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You post character names. We'll guess the book/movie/play/TV show. (Original Post) Bertha Venation May 2012 OP
Sure! ohiosmith May 2012 #1
Vic Vega--Reservoir Dogs book lady May 2012 #10
Pulp Fiction ohiosmith May 2012 #12
Sunshine Sammy HopeHoops May 2012 #2
Our Gang ohiosmith May 2012 #5
Bingo! HopeHoops May 2012 #24
Tyrone Slothrop cliffordu May 2012 #3
Tyrone Slothrop--the novel Gravities Rainbow? book lady May 2012 #20
Good answer!!! cliffordu May 2012 #30
Who was he?! harmonicon May 2012 #61
Slothrop is the main character..... cliffordu May 2012 #104
Ok, now I'm remembering. harmonicon May 2012 #139
wow. cliffordu May 2012 #147
His use of music is great. harmonicon May 2012 #148
Dr. Stephen Maturin hifiguy May 2012 #4
Master and Commander ohiosmith May 2012 #7
John Blutarsky and Doug Neidermeyer geardaddy May 2012 #6
Animal House ohiosmith May 2012 #8
Yes! geardaddy May 2012 #11
Animal House hifiguy May 2012 #9
Nailed it in one! geardaddy May 2012 #13
Hazel, Bigwig, Fiver, Blackberry, Dandelion... Brickbat May 2012 #14
Watership Down hifiguy May 2012 #16
Tyler Durden bigwillq May 2012 #15
Fight Club ohiosmith May 2012 #17
Randall Flagg ohiosmith May 2012 #18
The Stand by Stephen King hifiguy May 2012 #31
Yep ohiosmith May 2012 #33
Winston Smith geardaddy May 2012 #19
1984 WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #22
1984 ohiosmith May 2012 #23
Winston Smith--Orwell"s 1984 book lady May 2012 #26
James Bolivar diGriz WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #21
The Stainless Steel Rat. Fumesucker May 2012 #49
omg, i loved those books! thanks for the reminder n/t Scout May 2012 #143
Dante Hicks WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #25
Clerks ohiosmith May 2012 #27
Buddy Bradley & Leonard "Stinky" Brown WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #28
Peter Bagge's "HATE" comic book hifiguy May 2012 #32
I wasn't sure anybody would get that one... WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #37
The Goon on the Moon and Girly-Girl? hifiguy May 2012 #39
Which one? geardaddy May 2012 #41
Dreamhaven in Dinkytown. hifiguy May 2012 #42
Didn't they used to be on Lake Street just east of Lyndale? geardaddy May 2012 #46
Yep. The owner bought that building and moved the store there hifiguy May 2012 #48
I never got the chance to go in there. geardaddy May 2012 #52
Where the heck are they now? hifiguy May 2012 #55
They are right next door to where they were. geardaddy May 2012 #59
Roy Batty ohiosmith May 2012 #29
Blade Runner nt PassingFair May 2012 #47
Jack Twist bigwillq May 2012 #34
Brokeback Mountain gratuitous May 2012 #43
HOT blueamy66 May 2012 #246
Pike Bishop ohiosmith May 2012 #35
The Kid CBGLuthier May 2012 #36
The Road Warrior? WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #38
The one I am thinking of is from a book CBGLuthier May 2012 #79
'The Stand' RZM May 2012 #83
Not the one I am thinking of CBGLuthier May 2012 #89
There was, though I think he was actually cut out of the original release in the 1970s RZM May 2012 #94
Character "the Kid" and name of silent Charlie Chaplin movie. nt Honeycombe8 May 2012 #278
Donnatella Moss charlie and algernon May 2012 #40
The West Wing Staph May 2012 #53
Hollis Mulwray gratuitous May 2012 #44
Chinatown ohiosmith May 2012 #50
One of my all-time favorite movies gratuitous May 2012 #56
Vesta Rose, Bob Patchett, and Mary Fisher racaulk May 2012 #45
She Devil ohiosmith May 2012 #63
Very good! racaulk May 2012 #69
Josh Randall Fumesucker May 2012 #51
Wanted Dead or Alive ohiosmith May 2012 #54
Bobby Shaftoe Fumesucker May 2012 #60
No idea! ohiosmith May 2012 #62
... Fumesucker May 2012 #64
Thanks ohiosmith May 2012 #67
Great characters make great stories.. Fumesucker May 2012 #73
Thanks! The only one I recognize is Lazarus Long. ohiosmith May 2012 #75
Esmerelda "Esme" Weatherwax Staph May 2012 #57
Several of the Discworld books. hobbit709 May 2012 #71
Charles Plumpick Ptah May 2012 #58
Jerry Langford ohiosmith May 2012 #65
King of Comedy TheCentepedeShoes May 2012 #91
Rob Gordon, Barry, Dick NightWatcher May 2012 #66
High Fidelity. LeftPeopleFinishFirst May 2012 #82
Ding NightWatcher May 2012 #85
Doghouse Reilly CJCRANE May 2012 #68
Strawberry. GoCubsGo May 2012 #70
Don't stare at it NightWatcher May 2012 #74
Yep. GoCubsGo May 2012 #76
Slowpoke Rodriguez hobbit709 May 2012 #72
Looney Tunes. GoCubsGo May 2012 #77
Peggy McMillan Faygo Kid May 2012 #78
Andy Griffith Show ohiosmith May 2012 #80
