::Thanks for the IMBd idea, I hadn't thought of that. Of course I know the (infamous?) beach volleyball scene from ''Top Gun'' ;-) — [[User:QuantumEleven|Quantum]]<i>[[User_talk:QuantumEleven|Eleven]]</i> 14:48, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
::Thanks for the IMBd idea, I hadn't thought of that. Of course I know the (infamous?) beach volleyball scene from ''Top Gun'' ;-) — [[User:QuantumEleven|Quantum]]<i>[[User_talk:QuantumEleven|Eleven]]</i> 14:48, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
:::I think one of the [[Air Bud]] movies focused on that sport, too. Not one of the better ones, but the kids love it.[[Special:Contributions/209.244.187.155|209.244.187.155]] ([[User talk:209.244.187.155|talk]]) 22:09, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
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I am interested in knowing of any films that mention the endocrine system in detail. I am looking for something mainstream, not like a documentary or a teacher film. Does anybody know of a film that mentions the endocrine system? BioYu-Gi! (talk) 12:27, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Mention in passing? Use the endocrine system as a major plot element? Feature actors who have endocrine systems? How about Fantastic Voyage? --- 21:38, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
I don't know of any films that feature the endocrine system specifically and as a whole, but various parts of the endocrine system are featured in films. For example, a number of films have mentioned the pineal gland -- see Pineal gland#Cultures, philosophies and mythologies. Crank has a main character who is trying to maintain a high level of adrenaline. Actually, just try searching plots on IMDb.com for various parts of the endocrine system to find gems like Pituitary Hunter. -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 17:06, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Good jokes for a speech
I have to give a speech to a collected audience of the Great and Good. I need a few jokes to tell them - I am looking for a shaggy dog story or three to keep them enthralled. I don't mind using filth, referring to sex, death or any other taboos - I want them to remember me as the foul mouthed scotsman I am. Any recommendations? Redsolidarch (talk) 15:28, 26 September 2008 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Redsolidarch (talk • contribs) [reply]
A man saw a dog walking into the butcher store with a little purse on the neck. The butcher took the purse & took out a paper and some bucks; then he tied a bag with meat and the dog walke out to the bus stop where he let pass by 3 buses and got in the fourth.
The amazed man catched the bus following the dog and saw him getting out and walkin to a certain house where he stopped & after a while, he started to hit the door. An ugly woman opened the door and yelled the shit to the dog, so the wondering man approached and said how the hell she treated bad to that very smart dog. The woman said: "this is the third time in this week that the stupid dog forgets the keys"—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])
Yer a scotsman. Here's one for you... Two (rednecks/hillbillies/lonely scottish shepherds/insert favorite target of jokes here) are driving in their pickup, and spot a sheep with its head stuck in a fence. The one says to the other "I go first", and gets down and does his business to the sheep. The first finishes and says "OK, your turn" and the second guy gets down on all fours, puts his head in the fence, and says "just don't treat me so rough...". --Jayron32.talk.contribs21:05, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,
does anybody know this song? Click on this link http://www.downloads.nl/results/mp3/1/serpentine
and than chose the first one (Serpentine-Serpentine, that is 1.55 long)?
Thank you so much!
Later I herad it was wrong. I thought he/she gave me the correct answer.
September 27
Movie/TV show with printable cell phone
Anyone remember a movie or a TV show set in the future where the leading woman goes to a vending machine and it prints out a flexible circuit board. She folds it in half and instantly has a disposable cell phone. It's been bugging me for days trying to remember it. --70.167.58.6 (talk) 01:34, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you figure it out on your own, please post back here with the answer. Now it's bugging me... I've seen it and can't think of the title. Dismas|(talk)18:05, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
APL is right. It's even mentioned in the article. What's odd though is that I've never seen that movie (though I would like to considering the female lead!!) and I can almost picture the scene with the phone printing. Dismas|(talk)04:32, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Really. The scene is exactly as you described. She makes some weird comment about how her own personal phone is being traced even though her number "changes every sixty seconds", then she walks up to a vending machine and swipes her credit card bracelet. The machine announces "Disposable phone ... printing". The phone comes out like a ticket out of a subway fare machine. She grabs it, folds it over once, and immediately dials a number and places a call. Nifty. APL (talk) 07:40, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That'd be "All of my love/all of my kissin/you don't know/what you've been a-missin'" from "Oh Boy". Its also the opening line of the song, and seems to have a different rhythm from what was quoted above, but its a possibility... --Jayron32.talk.contribs04:39, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Man, I like Brian Setzer, but that's a bad application of that tune (swing jazz version of In The Hall of the Mountain King)? It totally robs the power of the original. It'd be much better suited for some heavy metal shred music, of something dark and heavy like that. --Jayron32.talk.contribs23:52, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The FAQ page on Ebert's web site at the Sun-Times says that the site provides over 5,500 reviews that he has written since 1967, although there are some older reviews they don't have. So, depending on how recently the page was updated, that would be somewhere around 140 per year on average. Occasionally he reviews the same movie more than once, and presumably he once in a while sees a movie that he does not write a review of, but it should be safe to say he's seen somwhere between 5,000 and 10,000 movies. --Anonymous Ebert fan, 17:07 UTC, September 29, 2008.
