# Silly, weird, perhaps unanswerable questions about movies and TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401 "2013-03-31T03:09:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/41 "2013-05-25T13:57:57Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Jerry’s girlfriend, why…: > > -…didn’t she try the apple pie? > -…did she wear the same clothes all the time? > -did her friends tell him he was so great for taking her out, and what did George and Kramer see in her that Jerry didn’t? > -what did she say to Jerry that was so dirty? > -didn’t she want to give him a massage? > -couldn’t she spare a square? > -did Newman dump her? > -didn’t she ever laugh? > -did she eat her peas one at a time, but scooped the corn? > -did she have man hands? Why would you become obsessed about whether your girlfriends breasts were real? If I had a girlfriend who looked like that I sure wouldn’t care. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/42 "2013-05-25T14:27:00Z")
Before the penultimate episode aired my question would have been: Are the “The Office” camera crew _ever_ going to finish filming and actually complete the program they’ve been filming for, what, like 9 years? But now my question is: Is what we saw as the show that finished product, or is it more like the raw footage? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/43 "2013-05-25T14:50:45Z")
In Die Hard, the bad guys shoot out the office glass partitions, and Bruce leaves a bloody trail to the bathroom where he picks the glass out of his feet. Why didn’t they follow the blood? In Dumb & Dumber, why was Mary happy to see the briefcase that was supposed to ransom out her kidnapped husband? ---
**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/44 "2013-05-25T15:12:34Z")
Lost In Space: Did the Space Family Robinson ever make it back to earth? If not, did Major Don West ever end up ripping Dr. Smith apart? Did Don West ever end up mating with Judy and Penny? Poor Will. The Sopranos: Did Paulie Walnuts eventually become a victim of that curse he was worried about? So whatever DID happen to the Russian? Was that a power failure at the restaurant in the final scene of that last episode? Soap: Did Jessica die from the firing squad? Sledge Hammer: So what really happened after the bomb destroyed the city? The Big Sleep: Okay come on, WHO killed the chauffeur and why? Doubt: Was Father Flynn guilty or was Sister Aloysius just hateful because he was different? And of course: where did Chuck Cunningham disappear to after that first season of “Happy Days” ended? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/45 "2013-05-25T15:17:44Z")
> [@Hottius\_Maximus](#): > > The Big Sleep: Okay come on, WHO killed the chauffeur and why? I realized how great that movie was when it dawned on me I didn’t know what crimes had been committed, or by whom, and I completely didn’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/46 "2013-05-25T15:36:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I realized how great that movie was when it dawned on me I didn’t know what crimes had been committed, or by whom, and I completely didn’t care. I agree with you but I’ll take it one step further: in “The Big Sleep” many people usually comment on the chemistry of Bogey and Bacall. However, I was absolutely HOT for Martha Vickers as the younger sister! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/47 "2013-05-25T17:02:10Z")
> [@Hottius\_Maximus](#): > > Sledge Hammer: So what really happened after the bomb destroyed the city? The only witnesses to Hammer’s incompetency being dead, he was revered as a hero. > [@](#): > > And of course: where did Chuck Cunningham disappear to after that first season of “Happy Days” ended? Drafted into the US Army, served a tour of duty in West Germany and was recruited by the CIA. Disappeared under classified circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/48 "2013-05-25T17:26:30Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Before the penultimate episode aired my question would have been: > > Are the “The Office” camera crew _ever_ going to finish filming and actually complete the program they’ve been filming for, what, like 9 years? > > But now my question is: > > Is what we saw as the show that finished product, or is it more like the raw footage? From what we saw in the last episodes of the show, it looked like what aired on the in-universe PBS station must have been a much shorter series than what’s aired in on real-world NBC. (I’m not even certain it was an in-universe series and not just one documentary movie.) Events that happened recently, like Oscar’s affair with Angela’s husband, were apparently revealed pretty early in the documentary’s run, and it seemed like everything had already been broadcast by the time of the series finale, which was set six months after the previous episode. What we saw was perhaps a “director’s cut” version that had to be edited down for broadcast in-universe. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/49 "2013-05-25T18:11:20Z")
