I couldn’t tell whether the polls were asking whether the adaptation sucked as a film or as an adaptation of the novel.
But only one of those adaptations has the actual name that is shown in the poll, the Wilder one.
I have never seen that film.
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.
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.
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
After reading a biography of Roald Dahl, the fact that he hated the film is just one more reason for me to like it.
I remember “Wowsers,” but I have no clue where from.
Never heard of it.
ETA: after looking it up, I can see why. Totally not something I’d have any interest in.
I’ve heard of it but have zero interest in seeing it.
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Sources of the catchphrases in my poll, 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
My go-to catchphrase from Get Smart would be, “Would you believe…”
The only one I knew.
There certainly are a lot to choose from.
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.
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.
You have to remember the age of the members here.
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.
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.
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.
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