# It doesn't exist, but it seems like it should **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061 "2023-04-22T22:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/1 "2023-04-22T22:21:29Z")
Glengarry Glenross the Musical. I Googled it and there’s nothing. I wanted some yucks, and was disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/2 "2023-04-22T22:25:48Z")
The PBS series “Travis McGee”, with a well-selected cast, direct adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s books (at least until they’ve done all the books), good directing, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/3 "2023-04-22T22:46:48Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Glengarry Glenross the Musical. I Googled it and there’s nothing. I wanted some yucks, and was disappointed. There is [an all-female table read](https://www.playbill.com/article/allison-janney-catherine-ohara-robin-wright-and-more-set-for-all-female-reading-of-glengarry-glen-ross-com-202605) of the script. There is also [a Christmas version of Alec Baldwin’s famous “Always Be Closing” monologue](https://youtu.be/J_vSirIJEsY), although it is ruined by the ending. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/4 "2023-04-22T22:47:50Z")
A miniseries version of the Little House series that sticks to the books. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/5 "2023-04-22T23:16:22Z")
“Idiocracy 2: Darwin’s Revenge”, depicting the solving of the “Marching Morons” problem by deliberately reintroducing lots and lots of ways for really stupid people to accidently kill themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/6 "2023-04-23T00:38:22Z")
A feature-length CGI adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s [I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Had_Trouble_in_Getting_to_Solla_Sollew). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/7 "2023-04-23T01:27:24Z")
Hotel vending machines that sell clean socks and underwear. (I’ve seen vending machines in Vegas that sell disposable flat shoes for ladies who’ve been in high heels all night, but nothing for the basics.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/8 "2023-04-23T01:57:31Z")
A 9-part PBS adaptation of _The Heart of Princess Osra_ (Anthony Hope). An outdoor musical adaptation (_cf._ _The Lost Colony_ or _Trumpet In the Land_) of _The Widow Ranter; or, The History of Bacon in Virginia_ (Aphra Behn). A movie or PBS miniseries adapting _Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave_ (Aphra Behn). ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/9 "2023-04-23T09:07:19Z")
Hotel vending machines with sell the following - Toothbrushes - Toothpaste - Combs - AA Batteries - AAA Batteries ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/10 "2023-04-23T10:02:31Z")
ive seen those in train and bus stations … tho I paid 7 bucks for 2 disposable razors and a little pack of shaving gel in the 90s in a texas bus station … but going through the south mid-summer and the face fur growing back it was spend the money or dig the skin off of my face ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/11 "2023-04-23T13:06:57Z")
There’s a podcast called “The Thrilling Adventure Hour” that consists of a series of comedic sketches done in the style of old-time radio serials. One of them, “Beyond Belief” features Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster playing a married high-society couple who have run-ins with the supernatural. Paget does a perfect Mid-Atlantic accent— I would listen to her reading a phone book in that accent. I would love to see “Beyond Belief: The Movie” with Paul and Paget reprising their podcast roles. And the same writers who write for the podcast. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/12 "2023-04-23T13:48:04Z")
Valet Parking at the Emergency Room. Brian Regan has a comedy routine about this. Do they offer it now? ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/13 "2023-04-23T14:27:21Z")
An _Addams Family_ episode titled “[I’m Gomez, He’s Fester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Dickens,_He%27s_Fenster).” ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/14 "2023-04-23T14:49:45Z")
Decent footage of the Yankees from the 1920’s (when Babe Ruth was their biggest star) playing a game. The most I’ve ever seen is a few highlights, and nothing that would let you fully follow the action. Surely they could have set up a camera behind home plate (or in the outfield) to get an actual game. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/15 "2023-04-23T17:19:13Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Decent footage of the Yankees from the 1920’s (when Babe Ruth was their biggest star) playing a game. What is the oldest full game we have in baseball? ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/16 "2023-04-23T17:25:19Z")
A laugh-track and sound track muter on the remote. Coffee shops in funeral homes. A big honking cine verite movie about the battle of Leyte Gulf. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/17 "2023-04-23T17:26:32Z")
Did anyone see a baseball game they broadcast, starting out using the oldest tv equipment, and working their way up to modern stuff? Modern players looked just like the old-timey players when they used the vintage cameras. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/18 "2023-04-23T17:27:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What is the oldest full game we have in baseball? The first televised game was in 1939, but newsreel footage of the 1924 World Series was found in 2014. > **[Film of the Washington Senators Winning the 1924 World Series Found! | Now...](https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2014/10/film-of-the-washington-senators-winning-the-1924-world-series-found/)** > > Like any right-minded individual, I rejoiced in the return of baseball to the Nation’s Capital in 2005 and have certainly reveled in the Washington Nationals’ fabulous 2014 season. Exciting as it has been (the post All-Star Game surge, Jordan... The technology certainly existed when Ruth hit 60 homers in 1927. I’m just disappointed that there wasn’t more of an effort to capture his team play, or to get an angle that would actually show the action (instead of just a close up of a player throwing or swinging). ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/19 "2023-04-23T17:45:02Z")
People at Reddit and YouTube point at the [1952 World Series, Game 7: Yankees @ Dodgers game as the oldest surviving complete broadcast of a baseball game.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqZnPQnxO9U&t=1s) However, Marketwatch [reported that game 6 was found and it is, so far as I know, the current oldest surviving full game recorded.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN2VxjMMwf4) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-doesnt-exist-but-it-seems-like-it-should/983061/20 "2023-04-23T22:27:04Z")
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