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November 5

What movie?

What Movie?

What movie was it where a teen's brother is crippled because they played football on the roof. And then he uses the brother's wheelchair to get into baseball game for free. And the brother explains the meaning of the poem about God carrying the footsteps to the teens stoner friend? And the stoner friend says god is one bad mother ff--? --Gary123 (talk) 00:13, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Outside Providence? -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 03:56, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Another American football question...

A comment at Talk:1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game says, "I *believe* this rule is actually still on the books, but at least at the time, the team scored upon had a choice to kick off or to receive." Any idea whether this really was/is a rule? I don't know where to go to find NCAA or NFL rules. Nyttend (talk) 03:51, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Someone had a football question recently, and I and maybe others posted rules histories. I'll see if I can find that. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:04, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

The first place I looked was an official NFL rules book from 2007, which states "after a try [i.e. a point-after-touchdown attempt] the team on defense during the try shall receive." They do not have a choice in the matter, at present, in the NFL. I'll see what else I can find. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:17, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

From the question about substitutions, farther up the page, we have a link for the history of college rules [1] and a link for the history of NFL rules [2] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:19, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I missed that; I was the asker for the substitutions questions, so I should have seen that. I'm surprised to see this usage of "try"; I would have expected that, if it were used at all today, it would be an alternate name for touchdown, given its relation to the try in Rugby. Nyttend (talk) 04:39, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

My first link was about subs, which is not too useful, and the NFL rules history doesn't bring up the subject. I have not found a history of college rules as such, nor even a link for current rules. Someone was saying something in a previous thread to the effect that a touchdown (which equates to a "try" in rugby) used to be fewer points than the "try" in American football. I had never heard that before, and I'm kind of skeptical. Back to the 222-0 game, I did find a Sports Illustrated article that simply parrots the play-by-play, and says Cumberland switched (for awhile) to kicking off after being scored upon, but with no explanation of when or if that approach was no longer allowed. American football was much more of a running and kicking game in those days than it is now, because the forward pass was in its infancy and was considered to be more a desparation play. So teams mostly ran, which meant it took longer to get from one of the field to the other, obviously. To push the other team back, a team might kick on 3rd, 2nd or even 1st down just to get the ball out of their territory. That's what Cumberland tried to do, and obviously it didn't work. Now I'm going to display my ignorance. These articles keep saying Tech never made a first down, because they scored on every set of downs. However, once they had reached 10 yards, wouldn't that count as a first down? It's just that they kept on running, and scored. Maybe that's a rule subtlety that I'm unfamiliar with. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:57, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

If you want to know about when a certain rule was in place, and what the nature of rule changes in the history of American Football is, David M. Nelson's The Anatomy of a Game is pretty much canonical. Nelson served on the rules committee longer than anyone except Walter Camp himself, and his book is at once comprehensive and an easy read on this subject. If ANY source will cover such a rule from such an old game, Nelson will. --Jayron32 05:34, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Do you happen to have a copy of that book and/or do you know if it's in print? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:42, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

google books does. The last copy I used was about 12 years ago in my college library, and I have not handled a copy since then. Its a bit of a rare book, but still awesome. --Jayron32 06:03, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

I saw. Unfortunately, the appendix with its chronology of rules stops just before it gets to the "kicking game" section. But the amount of tinkering with the rules every year was amazing. It's perfectly reasonable to assume that at one time, the team scored upon would have the option to kick the ball instead of receiving it. Baseball has done relatively little tinkering since the 60 foot 6 inch pitching distance was established in 1893. The designated hitter was probably the only truly innovative rule change in the 116 years since then. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:20, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, there has been some tinkering. They lowered the height of the mound after Bob Gibson; they have been playing with Instant Replay recently, and I expect that soon just about anything outside of balls & strikes will soon be reviewable. But as already noted in the last thread where we talked about this, MOST of the minutae of tinkering in football rules is to control exactly how and in what way you are allowed to collide with someone else; they have all been basically injury control rules, at least since the last major rules on free substitution happened in the 1960's. Back to Nelson's book, worldcat lists the book availible at MANY university libraries. If you click the "search libraries" link at the google books entry I note above, you can find a nearby library where you can find it. --Jayron32 06:30, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Also, depending on how crazy you want to get, Nelson's original files are still preserved at The University of Delaware Library, so it is still possible to literally go to THE SOURCE on this one. --Jayron32 06:34, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

