# One Performance that destroyed another **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266 "2006-07-27T15:01:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/41 "2006-07-28T13:19:36Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Every time I see Patinkin, this is what goes through my mind: “It is like your name… Sykes. I’m sure it doesn’t bother you at all that it sounds like ‘ss’ai k’ss,’ two words in my language which mean ‘excrement’ and ‘cranium’…shithead.” As for Deadwood, every time I see E. B. Farnum, I hear…well. “Hi, I’m Larry. This here’s my brother, Darryl. And this is my other brother, Darryl.” [/QUOTE] I keep thinking the same thing when I see Blade Runner. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/42 "2006-07-28T15:04:14Z")
Jean Hagen’s turn as Leena Lamont in _Singin’ In The Rain_ was totally priceless, but supposedly damaged her career. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/43 "2006-07-28T15:36:52Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] \ So, Nielsen is now perceived as a comedian BECAUSE he starred in a movie and a TV series that lampooned the kind of serious dramatic work he’d spent his whole life doing! [/QUOTE] You’re right, but Nielsen is preceived as a comic actor because those are the only roles he’s chosen to play since _Airplane!_ . He hasn’t gone back to playing the ultra-square guys he played before 1980. He’s made a great living playing Drebin-esque characters for over 25 years now, on top of the super-serious ones he played for 25 years before that. He’s in his eighties now, believe it or not, and still going strong. I say he should get a honorary Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/44 "2006-07-28T17:23:31Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] the Matrix also ruined **The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert** for all future viewings. [/QUOTE] Strange, I found that The Matrix perfected Priscilla for me. Queen’s set at Live Aid, destroyed every other groups set. They compeletly blew everyone else out of the water. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/45 "2006-07-28T17:49:14Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] The original “Alien Nation” movie. He played Sam Francisco, who was renamed “George” by his partner Sykes. [/QUOTE] Ah. Merci. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/46 "2006-07-28T18:57:15Z")
I had a big problem with **Passion of the Christ** being a **Life of Brian** fan. I think a lot of folks on this board mentioned the same issue when the movie came out. I’ve been trying to watch **House** but it’s really hard for me to see **Hugh Laurie** as a crabby, unshaven, limping, t-shirt-wearing, genius American doctor when I am used to him being an aloof, shaven, limber, stylish (usually), numbskull British comedian/fop/soldier/playboy in **A Bit of Fry and Laurie** , **Blackadder** and **Jeeves & Wooster**. My mom, who saw **House** first was equally as disturbed when I showed her **Jeeves & Wooster**. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/47 "2006-07-28T19:39:32Z")
I can’t see the actress who played Jerry’s sweet mother Mrs. Seinfeld without thinking about her guest appearance on “NCIS.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![purpler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cab0a1/32.png) [@purpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purpler)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/48 "2006-07-28T19:44:46Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] I just can’t help hearing Smith say: “Hobbits…are a _disease_” [/QUOTE] Every time Elrond says, “Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Baggins”, my brain automatically fills in, “My name…is FRODO!!!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/49 "2006-07-28T22:18:56Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] I had a big problem with **Passion of the Christ** being a **Life of Brian** fan. I think a lot of folks on this board mentioned the same issue when the movie came out. I’ve been trying to watch **House** but it’s really hard for me to see **Hugh Laurie** as a crabby, unshaven, limping, t-shirt-wearing, genius American doctor when I am used to him being an aloof, shaven, limber, stylish (usually), numbskull British comedian/fop/soldier/playboy in **A Bit of Fry and Laurie** , **Blackadder** and **Jeeves & Wooster**. My mom, who saw **House** first was equally as disturbed when I showed her **Jeeves & Wooster**. [/QUOTE] I came here to post the very same thing. I tried to re-watch my J & W DVDs the other night and it just doesn’t work anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/50 "2006-07-28T22:45:29Z")
Speaking of **Blackadder** , Miranda Richardson single-handedly destroyed all other portrayals of Elizabeth I, before or since: it’s impossible to watch Cate Blanchett or Judi Dench doing Queen Bess without thinking, “Percy - who’s Queen?”. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/51 "2006-07-28T22:57:29Z")
[QUOTE=Othersider] This reminded me of one: I can’t see Wallace Shawn in anything without hearing “_INCONCEIVABLE!_” [/QUOTE] Well, when I saw him in _Princess Bride_, I expected him, as I always do, to take off his shoes and “air out the old dogs.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/52 "2006-07-29T02:19:00Z")
I haven’t seen Wallace Shawn in much else but Deep Space Nine, so when I see him, I keep expecting to hear him yell, “QUAAAARRKKK!” ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/53 "2006-07-29T08:11:04Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] And let’s admit it, when Ricardo Montalban shows up on TV, how many of you yell out, “KHAAAAAN! KHAAAAAN!” You know you do. :wally [/QUOTE] Nope. I yell out “De plane! De plane!” ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/54 "2006-07-29T15:04:34Z")
[QUOTE=zamboniracer] Ever since seeing Leslie Nielsen in _Airplane!_ (which I can’t believe came out 25 years ago) I can’t take his previous work as a more straight-laced actor seriously. He played the ship captiain in the original _Poseiden Adventure_ which was on cable not too long ago and I kept expecting him to be funny, which he wasn’t. [/QUOTE] This is exactly what I thought of–I simply cannot take him seriously now! My dad once told me that Jack Elam used to play some really serious bad guys–I’m talking about real bastards. (I only saw one clip from an old Western flick and he was shooting at a _baby_, so I can believe it) But then came _Support Your Local Sherriff_, and his career as a baddie was **over**! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266/55 "2006-07-30T20:33:57Z")
The first Batman movie was totally ruined for me because I kept expecting big spikes to come shooting out of his head at any moment. (Michael Keaton had just gotten through playing Beetlejuice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-performance-that-destroyed-another/366266.md?page=2)