# Dr. Strangelove: Do you know it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056 "2011-02-11T19:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/21 "2011-02-11T20:25:59Z")
I can’t find a clip of it now, but I thought the scene where Ripper is asking Mandrake if he was ever tortured during the war was really well done. If I recall (it’s been close to 10 years since I’ve seen it), it was a kind of a moving, sad few seconds of dialogue in the middle of this crazy, over-the-top satire. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/22 "2011-02-11T20:35:03Z")
It is the stated position of the United States Air Force that the safeguards in place would be sufficient to prevent the events depicted in this film. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/23 "2011-02-11T20:40:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It is the stated position of the United States Air Force that the safeguards in place would be sufficient to prevent the events depicted in this film. It’s good to know that the Air Force is protecting my water supply. I would have guessed the Coast Guard, if anyone at all… ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/24 "2011-02-11T20:41:56Z")
My father died while serving in SAC, back in the 50’s. Mother took us to see Dr Strangelove; I was in high school & my sibs a bit younger. She loved it, not having great reverence for The Brass. So did we! Kids, these days… ---
**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/25 "2011-02-11T20:43:00Z")
Poll results would probably be a bit less one-sided if the thread title were something more vague, like “poll: do you know this movie”. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/26 "2011-02-11T20:47:02Z")
Come on, it’s Kubrick’s best movie. Of course, it is a classic. Ask your girlfriend if she can name you another classic in black and white that isnt Casablanca. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/27 "2011-02-11T20:53:07Z")
I just love the fact the the US President is named Merkin Muffley. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/28 "2011-02-11T20:53:31Z")
Know it, seen it, own a copy. Made the kids watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/29 "2011-02-11T20:57:11Z")
I happened to see the entire movie on YouTube the other week. Never saw a whole movie on YouTube before. I just stumbled upon it and couldn’t stop watch part after part, even though I’ve seen it before two or three times. One of the best ever. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/30 "2011-02-11T21:01:33Z")
One of the ten best of all time. “Now, Dimitri, one of our base commanders went and did a silly thing…” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/31 "2011-02-11T21:03:52Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Know it, seen it, own a copy. Made the kids watch it. Oh, _Daaaad!!!_ :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/32 "2011-02-11T21:11:41Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Yes. General Turgidsons secretary. Who in the novelization is called “Miss Foreign Affairs” in Playboy. I think the picture in the movie says that also, but I haven’t checked it out fully. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/33 "2011-02-11T21:12:02Z")
One professor-type friend of mine called the opening title sequence, where the tanker is refilling the bomber in flight, the sexiest scene in movies ever. Subtle…I doubt if it even caused the censors to wake up, but the scene shows a tanker slowly engaging with the bomber’s fuel input thru a long tube, staying connected for a while as it is lightly jostled, and as it gently disconnects, there is a little spurt of…leftover fuel. The music? A very liquid version of _Try A Little Tenderness._ If you never thought of it this way, watch it again with someone you love. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/34 "2011-02-11T21:15:52Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > One of the best parts is how Peter Sellers (one of the greatest comic actors of all time), playing three roles, is outshone (in my opinion) by Slim Pickens, in a part which he allegedly was told to play straight. According to one of the extras on my DVD version, Sellers was supposed to play this role also, but fell off the bomb very early in shooting and broke his leg. When Slim Pickens arrived on the set, someone said how nice it was he came in costume. It was actually his standard wardrobe. I saw it when it first came out, and have seen it at least a dozen times since. I have both the novelization and the book, Red Alert, it was adapted from. And, I don’t know of a better one line commentary on the absurdity of world affairs than “Gentlemen, you can’t fight here! This is the War Room.” Mein Fuhrer, I can type! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/35 "2011-02-11T21:18:30Z")
Not just a classic, but IMHO Kubrick at his peak. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/36 "2011-02-11T21:18:31Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Help me settle a dispute I am having with my girlfriend: I maintain that Kubrick’s '64 film _Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb_, is what could be called a classic; she, on the other hand, doesn’t think it’s terribly well known these days. So I thought I’d post a poll to settle the question; of course, discussion of the film itself is encouraged (it’s one of my all time favourites). I think both of you can be correct: a movie can be a classic while not being terribly well-known these days. Hell, my girlfriend watched Citizen Kane for the first time just a month ago. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/37 "2011-02-11T21:22:24Z")
You should deny her your essence. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/38 "2011-02-11T21:36:52Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Know it, seen it, own a copy. Made the kids watch it. My oldest daughter bought the DVD for me for my birthday a few years ago. I’ve made a point of teaching her at least about the existence of many classics (whether she _likes_ them or not is a different matter; at least she _knows_ about them – and she appreciates most of them. [hijack] Like Jeeves and Wooster[/hijack]) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/39 "2011-02-11T21:47:13Z")
If it helps I’m 24. Dunno if it’s a generational thing. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056/40 "2011-02-11T22:04:19Z")
In my 20s. One of my favorite movies. I’d say it’s quite popular among people in their 20s who are interested in film or history. Lots of my friends are familiar with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-do-you-know-it/571056.md?page=3)