Anne Shirley. Gilbert Blythe. Diana Barry. LeftPeopleFinishFirst May 2012 #81
Too easy - Anne of Green Gables. Faygo Kid May 2012 #88
the books were the best! LeftPeopleFinishFirst May 2012 #166
Dudley Dawson RZM May 2012 #84
Revenge of the Nerds. ohiosmith May 2012 #86
Rusty, Hank, Dean and Brock MerryBlooms May 2012 #87
The Venture Brothers, nt Broken_Hero May 2012 #93
Jerry Maguire Shrek May 2012 #90
Wasn't that from some movie with Tom Cruise? WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #107
Okay. Broken_Hero May 2012 #92
I think I know number three. That's really obscure. RZM May 2012 #95
Yep, number 3 is Drizzt father Broken_Hero May 2012 #96
I think 2 is probably the hardest Broken_Hero May 2012 #100
Superman's father was Jor-el... WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #105
Norrin Radd = Silver Surfer hifiguy May 2012 #116
Correct Broken_Hero May 2012 #120
#4 is the Gunslinger petronius May 2012 #126
Number 4# is Roland, the Gunslinger from Gilead Broken_Hero May 2012 #170
Captain William Bush, Maria Mason, Lady Barbara Wellesley n/t sarge43 May 2012 #97
The Horatio Hornblower books Staph May 2012 #101
Yummy indeed n/t sarge43 May 2012 #135
Maureen Smith baldguy May 2012 #98
The mother of Staph May 2012 #102
Kilgore Trout IcyPeas May 2012 #99
Scifi author referenced in several Vonnegut books. nt hifiguy May 2012 #117
also the name of my cat IcyPeas May 2012 #149
Omar Little one_voice May 2012 #103
The Wire Duer 157099 May 2012 #118
Yep!... one_voice May 2012 #123
Darby Shaw Baitball Blogger May 2012 #106
Pelican Brief? nt JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #108
But of course. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #129
Horse Badorties JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #109
H & R Pufnstuf???? eom mrmpa May 2012 #111
Nooo, not from Pufnstuf JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #137
acharacter in a book IcyPeas May 2012 #150
edit, because I posted in the wrong place. nt JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #158
This message was self-deleted by its author IcyPeas May 2012 #169
THE FAN MAN IcyPeas May 2012 #160
Ding! Winner! JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #163
OK, here are some harder ones WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #110
Fassett==the Osterman Weekend mrmpa May 2012 #112
Correct WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #114
Junior Bruce=Hulk vs. mrmpa May 2012 #113
mmmm. Nope. WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #115
Kerk Pyrrus is from DeathWorld (Harry Harrison), right? petronius May 2012 #128
Correct WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #130
Sebastian Flyte Duer 157099 May 2012 #119
Brideshead Revisited. LeftishBrit May 2012 #140
Joel Cairo and Kaspar Gutman. nytemare May 2012 #121
The Maltese Falcon nuxvomica May 2012 #125
Jerry Landers and God oregonjen May 2012 #122
Oh God Scout May 2012 #144
Hartbeest Schneidkoupon RZM May 2012 #124
Montana Wildhack hifiguy May 2012 #127
even cowgirls get the blues IcyPeas May 2012 #151
Nope. At least not originally. hifiguy May 2012 #153
Slaughterhouse V... Valerie Perine cthulu2016 May 2012 #173
Principal Blackman, Stew the Meatman beknighted May 2012 #131
Strangers With Candy? 6000eliot May 2012 #136
Correct beknighted May 2012 #146
Louis Winthorpe III Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #132
Trading Places JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #138
Chief Bromden. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #133
Yum, Juicy Fruit NightWatcher May 2012 #141
Nope. Try again. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #168
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest NightWatcher May 2012 #219
Probably an easy one. Tim Drake. white_wolf May 2012 #134
Robin, in Batman and Detective Comics. nt hifiguy May 2012 #154
Simon Hunt, Peter Hancock, George Witton. beac May 2012 #142
Breaker Morant... CBHagman May 2012 #222
I checked imdb and you are correct... there's a "d" in there. beac May 2012 #248
more characters Hula Popper May 2012 #145
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham IcyPeas May 2012 #152
Downtown Abbey sakabatou May 2012 #155
Todd Domboski sakabatou May 2012 #156
Yellow Handkerchief, Big Alec Brother Buzz May 2012 #157
Here's a more obscure one. Hiro Protagonist. white_wolf May 2012 #159
Snow Crash CJCRANE May 2012 #164
George Tirebiter JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #161
A Firesign Theater character. hifiguy May 2012 #167
