# Botticelli - Aug. 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 2, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881 "2021-08-02T17:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/221 "2021-08-24T11:54:20Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Plastic Man’s comic sidekick? 2. Did you right wrongs with Artemus Gordon? 3. Did Anne Francis play you on TV? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/222 "2021-08-24T13:12:44Z")
Not Twisty Woman, James West or Wanda Windom. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/223 "2021-08-24T16:19:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Plastic Man’s comic sidekick? > 2. Did you right wrongs with Artemus Gordon? > 3. Did Anne Francis play you on TV? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Twisty Woman, James West or Wanda Windom. #1 was Woozy Winks. #2 is correct. #3 was Honey West. 2 DQ’s reserved. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/224 "2021-08-25T00:25:13Z")
DQ: show is in same continuity as movie, not a reboot or remake etc.? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/225 "2021-08-25T12:47:06Z")
DQ: From a series of films? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/226 "2021-08-25T15:30:22Z")
W. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. from film or TV 5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess 6. a main character 7. first appeared after 1970 8. from film, and later TV 9. film first appeared before 2000 10. film did not win any major awards 11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic) 12. first appeared before 1989 13. first appeared after 1979 14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms 15. from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements) 16. from what may fairly, I think, be described as an action/adventure film 17. Caucasian 18. show is (I believe) in same continuity as movie, not a reboot or remake etc. 19. not from a series of films No more IQs, please. Ask all earned DQs by noon EST Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/227 "2021-08-25T20:55:55Z")
DQ: Comedy? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/228 "2021-08-26T01:53:57Z")
W. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. from film or TV 5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess 6. a main character 7. first appeared after 1970 8. from film, and later TV 9. film first appeared before 2000 10. film did not win any major awards 11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic) 12. first appeared before 1989 13. first appeared after 1979 14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms 15. from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements) 16. from what may fairly, I think, be described as an action/adventure film 17. Caucasian 18. show is (I believe) in same continuity as movie, not a reboot or remake etc. 19. not from a series of films 20. among other things, a comedy ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/229 "2021-08-26T15:32:25Z")
Well, every movie I can think of with a TV adaption is part of a series of films, or arguably not action-adventure. Final DQ: Character is American? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/230 "2021-08-26T16:16:13Z")
W. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with W 3. male 4. from film or TV 5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess 6. a main character 7. first appeared after 1970 8. from film, and later TV 9. film first appeared before 2000 10. film did not win any major awards 11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic) 12. first appeared before 1989 13. first appeared after 1979 14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms 15. from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements) 16. from what may fairly, I think, be described as an action/adventure film 17. Caucasian 18. show is (I believe) in same continuity as movie, not a reboot or remake etc. 19. not from a series of films 20. among other things, a comedy 21. character is American Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/231 "2021-08-26T16:45:31Z")
Are you Louis Winthorpe III from _Trading Places_? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/232 "2021-08-27T00:46:46Z")
Good guess, but no. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/233 "2021-08-27T01:02:03Z")
Are you Ash Williams? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/234 "2021-08-27T15:57:46Z")
Are you Dean Wormer from _Animal House_? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/235 "2021-08-27T17:09:44Z")
I am neither of those people, either. I am, rather, # Jack Walsh The tough-as-nails bounty hunter played by Robert De Niro in the movie _Midnight Run_ (opposite Charles Grodin as the annoying ex-Mob accountant he was taking from NYC to LA), and later played by Christopher McDonald in three TV movies: [Midnight Run - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Run) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/236 "2021-08-27T18:33:13Z")
Ah, never saw that movie or the TV show. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/237 "2021-08-27T18:35:37Z")
Ditto… ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/238 "2021-08-27T18:50:58Z")
Should’ve clarified what being on TV meant. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/239 "2021-08-27T19:56:31Z")
I remember seeing the movie in a theatre, but I don’t remember the character names. I just remember Charles Grodin pretending to be afraid of flying and freaking out on the plane to force them to disembark from the plane taking him back to LA. Never knew about the TV adaptations. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/240 "2021-08-28T04:13:59Z")
Shall I go again, or is that not good enough? Funny movie, BTW. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=13)