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I am not a number! I am free man!

Category: humor
Posted on: March 31, 2008 8:56 AM, by James Hrynyshyn

A little April Foolishness now. Please help me fill in the blanks. Correct entries must come from television or film.


Number 1

Number 2
 
 
Logan 5

Number 6

Seven of Nine
   

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I am not a number!
Then can I haz your social security benefits?

Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | March 31, 2008 9:32 AM

The Fourth Man

Posted by: SpotWeld | March 31, 2008 9:41 AM

Blake's 4, for Orac...

Posted by: Coturnix | March 31, 2008 10:59 AM

Maury Chaykin played "Citizen Eight" in the TV series Andromeda.

Posted by: chezjake | March 31, 2008 11:12 AM

Technically, you could fill it all up with the Drs Who.

Actually, now that I think of it, K-9 should do nicely.

Posted by: MartinM | March 31, 2008 11:28 AM

Jennifer 8?

Posted by: Gelfling | March 31, 2008 11:36 AM

Thurston Howell the 3rd

Posted by: Patrick McComb | March 31, 2008 11:48 AM

Jennifer 8?

Or even BUtterfield 8.

Posted by: HP | March 31, 2008 12:26 PM

Bo Derek is 10. There was the wretched kid named 7 on an particularly unfortunate season of Married with Children. Are you going all the way to 99?

Posted by: QrazyQat | March 31, 2008 1:38 PM

Saturn 3

Posted by: G Barnett | March 31, 2008 1:56 PM

Well, there have been 10 Doctors(http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0009587/), so that fills you all the way up.

Posted by: Esteleth | March 31, 2008 4:17 PM

Riker was a good guy #2

Posted by: natural cynic | March 31, 2008 6:13 PM

Here's the opening of a MUCH longer list that shall appear on a blog I'm being paid for.

TV and Film Titles with Numbers (Partial List of 31 March 2008):
by Jonathan Vos Post
Copyright (c) 2008 by Magic Dragon Multimedia
acknowledging IMDB as reference

Where Do These Go?
1+1=3 (1979)

Somewhere negative:
Below Zero (1930)

-8:
Eight Below (2006)

0:
Anything starring Zero Mostel
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (1979)
Zero (2003), short Fantasy directed by Joao Costa Menezes
Chapter Zero (1999)
Zerosen moyu (1984)
"Zero Hour" (2004) TV
Zero (2003) (Video)
"The Outer Limits: Patient Zero (#7.2)" (2001)
Be Zero Be (1994)
Double-O-Zero (2005)
InZer0 (2006)

Between 0 and 1:
One Per Cent (2006)
Ch�shingura 1/47 (2001) (TV)
The 7% Solution (year?)
Think Twentieth (1967)
9/64: O Tannenbaum (1964)
10/65: Selbstverst�mmelung (1965)
1/4life (2005) (TV) Webisodes and TV series
9/11: The Twin Towers (2006)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) {and many others of similar title}

1:
"Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond" (1959) TV series
"One Tree Hill" (2003) TV series
"Studio One" (1948) TV series
Cavale (2002) aka "One" - UK
One (1998) Tagline: "One chance. One life."
Eins (1971) gambling movie, writer/director Ulrich Schamoi, aka "One"
- (English title)
Jedno (1993) (TV)
"The First World War" (2003) (miniseries)
Beavis and Butt-Head: Bunghole in One (1999) (VG)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) (TV)
One, Two, Three (1961)

Between 1 and 2:
15/8, Le (1973)

2:
"Two" (1996) TV series
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
The Second Coming (2003) (TV)
Second Chorus (1940)
The Second Civil War (1997) (TV)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Second in Command (2006)
Numero Dos (2007)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1983) (TV)
"The Two Ronnies" (1971) TV series
"Second City TV" (1976) TV series
"Fernwood 2 Night" (1977) TV series
"Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998) TV series
2 Little, 2 Late (1999)
2 Fast 2 Furious: Driving with the Cast (2003) (V)
"2 x 2 = Shinobuden" (2004) TV series
"Two Pints of Lager (And a Packet of Crisps)" (2001) TV series
"A Tale of Two Cities" (1989) (miniseries)
Menace II Society (1993)

Between 2 and 3:
"Two and a Half Men" (2003) TV series

3:
"Numb3rs" (2005) TV series
The Three Stooges (films and TV)
Three Ages (1923)
Three Little Beers (1935)
Three Little Pigs (1933)
Three Sappy People (1939)
Three Little Sew and Sews (1939)
"Three's Company" (1977) TV series
"3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996) TV series
"Three Sheets" (2006) TV series
"3 Minute Wonder" (2006) TV series
3 Women (1977)
The Third Man (1949)
The Three Musketeers (1960) (TV)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Three Hams on Rye (1950)
Three Arabian Nuts (1951)
"Third Watch" (1999) TV series
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968)
Bayaning Third World (2000)
Richard III (1955)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
History of the World in Three Minutes Flat (1980)
Page 3 (2005)

Between 3 and 4:
Pi (1998)
24/7 (2005)

4:
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Four Corners of Suburbia (2005)
"The Fourth Wish" (1974) (miniseries)
Lilja 4-ever (2002)
"Division 4" (1969) TV series
4 Clowns (1970)
4 Devils (1928)
Love... & Other 4 Letter Words (2007)
4 x 4 (1965)

Between 4 and 5:
4 1/4 (2005)