Joe Bonham JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #162
Berem Everman. MrSlayer May 2012 #165
Billy Pilgrim IcyPeas May 2012 #171
slaughterhouse V cthulu2016 May 2012 #172
Porfiry Petrovich cthulu2016 May 2012 #174
Rostnikov petronius May 2012 #187
close... but no vodka cthulu2016 May 2012 #189
Major Major cthulu2016 May 2012 #175
Catch-22 mikeargo May 2012 #184
Lily Rowan cthulu2016 May 2012 #176
"...the only woman in America who has necked with Nero Wolfe." petronius May 2012 #188
"Do it again, escamillo!" cthulu2016 May 2012 #190
Meyer Wolfsheim cthulu2016 May 2012 #177
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby book lady May 2012 #213
Hank Scorpio cthulu2016 May 2012 #178
The Simpsons WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #183
Christmas Snow cthulu2016 May 2012 #179
Three's Company WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #182
Very good! cthulu2016 May 2012 #191
This message was self-deleted by its author cthulu2016 May 2012 #192
I didn't have to Google this one WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #200
Oh, I didn't mean one *would* google... cthulu2016 May 2012 #202
Joe Christmas cthulu2016 May 2012 #180
Light in August, Faulkner. woo me with science May 2012 #324
Moist von Lipwig, Adorabelle Deerheart and... From The Ashes May 2012 #181
The Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett Staph May 2012 #218
Ignatius Reilly mikeargo May 2012 #185
The Republican Party petronius May 2012 #209
Mr. Shake Hands Man, Lady One Question beknighted May 2012 #186
Reuben Kincaid cthulu2016 May 2012 #193
Partridge Family Mendocino May 2012 #199
Stinking Lizaveta cthulu2016 May 2012 #194
Amanda Grayson cthulu2016 May 2012 #195
Star Trek GoCubsGo May 2012 #204
George Knightley cthulu2016 May 2012 #196
Jane Austen's Emma book lady May 2012 #212
Gully Foyle cthulu2016 May 2012 #197
...is my name, Terra is my nation. Deep space is my dwelling place, petronius May 2012 #201
Seldom Seen Smith, George Hayduke Mendocino May 2012 #198
The Monkey Wrench Gang mac56 May 2012 #205
Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Sorrowful Jones, Madame La Gimp,The Seldom Seen Kid mac56 May 2012 #207
Damon Runyon, but I only know... CBHagman May 2012 #220
Zelda Gilroy hifiguy May 2012 #203
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. GoCubsGo May 2012 #206
Pall Agamemnides BarbaRosa May 2012 #208
Well, it looks like not to many other people have read this: BarbaRosa May 2012 #314
Bobby Nye, C. C. Drood, Bill Campbell...a good movie, few saw. Tikki May 2012 #210
Slam Dance? sakabatou May 2012 #211
Yes..from 1987...set in LA, the character of Bill Campbell was played by Adam Ant... Tikki May 2012 #251
Dallas, Ash and Kane cthulu2016 May 2012 #214
Alien WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #223
Frank Galvin cthulu2016 May 2012 #215
Paul Newman in 'The Verdict' pinboy3niner May 2012 #232
Shelley Levene cthulu2016 May 2012 #216
Glengarry Glen Ross. CBHagman May 2012 #221
Fuck the machine! cthulu2016 May 2012 #229
Ignatius J. Reilly KamaAina May 2012 #217
A Confederacy of Dunces era veteran May 2012 #237
Thurgood Orenthal Stubbs. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #224
The PJs? beknighted May 2012 #228
Yup!! Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #231
Agrajag WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #225
Life, the Universe, and Everything (?) Shrek May 2012 #233
YOU HAVE BEEN DIVERTED ... ARTHUR DENT WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #244
Bob Forehead WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #226
Captain Freebird WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #227
Velma Kelly crunch60 May 2012 #230
Chicago? Bertha Venation May 2012 #239
You win! Chicago- staring Catherine Zeta Jones.. loved that movie crunch60 May 2012 #249
So did I! Bertha Venation May 2012 #253
Main Characters: Major Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, Togusa, Daisuke Aramaki, Saito, Ishikawa, Borma, AsahinaKimi May 2012 #234
Koukakuki Dotai Art_from_Ark May 2012 #235
heh.. not yet.. a treat! AsahinaKimi May 2012 #238
So "Ghost in the Shell" is the English title, eh? Art_from_Ark May 2012 #252
Phoebe Figalilly Art_from_Ark May 2012 #236
Nanny and the Professor. CBHagman May 2012 #255
Hildy O'Dair Bertha Venation May 2012 #240
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn sakabatou May 2012 #257
Jurgis Rudkus Bertha Venation May 2012 #241
The Jungle sakabatou May 2012 #258
