# Made-Up, False and Flat-out Wrong Trivia Dominoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 21, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580 "2014-04-21T03:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 492
**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:** [June 6, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9822 "2018-06-06T22:10:47Z")
Ah-oh, there just aren’t as many great wooden performances as there used to be, back in the halcyon days of Adam West and Peter Weller. Ah, those lads, y’could play a looney off o’ them, and they’d only underwhelm some more. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9823 "2018-06-07T01:58:54Z")
"Playing a looney’ is one of the most widely known expression in America, but only one person understands what the hell it means. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9824 "2018-06-07T03:30:46Z")
Paying a loonie is not uncommon in Canada. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9825 "2018-06-07T13:42:17Z")
Speaking of wooden actors performances, Bogart’s line at the ending of _Casablanca_ is a classic: “Loonie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9826 "2018-06-07T18:53:20Z")
Alfred Hitchcock once considered replacing the entire cast of one of the episodes of _Alfred Hitchcock Presents_ with wooden actors, or life-sized marionettes. His reasoning was that the puppets would work for free, and all he had to do was pull a few strings. However, actor unions had pull back in the day, and they would throw their voices in disapproval. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9827 "2018-06-07T20:38:26Z")
A revival of Avenue Q is in the works, with the people and puppet roles being switched, with the actual people in the original production now being portrayed as puppets, and vice versa. Rod and Todd will be played by Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki, and Mayim Bialik will portray Kate Monster. (Come to think of it, that could work like any creative idea, if done right). ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9828 "2018-06-09T15:52:17Z")
Amalgamated Puppets Union recently decried the lack of work for American puppets in recent years. Not only has there been a demand that puppets be able to choose their own puppeteers but there are scripts written my puppets being proposed to producers. The scripts have been criticized as derivative. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9829 "2018-06-09T15:56:53Z")
Fozzie Bear’s _A Wokka Wokka on the Wild Side_ in particular drew considerable criticism especially from the two geezers. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9830 "2018-06-09T16:05:58Z")
Fozzie Bear has written a script about the life of Henry Winkler, entitled Heeeyyyyy…It’s The Fonz." ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9831 "2018-06-09T16:22:07Z")
Fozzie Bear is neither a Fozzie nor a bear. He is an polyursidae hybrid and his real name is Lloyd. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9832 "2018-06-09T16:51:07Z")
Polyursidae Lloyd Hybrid has composed the music for Heeeyyyyy…It’s The Fonz, the musical. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9833 "2018-06-10T22:37:24Z")
Willie Nelson has covered the big hit song from the musical, called _Eh, Sit On It_. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9834 "2018-06-11T13:59:58Z")
_Eh, Sit On It_ has also been covered by Pattie LuPone, Elaine Paige, Betty Buckley, Petula Clark, Diane Carroll, Helen Schneider, and Nelson Eddy and his Lombardy Pudding Elk Orchestra. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9835 "2018-06-12T05:48:46Z")
Petula Clark never did go downtown. She was an uptown girl. When she recorded _Eh, Sit On It_, she decided Downtown should be the B-side. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9836 "2018-06-12T13:55:15Z")
Petula Clark, Dick Clark, Roy Clark, Mary Higgins Clark, Susan Clark, Ramsey Clark, and Dick Clark shared an apartment together when starting out. The neighbors whispered rumors about their activities, and they were evicted. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9837 "2018-06-12T13:57:02Z")
Mary Higgins, Dick, Roy and Ramsey joined with Dave to become the Dave Clark Five, America’s answer to the Beatles. To which the Beatles replied, “What was the question?” ---
**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:** [June 12, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9838 "2018-06-12T14:05:27Z")
In answer to Donovan’s rock opera Sunshine Superman, Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster produced a rock opera called Superman Superstar. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9839 "2018-06-12T14:24:03Z")
The rock opera Superman Superstar was plagued by production problems from the get go. Siegel and Shuster had problems raising the money needed to produce the show, actors were injured practicing on the wirework rigs, other actors left the show and replacements had to be cast. People were also confused by a new villain that was introduced named Miss Nesquick, who had the ability to shoot razors or something. Nobody understood where she came from or how she could be a threat to a powerful hero like Superman. Despite all the problems, audiences pretty much agree that the show wasn’t very good but the main song was very catchy. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9840 "2018-06-12T15:13:36Z")
The Producers, of “Springtime for Hitler” infamy, originally considered producing “Superman Superstar” but rejected it as “too obvious we were trying to fail”. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/9841 "2018-06-12T16:03:30Z")
_Springtime for Hitler_ was banned in Argentina for perceived insults to the ruling political party. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=491) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=493)