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Ok. So it's a movie where the lead actor is someone who's had a troubled life. That actually made me think of someone immediately. And it fits a good number of the other clues. An actor (not the lead) goes from unnamed to named because of his chemistry with the rest of the cast... check. An actor who spends two hours working, doesn't even know what movie he's working on? That sounds like someone who didn't meet the rest of the cast because he... didn't actually appear onscreen with any of them. Like John Forsythe in Charlie's Angels. So. A voice... check. Changed a lot for the studio, its parent company... and movie-going? check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check... with many more pending. Modified Boeing... ok, stumped. A prop that weighs 90 pounds? What is it made of, lead? I think I got it. Not sure about the spelling trivia, the plane, the martini, what product was placed. I'm going to go with: Sherlock Holmes!

Right? It's like, "With all due respect" always comes RIGHT before a devastatingly disrespectful insult.

I can start a thread called "The" and it will spark 40,000 posts over four threads in two forums. But actually CALL IT Random Thoughts, and everyone is stuck on the point made in the opening post.

Don't even pretend to use these quotes in a game where I'm a participant. Pick something else. "They're no good! There's not a one of 'em who is any good! I mean, what's happening in here? I'm speaking my piece, and you... Listen to me. We're... This kid on trial here... his type, well, don't you know about them? There's a, there's a danger here. These people are dangerous. They're wild. Listen to me. Listen." "I have. Now sit down and don't open your mouth again." I still literally cry when I even THINK of this scene. 12 Angry Men

And that is the correct movie. Our generation may have seen it. The generation midway and directly after us, probably not. Our grandkids: Almost certainly did not. Zip-e-dee-doo-dah was the song I had in mind. And the long line is right before you get into and off of Splash Mountain at DisneyWorld or DisneyLand. Bre'er Rabbit would be proud.

yes

guys, "random thoughts." you were suppposed to chuckle and move on. Why is it when you see a late night cable movie, it says it's intended for mature audiences? bull! it's intended for IMMATURE audiences! "Masterpiece Theater" is intended for mature audiences!

How about that. Ok, so this movie was released several times, most recently in 1986. Maybe you've seen it? If you have kids, there's a lesser chance they've seen it. If your KIDS have kids, there's minimal chance your grandkids have seen it. But you know the main line of one song, more likely than not. I wouldn't say it's a tale as old as time. Maybe 160 years or so, give or take. The lead actor received praise for his performance. Ironically, the lead character is one of the reasons your kids probably haven't seen it and your grandkids almost certainly have not. That's not to say they haven't been exposed to the story. Just not in a movie. They night have encountered the characters, setting and music at the end of a very long line.

Nope. Unless it's Love and Death, one of those Woody Allen movies I only know by title and have never heard anything about. Is it Love and Death?

No politics, please. At age 18 you are old enough to enlist to fight and possibly lay your life down for your country. You are trusted to use your judgement to elect the leaders of your city, your state and the free world. You need no one's permission to move into a new home or get married. But you can't order a beer. WTF?

True, but you still offer no explanation of why God punished actual snakes because of what Satan did. (Hint: it's not Satan in the original story: that's a retcon. The original story is a fictional myth, and it's talking about a literal snake responsible for snakes now having to slither and eat "dust," which snakes don't do). "to each their own:" thank you. That is gracious. It doesn't address the issues of this thread but it does address me in a way that is respectful. Demons, by the way, don't exist. They don't look reptilian, human or anything else. But okay, if you want wild ass guesses... they actually look like toenails.

Nope. WW, just give the answer so we can move on.

Bobbo??? You are up

and your husband wants to be a girl

Ralph Cifaretto Ben Urich

In the week it debuted, this series was rated dead last in the Nielsens. As the show progressed, some critics complained that the laugh track was too loud. There was no laugh track. A disclaimer was added a few seasons in to let viewers know the show was filmed before a live studio audience. When one of the main supporting characters died, writers created a new character to replace him. The new character shared the first name of the actor who would play him. This is supposedly a total coincidence.

You had me at Universal. The car was gravy. The rest just clicked, although my memory of the series is clouded by the years since I saw it. Can't forget Yvonne DeCarlo, though.

Name the Actor: Hint: Feels like I will NEVER run out of roles to post. Doc Robbins Francis Fratelli "Snake" Bob Keane Cosmo Renfro

The Munsters. Educated guess, but I would be SHOCKED if I were wrong.

Willie was the "nice" visitor who was originally slated for assignment to the Middle East but sent to Los Angeles at the last minute. As such, his English often left a lot to be desired. "Excuse please, I am just." He meant "lost." "I guess I'm not what you would call an ox." "That's FOX, you dope!" The visitor who went looking for a mouse where he could have been seen was someone else entirely. Destler, of course, was the actual name of the Phantom of the Opera -- in the Robert Englund version of the tale.

And Willie. Robert Englund

English not well to me. I wasn't entirely sure, because multiple people have played the role of Destler. Gerard Butler Lon Cheney Claude Raines But for some reason I fixated on Willie.

No idea. I am... just... lost.

'Jefferson Smith Goes to Washington" doesn't have the same ring to it. Mr. Smith, on the other hand... You're up, Mr. Wolf.

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