# Without internet help can you finish this sentence: **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104 "2011-04-20T17:27:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/1 "2011-04-20T17:27:48Z")
“Cranston’s friend and companion, the lovely Margo Lane, is the only person who knows to whom the voice…” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/2 "2011-04-20T17:28:29Z")
The Shadow Knows? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/3 "2011-04-20T17:36:31Z")
“of the Shadow belongs.” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/4 "2011-04-20T17:37:03Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The Shadow Knows? Right show, wrong finish to the sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/5 "2011-04-20T17:38:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “of the Shadow belongs.” > 😕 closer! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/6 "2011-04-20T19:14:55Z")
Internet help: > **[Webring](https://webring.com)** > > Stay at the forefront of innovation with webring - Your go-to source for all things tech and entertainment. > [@](#): > > The Shadow, who aids the forces of law and order, is in reality Lamont Cranston, wealthy young man-about-town. Years ago in the Orient, Cranston learned a strange and mysterious secret, the hypnotic power to cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him. Cranston’s friend and companion, the lovely Margot Lane, is the only person who knows to whom the voice of the invisible Shadow belongs. [http://www.oldradioworld.com/shows/The\_Shadow.php](http://www.oldradioworld.com/shows/The_Shadow.php) [https://www.oldradioworld.com/media/The%20Shadow%201948-02-29%20The%20Man%20Who%20Was%20Death.mp3](https://www.oldradioworld.com/media/The%20Shadow%201948-02-29%20The%20Man%20Who%20Was%20Death.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/7 "2011-04-20T19:23:03Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “of the Shadow belongs.” > 😕 I would have said that too. I wouldn’t remember the specific wording. But you either know Lamont Cranston is the Shadow, and Margot Lane is his sole confidant, or you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/8 "2011-04-20T19:27:48Z")
Do I win a cookie? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/9 "2011-04-20T19:38:36Z")
Y’all are much closer than I was before searching for the truth, **carnivorousplant** and **TriPolar**. But for added credit, can you guess what got me thinking about Margo/Margot? Clue: recent TV show. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/10 "2011-04-20T19:43:02Z")
Pony up with my prize. No cookie, no guessie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/11 "2011-04-20T19:47:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Pony up with my prize. > No cookie, no guessie. > > 🙂 Here’s your cookie [Cookie:user@ad.yieldmanager.com](mailto:Cookie:user@ad.yieldmanager.com)/ Now, you promised! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/12 "2011-04-20T20:33:59Z")
I think Kent Allard might know 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/13 "2011-04-20T20:36:29Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > “Cranston’s friend and companion, the lovely Margo Lane, is the only person who knows to whom the voice…” I couldn’t finish the exact sentence, but I knew what it was referring to. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/14 "2011-04-20T20:40:35Z")
Lamont Cranston, Margo Lane… clearly a Shadow reference though I wouldn’t have been able to finish the sentence perfectly. An invocation of Kent Allard’s name would have worked, too. - Allard reference from memory without reference consultation. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/15 "2011-04-20T20:48:29Z")
I had to look up Allard, since I was purely a radio fan of the show as a kid. Those of you posting since Post #9, please refer to that for an additional challenge. Ought not be too difficult if you watch much TV these days. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/16 "2011-04-20T20:58:29Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Y’all are much closer than I was before searching for the truth, **carnivorousplant** and **TriPolar**. But for added credit, can you guess what got me thinking about Margo/Margot? > > Clue: recent TV show. Superman? Margot Kidder played Lois Lane. Margo(t) Lane… Victory for Zim! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/17 "2011-04-20T20:59:59Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I couldn’t finish the exact sentence, but I knew what it was referring to. Back off! No cookies here! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/18 "2011-04-20T21:05:38Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Superman? > > Margot Kidder played Lois Lane. > > Margo(t) Lane… > > Victory for Zim! Good and understandable tries, but it has more to do with “Cranston’s friend and companion” than with Margot/Margo per se. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/19 "2011-04-20T21:17:44Z")
Something about the start of Breaking Bad? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-internet-help-can-you-finish-this-sentence/579104/20 "2011-04-20T21:23:34Z")
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