Ho-Jon HopeHoops May 2012 #242
M*A*S*H WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #245
Sharon Falconer Bertha Venation May 2012 #243
Elmer Gantry sakabatou May 2012 #259
Ophelia Todd. BlueIris May 2012 #247
Stephen King's Skeleton Crew...she worked in the library book lady May 2012 #264
Good work. BlueIris May 2012 #272
Mr. Fezziwig IcyPeas May 2012 #250
A Christmas Carol. CBHagman May 2012 #256
Hannibal Hayes and Kid Currie Art_from_Ark May 2012 #254
Alias Smith and Jones. Recovered Repug May 2012 #262
Jake, Cassie, Rachel, Marco and Tobias sakabatou May 2012 #260
Leah McCall Bertha Venation May 2012 #261
Pat Conroy's Beach Music book lady May 2012 #263
Diana Moon Glampers geardaddy May 2012 #265
Kurt Vonnegut's short story Harrison Bergeron book lady May 2012 #274
Yes...and which novel does she briefly appear in? geardaddy May 2012 #275
Molasar RedCloud May 2012 #266
Dale Gribble Initech May 2012 #267
King of the Hill geardaddy May 2012 #276
Walter H. White and Jesse Pikmin Initech May 2012 #268
Harold Callahan Initech May 2012 #269
Dirty Harry! CJCRANE May 2012 #279
I know what you're thinking - did I fire six shots or only five? Initech May 2012 #281
Lord Peter Wimsey Flaxbee May 2012 #270
Agatha Christie, Rumpole of the Bailey IcyPeas May 2012 #285
Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane are from books by Dorothy Sayers. gkhouston May 2012 #318
Bertha Venation Bertha Venation May 2012 #271
Dra. Lisbet Cula RedCloud May 2012 #273
Barry and Levon, Doug, Louie beknighted May 2012 #277
I wanna dip my balls in it NightWatcher May 2012 #306
Gordon Shumway Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #280
. WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #288
ALF Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #304
Darryl Revok rbnyc May 2012 #282
Weese NewJeffCT May 2012 #283
Ghan-buri-Ghan NewJeffCT May 2012 #284
Lord of the Rings KamaAina May 2012 #315
correct, but NewJeffCT May 2012 #316
Henry Bemis IcyPeas May 2012 #286
Not certain but I think he wants his beer and travel money... Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #308
Francie Nolan IcyPeas May 2012 #287
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn Bertha Venation May 2012 #305
OK- You've all disappointed me greatly... WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #289
Yyrkoon WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #290
Otto Maddox WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #291
Jessica 6 WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #292
Junior Bruce WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #293
Travis W Redfish WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #294
Jimmy Bender WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #295
Renensco P Blue WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #296
Tricia McMillan WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #297
Trillian, from "the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" CJCRANE May 2012 #298
yeah, I had to throw out an easy one- Just to see if people were paying attention... WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #299
Spider Pierre WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #300
Frito Pendejo Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #301
Idiocracy character Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #310
Jack Stapleton Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #302
Frank Coffin Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #303
Cabbage Head, Bruno Puntz Jones, Chicken Lady, Buddy NightWatcher May 2012 #307
I crush your head! beknighted May 2012 #309
Walter Sobchak 7wo7rees May 2012 #311
The Big Lebowski CJCRANE May 2012 #313
Keitaro Urashima AsahinaKimi May 2012 #312
Roderick Frederick Ronald Arnold William MacArthur McBan to the Hundred and Fifty-First. nt eppur_se_muova May 2012 #317
James Dunworthy and Ned Henry. n/t gkhouston May 2012 #319
Other characters from same source: Verity Kindle and Lady Schrapnell. n/t gkhouston May 2012 #328
Hiro Protagonist & YT GoneOffShore May 2012 #320
My bad , I didn't see the earlier post. GoneOffShore May 2012 #325
Try these names: lookingfortruth May 2012 #321
Rex Mundi LeftOfSelf-Centered May 2012 #322
Doug & Dinsdale Piranha LeftOfSelf-Centered May 2012 #323
Monty Python's Flying Circus WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #329
Bobby Chombo & Hollis Henry GoneOffShore May 2012 #326
Punchinello Beezo. cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #327

