# Sequels you May not Have Known Existed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650 "2003-02-04T04:19:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/21 "2003-02-04T15:23:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\*Another related type of flick : The Movie Based on More Material from the Same Book the Famous Original Was Based On, But Which Didn’t Get Used in the Famous Original Movie. Not exactly a sequel. I can think of two examples. > \*\* **Jurassic Park III** probably counts. I read the novel last month and immediately recongnized that two scenes from the book were in the third movie, rather than the first one. I won’t be surprised if The Lost World material probably found its way into the movie as well. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/22 "2003-02-04T15:58:40Z")
Here’s a couple of obscure moments that could be defined as sequels: Preston Sturges’s **Miracle of Morgan’s Creek** is a sequel to his **The Great McGinty**. “Miracle” takes place when McGinty is governor (as he was in the earlier film) and The Boss from “McGinty” is still his political boss. Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff repeat their roles in both films. The Duke Brothers from **Trading Places** make a brief appearance in **Coming to America** , connecting the two films. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/23 "2003-02-04T16:02:23Z")
I know there was a Sat Night Live skit that was quite similar- tho I don’t recall who was hosting (the host that night played Scrooge I think) & the whole thrust of the skit was that Scrooge was giving so much he was nearly bankrupt. There wasn’t nearly the depth of detail Keith gives. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/24 "2003-02-04T16:29:40Z")
**Keith Berry** , you may be thinking of a December 1985 episode of the CBS anthology series _George Burns Comedy Week_ titled “Christmas Carol II – The Sequel”, starring James Whitmore, Samantha Eggar, and Roddy McDowall. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/25 "2003-02-04T17:46:01Z")
Everybody knows that the first sequel to “Pink Panther” is “A Shot in the Dark” right? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/26 "2003-02-04T18:10:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Everybody knows that the first sequel to “Pink Panther” is “A Shot in the Dark” right? You’ve got it backwards. \*\*A Shot in the Dark was first a successful stage play. It was later filmed as the first "Inspector Clouseau film. **The Pink Panther** was the sequel. There were a lot of other sequels afterwards, all but one of them with “Pink Panther” in the title – even though they had nothing to do with the original Pink Panther (which was a gem). I don’t think this really belongs here – people pretty much know about these sequels. Extra Bonus Question: Who was the only person besides Peter Sellers to play Inspector Clouseau, and in which film? It’s _not_ Roberto Begnini. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/27 "2003-02-04T18:16:20Z")
Alright, now I’m confused. I just checked out **Peter Sellers** on the IMDB, and it lists **The Pink Panther** _before_ **A Shot in the Dark** : [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Sellers,+Peter](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Sellers,+Peter) How did Inspector Clouseau get into a play before his first film came out? Or was he written into an existing play, taking over from a similar character? Or were the films released out of sequence? (They are both credited for 1964). ---
**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:** [February 4, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/28 "2003-02-04T18:18:42Z")
Aha! Here it is. My mistake: [http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0058586](http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0058586) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/29 "2003-02-04T18:21:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > \*\ ***Jurassic Park III** probably counts. I read the novel last month and immediately recongnized that two scenes from the book were in the third movie, rather than the first one. I won’t be surprised if The Lost World material probably found its way into the movie as well. \*\* The opening scene of The Lost World with the little girl being attacked by Compies is actually the first scene in the original book Jurassic Park. Other than that, there’s precious little relationship between the Lost World book and movie (besides the fact that both pretty much stunk up the joint.) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/30 "2003-02-04T18:28:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\*Extra Bonus Question: Who was the only person besides Peter Sellers to play Inspector Clouseau, and in which film? It’s _not_ Roberto Begnini. \*\* Ted Was, the guy who played Danny on _Soap_. Don’t recall the title of the movie though. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/31 "2003-02-04T18:28:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\* > > Extra Bonus Question: Who was the only person besides Peter Sellers to play Inspector Clouseau, and in which film? It’s _not_ Roberto Begnini. \*\* Roger Moore in Curse of the Pink Panther. I’m sorry but it ain’t a Pink Panther movie without Sellers, and that blech-inducing Trail of the Pink Panther doesn’t count either. Hey wait, who played Clouseau wrapped in bandages in that movie? That would be yet another actor who portrayed the Inspector, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/32 "2003-02-04T18:30:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\*Extra Bonus Question: Who was the only person besides Peter Sellers to play Inspector Clouseau, and in which film? It’s _not_ Roberto Begnini. \*\* Well, there was Alan Arkin in _Inspector Clouseau_ (1968) Roger Moore also played him (back shots, I guess) in the 1983 clip compilation, _Curse of the Pink Panther_, just after Sellers’ death. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/33 "2003-02-04T18:36:16Z")
Sorry, **xizor** , Ted Wass played Clifton Sleigh, who was searching for Clouseau in _Curse of the Pink Panther_. Interestingly, Richard Mulligan, who played Burt on _Soap_ with Wass, played Clouseau’s father in the 1982 _Trail of the Pink Panther_. ---
**Author:** ![marinwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@marinwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marinwood)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/34 "2003-02-04T18:43:40Z")
Wasn’t **The Wild Life** , written by Cameron Crowe and starring Eric Stoltz and Chris Penn, the sequel to **Fast Times at Ridgemont High**? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/35 "2003-02-04T18:43:41Z")
**Sublight** has the answer I was looking for. Hadn’t heard about Roger Moore, but, then again, I never saw _Curse_. It’d have to be back shots to avoid confusing the audience. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/36 "2003-02-04T18:48:10Z")
Moore apparently played Clouseau after plastic surgery to make him look like – Roger Moore: [http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0085384](http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0085384) ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/37 "2003-02-04T19:01:11Z")
According to AMC, the play version didn’t have Inspector Clouseau, but Blake Edwards decided to add the successful Pink Panther character to the film version: [http://www.amctv.com/show/detail/0,,2970-1-EST,00.html](http://www.amctv.com/show/detail/0,,2970-1-EST,00.html) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/38 "2003-02-04T19:36:12Z")
**Wumpus** – I provided that link about eight posts up. Here’s another, I don’t know how well known – **Ensign Pulver** as a sequel to **Mister Roberts**. ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/39 "2003-02-04T19:37:16Z")
Yes, but you didn’t explain it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650/40 "2003-02-04T20:20:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by marinwood \* > \*\*Wasn’t **The Wild Life** , written by Cameron Crowe and starring Eric Stoltz and Chris Penn, the sequel to **Fast Times at Ridgemont High**? \*\* Not really, (none of the same characters) but it was certainly marketed as if it were a true sequel. I remember one of the taglines being “Something faster…” Similarly, back in 1977, in the US \*\* Jabberwocky\*\* was initially marketed as the sequel to \*\* Monty Python and the Holy Grail\*\*, even though it isn’t even a Monty Python film. My obscure literary sequel: as a kid I really liked \*\* After Worlds Collide\*\*, the sequel to **When Worlds Collide**. There were plans to film it, but it never happened. Many of my friends don’t realize **Creature From the Black Lagoon** has 2 sequels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-may-not-have-known-existed/152650.md?page=3)