Video game
Somebody remembers a beat 'em up video game in which the player fights against humans and dinosaurs. Also there is a level where the player can drive a car and the player can defeat enemies with it except for the boss. It is difficult to keep the car intact for long, because the boss is armed with grenades. David Pro (talk) 22:25, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I've tried looking for a sound/music pack (library) containing all those stock sounds effects and music that are repeatedly used on TV and that you've heard so many times in so many different TV shows of all sorts (including a few infomercials and other low-budget programs). I'm guessing it's a kind of royalty-free package of sounds and music that TV studios share, but I haven't been able to find a file on the Internet that has them. Maybe someone here knows of a place (on the 'net) where I can get these in some way or another? I hope you know what I'm talking about! I'd hope there's at least a pack for the stock music... thanks in advance, Kreachure (talk) 23:55, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Anyone? They also go by the names of production music, or stock music libraries, or copyright-free music, or royalty-free music (and sound effects). There are many sites that offer lots of royalty-free music for a price (yeah, that makes sense...) I don't know if they have the "more classic" sounds I'm looking for... Kreachure (talk) 16:32, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There's no single answer to your question. There are hundreds of companies that produce stock music and effects, which have been doing so for decades in numerous markets, so your asking for "stock sounds effects and music that are repeatedly used on TV and that you've heard so many times" is about as vague as you can get. Cite examples? Shows? Episodes? Moments in an episode, where such a song or effect can be heard?
There really isn't some centralized resource for these things, especially not one you would be able to download anything and everything yo're hoping for. "Royalty-free" is definitely not the same as "free", and while music and effects may come from a library, that library still has to be purchased from its creator. Sorry you weren't finding the answer you were hoping for but you didn't really give us anything to work from.
That being said, I do have an interest in library music myself, and can recommend this book as an interesting collection of examples, which might also give you a bit of an idea of the scope and diversity of your question, and why it was essentially impossible to answer as presented. Poechalkdust (talk) 11:48, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's basically a circular disc with the black band that you see on one side. The band seems to hold my hand to the disc very well. I got it along with a bunch of books for kids. Thanks. Imagine Reason (talk) 14:48, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like a broken paddle for "velcro catch", a variant of the game "catch" where no catching in done, because the ball just sticks to the paddle with velcro. Arguably, it was a useless piece of junk even before the velcro pad fell off. -Haikon15:19, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it depends on the album. It's usually up to the artists whose music is compiled, and any legal problems with doing so (printed lyrics, being text, is covered by different sets of intellectual property laws than are recorded versions of songs, which are not text). With such a broad question, it is hard to determine a single answer. So the answer is: Sometimes. --Jayron32.talk.contribs01:29, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is worth noting that it is not uncommon for compilation albums to be released by record labels against the consent of the artists involved. Since it's the record label that own the recording, they can do as they like. Ownership/copyright of lyrics may not be exactly the same. /85.194.44.18 (talk) 08:26, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What's the name of the 2d engine seen in Diablo I&2 and Starcraft? Is there a page here on Wikipedia with more info? Spade9 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 06:34, 28 September 2008 (UTC).[reply]
What do you mean? It's not particularly difficult to animate fairly small 2d figures in a way that resembles 3d graphics -- all it requires is the ability to draw, a basic understanding of perspective and enough hours spent drawing the characters in different poses, so their animations are smooth -- or, alternatively, do the same by taking 2d images of 3d models in different poses. Blizzard was willing to put in the time and the effort. There's really isn't anything more to it. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 01:52, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Can anyone identify this song - Voodoo something perhaps?
