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cameo by some big black dude?

I'm new to (editing) Wikipedia, but that certainly doesnt look right. I can get rid of that, right? Stevenferdin (talk) 08:29, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Location of music video filming

I changed the music video filming location from Los Olivos, California to Los Alamos, California. I lived in Los Alamos at the time and have first-hand knowledge that it was filmed there. Los Olivos is a nearby town but was not the primary filming location. Filming locations in Los Alamos included the Union Hotel and the former train depot (see, for example, the Union Hotel's official website, www.unionhotelvictorianmansion.com, as well as numerous tourism sites which come up in a Google search). Teddy foucault (talk) 01:25, 8 August 2011 (UTC)Teddy_foucault[reply]

cameo in say say say video

Who is the big guy micheal arm wrestles in the say say say video??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.44.147.109 (talk) 07:07, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

7th top ten hit - recheck facts

Jackson was one shy of the Beatles, who charted 9 top 10 hits in 1964. Six number ones, plus Please Please Me, Do you wanna know a Secret, and Twist and Shout. dnsla23 22:19, 8 August 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dnsla (talk • contribs) dnsla23 18:36, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Stanton vs. Giraldi

Can we discuss this disagreement about whether it's Harry Dean Stanton or Bob Giraldi appearing in the video? The first person to make this change added a primary source (the YouTube video) to back up their claim. I removed it and added two secondary sources (AV Club article and a book by a respected Beatles author) that state it is Stanton in the video. My changes were reverted and a DVD was added as the source for Giraldi. Is this another primary source (just watching the video) or is there something on the DVD actually stating that it is Giraldi? My position is that reliable secondary sources should trump our ability to visually identify who is in the video, which amounts to WP:OR. You say it is "obviously" Giraldi, but I think it is Stanton. In the end, secondary sources should trump our personal opinions. --Laser brain (talk) 14:24, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In the commentary for the "Say Say Say" music video on The McCartney Years DVD, at the 3:04 mark McCartney says "that's Bob Giraldi making a little Hitchcock-like cameo performance." Unfortunately, I didn't see anything in the cite AV media template that references the specific content in the DVD being cited. And for comparison's sake, here's a link to a photo of Bob Giraldi circa 1983.[1] Piriczki (talk) 16:29, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. In that case, it's likely that the sources I presented were repeating misinformation. --Laser brain (talk) 16:33, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

First video of dialogue and a storyline?

Saw there was no source for the claim that the music video was the first music video, for dialogue and storyline. Anyone know if there is a source for this claim? And if so shouldn't it be erased or at least tagged for ^{[citation needed]} ? EagleTech199 (talk) 05:50, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Tuxedo change

Just a small quip, but I noticed that the following line regarding the music video seems misleading:

"When law-enforcement officers appear at the back of the venue, Mac quickly starts a small fire onstage and Linda hollers "FIRE!", emptying the venue and allowing the group to escape via backstage (yet somehow finding time to change into tuxedoes first)."

If one looks clearly, it is clear that Mac and Jack have already changed into tuxedos before starting the fire, as shown when they peek around the side of the stage. Mac (McCartney) does presumably throw a costume on top of his tuxedo before starting the fire, but Jack (Jackson) is obviously in a tuxedo as he calls out "Fire!" Given this, the text written above seems false. Therefore, it seems that we can conclude Jack didn't change at all after the fire, and Mac simply took off the costume and donned the dinner jacket. None of this seems notable enough to merit mentioning in the article, so I suggest that the line is altered, perhaps to the following, unless somebody else has a better idea:

"When law-enforcement officers appear at the back of the venue, Mac starts a small fire onstage and Linda hollers "FIRE!", emptying the venue and allowing the group to escape via backstage."

— Tuxipεdia^(talk) 22:48, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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-== Too violent ==
-"Upon its release, the National Coalition of Television Violence classified the music video as too violent to be aired." Really? --[[User:Andreasegde|andreasegde]] ([[User talk:Andreasegde|talk]]) 15:17, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
-:Yes, it might have been to do with the arm wrestle. :) '''[[User:Pyrrhus16|<font color="black">Pyrrhus</font>]]'''[[User talk:Pyrrhus16|<font color="#FF0000">16</font>]]''' 15:22, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
-::There's no violence in the video. I guess they don't know that arm wrestling is a sport, not a crime. [[User:Grundle2600|Grundle2600]] ([[User talk:Grundle2600|talk]]) 14:31, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
-:Thats real weird, Say Say Say has no violence, just a comical energy drink scene.
-[[User:Nikhil121|Nikhil121]] ([[User talk:Nikhil121|talk]]) 9:28, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 == cameo by some big black dude? ==