. Another handful of semi-obscure shows. Name one to take the round. 1. This show has a hot-tempered chef visit hotels to try to fix them up. 2. This show has a hot-tempered chef visit restaurants to try to fix them up. (That was not a typo.) 3. This show has a bunch of mobile kitchens competing in a city simultaneously, with the one making the least money eliminated until one winner is left. 4. This show has 2 mobile kitchens compete head-to-head in a city. (Great, now I'm hungry....)
  5. Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book! Sounds like "Patton" quotes, which means they're probably from the movie of the same name.
  6. I think I know who Rebecca Carlson was, but I have no idea who played the old bat (if that was really "Mother Carlson.")
  7. Must be "Amazon Women On the Moon."
  8. "Oh me, oh my, oh, you. Whatever shall we do? Hallelujah. This situation is peculiah. I'd give a lot of dough if only I could know the answer to my question-is it yes or is it no?" "Here comes a blushing bride. The groom is by her side. Up to the altar Just as steady as Gibraltar. Why, the groom has got the ring And it's such a pretty thing. But as he slips it on her finger The choir begins to sing" "Now the nation rise as one To send their wanted son Up to the White House Yes, the nation's only White House To voice their discontent Unto the President To ask the burning question That has swept this continent- 'If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of?' {Boom boom!)"
  9. The first one MIGHT be "Underworld: Evolution" or "Underworld: Awakening", or just "Underworld." What do you have for the second half?
  10. Still need to see "Arrow", but that should be tonight...
  11. "Here comes a blushing bride. The groom is by her side. Up to the altar Just as steady as Gibraltar. Why, the groom has got the ring And it's such a pretty thing. But as he slips it on her finger The choir begins to sing" "Now the nation rise as one To send their wanted son Up to the White House Yes, the nation's only White House To voice their discontent Unto the President To ask the burning question That has swept this continent- 'If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of?' {Boom boom!)"
  12. Yes, it's Little John. The only episode where Frakes played another character of note that was NOT on the holodeck was when Q made a Robin Hood episode. (Q-pid.) George once noted that Alan Hale Sr played Little John alongside Erroll Flynn's Robin Hood. (He also played it alongside Fairbanks and Derek.) Mel Blanc did, too. "Don't you worry, never fear-Robin Hood will soon be here." "There he is now!" "Welcome to Sherwood!" Phil Harris did the bear's voice in the Disney classic. Nick Brimble was in Prince of Thieves, Eric Allan Kramer was in Men in Tights. (And so on.)
  13. A set-up for this scene: Otis Driftwood (Groucho) was put in a tiny cabin in a steamship. When he opens his steamer trunk, Chico, Harpo and Alan all come out (Harpo is asleep, folded up in the bottom.) Groucho already arranged to have Mrs Teasdale (Margaret Dumond) show up shortly, so he wants the stowaways to leave-but they won't leave until they get something to eat. Groucho agrees to order them something as long as they agree to stay silent- they're stowaways. "We no say nothing." Groucho calls for the steward. When the steward arrives, this video clip begins.
  14. Those are both correct. Depending on who you ask, one of those 2 is their best movie. "Duck Soup" was the quintessential zany, madcap farce of the Marx Brothers' early period. "A Night At The Opera" is considered by far their best movie by people who aren't Marx Brothers fans. (It was written to appeal to a broader audience.) The next movie was "A Day At The Races." Irving Thalberg died during production, so those 2 movies have a tighter structure than other movies of theirs. The "famous scene" in Duck Soup I mentioned was the famous mirror scene. In A Night At The Opera, the famous stateroom scene failed on stage, but was a smash onscreen-due to the limitations of both media. Your turn!
  15. Right series, wrong episodes. That should narrow it down to one episode, if not the exact role in the episode. "Hollow Pursuits", I think, was Barclay's "holodiction" episode.
  16. Ok, I'll make this about both movies. Name either to take the round. A) The first movie marked a turning-point in the careers of a group of four actors. They were under contract for 5 movies, and this was the 5th. Bitter disputes resulted in them and Paramount parting ways. The first movie itself was not considered a success (although it was not a flop, it underperformed at the box office.) It is now considered a classic, and gained a lot of fans among college students decades later, especially those critical of the US's involvement in the Vietnam War. One of the actors decided to quit after this movie. (Later viewers seem to forget he ever WAS with the others, and refer to an actress they worked with-Margaret Dumont-as being the fourth in their troupe, instead.) One scene, in particular, is famous and has been copied since then in different formats, including by one of the actors in a television show. The reason for the name of this film has never been given, but a tongue-in-cheek explanation was once given as a recipe for the title as a food dish. B) The departure of one was a shame- the next movie the others did was a tremendous success and is still considered a classic. One of the actors had a chance meeting with that moment's big director at MGM, Irving Thalberg. Thalberg explained what the deficiencies were in the first movie- not enough substance, too much farce, so the audiences didn't know what to make of it. He recommended a movie with a more linear plot, to which they could add all the humor, and suggested he direct it. They all agreed. One misgiving one actor had was that the previous movies had been adapted from existing live shows, where they had worked out the kinks in a sort-of 1.0 version, and the best material was then made into a movie. So the director consented to let them take selected scenes from the upcoming movie and go on the road with them. Between performances, jokes that didn't work were written out and replaced by new jokes-except for one scene. It failed on a big stage, but was sure to work on a movie-and it became a very famous scene and a big success. The opening scenes in the second movie take place in ITALY. This is obvious in the original print, but was cut from the film and the negatives and the original opening scene is now lost. The known version begins a bit abruptly. The only surviving reference to Italy after the cuts was a view of a bill from the "Hotel Milano." Kitty Carlysle and Alan Jones did all their own singing. When played backwards, the moment of supposed gibberish in another language is exactly what one would expect to have been said at that moment- "Did you hear what he said? He said you boys are imposters and you absolutely don't belong here at all." "Did he say that about us? I've never been so insulted!" They filmed it in English and reversed it in post-production. The name of this movie is self-explanatory for anyone who's seen it, especially for anyone who saw the last scenes of the movie. It's also been used as an album name by more than one band-Queen being the more famous of those bands. Name either comedy.
