# (Mis)Casting **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 17, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906 "2019-10-17T14:48:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/1 "2019-10-17T14:48:52Z")
Essentially a more accessible version of an [earlier game thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=839463). This is easier to participate in because all you have to do is come up with a single dubious casting choice for a rebooted movie or tv role proposed by the previous poster. e.g. Poster A: Superman? Poster B: Alan Alda Next: Voice of Darth Vader? Poster C: Gilbert Gottfried Next: Captain Jean Luc Picard? and so on. I’ll start: Major ‘Hot Lips’ Hoolihan? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/2 "2019-10-17T14:54:27Z")
Helen Mirren Ted Baxter? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/3 "2019-10-17T14:55:44Z")
Shelley Long. Jeremiah Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/4 "2019-10-17T15:04:13Z")
Dick Van Dyke Samantha Stephens? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/5 "2019-10-17T15:07:11Z")
Roseanne Barr (I LOVE the idea of a Bewitched reboot!) Spock? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/6 "2019-10-17T15:36:52Z")
Don Knotts Frasier Crane? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/7 "2019-10-17T15:48:13Z")
Pauley Shore The Godfather? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/8 "2019-10-17T15:49:44Z")
Carrot Top Ichabod Crane? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/9 "2019-10-17T15:51:49Z")
Danny DeVito Batman? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/10 "2019-10-17T16:01:16Z")
David Ogden Stiers Roseanne Conner? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/11 "2019-10-17T16:07:41Z")
Twiggy(and I would have gone with George Clooney for Batman :D) Mork? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/12 "2019-10-17T16:48:01Z")
[Karl Malden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Malden)or no one! (okay maybe Telly Savalas in a pinch) Kojak? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/13 "2019-10-17T16:51:09Z")
Fabio Beaver Cleaver? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/14 "2019-10-17T16:55:37Z")
David Hasselhoff Sherlock Holmes? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/15 "2019-10-17T16:58:56Z")
John Travolta Mr. Ed? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/16 "2019-10-17T16:59:52Z")
Sylvester Stalone Princess Leia? Ninja’d but you know what, I’m gonna ride that horse ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/17 "2019-10-17T17:04:46Z")
Debbie Reynolds. Flo from Progressive ads? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/18 "2019-10-17T17:07:25Z")
Ava Gabor McGarrett? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/19 "2019-10-17T17:15:55Z")
Doodles Weaver Bogart in Casa Blanca? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/20 "2019-10-17T17:18:05Z")
Peter Lorre Norman Bates? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906.md?page=2)