# Anyone else remember the alternate ending to "Big"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 16, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864 "2002-04-16T02:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 34
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/661 "2019-01-07T20:38:01Z")
> [@Pendragun](#): > > Little, the new sequel to Big [More like “inspired by _Big_”.](https://www.essence.com/entertainment/only-essence/marsai-martin-regina-hall-issa-rae-little-photos/) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/662 "2019-01-07T20:48:21Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [More like “inspired by _Big_”.](https://www.essence.com/entertainment/only-essence/marsai-martin-regina-hall-issa-rae-little-photos/) That’s right, no actual connection to the original at all. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/663 "2019-01-07T20:55:39Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I hope somebody will PM me. In the Butt, Bob? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/664 "2019-01-07T21:00:46Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I hope somebody will PM me. Top of the mourn’ to ya. I hate spleeing errors. They rune the jock. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/665 "2019-01-07T21:13:20Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > In the Butt, Bob? That seems more like an alternate opening. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/666 "2019-04-13T02:40:21Z")
Just bumping this because I was making a post about this thread in another forum relating it to the movie _Little_, and noticed that this would be post number 666 so how could I _not_? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/667 "2019-04-13T02:48:54Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Just bumping this because I was making a post about this thread in another forum relating it to the movie _Little_, and noticed that this would be post number 666 so how could I _not_? Noted. Now let’s all post to a bunch of different CS threads and start new ones, drop this thread off the front page and hope no one notices it again! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/668 "2019-07-27T01:24:17Z")
Okay, if this is the thread for Mandela Effect sightings, I got one. Mr. Rilch: Honey, will you bring me one of those Jello snack packs I got? Me: [tosses him a Jello pack] Watch it wiggle… Mr. Rilch: See it jiggle… * * * Days later: Me, to friend: Want a Jello?..Here ya go; watch it wiggle… Friend: See it jiggle… * * * Today: Me: I think I’ll try to dial up that Jello commercial…Huh, that’s not quite the one I remember…Zuh? There’s [a whole thread on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Retconned/comments/8etjeb/watch_it_wiggle_see_it_jiggle_watch_it_glimmer/) about how everyone remembers ‘Watch it wiggle/See it jiggle’ but it was actually ‘Watch it glimmer/See it shimmer’!" ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/669 "2019-07-27T03:16:24Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Noted. Now let’s all post to a bunch of different CS threads and start new ones, drop this thread off the front page and hope no one notices it again! Once again, my greatest hopes have been dashed.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/670 "2019-07-27T04:50:38Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Once again, my greatest hopes have been dashed.☹ Oops! Sorry I thwarted you. But the fact is, I think this thread is a trip; in my heart of hearts, I don’t want it to die. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/671 "2019-07-27T13:57:56Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Oops! Sorry I thwarted you. But the fact is, I think this thread is a trip; in my heart of hearts, I don’t want it to die. It better not. It’s the only thing I’ll be remembered for when I die. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/672 "2019-07-27T14:02:20Z")
Hey everybody. What’s been going on since our last meeting? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/673 "2019-07-27T14:50:42Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Hey everybody. What’s been going on since our last meeting? Wiggle jiggle. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/674 "2019-07-27T15:40:05Z")
I’ve found it! Here is the long rumored never exposed real and true alternate ending. [See it and believe!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VDrIOtyno8) ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/675 "2019-07-27T16:19:14Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I’ve found it! Here is the long rumored never exposed real and true alternate ending. > > [See it and believe!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VDrIOtyno8) A good thread never dies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/676 "2019-07-27T19:24:22Z")
Mahaloth, we’re already designing your gravestone, which wiill read as follows: MAHALOTH LIKE THE MOVIE BIG, HIS LIFE DOESN’T HAVE AN ALTERNATE ENDING On the other hand, perhaps you could fake your death in some way in which it’s to be expected that your body could never be found. Then many years later you will really die. The gravestone will read as follows: MAHALOTH UNLIKE THE MOVIE BIG, HIS LIFE HAS AN ALTERNATE ENDING ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/677 "2019-07-27T19:34:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I’ve found it! Here is the long rumored never exposed real and true alternate ending. > > [See it and believe!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VDrIOtyno8) I rarely click on a YouTube link, but I’m glad I did. By the way, I truly believe that at some point Tom Hanks’ll get his pals to shoot “The Other Ending”, and sneak it onto a DVD Extras/Outtakes Disk. Or at least YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Helmut\_Doork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@Helmut\_Doork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helmut_Doork)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/678 "2019-07-29T14:48:57Z")
Sorry, thread very long- has anyone covered that the IMDB site says that a 2005 Canada Book of Lists gives this as an alternate ending? And that 1988 was pre DVD and not everything shot was saved for the special edition DVD? Back then it was not unpossible for cut scenes to be trashed? And if Tom Hanks wasn’t in the scene he wouldn’t really know- he was just an actor for hire in 1988? And that unknown scenes are commonly added to TV broadcasts of films to fill out a time slot? And Bob Eubanks himself swore that ‘in the butt Bob’ 100% did not exist, until it did (in this ass? was the real response)? Just wondering because this is really 14 pages of 100 people calling 10 people stupid, just because if its not on the internet in 2019, it didn’t happen? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/679 "2019-07-29T14:59:15Z")
> [@Helmut\_Doork](#): > > Just wondering because this is really 14 pages of 100 people calling 10 people stupid… The hell it is. Every single claim made has been disproved, every possible witness has been interviewed, every possible angle has been discussed. Are you possibly talking about an alternate thread about the movie “Big”, because _this_ one is nothing like how you describe it. ---
**Author:** ![Helmut\_Doork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@Helmut\_Doork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helmut_Doork)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/680 "2019-07-29T15:12:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The hell it is. Every single claim made has been disproved, every possible witness has been interviewed, every possible angle has been discussed. Are you possibly talking about an alternate thread about the movie “Big”, because _this_ one is nothing like how you describe it. Yes, I see the thread is all about how memories can be faulty, anyone in New Zealand or Dominican Republic who says they saw that version on TV must be misremembering it, because that’s not the one I saw in USA, and Penny Marshall. et. al., don’t remember it, so must be false. Not possible that Penny is the one mistaken? Like Bob Eubanks swore for years ‘in the ass’ didn’t happen- SWORE!- until it did? Why cant the Big people be mistaken, just because they are famous movie people vs. some average joe message board poster with under 5000 posts? And the view here is not- 'no evidence so we’ll assume it didn’t happen until proof exitsts, instead- no, it definitely didn’t happen, and if you think it did, you’re stupid? This thread has apparently done something for the first time in recorded history- proved something did NOT happen!:rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864.md?page=35)