# "Only 20 People in the Universe Like \_\_\_, and 19 of them are SDMB Regulars" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598 "2007-04-11T02:44:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 11, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/21 "2007-04-11T16:27:07Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Renaissance [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t agree with that; I know tons of Renaissance fans outside the SDMB. Including the guy who always brags about playing with Annie Haslam’s toes. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/22 "2007-04-11T17:13:20Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Before it received its large general release, the film **[Koyaanisqatsi](http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/)** made a limited DVD release of something like 200 copies, at $180 a pop, to (as I recall) raise money for legal funds to aid in making a wide release possible. And at least four of those premium-priced copies were bought by SDMB members. [/QUOTE] And if I’d have had the money, I’d have bought more than one copy. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/23 "2007-04-11T17:22:35Z")
_Studio 60_ _The Nine_ _Kidnapped_ Proving that either none or not enough of us are Nielsen families! ---
**Author:** ![Revedge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Revedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revedge)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/24 "2007-04-11T17:29:39Z")
“Only one person in the Universe Likes \_\_\_, and he is a SDMB Regular” Starship Troopers Showgirls ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/25 "2007-04-11T18:01:45Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] _Serenity_ [/QUOTE] That and the rest of the Joss Whedon junk. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/26 "2007-04-11T18:03:32Z")
For the sake of all we’ve meant to each other over the years, I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/27 "2007-04-11T18:03:45Z")
There was a thread rather recently about short-lived shows. Somene mentioned Best of the West which was a very short-lived show back in the early 1980’s about an old west town after the Civil War. I was surprised that someone mentioned it because I had never met anyone that remembered it at all. A few people came out and said they loved it as did I. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/28 "2007-04-11T19:04:12Z")
_Grindhouse_, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/29 "2007-04-11T19:09:16Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Before it received its large general release, the film **[Koyaanisqatsi](http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/)** made a limited DVD release of something like 200 copies, at $180 a pop, to (as I recall) raise money for legal funds to aid in making a wide release possible. And at least four of those premium-priced copies were bought by SDMB members. [/QUOTE] That film came out in the early '80’s, before DVD’s were around. Was there a remake that I missed? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/30 "2007-04-11T19:13:41Z")
> [@](#): > > That film came out in the early '80’s, before DVD’s were around. Was there a remake that I missed? He means that the first DVD release of that 1980s film came out relatively recently, and had a hefty price tag because there wasn’t a lot of demand for such an odd film\*. It had previously been released on VHS at a low price (I have a copy). - Not odd in all venues. It ran for months in the mainstream movie theaters in Salt Lake when it was first released, and afterwards ran 3-4 times a year at the art cinemas in that early-VHS era,. before the film was released to video. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/31 "2007-04-11T19:47:56Z")
The first thing I thought of was Terry Pratchett, but I see I was beaten to the punch. And evidently those 20 people (with me not being one of them) are buying multiple copies of his books. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/32 "2007-04-11T19:56:08Z")
Heinlein. Outside of SDMB I know lots of people who have heard of him but very few who like him. Pratchett is enormously popular! ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/33 "2007-04-11T19:57:29Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Hey now! I happen to know that at least 27 people like me, and at least 12 of them are not on the SDMB!! [/QUOTE] I apologize, Opal. That was my crude attempt at forum humor. And I _still_ do not get Alton Brown. (resumes lurk mode) ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/34 "2007-04-11T20:06:01Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] “As of February 2007 he had sold approximately 50 million books worldwide.[2]” - Wikipedia. I’d say there’s a chance he’s reasonably popular outside this board. 😃 [/QUOTE] Sure, but he’s written like 10million books, so all it took was five completists to reach that number. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/35 "2007-04-11T20:22:14Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] He means that the first DVD release of that 1980s film came out relatively recently, and had a hefty price tag because there wasn’t a lot of demand for such an odd film\*. It had previously been released on VHS at a low price (I have a copy). - Not odd in all venues. It ran for months in the mainstream movie theaters in Salt Lake when it was first released, and afterwards ran 3-4 times a year at the art cinemas in that early-VHS era,. before the film was released to video. [/QUOTE] See? SEE?! Where else would you find not just someone, but SEVERAL someones, with such offhand in-depth information on such an esoteric film? Nowhere but here, that’s where. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/36 "2007-04-11T21:17:35Z")
_The Princess Bride_ is inconceivably popular here 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/37 "2007-04-11T21:42:16Z")
Uncle Bonsai ---
**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:** [April 11, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/38 "2007-04-11T21:45:49Z")
[QUOTE=ENugent] Uncle Bonsai [/QUOTE] “Cheerleaders on drugs…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/39 "2007-04-11T21:48:04Z")
I recall a few Dopers mentioning The Order of the Stick (and one mention of Erfworld, the newer comic on the site). ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598/40 "2007-04-11T22:47:08Z")
My parents introduced me to an obscure British comedy songwriting team from the 1950’s, **Flanders and Swann**. They’re kind of like **Tom Lehrer**. Anyhow, in real life, I’ve met exactly one person outside my family who’s heard of them, but they’ve been discussed several times on the SDMB. For that matter, one doesn’t hear **Tom Lehrer** discussed in casual conversation all that often, but he comes up a fair amount here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-20-people-in-the-universe-like-___-and-19-of-them-are-sdmb-regulars/399598.md?page=3)