# Oldest idiotic arguments on TV/movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2016, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295 "2016-07-19T07:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/41 "2016-07-20T22:53:56Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > “Less filling!” “Tastes great!” You really aren’t reading anyone else’s posts, are you?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/42 "2016-07-21T00:24:52Z")
Couldn’t find a link to it, but the Eddie Foy/George M. Cohan scene where they’re squabbling over who’s the better performer (neither acknowledging their own identities until the end) in **Yankee Doodle Dandy** is a lot of fun. Foy: Foy keeps 'em glued to their seats! Cohan: That’s one way to keep 'em in the theater . Cohan does it with talent. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/43 "2016-07-21T00:54:59Z")
_When Harry Met Sally…_ asked the question of whether or not a guy can tell when a woman’s faking an orgasm. “I’ll have what she’s having.” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/44 "2016-07-21T01:12:51Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You really aren’t reading anyone else’s posts, are you?:dubious: On the contrary! I read them all! So there! 🙂 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/45 "2016-07-21T01:45:26Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I remember this argument a little differently. Mike was eating all his veggies first, then all his potatoes, then the meat. > > Archie said you should eat them at the same time because that is what they call “a balanced diet”. You are correct sir. But it still ended with them running into the kitchen to make sandwiches, which was Archie’s point. The sandwich is the true balanced diet. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/46 "2016-07-21T02:27:40Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I want to complain! YOU want to complain? Look at these shoes; I’ve only had 'em three weeks and the heels are worn right through. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/47 "2016-07-21T02:55:07Z")
Stupid git… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/48 "2016-07-21T04:16:29Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > On the contrary! I read them all! So there! 🙂 😛 Then why do you ignore them? Or do you just like to repeat what other people have said earlier? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/49 "2016-07-21T04:57:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Then why do you ignore them? Or do you just like to repeat what other people have said earlier? Look, what I have posted here of late hasn’t exactly been _echoing others’ posts,_ you know… ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/50 "2016-07-21T07:54:52Z")
a good one is whether whacking day was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295/51 "2016-07-21T12:28:15Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > We need to make a concerted effort to use that phrase here as much as possible. I look to you, **Cats** , for leadership. > [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > We **all** put the yeast in! > > See how good that works? Why am I hearing echos of stuff being thrown into a quarry? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-idiotic-arguments-on-tv-movies/760295.md?page=2)