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
61. Who was he?!
Fri May 11, 2012, 04:44 PM
May 2012

Here I thought I was going to be all clever and post Roger Mexico, but apparently that's WAY too obvious.

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)
104. Slothrop is the main character.....
Fri May 11, 2012, 10:59 PM
May 2012

tied biologically to V2 rocket strikes around London......

You'd have to read the book, though, to get my drift.

My favorite characters are Pirate Prentice and Pig Bodine, for entirely different reasons..

Particularly like Pig - as he sets up a Runcible spoon fight on the desk of a battleship (Or destroyer IIRC....)....

Ah, yes, that fucking Pynchon.

They should make a 5 movies chronicling Gravity's rainbow.....Like Lord of the Rings but with sex, physics and real war....


Do you know that Gravity's Rainbow was reviewed in Scientific American???

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
139. Ok, now I'm remembering.
Sat May 12, 2012, 07:48 AM
May 2012

I have read the book, but it was a fair few years ago. Yes, Slothrop. Roger Mexico was my favourite character though. Since then I've been meaning to read all of Pynchon's books, but I haven't had a lot of time for pleasure reading, nor the mind-set for things that involved. Still after having read the large novels, apart from V., I kinda gave up halfway through The Crying of Lot 49. It suddenly seemed "of a style" and didn't interest me so much anymore. I digress...

I don't know that Gravity's Rainbow could be made into movies... never mind the NC-17 rating, at best. I did hear some chatter about Inherent Vice being adapted, but even that's a stretch.