I'll give that a look. Regarding baseball, nearly all the rules since the "Knickerbocker Rules" of 1845 have had to do with balancing offense and defense. Baseball used to be a high-scoring game. Not at the level of cricket, of course, which is like basketball played with bats in that sense. But over time the defense has gained certain advantages, of which the invention of the glove was only one. The rules makers changed the number of "balls" several times, and changed the nature of what a "strike" is to some extent. Once the pitchers were allowed to pitch overhand, it had a negative impact on hitting, so they repositioned the pitching distance, twice (or three times, actually). All of that stuff was prior to 1900, of course. Changes in equipment and expansion of seating (and shrinking of field size) led to changes in strategy, though with very little change to the actual rules. Following 1968, "the year of the pitcher", the rules makers didn't exactly lower the mound. What they did instead was to establish a maximum and uniform height. It was said at the time that the Dodgers pitching mound was the highest in baseball, and the Senators was the lowest. Guess which of those two teams was the more successful during that era. The DH came along over 35 years ago, and MLB still can't make up its mind about it. Instant replay, while it might affect the outcome of a call, doesn't change the basic nature of the game. Using a machine to call balls and strikes might. I think we're a long ways from that. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:01, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Found it! Page 454 of Nelson's book, link here, states that in 1903 the rule was "The team scored upon shall have the option of kicking off or have the opponents kick off". The copy is missing some pages in this appendix, so, for example, I can't see anything from 1937-1976. The 1922 rule changes may have eliminated this rule, but the wording is hard to follow. We do know that the rule was explicitly allowed from 1903, and I see nothing to contradict that it was still in place by 1916. --Jayron32 06:58, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Beautiful! ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:01, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Finally found a reasonly current (2008) NCAA rules book [3] in which it states on pages FR-110 and FR-111, respectively, that the team scoring the touchdown or field goal must kick off. So the answer to OP's question boils down to: Yes, it was legal for Cumberland to kick off the Tech in 1916 after Tech had scored a touchdown; and no, that option is no longer available. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:36, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

+1 for Jayron32. That's awesome. Comet Tuttle (talk) 01:12, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Richie Rome or Ritchie Rome

A famous producer called Richie Rome. I'm German, but I think Ritchie Rome would be more correctly. Google and discogs knows both names of the same person. So what is right? Thanks in advance -- jlorenz1 (talk) 08:50, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

This book uses Ritchie Rome -- jlorenz1 (talk) 09:17, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

The authority file at Library of Congress says Richie Rome.[4] -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 14:17, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Richie is a nickname for Richard. There's no t in Richard, so the short version wouldn't usually include a t, and none of the notable Richies we list are Ritchies; although some people may prefer to spell their name that way. Richie and Ritchie are also surnames. -- JackofOz (talk) 22:03, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Bones

Booth is talking to some guy who cleans cars. The guy mentions he works for a lot of drug dealers without knowing. He further mentions that he has an advert in a "laundromat" (unfamiliar term to me, I'm not American). Booth, shortly before being interrupted, starts to say something linking the drug dealers with the laundromat. Why? Do a lot of drug dealers pay to have their clothes washed? Vimescarrot (talk) 21:57, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Might it have been a reference to money laundering? 86.142.224.71 (talk) 22:29, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Could the laundromat be a front business for a drug ring? Or a place where they make drops (maybe hide a package in a dryer for the next guy to pick it up? Could it just be a public place for criminals to have indiscreet meetings? —Akrabbim^talk 22:41, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

In case anyone thought otherwise, the episode was not about the drug dealing or this minor carwashing character - it was just a side conversation that was never referenced in any other part of the episode. So it's more likely to refer to something generally known than anything in-universe. Vimescarrot (talk) 22:46, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps the "advert in the laundromat" was a card ("Your Local Car Wash") on a board provided by the laundromat owner. It would be a place where local people come, so a good place to advertise services.Sussexonian (talk) 23:24, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

It probably was, from the context, yes. Do drug dealers advertise using these cards or something? O_o Vimescarrot (talk) 06:36, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, it's a place people can advertise at no cost and without the kind of critical attention that a newspaper's staff, for example, would give to printed ads. I think that's all. --Anonymous, 08:02 UTC, November 6, 2009.

Self-service businesses are often used for money laundering. It is very easy to do. You put a bunch of washing machines into a store and let people use them. Say you bring in $200 over the week. You can then add another $200 from another source (such as drugs). Then, when it comes time to service the machines, you pay some company $150 to "service" the machines (they don't actually do anything - just take the money). So, you took in $200 for nothing and sent out $150 for nothing, but it all looks legitimate on paper. Multiply those values about a couple thousand and you have a real money laundering business. -- kainaw™ 18:28, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Cheers! Vimescarrot (talk) 11:29, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

November 6

names of Jeff Beck songs

What are the names of the two songs that Jeff Beck performed at the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival that is shown on TV (they aren't on the DVD). Bubba73 (the argument clinic), 08:53, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

beatles songs

What names are used in Beatles songs? I've looked and looked, but there is no comprehensive list anywhere. Listening to or reading every album is a daunting task. My daughter, and several others, are expecting babies and want to add Beatles characters to their "possible names" list.

