Question: In Pleasure Island, why did the curse take so long for Pinocchio and Lampwick to start feeling its effects after the other boys were already donkeys?
Questions about specific movies, TV shows and more
These are questions relating to specific titles. General questions for movies and TV shows are here. Members get e-mailed when any of their questions are answered.
And When the Sky Was Opened - S1-E11
Question: When Gart tried to convince the nurse that Forbes was with him in the room and talking to him, Gart turned around and looked scared. What did he see that scared him and made him realise that he too would disappear?
Question: How is Veneble fired? Is the Public Prosecutor not a government post?She hasn't committed any fraud or anything illegal.
Question: Why did Sam insist on going to the library? Laura suggests they should just go back to the apartment, and Sam says, "They have to get higher," but the library doesn't appear to be very high at all. At this point, none of them know about the freezing temperatures, so you can't even say that he knew there were loads of books to burn for heat.
Answer: It's a library and people wouldn't know there are books. The place was a huge open auditorium-type building. People were running amok; it was the one place people could gather with room to spare.
Question: Why were some words in the film changed to signs/symbols years after the film's release (e.g. KID-TASTROPHE being changed to a toxic sign with a child on it)?
Answer: There was a US/English language version and an international version of the movie. Also, several edits of signs and other graphics have been made over the life of the movie. Check IMDb for details.
Question: Given that Heather is supposed to be a gun expert, why did she grab a flare gun and shoot it at the Graboid when there was a wall full of other choices?
Answer: They were throwing literally everything they had at it to see what worked. At a certain point, it shrugged off enough regular bullets, so why not try a flare and see if fire is its weakness? They eventually realised that only high-powered ammo and explosives were effective.
Question: Why would Emma go to the show's premiere at the Inn if she was sure it was going to humiliate the General? (And why would the General keep her on knowing she routinely reads guest mail and listens in on private phone calls?)
Answer: Emma was told off camera what was going to happen and that they weren't going to humiliate the general. And it's never stated that the general knew she listened to phone calls or read mail.
Question: Why are there no police vehicles parked outside the Genest home when Jesse arrives to deal with the domestic, even though Luther and Tony are already there?
Question: What about Al's driving made John question if Stevie Wonder was driving? Later on in the bathroom, he states, "The way you drove that car, I figured you for the streets." What exactly is wrong with his driving?
Answer: At first, John made the mocking Stevie Wonder remark because Al drove up to the Nakatomi Building very slowly and leisurely after John's frantic emergency call to the police. He expected a forceful police response. Later, John is referring to how Al had suddenly flown into action and expertly drove the cop car backwards after the dead body hit the hood/windshield. John meant that Al must have been a patrol cop skilled at high-speed driving. Al responded by saying, "In my youth."
The Curse of Bikini Bottom/Squidward in Clarinetland - S7-E12
Question: What did Squidward mean when he said to himself, 'I knew I shouldn't have lent them my lawnmower'?
No Free Rides / I'm Your Biggest Fanatic - S2-E10
Question: Why do the jellyfish continuously sting Kevin C. Cucumber? They, and even King Jellyfish, appear to despise him for some reason.
Question: Why is it that when the rebel X-wings attack the Imperial base on the planet Eadu, the TIE fighters are unable to shoot down even a single X-wing? Shouldn't the Imperial pilots have been better trained?
Question: What hit the ship as the men were eating below deck?
Answer: A whale.
Question: Why did they fire Jenilee Harrison?
Answer: The producers felt that she was too "inexperienced and unseasoned" for her role on the show. Harrison admitted that she "had a lot of naivety."
Well, how else do you get experience in acting? By being on a show, in a movie, or in a play. She was fun and seemed rather sweet.
True, but the producers apparently felt an older, more experienced actress would better play off the other characters. Shows also monitor how well viewers react to characters. Of course, there are serious reasons why actors are let go such as drug/alcohol abuse, mental health issues, legal problems, public controversies, etc, that become a liability to the show, though it's often downplayed or covered up. Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr are high-profile examples. If there was some other issue with Harrison, a cover story could have been issued to protect her reputation. That doesn't mean there were any, just a possibility.
In addition to what Ray West wrote, I want to add that many actors start out as children and young teenagers. So she could have been inexperienced compared to someone else of the same age. IMDb only lists three TV episodes that she acted in before "Three's Company."
Answer: The official reason was producers felt Harrison was "too inexperienced and unseasoned" an actress (translated Harrison was probably too immature). After Harrison's first season as Cindy Snow, actress Priscilla Barnes joined the cast as Terri Alden, Jack and Janet's new roommate. Terri was a stronger, more complex character than ditzy, naive Cindy. Harrison's role diminished and Cindy was now living on her college campus. After a handful of episodes, Cindy was written out without explanation.
Question: Was the one-armed man a real person?
Answer: No, the one-armed man is listed as "Mr. Löwenstein" and played by Polish actor Henryk Bista. He is a fictional character.
Answer: According to an internet source, the one-armed man, Itzhak Stern, was real. Stern was a Polish Jew who worked for Oskar Schindler as an accountant and assisted in his rescue activities during the Holocaust. After the war, Stern moved to Israel.
Stern and the one-armed man are not the same person. The one-armed man, hired by Stern himself, dies during the movie, and Stern, as you wrote, survives.
Answer: The other boys pigged out on all the sweets and other sugary substances. Lampwick smoked only cigars and drank beer. Plus, Pinocchio was a wooden puppet, not a real boy.