# Is Marvin Gay Gay? Is Stephen King King of the horror genre? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 18, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531 "2009-04-18T15:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/1 "2009-04-18T15:14:13Z")
Does Ann Rule Rule the true crime genre? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/2 "2009-04-18T15:42:51Z")
Was Tom Swift swift? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/3 "2009-04-18T17:10:06Z")
Does Minnie Driver drive? Does Tom Cruise cruise? Why won’t my cruise control control Tom Cruise? Why won’t Cher share her secrets? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/4 "2009-04-18T17:17:29Z")
Will Smith? ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/5 "2009-04-18T17:20:37Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Will Smith? For food. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/6 "2009-04-18T17:21:31Z")
Is it true that Tom Waits waits? Could Gerald Ford ford a river? Did Stephen Crane crane his neck to battles as they happened? Did Anthony Hope hope? ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/7 "2009-04-18T17:27:27Z")
Did everyone hope Bob Hope would bob for apples? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/8 "2009-04-18T17:30:12Z")
Does Chewbacca chew tobacco? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/9 "2009-04-18T17:31:12Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > Is it true that Tom Waits waits? Tom Waits for no man. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/10 "2009-04-18T22:48:47Z")
Mark Spitz? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/11 "2009-04-18T23:02:07Z")
Does Ed Balls head balls? ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/12 "2009-04-19T01:40:17Z")
Did Keith Moon somebody? (I’m sure he did, but Who?) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/13 "2009-04-19T01:52:34Z")
Ironically, Barry White and Frank Black aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/14 "2009-04-19T01:56:27Z")
Tyra **Banks**! (right)? And **Quasi** goes with _anything_! I am the perfect accessory! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/15 "2009-04-19T02:00:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Ironically, Barry White and Frank Black aren’t. Neither is Tom Green. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Walking\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@The\_Walking\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Walking_Dude)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/16 "2009-04-19T02:12:45Z")
> [@Rufus\_Xavier](#): > > Neither is Tom Green. Or Vida Blue. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/17 "2009-04-19T02:22:48Z")
Does Tom Cruise? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/18 "2009-04-19T02:29:45Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Does Tom Cruise? On Diane Lane. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/19 "2009-04-19T02:35:43Z")
Are Big & Rich big and rich? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531/20 "2009-04-19T03:14:51Z")
What drove Oscar Wilde? I know there was a movie with something like that in its tagline, but damned if I can find it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marvin-gay-gay-is-stephen-king-king-of-the-horror-genre/493531.md?page=2)