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The Trojan War Starring WIll Friedle (Boy Meets World, the brother) and Jennifer oh would you just LOVE Hewitt, is one of the lowest grossing theatrical releases of all time. Frighteningly, it's not THE lowest. It is, however, the answer. You're up.

Didn't we do this one already?

Ok, you dud great with the first set of clues. However, "Can't Hardly Wait" is not the name of a legendary event that was itself the subject of a 2004 movie that made almost $500 million, so no. You also missed [maybe] a huge clue that part of the title prevents households. Emphasis on prevents.

The title refers to a legendary event that, at best, MAY have some kernel of actual historical basis. But it's mostly known as legend. The movie has absolutely nothing to do with that event. A movie about that event was released in 2004. It got mixed reviews but made almost $500 million at the box office, about three times its budget. Put the clues together and you get the event, which is the title of the $309 movie whether you remember it or not.

You have the right general idea, but no, this did not do as well as Eurotrip. It IS a known movie, not Traxx territory. Not a household name (in fact, part of its name specifically prevents households). But Traxx might have made more money, if there was a theatrical release at all.

Clues that worked: The cast (I have a crush on America Ferrara, having met her poolside during a conference before she became famous and thinking, WOW]! Lots of characters with the same name. And perhaps MOST importantly (which anyone who has seen the movie knows), the 2001 homage. I forgot Ruth Handler's name, but remembered Rhea Perlman and Will Ferrell in the cast. So like I said, the cast.

Here's a tough one. If you saw this 1997 movie in theaters, congratulations. You are one of the approximately 40 or so people who did. Maybe closer to 30, Depends on ticket prices, I think. Point is, not a lot. It cost $15 million to make. It played in exactly two movie theaters for one week and collected $309 at the box office [at one showing, the only people in attendance were the star and his good friend]. There are no missing zeroes in that figure, unless you want to count the two after the decimal point after the 9. Its stars at the time were better known for their television work, one (male) as a supporting character in a sitcom, the other (female) as a supporting character in a drama. The latter went on to star that same year in a horror movie that did quite well. Granted, not as well as the horror movie that premiered a year earlier and starred one of her co-stars from the same TV drama, but enough to spawn a sequel, a third movie with a new cast, a TV series adaptation on Amazon Prime, and, coming soon, a legacy sequel sure to make you wonder why, and possibly make you swear off a brand of seafood once and for all. Anyway, none of that helped THIS movie, a by-the-numbers teen-in-hunt-of-sex comedy that has a brief appearance by Lee Majors as Officer Austin (that's an Easter Egg). If you go on the Rotten Tomatoes website, you'll find no professional reviews, but perhaps surprisingly, 40 percent of audiences actually liked it. There is some similarity with another 1997 movie involving the same kind of quest that drives the plot. That movie had an all Black cast. This one was much whiter. The Black one also did much better, though neither was what you call critically acclaimed. Not complaining. Just stating facts.

Oh wait, no, this is Barbie!

I'll allow it. Happy New Year.

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You are correct. Dianne Ladd played Flo in the movie, then came back as the character who replaced Flo in the series [I think her name was Belle or something]. I forgot the kid's name from the movie. He appeared in the pilot for the series but got replaced by Phillip McKeon. The original kid went on to star in The Bad News Bears.

Oh this one too. Ok. I was going to do a twofer with Movie Mashup, but I see thatvwas already answered. I'll come up with something.

The back and forth about why Charlie cannot concede Jesus was a refugee was, in my humble view, political to the core, and Dan's criticism certainly crosses the line. That said I don't disagree with you.

"Don't you think I realize what's going on here, miss? Who do you think I am, huh? Don't you think I know that if I was some hotshot from out of town that pulled inside here and you guys made a reservation mistake, I'd be the first one to get a room and I'd be upstairs relaxing right now. But I'm not some hotshot from out of town, I'm a small reporter from Rolling Stone magazine that's in town to do an exclusive interview with Michael Jackson that's gonna be picked up by every major magazine in the country. I was gonna call the article 'Michael Jackson Is Sitting On Top of the World,' but now I think I might as well just call it 'Michael Jackson Can Sit On Top of the World Just As Long As He Doesn't Sit in the Beverly Palm Hotel 'Cause There's No N*****s Allowed in There!'"

File this in the category of Movies that became long-running TV shows. This on won a Best Actress Oscar for its star, who did not return for the TV show. One major supporting actor did return for the series, and though he has been on Star Trek and The Twilight Zone, he's best known for the series. Another major supporting actor (female) returned for the series as a different character, ironically replacing the character she played in the movie (that character was spun off into her own series, which flopped). One supporting actor reprised his series role for a single episode, the pilot, after which he was replaced. That original actor became one of the ballplayers in the original Bad News Bears movie.

All right, well, I wanted to bring him up because I THOUGHT someone else had brought him up already, but I guess I was mistaken. He's got a TON of videos, but I suppose we could address them topic by topic. Threads about PEOPLE are boring.

I humbly submit that all comic book movies, with very few exceptions, would fall under "could be thought of" and "technically correct." But I quibble. Other than that I would have had no doubt. I THINK I'M UP ON THREE THREADS NOW. Had hoped to avoid that. By Monday morning if i have not posted, all three should be considered free posts.

I'm hung up on "could be thought of" and "technically correct." This is a franchise that's not actually named for its source material but the connection is no secret. Like The Flintstones and The Honeymooners. Galaxy Quest was only one movie, so no. Iron Man fits major clues, but the "could be thought of" and "technically correct" would be wildly misleading. Which may be my fault. First guess: Iron Man, even if it contradicts my deductions.

Don't know if it's dubious, but did he not play Dracula. The Wolf Man AND The Mummy?

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No, do tell.

There's another one where Charlie gets political and Dan tears him apart there too. Dan does occasionally criticize Charlie and others for using the Bible to advance political agendas. THOSE videos should not be posted here. The one you chose is perfectly fine.

Ok that turned out to defend him a little more than i expected.

I haven't vetted this video, but lest this become a Dan McClellan Admiration Society...

There was a really cool video where he responds to Charlie Kirk and embarrasses the hell out of him.' And it is surprisingly apolitical. But I figured I'd err on the safe side and post a different one.