Someone said there was already a Wiki article with this information, but I can't find it. I figured if anyone would have it, it would be the Wiki. Thanks for your help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.175.49.21 (talk) 10:57, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Have a look at Category:The Beatles songs. To get you started three off the top of my head are Eleanor Rigby, Julia and Polythene Pam. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 11:56, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Desmond, Molly, Rita, Sadie, Bungalo Bill, Rocky, Dan, McGill, Lil, Nancy... Staecker (talk) 13:02, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

"Dizzy Miss Lizzie" (or "Lizzy"), although they didn't write it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:20, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

To find names in titles, start with the album Please Please Me and work your way through the "nexts". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:25, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

"Anna (Go to Him)" (also not written by the Beatles). Their early work very seldom mentioned names, other than "Baby". They also covered "Long Tall Sally". "Michelle (song)" appears to be their first original song that mentions a name. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:32, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

"Doctor Robert", although that has questionable connotations. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". Several names mentioned in "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", which also has underlying drug implications, supposedly. "When I'm Sixty-Four", which mentions Vera, Chuck and Dave. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:39, 6 November 2009 (UTC) Vera, Chuck and Dave are the grandchildren Mitch Ames (talk) 03:13, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Not exactly characters, but Ringo mentioned George by name in some of his songs; and John mentioned Paul in "I Am the Walrus". "Dear Prudence" from the white album, along with the names Staecker mentioned that turn up in various other songs on that work, as well as "Martha My Dear". "Julia" was actually about Julian Lennon, as I recall. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:44, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Let's not forget "Hey, Jude", which I think was also about Julian. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", about Maxwell Edison, majoring in Medicine, mentions a woman named Joan. "Her Majesty (song)" doesn't mention the Queen by name. If they had thought about it, they could have called it "Straight-Laced Lizzy". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:50, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Julia is about John's mother (or possibly Yoko in an Oedipal sort of way). Hey Jude is about Julian. Adam Bishop (talk) 13:51, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Aha. I do believe you're right. Continuing... "Get Back" mentions a guy named Joe-Joe, and a woman named Loretta. The Let It Be album also includes the song "Maggie Mae". I seem to have misplaced the song "Lady Madonna" somewhere. There's also an obscure number from that session called "Teddy Boy". Ok, I'm about Beatled out by now. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:55, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

If you count Anthology stuff, then there is also What's the New Mary Jane. Adam Bishop (talk) 16:46, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Does "Albert" count? "Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall". I know it's referring to a concert hall, but still... 99.166.95.142 (talk) 17:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

That also gets into the less-interesting and irrelevant-to-the-questioner's subject about any kind of proper names the Beatles might have used, e.g. Blackburn, Lancashire; Penny Lane; etc. It also occurred to me that in "Honey Don't", Ringo said, "All right George, rock on for Ringo one time," which means John would be the only one of the four not mentioned by name in a Beatles song. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:44, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

He was mentioned in the title (but not the lyrics) of "The Ballad of John and Yoko", so is the only one of the four mentioned in a title. That more than balances it out, I think. Dendodge _T\^C 18:52, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Duh! I was only checking the albums and forgot about that one. Or else I forgot it was considered Beatles and not just John and Yoko. So the OP's grandaughters could be called Yoko also. Or maybe NOT. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:56, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

The continuing story of Bungalow Bill. Michelle. Martha My Dear. Lovely Rita Meter Maid. Penny (in Penny Lane, maybe it doesn't count as it's not a person's name there). Billy (Billy Shears in With A Little Help From My Friends). (Lady) Madonna. Jo-Jo, Sweet Loretta Martin (in Get Back). (Mother) Mary in Let It Be. Polythene Pam. My Bonnie (not their song). Maggie Mae. Doctor Robert. Sexy Sadie. Georgia (in Back in the USSR, not as a name). Tinfoilcat (talk) 21:57, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Don't forget Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song) and Father McKenzie in Eleanor Rigby. If I remember correctly, Martha is a name of Paul's dog, an old English sheepdog. Oda Mari (talk) 13:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

And Mister Wilson and Mister Heath in Taxman. Oda Mari (talk) 13:54, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Tracking down a Porn Star

I just found out that a girl I knew in school a couple of years ago has made an adult film. I know her real name and the title of the film. Where can I look up stage names she used and other films she was in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.31.103 (talk) 17:36, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

I'd try iafd.com to see if the film's name is listed. -- kainaw™ 18:23, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

We have a pornacopia of links in our own Pornography WikiProject here for other reliable sources of film info. Dismas|^(talk) 01:32, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

It's possible that the IMDB has entries for her and the film. Whether they have a listing with her real name depends on whether anyone's ever submitted that information to them, which I guess is unlikely if she's only been doing this for a couple of years. But you could try searching there on her real name. Or you could look up the movie by title (you have to be a registered user to do this for porn titles) and follow the links to female cast members and their "biography" pages. --Anonymous, 03:10 UTC, November 7, 2009.

