# Sally Field- That's what she's going to be remembered for??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591 "2009-08-25T02:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/1 "2009-08-25T02:49:40Z")
I was listening to the local radio station this AM and they started talking about osteoporosis, which led to Boniva, which led to Sally Field. This led to one of the idiots saying “Who is she, anyway?”, and the other responding “You know, she was the mean mother in Mrs. Doubtfire.” I am seriously old :(. _Damn-can somebody fix the title? I didn’t know I couldn’t italicize._ ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/2 "2009-08-25T02:50:40Z")
No, she’ll only be remembered for shouting “You like me! You really like me!” at the Oscars. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/3 "2009-08-25T02:53:36Z")
I would have said “The Flying Nun” which is before my time. Or maybe “Norma Rae” which is barely my time. I definitely would not have said “Mrs Doubtfire” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/4 "2009-08-25T03:06:41Z")
If she’s not remembered for Steel Magnolias there is no justice in the universe. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/5 "2009-08-25T03:10:19Z")
Oh yeah, and she does that TV show with the scarecrow chick that’s getting boned by Indiana Jones. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/6 "2009-08-25T03:10:28Z")
Surely _Norma Rae_ or _Sybil_. Let’s face it, she’s got plenty to be remembered for … _Mrs. Doubtfire_ is certainly a surprising (and hilariously dumb) choice. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/7 "2009-08-25T03:15:01Z")
RIP Sally Field! ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/8 "2009-08-25T03:19:51Z")
For God’s sake, she’s not dead! Yipe! ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/9 "2009-08-25T03:21:52Z")
> [@zombywoof](#): > > RIP Sally Field! She’s not dead yet! She’s feeling better! I think she went out for a walk. What you will remember her for depends on how old you are. I remember back to the Gidget days. Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/10 "2009-08-25T03:24:14Z")
I choose to remember her as Frog, in _Smokey and the Bandit_. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/11 "2009-08-25T03:26:16Z")
Plenty will remember her as Forrest Gump’s mother, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/12 "2009-08-25T03:42:54Z")
For me - she’s always the nun with the weird habit. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/13 "2009-08-25T03:45:20Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Plenty will remember her as Forrest Gump’s mother, I’m sure. Me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/14 "2009-08-25T04:06:36Z")
Sister Bertrille, from the Fying Nun. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/15 "2009-08-25T04:13:09Z")
_Soapdish_! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/16 "2009-08-25T04:49:40Z")
Her best role was in _Stay Hungry._ The most underrated movie of all time, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/17 "2009-08-25T04:59:53Z")
The Flying Nun\* is always the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Sally Field. Or The Flying Zero, as my father calls her. He didn’t like that show. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/18 "2009-08-25T05:01:29Z")
Her entire career deleted itself in my brain after about the 9,000th time I heard her say “Boniva.” That name is so damn irritating. It’s a pill for your bones, and it’s called bone-eeva. It’s like a spike to the brain every time I hear it. It’d be like a pill for your heart called Hearticin. Stupid. Anyway, I’m sort of a young’n, so I mostly know her from _Mrs. Doubtfire_. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/19 "2009-08-25T05:04:16Z")
Forest Gump was the first thing that sprung to my head. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591/20 "2009-08-25T05:29:52Z")
The first thing I thought of was The Flying Nun, which I saw in daytime syndication when I played hooky from 4th grade. That makes it pretty old and obscure. The next thing I thought of was Smokey and the Bandit, then Forrest Gump. I think that when she does die (as we all do), Gidget DVDs will appear on Wal Mart and Shopko shelves. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-field-thats-what-shes-going-to-be-remembered-for/507591.md?page=2)