music film and stardom are some of the
most unpredictable things around I’m
going to live through this and when it’s
all over I’ll never be hungry again
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
entertainment predictions that turned
out to be false for this list we’re
looking at prophecies guesses or
projections that were made in the
entertainment world and turned out to be
painfully painfully false we’re also
taking into account who supposedly made
the prediction because if it’s someone
who should have known better
it makes the fail that much worse
there was nothing left of a guy number
ten the wireless music box has no
imaginable commercial value David
Sarnoff ciseaux shi’ites on the radio
there’s no profitable value in wooden
boxes that make noise these were
essentially the words of David Sarnoff
ciseaux shi’ites in response to the
businessman and radio and TV pioneers
appeal to invest money into radio good
morning hey this is not a test this is
rock and roll time to rock it from the
Delta to the DMZ but their claim that no
one would pay for a message that was
sent to nobody in particular was clearly
off the mark as radio is still going
strong today whether it’s bringing you
the latest Tunes the news or commercial
jingles which have a particular knack
for getting stuck in your head armor hot
dogs anyone time’s up get feed on your
hot dog number nine the next Spielberg
Newsweek on M night Shyamalan see
anything with The Sixth Sense and
unbreakable under his belt by the new
millennium director M night Shyamalan
was quickly being touted as the next big
thing shift so in anticipation of his
next film signs Newsweek decided to go
all out and hail him as the next
Spielberg on one of their 2002 covers
unfortunately signs was just so so cheap
ed
and things pretty much went downhill
from there at least that’s what the
critics and many vocal movie fans have
tried to make no screwdrive cases in
point the village in 2004 the happening
in 2008 The Last Airbender in 2010 and
well you get the idea
truly sorry for what I’ve done to you
and yours number 8 no online database
will replace your daily newspaper
Clifford stole on the Internet get your
morning star read all about it Clifford
Stoll is a big name in the world of
computers credited as the guy who caught
one of the earliest computer hackers in
1986 for this reason many believed his
claim that no online database could
replace the newspaper imagine if you
will sitting down to your morning coffee
turning on your home computer to read
the day’s newspaper well it’s not as
far-fetched as it may seem in fact both
local San Francisco papers are investing
a lot of money to try and get the
service just like that started big
newspapers began to have online versions
in the late 90s almost all printed
newspapers do and it’s pretty much a
necessity considering how people resort
to smartphones or their tablets for
their daily fixes of news on the go not
only is it arguably more convenient for
many but it’s also a fact of life today
we want to be able to reach our readers
where they are with the news that they
need when they need it
number 7 it will be gone by June variety
on rock and roll is America’s newest
rock-and-roll sensation the California
Kid Richey fellas rock and roll through
dirt in the face of conformist and
stepped on the toes of the man you have
managed to upset the entire school it
has God forsaken noise noise that’s the
Ramones best album number one with a
bullet so for this reason among others
many thought it was a short-term fad
including variety in early 1955 the
magazine claimed the musical genre would
disappear by June but boy were they ever
wrong
in Marvin your cousin Marvin berry you
know that knew fouls you looking for
well listen to this
it’s over fifty years later and
rock-and-roll has since spawned multiple
iterations of the hip swinging head
banging hair-raising genre and it ain’t
showing any signs of stopping
alright let’s pray God of rock thank you
for this chance to kick ass we are your
humble servants please give us the power
to blow people’s minds with our
high-voltage rock in your name we pray
amen
number six can’t sing can’t act balding
can dance a little RKO radio pictures
screen test report on Fred Astaire so
that’s the way they wanted a plan
alright suit-wearing executives have
free rein to be as critical as possible
at screen tests but the RKO radio
pictures screen test stating the soon to
be legendary entertainer Fred Astaire
couldn’t sing and merely dances a little
was obviously just plain wrong these
mugs were smart but they made one
mistake
they got me mad