November 7

music video of replay by iyaz

Who is the main actress in the music video? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.54.128.229 (talk) 04:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, which video? Britmax (talk) 08:19, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure they mean this song. —Akrabbim^talk 14:52, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Films based on advertising characters

I'm aware of Johnny English and Critical Assignment, but are there any other films based around a character previously seen only in commercials? GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 08:17, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Not exactly films, but close: The California Raisins had several albums and a few TV shows. Chester Cheetah and The Noid both had videogames, there were some Ronald McDonald films (all straight-to-video), and of course Cookie Monster began as an advertising character (though the ads never aired). Staecker (talk) 12:59, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

It's not a film, but there was a (short) TV show based on the GEICO cavemen. —Akrabbim^talk 14:56, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Ernest P. Worrell was originally created for television commercials. Adam Bishop (talk) 15:04, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Jack Carson starred in The Good Humor Man. Aunt Jemima began as a song, then as a character associated with a pancake mix, then as a spokesperson portrayed by several actresses. Tess Gardella portrayed the character in a film and then adopted the name as a pseudonym for both her Broadway and film roles. Pepso2 (talk) 16:02, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Crash test dummies (made popular by PSAs) had their own toy line (The Incredible Crash Dummies), and on those was based a short made-for-tv movie (The Incredible Crash Dummies (film)). There is also a series of (direct to video) features, The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald.

I suppose the Transformers might also count, since they had a movie and TV show based on the toys. Adam Bishop (talk) 22:08, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

The character C. W. McCall was originally created for an advertising campaign, and the singer in the advertising campaign (the actor who played McCall was a different person) later went on to score hits with songs like Convoy which was itself made into a movie, 1973's Convoy. Thus, we have an ad campaign that gives birth to a fake singer, who has a real hit song, which was later made into a plot for a movie. --Jayron32 01:41, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

There was also Max Headroom that started out as a somewhat bizarre Pepsi commercial (if memory serves), and then became a TV show. Kingsfold (talk) 20:54, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

futurama-godfellas

In the futurama episode godfellas (season 3) when bender is drifting through space and starts playing the little piano does anyone know the name of the piano piece he is playing and who wrote it?Syme1 (talk) 18:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

It is Chopin's Polonaise in C Minor. -- kainaw™ 20:40, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Further, the recording they used is played by Ken Keeler - who is not a professional pianist. -- kainaw™ 20:43, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks heaps you guys rock,and how the hell did you find out what song that was?Syme1 (talk) 11:05, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

The piece is clearly Chopin's Polonaise in C Minor - which many students are forced to learn in piano lessons. A quick Google turns up this interview in which Ken Keeler says that he played it. -- kainaw™ 13:38, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

The name of this Australian band and its female singer

I'm having trouble remembering the name and the singer of a band. The singer is female, blonde hair and has a very large and noticeable red birthymark on her upper body. I believe the band is Australian and has a name beginning with 'The'. The first name of the of the leader singer was something uncommonly used as a name. I'm thinking it starts with a P though I am not quite sure.

I haven't heard any of their songs or know what genre they are, though I would venture to guess they are indie/pop/rock.

Thanks

99.250.7.109 (talk) 22:20, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Tricky one... I've gone through the dozen or so Aussie bands with lead female vocalists I could think of, but I'm drawing a blank - have you tried searching through Category:Australian rock music groups? Of course, if they're not Aussies, it opens the door to a load of others... Grutness...wha? 23:15, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to go with Patience, the lead singer for the band The Grates. (Looks like she doesn't have her own article) --Onorem♠Dil 23:18, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Good call - it looks like Patience Hodgson does indeed have a birthmark covering much of her upper body, if [these, images are anything to go by. Grutness...wha? 00:18, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Sailor song

Anybody know the name of this song, It was produced in early 2000s , 2000 - 2003 , and the music vid was an big ship with sailors singing and i THINk it was in an movie. The sailors wore light blue and white clothes and an light blue hat... like donald duck. It was not animated --- 85.220.45.158 (talk) 23:10, 7 November 2009 (UTC) THANX.

