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October 24

Rap song

What is the title and artist of the rap song that contains the words "caught your cutie eye"? And what in the abode of Lucifer does this mean? BarneyLuvsYou (talk) 06:37, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you Google the words you supplied plus the word "lyrics", you'll get the answer to your first question. Dismas|^(talk) 13:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The song is "Superman High" and the artist is R.Kelly. David Pro (talk) 14:56, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Catch someones eye" is a phrase or idiom, so your lyrics are an extension of the phrase. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.250.79 (talk) 15:44, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It means "caught your girlfriend's attention." It looks like he stylistically dropped the possessive of "cutie" (which is not uncommon in rap). --98.217.14.211 (talk) 16:39, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

These are not the actual words to the song. R. Kelly is saying "Country Cupid eye". Source here: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/r/rkellylyrics/supermanhighlyrics.html Subliminable (talk) 06:11, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sites like that are notoriously unreliable. It is a little absurd to say that some words that don't really make sense are wrong and words that make even less sense are the "actual" words... Adam Bishop (talk) 14:11, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is an exact copy of a question and answer session from July???? See here Popcorn II (talk) 07:48, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. Why did this need to be dredged up from the archives?! Dismas|^(talk) 10:09, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Balloon mom affidavit

The mom of the balloon boy signed an affidavit that the whole incident was a hoax. Is there a place online to read the full actual text of her affidavit? The news stories I saw just say "in documents released Friday", but don't show the actual documents. Thanks EdwinHJ | Talk 10:51, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To my understanding, the affidavit has not been released to the public yet, but it was given to The Coloradoan, a newspaper in the area of the incident. I presume that the affidavit won't be released to the public for sometime, considering that this event is still under investigation. Here is a report from People Magazine --> http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20315256,00.html

- Letter 7 (Talk to me) 12:40, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some Like it Hot/Grease connection?

I was just watching Some Like it Hot and in the first scene Tony Curtis talks with Jack Lemmon about betting on a horse named "Greased Lightning". Is the Grease use of Greased Lightning a homage reference to this film, or is there a common third use/name they are both drawing from?--162.84.163.33 (talk) 11:30, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The expression "greased lightning" has been around since at least as far back as 1833, meaning someone or something doing something very quickly. I heard it used years before Grease came out, with never any connection to Some Like it Hot. I doubt the expression was used in Grease as any form of tribute to Some Like it Hot - it seems a very tenuous and cryptic connection that virtually nobody would be expected to notice - but I could be wrong. -- JackofOz (talk) 11:49, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Asin's Age

Plz check Asin's age. She is hiding her age. She was born in 1981. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.201.88.34 (talk) 13:48, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This kind of comment really belongs on the talk page of the article in question. Assuming you mean Asin Thottumkal, can you provide a reliable source to back up your claims? Vimescarrot (talk) 14:46, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IMDB claims her birthdate is 28 Oct 1981, but the article cites this source, which indicates her birthdate is 26 Oct 1985. One of them is wrong. Note however, it is not uncommon for actors to be reluctant to reveal their age or actually lie about it. Astronaut (talk) 12:40, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

____ Microphone?

Anybody know the best mic to use for recording guitar tracks? Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 19:51, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean for recording acoustic guitar stuff, look at Barcus Berry's website.--TammyMoet (talk) 20:07, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh yes sorry, to clarify, I meant audio from an amplifier. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 20:09, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The best mic is no mic at all. Use direct coupling from the amp to the recorder.

