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  1. Bernie Mac Charlies Angels: Full Throttle John Cleese
  2. I'm thinking that's "Dr Strangelove- Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb."
  3. Heaven Help Us Wallace Shaun the Princess Bride
  4. Next one. I'd like to thank Slim Whitman for his role in saving the Earth.
  5. "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
  6. "Desilu's Playhouse 90." No, wait, "Pee-Wee's Playhouse 90."
  7. *watches* That's certainly a departure from Cake's usual cheerful melodies. Usually their tempos are upbeat even when the lyrics are about death.
  8. The only other playhouse I've got is "Desilu Playhouse", which is obviously wrong.
  9. "Kill me? Lex Luthor? The Greatest Criminal Mind of Our Time? The only man in the world with-" "Kill him." "-Superman's address?" The movie was "Superman II."
  10. That's it. The quote was "You talking to me?" Travis sought a job driving a taxi because he had bad insomnia, according to Travis.
  11. Albert Brooks and Peter Boyle both appear in this movie, as did Harvey Keitel and Cybill Shepherd. The director claimed he never intended the end to be seen as a sort of dream of the main character, but rather what actually happened to him. Me, I think people were right who pointed out a destroyed television appearing later as perfectly intact suggested the opposite. The most famous lines in the movie were an ad-lib. The script simply said that the character "looks into the mirror." This movie had a body count of 4 (or 5 if speculation is correct) characters, which shows that "violent movie" is not synonymous with "high body count." " I can't sleep nights." "There's porno theaters for that." "Yeah, I know. I tried that."
  12. George took the round. But, let's see what the other answers were. George got this. The Three Stooges begat "the Robonic Stooges." The Super-Globetrotters were based on the Harlem Globetrotters cartoon, which was based on the live team of basketball players. Me, I preferred the non-super cartoon better. I didn't think Curly Neal having the power to turn into a basketball made the cartoons any better. The ODD COUPLE begat "the Oddball Couple." (There was also a different Odd Couple live show. I think Ron Glass joined Demond Wilson as the guys.) George got this. The Brady Bunch begat "the Brady Kids." If you liked the Archies, you liked "the Brady Kids" because the musical numbers borrowed heavily from the Archies' cartoon. George got this- Laverne & Shirley begat Laverne and Shirley in the Army. M*A*S*H* begat "M-U-S-H"- Mangy Unwanted Shabby Heroes. That was hard to find and showed up hosted inside other shows, but it was actually quite watchable.
  13. CORRECT. The Brady Bunch's cartoon spinoff was "the Brady Kids." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brady_Kids http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068051/ Laverne and Shirley begat "Laverne and Shirley in the Army." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley#Animated_spin-off http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083450/?ref_=fn_al_tt_6 The Three Stooges begat "the Robonic Stooges." (I kid you not.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Robonic_Stooges http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189313/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Anyone who doubts these cartoons existed can check YouTube and at least see their opening theme-songs.
  14. Albert Brooks and Peter Boyle both appear in this movie. The director claimed he never intended the end to be seen as a sort of dream of the main character, but rather what actually happened to him. Me, I think people were right who pointed out a destroyed television appearing later as perfectly intact suggested the opposite. The most famous lines in the movie were an ad-lib. The script simply said that the character "looks into the mirror." This movie had a body count of 4 (or 5 if speculation is correct) characters, which shows that "violent movie" is not synonymous with "high body count."
  15. Ok, we have a round of awful adaptations to cartoons- or adapted good cartoons into awful, different cartoons. I will ask for the ORIGINAL SHOW that was adapted to a cartoon, NOT the cartoon adaptation. (But I will describe the cartoon.) Answer any to take the round. 1. The 3 characters were turned into ROBOTS, "robonic" versions of themselves. The original 3 characters, BTW, DID have a television show, but were very famous for their work in a different format. 2. 5 members of this team were transformed into superheroes, with 3 of them having the same powers as "the Impossibles" (Fluid-Man, Coil-Man, Multi-Man.) Although technically one was not Coil-Man, he was Spagetti-Man, which allowed the animators an excuse to draw him as much taller than the short Coil-Man. The 4th, "Gizmo," was able to pull all sorts of things out of his hair. The original team actually had their own cartoon before this- which was based on the actual, live team. 3. These adult men were transformed into a cat and a dog, named "Spiffy" and "Fleabag." And were the only ANIMATED other version of the original show, although a live other version was made later. 4. Where did the parents go? All the "kids" got their own cartoon, complete with musical numbers and a magickal, talking mynah bird. 5. These 2 women's cartoon had them join the army, and we have no freaking idea why. Was their own show seen as that big a success that it could support a kid-specific version? 6. We now had a bunch of anthropomorphic dogs at a military base in the frozen north. Despite a name that paralleled a live character from the show that inspired it, one character was obviously voiced similar to John Wayne. Offhand, I don't get why it was a military base per se, nor in the frozen north.
  16. "It's only easy if you know the answer."-Regis Philbin. Actually, I could name them all from memory, but the others might have been easier to remember. I actually watched 2,3,4 and 6. (6 was hard to find.) 4 was the only thing airing that early Saturday morning, so I was pretty much a captive audience. I've read plenty of comic books with ads for the cartoons that reminded me 1 existed, although I was never a fan. I suspect everyone's pretending 5 was never made. (None of that was meant to hide any sort of clue.)
  17. Ok, we have a round of awful adaptations to cartoons- or adapted good cartoons into awful, different cartoons. I will ask for the ORIGINAL SHOW that was adapted to a cartoon, NOT the cartoon adaptation. (But I will describe the cartoon.) 1. The 3 characters were turned into ROBOTS, "robonic" versions of themselves. 2. 5 members of the team were transformed into superheroes, with 3 of them having the same powers as "the Impossibles" (Fluid-Man, Coil-Man, Multi-Man.) The 4th, "Gizmo," was able to pull all sorts of things out of his hair. 3. These adult men were transformed into a cat and a dog, named "Spiffy" and "Fleabag." 4. Where did the parents go? The "kids" got their own cartoon, complete with musical numbers and a magickal, talking mynah bird. 5. These 2 women's cartoon had them join the army, and we have no freaking idea why. 6. We now had a bunch of anthropomorphic dogs at a military base in the frozen north. Despite a name that paralleled a live character from the show that inspired it, one character was obviously voiced similar to John Wayne.
  18. "Forget it, kid. You'll put your eye out."
  19. That's him/them. Gene Wilder played him in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", Johnny Depp played him in the unnecessary "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and Crispin Glover spoofed the Depp Wonka in "Epic Movie", but was still called "Willy Wonka."
  20. Ok, the slick shoes and One-Eyed Willy were "GOONIES."
  21. I know I was a little curious. I know a few Kilmer roles well, and the rest not at all, so I couldn't place the others. Anyway, moving on.... Crispin Glover Johnny Depp Gene Wilder
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