Probably wrong time period, but perhaps There Is Nothing Like a Dame on the Morecambe and Wise Christmas show, 1977? It featured many celebrities of time, including Eddie Waring, all dressed as sailors shoving mops and buckets around a stage made up to look like a ship. Astronaut (talk) 02:16, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks but I don't think it was this old, maybe from 1990s - early 2000s. 85.220.45.158 (talk) 03:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Morecambe and Wise's Christmas Shows get repeated regularly, so if you weren't around the first time you may well think that it was a new show you were seeing.--TammyMoet (talk) 09:40, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I can think of at least two music videos featuring sailors in old-fashioned costumes, but both from the 1980s - "Six months in a leaky boat" by Split Enz and "All you pretty girls" by XTC. Youtube clips can be found here and here respectively. Grutness...wha? 09:57, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Cher did a music video like that - I think it was If I could Turn Back Time. But if you saw that, you would be more likely to remember Cher's outfit than the sailor's headgear. 78.147.8.170 (talk) 13:34, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry guys, it isn't any of these, I really appreciate all this , thanks for the help though. :( 85.220.45.158 (talk) 13:41, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Try Toy-Box's "The Sailor Song"  Buffered Input Output 16:30, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

If it was in a movie, then perhaps it was something from Pirates of Penzance or HMS Pinafore. Gwinva (talk) 21:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

What song is this?

I remember seeing a music video either from the 80s or the 90s which started out with a giant woman wrapped in layer upon layer of clothes but with a normal-sized head, and as the artist sang to her crews on scaffolding and in helicopters peeled off the clothes, until at the end of the video, the now normal-sized woman stood in front of the artist, who took off the last article of clothing, only to find out that she had no body and was just a floating head. The head then floated away. What was the song and artist? I don't remember any lyrics, just the strange imagery. 71.161.60.125 (talk) 23:45, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

November 8

all time favorite camp song

My son and i just got back from a boyscout overnight dad & lad camping trip at camp thunderbird in olympia washington. At breakfast the scouts that were running this event sang a song called johnny rabec(sp) or maybe sausages. the chouris gose something like "Ooh mr. mr. Johnny rabec how could you be so mean. I told you you'd be sory for inventing that machine. Now all the neightbors cats and dogs will never again be seen. Ooh mr mr johnny Rabec how could you be so mean." Now that we are back home my son and i would like to get the rest of the words to the song if you could help that would be much appriciated.

                                                            Karter and David
                                                            Aberdeen Washington

P.S. if there are any other camp songs that you Know the words to I would like them also. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.200.105 (talk) 03:39, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

• Some sites call him Johnny Verbeck, while others call him Dunderbeck. That second site also has a list of songs and skits. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:56, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

There must be almost infinite variations in the lyrics of such songs. The version I'm familiar with from my youth (1950s U.S. Midwest) used the name "Johnny Rebeck" (and he was "a jolly Dutchman" rather than "a little Dutch boy") but was otherwise very close to the version in Clarityfiend's first link. Deor (talk) 17:44, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

movie

This Indian movie was to have a backdrop of 1880s but they shifted a decade ahead, only because the 1880s fashion gave very unfashionable clothing for women: plain cuts and dull gray and black colors. Can you guess the name of the movie? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amolsharma99 (talk • contribs) 08:17, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Are you asking because you don't know, or is this a trivia question? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:43, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Is this one of the Merchant Ivory films? 78.147.8.170 (talk) 13:30, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Getting music rights for cabaret act

If I want to use some pop music in a cabaret act in the UK, what would be the proceedure to follow to make doing so legal? The pop music could be recent or from some years ago. 78.147.8.170 (talk) 13:29, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

If you are intending to use music recorded by someone else, that music will almost certainly be subject to copyright, and permission, or a suitable licence, will need to be in place before you can play it as part of a public performance. We can't give you specific or detailed legal advice here, but PRS for Music (formerly the Performing Rights Society) is probably the best place to ask next (their website is here). They license the public performance of much of the recorded music in the UK, from pop music played on the radio to background music played in shopping malls, to music played as part of live stage shows. The type of licence or permission you will need will depend on where the performance is going to take place. Many venues hold a blanket PRS licence which covers all music played there. They will simply collect details of the music you use and pass the information to PRS, who use it to inform the distribution of royalties. If you are performing in other places, you may need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder - PRS shoiuld be able to tell you how to proceed. Karenjc 16:48, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I have some questions

Does someone know how to use the game No One Lives Forever: The Operative on Windows Vista because when I try to run this game, the sound of it doesn't work absolutely.