on top of that a studio exec allegedly
said his ears were too big and he had a
bad chin doesn’t seem like audiences
notice though
Fred Astaire went on to have a 75 plus
year career making over 30 movies and
constantly being pitted against the
beautiful Ginger Rogers
number five you’d have a decent book if
you got rid of that Gatsby character
anonymous editor on The Great Gatsby did
he go F scott Fitzgerald’s The Great
Gatsby is one of the most famous
American novels of all time it’ll all be
wiped out forever
featuring strong social commentary
throughout and driven by the mysterious
title character Jay Gatsby an editor of
Fitzgerald’s work
suggested that he would have a decent
book on his hands if he got rid of
Gatsby the most integral character in
the book good thing the writer didn’t
take the advice the character isn’t only
the unforgettable center of this
literary classic he’s also inspired
countless people thereafter
I’m gat
number four I’m glad it’ll be Clark
Gable who’s falling on his nose not me
Gary Cooper on Gone with the Wind is it
cold in the saddle some movies will
forever be cemented in cinema history in
Gone with the Wind is undoubtedly one of
them when movie star Gary Cooper was
offered a role in said movie he turned
it down that could no yep hmm instead
Clark Gable starred Cooper said the
movie it’d be Hollywood’s biggest flop
and that he was glad gable would take
the fall for it and not him but I guess
me so help me I laugh at myself for
being an idiot tell that to the history
books I figure we belong together being
the same sort Cooper wasn’t the only
naysayer though an MGM executive also
wrongly claimed that no civil war movie
ever made a nickel way to stick your
foot in your mouth not good enough
number three children just aren’t
interested in witches and wizards
anymore
anonymous publisher on Harry Potter
it can be hard to gauge what children
really want but back in the late 90s JK
Rowling hit the nail on the head with
the Harry Potter book franchise my
parents read the first Harry Potter book
to me and then I as soon as I learned
how to read I began to read them by
myself
if Rowling had listened to advisers one
of which was a publisher that claimed
witches and wizards were on the way out
she might have given up on her magical
adventure too soon
the seven Potter books have gone on to
inspire films games and theme parks and
earn millions and millions of dollars
they cast their spell on children and
adults around the world
number two the Beatles have no future in
show business Decca Records that’s John
Lennon George Harrison Paul McCartney
and Ringo Starr it’s not unusual for
bands to take a beating from critics
take the Rolling Stones whose first
business manager wanted to get rid of
Mick Jagger even the Beatles had their
fair share of negativity too at first
anyway
back in 1962 a Decca Records executive
let down the four-piece from Liverpool
with the statement that guitar music was
through and that the Fab Four had no
future in music no real need to go into
how wrong that was this is the Beatles
we’re talking about the most popular
band ever come on we mean come together
before we reveal our number one
prediction fail here are a few honorable
mentions the first one is a widescreen
iPod with touch controls and beauty
I wanna be kissed by you just you nobody
else but you I wanna be kissed by you
alone nobody in the history of American
sport has made the same impact that Babe
Ruth made on the world of baseball
number one who the hell wants to hear
the actors talk Harry Warner on talking
pictures I’m Walter Cronkite what you
see behind me is my voice a picture of
it this is a motion picture soundtrack
and this is the end result of a show
business revolution that still ranks as
one of the big entertainment stories of
the 20th century cinema has taken quite
a few cynical hits over the years
Charlie Chaplin called it canned drama
but the quote that sticks in our heads
most is this comment from H M Warner yes
one of the founders of Warner Brothers
the premiere of the Vitaphone sound on
disc system meets with favorable
reaction although there are some
skeptics who uphold the cause of the
silent film he thought being able to
hear the actors in a movie was absurd
and then the talkies exploded with
popularity
seriously do you really think silent
films would have lasted this long not a
chance
do you agree with our list what do you
think was the biggest failed forecast in
entertainment form or head-scratching
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com don’t you
understand what you mean take him for a
right
