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Weekend Discussion Thread: “But There Was No…”

Alert regular Perry suggests…

The recent Gatwick drone scare. After all the fuss, it might turn out that there was no drone. What other story could be neatly wrapped up with an ending a-go-go?

Let’s skip the obvious one.

But there was no fat barkeep…

Keep those WDT suggestions coming!

89 Replies to “Weekend Discussion Thread: “But There Was No…””

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  1. jay says:

    But there was no terror in the Creeping Terror.

       15 likes

  2. Kevin Wallace says:

    But there was no Gaybar in Time of the Apes.

       7 likes

  3. Son of Peanut says:

    But there was no stew… no corn… no green peppers…

       19 likes

  4. Sitting Duck says:

    But there was no helmet-wearing gorilla. Actually, that kind of is how it ended.

       6 likes

  5. eegah says:

    But there was no moon in Rocketship X-M…

       3 likes

  6. Murdock Hauser says:

    But there was no TORCHAA!! In Teenagers From Outer Space.

    But there was no BOLD in Mike’s Ricochet Barbecue Sauce.

       10 likes

  7. But there was no Space Chief; there was only Barely Off the Stupid Ground Chief…..

       4 likes

  8. Kenneth Morgan says:

    But there was no Pumaman. Or, at least, there may as well not have been. His hypercompetent sidekick did most of the real work.

       6 likes

  9. Johnny's nonchalance says:

    But there was no Winky. Think about it.

       4 likes

  10. DarkGrandmaofDeath says:

    But there was no Teenage Strangler. Or maybe no teenager strangled?

       6 likes

  11. Kenneth Morgan says:

    But there was no football game in “Superdome”. At least, none that we saw. For all we know, they all left right after the National Anthem and went for some catfish.

       7 likes

  12. Kenneth Morgan says:

    But there was no Teenage Caveman. Just a very embarrassed Robert Vaughn dressed as a “Flintstones” character.

       12 likes

  13. pete_plums_drivers_license says:

    Don’t start with me.

    Last night we watched Cry Wilderness.
    But there was no Bigfoot…wait, we saw him. But we also saw his exact replica at the beginning…footprints on the moon…how did he get there?
    But there was no horrible headmaster, awaiting Paul’s return, just a kindly old man who wanted to meet Bigfoot….
    But there was no Red Hawk…
    But there was no tiger…and no circus…and no script…

    We are damaged beyond repair. Returning to base…

       7 likes

  14. Son of Peanut says:

    Technically, in the end, there were no Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies. There were, instead, some Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Became Mixed-Up Zombies, then got shot and, thus, Stopped Living.

       13 likes

  15. skrag2112 says:

    ‘The Dead Talk Back’
    But there was no dead. Just a dork with a bunch of pseudo-science.

       12 likes

  16. But there was no Manos of primal darkness. It was just a really complicated episode of “Candid Camera” that got out of hand. The director thought the final scene where Allan Funt came out and explained it all to Michael was hilarious, but it got cut for running time.

       5 likes

  17. Yeti of Great Danger says:

    But there was no riding with death. Nobody died, and besides, the explosion that was touted as being able to level an entire town turned out to be not much worse than when the small, mostly empty local fireworks stand blew up on the 4th of July. However, I will grant you that perhaps some New England journalists were run over and killed in the second half of the movie by Buffalo Bill’s erratic driving.

       9 likes

  18. cityofvoltz says:

    But there weren’t many robots in the Robot Holocaust. Like 4? Does dark-won even oven count? Did valaria end up being one or just have a spray tan accident.

       5 likes

  19. Sitting Duck says:

    Ator the Flying Eagle: But there was no incest. At least not the genetic variety.

       6 likes

  20. but there was no undergarments for the Chicken Men of Krankor…

       13 likes

  21. Blonde Russian Spy says:

    But there was no murder. Carrie walks out of the woods alive and well, marries Big Stupid, and they live happily ever after. Oh, and there were pygmies, I think.

       9 likes

  22. yelling_into_the_void says:

    As if a switch had been turned, as if an eye had been blinked, as if some phantom force in the universe had made a move eons beyond our comprehension, suddenly, there was no Lost Kingdom! There was no sequel, no wizard, no thing called “Caedmon” to be followed.

       5 likes

  23. mando3b says:

    But there was no “Future”; and no “War”, either, just a oddly unthreatening plaid-clad street gang knocking over some toy dinos. Nor was there really any nunning, either, despite the alleged vocation of the alleged heroine. While we’re at it, there was also no value for their “big stuff” weapons dollar: some M80s, what looks like a back-door screen attached to a floor lamp, and a few standard-issue assault rifles you can get cheap at any Walmart. Finally, there was no sense at all to a “plot” that had more disparate ingredients than Johnny Longbone’s stew.