This song would probably be from the mid-90s. At the time I found it interesting enough to write its lyrics in my science book which I just came across, but I have no idea where it is from.
Part of a verse goes "She dances with pins and needles upon my skin, the problem with her, there's no love on a pin, something something to be together, I wish that she could stay with me forever". and the chorus has something like "Woooo, her love is like voodoo" So maybe the title includes voodoo. I've done quite a few lyrics searches and no luck, anyone have any ideas?
Let's see how good Ref Desk really is... I'm trying to find out the name of a TV show that I really loved on afternoon TV as a kid, but I don't remember many details. It was a bit bizarre, and might have been British or Australian. The setting was usually outside a house in an obviously fake set. It involved a girl and a boy but the weird thing was the narrator who would begin by just narrating but always end up interrupting or talking to the kids while they were having their adventures... I think they would look upwards when they wanted to reply to him. It would have been shown on Australian afternoon television in the mid or late 80s. I know it's low on details but any stabs in the dark are welcome.
There are cherry (wood) chopsticks. I don't like them. I prefer ceramic or plastic chopsticks because I have a geographic tongue that doesn't react well to wood. I simply assume the questioner heard it wrong and isn't asking about real chopsticks. -- kainaw™22:46, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I would guess that you'd have to be in the audience (it's booked out so unless you've already got tickets that won't happen) or know someone who is in the audience. And I expect they're told not to tell anyone as well. 80.45.86.222 (talk) 23:23, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Lately, I've literally been obsessing with Randy Newman's work. It's like craziness, and for the most part, I can figure out his chordal figures with relative ease (a lot of what he does is just basic blues progressions with little funny stuff) But for the life of me, I have literally been unable to work out the full chord progression chart of the above linked song.
I would be literally eternally grateful to the golden-eared maestro that would be able to help me finish up this piece. It's been really frustrating me lately. See? I told you. Complete obsession. Can't justify it or anything, I just can't get enough of Randy freakin' Newman.
Because people who don't like them have extreme difficulty understanding the concept that a reference desk is not the place to attempt to start discussions about how amazing (or un-amazing) a sports team may or may not be. -- kainaw™17:10, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
So, I have a question: is it known whether or not Andrew Lloyd Weber deliberately riffed off the first movement of Vaughan Williams' "London Symphony" when he was composing the main theme for his "Phantom of the Opera"? The crescendo of both pieces is nearly identical. MelancholyDanish (talk) 06:33, 29 September 2008 (UTC)MelancholyDanish[reply]
I don't know either piece, so can't really comment, but it is surely a matter of opinion whether the Phantom sounds like the London Symphony. By the way, it's only Roger Waters (former Floyd mainman) who is accusing Lloyd Webber of ripping off the Floyd track. --Richardrjtalk email08:36, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not up on my V-W symphonies, or Phantom for that matter, but it can be a lot more serious than just a matter of opinion. There have been various legal cases where one composer successfuly argued plagiarism by another. Even if the second guy orchestrated the note sequence in a completely different way, used it in a completely different genre, or whatever, a succession of notes in one piece either is identical (or nearly identical) to a succession of notes in another piece, or it's not. If it comes to a court, the judge has to decide whether the plagiarism was intentional and deliberate, or entirely unconscious. Even if the latter, the judge can still find in favour of the first composer. When asked to write the lyrics for "Goldfinger" (1964), Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley immediately thought of the metreofHenry Mancini's "Moon River" (1961). Whether they ever passed their thoughts on to the composer John Barry, I don't know, but the fact remains that, if played in the same key, the striking first three notes of these two songs are identical, and depending on the style used by the performer, the metre can also be identical. Mancini might have had a case if he ever wanted to pursue the matter. -- JackofOz (talk) 22:10, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
On the other hand, there are only a finite (though large) number of ways that a song can be constructed and still be familiar enough to the audience to be pleasing. For example, how many basic rock songs are written with a simple I-IV-V chord progression, or even more restrictive, are written in 16-bar blues form. Working in these simple forms, they can get unintentionally repetitive, especially over short sequences. Once you strip down a tune to is base melody, you could probably pull the same 5-6 note sequence out of hundreds of pieces of music. Its no proof that they all copied from one source. --Jayron32.talk.contribs02:47, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Can anyone recommend songs beginning with the word "and"? They tend to have a certain quality of excellence and dreamlike surrealism which is lacking in other songs.
