# Lousy Descriptions ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242 "2019-02-09T20:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/21 "2019-02-10T13:50:56Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Oh! And Riker swings his leg over the back of a chair to sit in it. Also, he had a beard. That narrows it a bit. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/22 "2019-02-10T15:43:24Z")
How about the _Quantum Leap_ episode when Sam finds himself in a new timeline and says, “Oh, boy!”? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/23 "2019-02-10T16:10:23Z")
I think we should distinguish between shows where a character repeats a signature line or gesture and ones where the show repeats plots. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/24 "2019-02-10T20:22:17Z")
Girlfriend describes noise her car makes when she puts it in gear as “Uh HUH huh” ( like the first 3 or 4 bars in the ‘woody woodpecker song’, with her using the same tone and lilt as woody woodpecker ) Asked me if I knew what it was. When I finally heard it, it was a distinct ringing sound…3 “rings” in rapid succession. ( onomatopoeia and all that ) Yeah, heard that before. Torque converter bolt(s) backed out and hitting as flywheel/TC rotated. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/25 "2019-02-10T20:30:45Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > You know that tune that goes: DA-DA-DA DA DA-DA DA DA-DA? What’s the name of that tune? THIS!:eek: I LOVE THIS!:D:D I see it all the time,lol and the best is when someone tells them it doesn’t work and they argue.:smack::D:D Pure gold ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/26 "2019-02-10T20:41:29Z")
What was that episode of Bewitched where Endora put a spell on Darrin and he started acting whacky in front of Mr. Tate? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/27 "2019-02-10T21:47:47Z")
There was that SNL where Chevy Chase fell down at the opening. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/28 "2019-02-10T22:17:14Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > There was that SNL where Chevy Chase fell down at the opening. Naaah. Too specific. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/29 "2019-02-10T22:57:30Z")
What was that Shakespeare play where a woman dressed up in men’s clothes and fooled everyone into thinking that she was a man? ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/30 "2019-02-11T14:27:33Z")
The episode of Big Bang where Sheldon made a big fuss about someone sitting in his sport. And his mother spouted some Texas Bible Belt Christian nonsense? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/31 "2019-02-11T22:28:27Z")
Getting back to the general idea in the OP, one place I see this quite often now is in movie descriptions. "_BigLongTitleThatGoesOn_ is a movie starring BigMovieStar1, SmallMovieStar2, NotRemotelyAMovieStar3, … " And after that there’s not enough room left to say what the movie is about. And the stars are already listed elsewhere on the page (as well as the title)! So you gotta go to IMDb where their descriptions are terrible but usually have at least a couple sentences. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/32 "2019-02-13T14:34:43Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > You know that tune that goes: DA-DA-DA DA DA-DA DA DA-DA? What’s the name of that tune? DA-DEE-DA-DEE-DUM, DA-DEE-DA-DEE-DUM [What’s the name of that song?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TjX5r37V0Q) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/33 "2019-02-13T14:41:56Z")
I’ve been looking for this book. You know-the one with the author’s picture on the back cover. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242/34 "2019-02-13T14:51:07Z")
The episode of Star Trek where three regulars and a guy you never saw before beam down to an unknown planet, and the unknown guy gets killed. I don’t remember which Star Trek Franchise it was, but I think the guy was wearing a red shirt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lousy-descriptions/829242.md?page=1)