       6 likes

  24. mando3b says:

    But there was no shocking horror in the The Screaming Skull. In fact, there was no screaming skull in The Screaming Skull–the only screaming was done by the peacocks and the poor wife, and all the skulls did was drop and roll and pop up in odd places. (By the way, I think it would’ve been more shocking and horrible if the psycho hubby had been compelled to hold one of the peacocks up to his throat . . . )

       5 likes

  25. bartcow says:

    But there were no parents to accuse.

       5 likes

  26. Terry the Sensitive Knight says:

    But there was no Seventh Curse…

    But there was no mummy… just a lame, styrofoam-headed alien

    But there was no Russian invasion…

    But there was no Boggy Creek monster… only Crenshaw

       4 likes

  27. Ro-man, aka one of several possible Steves says:

    But there were no snakes to watch out for…?

       13 likes

  28. itsspideyman says:

    Like the guy said at the store…..”trust me, there ain’t no monster….”

    There’s only Crenshaw.

       8 likes

  29. Murdock Hauser says:

    (In Servo’s voice) But there was no Merritt Stone in The Rebel Set!

       15 likes

  30. goalieboy82 says:

    But there was no monster….

       4 likes

  31. goalieboy82 says:

    But there were no springs…

       14 likes

  32. goalieboy82 says:

    But there was no Sampo and Erhardt

       2 likes

  33. Ro-man, aka one of several possible Steves says:

    Actually, my first thought was a different take on the WDT topic — more with regard to current events — but everything that initially came to mind was too political (and mind you, I am an equal-opportunity offender).

    Still, I guess it might be safe to say…

    “… but there was no government.”

    ;-)

       8 likes

  34. Sitting Duck says:

    But there was no Thursday episode discussions for Season 12.

       11 likes

  35. profhackenbush says:

    But there was no IT and it didn’t CONQUER anything….there was a big pickle who lived in a cave and killed Beverly Garland..

       5 likes

  36. profhackenbush says:

    But there was no monster in Bride of the Monster…just a immobile octopus.

       5 likes

  37. profhackenbush says:

    But there were no Beatniks….

       10 likes

  38. jay says:

    But there were no buffalo shots for Gumby (because he has no hinder, ya know).

       7 likes

  39. SteveWithAQ says:

    But there was no baby oil. Mitchell was just another ’70s anti-hero cop…
    And Linda Evans escaped unscathed…
    And Deaney wasn’t killed offscreen…
    And Cummings talked to Mistretta, and they both talked it out with Gallano…
    And the old lady got home safe with her fine washables…
    AND ANDY KAUFMAN WASN’T BLOWN AWAY BY A SALAMI DROPPED FROM THE HEAVENS!!!

       3 likes

  40. Sitting Duck says:

    But there was no Hollow Mountain. It was solid granite.

       7 likes

  41. mando3b says:

    … but there were no teenagers, either cavemen or from outer space.

       5 likes

  42. goalieboy82 says:

    but there was no Emerson, Lake and Powell (Palmer’s replacement)…..
    since they are all dead now

       1 likes

  43. There was no Time Chaser. Just a big-chinned dork that kissed his airplane, and dated a chick that drove a K-car.

       6 likes

  44. But there were no Women of the Prehistoric Planet…No, really, there weren’t!

       5 likes

  45. goalieboy82 says:

    but there was no Joel and Mike flame war….

       7 likes

  46. Mibbitmaker says:

    …but there was Noh Theater…

       26 likes

  47. goalieboy82 says:

    but there were no waffles…

       4 likes

  48. Ro-man, aka one of several possible Steves:
    Actually, my first thought was a different take on the WDT topic — more with regard to current events — but everything that initially came to mind was too political (and mind you, I am an equal-opportunity offender).

    I think you’re on to something. I imagined:

    Kim and her sisters were found living quietly in Kansas City. For there are no Kardashians to keep up with, just an extended family who serves their community without attracting attention to themselves.

       6 likes

  49. yelling_into_the_void says:

    yelling_into_the_void:
    As if a switch had been turned, as if an eye had been blinked, as if some phantom force in the universe had made a move eons beyond our comprehension, suddenly, there was no Lost Kingdom! There was no sequel, no wizard, no thing called “Caedmon” to be followed.

    There was nothing in the tunnel but the puzzled boy wizards-in-training, who suddenly found themselves alone with shadows and darkness! With the scrying pool, one cloud lifts, and another descends. Conqueror Kor, rescued, alive, hungover, and of normal size, some 8,000 miles away in a tavern, with no memory of where he has been, or how he was separated from his …let’s say quest!

       1 likes

  50. Lawgiver says:

    Sitting Duck:
    But there was no Thursday episode discussions for Season 12.

    So true, and

    Mibbitmaker:
    …but there was Noh Theater…

    Nice!

       4 likes

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