5:
"Babylon 5" (1994) TV series
"Fireball XL5" (1962) TV series
"Five Mile Creek" (1983) TV series
"Hawaii Five-O" (1968) TV series
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983) (TV)
5 Fingers (1952)
Fifth Element
The Fifth Step (1999)
The 5 Keys to Mastery (2005) (Video)
Five Men and a Limo (1997)
"Five Red Herrings" (1975) (miniseries)
"Dinner for Five" (2001) TV series
France Five (2000)
Taking 5 (2007)
Pink Five (2002) (Video)
Pink Five Strikes Back (2004) (Video)
Ella at Five (2006)
You and Your Five Senses (1955)

Between 5 and 6:
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
5.6 Seconds (2005)
$5.15/Hr. (2004) (TV)

6:
"Six Feet Under" (2001) TV series
"Surfside 6" (1960)
"The Sixth Sense" (1972) TV
No. 6 (2006)
Six Days (2002) (Video)
Six Shooter (2004)
Six Thugs (2006)

7:
Se7en (1995)
Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Seven Days in May (1964)
"Blakes 7" (1978) TV series
7 Plus Seven (1970) (TV)
Seven Chances (1925)
Recon 7 Down (2007)
Killer7 (2005) (VG) "7 Personas. 1 Deadly Crime Syndicate."
"Seven Wonders of the Industrial World" (2003) TV
"7 numara" (2000) (miniseries)
Red Seven (2006)
Seventh Dog (2005)
The 7th Guest (1992) (VG)
"This Hour Has Seven Days" (1964) TV
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill (1985) (VG)
"QB VII" (1974) (miniseries)
7 Days in September (2002)
Seven Men from Now (1956)
"Samurai 7" (2004) TV series
"7 Lives Xposed" (2001) TV series
Age 7 in America (1991) (TV)
"Seven Keys" (1961) TV series
"The Magnificent Seven" (1998) TV series
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)

Between 7 and 8:
7:35 de la ma�ana (2003)

8:
Dinner at Eight (1933)
"Rescue 8" (1958) TV series
8:00a.m. (1995)
"8 Out of 10 Cats" (2005) TV series
"8th Man" (1965) TV series
"8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter" (2002) TV series
Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal (2005)
Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary (2003)
Three Pests in a Mess (1945)
Every Night at Eight (1935)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
Articolo 8 (2001) (TV)

Between 8 and 9:
8 1/2 (1963)

9:
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) TV series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars (2001) (VG)
Nine Days to Nowhere (2004)
Nine Innings from Ground Zero (2004) (TV)
Nine Inch Nails Live: And All That Could Have Been (2002) (Video)
"Maximum Security: Cottage Nine" (1984) TV series
Dial 9 for Love (2001)
"The Nine Tailors" (1974) (miniseries)
"Xyber 9: New Dawn" (1999) TV
Riding the 9 (2003)
Milano calibro 9 (1972)
"Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979) TV series
9 Souls (2003)
The Nine Mile Walk (2003)
The 9th Annual Young Comedians Special (1984) (TV)
Nine (2002)
9A (2006)
Psych: 9 (2007)
Nine Girls (1944)
Cumulus 9 (1992)

Between 9 and 10:
Agent 009 3/4 2: Historien om dr�berrobotten (1994) (Video)

10:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Ten Little Indians (1959) (TV)
Ten (1971)
Rebellious Lives: Ten Years on in Latvia (2000) (TV)
Ten Cents a Dance: Parallax (1985)
Ten Inch Hero (2007)
Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Einstein's Letter (2006) (TV)
Ten Days to D-Day (2004) (TV)
Powers of Ten (1977)
Ten Souls Rising (2005)
Ten Skies (2004)
Ten Minute Movie (2004)
"The 10th Kingdom" (2000) (miniseries)
10 Rillington Place (1971)
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers (2006) (Videogame)
Hell W10 (1983)
"Ben 10" (2005) TV series
Chicago 10 (2007)
Serenity: The 10th Character (2003) (Video)
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2006)

Posted by: Jonathan Vos Post | March 31, 2008 7:50 PM

Daryl Zero from "Zero Effect" (Bill Pillman)

How about Callsigns? There's a "Red Three" in Star Wars Episode IV ("Biggs Darklighter")

Maybe "Frankie Four Fingers" from Snatch? (Benicio Del Toro)

Another familiar face but a bit part: "Citizen Eight" in a couple episodes of Andromeda is played by Maury Chaykin perhaps better known from "Nero Wolfe".

For Nine, Unless you want to go for a Deceased actor who played a "Mr Nione o Clock" on Remington Steele, or obscure chinese cinema, Then "Lakeside Has No Lake" seems to be your best bet, coming this year.

Posted by: Left_Wing_Fox | March 31, 2008 10:23 PM

The different cylon models from Battlestar Galactica (staring wit 6 and 8)

Posted by: Roger | March 31, 2008 11:12 PM

That's funny... you could pick any of the Number 2 incarnations from 'The Prisoner' (a quote from that show will make me click any time) - and you could also have your pick from the other numbers in the Village - or would that be cheating?

Also, Jonathan, you missed three other Doctor Who episodes: The Three Doctors (1973 - the tenth anniversary show), Four to Doomsday (1982), and The Two Doctors (1985).

Wasn't there an Agent 99 in 'Get Smart'?

In books, you could also pick the much-missed Alan Coren's final book, 69 for 1 (which isn't dirty or impossible, it's a play on his age and a cricket score).

And don't forget the First from Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

Sigh. Geeked out. Back to work now.

Posted by: William | April 2, 2008 2:35 PM

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