# Zany, madcap chase scenes in the same hallway through many, many doors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784 "2008-12-18T18:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/21 "2008-12-19T13:44:02Z")
When the Three Stooges did it, at some point Curly would usually be seen nonchalantly strolling from one door to another, as if nothing unusual was happening. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/22 "2008-12-19T13:51:27Z")
Stangely, ever since Doctor Who did it, I had been thinking to ask where this originated. FTR, my earliest example I can think of is The Monkees. I think they did it more than once. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/23 "2008-12-19T15:48:11Z")
This seems like it would have been a good silent film gag. I’ll bet it’s an old [Keystone Cops](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Cops) bit. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/24 "2008-12-19T16:31:47Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Saxophone, actually. The tune is called _[Yakkity Sax](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpc5_3B5xdk&NR=1)_. He does use this other tune with a clarinet and and occasional trumpet with plunger mute. It’s more a vamp than a tune. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/25 "2008-12-19T16:42:23Z")
Buster Keaton did something similar (albeit with a stage set rather than a hallway) in the short “The Playhouse” in 1921. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/26 "2008-12-19T19:36:13Z")
didn’t they do this in an episode of Seinfeld with Jerry and Newman? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/27 "2008-12-19T19:43:51Z")
Fraiser had a marvelous scene set in a ski lodge, where everyone kept popping in and out of bedroom doors, looking for the person they wanted to sleep with and falsely thought said person wanted to sleep with them. ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/28 "2008-12-19T20:36:20Z")
> [@Shawn1767](#): > > didn’t they do this in an episode of Seinfeld with Jerry and Newman? ‘The Soul Mate’ - I think they were only running down various hallways in the building, not popping in or out of doors. I seem to remember Jerry catching Newman by hiding behind a corner and grabbing a out-of-breath Newman, but I could be misremembering… ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/29 "2008-12-19T21:00:31Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > Isn’t that pretty much the whole length of _Noises Off_? Yes. Yes, it is. And it’s amazing. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/30 "2008-12-20T06:21:35Z")
There is a scene in “Looney Tunes: Back In Action” in which Elmer Fudd chases Bugs and Daffy in and out of famous works of art in the Louvre, such as _The Scream_ and _The Persistence of Memory_. While not precisely a chase through doorways in a corridor, it is basically a similar concept as the chase goes in and out of paintings on opposing walls and in various directions across the museum floor. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/31 "2008-12-20T14:53:19Z")
Not a movie but a stage show at Tokyo DisneySea. There is a scene that has a chase through a “hallway” involving many doors. From 2:40 on in this video: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gvl2EGBQv0w/hqdefault.jpg "TDS: Xmas 07 - Over the Waves (Xmas) (Pt. 1 of 2)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvl2EGBQv0w) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/32 "2008-12-20T18:59:39Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > [Doctor Who](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw_RHXEZEgE) I’m certain that it was done in an ‘original’ Doctor Who episode as well. I’m seeing Tom Baker, which would seem to fit. But I can’t for the life of me recall any more details in order to narrow it down to a particular story. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/33 "2008-12-21T02:20:46Z")
The cartoon (animated film?) _Yellow Submarine_ has a scene like this. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/34 "2008-12-22T03:02:00Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Fraiser had a marvelous scene set in a ski lodge, where everyone kept popping in and out of bedroom doors, looking for the person they wanted to sleep with and falsely thought said person wanted to sleep with them. Leading to Frasier’s pithy denoument line: > [@](#): > > Wait, wait, wait. Let me see if I’ve got this straight. All the lust coursing through this lodge tonight, all the hormones virtually ricocheting off the walls, and no one… was chasing me?.. See you at breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/35 "2008-12-22T16:20:31Z")
I seem to recall the gag being used in a somewhat forgettable 70’s Disney flick called _No Deposit No Return_, starring David Niven and Don Knotts. I could be wrong since I haven’t seen the movie since…oh…1981 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784/36 "2008-12-22T20:05:45Z")
It was used in the episode of Family Guy where Peter had a stroke from eating too many fast food burgers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zany-madcap-chase-scenes-in-the-same-hallway-through-many-many-doors/477784.md?page=1)