That was the original plan but I was told by most people that I should mic up for best results. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 02:25, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Before the days of modern "digital audio processing", it probably was better to record from open air mics; achieving certain effects and sound quality used to be far better from actual amplifiers and speakers. However, you can basically recreate any sound effect you want using combinations of relatively inexpensive digital effects hardware, like Line 6 pods, coupled with equally inexpensive software packages. The classic "recording studio" is (somewhat sadly) becomeing obsolete as someone with a few hundred dollars can pretty much recreate anything you can do in a studio with a PC. In the musical group I play in, we had a guitar player who still clung to the "miced-up amp sounds better than direct patch" theory, and it was a real pain for the guy running the soundboard to mix him well. After a few years, we finally convinced him to get a decent Line 6 "pod", and not only did it give him far better control over his range of effects, it made it MUCH easier on the sound tech to mix him in with the rest of the group. Now, this was live performance type stuff, but the same should generally apply to recording as well. People who say that recording live using a mic and amp are simply luddites who don't want to admit that modern digital equipment and software really is up to the task of making high-quality sound recordings, which it is. So I would agree with the assessment that "no mic is the best mic". --Jayron32 05:31, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thanks for your response and sorry in advance for this rather noob like question, how does a Line 6 pod work exactly? I've always been confused by those things. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 14:03, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Old guitar effects pedals ran on analog circuitry. Things like distortion units, phasers, wah pedals, echo effects, reverb units, delay effects, etc. etc. all ran on good old analog circuitry, using complex wiring patterns to achieve certain sound effects on electric guitars. Also, active feedback with an amplifier, as well as effects built into the amp, like chorus effects and the like, were part of playing the electric guitar. The unique combination of guitar and amp and pedals was something that a musician cultivated himself in order to achieve a unique sound, and in order to record that sound, it was necessary to play live through a speaker and record that. In the early days of digital effects processing, software couldn't really accurately reproduce these effects (think about those shitty Casio synthesizer keyboards back in the 80's), so digital effects units got a bad rap. However, modern digital effects processing can faithfully reproduce any sound you want. SO basically, the Line 6 pod works by digitally modifying the input sound, and outputting a sound as though it had been fed through an old analog processing unit; it can even mimic amplifier effects like active feedback, making the amplifier entirely redundant. Personally, I play a simple Takamine acoustic with a Dean Markley ProMag humbucker in-hole pickup, so I don't really use all that shit myself. But everyone I know that has broken down and gotten some Line 6 stuff loves it once they figure it all out. They soon wonder how they ever worked without it. --Jayron32 04:05, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

October 25

Cha$e and Estate of Panic

Is there going to be a second season of the shows Cha$e and Estate of Panic and if so, when? (please be specific, month, day, and year) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.15.129 (talk) 04:23, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bob Dylan song

I watched a movie a while back that featured a song that sounded just like Bob Dylan. I can't remember the title of the movie but I have a feeling it was a somewhat newish movie. I don't remember any of the song's lyrics except that he's singing something about "Romeo". Slower song. I know I'm not being very clear here but it's driving me nuts. I'd really like to look the song up so any help will be much appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GwenDylan (talk • contribs) 06:35, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Knopfler doesn't sound like Bob Dylan much at all but could it be "Romeo and Juliet"? Dismas|^(talk) 06:51, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Romeo is mentioned in a few Dylan songs ("Desolation row" for one, "Floater (Too much to ask)" for another). But there are tons of Dylanesque singers who have done songs mentuioning Romeo ("Chinese bones", by Robyn Hitchcock, for instance). ISTR the song "Floater"{ may have been in a movie fairly recently, so it could well be that. Grutness...wha? 21:52, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

movie about the suit which never gets dirty?

I have a faint memory of hearing about a movie which is about a man who invents a suit which never gets dirty, the man subsequently gets crushed by the dry cleaning-business. Did I dream this, or does it ring any bells?/Marxmax (talk) 12:02, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. try The Man in the White Suit. Britmax (talk) 12:52, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Thanks!/Marxmax (talk) 14:52, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Extra point try

In the Iowa/Michigan State football game yesterday, there was a score with no time left. The team flooded the field, but the officials required them to go for the PAT. I specifically remember this rule didn't exist before: during the Penn State/Michigan game in 2005, and many other games before it, the game was over after the touchdown. I'm referring to college football only - the NFL has always requires the PAT by my knowledge. Magog the Ogre (talk) 13:17, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly is your question? —Dromioofephesus (talk) 16:43, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is this actually a rule? If so, when was it implemented? Magog the Ogre (talk) 17:11, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about college, but there is one exception to the rule in the NFL: When a touchdown is scored in overtime, the game ends immediately. There is no extra point try. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:26, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I know of other instances where teams didn't go for the PAT (Akron vs. Western Michigan '07 come to mind), but here's what the rulebook specifically says:

The ball shall be put in play by the team that scored a six-point touchdown. If a touchdown is scored during a down in which time in the fourth period expires, the try shall not be attempted unless the point(s) would affect the outcome of the game.
— NCAA, Football: 2009–10 Rules and Interpretations, Rule 8-3-2-a

I would assume then that the game would end, unless the referee makes a claim that the other team can gain two points on the PAT (by returning a fumble/interception/etc) therefore tying the game, but other than that the game should have ended. –Nav ^{talk to me or sign my guestbook} 21:15, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to me that's exactly what happened. Iowa went up 15-13 with the touchdown, so had Michigan State scored on the try the game would have gone to overtime. Thus, they had to attempt the try. anonymous6494 01:26, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What a crazy rule. Or maybe not? I wonder, does anyone know when is the last time a PAT attempt was returned for 1 or 2 points by the defending team? Far as I know, this is not allowed in the NFL. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:37, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was standard (and still is in many American Football organizations) to allow the defending team to score something on an extra point(s) attempt. In the NFL, once there is a turnover during an extra point attempt (1pt or 2pt), the play is dead. In college, I believe the play continues, allowing the player to run the ball for a touchdown at 2 or 1 points, depending on how many points the offence was attempting. When I was in high school, running an intercepted or blocked kick PAT in for a touchdown scored a full 6 points. -- kainaw ™ 17:48, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article called Convert describes some of the history of the PAT. One thing they left out was that the NFL only allowed 1 point, be it by kick, pass or run. The AFL did it the college way, i.e. they allowed 2 points on a pass or run. When the leagues merged, or sometime thereabout, the entire NFL adopted the 2-point option. But no runback in the pros on a PAT, although it is allowed on field goal attempt that falls short. The distinction in part has to do with the type of kick it is - a kick from scrimmage vs. a free kick. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:57, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, that raises another question - In college, does the clock run during a point-after try? Or is it stopped, and the defending team could grab the ball and run 100 yards with no time elapsed on the game clock? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:58, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The clock does not run on a PAT. Incidentally, the NFL did not add the two-point conversion until 1994 -- I witnessed in person the first NFL two-point conversion, scored by Tom Tupa on a fake kick. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 00:10, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aha. Speaking of clocks, as incredible as it may seem, the NFL did not keep its official time on the stadium clock. It was merely an estimate, just like with soccer (another brilliant aspect to that sport). The AFL did, though, and when the leagues merged, the stadium clock became official. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:41, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bugs, to answer your earlier question, I'm not sure that this was the last time it happened, but I the last one I know of was this. Santa Claus of the Future (talk) 23:00, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here's one from last year. –Nav ^{talk to me or sign my guestbook} 04:30, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To simplify this discussion, here are the basic rules on a PAT in the NCAA:

Kicked through the uprights: 1 point for the offense
Run or pass into the endzone: 2 points for the offense
Turned over to the defense, and returned to the other endzone: 2 points for the defense (always, even if the offense were only going for 1)
Saftey on PAT (really hard to do; basically only occurs if the defense attempts to return a PAT-turnover, leaves the endzone, and voluntarily returns to the endzone before being tackled): 1 point for the offense.

