# What? TCM you are breaking me. Bad bad bad programming and decisions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 31, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501 "2024-08-31T03:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/61 "2024-09-04T17:25:00Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > The 1973 _Lost Horizon_ had songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It’s the movie that broke up their long-time, very successful partnership. :Johnny Carson voice: I did not know that. :JCv: ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/62 "2024-09-04T17:27:48Z")
D’oh! I do this all the time and have since I was a kid. I guess I watched too many reruns of Father Knows Best. You’re right: it was Jane Wyman. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/63 "2024-09-04T17:56:39Z")
Yeah, Bacharach and David ended up suing each other. Apparently the stress of working on such a bomb destroyed their working relationship. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/64 "2024-09-04T19:10:38Z")
I just realized I should add _ **Zero Hour** _ to my list of Dana Andrews movies. I’ll never be able to think of one without thinking of the other. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/65 "2024-09-04T19:19:56Z")
Looking at her filmography, I see Wyman was in a number of movies I’ve seen, but the only one I associate with her is _ **Johnny Belinda** _. I have a copy of _ **My Man Godfrey** _, but I didn’t realize until now that she was in it. I’m surprised to see she was in _ **Pollyanna** _ too. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/66 "2024-09-04T20:16:23Z")
When I think of Dana Andrews, the first movie I think of is _Laura._ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/67 "2024-09-04T21:01:12Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I have a copy of _ **My Man Godfrey** _, but I didn’t realize until now that she was in it. According to IMDb, Wyman played “Socialite (uncredited)”. That probably means the background of the scavenger hunt, or possibly the party at the Bullock home. If I remember, I’ll keep an eye out next time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/68 "2024-09-05T13:31:17Z")
Was that ‘Noir Alley’ hosted by Eddie Muller (which is still on and greatly admired)? Showing things like ‘The Killing’, ‘Laura’, and ‘In A Lonely Place’. - are those considered drive-in trash? Maybe you’re thinking of another cable channel years ago that was hosted by Joe Bob Briggs - ‘Drive-in Theater’. Which actually did show drive-in trash. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/69 "2024-09-05T23:59:00Z")
no it was called mondo bizzaro or something like that it ran at like midnight 1 am on Saturdays …when I caught it it was a couple of those 70s filipino made women in prison movies ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/70 "2024-09-06T00:10:11Z")
Would like to see Mondo Trasho. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/71 "2024-09-06T02:15:06Z")
It might have been TCM Underground. i’ve seen some stuff… ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/72 "2024-09-06T02:26:32Z")
In the middle of the night I saw a French thing ’ comedy ’ called ‘Maitresse’ about a dominatrix nailing some guy’s nads (not the actors, mind you) - to a board. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/73 "2024-09-06T02:35:17Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > Maybe you’re thinking of another cable channel years ago that was hosted by Joe Bob Briggs - ‘Drive-in Theater’. Which actually did show drive-in trash. If TCM can have “Noir Alley” and their “Silent Movie” features, then I think they also ought to have “Drive-In Trash,” or whatever they choose to call it. I loved those drive-in B-pictures when I was younger and went to the drive-in movie. _Two Lane Blacktop_, _Vanishing Point_, _Chato’s Land_, _Fuzz_, _Electra Glide in Blue_, and so many more. Years ago, I subscribed to a channel that did have “Drive-In Trash” one night of the week. It was late at night, like “Noir Alley”, and it was a blast, watching those again. No reason TCM can’t do it. At least, no reason I can see. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/74 "2024-09-06T03:08:10Z")
that was it … ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/75 "2024-09-06T03:21:52Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > If TCM can have “Noir Alley” and their “Silent Movie” features, then I think they also ought to have “Drive-In Trash,” or whatever they choose to call it. I loved those drive-in B-pictures when I was younger and went to the drive-in movie. _Two Lane Blacktop_, _Vanishing Point_, _Chato’s Land_, _Fuzz_, _Electra Glide in Blue_, and so many more. I’e seen movies on TCM that are outside of the classic-Hollywood mold. Check them in October; I’ve seen them put on some low-budget horror films then. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/76 "2024-09-06T03:25:47Z")
Thanks for the tip! I’ll watch out in October. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/77 "2024-09-06T06:28:57Z")
Late in the wee hours they show some real questionable films. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/78 "2024-09-06T13:15:05Z")
I totally agree, I alway said no reason TCM can’t have a ‘creature feature’ one night a month, maybe. All those old things, some black and white, we saw as kids. Everything seems to be stuffed into October - Halloween - movies. How many times have we seen Godzilla/Frankenstein/Dracula - how about ‘The Crawling Eye’, ‘Blood on Satan’s Claw’, ‘X The Unknown’, ‘Triffids’, ‘The Astounding She-Monster’. (We have Svengoolie who on occasion comes up with something dug up from the far past, and MST3K somewhere.) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/79 "2024-09-06T13:25:14Z")
‘Possession’ - Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani…like, what the living F@CK??? ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/80 "2024-09-06T18:23:23Z")
Not TCM, but I just found out that a revival theater in Boston is doing a 70mm month, several classic films shown in full 70mm. _The Master_ _2001: A Space Odyssey_ _Airport_ _Vertigo_ _Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood_ _Lawrence of Arabia_ _Spartacus_ _Inception_ _The Sound of Music_ A few of those sound good. Tickets are not cheap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501.md?page=5)