Scatman Crothers

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); The Fortune (1975); Bronco Billy (1980); The Shining (1980); Hong Kong Phooey (TV).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Stephen King: 2 lines

  1. unmapped (blueprint) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: Stephen King ⇒ The Shining (the maker said so: Kubrick quotes in the research dossier). The speakers read Kubrick saying the novel's plot is a good blueprint for the movie he wanted to make.
    “I can make whatever movie I want with that as a blueprint.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:04:04 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (adaptation) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: Stephen King ⇒ The Shining (the host's read). The film is the second Stephen King novel adaptation, after Carrie.
    “This is the 2nd Stephen King film adaptation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:09:27 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to Kubrick mythology) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ The Shining (the host's read). 2001 is the reason for Kubrick's godlike mythology, without which people would invest less in The Shining.
    “I don't think people would invest as much into The Shining if this movie didn't exist.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:01:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Doctor Sleep (2019): 6 lines

  1. lineage (sequel) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep is the sequel to Kubrick's The Shining, which is the whole sell and the whole problem.
    “You're doing a sequel to The Shining.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 0:12:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep is the sequel to The Shining.
    “Dr. Sleep, the sequel to, which I feel like is actually a better movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:58:43 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (homage) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep has to pay some homage to Kubrick while following a novel whose author hates the film.
    “it has to thread paying some homage to Kubrick”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:14:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep's script threads King's book and Kubrick's film, and addresses King's complaint about what Kubrick changed.
    “It addresses the conflict between Stephen King and what he didn't like about the Kubrick movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:46:49 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep uses grown-up Danny and a new generation, Abra Stone.
    “Using a familiar figure from the original film in Danny, the grown up Danny”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:31:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (sequel) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read). Doctor Sleep is named as a continuation of The Shining, with the Stephen King thing.
    “There's also Doctor Sleep.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:48:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

1980s Stephen King adaptations (Cujo, The Dead Zone, Christine, etc.): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ 1980s Stephen King adaptations (Cujo, The Dead Zone, Christine, etc.) (the host's read). After The Shining and Carrie came the real 1980s wave of King adaptations.
    “the real 80s wave of like lots of king stuff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:09:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Bobby's World (TV): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Bobby's World (TV) (the host's read). The Bobby's World opening of Bobby on a big wheel is called an homage to The Shining.
    “And it's so clearly has to be an homage to this”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:06:41 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Ready Player One: 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Ready Player One (the host's read). Ready Player One has a fun sequence set in the hotel.
    “Ready player one, they go to the hotel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:26:19 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Stephen King's The Shining (1997 miniseries): 1 line

  1. unmapped (answered by) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Stephen King's The Shining (1997 miniseries) (the host's read). King's own miniseries is described as him showing folks the real Shining, after his objections to the film.
    “okay, time to roll up my sleeves and show you folks the real shining.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:47:01 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

The Simpsons (TV): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ The Simpsons (TV) (the host's read). The Simpsons parodied the film; the speaker knew its elements from parodies first.
    “I feel like I'd seen so many parodies of different elements of this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:35:57 · Ben Hosley (0.40 sure it was them)

Zodiac (2007): 1 line

  1. unmapped (stolen move) · through The Shining (1980), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Fincher steals the Steadicam move where the camera turns with the car and keeps it centered.
    “Fincher steals that move of like when the car turns a corner”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:05:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (5) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (next film): Scatman Crothers → Clint Eastwood. Scatman's next film after The Shining was Bronco Billy, an Eastwood film.
    “the movie he did after this was Bronco Billy, which is a Clint Eastwood movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:23:12 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (shared films): Scatman Crothers → Jack Nicholson. Scatman had been in a bunch of Nicholson movies, including The Fortune and Cuckoo's Nest.
    “he had been in a bunch of Nicholson movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:21:17 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (recommended): Jack Nicholson → Scatman Crothers. Nicholson recommended Scatman Crothers for the role.
    “And so Nicholson recommends him for this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:21:23 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Scatman Crothers: Crothers on Kubrick's takes: one shot of him crossing the street from a snow cat, no dialogue, took fifty.
    “One scene, I get out of a snow cat and I walk across the street with no dialogue, 50 takes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:21:51 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Scatman Crothers: After months of Kubrick, Crothers cried when Clint Eastwood shot one take on Bronco Billy and moved on.
    “Scatman says, like, he started crying because he was like, yeah, that was good.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:23:30 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)