# Movie Marathon (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 10, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550 "2026-02-10T16:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 43
**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 9, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/841 "2026-06-09T17:29:03Z")
**Movies starring two-person comedy acts** 1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 2. Penn & Teller Get Killed 3. The Road To Utopia 4. Stir Crazy Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor made 4 movies together. ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/842 "2026-06-09T17:44:56Z")
**Movies starring two-person comedy acts** 1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 2. Penn & Teller Get Killed 3. The Road To Utopia 4. Stir Crazy 5. Strange Brew Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as Bob and Doug McKenzie ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/843 "2026-06-09T18:26:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Bing & Bob in Alaska > [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor made 4 movies together. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as Bob and Doug McKenzie I was looking for established comedy duos, like the first two entries. Those others are just two comedians paired together for a movie. ---
**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 9, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/844 "2026-06-09T18:28:19Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I was looking for established comedy duos, like the first two entries. It might wind up being a short list, then, without repeats. Name 10 different “established comedy duos.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/845 "2026-06-09T18:31:56Z")
That’s true, but I thought we would allow multiple entries if we ran out. ---
**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 9, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/846 "2026-06-09T18:36:14Z")
Your category, after all. Really narrow topics tend to be difficult to get to ten, and stall out – see the number of times “Movies based on SNL sketches” has been a topic. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/847 "2026-06-09T18:46:09Z")
I’m considering letting this play out, as is. I’ll try to reset this topic later. ---
**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 9, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/848 "2026-06-09T19:13:32Z")
**Movies starring two-person comedy acts** 1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 2. Penn & Teller Get Killed 3. The Road To Utopia 4. Stir Crazy 5. Strange Brew 6. My Friend Irma Dean Martin’s and Jerry Lewis’s 1949 screen debut together. ---
**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, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/849 "2026-06-09T20:09:34Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I was looking for established comedy duos, like the first two entries. Those others are just two comedians paired together for a movie. But Bing and Bob did 7 of those movies, appeared frequently on each other’s radio and TV shows, as well as golf benefit shows and cameos in a number of other movies. ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/850 "2026-06-09T21:29:33Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:848, topic:1027550”] **Movies starring two-person comedy acts** 1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 2. Penn & Teller Get Killed 3. The Road To Utopia 4. Stir Crazy 5. Strange Brew 6. My Friend Irma 7. A Damsel in Distress starred George Burns and Gracie Allen _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/851 "2026-06-09T22:20:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > But Bing and Bob did 7 of those movies, appeared frequently on each other’s radio and TV shows, as well as golf benefit shows and cameos in a number of other movies. I didn’t put enough thought into this. I envisioned movies with Martin-Lewis, Burns-Allen, etc. What I wanted to avoid were Will Ferrell-Kevin Hart, or Will Smith-Martin Lawrence buddy movies. ---
**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, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/852 "2026-06-09T23:17:21Z")
**Movies starring two-person comedy acts** 1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 2. Penn & Teller Get Killed 3. The Road To Utopia 4. Stir Crazy 5. Strange Brew 6. My Friend Irma 7. A Damsel in Distress 8. Up In Smoke - Cheech & Chong ---
**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 9, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/853 "2026-06-09T23:25:08Z")
**Movies starring two-person comedy acts** 1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 2. Penn & Teller Get Killed 3. The Road To Utopia 4. Stir Crazy 5. Strange Brew 6. My Friend Irma 7. A Damsel in Distress 8. Up In Smoke - Cheech & Chong 9. Sons of the Desert A feature-length Laurel and Hardy film, which is generally considered to be one of their best, and has been preserved in the National Film Registry ---
**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 9, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/854 "2026-06-09T23:26:26Z")
**Movies starring two-person comedy acts** 1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 2. Penn & Teller Get Killed 3. The Road To Utopia 4. Stir Crazy 5. Strange Brew 6. My Friend Irma 7. A Damsel in Distress 8. Up In Smoke - Cheech & Chong 9. Sons of the Desert 10. The Long, Long Trailer Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. New category: **Movies in which a sports coach is one of the main characters** 1. Coach Carter ---
**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 9, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/855 "2026-06-09T23:31:40Z")
**Movies in which a sports coach is one of the main characters** 1. Coach Carter 2. Mr. Baseball Featuring Ken Takakura as Uchiyama, the manager of the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/856 "2026-06-09T23:37:14Z")
**Movies in which a sports coach is one of the main characters** 1. Coach Carter 2. Mr. Baseball 3. Next Goal Wins ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/857 "2026-06-09T23:39:38Z")
**Movies in which a sports coach is one of the main characters** 1. Coach Carter 2. Mr. Baseball 3. Next Goal Wins 4. The Program James Caan plays the head coach of a college football program. ---
**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, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/858 "2026-06-09T23:50:46Z")
**Movies in which a sports coach is one of the main characters** 1. Coach Carter 2. Mr. Baseball 3. Next Goal Wins 4. The Program 5. Slap Shot Paul Newman coaches a losing ice hockey team. ---
**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 9, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/859 "2026-06-09T23:53:57Z")
**Movies in which a sports coach is one of the main characters** 1. Coach Carter 2. Mr. Baseball 3. Next Goal Wins 4. The Program 5. Slap Shot 6. The Bad News Bears ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/860 "2026-06-10T03:56:43Z")
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