# Is Randy Quaid going insane?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 4, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835 "2015-02-04T19:42:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/1 "2015-02-04T19:42:45Z")
Just wondering, given his actions of late (if you Google his name and click “news” it will give you more than enough night’s reading).
And he was so funny in Christmas Vacation too. I hope he gets back on track soon, that movie’s just going to feel tainted, somewhat, if something extreme happens.
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### Author:  [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/2 "2015-02-04T19:43:04Z")
Going?
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/3 "2015-02-04T20:04:10Z")
He’s a little hamburger short of a Helper meal.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/4 "2015-02-04T20:11:09Z")
Checking the OP date…no, this isn’t a six year old thread…
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/5 "2015-02-04T20:13:02Z")
Quaid is so far past the line that he’s closing in on sanity from the other side.
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### Author:  [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/6 "2015-02-04T20:26:04Z")
Oh yes, he’s been there for quite some time already.
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### Author:  [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/7 "2015-02-04T20:46:46Z")
Oh, he’s completely batshit these days. Still, mock doggying his wife while she’s wearing a Rupert Murdoch mask and shouting obscenities at the aforementioned Mr. Murdoch is wonderfully amusing.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/8 "2015-02-04T20:48:13Z")
Arrested by TMZ? Yes, I regrettably watched the video. ☹
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/9 "2015-02-04T20:48:35Z")
You’d think he would be keeping a lower profile- considering the ‘starwackers’ after him.
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### Author:  [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/10 "2015-02-04T21:41:40Z")
It’s like he rolled over the score on the pinball machine… twice.
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### Author:  [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/11 "2015-02-04T22:02:40Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#):
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> And he was so funny in Christmas Vacation too. I hope he gets back on track soon, that movie’s just going to feel tainted, somewhat, if something extreme happens.
Do you remember who played Detective Nordberg in the _Police Squad_ movies? :eek:
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/12 "2015-02-04T22:04:26Z")
How is this not a zombie thread?
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/13 "2015-02-04T22:06:09Z")
> [@Scumpup](#):
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> Going?
That was my first thought.
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### Author:  [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/14 "2015-02-04T22:07:18Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> He’s a little hamburger short of a Helper meal.
I don’t know why they call this stuff hamburger helper. It does just fine by itself.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/15 "2015-02-04T22:17:30Z")
> [@Chimera](#):
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> How is this not a zombie thread?
[Previous thread on his batshit behavior](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544152)
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/16 "2015-02-05T00:36:17Z")
His shitter’s been full for years.
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### Author:  [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/17 "2015-02-05T02:58:26Z")
He’s been crazy before but… I so didn’t need to see that
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/18 "2015-02-05T05:37:20Z")
It’s the darndest thing: He falls down a well, he goes nuts. He gets kicked by a mule, he goes even nutser.
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### Author:  [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/19 "2015-02-05T17:56:41Z")
Man, that’s sad. He really has gotten even more deranged.
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-randy-quaid-going-insane/711835/20 "2015-02-05T18:11:27Z")
Discussions of him and his wife did at least teach me a term I was glad to learn:
[Folie à deux](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux): a psychosis shared by two people.
Does anybody know the ages of their kids? I hope they’re grown or at least not still in their parents’ custody.
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