most unpredictable things around I’m
going to live through this and when it’s
all over I’ll never be hungry again
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
entertainment predictions that turned
out to be false for this list we’re
looking at prophecies guesses or
projections that were made in the
entertainment world and turned out to be
painfully painfully false we’re also
taking into account who supposedly made
the prediction because if it’s someone
who should have known better
it makes the fail that much worse
there was nothing left of a guy number
ten the wireless music box has no
imaginable commercial value David
Sarnoff ciseaux shi’ites on the radio
there’s no profitable value in wooden
boxes that make noise these were
essentially the words of David Sarnoff
ciseaux shi’ites in response to the
businessman and radio and TV pioneers
appeal to invest money into radio good
morning hey this is not a test this is
rock and roll time to rock it from the
Delta to the DMZ but their claim that no
one would pay for a message that was
sent to nobody in particular was clearly
off the mark as radio is still going
strong today whether it’s bringing you
the latest Tunes the news or commercial
jingles which have a particular knack
for getting stuck in your head armor hot
dogs anyone time’s up get feed on your
hot dog number nine the next Spielberg
Newsweek on M night Shyamalan see
anything with The Sixth Sense and
unbreakable under his belt by the new
millennium director M night Shyamalan
was quickly being touted as the next big
thing shift so in anticipation of his
next film signs Newsweek decided to go
all out and hail him as the next
Spielberg on one of their 2002 covers
unfortunately signs was just so so cheap
ed
and things pretty much went downhill
from there at least that’s what the
critics and many vocal movie fans have
tried to make no screwdrive cases in
point the village in 2004 the happening
in 2008 The Last Airbender in 2010 and
well you get the idea
truly sorry for what I’ve done to you
and yours number 8 no online database
will replace your daily newspaper
Clifford stole on the Internet get your
morning star read all about it Clifford
Stoll is a big name in the world of
computers credited as the guy who caught
one of the earliest computer hackers in
1986 for this reason many believed his
claim that no online database could
replace the newspaper imagine if you
will sitting down to your morning coffee
turning on your home computer to read
the day’s newspaper well it’s not as
far-fetched as it may seem in fact both
local San Francisco papers are investing
a lot of money to try and get the
service just like that started big
newspapers began to have online versions
in the late 90s almost all printed
newspapers do and it’s pretty much a
necessity considering how people resort
to smartphones or their tablets for
their daily fixes of news on the go not
only is it arguably more convenient for
many but it’s also a fact of life today
we want to be able to reach our readers
where they are with the news that they
need when they need it
number 7 it will be gone by June variety
on rock and roll is America’s newest
rock-and-roll sensation the California
Kid Richey fellas rock and roll through
dirt in the face of conformist and
stepped on the toes of the man you have
managed to upset the entire school it
has God forsaken noise noise that’s the
Ramones best album number one with a
bullet so for this reason among others
many thought it was a short-term fad
including variety in early 1955 the
magazine claimed the musical genre would
disappear by June but boy were they ever
wrong
in Marvin your cousin Marvin berry you
know that knew fouls you looking for
well listen to this
it’s over fifty years later and
rock-and-roll has since spawned multiple
iterations of the hip swinging head
banging hair-raising genre and it ain’t
showing any signs of stopping
alright let’s pray God of rock thank you
for this chance to kick ass we are your
humble servants please give us the power
to blow people’s minds with our
high-voltage rock in your name we pray
amen
number six can’t sing can’t act balding
can dance a little RKO radio pictures
screen test report on Fred Astaire so
that’s the way they wanted a plan
alright suit-wearing executives have
free rein to be as critical as possible
at screen tests but the RKO radio
pictures screen test stating the soon to
be legendary entertainer Fred Astaire
couldn’t sing and merely dances a little
was obviously just plain wrong these
mugs were smart but they made one
mistake
they got me mad
on top of that a studio exec allegedly
