Mineshaft gap - Dr. Strangelove

pmw8000 · 289.9K views · 2012-01-27 · 4:16

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Overview

A four-minute clip from Dr. Strangelove in which the President and General Turgidson argue over the 'mineshaft gap' after a nuclear war. Peter Sellers and George C. Scott play it as Cold War satire.

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HN commenters post it as a punchline whenever a thread turns to some 'gap' or to surviving nuclear catastrophe.

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Film & TV clips Satire & parody Military history & warfare

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jasomill · 2024-05 · Reference
Indefinitely, even in the case of near-total destruction. While not exactly historical fiction, this scene from Dr. Strangelove comes to mind: [VIDEO]
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082349872349872 · 2024-05 · Joke / meme
> Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. —not President Merkin Muffley See [VIDEO] Lagniappe: [LINK]
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082349872349872 · 2024-04 · Joke / meme
> immediately breed more and faster than ever According to [Kubrick64] it's "breed more prodigously": [VIDEO]
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