# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 384
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7664 "2023-10-23T02:08:56Z")
For Tim Curry, my answer my be a touch atypical due to being somewhat younger than the norm. But the first role of his that comes to mind is as Darkness in Legend. That’s a hell of a memorable performance, even if not so much as a visual match for the norm. But I saw Legend in theaters in 1986 (I was 12ish and a Huuuge Fantasy Nerd) and I didn’t see Rocky Horror (my second pick) until I went with a bunch of my much older friends two years later… ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7665 "2023-10-23T05:52:32Z")
I have so many opinions about facial hair! However, I’ll keep them to myself until my chin hairs finally get too numerous to pluck. If there were a heaven and I were admitted, I sincerely hope I’d be spiritually transformed beyond caring about details of my mortal life. But if I weren’t, I’d definitely watch the highlights reel. ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7666 "2023-10-23T06:22:28Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > You forgot horses. When I was in the third grade through some sort of pen pal exchange I wound up with a kid in in Connecticut. When he found I was in Arizona he asked if I rode a horse to school. I answered I did until the Indians stole it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7667 "2023-10-23T11:54:34Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > But what about Jehovah’s Witnesses who had their leg amputated at the knee? If they pray hard enough, regeneration of the limb will occur. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7668 "2023-10-23T12:02:12Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > > You forgot horses. > > When I was in the third grade through some sort of pen pal exchange I wound up with a kid in in Connecticut. When he found I was in Arizona he asked if I rode a horse to school. I answered I did until the Indians stole it. I don’t generally see people riding horses to school here, though it could happen. But I often see Old Order Mennonite children on their way to/from school in pony carts. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7669 "2023-10-23T15:19:21Z")
Tim Curry: _Oscar_ (He played Snaps Provolone’s elocution tutor.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7670 "2023-10-23T15:50:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Locations: Dallas, DC, Buffalo (3) That’s actually all four. Lincoln and Garfield were both shot in Washington. ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7671 "2023-10-23T18:47:23Z")
“Rocco the rum-runner rubbed out Rico the Rat with his Rosco for robbing his rum-running receipts.” My absolute favorite Stallone movie and has a pre-_Vinnie_ Marisa Tomei. I’d love to see it on the stage, where it originated. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7672 "2023-10-23T22:13:43Z")
I’m usually a pumpkin person, but I didn’t get one this year. I answered the “not a pumpkin person” response, but it was a lie! But it was the closest answer. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7673 "2023-10-23T22:14:37Z")
I am not a Rocky Horror fan. I went to a midnight show or two to see what the fuss was but that’s it. It’s still the first thing I thing of when I think of Tim Curry. Unfortunately the night I went to see Spamalot he was off. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7674 "2023-10-23T22:20:11Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I am not a Rocky Horror fan. I went to a midnight show or two to see what the fuss was but that’s it. Its okay. But it’s not that great. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7675 "2023-10-24T00:05:28Z")
We picked pie pumpkins, one for each of us, early last week. They are just sitting in our living room. It’s been ages since I’ve had a pumpkin, at least since I was school-aged, but that’s one of the pleasures of having a small child. You get the wonder of the holidays back. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7676 "2023-10-24T00:58:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > I am not a Rocky Horror fan. I went to a midnight show or two to see what the fuss was but that’s it. > > Its okay. But it’s not that great. The movie itself is not that great; the point is the audience participation. But of course you have to see it with an audience that is into it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7677 "2023-10-24T02:54:29Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > The movie itself is not that great; the point is the audience participation. But of course you have to see it with an audience that is into it. I have seen it twice with fan participation. Once at a Con, with a few costumed dancers, and modest audience participation. Kinda fun. Then the full out show- in which case the film wasnt really being seen or heard much anyway. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7678 "2023-10-24T05:39:14Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > > > I am not a Rocky Horror fan. I went to a midnight show or two to see what the fuss was but that’s it. > > > > Its okay. But it’s not that great. > > The movie itself is not that great; the point is the audience participation. But of course you have to see it with an audience that is into it. I know. That’s what I meant by a midnight show. My local theater showed it every weekend with full participation. Meh it was ok. I experienced it. I didn’t have any inclination to go back. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7679 "2023-10-24T10:45:06Z")
What I like about Rocky Horror is the music. The audience participation - indeed, the movie itself - I can do without. mmm ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7680 "2023-10-24T12:23:22Z")
When the show first came out, it was incredibly transgressive. That’s why it attracted enthusiastic crowds. Today it’s more of a period piece. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7681 "2023-10-24T13:34:53Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Today it’s more of a period piece. There’s a joke in the movie where Frank asks Brad if he has any tattoos. He then asks Janet is she has any. Back in 1975, the idea of a woman having a tattoo was so outlandish it was the punchline of a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7682 "2023-10-24T13:38:43Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > Its okay. But it’s not that great. > > The movie itself is not that great I disagree. I still watch the movie on occasion and I’m impressed at how well-made it is for what was a small-budget movie. I feel Jim Sharman, who had only directed one movie before, did a great job. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7683 "2023-10-24T14:28:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > Today it’s more of a period piece. > > There’s a joke in the movie where Frank asks Brad if he has any tattoos. He then asks Janet is she has any. Back in 1975, the idea of a woman having a tattoo was so outlandish it was the punchline of a joke. And my sister-in-law, who was a queer kid who later acquired pink hair and a tattoo, well before either was acceptable, adored the show, and played one of the roles in front of the screen at a movie theater for several months. But today, queer kids with pink hair and a tattoo don’t need that show. I watched it recently, in the living room of a group of mostly queer young adults, and translated for them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=383) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=385)