# Garth/Chris

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garth-chris/3684>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 4, 1999, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garth-chris/3684 "1999-10-04T20:57:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Buck\_Naked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Buck\_Naked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Naked)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garth-chris/3684/1 "1999-10-04T20:57:00Z")

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Whats the deal with this garth Brooks/Chris Gaines thing? Please tell me so I can relay to my wife who is driving me nuts with her incessant caterwalling.

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I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here.

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**Author:** ![White\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@White\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garth-chris/3684/2 "1999-10-04T21:26:00Z")

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There’s going to be a movie coming out next year about the life of (fictional) Chris Gaines. Garth Brooks is going to be the actor playing Chris Gaines. This new CD is supposed to get you familiar with the character before the movie comes out. (At least that’s what I heard - I saw Garth on Leno and Conan talking about it.)

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**White Wolf**

“Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.”

“Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.”

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**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garth-chris/3684/3 "1999-10-04T21:51:00Z")

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If you’re interested, this was recently covered in Kellibelli’s thread:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001345.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001345.html)

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garth-chris/3684/4 "1999-10-04T21:53:00Z")

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White Wolf sez…

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> This new CD is supposed to get you familiar with the character before the movie comes out.

That technique worked pretty well with the Blair Witch Project. After watching the discovery(?) special, my wife was convinced it was real. Sheesh. Some people.

Enright3