Then I please want to know the piano piece from that video of the german version of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, the piano music is can be heared from a cantina from a radio and it starts at 00:53 and at 01:16 it starts to sound clearlier. 91.113.0.170 (talk) 15:23, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Hey, why is there no answer? 188.23.34.44 (talk) 15:11, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Because no one who knows, or knows and has the time to give you unpaid advice, has read the question yet. Or has had the time to look up the answer for you. Or whatever. Britmax (talk) 09:39, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Scene

Is the fashion style followed by "scene" girls influenced by trends/subcultures in Japan? --71.111.194.50 (talk) 17:23, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Could you be more descriptive? I've done various searches including looking through our list at scene and a Google search for "scene fashion" which is really unhelpful. Could you at least provide a link to a photo of girls in this "scene" fashion of which you speak? Dismas|^(talk) 01:54, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

A few links: http://emohairstyle.blogspot.com/, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ9sLIzHW78, http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Scene-Girl, http://malaysia.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091012173705AAisYEg --71.111.194.50 (talk) 12:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

to a certain extent, yes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.89.85 (talk) 12:33, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Donald Duck storyline

There's a storyline in the European Donald Duck pocket books where Donald is working as a secret agent, called in Finnish Tuplanolla ("double zero"). It's not the same storyline as Tamers of Nonhuman Threats, nor is it "Scrooge McDuck's Secret Service", where Donald and Fethry are hopelessly bumbling secret agents working for Scrooge. In this storyline, Donald is quite competent. He wears a tuxedo on missions and his superior is a large man. One of the key characters is an attractive woman who is revealed to be a double, or perhaps triple, agent. Does this series have an English name? What about other language names? JIP | Talk 17:25, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I read a lot of Donald Pocket books during the late eighties, but don't remenber this. But this search did reveal something, perhaps "DoubleDuck" is the English-language equivalent (note that these series are not necessarily written in English originally, so the original name might have been Italian or something.). The site I linked to (INDUCKS) seems to have a vast archive about these things. Jørgen (talk) 12:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

It's not surprising that you don't remember this storyline from the late eighties, because it only began less than a year ago. However, the link you provided above points to the exact same storyline, so now I know what it is called in English. Thanks for your help. Should I write a Wikipedia article about this? JIP | Talk 19:41, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

The Butterfly Effect 2 / will Nick jr. ever rescue his father?

hi! in the last scene (in the german TV version) Nick jr. looked at that birthday party picture and the hand and arm of his mother are left in a changed state... Will there be a butterfly effect movie, where everything is fixed? at least halfways...? or is it just left to my fantasy to find a happy ending? or is my observation wrong? :-) bye! --Homer Landskirty (talk) 21:24, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. We are not here to predict the future of the entertainment industry. Someone may make the movie you want. Someone may not. -- kainaw™ 22:51, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

ohoh - ok... i just thought that they announced the sequel in the USA already (it takes about 2 yrs even until movies show up in germany...)... --Homer Landskirty (talk) 23:11, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

The IMDB has an entry for a third movie in the series, called "The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations". From the release dates, it appears that it never had a general release in the US but was only shown at a festival and then went to DVD. They say the DVD will be released in Germany on November 20 and the title in German is "Butterfly Effect 3 - Die Offenbarung". I have no idea of whether the story addresses the plot points asked about. --Anonymous, 05:05 UTC, November 9, 2009.

November 9

Identify this commercial

I remember seeing a commercial from sometime during the 2000s which has the Blue Danube waltz in the background and features several people dropping their laptops (which break into pieces) onto city streets. What was this commercial advertising? Is it still online anywhere? 128.2.247.155 (talk) 02:25, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

nude commercial

I remember there was a commercial where a couple knock on the door of another couple who answered the door nude. What was the commercial about? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.14.119.174 (talk) 02:38, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

• What country were you in when you saw the commercial? That will help a lot in narrowing down the possibilities. In much of Europe, for instance, partial nudity is a pretty common tactic for making a commercial, whether the aim is to be funny, sexy, or just attention-grabbing. In the USA, not so much. --M@rēino 20:27, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Yes, because nudity will not grab anyone's attention in the States.  :-P Nudity is used in US ads but it's always just implied and not shown. Dismas|^(talk) 06:20, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
    • What was it about? It was about 30 seconds. Clearly nowhere near long enough to explore the subject in sufficient detail. One thing for sure, it was not likely in the U.S. or it would have been front-page news on the New York Times. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:41, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Surely you can think of a more inane response than that! Caesar's Daddy (talk) 14:35, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

You beat me to it. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:53, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Twilight question

Hello there,

I've never read or watched any of the Twilight franchise's material (other than a quick glance at the wiki pages in order to answer the following question) so this may be very obvious to those of you who have.

Why exactly does the main character Edward attend high school if he's 108 years old?

As I say, I've no real interest in the franchise (I dare say it's aimed at a slightly different demographic than mine) and have seemingly picked up what little information I have on it from the cultural zeitgeist but this one point has stuck out and been needling me.

