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Gore Verbinski... in Hollywood... with Universal.

crossoverman — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:48:52 -0800

Clue : 60 years, the movie, the books, the TV series, the fan site, the musical, the Harry Potter edition, the movie remake.

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:56:26 -0800

This will not do.

By: micketymoc

micketymoc — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:59:58 -0800

Something tells me this is going to be the The Day the Earth Stood Still of board-game movies.

By: Lemurrhea

Lemurrhea — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:02:09 -0800

Derail from the last link: there's gonna be a Stretch Armstrong movie?! *high-fives 7 year old self* Rerail: Clue was one of the games that began my board gamery. I'm excited for the movie remake, even if it'll suck.

By: meech

meech — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:04:09 -0800

Or by its original name: Cluedo. And as it's known in the rest of the world.

By: Prospero

Prospero — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:05:18 -0800

This is part of Hasbro's ongoing attempt to turn as many of its properties as it can into summer movies. Transformers 2 and G. I. Joe come out in theaters this summer, and Ridley Scott is attached to direct Monopoly (no, that's not a hoax).

By: roombythelake

roombythelake — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:07:28 -0800

At first glance, I misread "Clue" as "Che" when reading this post. The list started out making sense, but got progressively stranger as it went along...

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:11:46 -0800

Harry Potter clue? Isn't it Snape with a wand on the tower every time?

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:11:49 -0800

Further derail: Candy Land and Monopoly movies? I understand videogame movies, but board games? The original movie was surprisingly entertaining. My wife's family still quotes lines from it. For those who doubt it, I suggest you watch it.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:12:01 -0800

Every time I hear some version of the phrase "Ridley Scott is directing a Monopoly film", my brain goes into a sort of panic mode and I lose the ability to concentrate on anything else in the conversation. Another film version of Clue, you say? I guess if they tried it once, it could be worth another RIDLEY SCOTT IS DIRECTING A MONOPOLY FILM It's the Rocky Horror problem all over again; who can you get to live up to Tim Curry's iconic RIDLEY SCOTT IS DIRECTING A MONOPOLY FILM Officer, this isn't what it looks like. It's not my gun and I don't know how that man ended up bleeding on the RIDLEY SCOTT IS DIRECTING A MONOPOLY FILM

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:13:02 -0800

Or by its original name: Cluedo. And as it's known in the rest of the world. North America has eaten my brain.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:13:57 -0800

GuyZero - sadly, Harry Potter Clue is only to solve the disappearance of a fellow classmate, not solve a murder. That way, everyone's nice and alive in the end. Family games, and all that.

By: frobozz

frobozz — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:15:19 -0800

Ridley Scott is just a red herring.

By: burnmp3s

burnmp3s — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:16:50 -0800

Ridley Scott is attached to direct Monopoly The film will only be able to capture the true spirit of the game if in the middle of the movie, for absolutely no reason, one of the main characters wins second prize in a beauty contest and collects ten dollars.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:19:39 -0800

Family games, and all that. That was the one endearing element of the original Clue - that it was about a violent, bloody murder with a blunt weapon. Or poison. Also, I hear Michael Bay has optioned the rights to "Connect 4".

By: otolith

otolith — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:21:49 -0800

A Clue movie remake?! I hate that idea.......so......much. It...Flames...flames on the side of my face...breathing..heaving breaths..heaving....

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:29:00 -0800

The Clue movie re-make will only surpass the original movie in terms of awesomeness if, at the end of the movie, they have a "This is how it could have happened..." card appear on screen and then we see how the movie would have played if Tarantino, Spielberg and Ron Howard had directed instead of Verbinski.

By: orme

orme — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:29:45 -0800

To be fair, I think some good movies were based on board games. Jumanji, anyone?

By: darksong

darksong — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:31:07 -0800

I want to know when the Connect Four movie is getting made. Or the Simon movie. The original Clue movie is fun. I don't think it's a masterpiece, but it had an excellent cast and was a wonderful way to waste many an afternoon in college. Yes, that's what we did in college. Watched Clue a lot. I hung out with theater majors, OK? And usually, on a Sunday afternoon, we were hungover and watching Clue always seemed like a fun idea. (I still miss Madeline Kahn. She's in many of my favorite movies.)

