# Didn't expect to see THAT name in the credits! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-expect-to-see-that-name-in-the-credits/781107 "2017-03-01T15:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-expect-to-see-that-name-in-the-credits/781107/101 "2017-03-09T21:29:19Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Then I would expect those same people to be surprised when they see Robert Downy Jr.'s credit come up for the same movie The audience gets to see Downey, looking pretty much like himself, when he’s not doing in-character schtick as Lincoln Osiris. Cruise, by contrast, is only ever seen looking fat and bald and bearded: he’s a foul-mouthed and bespectacled guy who dances around with gusto, and – that’s all there is; there isn’t any more. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-expect-to-see-that-name-in-the-credits/781107/102 "2017-03-10T03:09:15Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > If you watch old Amicus Horror films from the 1960s and '70s, you often see the name of Tony Curtis in the credits. Not _that_ Tony Curtis. [This one](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193532/#art_director). Although THAT Tony Curtis _did_ appear in one schlocky 1970s Horror Film – **The Manitou** from 1978 > **[The Manitou (1978) ⭐ 5.3 | Horror, Sci-Fi](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077904/)** > > 1h 44m | PG Surprising, that was, like Kirk Douglas appearing in **The Fury** from the same year. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-expect-to-see-that-name-in-the-credits/781107/103 "2017-03-11T01:08:31Z")
The big shocker for me this week (in honor of \*\*Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s \*\*20th Anniversary) was discovering that Jonathan on the show (Danny Strong) is also the creator of **Empire** and the co-writer of the screenplays to **Hunger Games - Mockingjay, Parts One and Two.** ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-expect-to-see-that-name-in-the-credits/781107/104 "2017-03-11T01:59:14Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The big shocker for me this week (in honor of \*\*Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s \*\*20th Anniversary) was discovering that Jonathan on the show (Danny Strong) is also the creator of **Empire** and the co-writer of the screenplays to **Hunger Games - Mockingjay, Parts One and Two.** I went to see a band about a dozen years ago, and the opening act was called Common Rotation. There was something familiar about the lead singer. I looked them up when I got home and it was Adam Busch, who played Warren on _Buffy_. The person I went to the show with was a massive Buffy fan[sup]\*[/sup], and she didn’t recognize him either. - In fact, she kinda swore off the show when Tara got killed. She didn’t recognize the guy who killed her favorite character. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-expect-to-see-that-name-in-the-credits/781107.md?page=5)