# Thanks for the Spoiler, Comcast **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-spoiler-comcast/445266 "2008-04-14T09:23:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-spoiler-comcast/445266/21 "2008-04-16T14:06:25Z")
[QUOTE=fusoya] I’m not sure if this is an urban legend, or actually happened, but **The Wizard of Oz** was once described in TV Guide as: Quote: A young woman journeys to a new land, killing the first person she meets. She teams up with 3 friends to kill again [/QUOTE] Technically, the first person she met was a Munchkin who survives her reign of terror. She killed the Wicked Witch of the East without ever meeting her and only ever sees her legs. She does rob the corpse, though, that should count for some evil points. I am guessing urban legend or a description writers last day. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-spoiler-comcast/445266/22 "2008-04-16T14:14:21Z")
Sometimes, for movies that get aired a lot, the writers do get a little creative. The last summary I saw for **Ferris Bueller’s Day Off** was something like, “The adventures of Abe Froman, the sausage king of Chicago.” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-spoiler-comcast/445266/23 "2008-04-16T14:18:14Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Sometimes, for movies that get aired a lot, the writers do get a little creative. The last summary I saw for **Ferris Bueller’s Day Off** was something like, “The adventures of Abe Froman, the sausage king of Chicago.” [/QUOTE] I love it! Somebody ought to start a Cafe Society thread for technically-accurate-but-misleading descriptions of movies. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-spoiler-comcast/445266/24 "2008-04-16T15:30:04Z")
[QUOTE=JimB.] Yeah I’m so glad that TBS felt the need to ruin The Good Son for me by including a commercial with the cliff scene during the first break. Thanks a bunch fuckheads! God forbid I should watch movies on TV for anything other than a trip down memory lane. [/QUOTE] Yes, I hate when they preview the show that’s playing…Lifetime is really bad with showing upcoming scenes. Um, I’m already watching and I don’t mind waiting for the movie to just play out. With L&O:SVU I have to just glance to see if it’s new (like last night) but not to see any details, because, yeah, dish satellite gives away too much. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-spoiler-comcast/445266/25 "2008-04-16T15:51:57Z")
I just Netflixed _The Great Dictator_ yesterday. Okay, it’s a 68-year-old flick, but do they have to describe on the little disc envelope _how the movie ends?_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-spoiler-comcast/445266.md?page=1)