Jack, as a scrupulous punctuator, I'm sure you'll take this in the spirit in which it was intended... song titles are enclosed in quotation marks, italics are for album titles. --Richardrjtalk email08:32, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"And She Was" by Talking Heads seems to fit the bill perfectly. "And she was drifting through the backyard/And she was taking off her dress/And she was moving very slowly/Rising up above the earth/Moving into the universe/Drifting this way and that/Not touching ground at all/Up above the yard..." --Richardrjtalk email08:25, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Meat Loaf - "Couldn't have said it better (myself)". Starting text: And you said nothing at all. Well, I couldn't have said it better myself. --Constructor16:52, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Minus the Bear has a song on their album Highly Refined Pirates called Thanks For The Killer Game of Crisco Twister that starts off "And then we all bought yachts/and raced up to the islands" 12.155.80.115 (talk) 16:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
TV episode or movie with spaceship in a living universe
I've seen an episode or movie several years ago where a spaceship travels through an universe, searching an escape (?) but find that the universe behaves much like a body and may destroy them if they don't escape within a fixed time. I thought, it was from Outer Limits but it doesn't seem to be so. So can anyone tell me what it was? Maybe it was a movie of it's own but it wasn't anything where a micro-uboat is inserted in a body. Sadly, internet search doesn't yield results. The episode or movie was in color. --Constructor11:21, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's not a miniaturisation into a human body. I don't remember much of it but the outside of the space never is shown and they got there from normal space. I don't remember exactly, how they got there. Maybe it was a warp that went wrong or they just traveled into unknown territory. That the universe may be alive is mentioned by someone but it's probably not a central part of the story. --Constructor21:08, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think so, but maybe it was The Cloud. It's too long since I saw it. I thought, the space was much brighter than on the picture. I remember not much story. It must be around 10 years since I saw it. Thanks! --Constructor04:25, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You can eliminate "Where No Man" & "Where No One"; not living universes. "Immunity Syndrome", "The Cloud", & "Bliss" sound good; my $'d be on "Immunity", since it's likely to have been syndicated more widely, & so more readily seen. TREKphilerhit me ♠ 08:22, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just an FYI, which is factually stated incorrect. I was googling Harland Svare, former coach and NFL player. Being from Clarkfield, Minnesota myself, I know there is not a Clarksville, MN. Harland Svare was born in Clarkfield and not in the fictional Clarksville. Thought I would let you know. If you don't believe me, look it up because in a town of about 1200, you know these things.
Thank you for the attention.
I've started listening to the music of the late Dave Carter, who seems (from what I've heard) to be a rather brilliant poet, and I see from the Wikipedia page that he was interested in both archetypal psychology and Charismatic Christianity. Has there been any other person (ever) who harbored this curious (not to say mad or eccentric) pair of fascinations in their heart of hearts?
While the reference desk cannot provide legal advice, a look at our article on copyright may be enlightening. We note that Mickey Mouse's copyright does not prohibit the creation of cartoons about anthropomorphic mice so long as they are sufficiently dissimilar to Disney's original. In the same vein, there's no copyright on a zombie-causing virus -- but a virus with the same name, symptoms, and/or transmission characteristics as Brooks' likely violates his copyright. If a high-level view such as this is insufficient, consult a lawyer. — Lomn12:59, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
45 million viewers
in the 90s this drew over 45 million viewers..using only google and wikipedia for research i need to get the answer..my 1st gooogle hit gave me monica lewsinsky's interview conducted by Barbara Walters...help me and on googling 45 million viewers is the key word.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.49.89.64 (talk) 13:05, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That 41.8 is the percentage of households, not viewers. 47 million households would be far higher than 47 million people. As such, likely every Super Bowl of the 1990s was seen by over 45 million people. Note that the US' top nine post-2000 telecasts were the nine post-2000 Super Bowls. Nielsen is estimating slightly over two people per household, so anything with a rating of 25 or better would correctly answer a poorly-phrased pub quiz question. — Lomn15:17, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The point is still valid - the question is invalid. By using the word "this", it is implying that only one event drew over 45 million viewers. It has been shown that more than one event drew over 45 million viewers. So, the valid question would be "In the 90's, what is one of the events that drew over 45 million viewers?" -- kainaw™17:01, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
According to the article you link, Diana's funeral was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people. So, while you could technically say that 45 million people watched it, the number was actually much higher. Your example just further highlights the problem with the question.Tomdobb (talk) 17:39, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I find claims that 2.5 billion people watched anything on television to be spurious in the extreme. The world population in 1997 was only around the 6 billion mark. Take away the billions of people who do not even have access to electricity, as well as those who live in countries (eg China) where the funeral was not televised, and you are left with approximately 100% of the remainder watching the funeral. Clearly this is not the case.