By: Lemurrhea

Lemurrhea — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:34:57 -0800

Effigy, they need to do it Wayne's World, with the waving hands. Tia Carrere optional but most welcome. Actually, the Scooby-Doo ending would probably fit well.

By: Lemurrhea

Lemurrhea — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:35:16 -0800

Wayne's world style, that is.

By: geoff.

geoff. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:35:49 -0800

The Clue re-make isn't even on his IMDB yet (though, unfortunately, BioShock is). Remaking Clue is like remaking Rocky Horror with Hugh Jackman. Oh God, I didn't give anyone any ideas did I?

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:37:26 -0800

Well they ARE remaking Rocky Horror, so...

By: Dormant Gorilla

Dormant Gorilla — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:44:57 -0800

You guys don't know what self-control it's taking for me to not just sit in this thread and recite Clue in its entirety. My hands are actually shaking from the effort. I... I have to go.

By: Dormant Gorilla

Dormant Gorilla — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:45:31 -0800

Also, I will eat my own legs before I go see the remake. "Travesty" is such a weak and insignificant word.

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:55:14 -0800

"Can You Name the Components of the Board Game Clue?"

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:58:16 -0800

GuyZero: "Also, I hear Michael Bay has optioned the rights to "Connect 4"." Pretty sneaky, sis.

By: Curry

Curry — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:59:46 -0800

Brian De Palma's "Guess Who." Quentin Tarantino's "Scrabble." David Lynch's "Chutes and Ladders." Roman Polanski's "Sorry!"

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:05:44 -0800

Clued'oh! Or cluedon't, even. Is "Cluedo" pronounced "Clue-doo" or "Clue-doh"? And what does "Cluedo" mean?

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:29:15 -0800

Roman Polanski's "Sorry!" Starring Dakota Fanning.

By: norm

norm — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:52:45 -0800

If I was the killer I'd kill this remake next.

By: zardoz

zardoz — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:57:43 -0800

I introduced my wife to Clue (the movie) a while back; I'd seen in back in the 90s sometime. It's quite well done: funny script, great cast, solid direction. And the Madeline Kahn line is so priceless: "I hated her...SO much...that the flames..."

By: LSK

LSK — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:02:11 -0800

There was an entirely different Harry Potter Clue game called "Mystery at Hogwarts" that had a different board structure and some weird ghost piece that there were rules for. The gameplay was identical, though.

By: damehex

damehex — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:04:14 -0800

Clue had a great cast, all hamming it up to mildly enjoyable effect. But! Do you know that it was a remake of a genuinely awesome movie called Murder By Death? Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Peter Falk, Maggie Smith. Neil Simon script. It streams on netflix; you could be watching it right now.

By: explosion

explosion — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:11:26 -0800

What does "Cluedo" mean? It's a pun on Ludo, which is better known as "Parcheesi" in America.

By: cmoj

cmoj — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:17:44 -0800

Metafilter: Che:The Harry Potter Edition

By: misterL

misterL — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:17:45 -0800

CLUE the high school math project...

By: naoko

naoko — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:18:45 -0800

I can't decide whether a Clue remake or a Rocky Horror remake upsets me more. What is this, Make Former Theater Geeks Cry Day?

By: misterL

misterL — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:21:54 -0800

CLUE High School Project

By: ilana

ilana — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:37:39 -0800

Aaaah the Clue musical is an abomination and now I can't get it out of my head. My favourite moment from watching the movie for the first time at a party: Friend (entering near the end of the movie): What did I miss? Me: Everything. Tim Curry: *re-enacts the plot of the entire movie so far* Me: ...Nothing.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:40:44 -0800

No! A Clue remake would be lame in the library with a candlestick.