I didn't know that Gravity's Rainbow had been reviewed by Scientific American, but I'd like to know what they thought of it. I imagine he gets a lot of the details right - he was a mathematician who served in the armed forces. Still, I know that he flubs some history - whether on purpose or not, I don't know. He puts ukuleles in all of his books, having them exist at times when they did not (none at all during Mason and Dixon's time, and not for more than 100 years, and there certainly weren't ukulele orchestras at the Chicago world's fair, the instrument having just been invented, with the baritone ukulele not being invented until the 1960's... sadly, this is a topic that I do know about).

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)
147. wow.
Sat May 12, 2012, 01:03 PM
May 2012

I had no idea that thee Ukelele was that recent an invention.....

If I recall correctly, Scientific American had a lot of fun with

the formula towards the end of the book that ends with "=Log Cabin"

I was obsessed with the novel for a couple of years....

I probably read it 7 or 8 times, and parts of it dozens of times.


And yes, Pynchon has always stretched reality for his purpose, sometimes

for great thematic juxtapositions Re: Slothrop's being lost and completely

out of his element as are the fictional Schwartzcommando

(African commando rocket troops) wandering through postwar Germany with whole V2 rockets in tow....

I like his throwaway set pieces complete with musical numbers like the opening sequence where everyone billeted with Pirate

Prentice sing a musical number about bananas....

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
148. His use of music is great.
Sat May 12, 2012, 01:48 PM
May 2012

I always make up little tunes when I get to the songs. A friend of mine set all of the songs to Gravity's Rainbow decades ago, but he's forgotten what happened to the arrangements and doesn't remember them. I really like the idea, but I think it also may be like having an image of a character in your head to find that someone else's conception of them is different.

My favourite is the fictitious late Haydn string quartet which involves the use of kazoos and flapping of lips in imitation of a village idiot.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
48. Yep. The owner bought that building and moved the store there
Fri May 11, 2012, 04:06 PM
May 2012

a couple years after I left. Purple building - it was about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on an angel food cake. There's no store anymore, Greg has taken everything on line.

geardaddy

(24,924 posts)
52. I never got the chance to go in there.
Fri May 11, 2012, 04:24 PM
May 2012

I live right by the Comic Book College (which just recently moved one door to the north).

geardaddy

(24,924 posts)
59. They are right next door to where they were.
Fri May 11, 2012, 04:38 PM
May 2012

In that pediatricians/dental building on 31st and Hennepin.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
89. Not the one I am thinking of
Fri May 11, 2012, 06:04 PM
May 2012

was there a character called the Kid in The Stand?

It is from a really weird "high literature" type of SF novel from 1975.

Here is the first line of the novel.

to wound the autumnal city. So howled out for the world to give him a name. The in-dark answered with the wind.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
94. There was, though I think he was actually cut out of the original release in the 1970s
Fri May 11, 2012, 07:45 PM
May 2012

And his part wasn't restored until King release the unabridged version in the 80s or 90s.

I've got nothing, even with the clue

Faygo Kid

(21,477 posts)
88. Too easy - Anne of Green Gables.
Fri May 11, 2012, 06:03 PM
May 2012

Loved it, and I admit to never reading the book - but that was as good TV as it gets. My daughter turned 9 that year. So special to watch it with her.

LeftPeopleFinishFirst

(14,746 posts)
166. the books were the best!
Sat May 12, 2012, 06:44 PM
May 2012

I loved the movie (which came out a couple years before I was born) but I was a big reader as a little kid. I know a lot of American kids who didn't read the books and just knew the story through the movie, but my best friend's parents were Canadian so they were all about it and we shared the books. She even got to go to Prince Edward Island one summer! I was so jealous.

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)
92. Okay.
Fri May 11, 2012, 07:35 PM
May 2012

1. Non

2. Goblin

3. Zaknafein

4. Roland Deschain

5. John Clark

6. Zor-el

7. Norrin Radd

8. Tim Drake

9. Donald Blake

10. Arch Stanton

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
95. I think I know number three. That's really obscure.
Fri May 11, 2012, 07:49 PM
May 2012

Last edited Sat May 12, 2012, 12:24 AM - Edit history (1)

Isn't that Drizz't Do'urden's father? From the first book of the 'Dark Elf Trilogy.' It's been so long I can't remember the name. Maybe 'Homeland?'

