# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8726 "2021-01-10T23:12:14Z")

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**Movies Set in Medieval Times**

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. The Sword in the Stone (staying with the comedy theme)
3. The Lion in Winter
4. Camelot
5. A Knight’s Tale
6. Excalibur
7. The Cable Guy
8. Robin Hood

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8727 "2021-01-10T23:40:22Z")

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**Movies Set in Medieval Times**

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. The Sword in the Stone (staying with the comedy theme)
3. The Lion in Winter
4. Camelot
5. A Knight’s Tale
6. Excalibur
7. The Cable Guy
8. Robin Hood
9. The Prince and the Pauper (the tail end of the Medieval era, but in it nonetheless)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8728 "2021-01-11T03:53:19Z")

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**Movies Set in Medieval Times**

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. The Sword in the Stone (staying with the comedy theme)
3. The Lion in Winter
4. Camelot
5. A Knight’s Tale
6. Excalibur
7. The Cable Guy
8. Robin Hood
9. The Prince and the Pauper (the tail end of the Medieval era, but in it nonetheless)
10. The Seventh Seal

Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8729 "2021-01-11T06:32:21Z")

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Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman
2. The Blair Witch Project

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8730 "2021-01-11T13:40:34Z")

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Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. Rebecca

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8731 "2021-01-11T14:37:03Z")

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Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. Rebecca
4. Rosemary’s Baby

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**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:** [January 11, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8732 "2021-01-11T15:30:18Z")

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Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. Rebecca
4. Rosemary’s Baby
5. Harvey

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**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:** [January 11, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8733 "2021-01-11T15:41:04Z")

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Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. Rebecca
4. Rosemary’s Baby
5. Harvey
6. The Thin Man

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8734 "2021-01-11T21:17:55Z")

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Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. Rebecca
4. Waiting for Godot

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**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:** [January 11, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8735 "2021-01-11T21:24:11Z")

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Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. Rebecca
4. Rosemary’s Baby
5. Harvey
6. The Thin Man
7. Waiting for Godot

Fixed

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8736 "2021-01-12T02:57:15Z")

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Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. Rebecca
4. Rosemary’s Baby
5. Harvey
6. The Thin Man
7. Waiting for Godot
8. Immediate Family

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**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:** [January 12, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8737 "2021-01-12T05:11:47Z")

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Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. Rebecca
4. Rosemary’s Baby
5. Harvey
6. The Thin Man
7. Waiting for Godot
8. Immediate Family
9. The Invisible Man

He doesn’t appear while he’s invisible.

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**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:** [January 12, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8738 "2021-01-12T13:12:55Z")

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Film titles naming characters, object or places that are literally part of the plot, but do not appear on the screen

1. Waiting for Guffman
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. Rebecca
4. Rosemary’s Baby
5. Harvey
6. The Thin Man
7. Waiting for Godot
8. Immediate Family
9. The Invisible Man
10. Charlie’s Angels

You don’t see Charlie.

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**Movies with Comedy Duos (No repeats of duos please)**

1. Road to Rio (Bing & Bob)

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8739 "2021-01-12T13:37:43Z")

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**Movies with Comedy Duos (No repeats of duos please)**

1. Road to Rio (Bing & Bob)
2. Sons of the Desert (Laurel & Hardy)

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8740 "2021-01-12T14:09:09Z")

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**Movies with Comedy Duos (No repeats of duos please)**

1. Road to Rio (Bing & Bob)
2. Sons of the Desert (Laurel & Hardy)
3. Hollywood or Bust (1956) - (Martin & Lewis)

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8741 "2021-01-12T14:11:05Z")

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**Movies with Comedy Duos (No repeats of duos please)**

1. Road to Rio (Bing & Bob)
2. Sons of the Desert (Laurel & Hardy)
3. Hollywood or Bust (1956) - (Martin & Lewis)
4. Buck Privates (Abbott & Costello)

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**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8742 "2021-01-12T14:27:25Z")

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**Movies with Comedy Duos (No repeats of duos please)**

1. Road to Rio (Bing & Bob)
2. Sons of the Desert (Laurel & Hardy)
3. Hollywood or Bust (1956) - (Martin & Lewis)
4. Buck Privates (Abbott & Costello)
5. Silver Streak (Pryor and Wilder)

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8743 "2021-01-12T14:29:46Z")

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**Movies with Comedy Duos (No repeats of duos please)**

1. Road to Rio (Bing & Bob)
2. Sons of the Desert (Laurel & Hardy)
3. Hollywood or Bust (1956) - (Martin & Lewis)
4. Buck Privates (Abbott & Costello)
5. Silver Streak (Pryor and Wilder)
6. Tommy Boy (Chris Farley and David Spade)

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**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:** [January 12, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8744 "2021-01-12T14:37:39Z")

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**Movies with Comedy Duos (No repeats of duos please)**

1. Road to Rio (Bing & Bob)
2. Sons of the Desert (Laurel & Hardy)
3. Hollywood or Bust (1956) - (Martin & Lewis)
4. Buck Privates (Abbott & Costello)
5. Silver Streak (Pryor and Wilder)
6. Tommy Boy (Chris Farley and David Spade)
7. Up In Smoke (Cheech & Chong)

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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8745 "2021-01-12T14:39:58Z")

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**Movies with Comedy Duos (No repeats of duos please)**

1. Road to Rio (Bing & Bob)
2. Sons of the Desert (Laurel & Hardy)
3. Hollywood or Bust (1956) - (Martin & Lewis)
4. Buck Privates (Abbott & Costello)
5. Silver Streak (Pryor and Wilder)
6. Tommy Boy (Chris Farley and David Spade)
7. Up In Smoke (Cheech & Chong)
8. Bedazzled (Pete & Dud)

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