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:42:21 -0800

I remember that probably fifteen years ago there was a spinoff "museum heist" Clue game that was a huge flop despite being thirteen kinds of awesome. One player was the thief, the other a guard trying to catch him, and the thief had no piece on the board unless either the guard or a security camera caught him. Of course, the thief could cut the wires to the cameras if he could approach them undetected, etc. One of the most fun board games ever, and nobody played it. Seemed like they discontinued it almost immediately after making it. Ah, yes, here it is.

By: hifiparasol

hifiparasol — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:54:07 -0800

All these board game movies seem like a pretty big RISK to me! Huh? Huh? Guys?

By: odayoday

odayoday — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:55:55 -0800

My boyfriend loves Clue: The VCR Game (http://www.geocities.com/cluevcr/) so much that he had it transferred to dvd. It's actually quite awesome.

By: hifiparasol

hifiparasol — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:56:26 -0800

middleclasstool: Sounds a little like Scotland Yard.

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:02:58 -0800

hifiparasol - I loved Scotland Yard! I must find out if my parents still have it at home.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:13:56 -0800

This movie summary of Mouse Trap doesn't sound very true to the board game.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:14:58 -0800

Voiceover: The players name was Gaff, I'd seen him around Baltic Avenue. The bank must have made an error. That gibberish he talked was Monopoly speak. A mishmash of railroad slang, public utility jargon and real estate lingo. I didn't really need a translator, I knew the lingo, every token did. But I wasn't going to make it easier for him. I'd just second place in a beauty contest. *cut to* Don't be an asshole Pennybags, I've got four skin jobs on Pennsylvania Avenue. 'What about the top hat? He's good' He can breathe OK as long as nobody unplugs him. 'I was on free parking when I came in here...I'm going to take a ride on the Short Line.' Stop right there! You know the score pal, if you're not connected you go to jail. You go directly to jail. You do not pass Go. You do not collect $200. *cut to* I want more dice - fucker. *cut to* I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Battle ships on Chance off the shoulder of Oriental Avenue. I've watched Scottie Dogs advance to the nearest Railroad and buy it from the bank. All those ... moments will be lost in time, like going back...three spaces. Time to pay.

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:23:20 -0800

Ted, should there not be some cards in here or something?

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:29:20 -0800

Y'know what's kinda funny, I used to think that fiction writing was kind of a scam. I mean I've got loads and loads of interesting stuff in my head (not a writer so expressing it is a problem, but still) so I'm thinking - how hard can it be? You figure out how to do it well, you get (some) money. The screwy ideas seemed like the easy part to me. Apparently, it's far harder than I thought. Re-make a movie... based on a board game? Clue was great, but only because of who was in it and the tongue in cheek manner in which they handled it. It's a stupid, stupid premise. And yet, the fool who follows the fool has a whole crowd flocking behind him. Sheesh. Oh, don't do the Canterbury Tales or anything. Just not enough amazing works of fiction in the English language alone, they gotta (yeah, yeah, I know, it's "branding" and "marketing" I know - just seems amateurish to toss off some hunk of blah when you could make a lasting work that keeps generating and spinning off stuff naturally instead of having to force it. Ugh. Seriously, are Hollywood folks that dull?)

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:33:57 -0800

My boyfriend loves Clue: The VCR Game Holy shit, yes! My brother and I never actually played it, we just watched it over and over again until we had memorized every. Single. Line of dialogue. "Curare is better. Like my daddy always said, give me a good neuro-muscular poison any day!" It must have been a two or three month stretch that we watched it literally every day after school. I wish to Christ I hadn't thrown it out, I still have a VCR. middleclasstool: Sounds a little like Scotland Yard. Ooh, thanks for that. Could be a good replacement.

By: autodidact

autodidact — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:41:52 -0800

I would love to see a Candy Land movie in "Taste-O-Vision" where they sell a tray with little packets of candy that you eat for each scene in different parts of Candy Land. (You're welcome Candy Land producers for the extra $50 million in box-office).

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:53:10 -0800

Goddamnit now I'm scouring the internet for a download of the VCR game movie DEMONOID WHY HAVE YOU FAILED ME

By: odayoday

odayoday — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:59:54 -0800

I don't think it's available for download. We found a VHS copy on ebay (I think), then had it transferred to dvd. I could probably try to get a copy to you, so mefi mail me if you'd like. :)

By: ktrey

ktrey — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:02:41 -0800

I'm quite partial to Clue. In fact, I has tattoo.