Thank you kindly, Gallaghp (talk) 10:20, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Because that's the age of the target demographic? In all seriousness, I have no idea either but the cynic in me couldn't pass this up... Dismas|^(talk) 10:50, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

I understand completely and appreciate the ludicrous notion of my question. Trying to apply logic to teenage fantasy fiction is much like trying to touch the moon, a near pointless endeavour. Still... Gallaghp (talk) 12:08, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Nobody knows... [5] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lesleyhood (talk • contribs) 12:20, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Because they were turned when they were teenagers, so will always look like teenagers. Therefore attending high school is good cover (stops people from saying, "hey why aren't you in school" then calling the authorities and creating a load of problems —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.89.85 (talk) 12:32, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

He does say that he already knows everything they learn so it's very boring for him...I forget if that's in the movie or the book or both, but there is a discussion about it. (I'm ashamed that I know this much so I won't go looking for page numbers, sorry!) Adam Bishop (talk) 15:23, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Why are you ashamed? It's just a book / movie. Or are you one of those "herp derp MUST HATE TWILIGHT FFFFFFFFFF I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I HATE IT BUT IT MUST DIE" people?

Taking existing horror tropes and rewriting them to be, frankly goofy, fantasy/romance elements turns a lot of people off. Not everyone, of course, but if you can't understand and accept that then perhaps you could run along and let the grown ups talk? APL (talk) 13:25, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

If they'd just confine themselves to their coffins or whatever during the day, that wouldn't be much of a problem. Of course, that would make for a rather unexciting read. decltype (talk) 15:51, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Vampires in Twilight don't sleep in coffins, nor do they actually sleep. Plus, since they don't burn in sunlight why wouldn't they want to come out during the day

But they do sparkle so they don't go out when it's really sunny... Adam Bishop (talk) 14:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

And the idea of sparkly vampires turns off a lot of fans of the vampire genre. 99.166.95.142 (talk) 16:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Point one: 82.43 is correct about the changing when they were teenagers (alhough I don't think it's ever stated in the story as such; itg's just one of those things) Point two: APL, could you please be nicer to the anonymous user? He/She is correct, there are a lot of "herp derp must hate Twilight" people out there, and they're almost as bad as the ravenous fangirls. "aking existing horror tropes and rewriting them to be, frankly goofy, fantasy/romance elements" what ever happened to origonality? Stephanie Meyer didn't say all vampires had to be that way (and if somebody would make that clear to half of todays YA authors I'd be very much obliged. Point three: none of this was intended to offend anybody, I'm just putting in my two cents since everybody else seems to be Library Seraph (talk) 17:11, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

It is for Edward, he is specifically stated to be 17 (or to have been made a vampire when he was 17). Adam Bishop (talk) 19:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

I was more polite than the person I was responding to. And, contrary to your assertion, (s)he was not correct. (S)He was not assuming good faith and applying a sweeping stereotype to another editor who was correctly answering a question on the reference desk. All I did was act a little condescending. (And I think you'll find that so did the person I was responding to.) APL (talk) 18:46, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

But claiming that the other guy was being more rude than you doesn't necessarily negate the fact that you were also being offensive, nor does it justify your actions in any way....I'm just saying.Johnnyboi7 (talk) 11:31, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

And for the original question, I think another reason why all the Cullen children go to the local high school is because it helps the entire family keep up the human facade that they're so desperate to keep. Johnnyboi7 (talk) 11:35, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Ratings

What are the minimum ratings a broadcast network (not cable) will accept to continue production of a prime-time show? TheFutureAwaits (talk) 16:20, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

There is no single answer to this. It depends on a lot of other factors. Including, but not limited to, the price of producing the show (Is it a cheap reality show? Or a Sci-Fi program with expensive sets, big name actors, and elaborate special effects?), the ratings of competing shows of the same type or in the same timeslot, whether they want to use any of those resources for other programs, how well it works in with the rest of their network's offerings, how well those demographics overlap with the demographics of the previous and following shows .... etc etc etc. It's a very complicated decision that can't be reduced to a single number. APL (talk) 19:13, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

In many cases, the networks are not the producers of the shows, just the funders and the show's production company sometimes sells the show to another network after cancellation. 75.41.110.200 (talk) 00:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Bad ratings won't necessarily sink a show, and good ratings won't necessarily save it. There can be any number of reasons for keeping a show going or killing it. Shows like The Beverly Hillbillies were killed off because they were too successful, and some executives at CBS didn't want the network associated with that kind of show. I think that happened to Gilligan's Island also. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:45, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

