# Keep a Word, Delete a Word **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 1, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013 "2015-05-01T15:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 691
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13804 "2017-02-20T05:08:27Z")
Final Countdown > **[The Final Countdown (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Countdown_(film))** > > The Final Countdown is a 1980 American science fiction war film about a modern nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Produced by Peter Douglas and Lloyd Kaufman (founder of Troma Entertainment) and directed by Don Taylor, the film contains an ensemble cast starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino, Katharine Ross and Charles Durning. > This was the final film by Don Taylor. Kaufman also served as an ass... [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9jK-NcRmVcw/maxresdefault.jpg "Europe - The Final Countdown (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13805 "2017-02-20T05:23:29Z")
launch countdown ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13806 "2017-02-20T09:20:53Z")
launch pad ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13807 "2017-02-20T12:29:56Z")
Lilly Pad ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13808 "2017-02-20T14:12:25Z")
Eli Lilly ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13809 "2017-02-20T14:17:29Z")
Eli Whitney ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13810 "2017-02-20T14:19:30Z")
Whitney Frost ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13811 "2017-02-20T15:08:28Z")
Robert Frost ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13812 "2017-02-20T16:10:27Z")
Robert McNamara ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13813 "2017-02-20T18:05:30Z")
Robert Heinlein ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13814 "2017-02-20T18:26:12Z")
Robert Downey ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13815 "2017-02-20T18:57:00Z")
Downey, California ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13816 "2017-02-20T19:24:11Z")
Southern California ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13817 "2017-02-20T21:29:20Z")
southern belle ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13818 "2017-02-20T21:32:10Z")
Memphis Belle ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13819 "2017-02-20T21:39:21Z")
Memphis, Tennessee ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13820 "2017-02-20T21:42:25Z")
[Tennessee Birdwalk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKnK3Hhmo-0) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13821 "2017-02-20T22:26:55Z")
birdwalk dance ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13822 "2017-02-20T22:51:49Z")
Charles Dance ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13823 "2017-02-20T23:07:43Z")
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