Raf

It was Under the Boardwalk Followed by Me and Bobby McGee

Up on the roof is incorrect

He often wrote in the nude. After his death, it is said that 2 million people lined the streets of the city. The population of the city was around 2.5 million. Cheated on his wife with his mistress. Cheated on his mistress with another mistress. Cheated on all of them with a woman in a relationship with his son. On completion of his best known work (maybe a tie for first place on that), he sent his publisher a letter asking for feedback. The letter read, in its entirety: ? The publisher responded: ! Who is this author? [Extra credit, name either the book or the OTHER famous book he wrote].

"Will you marry me?" "Maybe." "You call that an answer?" "You want another answer? Ask another girl." ***

It went off the air and came back.

I would have to guess The Simpsons, with Law & Order SVU in second.

Don't. Even. THINK. About. It. A billion websites are having this conversation. This will not be one of them.

Oh for the love of hate The Stepford Wives

Thank you for sharing this. I had a little bit of an ulterior motive in posting the question, but I was hoping to hear from more people before disclosing it. Seems the most critical thing we can say about the current crop of directors is: 1. We would expect better of a genuinely credentialed psychologist. Then again we have, I am sure, credentialed psychologists involved in all sorts of religious leadership roles, so why not TWI? 2. It appears that the BOD and their families have a history of loyalty to TWI. Not exactly the kind of revelation that merits a phone call to your cardiologist.

No Way Out Gene Hackman Crimson Tide

Reacher

The executive producer of The Elephant Man was Mel Brooks. Hilarious and Frankenstein were clues.

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Did he replace someone?

The Elephant Man is not The Producer's only black and white movie. He is an EGOT. which means he has an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Tony Tony Tony... He was married at the time of the Elephant Man to an actress who had previously won an Oscar. He is almost 5% of the way there on becoming one of his most famous characters. There's a movie mentioned in the clues that appears irrelevant, until you know who The Producer is. Then it's like, ok, he had nothing to do with that movie, but yeah, it's still a clue. Syntax, by the way, includes placing the right words in the right order, with proper punctuation and capitalization. Incidentally, not all syntax errors are syntax errors. Some are huge hints.

The clue about the wife is genuinely challenging. Two of the others are so obvious you will SYH when you realize it. No clues in this post.

Spencer Tracy?

Hitchcock had nothing to do with the Elephant Man. The Producer's wife did. She's a costar. They said she did not need to audition. In fairness, she was already an Oscar winner. MUCH later, the Producer became an EGOT winner. There's a grammatical/syntax error I am making repeatedly that gives the answer away.

The Producer was actually considered for the role of Sam Loomis in Halloween, which no doubt would have created even further confusion. Sam Loomis was played by Donald Pleasence, perhaps better known [but not to me] as Blofeld in You Only Live Twice. Coincidentally, he also played Victor Frankenstein and Baron Frankenstein in a comedy called "Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tilly." Incidentally, not all syntax errors are syntax errors. Some are huge hints.

Those guesses are hilarious. No, it was not John Merrick or John Landis. Yes, that was a hint.

These abrasive posters... are they the ones who accuse those who disagree with them of having massive egos, seeing the word through sh!t-colored glasses, or being responsible for Satan's takeover of America because they don't support your favorite political party or candidate? Or is your disdain for the guy who says "knock that off, GSC has rules and you're violating them"? Just checking.

Please save criticism of Mike's positions for another thread. It's off topic here.

Posters disagree with Raf = righteous indignation. Posters agree with Raf = circle jerk. And I'm the hypocrite. Ok. P.S. the issue you raised was fully addressed in detail.

The executive producer of The Elephant Man (1980), a heartbreaking black n white drama based on a true story, held a screening for studio executives near the end of production. Studio execs shared some ideas to make the movie better, to which the producer responded something to the effect of: I screened the movie for you as a courtesy. "Do not misconstrue this as our soliciting the input of raging primitives." The executive producer left his name off the credits of the movie because he thought including his name would confuse audiences. Who was he?