Since it is possible for either the offense or defense to score up to 2 points on a PAT, if the last touchdown of the game scores as time expires, and the two teams are within 2 points of each other either way, they MUST attempt the PAT. If the difference in score is greater than 2 points, they will not attempt it. In the NFL, since the end-of-year tiebreaker scheme involves total points scored; every touchdown in regulation is required to play the PAT, even if scored at the end of regulation, and even if it will not make a difference in the overall score. In the NFL, the defending team cannot score on a PAT, so a turnover becomes a dead ball. Furthermore, just to confuse things, in the NFL, in sudden death overtime, there is never a PAT. --Jayron32 03:20, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Features of a rap song

I just read some related articles like time signature, tempo, but got stuck. Could you help in figuring out the encyclopedic features of this rap song? Thanx. 85.132.109.246 (talk) 13:21, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

time signature 4/4, probably, if so: 191 bpm. --NorwegianBlue^talk 22:00, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

songs about saving the earth

we're holding an event about raising awareness of environmental issues. we would have several breaks with songs and I'd want the audience to hear some inspirational songs about the environment while waiting. Could you introduce some well-known songs about the environment that we can play. I freely admit i'm ignorant of music and currently only know of "earth song" (Michael jackson). Any help would be MUCH appreciated! :-) 117.4.145.223 (talk)

Linkin Park's - What I've done? Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 15:35, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The British newspaper the Guardian has a weekly feature asking readers to recommend songs on a particular topic, from which they then make a Top 10. When they did the environment, they came up with this lot. REM's "Fall On Me" and Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" are especially good. --Richardrj ^talk ^email 16:00, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because it was so early in the whole environmentalism thing, Midnight Oil's "Beds are Burning" is popular. Just don't show the video. That guy is freaky looking. -- kainaw ™ 16:10, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That song is about giving land back to the Aborigines. Nothing to do with the environment as such (which I take to mean songs about rainforests, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases and whatnot). --Richardrj ^talk ^email 16:18, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I never listened to the words. I just know that MTV used the song to start a new "environmentalism is cool" campaign. -- kainaw ™ 16:44, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"That guy" is the Hon Peter Garrett AM MP, since 2007 the Australian Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. -- JackofOz (talk) 07:10, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He is indeed - but that doesn't stop him dancing like a stick insect caught in mud :) Grutness...wha? 13:15, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When his parliamentary career comes to an end, maybe he can become a supermodel. :) -- JackofOz (talk) 19:47, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

""Where have all the Flowers Gone" Although it also has an anti-war message, there is an environmental message too. I think it might have been Pete Seeger who wrote it. Pete Seeger wrote some damn fine environmental protest songs - worth looking at his work. The most famous one from the 60s is possibly "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire. Actually now I look at it, it seems to have been common in protest songs of that era to combine an anti-war message with a save the planet message. There was so much shit happening in the 60s, young 'uns these days don't know they're born... Ahem. Coming a little more up to date, "The Last Resort" by the Eagles is also good. --TammyMoet (talk) 16:30, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's no particular ecology message in "Where have all the Flowers Gone", it's strictly about war, the song itself being an endless cycle, which of course is the point Seeger was trying to make when he wrote it. "Eve of Destruction" is also strictly about war and conflict, there's nothing specific about ecology in it. Only if you stretch the concept to think of warfare as damaging the environment, but that's true of most any human enterprise. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:40, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More environment-oriented would be "Big Yellow Taxi", a Joni Mitchell song, best known for its tag line, "They paved paradise And put up a parking lot." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:46, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Joni's inspiration for the song was looking out the window of a hotel in Hawaii and seeing a large parking lot seemingly stretching to the mountains beyond. Never mind that the hotel she was in was arguably a bigger blight on the environment (or the scenery, at least) than the parking lot was. Which unintentionally presents the dilemma of environmentalism. We want to "save the world", but only if we can also live comfortably. I don't know if there are any songs about that, although Phil Ochs' "I'm a Liberal" speaks to a broader topic. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:51, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I already mentioned that one. Don't people read the whole thread before posting? --Richardrj ^talk ^email 16:52, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, not when they're only interested in their own opinions. 209.251.196.62 (talk) 15:01, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Always enjoy hearing from the drive-bys, especially several days later. I actually did look through the previous comments but for some reason didn't see that one listed. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:37, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How about Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)? -- kainaw ™ 16:49, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what is considered to be related to environmental issues per se. Not to digress, when people talk about "Save the Planet", would it not be perhaps more accurate to say, "Try to maintain environmental conditions that are tolerable to life"? I don't think the abiotic environment really cares if there is pollution or not. —Dromioofephesus (talk) 16:54, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An excellent point, which highlights the basic flaw in the environmental argument, the conceit that we ourselves can "save the planet". The planet will do just fine, with or without us. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:58, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We don't even mean "maintain environmental conditions that are tolerable to life", as life will do just fine under global warming (some species will go extinct and others will prosper). I think we mean "to maintain the same environment we have now" (or perhaps had a few centuries ago). Unfortunately, that probably would require that we stop all population growth or go back to the population we had a few centuries ago, which isn't very popular politically. StuRat (talk) 23:54, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's it precisely. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:38, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Emergency on Planet Earth (song)? Rockpocket 21:20, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the songs on this list may be of interest. --NorwegianBlue^talk 22:15, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Smith's "Don't let it Die" might be a surprisingly early one to some people. Britmax (talk) 23:50, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are plenty of pro-environmental songs, in loads of different styles. Some that come to mind for me are:

"If a tree falls" (Bruce Cockburn). Any new-life Christian rocker who can coin the couplet "I.M.F./Dirty M.F." is OK by me :)
"River of orchids" (XTC). Turn the roads into long thin flower beds! Sweet and impressive.
"Operating manual for spaceship earth" (Donovan). As hippy-dippy as the name suggests, and colntains the frankly embarrassing lyric "Do be kind to your vegetable friends".
"Damn the dam" (John Hanlon). New Zealand folkie who wrote this excellent song as part of an anti hydroelectric wilderness-flooding scheme protest.
"Cuyahoga" (REM). Though only alluded to in the lyrics, this songs is about a river that became so polluted that it caught fire.
"There won't be no country music" (C.W. McCall). Yes, that C.W McCall. Amazingly, an astonishingly powerful, drawled, pro-environmentalist truckin' song. Lyrics are here. Track it down -it's impressive and memorable.

Grutness...wha? 00:02, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is a song called "I'm a Stranger Here" by Five Man Electrical Band, which is about an alien visiting earth and complaining about all the destruction. Adam Bishop (talk) 19:08, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.245.16.17 (talk) 22:07, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Syd Straw with 'People of earth' 194.221.133.226 (talk) 10:50, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's REO Speedwagon's "Love in the Future". A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 13:59, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's also a Randy Newman song that is about the Cuyahoga, "Burn On". The first song I thought of when reading this thread is that one that Melissa Etheridge wrote for An Inconvenient Truth, though I don't remember much about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Santa Claus of the Future (talk • contribs) 23:08, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

October 26

Doctor Who Question

Hi, I Just finished reading The Wikipedia Article on the series Doctor Who, and I`am relatively new to the series. I was wondering Is it possible there could over be a female incarnation of the doctor. Bye Wikipedians everywhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.56.144.15 (talk) 23:13, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note - Question originally posted on Humanities desk Tevildo (talk) 23:30, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't recall that it was ever directly addressed, but in the past male timelords have always come back as males, and females have always come back as females. I don't think there's ever been even the slightest hint that any timelord was once a different gender. APL (talk) 23:57, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it has ever been mentioned in the show, but there were rumours that the next Doctor would be female. They turned out to be wrong, of course. --Tango (talk) 00:04, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well Joanna Lumley made a good job of it in The Curse of Fatal Death. Britmax (talk) 00:08, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In case it's not obvious, The Curse of the Fatal Death was a parody. (A hilarious one.) APL (talk) 19:03, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There have always been rumours that the next Doctor might be a woman: some of those rumours were deliberately started by people involved in production... We have seen very few Timelords regenerate on the actual programme, and a few more have been mentioned to have regenerated. None of these switched gender. However, that does not mean it doesn't happen or isn't possible: the sample sizes are very small. I'd say it's very unlikely that the Doctor will have a female incarnation in the next couple, but it is entirely possible that it could happen some time. Doctor Who canon is sort of vast, and yet also sort of non-existant: the saying used to be that there was no canon. Wibbly wobbly timey wimey gives you a slight get-out clause for almost anything, and the show has almost always been driven by the Rule of Cool. I mean, the main actor leaves so you decide he is an alien who can regenerate into an entirely different person? With a different personality?