The (grossly inaccurate) 2.5 billion figure must have been arrived at by totting up the total population of the countries which broadcast the funeral, without taking into account the fact that many (quite possibly the majority) of the people in those countries would not necessarily have been watching it. This article [7] suggests that Diana's funeral was watched by "more than half" the population of Britain; if nearly half the British public were not watching it, I find it hard to credit that some 2.47 billion other people worldwide were tuning in. Malcolm XIV (talk) 19:03, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I figured that figure was probably BS, but it still seems entirely likely that the worldwide audience was significantly higher than 45 million people. Tomdobb (talk) 19:35, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not really an Entertainment question (Science would have been more appropriate), but here goes: have you read our article on the Celcius temperature scale? It should prove enlightening. — Lomn20:13, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And as a bonus, you might learn how to spell Celsius. --Anon, 05:27 UTC, October 1, 2008.
Nothing plays for me but wouldn't that be the name of the song, artist, and album there on the page that you gave us the link for? None of them sound familiar, so I'm not sure which is the artist, song title, and album title, though I'm sure it won't be too much work for you and Google. Dismas|(talk)20:57, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The lines following the reference to "Edmund Fitzgerald" ("At the break / Of the morning / A Cat named Stevens / Found a faith / He could believe in") allude to "Morning Has Broken" and presumably to Cat Stevens's conversion to Islam. Deor (talk) 02:18, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
North American call sign#K and W explains that stations west of the Mississippi River are assigned a call sign beginning with K, while those to the east are assigned a sign beginning with W. But the article doesn't explain why those two letters in particular are used. Any ideas? Many thanks, --Richardrjtalk email15:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I just rented 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' on Blu-Ray and Universal has successfully replicated the entire HD-DVD interactive experience on Blu-Ray (video PIP commentary, scene specific video extras, branching, karaoke etc). Is there a list of movies that have U-Control or similar functionality? --70.167.58.6 (talk) 22:12, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I imagine they would continue supporting the console for the remainder of its production life and then stop producing it and would not produce any further consoles with that brand although it depends on the strength of the brand they took over, they could do a Sega and keep the name but just produce games under that name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.25.96.244 (talk) 08:12, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If Nintendo somehow merged with one of the other two, maybe we'd finally get decent online support for the Wii! APL (talk) 13:29, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Am I right every scene Eli shoots in "The Stunt Man" was a lift from a real film released around 1968 (about the year the film was set)? And what was the putative name of the project (if it had one...)? Alan Swann08:13, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are plenty of films featuring soccer, football, baseball... however, I am having a hard time finding films with a good amount of volleyball in them. Do you have any recommendations? Beach or indoor, doesn't matter. — QuantumEleven12:39, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Why there is so few reverse gangbang movies compared to gangbang movies??? Porn movies are made thinking in male, and a male would problaby would want to see many womans on screen with one guy instead of the reverse. 189.0.207.195 (talk) 16:47, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Most males cannot produce multiple "money shots" within a short space of time. Fifteen guys each with their own "money shot" is easy to arrange; but one guy doing it 15 times in an hour - very rare. -- JackofOz (talk) 20:09, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
After searching for about a day, the name of the girl on the cover of "Let Love In" by the Goo Goo Dolls has not been found. Could you please figure this out because I seem to be having some trouble. Thanks.