# Re: Otto Preminger's Skidoo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 3, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381 "2024-03-03T03:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381/1 "2024-03-03T03:54:40Z")
During one of the scenes with the character “Angie” he shows other characters a diagram of “The Tree”-the organization that actually runs everything. The names on that chart are a little too blurry to read, and I was wondering if a more readable version was available. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381/2 "2024-03-03T15:33:30Z")
First. Damn you for reminding me about this film’s existence. (Although, is convenient to quarantine the low points of all the performers you love from an era into a single film.) Second. There is a really good view of the chart here at around 7:20 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ax5giMBtPP4/maxresdefault.jpg "Groucho took LSD for THIS?! Skidoo 1968 Film Review") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax5giMBtPP4) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381/3 "2024-03-03T18:48:34Z")
Yeah, that is the same chart I saw last night. What I am looking for is a more readable version. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381/4 "2024-03-03T18:51:42Z")
I can pretty much make out everything Frankie isn’t standing in front of. The names look pretty random although a few might be (intentionally) similar to those of some real life mafiosi. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381/5 "2024-03-03T19:06:03Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/kAf5B87.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/kAf5B87.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381/6 "2024-03-03T19:32:06Z")
Those are very readable when bigafied. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381/7 "2024-03-03T20:06:29Z")
I’ve seen that movie. It’s so bad that it’s a pleasure to watch, if only for Ernest Borgnine’s ‘acid trip.’ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381/8 "2024-03-03T21:20:11Z")
Do you mean Jackie Gleason? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381/9 "2024-03-03T22:40:28Z")
Yeah, lol, I just went back and watched that scene. Borgnine didn’t sound right when I was typing it but I’m half-surprise he wasn’t in it…everyone else was, even the Joker, the Riddler and the Penguin. Blech, now I have a Carol Channing singing ‘Skidoo’ earworm. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381/10 "2024-03-03T23:46:06Z")
You forgot Mr. Freeze.