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:06:36 -0800

I could probably try to get a copy to you, so mefi mail me if you'd like. :) Someone in this thread has a new best friend.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:26:59 -0800

Jumanji, anyone? *facepalm* ..one plus two... plus one...

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:28:46 -0800

GuyZero - sadly, Harry Potter Clue is only to solve the disappearance of a fellow classmate, not solve a murder. That way, everyone's nice and alive in the end. Jesus Christ, did these people read Harry Potter? Or see the movie maybe?

By: Hoopo

Hoopo — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:30:39 -0800

Clue the Movie! Still kind of a sore point for me. I remember my parents decided one weekend to take us out to a movie, and left it up to us to decide which one to go to. This was a rare and exciting thing because there were 5 of us and the movies have been expensive since forever. It came down to a vote between Clue and Back to the Future (part 1), both of which were playing at the same time in the same multiplex. I lost and we went to see Back to the Future, which I presume was the better movie considering I've yet to see Clue and can't find it in video stores while I've seen Back to the Future on network TV approximately 2,000 times. But I really wanted to see Clue. That vote totally wasn't fair.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:35:36 -0800

which I presume was the better movie Well, it'd be churlish to disagree with you. Right?

By: geos

geos — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:49:09 -0800

Battle ships on Chance off the shoulder of Oriental Avenue. Battle ships? Battleship? BATTLESHIP! Paging Michael Bay BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:12:52 -0800

Brian De Palma's "Guess Who." Quentin Tarantino's "Scrabble." David Lynch's "Chutes and Ladders." Roman Polanski's "Sorry!" Oliver Hirschbiegel's "Axis and Allies"

By: wendell

wendell — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:54:09 -0800

Funny, I thought the first "Clue" movie was just a badly-done remake of "Murder By Death" (killer cast...)

By: LMGM

LMGM — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:45:49 -0800

you beat me to it, otolith, you magnificent bastard. For my part, I'm very skeptical of any remake of Clue that doesn't have Madeleine Kahn and, seeing as she is no longer with us, I don't forsee this wendell-ing. By the way, Clue is available in the iTunes store for about 9$ (at least in the US store)...

By: Phanx

Phanx — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:05:31 -0800

I remember many years ago going for a job interview at Waddingtons in Leeds, and how they explained that they actually owned Clue(do) but allowed Parker Bros to market it in the US in exchange for the right to market Monopoly in the UK. They didn't care about it much anyway, since they saw themselves as a packaging company with a small but interesting sideline in board games. It was their new toothpaste-tube shaped toothpaste tube carton they seemed most proud of. Hasbro subsequently engulfed them as well as Parker Bros, presumably simplifying the question of rights to both games considerably.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:06:37 -0800

With the exception of Tim Curry, and to a lesser extent Madeline Kahn, the cast of Clue was basically a group of very funny B-listers who don't deserve to be forgotten. ...also Lee Ving, whose legacy includes many, many songs about beer.

By: harriet vane

harriet vane — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:45:32 -0800

My sisters and I wore out a VHS tape of Clue and had to make do with a copy taped off of TV, because we were competing with each other to see who could watch it the most often. I lost count at viewing number 79, and have seen it a few times since, but I wasn't the winner of that little content (I think, unless they were padding their counts). To this day we can break out into a recital at the ringing of a doorbell, or a mention of any sort of flames or monkey's brains or Kipling. Or communism.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:16:49 -0800

Mrs. Peacock was a man?! David Lynch's "Chutes and Ladders." I would see this.

By: Ron Thanagar

Ron Thanagar — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:32:00 -0800

CLUE the movie... what's not to like? All-star cast, three different endings, and Lee Ving lead singer of FEAR as Mr Boddy! Good memories!

By: Avelwood

Avelwood — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:42:13 -0800

shakespeherian: David Lynch's "Chutes and Ladders." I would see this. Seconded! It would probably involve a two-hour series of clips with Laura Dern climbing up ladders and falling down slides. But damn it if Lynch just isn't my brand of crazy.

