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Gotta be! (Can you picture Tom Poston as Max Smart?) George

Seems vaguely familiar... George

This late-60's show featured three main characters. The name of only one of them was ever given. Tom Poston, Tony Randall, and Orson Bean were all considered for the lead role, before the actual actor was chosen. George

Apparently, the old Natalie Wood movie was off everyone's radar (or maybe it's the current Showtime series). Let's try a slightly different version (not the same overall title): Carrie Bradshaw and her three BFF travel back in time to the early 60's to meet the authors of Human Sexual Response. George

They say there's always magic in the air But when you're walkin' down that street And you ain't had enough to eat The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere But looking at them just gives me the blues 'Cause how ya gonna make some time When all you got is one thin dime And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes George

I don't get the "never got a dinner" part. I know it starred Red Buttons as an ordinary guy who just happens to be a doppelganger for a major spy (recently deceased), and whom the government uses to impersonate the spy. I only remember one scene from the show: "Phyfe" gets a pair of too-small shoes to wear with his suit. He "breaks" an enemy spy by just walking around him (the shoes squeak horribly). :lol: I'll come up with one soon. George

Wild guess "The Double Life of Henry Phyfe"? George

Burt Reynolds Sharky's Machine Rachel Ward George

Okay, then..... Willie Aames Zapped! Merrit Butrick George (OK, MB isn't very famous, but I know you've all seen him in at least TWO movies.)

"You know, begging your pardon, but the one my heart goes out to is your father. There he is in that cold, heartless bank day after day, hemmed in by mounds of cold, heartless money. I don't like to see any living thing caged up." "Father? In a cage?" "They makes cages in all sizes and shapes, you know. Bank-shaped, some of 'em, carpets and all." "I got a jolly joke I saved for just such an occasion. Would you like to hear it?" [sobbing] "I'd be so grateful." "Well it's about me granddad, see, and one night he has a nightmare. He was so scared, he chewed his pillow to bits. Bits. In the morning, I says, "How you feel, Granddad?" He says, "Oh, not bad. A little down in the mouth." -- "I always say there's nothing like a good joke." [sobbing] "No, and that was nothing like a good joke." George

Right! Also, Ed Asner read so poorly for the role of Lou Grant that it was going to go to Gavin McLeod. Asner asked for a second chance; and the rest, as they say, is history. Go, hiway. But don't be spunky. "I hate spunk." ;) George

I'm sure that's true, but it doesn't help if I haven't seen it. :) George

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"? George

Ray Walston Fast Times At Ridgemont High Phoebe Cates George

Of course. George

[Deleted, since Twinky already hit the grammar point. I suspect that Wierwille actually used grammar correctly because he was quoting someone else.] George

Here's my story, it's sad but true... George

"Sixteen Tons"? George

Jack Cassidy was offered a major role in this show, but didn't want to be a supporting character in a female-star show. He did appear as the BROTHER of the character whose role he was offered. George

Natalie Portman Mars Attacks! Pierce Brosnan George

Really? No links to Ian McKellen? I tried to make it EASY after the Tawny Kitaen debacle... :) George

M*A*S*H "She's offered her body to science. Time and time again." I believe that this was about Hot Lips, but I'm not sure who said it. "I'm wearing a Warner bra. I play with dolls. My last wish is to be buried in my mother's wedding gown." And that had to be Klinger. Before I post a new one, which actors played multiple parts? I wouldn't be surprised if David Ogden Stiers or Harry Morgan had bit parts prior to joining as main cast members. George

No problem. I thought our older contestants would remember "Eric von Zipper" from the old Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello flicks. This particular one was "Beach Blanket Bingo." FREE POST George

This parody of "Thriller" was from a Joe Piscopo special years ago... New song: 'CAUSE HOW YA GONNA MAKE SOME TIME WHEN ALL YOU GOT IS ONE THIN DIME AND ONE THIN DIME WON'T EVEN SHINE YOUR SHOES George

WordWolf did almost this exact puzzle about six months ago. :) "Along Came a Spider-Man" This TV movie imagines a meeting between the authors of Human Sexual Response and psychologist Helen Gurley Brown. Stars Michael Sheen and Natalie Wood. George