Our devoted WCLV listeners love to point out errors on the air, but there was no error on last Thursday's Movie Quiz answer. I played the song "That's Entertainment," and the answer WAS the movie "That's Entertainment." The song was written in the early 1930's for the stage musical "The Band Wagon," and was also used in the 1953 film of the same name and "That's Entertainment" decades later.
But the answer we wanted and got on Thursday was "That's Entertainment." Ironically, when years ago I played the same song and gave a clue for "The Band Wagon," over 90 per cent of callers answered "That's Entertainment." In that case, they were incorrect. Last Thursday, they were on the money.
One of our complaining listeners justified his view by suggesting that "That's Entertainment" wasn't a real movie, just strung together film clips. I recall lots of people buying tickets and popcorn to sit in a theater and watch it in the dark. Just how is that NOT a movie?
How would YOU have answered our listener?
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