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Name of movie[edit]

From which movie this particular scene is taken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktANa3xq5C8 from 0.5 seconds to 0.10 seconds?

I believe it is from Taste of Fear. I think the female actess may be Susan Strasberg and the man in the fright wig looks a lot like Leonard Sachs. I'm not 100% though.--Jayron 32 16:54, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Also known as Scream of Fear, the entire movie appears to be on the internet, if the OP wants to plow his way through it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:58, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Firearms in music[edit]

I learned today that Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture includes the sound of cannons. Is there any other song, classial or modern, that uses the sound of firearms? Thanks. --5.88.49.213 (talk) 17:09, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Spike Jones included gunshots in a number of his songs. As percussion instruments, presumably. For example, at the 2 minute mark of this clip.[1] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:15, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A song called "Western Movies", by The Olympics, includes sound effects of gunshots and ricochets. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:47, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Several songs on the Beatles "White Album" mention guns, but I think the only gun sound effect is in "Rocky Raccoon", effected by Ringo hitting the rim of a drum. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:41, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Paper Planes" by M.I.A.. --Jayron 32 17:35, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" by AC/DC. --Jayron 32 17:40, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Gunfire appears, IIRC, during some of the song transitions in The Wall by Pink Floyd, for example during the "Another Brick in the Wall"/"The Happiest Days of Our Lives" interpolation. There's a helicopter in there, but I also thing there are bursts of machine gun fire as well... --Jayron 32 17:45, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure the Twenty One Pilots song "Heathens" features the sound of a gun cocking. --Jayron 32 18:03, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Bang! The Long, Loud History of Gunshots in Music" (The Atlantic) covers this topic, from Giuseppe Sarti's Te Deum (before Tchaikovsky!) to Waka Flocka's Luv Dem Gun Sounds. ---Sluzzelin talk 17:35, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The video and live versions of "One" have bombs and machine guns. "Architecture of Aggression", from Megadeth's Countdown to Extinction, starts with AR bursts. Weird Al's "Bohemian Polka" and "Polkas on 45" have comical shots after "Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead" and "Gonna shoot my old lady", respectively. InedibleHulk (talk) 19:27, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Wellington's Victory" by Beethoven. Maineartists (talk) 19:44, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You beat me in an edit conflict, Maineartists. Deor (talk) 19:46, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This version of Strauss's Radetzky March takes the cake. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:24, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A passage in Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother features the sound of machine guns, part of a sound portrayal which (to me, at any rate) evokes soldiers 'going over the top' in WW1. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.121.163.21 (talk) 23:21, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Prokofiev's Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution is scored for orchestra, chorus and machine gun. --Antiquary (talk) 09:40, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

More classical suggestions here. --Antiquary (talk) 09:52, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm certain that I once saw a Strauss piece on TV that included a starting pistol; I was thinking it might be the Thunder and Lightening Polka but maybe not. Practical Percussion: A Guide to the Instruments and Their Sources gives Roberto Gerhard's Voices as using a starting pistol as well as a Jew's harp, wineglasses and a referee's whistle. Alansplodge (talk) 11:34, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the Johann Strauss piece was his Auf der Jagd polka? "A pistol shot is specified in the piano and orchestral score", says our article. --Antiquary (talk) 14:41, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well done User:Antiquary, that's the one! Alansplodge (talk) 20:10, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pistols are fired in Aaron Copland's opera Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Erik Satie's Parade, Hans Werner Henze's Voices and Hans Christian Lumbye's The Paris Student. Sources: [2] [3]. --Antiquary (talk) 14:54, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There seems to be enough for a category:Firearms in music. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:852E:7393:15B7:B79E (talk) 17:57, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Children's TV show that does not return to the status quo at the end of every episode[edit]

Just curious. Do you know any TV show that fits these two criteria?

the show has appeal to very young children
the episodes don't go back to the status quo every time, so it might be a good idea to watch the episodes in order

You can choose freely, for example:

it can be a cartoon series or live-action series (or puppets or stop motion or anything)
it can be an old or new show, doesn't matter
maybe some anime fits that description, but it doesn't have to be anime
a show from any country is fine

