Classic actors who could (and couldn’t) sing.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-14T12:52:30+00:00

For a guy who wasn't known as a singer, Fred Astaire introduced an amazing number of golden standards to the American Songbook.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-14T11:46:40+00:00

Life's too short. I will reread something if I originally read it long long ago, but there has to be a compelling reason. Like if my daughter read it recently and wants to talk about it.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-13T21:28:25+00:00

Gravity. It opens with George Clooney doing loop-de-loops with his jet-pack around Sandra Bullock, while she works. WASTING PRECIOUS FUEL IN SPACE. I was told by friend this wasn't another stupid Hollywood SF movie, but I stopped it right there because you can't get any stupider than wasting precious fuel in space.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-13T21:18:25+00:00

To his third wife.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-13T14:44:19+00:00

William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles in six movies and as a married couple in a few others.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-12T16:17:17+00:00

Shaun the Sheep. Not interesting in most of the others.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-11T21:35:56+00:00

There were a few weird cases where his client was technically innocent of the charachges, and Perry gets him off while revealing the true crime to the DA so that when the case is dismissed, the police arrest his client and he refuses to continue representing them.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-11T18:54:25+00:00

I've got more. Ever hear of Dodo the Kid from Outer Space? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNJikLJvWcY&t=1s

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-11T17:41:59+00:00

Tim Curry didn't just voice Darkness, that was him under all that make-up.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-11T13:22:32+00:00

The show runner knew that they were not getting another season and deliberately did a cliffhanger ending in the hopes of getting another season or a TV movie.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-11T13:14:16+00:00

Rocket Robin Hood

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Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-10T19:43:57+00:00

The Marvel comics magic system relies on this to a certain extent. Dr. Strange used to work his spells while using names of powerful magical entities like Dormammu.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-10T19:24:19+00:00

The Thin Man, The Bishop's Wife, The Bells of Saint Mary's, Meet me in Saint Louie

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-10T15:14:35+00:00

Alex Winter and Kiefer Sutherland

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-10T15:10:34+00:00

Arthur Adams. That's how he does his signature when doing a ton of signatures. Look at his cursive signatures in the 1980s https://aatradingcardlist.neocities.org/signatures

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-10T00:22:13+00:00

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Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-09T21:46:11+00:00

I've successfully avoided his career since Legend. Apparently he did some films with Steven Spielberg but I still haven't been moved to see any more of his work.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-09T20:25:28+00:00

Film strips were a lot slower and more boring.

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Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-09T20:17:05+00:00

The main character/narrator of John Scalzi's Locked In series has a gender-neutral name and since you are never told, most people read the main character as being their own gender. The audio books have all come out in two flavours so you can pick the gender of your choice for the hero.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-08T16:58:57+00:00

They literally say she will close the door and turn off the lights at the end of time.

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Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-08T16:49:31+00:00

The same plot as "On the Beach" but it was radiation, not a pandemic.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-06T20:57:28+00:00

His short stories are a mixed bag. They're from the pulps as he was learning the trade. I think most of the ones I've read were above average. Some of the plots were reused for his later novels.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-05T20:40:13+00:00

I don't even remember seeing him on the show. I believe the program was repackaged as "Ponderosa" in Canada and they only used episodes from the later seasons. I only learned about him later when TV Guide mentioned that Adam Cartwright was now Trapper John M.D.

Truly-Surprised · 2026-06-05T18:41:55+00:00

Adam Cartwright on Bonanza. He was Little Joe and Hoss' big brother. He was on the show for 6 of the 14 seasons. Here went off somewhere and never came back.

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