# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/221 "2024-02-27T00:50:46Z")
I couldn’t tell whether the polls were asking whether the adaptation sucked _as a film_ or _as an adaptation of the novel_. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/222 "2024-02-27T00:54:56Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Wonka, we have what, 3 adaptations to date? I assumed the Wilder one, due too timing and death, but he likely would have hated them all. But only one of those adaptations has the actual name that is shown in the poll, the Wilder one. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/223 "2024-02-27T01:10:38Z")
I have never seen that film. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/224 "2024-02-27T01:12:13Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > [@ParallelLines](#): > > > > Wonka, we have what, 3 adaptations to date? I assumed the Wilder one, due too timing and death, but he likely would have hated them all. > > But only one of those adaptations has the actual name that is shown in the poll, the Wilder one. Seriously, you expect me to remember that? Anyway, yeah, i didn’t vote for that one because i didn’t know which version, and missed at least one of them. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/225 "2024-02-27T02:38:13Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > . Are THAT many people unfamiliar with the film What Dreams May Come, or am I once again a victim of Doper Semantic Nitpickiness Syndrome? I have rarely seen movies. I have often read books, but not necessarily those books. And I actively avoid seeing movies when I’ve already read the books, because when there are inevitably differences it usually annoys me. I said that I navigate by landmarks. It would be more accurate to say that I would try to navigate by landmarks, but would probably get lost, and would wind up having to ask somebody. Maybe more than one somebody. Give me a map, please – preferably on paper, where I can see more than two blocks at a time without having all the street names disappear. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/226 "2024-02-27T03:49:20Z")
I assumed the Wilder version, because that was the first so more likely to be commented on by the author. That series of questions missed _Mary Poppins_ which was also hated by the author. I suspect fewer people have read that ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/227 "2024-02-27T05:35:31Z")
After reading a biography of Roald Dahl, the fact that he hated the film is just one more reason for me to like it. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/228 "2024-02-27T13:56:31Z")
I remember “Wowsers,” but I have no clue where from. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/229 "2024-02-27T14:49:58Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Are THAT many people unfamiliar with the film What Dreams May Come, Never heard of it. ETA: after looking it up, I can see why. Totally not something I’d have any interest in. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/230 "2024-02-27T14:56:32Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Are THAT many people unfamiliar with the film What Dreams May Come, or am I once again a victim of Doper Semantic Nitpickiness Syndrome? I’ve heard of it but have zero interest in seeing it. mmm ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/231 "2024-02-27T15:10:06Z")
Sources of the catchphrases in [my poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4647), in case anyone is wondering: - A la peanut butter sandwiches! – The Amazing Mumford from _Sesame Street_ - And now we do the dance of joy! – Balki and Larry from _Perfect Strangers_ - Are you free? – Pretty much anyone from _Are You Being Served?_ - Bork bork bork! – The Swedish Chef from _The Muppet Show_ - By the power of Grayskull! – Prince Adam from _He-Man and the Masters of the Universe_ - Computer says no. – Carol Beer from _Little Britain_ - Ha! I kill me. – ALF from _ALF_ - I _asked_ you not to tell me that. – Maxwell Smart from _Get Smart_ - I’ll get it! – Nanny from _Count Duckula_ - I said good day! – Fez from _That '70s Show_ - Just one more thing… – Columbo from _Columbo_ - Keep those cameras safely rolling. – Bob Saget from _America’s Funniest Home Videos_ - Oh my _God_, I’m _gorgeous_! – Dick Solomon from _3rd Rock from the Sun_ - Nanu nanu. – Mork from _Mork & Mindy_ - Not that there’s anything wrong with that. - Various characters from _Seinfeld_ - Shady Pines, Ma. – Dorothy Zbornak from _The Golden Girls_ - Wowsers! – Inspector Gadget from _Inspector Gadget_ ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/232 "2024-02-27T15:28:46Z")
My go-to catchphrase from Get Smart would be, “Would you believe…” ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/233 "2024-02-27T15:39:15Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > I _asked_ you not to tell me that. – Maxwell Smart from _Get Smart_ The only one I knew. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/234 "2024-02-27T15:55:18Z")
There certainly are a lot to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/235 "2024-02-27T15:58:34Z")
I’m sitting here chuckling to myself thinking about Don Adams saying, “Missed it by _that_ much.” Now I need to see where I can stream Get Smart. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/236 "2024-02-27T17:06:54Z")
I’m surprised that Mork’s “Nanu nanu” is leading my catchphrase poll. The show was popular at the time it was broadcast but I don’t think it’s been as widely rerun as some of the other entries on the list. Certainly it hasn’t been kept in the popular consciousness with the help of (recent) spinoff series and movies the way _He-Man_, _The Muppet Show_, and _Frasier_ have. And I don’t think it’s been rediscovered by younger audiences (say, those under 30) to the extent that shows like _Friends_ and _The Golden Girls_ have been. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/237 "2024-02-27T17:08:19Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > I’m surprised that Mork’s “Nanu nanu” is leading my catchphrase poll You have to remember the age of the members here. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/238 "2024-02-27T17:31:16Z")
In the sci-fi show poll I knew exactly which shows I’ve seen every episode. For the sitcoms there were a few that I might have seen every episode but I wasn’t sure. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/239 "2024-02-27T18:56:22Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > You have to remember the age of the members here. I do. What I was trying to get across is that there are other shows from the same time period as _Mork & Mindy_ that were also popular and also featured catchphrases, but which have more reasons for those catchphrases remaining current. _The Muppet Show_, for example, aired at the same time as _Mork & Mindy_, but unlike _Mork & Mindy_, it’s had countless TV, movie, and web series spinoffs that help keep the Swedish Chef and his catchphrase in popular consciousness. So even Dopers are more likely to hear “bork bork bork” than “nanu nanu” these days, whether it’s from switching on the TV or browsing YouTube or hearing their (grand)children parrot it. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/240 "2024-02-27T21:13:03Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Now I need to see where I can stream Get Smart. I wish. I’ve been looking periodically to see if it is streaming anywhere for years. I do have the DVDs, but that’s a pain in the keister. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=13)