If they want to cast a woman, they will. Yes, I included a link to TV Tropes. Nobody's going to bed any time soon... 86.144.144.110 (talk) 00:47, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

October 27

Recent Song

A music video that plays on NTV (newfoundland television) is artisted by a female with a name like Sara Bareilles and the piano is like her Love Song (it starts out like that and continues on for the verses). The artist is relatively recent. I've seen it first about a month ago. What's this song?174.3.111.148 (talk) 00:40, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Football trivia

Football fan trivia Why do Redskin's fans wear pig snouts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.69.13 (talk) 03:23, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think their rabid fans are called the "Hawgs". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:35, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Hogs (American football) should answer your question. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:37, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That article has certainly been under the radar. It reads like it was lifted straight from a fanzine. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:01, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SOFIXIT. --Jayron32 13:32, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I could. In any case, thanks for the link. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:41, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh, why does that article keeping using the "would" form of past tense? 99.166.95.142 (talk) 15:39, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because the writer was writing about the events as viewed from a point further in the past than when they happened. ("In 1944 the Allies invaded Normandy and within a year Germany would surrender. It began with the landing of three airborne and five seaborne divisions on D-Day, June 6." Here "would surrender" is because we're talking about a 1945 event from a 1944 viewpoint.) However, that's not normally a good style for this sort of article. --Anonymous, 23:27 UTC, October 27, 2009.

Elliott Gould voice on an ambient track

In the late 1990's I got a tape from a friend with an ambient dance track that had a voice over by Elliot Gould. I'm trying to find the name of the track and the artist, any suggstions would be very helpful. Thank you. 82.39.104.235 (talk) 23:36, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

October 28

Cher's costumes

When did Cher start wearing fabulous costumes, and did they have an immediate effect upon her popularity? 84.13.180.244 (talk) 00:26, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly do you mean by 'fabulous costumes'? —Akrabbim^talk 01:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Like these. She was famous for her outrageous and/or revealing fashion choices. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:00, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, this section claims that she pushed fashion boundaries from the very beginning of her television exposure, which started in the early 70s. —Akrabbim^talk 03:13, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That squares with my recollection from her TV series with Sonny. The difficulty would be to find just when she "crossed the line", i.e. when did she start getting criticized for it (for example, with the video on roller skates with very little clothing on). If you want a starting point for when she really started to get noticed for it, i.e. "no later than", here's Time's cover for spring 1975: [1] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:33, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is a Cher show like a kind of mild striptease, where she takes of the top layer of her costume to reveal another beneath? She must feel hot. 92.29.91.83 (talk) 20:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Sonny and Cher show had a running gag from the start in which Sonny would come out wearing a standard nondescript suit. Cher came out in a wild costume, acting like it was nothing special. It would distract Sonny, making it difficult for him to continue with the dialog. It is possible (very probable) that this gag came from their stage show before they began the television show. -- kainaw ™ 17:34, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

TV viewers

How do sources like these get viewer numbers? Are they estimates? I know a cable or satellite company might be able to tell what their customers are watching, but can they account for broadcast TV viewers? —Akrabbim^talk 03:07, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That page says (below one of the tables) that they are using Nielsen ratings. AlexiusHoratius 03:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, OK. I read through the Nielsen article real quick and that answers my question. Thanks. —Akrabbim^talk 03:19, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Katinas show of compassion

It's understood the Katinas performed a benefit concert called "Hope for Samoa". The concert was to raise funds for relief efforts following the 2009 Samoa earthquake. How much money has been raised?24.90.204.234 (talk) 04:59, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Film character

