# Grandson of Movie Chain-Link Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004 "2002-03-31T02:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/261 "2002-04-08T18:59:02Z")
Walter Pidgeon _Forbidden Planet_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/262 "2002-04-08T19:16:00Z")
“Forbidden Planet”: LESLIE NIELSEN (when he still took himself seriously) ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/263 "2002-04-08T19:25:09Z")
_Leslie Nielsen_ The Poseidon Adventure ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/264 "2002-04-08T19:39:02Z")
_Poseidon Adventure_ Ernest Borgnine ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/265 "2002-04-08T19:39:26Z")
“The Poseidon Adventure”: RED BUTTONS ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/266 "2002-04-08T19:40:39Z")
Ooops… Shibboleth beat me. Ernest Borgnine: “THE DIRTY DOZEN” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/267 "2002-04-08T20:03:11Z")
_The Dirty Dozen_ Telly Savalas Astorian, I’m disappointed that your response for _Forbidden Planet_ wasn’t Anne Francis… then we could have got the theme from _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_ stuck in everybody’s heads ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/268 "2002-04-08T20:45:54Z")
Telly Savalas: “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (he was Pontius Pilate, oddly enough) ---
**Author:** ![islandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@islandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/islandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/269 "2002-04-08T21:56:52Z")
“The Greatest Story Ever Told” (Wow…lots of choices in this one…) Sidney Poitier ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/270 "2002-04-08T22:15:47Z")
_Sidney Poitier_ Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? ---
**Author:** ![islandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@islandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/islandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/271 "2002-04-08T23:36:15Z")
“Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” Spencer Tracy ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/272 "2002-04-08T23:55:04Z")
Spencer Tracy _It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_ lots of choices there… ---
**Author:** ![islandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@islandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/islandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/273 "2002-04-09T00:17:10Z")
“It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” No doubt, there are many to chose from… Mickey Rooney ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/274 "2002-04-09T00:29:46Z")
Ah, man. _I_ wanted **IaMMMMW**. Sigh… _Mickey Rooney_ Ummm… The Black Stallion?? ---
**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/275 "2002-04-09T03:23:22Z")
_The Black Stallion_ Shamu …oh, wait! Teri Garr ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/276 "2002-04-09T03:38:11Z")
Teri Garr: “CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF HE THIRD KIND” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/277 "2002-04-09T03:42:56Z")
_Close Encounters…_ Richard Dreyfuss ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/278 "2002-04-09T04:05:12Z")
Mr. Holland’s Opus ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/279 "2002-04-09T04:11:17Z")
Mr. Holland’s Opus ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-movie-chain-link-game/101004/280 "2002-04-09T04:48:30Z")
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