November 10

PHOTOS

Could anyone please help me find the full resolution versions of these six photos on this link here? http://kin.naver.com/detail/detail.php?d1id=3&dir_id=30403&eid=XkuLdkRp7bXCvy1WLf03KY299KWQSpjG&l_url=L2xpc3QvbGlzdF9ub2Fuc3dlci5waHA/ZDFpZD0zJmRpcl9pZD0zMDQwMw== Thankyou... Johnnyboi7 (talk) 15:15, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Use http://tineye.com to find matching pictures. It is much easier and faster than waiting/hoping someone else will do it for you. -- kainaw™ 16:13, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Electronic music instruments

What instruments the artists of the Music style called electronic Music use to create their songs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.78.183.159 (talk) 19:49, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Synthesizers are the hallmark instruments of electronic music, and modern electronic music also makes use of computers to add other effects. Fribbler (talk) 20:20, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

The line between electronic instrument (i.e. synthesizer) and electric instrument (like a Stratocaster) has always been pretty blurry, and in modern times has pretty much been erased. Electronic music is usally taken to mean that which is primarily produced by synthesizers, which musical purists tended to look on with disdain. The Del Shannon song "Runaway" was one of the first popular songs to use an electronic keyboard, in 1961. The Beach Boys hit "Good Vibrations" used an early synthesizer called an Electro-Theremin in 1966, and the Who made extensive use of synthesizers on their landmark 1971 album Who's Next. Imagine either "Baba O'Riley" or "Won't Get Fooled Again" without them. And yet, synthesizers were often derided as "amateurish" instruments; Queen, for example, used to put on their albums a disclaimer which stated "No Synthesisers were used on this Album" as if to say that their music was better since no synthesizers had been used; and yet Brian May used to use such a complex array of processing equipment on his guitar, its sound was often so heavily processed as to essentially be a synthesizer in all but name. Artists who were pioneers in the use of electronic music almost exclusively include Gary Numan and Kraftwerk.

Modern electronic instruments include a full array of keyboard synthesizers, as well as items like electronic drums and Drum machines (two distinct approaches to producing drum sounds electronically). There are also hybrid instruments like the often-derided keytar, electronic wind instruments like the EWI, guitar-like synthesizers like the SynthAxe, and true guitar synthesizers like the Roland GR-500 or the Line 6 Variax. --Jayron32 04:42, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

November 11

name that dancer/actress!!

Who is the main female dancer/actress in the music video of replay by Iyaz? or does any one know where i could find out? I could have sworn i have seen her before but i have no idea where from. thanks for all the help.--Sivad4991 (talk) 00:24, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

If you provide a link to somewhere where the video can be seen, such as YouTube, you are much more likely to get a response.Popcorn II (talk) 09:24, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Bluray quality

(A bit of history to frame my question...) When CDs came out, a lot of criminals business men decided to make a quick buck by taking crappy cassette tapes and burn them to CD. The result is a crappy sounding CD. So, the industry standardized that all CDs must have a code like AAD to indicate that it went from analog to analog to digital (crappy) or DD to indicate that it went straight from digital to digital (good).

So, we now have the Bluray format which is capable of 1080p digital. Those same asses are probably looking to take old worn out VCR tapes and burn them on Blurays to make a quick buck. Is there any standard or legal process (even a license restriction from Sony) to ensure that if you purchase a Bluray you are actually getting an HD direct to HD version of the movie and not a crappy analog to HD version? -- kainaw™ 03:51, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Buying from reputable retailers. If you walk into Best Buy (or whatever your local equivalent is) and buy a Blueray disc, you're going to get the genuine article. If you are purchasing off of a guy on a street corner, or the internet equivalent, well, caveat emptor. --Jayron32 04:14, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Schnappi's sex

Is schnappi a boy or a girl? Mike R (talk) 06:32, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

The Schnappi article, which is rather bad by the way, refers to Schnappi as "he". Dismas|^(talk) 07:36, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Schnappi!

Are there any more Schnappi videos? I've seen the original (when Schnappi hatches from the egg and chases flies), the one where Schnappi goes to Japan with the llama, and the Christmas one. Mike R (talk) 06:33, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Lockerbie Urban Legend

Is there any truth to the rumour that anyone connected to Frankie Goes to Hollywood died in the Lockerbie Disaster ? I see a song writer, another musician and the son of an actor did die, but there seems to be no link between them and the aforementioned group ? Also, what about the story concerning some stunt man or actor on Footloose, who is said to have died because he was " too fit for his own heart " ( something I don't have to worry about ), as if that is at all possible ? Initially, people were saying it was Kevin Bacon, so imagine my shock in seeing him in dozens of feature films, all made after Footloose. What, did they dig his bones up, and tie strings to his limbs to get him to move ? I don't think his acting is that bad, although with that Invisible Man movie he made, one begins to wonder. The Russian.202.36.179.66 (talk) 08:53, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

There isn't anything at Snopes.com about either of these rumors. Dismas|^(talk) 11:35, 11 November 2009 (UTC)