# If you were the director, what random strangeness would you put in your film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2006, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520 "2006-03-08T07:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/1 "2006-03-08T07:35:11Z")
for me? I would definitly have a scene at a check out counter and on the shelf would be a tabloid with the headline “Elvis is DEAD, Run over by Kenedys Limo” at some point the word “Frak” would be uttered as a serious insult or exclamation. I had one more but forgot what it was…I work to much. anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/2 "2006-03-08T15:20:59Z")
I’d try to include a samurai. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/3 "2006-03-08T16:05:50Z")
One of the characters would buy a drink from a vending machine but one of the coins would slip past and out to the change tray twice. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/4 "2006-03-08T16:54:53Z")
I’d work a 3-legged lesbian zebra into it somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/5 "2006-03-08T17:35:58Z")
At some point a character would be silently looking out over a body of water, a lake, an ocean, a sound, not important, and as he is contemplating his life and what he should do… a sea monster raises its head out of the water. They stare at each other for a moment and then the monster dives back down. A friend of mine once said that if he made a movie it would have a scene where the main character is in an old bookstore and notices a book with his name on it. He looks through it and discovers that it is a victorian novel featuring a character with his name and going through victorian versions of the events of his life. He gets freaked out and puts it back. This scene is not central to the plot and has nothing to do with anything and the scene could be cut if neccessary. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/6 "2006-03-08T22:01:31Z")
I dunno if it would be considered ‘random weirdness’, but in my daydreams of being a movie director, my ‘Alfred Hitchcock’ type signature would be to include a shot of one of my own paintings in every film I made. They’d never be prominent parts of the story, but they’d be prominently displayed in at least one shot somewhere in the film. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/7 "2006-03-08T22:13:53Z")
A precedent I’ve already set with music: Somewhere in each movie would be a short scene from The Wizard of Oz. Of subliminal proportions. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/8 "2006-03-08T22:14:01Z")
In each film I would inlcude 3 penguins, maybe live, maybe pictures, maybe plush toys, but always 3 penguins. One character in each film will utter the phrase “No one told me about the pig fat.” My company would be called Three Penguin Pig Fat Productions ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/9 "2006-03-08T22:58:25Z")
The Yellow Sign somewhere in the background. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/10 "2006-03-09T00:19:15Z")
Zombies. And vampires. Oh, and some aliens and robots. And a guy in a chicken suit. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/11 "2006-03-09T04:13:55Z")
A copy of the Mona Lisa would appear at least once in all my movies. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/12 "2006-03-09T04:37:05Z")
At some point, a monkey. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/13 "2006-03-09T05:35:51Z")
nice answers, I wasnt sure if this would go anywhere or not, but I like what I see. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/14 "2006-03-09T06:07:26Z")
A shot of someone taking off their hat, with a clock reading “8:19” in the background. The “front” organization/business of a villain’s organization in one movie showing up in other, unrelated movies—with the employees obviously eavesdropping on the conversations of any heroes who stop by. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/15 "2006-03-09T06:11:23Z")
A Superman in every movie / episode! Oh, wait. Some random stranger will always come up and tickle the hero / villain / sidekick / whoever in the ribs, until they’re giggling like mad, and then run away. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/16 "2006-03-09T07:32:33Z")
A character named “Justin Bailey” would appear in every movie I made. Possibly he’d be the same character, but more likely it would just be an army of guys with this name. Characters in my later movies would reference plot points in my earlier movies as if they happened in real life. An image of Bruce Campbell would also appear at least once in each movie. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/17 "2006-03-09T08:35:08Z")
Someone will sing part of the Tiger Song from _Calvin&Hobbes_ ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/18 "2006-03-09T15:00:30Z")
I would include myself posing as a professional photographer. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/19 "2006-03-09T15:32:29Z")
My cousin once worked for a major comic book company as an editorial assistant, or something. Our grandparents owned a deli way before we were born. Grandma’s name was Florence, it was “Flo’s deli”. My cousin put that on a store front in the background of a Superhero comic. It was so silly and she was declining mentally in her last years it made her smile. I’d do the same sort of thing in a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520/20 "2006-03-09T15:47:00Z")
A U.S. Marine. Either in dress blues or BDU. An image would be enough. The flag raising on Iwo would work. So would a recruting poster. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-the-director-what-random-strangeness-would-you-put-in-your-film/347520.md?page=2)