A few year ago I saw a movie that had a strange character. It was a man who had completely built up one half of his body, like a bodybuilder. He had one massive arm and half a massive chest ... the other half of his body was completely normal and average looking. The movie itself was quite forgettable, but the character has stayed in the back of my mind. Who was he, and did he really build himself up the way he was portrayed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.29.109 (talk) 07:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The first thing that sprang to mind was the entirely forgettable Stallone film, Over the Top, where he plays an arm wrestler and works out with just one of his arms. Dismas|^(talk) 09:54, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There was also a character like that in Lady in the Water, which is also rather forgettable —Preceding unsigned comment added by Library Seraph (talk • contribs) 13:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) The M. Night Shyamalan film Lady in the Water had a character in it that meets your description. As I recall, he was pictured working out with weights with his one huge arm on occasion. The actor's name is Freddy Rodriguez and his character's name was Reggie, a character who only exercised one half of his body. cheers, 10draftsdeep (talk) 13:23, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There was a very unforgettable (due to the poor quality) movie about a guy and girl that go into hybernation for a long time and wake up in the future where the average IQ is around 10. One of the supporting characters is a guy in the future who masturbates all day long and, therefore, has built up only one arm. Found it on IMDB: Idiocracy. -- kainaw ™ 19:38, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think Lady in the Water was it, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.29.109 (talk) 23:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm remembering a panel cartoon by Virgil Partch (or possibly someone else!) in which a woman lifts her husband's barbell (to sweep under it) with a comically overdeveloped arm. —Tamfang (talk) 06:03, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

October 29

Southland (TV Series)

I was really looking forward to the second season of Southland that was supposed to begin on NBC in the United States last week, but the network pulled the plug on it before the first episode. Press reports (TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly) indicated that the producers were shopping it around to other networks. Have any of our Hollywood insiders heard anything positive about the rescue of this fine show?Chief41074 (talk) 02:50, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If so, it hasn't been added to the Southland (TV series) article. Comet Tuttle (talk) 23:36, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I checked there yesterday. Thanks.Chief41074 (talk) 13:34, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The only articles I have seen are the ones you mentioned, saying that it was being shopped around. So I don't think there has been any other announcement. Until we hear otherwise, consider it canceled. —Akrabbim^talk 13:57, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

whats the name of the music in that bambi commercial

What's the name of the music in that one Bambi commercial about wildfire prevention? I've been hearing it everywhere and it's stuck in my head. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.108.205.24 (talk) 03:34, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a youtube of it? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:54, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but the name of the music isn't stated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.108.205.24 (talk) 03:57, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, like could you direct us to a copy of the commercial with its music so we can all listen to it? Not everyone in the world has seen the commercial you are referring to. --Jayron32 03:59, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(ec)The reason I asked is that if you can provide a link to it, others could listen to it and maybe would recognize it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:00, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.108.205.24 (talk) 04:01, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That link is about "The Pet Shelter Project". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:06, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, okay, maybe this one will work--GroovySandwich 04:08, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pachelbel's Canon. Another rendition: [2] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:10, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's it. Thanks--GroovySandwich 04:14, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's a great piece of music, and he's known mainly for that, which is better than being totally obscure, I reckon. Someone once issued a CD with like 12 different artists performing it. Naturally, it was called Pachelbell's Greatest Hit. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:17, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See one of the funniest reference-desk threads of all time. (And, Bugs, see my external link in that thread for my reaction to the concept of the CD you mention.) Deor (talk) 14:57, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Billie Piper's mouth

I'm watching the Doctor Who episodes in which Billie Piper returns, and noticing that her upper teeth look different and she has acquired a bit of a lisp. Was she injured? —Tamfang (talk) 05:54, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There was some online speculation that she had veneers fitted or other dental work; other people suggested she was having trouble with Rose's accent after not doing it for years - although this would only explain the lisp not the teeth: Yahoo answers DigitalSpy forums Daily Telegraph Daily Mirror, but I can't find anything conclusive. At least this proves that lots of other people noticed the same thing. --Lesleyhood (talk) 11:33, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Electronic Songs

There is one song with the lyrics "metropolitan girl ... cosmopolitan" by what sounds like Black Eyed Peas.