BTW that's the second drow elf reference in the Lounge in the last few days.

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)
96. Yep, number 3 is Drizzt father
Fri May 11, 2012, 07:51 PM
May 2012

Last edited Fri May 11, 2012, 08:30 PM - Edit history (1)

and yes he was in Homeland, book I of the Dark Elf Trilogy.

eta:to change 2, into 3

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
105. Superman's father was Jor-el...
Fri May 11, 2012, 11:05 PM
May 2012

Last edited Fri May 11, 2012, 11:52 PM - Edit history (1)

Assuming that's not a typo, it's probably another one of Superman's relatives...

Tim Drake was Robin #3

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)
170. Number 4# is Roland, the Gunslinger from Gilead
Sun May 13, 2012, 12:24 AM
May 2012

of Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series...

For number 10#, think...Blondie....

Staph

(6,245 posts)
101. The Horatio Hornblower books
Fri May 11, 2012, 09:33 PM
May 2012

by C. S. Forester. And a wonderful movie starring the delicious Gregory Peck, and a television series (or is it a series of mini-series?) starring the equally yummy Ioan Gruffudd.


Staph

(6,245 posts)
102. The mother of
Fri May 11, 2012, 09:39 PM
May 2012

Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Corporal Ted Bronson, aka Lazarus Long, the Senior. He first showed up in as a character in Robert Heinlein's Methuselah's Children, and later in a bunch of Heinlein's other books. He's one of my favorite characters, created by one of my favorite authors!

I love his quotes:

  • "Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house."
  • "Never try to teach a pig to sing- it wastes your time and annoys the pig."
  • "Rub her feet."



IcyPeas

(21,747 posts)
150. acharacter in a book
Sat May 12, 2012, 02:09 PM
May 2012

I can't for the life of me remember the name of it - he keeps saying it over and over.... what is the name of that? this is going to kill me all day. goes over rooftops. damnnnnnnnnnnn

something "man"

the author is escaping me too. he has a name similar to another author. shit... shit. shit.....

Response to IcyPeas (Reply #150)

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
110. OK, here are some harder ones
Fri May 11, 2012, 11:32 PM
May 2012

1) Lawrence Fassett

2) Yyrkoon

3) Kerk Pyrrus

4) Runs-red-Talking

5) Junior Bruce

6) Travis W Redfish

7) Renensco Blue

8) Otto Maddox

9) Jimmy Bender

10) Jessica 6

Now we'll see who the real nerds are...

nuxvomica

(12,364 posts)
125. The Maltese Falcon
Sat May 12, 2012, 12:42 AM
May 2012

Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet respectively. I saw the movie when I was a kid but those names stuck with me.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
127. Montana Wildhack
Sat May 12, 2012, 12:44 AM
May 2012

Dunstan Ramsay

Mason Verger

Adam Swann

Clue: THey're not from the same book. Bonus points if you can identify who played MW and MV in the films made of the books.

ETA - This is one of the best Lounge threads ever. Thanks, Bertha!!

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
153. Nope. At least not originally.
Sat May 12, 2012, 02:53 PM
May 2012

Don't know if John Irving recycled any of these names. All from different books.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
219. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Sun May 13, 2012, 09:27 PM
May 2012

That's my fav line of dialogue when Chief Bromden (aka Chief Pushing Broom) lets Nicholson know that he isn't dumb or mute but really knows what's going on.

beac

(9,992 posts)
248. I checked imdb and you are correct... there's a "d" in there.
Mon May 14, 2012, 12:47 PM
May 2012

"...this is what comes of empire building" and listing names from memory.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
189. close... but no vodka
Sun May 13, 2012, 02:54 PM
May 2012

The name Porfiry Rostnikov may be a bit of word fun. Porfiry Petrovich is the police inspector in Crime and Punichment who catches Raskolnikov.

Response to cthulu2016 (Reply #191)

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
200. I didn't have to Google this one
Sun May 13, 2012, 03:59 PM
May 2012

I watched Three's Company pretty religiously as a kid. (The fact that my parents disapproved was a big part of it) It seems to me that Googling one's answers wouldn't really be in the spirit of this games though...

