# Obvious things about a creative work you realize after the millionth time (OPEN SPOILERS POSSIBLE) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117 "2009-07-24T13:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 352
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7027 "2026-05-01T23:47:50Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > That the producer was sleeping with the young star In the movie, the producer specifically says, “she was the greatest piece of ass I’ve ever had.” ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7028 "2026-05-02T13:50:44Z")
Yeh, hence me admitting it was an obvious thing to miss. So now I feel like an idiot because I must’ve seen it 10 times. I honestly think I naively assumed he meant ‘had’ as in she was in the films he produced. I know, dumb. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7029 "2026-05-02T23:05:25Z")
In the episode “Krusty Gets Kancelled” on _The Simpsons_, Krusty the Clown talks about how he and Better Midler bought a horse together and named it Krudler. That name is funny enough, imo, but years later, I realized that they could have named it Misty. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7030 "2026-05-02T23:41:24Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Better Midler This is one of the bette(r) autocorrects! ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7031 "2026-05-03T00:41:16Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > his car has “Autronic Eye / Which winks when a cute little Volvo goes by.” The Autronic Eye was an automatic headlight-dimming system, before the sensors and electronics existed to make it effective or helpful. It was known for being confused and randomly dimming the headlights when triggered by, amongst other things, oncoming traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7032 "2026-05-03T01:23:12Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Available, certainly. or the rich person could just depend on the chauffeur, gardener, and other staff for security. During the “guilded age” 1870-1890, estimated 15% of NYC was “servants”. In the 1920’s, " chauffeur" for rich people was often explicitly part of the ex-military security detail, but it’s not clear to me how much of this was just “fashion” (I’m so important I have security), how much of this was spitefulness (I’ve got a bodyguard to piss off my ex), and how much of it was protection. I note that in the UK, a rich man’s personal body servant, as well as his chauffer, were normally ex-military, and often function in literature like Kato, but I doubt that real life was much like the Green Hornet. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7033 "2026-05-03T01:32:49Z")
Before Robert Peel and the creation of professional police forces, home security was a real issue in Britain. In addition to purely servile duties the majordomo or butler of a wealthy house was responsible for maintaining the security of the estate. “Housebreaking”– smash-and-grab home invasions by a flash mob could and did happen. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7034 "2026-05-03T02:04:50Z")
Jay Gould, 1836-1892, had a 24-hr armed guard team at his country estate. But the notoriety of that arrangement suggests that it was unusual it the time. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7035 "2026-05-03T02:12:11Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > It was known for being confused and randomly dimming the headlights when triggered by, amongst other things, oncoming traffic. Isn’t oncoming traffic when you’re supposed to dim your headlights? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7036 "2026-05-03T02:13:15Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > I note that in the UK, a rich man’s personal body servant, as well as his chauffer, were normally ex-military, and often function in literature like Kato,… Randomly attacking their boss? ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7037 "2026-05-03T02:21:33Z")
I think that the Autronic Eye was supposed to be a dusk/dawn sensor, but whatever-- it was known for poorly controlled blinking. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7038 "2026-05-03T02:27:53Z")
Heck, I see street lights do this feedback thing where their own turning on and off changes the light level enough to trigger them. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7039 "2026-05-03T02:40:05Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@Melbourne](#): > > > > I note that in the UK, a rich man’s personal body servant, as well as his chauffer, were normally ex-military, and often function in literature like Kato,… > > Randomly attacking their boss? Dang it - I was too slow. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7040 "2026-05-03T02:56:34Z")
I’m unfamiliar with the _Green Hornet_ television series. Were the Pink Panther movies parodying GH on that score, or did they make up the attacking thing entirely on their own? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7041 "2026-05-03T14:01:27Z")
That was a Pink Panther thing. Riffing off the fact the Green Hornet’s Kato was played by Bruce Lee. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7042 "2026-05-03T16:36:43Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > > If you had played the Godfather video game … in which you play a Corleone soldier, following tangents of the movie … you’d realize how they did it. Planting the horse head is one of the missions. > > I can’t remember exactly because it’s like 20 year old game or something, but they/you pull it off. > > So they didn’t use a saw? I needed a good laugh this morning. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7043 "2026-05-03T17:45:35Z")
If you put the sentence “In the Godfather video game, how do you plant the horse’s head?” into Google, you will get a description of how to do this. I have no idea if this is sufficient within the game. I have no idea if this remotely works in doing this in real life. I didn’t even realize that there was such a thing as a Godfather game until now. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7044 "2026-05-03T20:42:54Z")
Unfortunately, no questions are really answered. They don’t show you how they get the horse’s head or how they plant it in Woltz’s bed without him waking up. It’s hidden behind cut-scenes. Rocco goes into the stall, you hear a bunch winnying and a thump and he comes out with a “package” - the head in a burlap sack. Then they sneak into the mansion - leaving a trail of dead guards behind them - and then Rocco sneaks into the Woltz’s room and it cuts right to him screaming. Maybe they did just pull the horse’s head off. Who knows? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0HCqugT_Vh4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Godfather (PC) - Mission #9 - Horseplay") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HCqugT_Vh4) ---
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> [@Melbourne](#): > > During the “guilded age” 1870-1890 The mid-13th century (in Europe), you mean? 😉 (Sorry for the nitpick. We know you meant “gilded”.) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117/7046 "2026-05-04T15:25:05Z")
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