Another song has the lyrics "tipsy" and "dj". ("tipsy" may be repeated and if so, it's warped like it got slowed down.) This is by an artist that sounds like "Keira".

What are these songs?174.3.111.148 (talk) 06:24, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

90' s tv show

There was what appeared to be an American show in the 90’s on South African Television about a private detective, he had a black pony tail, and always wore hawaiin shirts. The theme tune had the words: ‘’any way the wind blows, it blows right back to you’’ Does anyone know the name of this show or more specifically who same the theme tune or any other relenent information Thank you very much —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.172.58.82 (talk) 15:34, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tropical Heat aka Sweating Bullets. --LarryMac | Talk 15:45, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

October 30

Star Wars trilogy on DVD

I seem to remember that the only DVD they released of the original trilogy was the 'special editions' with all the crappy bits added like Han shooting first, etc. and I think they also released another set where they were the original editions but it wasn't widescreen or something. Can anyone advise whether I can get a DVD set of the original original trilogy in widescreen? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Popcorn II (talk • contribs) 16:14, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully, someone will be by to give you an answer, but for the record, any version in which Han doesn't shoot first is not the original - Han shot first, dammit! That's not a crappy bit, that's a part they replaced with a crappy bit. Matt Deres (talk) 16:26, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The original original trilogy, AFAIK, does not exist on DVD. I have a VHS copy which I treasure greatly. I am pretty sure your only option for getting the original, unmodified, theatrical versions on DVD is to burn a copy yourself from (a legally purchased, of course) set of (now out-of-print) VHS tapes of the original. I am pretty sure Lucas has said he has no intention of releasing the unmodified versions again. His purpose in adding the modifications was to make the movies he thinks he would have made had the technology been availible at the time. He sees no reason in releasing what he considers to be "incomplete" versions, even though those are the ones that those of us over 30 remember. --Jayron32 16:33, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, as I feared. BTW, I meant the part where Greedo shoots first. I just got confused because of the whole Han shot first thing.Popcorn II (talk) 17:05, 30 October 2009 (UTC) Incidently, on the Han... page it says there was a 2006 edition of the DVD where you can watch a version with Han shooting first.Popcorn II (talk)# —Preceding undated comment added 17:09, 30 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

If (and this is an stellar-sized "if") Lucas ever decides to release the movies on BluRay, he will have more than enough room on the disk to release it in every version he has done (including his plan to redo them all in 3-D). I see no reason to believe that he will do so - just as I see no reason to think that he will ever release the movies on BluRay. -- kainaw ™ 17:30, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Female celebrities and big upper lips

Why do so many female celebrities have oversized upper lips? Is it supposed to be attractive in any way? Right now I can think of Sienna Miller, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, and Rachel Weisz, just to name a few. I find it particularly unattractive, but thats my personal opinion. However it is interesting to note that celebrity women seem to possess this characteristic on a much larger scale than the rest of the female population. Any thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.21.180.57 (talk) 16:26, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Besides genetics, many probably also get Lip enhancement, a type of cosmetic surgery. --Jayron32 16:30, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Holding out for a hero"

Hi, I recently heard a cover version of Holding out for a Hero and wondered if anyone could identify the artist. It seemed to have solely a piano + strings/orchestra backing, it started off slowly then picked up tempo at the beginning of the first chorus, and the (female) singer seemed to be more opera/classical in style than pop. 131.111.253.79 (talk) 17:22, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NFL Trivia, I cant get this!

The Question is: The late great Bill Walsh was credited with creating 3 of the greatest quarterbacks in the NFL--who were they?

I know 2: Joe Montana and Steve Young, but can not get the third. I tried Ken Anderson, which was incorrect, and also tried Dan Foutz, still incorrect. Please help me its driving me insane lol! There has to be a NFL trivia master out there who knows this.