# A poll: ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373 "2010-10-26T02:34:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/101 "2010-10-28T10:24:03Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > [The Rocky Horror Picture Show Book](http://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Horror-Picture-Show-Book/dp/0801564360/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1288195738&sr=8-1), by Bill Henkin (I was just reading through it the other day, so I had it handy). Ah, thank you. I’ve never seen that one. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/102 "2010-10-28T14:45:47Z")
It’s best seen as a public event of course, but strip away the audience participation and you’ve still got a delightfully weird and funny movie with several really catchy songs and Susan Sarandon’s nipples. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/103 "2010-10-28T15:00:04Z")
Saw it, meh. Saw it in public, meh. But overall, I like the music. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/104 "2010-10-29T01:22:18Z")
Oh man. I remember seeing the previews for RHPS and thinking, “That looks okay.” Then I saw RHPS, and I thought, “Geez. All the good stuff was in the previews so I already saw it…this is boring!” Then a couple of years later some friends convinced me to go to a midnight showing, with the costumes and all, and that was kind of fun. I had friends who did it week after week. For years. Once was enough for me, but it was definitely better as an interactive thing as opposed to just a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/105 "2010-10-29T01:31:53Z")
Saw it in public … at college in Maine … but it was quite the little party. A friend of mine allegedly knew all the rituals and he was trying to school me on them as we were heading toward the show. But truthfully, we were so fucked up, as was most of the audience, it was closer to chaos than anything else. It was fun. Watched it at home when it came out on DVD. Christ, what a shitty movie. ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/106 "2010-10-29T02:07:01Z")
[Hijack] The _Rocky Horror Show_ was at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway opening on 10 March 1975 after three preview performances. The Broadway production closed in less than a month after only 45 performances. I was in the audience with five friends at one of the preview performances having won six free tickets from a radio station. I still remember the show fondly. I never understood why it was panned by the critics. [/Hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/107 "2010-10-29T16:11:04Z")
It’s probably 20 years since I’ve gone to a midnight show. Ahh, what twisted memories. I used to take girls out on first dates to see Rocky Horror. It was a good way to judge if a girl shared my sense of humor. Does anyone happen to know where I could catch a midnight show in the Philly area? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/108 "2010-10-29T19:19:18Z")
> [@Musky\_Moon](#): > > Does anyone happen to know where I could catch a midnight show in the Philly area? I’m curious about that myself. I know, due to write ups in Philadelphia Weekly and The City Paper, that there are showings around Philly on a regular basis. I just don’t know exactly where. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/109 "2010-10-29T22:54:36Z")
It was absolutely the funnest thing I’ve ever done. If only there was some way to experience it again. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/110 "2010-10-30T01:45:56Z")
> [@Bewildebeest](#): > > It was absolutely the funnest thing I’ve ever done. If only there was some way to experience it again. And again, and again. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/111 "2010-10-30T03:06:32Z")
Anyone know of a good regular performance of it in the Boston Metrowest area? I’d love to see it again. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/112 "2010-10-30T06:32:11Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > . . . and Susan Sarandon’s nipples. Little Nell’s IIRC during _The Floor Show_? My first time was 1979, during the day, with a cold audience. Got to say the movie isn’t much seen that way but the songs were catchy enough I saw it the proper way a year or so later, and about a dozen times since then. Not much by Rocky standards, but more times than most any other film I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/113 "2010-10-30T07:37:31Z")
I started wondering where some of the cast members are now. Not the stars like Susan Sarandon or Tim Curry of course, but rather the lesser-known ones. Such as [Patricia Quinn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Quinn) (Magenta), whom I see “is now a top London barrister”! I don’t remember her at all in _Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life_. [Peter Hinwood](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hinwood) (Rocky Horror) is an antiques dealer in London. The role was the high point of his acting career. when asked why he did not pursue acting further, he answered: “I can’t act. Two, I cringe with embarrassment every time I see myself on film. Three, I relish a quiet, peaceful life.” Sixteen years ago, he stumbled across the gold hot pants he wore in the film and auctioned them off for almost US$1000. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/114 "2010-10-30T07:39:20Z")
Out of curiosity, has anybody here seen the kinda-sequel _Schock Treatment_? I’m a bit of a fan of it myself. If it has any connection to RHPS at all though, it’s a complete reboot, with only a couple of characters carried over without much change. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/115 "2010-10-31T03:42:00Z")
It is much better in public, or at least with a dozen crazy friends gathered around. I want my husband to see it, but I know it won’t be as good just renting it and watching it in our den. Once you’ve seen it, though, it’s fun either way. I love RHPS. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/116 "2010-10-31T04:21:03Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > Out of curiosity, has anybody here seen the kinda-sequel _Schock Treatment_? I’m a bit of a fan of it myself. If it has any connection to RHPS at all though, it’s a complete reboot, with only a couple of characters carried over without much change. It’s _Shock Treatment,_ (_Schlock_ Treatment was the parody) and you might want to read the thread before you post in it, specifically posts #73, 77, 80, 81, and 94. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/117 "2010-10-31T07:33:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I started wondering where some of the cast members are now. Not the stars like Susan Sarandon or Tim Curry of course, but rather the lesser-known ones. Such as [Patricia Quinn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Quinn) (Magenta), whom I see “is now a top London barrister”! I don’t remember her at all in _Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life_. > > [Peter Hinwood](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hinwood) (Rocky Horror) is an antiques dealer in London. The role was the high point of his acting career. when asked why he did not pursue acting further, he answered: “I can’t act. Two, I cringe with embarrassment every time I see myself on film. Three, I relish a quiet, peaceful life.” Sixteen years ago, he stumbled across the gold hot pants he wore in the film and auctioned them off for almost US$1000. \*\*Patricia Quinn \*\*played the wife of John Cleese when he was teaching the school boys sex ed, ‘what’s wrong with a kiss boy?’ Then he brought her in for a demonstration, ‘now dear, we’ll just take the foreplay as read, then, shall we’ **Peter Hinwood** , I remember reading, got Jesus in a big way and started regreting his Rocky days, even throwing people out of his store if they brought it up. although I can’t remember when I got that from, maybe it’s just internet gossip. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/118 "2010-10-31T08:43:50Z")
Apparently the whole thing with Peter Hinwood throwing people out of the store is an urban legend, and he’s actually quite okay with talking about Rocky Horror every now and then. Of course that’s just what I’ve read on the internet and either story could easily be true. Little Nell owned nightclubs in the eighties and nineties, according to Wikipedia she is now retired. Charles Gray (The Criminologist) and Jonathan Adams (Dr. Scott) passed away in 2000 and 2005 respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/119 "2010-10-31T10:35:03Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > It’s _Shock Treatment,_ (_Schlock_ Treatment was the parody) and you might want to read the thread before you post in it, specifically posts #73, 77, 80, 81, and 94. Actually, I did read the thread a couple days ago, and as soon as I posted this bit, I was sure someone had talked about it. Not really sure why I didn’t read back to make sure. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373/120 "2010-10-31T15:16:18Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > \*\*Patricia Quinn \*\*played the wife of John Cleese when he was teaching the school boys sex ed, ‘what’s wrong with a kiss boy?’ Then he brought her in for a demonstration, ‘now dear, we’ll just take the foreplay as read, then, shall we’ Aha! I remember that scene, but I can’t quite picture what she looked like there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rocky-horror-picture-show/558373.md?page=7)