# Movie Marathon (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988 "2023-06-23T10:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 412
**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:** [June 11, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8222 "2025-06-11T13:33:35Z")
I’ll kick this one off… **Movies About Fictitious Bands** 1. Eddie and the Cruisers My fiancèe and I watched this last night, since I’d never seen it before _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 11, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8223 "2025-06-11T13:45:54Z")
**Movies About Fictitious Bands** 1. Eddie and the Cruisers 2. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8224 "2025-06-11T14:25:02Z")
**Movies About Fictitious Bands** 1. Eddie and the Cruisers 2. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 3. That Thing You Do! The Oneders! ---
**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:** [June 11, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8225 "2025-06-11T14:43:03Z")
**Movies About Fictitious Bands** 1. Eddie and the Cruisers 2. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 3. That Thing You Do! 4. Almost Famous Stillwater ---
**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:** [June 11, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8226 "2025-06-11T14:56:24Z")
**Movies About Fictitious Bands** 1. Eddie and the Cruisers 2. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 3. That Thing You Do! 4. Almost Famous 5. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Featuring Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8227 "2025-06-11T16:35:53Z")
**Movies About Fictitious Bands** 1. Eddie and the Cruisers 2. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 3. That Thing You Do! 4. Almost Famous 5. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 6. CB4 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8228 "2025-06-11T16:56:26Z")
**Movies About Fictitious Bands** 1. Eddie and the Cruisers 2. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 3. That Thing You Do! 4. Almost Famous 5. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 6. CB4 7. The Commitments ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8229 "2025-06-11T17:04:13Z")
**Movies About Fictitious Bands** 1. Eddie and the Cruisers 2. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 3. That Thing You Do! 4. Almost Famous 5. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 6. CB4 7. The Commitments 8. Some Like It Hot ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8230 "2025-06-11T18:35:12Z")
**Movies About Fictitious Bands** 1. Eddie and the Cruisers 2. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 3. That Thing You Do! 4. Almost Famous 5. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 6. CB4 7. The Commitments 8. Some Like It Hot 9. This is Spinal Tap And then the band became defictionalized. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8231 "2025-06-11T21:43:44Z")
**Movies About Fictitious Bands** 1. Eddie and the Cruisers 2. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 3. That Thing You Do! 4. Almost Famous 5. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 6. CB4 7. The Commitments 8. Some Like It Hot 9. This is Spinal Tap 10. Airheads The Lone Rangers (no, that’s not a typo) pass ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8232 "2025-06-12T22:55:35Z")
**Harris Yulin films (R.I.P)** 1. Multiplicity ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8233 "2025-06-12T23:12:10Z")
**Harris Yulin films (R.I.P)** 1. Multiplicity 2. Scarface ---
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8234 "2025-06-13T00:10:05Z")
**Harris Yulin films (R.I.P)** 1. Multiplicity 2. Scarface 3. Training Day ---
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8235 "2025-06-13T02:40:23Z")
**Harris Yulin films (R.I.P)** 1. Multiplicity 2. Scarface 3. Training Day 4. Doc His screen debut, in 1971, playing Wyatt Earp opposite Stacy Keach as Doc Holliday. Yulin was a very talented character actor. May he rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8236 "2025-06-13T10:12:53Z")
**Harris Yulin films (R.I.P)** 1. Multiplicity 2. Scarface 3. Training Day 4. Doc 5. Bean ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8237 "2025-06-13T15:14:37Z")
**Harris Yulin films (R.I.P)** 1. Multiplicity 2. Scarface 3. Training Day 4. Doc 5. Bean 6. Ghostbusters ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8238 "2025-06-13T18:16:20Z")
**Harris Yulin films (R.I.P)** 1. Multiplicity 2. Scarface 3. Training Day 4. Doc 5. Bean 6. Ghostbusters 7. Clear and Present Danger ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8239 "2025-06-13T18:38:34Z")
**Harris Yulin films (R.I.P)** 1. Multiplicity 2. Scarface 3. Training Day 4. Doc 5. Bean 6. Ghostbusters 2 7. Clear and Present Danger Housekeeping on #6. He was the judge in the second Ghostbusters film. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8240 "2025-06-13T23:59:13Z")
**Harris Yulin films (R.I.P)** 1. Multiplicity 2. Scarface 3. Training Day 4. Doc 5. Bean 6. Ghostbusters 2 7. Clear and Present Danger 8. The Hurricane ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8241 "2025-06-14T00:04:52Z")
**Harris Yulin films (R.I.P)** 1. Multiplicity 2. Scarface 3. Training Day 4. Doc 5. Bean 6. Ghostbusters 2 7. Clear and Present Danger 8. The Hurricane 9. Candy Mountain [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=411) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=413)