I'm thinking My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fits that description. Any others? --Daniel Carrero (talk) 20:20, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What you want is a serial TV show. Avatar: The Last Airbender is one. Pokémon may qualify, too. StuRat (talk) 20:25, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The original The Transformers (TV series) had story arcs that spread across multiple episodes, as did the original G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series) series, which would make some plots nonsensical if viewed out-of-order. --Jayron 32 20:33, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I should probably mention that the My Little Pony example made me think we were looking for shows for a little girl, so I chose more unisex shows, while Jayron's shows are only likely to appeal to boys. StuRat (talk) 20:35, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, that makes sense. For context, I have child cousins of both sexes and sometimes I show cartoons to them. I would add Jackie Chan Adventures, Digimon, Medabots and PreCure to the list. For further context, I watch My Little Pony too even though I'm an adult guy; I'm aware the demographic of the show is little girls. Thank you guys for the shows so far. StuRat, thanks also for clarifying that I want a serial. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 20:45, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Then you might want to stick to unisex shows. Pokémon, for example, has competition for the boys, and cute critters for the girls, like Pikachu. Of course, you might feel that it's best to raise kids is a gender-neutral environment, but you may have more trouble getting boys to watch cartoons designed for girls, and vice-versa, than you would think, so unisex cartoons may be your best bet to keep everyone happy. StuRat (talk) 20:53, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. That makes sense to me too. I believe that you are correct in saying that unisex cartoons may be my best bet to keep everyone happy. Personally, I wouldn't mind letting boys watch cartoons designed for girls, and vice-versa, but from my experience it does seem correct that my cousins are likely to prefer what is designed for their gender most of the time. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 04:14, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I got into Jem for a few weeks, before my brother and cousins shamed me into stopping. Many years later, my girlfriend tried to make me feel immature for shushing her during Toad Patrol. It wasn't the only thing that broke us up, but it was the only thing that followed a natural order, in hindsight. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:47, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ahem. Brony. Boys love those ponies.SemanticMantis (talk) 22:08, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, serials may regain popularity now, since the old problem of being "out of the loop" if you missed an episode has been solved by on-demand video. StuRat (talk) 20:41, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That would seem like good news to me. I would like that. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 04:16, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WWF Superstars and Wrestling Challenge was my neverending story as a kid. Today's tykes watch WWE Raw and SmackDown sequentially. Some of the hipper kids might follow another promotion, but they're all the same in that they constantly change. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:47, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Also, "cliffhanger" endings used to be common. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:852E:7393:15B7:B79E (talk) 21:24, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Same bat time, same bat channel." But after two episodes, it's back to square one. Sort of counts. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:39, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That programme wasn't for 'very young children' as requested by the OP, though. I remember reading once^{[citation needed]} about some research that children don't really get the concept of a 'plot' until the age of about 5 or 6. If questioned about 'what happened' in a programme, younger children would mention individual incidents but not how one thing led to another. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 10:20, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OK, it's for very young "gifted children", then. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:33, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Tottie:_The_Story_of_a_Doll's_House. Probably too dark for kids these days. Iapetus (talk) 12:28, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What's "very young"? Anyway, Samurai Jack can entertain toddlers, but they might need to be older to understand it. Star_Wars:_Clone_Wars_(2003_TV_series) also features ongoing plot, to the extent that it works well as a short movie [4]. SemanticMantis (talk) 22:05, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good question. I was thinking of toddlers, maybe until 6 years old would be fine. But anyway, that would be the general focus of my question, not a strict requirement and I would be OK with some shows aimed for older audiences. I don't know many shows for toddlers. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 15:52, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Around the World with Willy Fog which follows the plot of Around the World in Eighty Days, no less. Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds also counts. There is also a Spanish cartoon that follows the plot of Don Quixote (no article here, but there one in Spanish wikipedia --Pacostein (talk) 13:55, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you guys for the shows so far. Some cartoons listed here I didn't know before, as far as I remember. It's good to get the chance to know them now. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 15:56, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ronja, the Robber's Daughter, probably good for ages 8 and up. A bit scary for "very young" kids. Staecker (talk) 20:52, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]