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
202. Oh, I didn't mean one *would* google...
Sun May 13, 2012, 04:22 PM
May 2012

it would render the game absurd, as you say.

Just that that combination of words probably brings up a zillion things other than three's company

Staph

(6,245 posts)
218. The Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
Sun May 13, 2012, 08:52 PM
May 2012

Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, Moist von Lipwig is a conman who is appointed the Postmaster by Vetinari (and later is put in charge of the city's financial system), and Adorabelle Deerheart is Moist's girlfriend.


BarbaRosa

(2,684 posts)
314. Well, it looks like not to many other people have read this:
Tue May 29, 2012, 03:37 PM
May 2012

National Lampoon's DOON, yup the parody.

era veteran

(4,069 posts)
237. A Confederacy of Dunces
Mon May 14, 2012, 09:07 AM
May 2012

Funny and sad. The whole story of this novel would be a novel.
John Kennedy Toole

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
231. Yup!!
Mon May 14, 2012, 04:32 AM
May 2012

Thurgood -- Thurgood Marshall, First Black Supreme Court Justice

Orenthal -- Orenthal James Simpson, no explanation needed

Stubbs -- Levi Stubbs, deceased member of the Four Tops.



Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
253. So did I!
Mon May 14, 2012, 08:42 PM
May 2012

When you're good to Mama
Mama's good to you

I have this on CD, but damn, I can't believe I don't have the movie. We shall have to remedy that.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
234. Main Characters: Major Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, Togusa, Daisuke Aramaki, Saito, Ishikawa, Borma,
Mon May 14, 2012, 08:34 AM
May 2012

And The Tachikomas .

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
252. So "Ghost in the Shell" is the English title, eh?
Mon May 14, 2012, 07:56 PM
May 2012

I'll have to take a look at those videos when I have some time

CBHagman

(16,968 posts)
255. Nanny and the Professor.
Mon May 14, 2012, 10:21 PM
May 2012

Juliet Mills and Richard Long played the title characters.



Why does my brain retain such details?

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
240. Hildy O'Dair
Mon May 14, 2012, 10:25 AM
May 2012

Last edited Mon May 14, 2012, 09:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Edited: I think the character's name was spelled O'Dair, not O'Dare. It's been a while since I read the book. (hint)

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
270. Lord Peter Wimsey
Thu May 17, 2012, 04:48 PM
May 2012

Harriet Vane

Anna Pigeon

Horace Rumpole

Miss Marple

Kinsey Milhone

Patricia Anne and Mary Alice

IcyPeas

(21,747 posts)
285. Agatha Christie, Rumpole of the Bailey
Sat May 19, 2012, 03:00 PM
May 2012

both have been on pbs masterpiece series. I don't know the other ones.

gkhouston

(21,642 posts)
318. Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane are from books by Dorothy Sayers.
Tue May 29, 2012, 06:23 PM
May 2012

Strong Poison, Have His Carcase, Gaudy Night, and Busman's Honeymoon.

RedCloud

(9,230 posts)
273. Dra. Lisbet Cula
Fri May 18, 2012, 02:12 PM
May 2012

This is a real toughie. I am going to put it it a novel I have yet to write. So at least give me the title.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
315. Lord of the Rings
Tue May 29, 2012, 03:50 PM
May 2012

specifically, I believe, The Two Towers. He was the leader of the Woodmen, who guided the Rohirrim through a forest shortcut to the gates of Minas Tirith.

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
316. correct, but
Tue May 29, 2012, 04:28 PM
May 2012

he is in The Return of the King. I thought it might give a few people trouble because he was not in the movie version.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
289. OK- You've all disappointed me greatly...
Sat May 19, 2012, 03:21 PM
May 2012

So I'm going to re-post a few that somebody somewhere ought to know...






Obviously no one's going to get Runs-red-Talking...

322. Rex Mundi
Tue May 29, 2012, 08:44 PM
May 2012

Not from the comic book. He appears in three books along with Elvis Presley and Barry the Time Sprout (one of the books also features Lazlo Woodbine).

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