> [@Hottius\_Maximus](#): > > I agree with you but I’ll take it one step further: in “The Big Sleep” many people usually comment on the chemistry of Bogey and Bacall. However, I was absolutely HOT for Martha Vickers as the younger sister! “Get up angel, you look like a Pekingese.” Dorothy Malone as the clerk in the bookstore did it for me. I consider _The Big Sleep_ to be almost a proto-James Bond film. Just about every woman in that movie threw herself at Marlowe. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/50 "2013-05-25T19:11:29Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > The Dirty Dozen attacked a château deep in occupied France. There were three survivors of the mission, all were injured. At the end they are in an American hospital, being visited by the General. > > How the hell did they get back there? 1. It wasn’t deep in occupied France. The Chateau was outside Rennes, in Brittany. The assault took place in early June, 1944. That should give you a hint as to how they got back to Allied lines. 😛 ---
**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:** [May 25, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/51 "2013-05-25T19:14:47Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Would the Swiss have actually accepted tons of obviously hot gold from private belligerent combatants? This is the Swiss we are talking about here. They would have been whisked away to a hotel outside Zurich, provided with false papers, and treated like kings. ---
**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/52 "2013-05-26T03:23:58Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “Get up angel, you look like a Pekingese.” Dorothy Malone as the clerk in the bookstore did it for me. > > I consider _The Big Sleep_ to be almost a proto-James Bond film. Just about every woman in that movie threw herself at Marlowe. Yes, you’ve got to love the hot nerdy chick that is truly HOT! BTW==as I recall now that film had a bunch of great one-liners in it as well; Bogey was at his most smartass as I recall. Too bad so many members of this current generation just would not even give this film a chance because it’s in black and white. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/53 "2013-05-26T03:34:39Z")
> [@Hottius\_Maximus](#): > > Sledge Hammer: So what really happened after the bomb destroyed the city? I think Sledge ought to appear in an episode of _Psych_. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/54 "2013-05-26T04:19:32Z")
> [@Hottius\_Maximus](#): > > Yes, you’ve got to love the hot nerdy chick that is truly HOT! BTW==as I recall now that film had a bunch of great one-liners in it as well; Bogey was at his most smartass as I recall. Too bad so many members of this current generation just would not even give this film a chance because it’s in black and white. “She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up.” I’m still trying to find an occasion to use that line. Like I said, I realized how good it was when I didn’t care about the plot; the characters and the dialog are just off-the-chart brilliant. I feel the same about the _Ocean’s 11_ remake. It doesn’t matter if they get the money or not, it’s just so damn much fun watching them try. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/55 "2013-05-26T14:27:03Z")
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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/56 "2013-05-26T14:28:27Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > In the pilot, the whole underground operation was enormous — room after room, scores of people. And it was commercial as well as strategic, e.g., in one room, a half-dozen employees were manufacturing fake war souvenirs (Nazi flags, lugers, etc.). > > But no, they never explained how it was built. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aX4fSzPHNYI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/57 "2013-05-26T20:57:14Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > From what we saw in the last episodes of the show, it looked like what aired on the in-universe PBS station must have been a much shorter series than what’s aired in on real-world NBC. (I’m not even certain it was an in-universe series and not just one documentary movie.) Events that happened recently, like Oscar’s affair with Angela’s husband, were apparently revealed pretty early in the documentary’s run, and it seemed like everything had already been broadcast by the time of the series finale, which was set six months after the previous episode. > > What we saw was perhaps a “director’s cut” version that had to be edited down for broadcast in-universe. It was a year later, not 6 months, and they were filming extras for the 5 disc DVD release, so clearly a series and not a movie (also it had previously been made clear it was a series, back when they first had someone see an ad for it earlier in the year) What we saw couldn’t be raw footage, since it’s clearly been fully edited. WAG, some sort of Special Extended Edition only available if you pledge $500 or more to PBS? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/58 "2013-05-26T22:59:36Z")
_Star Wars: A New Hope_: after the first proton torpedo exploded at the mouth of the exhaust shaft, why wasn’t the mouth a tangle of twisted wreckage when it was Luke’s turn? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/59 "2013-05-27T00:10:57Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > _Star Wars: A New Hope_: after the first proton torpedo exploded at the mouth of the exhaust shaft, why wasn’t the mouth a tangle of twisted wreckage when it was Luke’s turn? Two words: Deflector shields. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-weird-perhaps-unanswerable-questions-about-movies-and-tv/654401/60 "2013-05-27T19:45:03Z")
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