# Worst Program Guide Description of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-program-guide-description-of-all-time/308583 "2005-06-16T18:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-program-guide-description-of-all-time/308583/21 "2005-06-17T15:16:33Z")
I usually see descriptions like Ocean’s Eleven: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle (2002) Brad Pit, Don Cheadle. Danny comes up with a plan to ste ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-program-guide-description-of-all-time/308583/22 "2005-06-17T17:46:22Z")
My cable box always has this to say about the _Spider-Man_ cartoon show “One minute he is Peter Parker, college student” _And?!_ I guess I’ll never know… ---
**Author:** ![rowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@rowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-program-guide-description-of-all-time/308583/23 "2005-06-17T19:01:13Z")
Back in high school, I had a summer job where I actually came up with and typed in the movie descriptions for a satellite grid listing company. It was pretty challenging trying to squeeze an entire movie’s plot into a way-too-short space most of the time. Especially if it was an ancient spaghetti western or something similar that I had never heard of. When one of those popped up, I’d grab one of our movie review books (Leo what’s-his-name) and try and gather some info on it. For the more obscure films, the books didn’t have much info at all either. ---
**Author:** ![OatmealB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc79bd/32.png) [@OatmealB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OatmealB)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-program-guide-description-of-all-time/308583/24 "2005-06-17T19:58:07Z")
The newspaper ran a description similar to this for an episode of Dateline NBC a couple of weeks ago: “Newest threat in global terror; singer Kelly Clarkson”. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-program-guide-description-of-all-time/308583/25 "2005-06-18T05:35:18Z")
Years ago I saw the following summaries in the flyer for a movie theater: _Last Year at Marienbad_: Director Alain Resnais depicts the uncertainties of love. _Psycho_: Janet Leigh hasn’t taken a shower since making this film. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-program-guide-description-of-all-time/308583/26 "2005-06-18T06:02:25Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > DirecTV makes the worst use of their limited description space. > > Title of Movie, Year of Release, the names of two or three of the main actors, followed by a generic description, which is followed **again** by the names of the main actors. _The Simpsons_ Homer and Marge raise three kids. I swear to God, that’s what it said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-program-guide-description-of-all-time/308583.md?page=1)