Only 37 out of 100 people surveyed for tonight's episode of Pointless knew the actress who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz was Judy Garland.
37 out of 100.
When given 100 seconds.
Dorothy.
JUDY GARLAND.
Fuck's sake.
It's been a long time coming, but it's finally official: I despair in humanity, now it seems the vast majority of the great unwashed feel no need to retain any information about anything. If there's one role that's most associated with Judy Garland, it's Dorothy, in much the same way that Dorothy will always be synonymous with Judy; it's the sort of thing you should be able to recall without effort. In fact, it may as well go hand in hand with, "Who's the prime minister?" for emergency questions to test for senility, as I would argue if you don't know it, you either (1) live in a country that has more bigger problems to attend to, or (2) you're an idiot.
The film The Wizard of Oz is so iconic it pretty much define its era, both for lavishness and it's stylish setpieces that stick in the mind long after you've seen it. In fact, i can't remember the first time I saw it, it's so firmly rooted in my subconscious, I could practically relay all the scenes one by one if I had to (but please don't make me; let's take it in trust).
I'm sorry, but I can't let this one go; I mean, COME ON. Who doesn't know Judy Garland played Dorothy? Other than 63% of people asked, that is. And those who don't know, should, because anyone whose general knowledge doesn't stretch that far is a threat to society and frankly shouldn't be let out.
I shouldn't be shocked by this stuff though, as the scale of general ignorance revealed by Pointless truly beggars belief: here are just a few statistics to make you cry tears of blood and poo:
37 out of 100.
When given 100 seconds.
Dorothy.
JUDY GARLAND.
Fuck's sake.
It's been a long time coming, but it's finally official: I despair in humanity, now it seems the vast majority of the great unwashed feel no need to retain any information about anything. If there's one role that's most associated with Judy Garland, it's Dorothy, in much the same way that Dorothy will always be synonymous with Judy; it's the sort of thing you should be able to recall without effort. In fact, it may as well go hand in hand with, "Who's the prime minister?" for emergency questions to test for senility, as I would argue if you don't know it, you either (1) live in a country that has more bigger problems to attend to, or (2) you're an idiot.
The film The Wizard of Oz is so iconic it pretty much define its era, both for lavishness and it's stylish setpieces that stick in the mind long after you've seen it. In fact, i can't remember the first time I saw it, it's so firmly rooted in my subconscious, I could practically relay all the scenes one by one if I had to (but please don't make me; let's take it in trust).
I'm sorry, but I can't let this one go; I mean, COME ON. Who doesn't know Judy Garland played Dorothy? Other than 63% of people asked, that is. And those who don't know, should, because anyone whose general knowledge doesn't stretch that far is a threat to society and frankly shouldn't be let out.
I shouldn't be shocked by this stuff though, as the scale of general ignorance revealed by Pointless truly beggars belief: here are just a few statistics to make you cry tears of blood and poo:
- 30 out of 100 couldn't identify a photo of Dean Martin, 29 didn't recognise Sammy Davis Jr & 19 didn't know Frank Sinatra.
- 52 out of 100 didn't know apartheid happened in South Africa.
- Only 27 people could correctly identify a picture of Alan Bennett.
- Only 5 people knew Orville's sidekick is called Cuddles.
- Only 50 out of 100 knew that the sequel to Alice in Wonderland was Through the Looking-Glass.
- 57 out of 100 couldn't identify a picture of Stalin looking exactly like Stalin.
- 62 out of 100 couldn't identify Marilyn Monroe.
- 85 out of 100 didn't recognise Martin Luther King Jnr.