# String of 3 - a game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 20, 2007, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936 "2007-02-20T06:30:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/21 "2007-02-20T17:03:48Z")

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Rock Around The Clockwork Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Banana

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**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/22 "2007-02-20T17:14:51Z")

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**Fast Times at Ridgemont High** _Crimes and Misdemeanors_  
Because it is more fun to try more than three  
**Red Dawn** of the _Dead Man Walking Tall_ in the Saddle (I could have gone on longer, but it would have been sticking in movies I’ve never heard of, but just found through a keyword search on IMDB)

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/23 "2007-02-20T17:34:38Z")

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Marvin’s Room with a View to a Kill

Soul Man in the Moonstruck

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/24 "2007-02-20T17:34:42Z")

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Some Like It Hot Rod Fever Pitch

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/25 "2007-02-20T18:04:04Z")

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_days of thunder_bolt and light **footloose**

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**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:** [February 20, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/26 "2007-02-20T18:21:35Z")

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The Importance of Being Earnest Saves Christmas Vacation

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/27 "2007-02-20T18:28:56Z")

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Forty-Second Streetcar Named Desire Under The Elms

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/28 "2007-02-20T18:31:33Z")

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> [@](#):
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> I’d like to see you colour-code that one! And while you’re at it, hows about a parse tree?

I started with just _The Madness of King George of the Jungle Fever_ but then I went to IMDB and got silly.

Porky’s Spring Planting (I figured it was okay to open with a cartoon before the main feature)  
Planting Melvin  
Melvin and Howard  
Howard Hughes: The Man and The Madness  
The Madness of King George  
George of the Jungle  
Jungle Fever  
Fever Pitch  
Pitch Black  
Black Friday  
Friday Night Lights  
Lights of Old Santa Fe  
Santa Fe Passage  
Passage of the Heart  
Heart and Souls  
Souls at Sea  
Sea of Love  
Love Actually

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/29 "2007-02-20T18:50:48Z")

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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain of Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/30 "2007-02-20T18:55:06Z")

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Big Trouble In Little Chinatown Without Pity

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**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/31 "2007-02-20T19:09:06Z")

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Conan the Barbarian Queen of the Damned

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/32 "2007-02-20T19:19:09Z")

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Of Mice and Men in Black Sunday

A River Runs Though It Came From Outer Space Balls

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/33 "2007-02-20T20:53:37Z")

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_Down and Dirty Dancing_ With the Stars

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/34 "2007-02-20T21:36:21Z")

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Plagiarizing myself: _Who’ll Stop The Rain_ **Man of La Mancha**?

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/35 "2007-02-20T22:42:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Little Nemo]  
I started with just _The Madness of King George of the Jungle Fever_ but then I went to IMDB and got silly.

Porky’s Spring Planting (I figured it was okay to open with a cartoon before the main feature)  
Planting Melvin  
Melvin and Howard  
Howard Hughes: The Man and The Madness  
The Madness of King George  
George of the Jungle  
Jungle Fever  
Fever Pitch  
Pitch Black  
Black Friday  
Friday Night Lights  
Lights of Old Santa Fe  
Santa Fe Passage  
Passage of the Heart  
Heart and Souls  
Souls at Sea  
Sea of Love  
Love Actually  
[/QUOTE]

well, if htere was a prize, you’d win it.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/36 "2007-02-21T23:35:58Z")

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I can’t think of any rigth now, but **BUMP**

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/37 "2007-02-22T00:15:34Z")

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_no escape_ from **L A confidential**

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/38 "2007-02-22T02:50:08Z")

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**Independence Day** of The _Dead of Night_ of the Living **Dead Poets Society** Dog Show

Alien Zombie beagles eat you and nuke your site from orbit while quoting Henry IV. 😃

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/39 "2007-02-22T02:53:50Z")

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This doesn’t quite fit the game, but about 20 years ago, my friend saw this marquee at a local triplex:  
**The Fly Gods Must Be Crazy Aliens**

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/string-of-3-a-game/392936/40 "2007-02-22T13:54:42Z")

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Call of _The Wild One_ Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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