said his ears were too big and he had a
bad chin doesn’t seem like audiences
notice though
Fred Astaire went on to have a 75 plus
year career making over 30 movies and
constantly being pitted against the
beautiful Ginger Rogers
number five you’d have a decent book if
you got rid of that Gatsby character
anonymous editor on The Great Gatsby did
he go F scott Fitzgerald’s The Great
Gatsby is one of the most famous
American novels of all time it’ll all be
wiped out forever
featuring strong social commentary
throughout and driven by the mysterious
title character Jay Gatsby an editor of
Fitzgerald’s work
suggested that he would have a decent
book on his hands if he got rid of
Gatsby the most integral character in
the book good thing the writer didn’t
take the advice the character isn’t only
the unforgettable center of this
literary classic he’s also inspired
countless people thereafter
I’m gat
number four I’m glad it’ll be Clark
Gable who’s falling on his nose not me
Gary Cooper on Gone with the Wind is it
cold in the saddle some movies will
forever be cemented in cinema history in
Gone with the Wind is undoubtedly one of
them when movie star Gary Cooper was
offered a role in said movie he turned
it down that could no yep hmm instead
Clark Gable starred Cooper said the
movie it’d be Hollywood’s biggest flop
and that he was glad gable would take
the fall for it and not him but I guess
me so help me I laugh at myself for
being an idiot tell that to the history
books I figure we belong together being
the same sort Cooper wasn’t the only
naysayer though an MGM executive also
wrongly claimed that no civil war movie
ever made a nickel way to stick your
foot in your mouth not good enough
number three children just aren’t
interested in witches and wizards
anymore
anonymous publisher on Harry Potter
it can be hard to gauge what children
really want but back in the late 90s JK
Rowling hit the nail on the head with
the Harry Potter book franchise my
parents read the first Harry Potter book
to me and then I as soon as I learned
how to read I began to read them by
myself
if Rowling had listened to advisers one
of which was a publisher that claimed
witches and wizards were on the way out
she might have given up on her magical
adventure too soon
the seven Potter books have gone on to
inspire films games and theme parks and
earn millions and millions of dollars
they cast their spell on children and
adults around the world
number two the Beatles have no future in
show business Decca Records that’s John
Lennon George Harrison Paul McCartney
and Ringo Starr it’s not unusual for
bands to take a beating from critics
take the Rolling Stones whose first
business manager wanted to get rid of
Mick Jagger even the Beatles had their
fair share of negativity too at first
anyway
back in 1962 a Decca Records executive
let down the four-piece from Liverpool
with the statement that guitar music was
through and that the Fab Four had no
future in music no real need to go into
how wrong that was this is the Beatles
we’re talking about the most popular
band ever come on we mean come together
before we reveal our number one
prediction fail here are a few honorable
mentions the first one is a widescreen
iPod with touch controls and beauty
I wanna be kissed by you just you nobody
else but you I wanna be kissed by you
alone nobody in the history of American
sport has made the same impact that Babe
Ruth made on the world of baseball
number one who the hell wants to hear
the actors talk Harry Warner on talking
pictures I’m Walter Cronkite what you
see behind me is my voice a picture of
it this is a motion picture soundtrack
and this is the end result of a show
business revolution that still ranks as
one of the big entertainment stories of
the 20th century cinema has taken quite
a few cynical hits over the years
Charlie Chaplin called it canned drama
but the quote that sticks in our heads
most is this comment from H M Warner yes
one of the founders of Warner Brothers
the premiere of the Vitaphone sound on
disc system meets with favorable
reaction although there are some
skeptics who uphold the cause of the
silent film he thought being able to
hear the actors in a movie was absurd
and then the talkies exploded with
popularity
seriously do you really think silent
films would have lasted this long not a
chance
do you agree with our list what do you
think was the biggest failed forecast in
entertainment form or head-scratching
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com don’t you
understand what you mean take him for a
right
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