  17. 13 Going on 30 Andy Serkis Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King
  18. Mel Blanc (voice) Nick Brimble Alan Hale Sr Eric Allan Kramer Kevin Durand Phil Harris (voice) Archie Duncan Nicol Williamson Clive Mantle David Morrissey Jonathan Frakes (technically) Gordon Kennedy Oddly enough, both Mel Blanc and Alan Hale Sr played the same role opposite the exact same live actor! Alan Hale Sr, in fact, played the same role opposite 3 different actors, including Douglas Fairbanks, and John Derek (not counting the most famous, which he shared, technically, with Mel Blanc, where the actor's appearance was a cameo.)
  19. It is "CLUE." Technically, you posted that, so, your turn. (In the board game, the object is to determine who performed the murder, where, and with what possible weapon. In the movie, that came up as well-along with other things from the game.)
  20. Ok, I'll make this about both movies. Name either to take the round. The first movie marked a turning-point in the careers of a group of four actors. They were under contract for 5 movies, and this was the 5th. Bitter disputes resulted in them and Paramount parting ways. The first movie itself was not considered a success (although it was not a flop, it underperformed at the box office.) It is now considered a classic, and gained a lot of fans among college students decades later, especially those critical of the US's involvement in the Vietnam War. One of the actors decided to quit after this movie. (Later viewers seem to forget he ever WAS with the others, and refer to an actress they worked with-Margaret Dumont-as being the fourth in their troupe, instead.) One scene, in particular, is famous and has been copied since then in different formats, including by one of the actors in a television show. The departure of one was a shame- the next movie the others did was a tremendous success and is still considered a classic. One of the actors had a chance meeting with that moment's big director at MGM, Irving Thalberg. Thalberg explained what the deficiencies were in the first movie- not enough substance, too much farce, so the audiences didn't know what to make of it. He recommended a movie with a more linear plot, to which they could add all the humor, and suggested he direct it. They all agreed. One misgiving one actor had was that the previous movies had been adapted from existing live shows, where they had worked out the kinks in a sort-of 1.0 version, and the best material was then made into a movie. So the director consented to let them take selected scenes from the upcoming movie and go on the road with them. Between performances, jokes that didn't work were written out and replaced by new jokes-except for one scene. It failed on a big stage, but was sure to work on a movie-and it became a very famous scene and a big success. The opening scenes in the second movie take place in ITALY. This is obvious in the original print, but was cut from the film and the negatives and the original opening scene is now lost. The known version begins a bit abruptly. The only surviving reference to Italy after the cuts was a view of a bill from the "Hotel Milano." The male and female leads did all their own singing. When played backwards, the moment of supposed gibberish in another language is exactly what one would expect to have been said at that moment- "Did you hear what he said? He said you boys are imposters and you absolutely don't belong here at all." "Did he say that about us? I've never been so insulted!" They filmed it in English and reversed it in post-production. Name either comedy.
  21. The reason was "Believe It Or Not" (song)/"Ripley's Believe It Or Not." Ok, let me think of something.
  22. Mel Blanc (voice) Nick Brimble Alan Hale Sr Eric Allan Kramer Kevin Durand Phil Harris (voice) Archie Duncan Nicol Williamson Clive Mantle David Morrissey Oddly enough, both Mel Blanc and Alan Hale Sr played the same role opposite the exact same live actor!
  23. "Now the nation rise as one To send their wanted son Up to the White House Yes, the nation's only White House To voice their discontent Unto the President To ask the burning question That has swept this continent-"
  24. That's what we're trying to find out! We're trying to find out WHO killed him, and WHERE, and with WHAT!"
  25. That wasn't a guess, he was teasing. The "Hinkley/Hanley" thing means this was the guy who hoped to be "the Greatest American Hero." The theme song for that show? "Believe It Or Not". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believe_It_or_Not_(song)
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