Talk:Billy Madison

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"Billy Madison, a stereotypical slacker" should be changed. He is not stereotypical at all. How many slackers do you know that run around muttering gibberish, or accusing male employees of their father's company of being pregnant? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.113.5 (talk) 16:15, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I made several significant changes to the 'Plot' section of this article. I found numerous spelling and grammatical errors in the original. Furthermore, I considered the description to be innacurate and confusing. I have seen the movie many times and own it on DVD. Please consider the changes I have made not as excessive spoilers but as a more accurate description of the plot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr. Deathface (talk • contribs) 05:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You see, There are a lot of people on WP who don't like it when one rights a detailed description of a plot. When I first started on WP, I was berated for adding a lengthy plot description for various video games. While I appreciate and enjoy your additions, it may be a little against the grain. [1]

--ShadowJester07 15:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just think that if the plot of the movie is going to be included, it should at least make sense - there were parts of the earlier plot which were almost impossible to link to the movie. However, I see from the pages history that you're fairly involved in this page (and you've obviously been on wikipedia longer than I have) so I'll bow to your superior judgement on this one. Perhaps we can employ a combination of the two descriptions? Dr. Deathface 23:04, 21 October 2006 (UTC) by the way, thank you for correcting my spelling errors. Dr. Deathface 23:10, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps we can include a brief description, as well as a detailed one. Like Dazed and Confused (film). --ShadowJester07 03:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That looks pretty good. Are you happy to write the short version? And what did you think of my plot summary (length aside)? Dr. Deathface 04:32, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's pretty good, It could use a few tweaks, but solid for now. I'll work on the short summary sometime later, I'm currently swamped with work after two days of procrastination. :p --ShadowJester07 14:11, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great! I'm glad we had this talk. Dr. Deathface 03:50, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, I'm still swamped with work :( I'm going to have to push off the rewrite for a couple days. --ShadowJester07 01:55, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have just finished watching a screening of this movie and it states clearly that by the end of the ninth event Billy and Eric are not equal in points, in fact, Billy is in front by a single point. That is why Billy won the competition as neither gained any points in the final event. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.49.222.229 (talk) 09:37, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Red Head?

Who was she? (JoeLoeb (talk) 06:16, 14 February 2009 (UTC))[reply]

O'Doyle Rules

I guess Wikipedia is filled with Easter Eggs. @Bensin: discovered that O'Doyle Rules redirects to this article. "O'Doyle" rules is a recurring quote from the film that a group of characters would repeat. I'm not sure why someone made a redirect (aside from creating a funny easter egg), but perhaps the O'Doyle Rules page should be deleted since it serves no real purpose. I do not think anyone would type O'Doyle rules into Wikiepda's search bar just to find this article. -- StarScream1007 ►Talk 22:41, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@StarScream1007: I would like to know if the film is the source of the quote or if it was picking up a saying popular at the time. --Bensin (talk) 23:06, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it was a saying that the film created. I did some more research. People Magazine once asked Adam Sandler (The film's main star) about why the name O'Doyle was chosen. He replied "I don't even know any O'Doyles. When we wrote Billy Madison, we came up with the idea of the O'Doyle family of kids that would pick on everyone."[2]. Regards, -- StarScream1007 ►Talk 00:06, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@StarScream1007: Thanks. That answers my question. I say we keep the redirect. --Bensin (talk) 10:43, 17 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone and nominated it for deletion. Graham87 (talk) 11:23, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]