# When you hear "Captain Jack", who do you first think of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390 "2012-06-17T02:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/81 "2012-06-18T04:31:02Z")
Billy Joel song, ya kid ya! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/82 "2012-06-18T05:01:46Z")
The leader of the fascist Union Jackshirt movement in _Wigs on the Green_, by Nancy Mitford. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/83 "2012-06-18T05:20:41Z")
I think the way you phrased the question lead me to the song. If you asked Who is Captain Jack, I may have said something different. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/84 "2012-06-18T07:27:35Z")
Jack Sparrow. I might have thought of Harkness based on Dr. Who, but later Torchwood has kind of removed the “Captain-ness” for me, as it were. Also, I’ve been playing a lot of Lego Pirates of the Caribbean on Wii… ---
**Author:** ![Chimi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Chimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimi)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/85 "2012-06-18T09:23:23Z")
I feel a great bond of kinship with the what, two? people in this thread who immediately went to the DDR songs…man, now I’m gonna be hunting down DDR songs all morning… ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/86 "2012-06-18T09:26:13Z")
The Billy Joel song. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/87 "2012-06-18T10:22:59Z")
Billy Joel first (and I don’t like him either) Captain Jack Sparrow the booze Wouldn’t have thought of Harkness if he hadn’t been in the poll ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/88 "2012-06-18T10:31:27Z")
Billy Joel, then Harkness. I wouldn’t have thought of Sparrow as he’s “Captain Jack Sparrow” or “Jack Sparrow”, not “Captain Jack” in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/89 "2012-06-18T10:34:47Z")
Jack Harkness, because I hang out on message boards with a lot of Doctor Who fans. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/90 "2012-06-18T12:18:39Z")
I thought of Captain Jack Sparrow first, but the Billy Joel song would be second. I have no idea who this Jack Harkness is. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/91 "2012-06-18T13:12:49Z")
Captain Jack Harkness, then Captain Jack Sparrow. There’s one more - the Captain from Master and Commander is also a Captain Jack (Aubrey)(. I love Captain Jacks, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/92 "2012-06-18T14:06:07Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > This [DDR song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgIuBQE1LEQ). > > I played a lot of DDR back in 2003-2004. This was one of the hardest songs in the game that I could do. 🙂 Same one for me, too, though I didn’t hear it through DDR. And, the insane thing, that Captain Jack from DDR, was in the army stationed watching the DDR. Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/93 "2012-06-18T14:12:54Z")
The Billy Joel song, which accompanied me on many jaunts to my special island years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/94 "2012-06-18T14:14:31Z")
Hey hey Captain Jack Meet me down by the railroad track With that weapon in my hand I’m going to be a fighting man ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/95 "2012-06-18T15:29:19Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > This [DDR song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgIuBQE1LEQ). > > I played a lot of DDR back in 2003-2004. This was one of the hardest songs in the game that I could do. 🙂 Yup, this one for me too. R.I.P. Captain Jack! Heyo! Captain Jack! Bring me back to the railroad track! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/96 "2012-06-18T15:35:01Z")
The Billy Joel song comes first. After that, comes a figure from my childhood in New York in the 1960’s: Captain Jack McCarthy, who used to host the old Popeye cartoons and Little Rascals shorts on WPIX, Channel 11. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/97 "2012-06-18T21:10:06Z")
Billy Joel. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/98 "2012-06-18T21:13:23Z")
Mmmm. John Barrowman. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/99 "2012-06-18T21:27:46Z")
> [@zombywoof](#): > > The Billy Joel song pops into my mind first This, though nowadays when I hear the song I picture him drinking a bottle of Captain Morgan run with Johnny Depp as Capt. Jack Sparrow on the label, so it’s kind of a mishmosh between answer #2 and #3. I’ve never seen Torchwood or “Dr. Who”. (Frankly I’ve not even heard of “Torchwood” while I’ve simply managed to avoid seeing more than a few minutes of “Dr. Who”, despite numerous friends who are big fans, because of how much material I’d have to catch up on.) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/100 "2012-06-18T21:51:04Z")
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