By: unixrat

unixrat — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:34:37 -0800

My sister just brought over the 'New' edition of Clue this weekend, featuring different rooms, special powers for each player (accuse twice, roll twice, etc), and some card chance elements thrown in. "You brought CLUE?", I said. "Are we 11 and having a sleepover?" "Just try it", said she. I loved it. Find it, people, it's out there. The purists can ignore the new stuff and play "Old Clue", but I promise that you'll enjoy the additional stuff.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:47:24 -0800

David Lynch's "Chutes and Ladders." Give Lynch "Hungry Hungry Hippos"—I want to see Chutes and Ladders as done by Lars von Trier, as a Dogville sequel. He'd just draw the whole board in masking tape on a blank set and make people move around and like rape and betray each other based on die rolls.

By: marginaliana

marginaliana — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:05:41 -0800

I, too, could recite probably every word of the movie. I'm extremely dubious about the remake, but if they release it with different endings in different theatres, well, yeah, that'd probably suck me in.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:50:21 -0800

I think you'll find it's Quentin Tarantino's "Guess Who?". "Does he look.... like a bitch?"

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:51:32 -0800

Holy crap.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:20:44 -0800

That was the one endearing element of the original Clue - that it was about a violent, bloody murder with a blunt weapon. Or poison. Unless you're grinding down the lead pipe and sprinkling the filings on Mr. Boddy's oatmeal, there's no poison among the weapons in Clue.

By: quin

quin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:47:11 -0800

If we are talking about other game/ movie crossovers, I still think that they are missing out on a great crossover promotion here, they should retitle the upcoming movie to Transformers: The Rock 'em Sock 'em Revenge of the Fallen, and the movie should end when Optimus Prime punches a Decepticon so hard its head flies off. I'd go see that.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:54:46 -0800

Give Lynch "Hungry Hungry Hippos" If I had my druthers, Lynch would get Uncle Wiggily. He already has the rabbit costumes handy.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:15:29 -0800

David Cronenberg's take on Operation would be worth grimacing at.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:43:47 -0800

there's no poison My bad. I was recollecting my copy of Super Clue or whatever it was called.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:56:14 -0800

Tim Burton presents: Candyland.

By: winna

winna — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:56:59 -0800

Werner Herzog should direct Candyland. Think Aguirre with candy!

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:42:24 -0800

Twister. A Film by Eli Roth.

By: hifiparasol

hifiparasol — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:22:41 -0800

From Mamet's Scrabble: "You know what you are, Lenny? You're the blank fucking tile here. You sit there, waiting for just the right moment to show your shitty little face, then you just be whatever anybody wants you to be. But you know what? You're not worth anything, Lenny. You ain't worth shit."

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:24:12 -0800

Twister. Directed by Jan de Bont, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton.

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:39:19 -0800

The Cronenberg version of Operation would be about an an anaestesiologist with a raging uncontrollable narcotics addiction that results in insomnia and madness. Half way through the movie a Mr. Potato Head starts talking to him and giving him advice after he meets a strange woman with a bizarre sexual fetish for desk pens and ink blotters who is secretly a government agent.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:39:50 -0800

Martin Scorcese's Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots. 'Hey, Red, I never popped up, man! You never popped my head up, Red! You hear me? You never popped me up. Huh? I'm still here.' 'Who's an android? Your mother's an android, ya son of a 'bot.'

By: ODiV

ODiV — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:36:39 -0800

Chutes and Ladders? What happened to the snakes?

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:43:13 -0800

I'm kind of in love with Wikipedia's Cluedo chronology article, but it doesn't include the characters' childhoods.

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:59:28 -0800

The problem with a David Cronenberg movie about a board game, is that you'd never know if you when it was over... "Are we still in the game?"

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:00:27 -0800

Chutes and Ladders? What happened to the snakes? North America.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:24:41 -0800

'What does "Cluedo" mean?' It's a pun on Ludo, which is better known as "Parcheesi" in America. What? That's ludocrous.