# Your movie ref on Cheney in Wheelchair? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158 "2009-01-20T18:02:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/1 "2009-01-20T18:02:42Z")
Mr. Potter or Dr. Strangelove? I thought of Potter. Someone on MSNBC (probably Obermann)- Strangelove. How about you all? Any others? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/2 "2009-01-20T18:12:42Z")
Bond villain. He should have been stroking a cat instead of holding the cane. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/3 "2009-01-20T18:14:52Z")
Jeff Lebowski. Not The Dude. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/4 "2009-01-20T18:16:20Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Bond villain. He should have been stroking a cat instead of holding the cane. Well, in all fairness he was stroking a cat before he snapped it’s neck and bit out it heart. ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/5 "2009-01-20T18:16:41Z")
Well, I was just sorry that Richard Widmark had already died. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/6 "2009-01-20T18:27:23Z")
You know, in the whole vast configuration of things, he’s nothing but a scurvy little spider. And that goes for you, too! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/7 "2009-01-20T18:30:54Z")
> [@UncaStuart](#): > > Well, I was just sorry that Richard Widmark had already died. 🙂 Maybe Bette Davis in **What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?** ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/8 "2009-01-20T19:00:18Z")
Chauncey Gardiner: “This certainly is a small room?” ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/9 "2009-01-20T19:07:25Z")
Hell, I was _hoping_ he’d be wearing black leather gloves so I could do a Dr Strangelove reference. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/10 "2009-01-20T19:35:25Z")
Jeff Lebowski. I was even hoping John Goodman would come up and throw him off the chair to show he really didn’t need it. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/11 "2009-01-20T19:44:53Z")
Mr. Potter? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/12 "2009-01-20T19:48:01Z")
He’s more machine than man now… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/13 "2009-01-20T19:48:16Z")
“Cheney was wheeled out behind President George W. Bush…” **Rear Window** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/14 "2009-01-20T20:20:58Z")
I thought Dr. Strangelove, but one of my co-workers thought Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/15 "2009-01-20T22:39:05Z")
> [@ASAKMOTSD](#): > > Mr. Potter? The wheelchair-confined villain in _It’s a Wonderful Life_. Cheney indeed looked [perfect](http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123051/2133658/2137164/060327_MB_bankfailure_ex.jpg) for the part–as if Lionel Barrymore was forced to watch Jimmy Stewart elected mayor of Bedford Falls. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/16 "2009-01-21T01:36:08Z")
The first person that comes to mind is Dr. Scott from Rocky Horror. “My veels! I can’t move my veels!” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/17 "2009-01-21T01:38:36Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > 🙂 > > Maybe Bette Davis in **What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?** So that’s why Cheney didn’t go to the luncheon . . . rat was on the menu. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/18 "2009-01-21T01:48:50Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > The wheelchair-confined villain in _It’s a Wonderful Life_. Cheney indeed looked [perfect](http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123051/2133658/2137164/060327_MB_bankfailure_ex.jpg) for the part–as if Lionel Barrymore was forced to watch Jimmy Stewart elected mayor of Bedford Falls. Actually, I knew that. I typed the question mark without even thinking. (Probably because I could “hear” Jimmy Stewart’s voice saying “Ahhh, Mr. Potter?” in my head!) Darn voices - be quiet! ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/19 "2009-01-21T03:31:33Z")
My mom’s been calling him Dr. Strangelove, but even without a blanket, I was thinking Doctor Scott. Or should I say… Doctor _von_ Scott? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158/20 "2009-01-21T03:40:36Z")
Dr. Claw. Dr. Strangelove is already and amalgam of [Herman Kahn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahn) and [Albert Wohlstetter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wohlstetter) from the Rand corporation. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-movie-ref-on-cheney-in-wheelchair/482158.md?page=2)