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April 28

Charlie Chaplin and Totò

Did Charlie Chaplin and Totò play together?--79.31.60.195 (talk) 12:46, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

IMDb's collaboration search function yields no results. Of course this is not a definite answer. ---Sluzzelin talk 14:08, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Television screen sizes

The entertainment center in my house has a 17 1/2" wide shelf on which I placed my 13" CRT TV. My concern is that when the time comes for me to replace it, I will not be able to find a new CRT TV in any size. All I can find in the stores these days are thin screen TVs which start at 19". The external size of the screens are over 18", meaning they will not fit on my shelf. Does any company manufacture smaller thin screen TVs? Will I be able to find a new 13" CRT TV, or do I have to look in the aisle between typewriters and floppy disks? Hemoroid Agastordoff (talk) 19:19, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are many options. There are some that are only 7" wide. Some are right around 13". Some are 17". If you are looking solely in the big screen television area of the store, you are limiting your search to big screen televisions. Also look at the smaller televisions that are often used in compact areas of the house like kitchens and bathrooms. I was just at Walmart this morning looking at 19" televisions and they had many from 7" to 19". -- kainaw ™ 19:51, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What Kainaw said. While you will have a hard time finding a new 13" CRT TV, it shouldn't be very hard to find a flat-screen TV smaller than 17 1/2". The Hero of This Nation (talk) 22:20, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

April 29

Unknown numbers

There is a game where someone must guess a number of 4 unknown and different digits, and for doing so he chooses radom numbers of 4 digits. When doing so, the player is informed of good attempts (number of digits from the proposed answer that match the ones in the result) and regular attempts (number of digits that are part of the result, but somewhere else). For example, if the unknown number is 1234, the number 6284 would have 2 good attempts, 0123 would have 3 regular attempts, and 1723 would have one good attempt and 2 regular ones. With such results, the player may be able to slowly guess the unknown number.

Does someone know the name of this game?

It would be great if someone also knows strategies for it, but the name is enough, with it I may search strategies myself around the web MBelgrano (talk) 03:18, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a bit like Mastermind, but that game uses coloured pegs. -- Flyguy649 ^talk 03:26, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

One name for the game is Bulls and Cows, and yes, it's more than a little like Mastermind. Another game of the same family is Jotto, played with words instead of numbers or colors. --Anonymous, 04:28 UTC, April 29, 2010.

On Speak & Math, it was called "Number Stumper". --Hence Piano (talk) 10:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fire on the Mountain

Our article on "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" states that that song incorporates bits from "Fire on the Mountain," which it says is a traditional bluegrass fiddle tune from the early 19th century. Our Fire on the Mountain disambiguation page lists three songs by that title: one by The Grateful Dead, one by the Marshall Tucker Band, and one by Hanson. Are any of those the same as the traditional bluegrass tune? The disambig page does not mention the traditional one. The Hero of This Nation (talk) 22:25, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently not, they all seem to be songs written by the respective bands although they may well be influenced by the bluegrass tune. Here is a page about the Greatful Dead song and it contains some details about the bluegrass tune. This has some information about its origins. meltBanana 00:20, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The original Appalachian string song contains some varient of the "Fire in the mountain, run child run/devil's in the house of the risin sun/chicken in a bread pan scratchin at dough/Tell me does your dog bite, no child, no." Aspects of that song, either that chorus or verses or the tune itself, appear in Devil Went Down to Georgia as well as the songs by all of the other groups. It's not uncommon for one song to crib bits from other songs; its been done for hundreds of years. Beethoven taking bits of Rule Brittania for his Eroica Symphony. The Verve sampling a symphonic version of a Rolling Stones song for Bittersweet Symphony. Led Zeppelin taking bits of Robert Johnson songs in like, everything they did. It always happens. --Jayron32 03:19, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This site describes "Fire On The Mountain" as "A popular session tune in both bluegrass and old time circles." Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:16, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jayron, could you provide a cite for Beethoven quoting Rule, Britannia in the Eroica? I've never heard of it, and apparently nobody's bothered to tell our dear friend Google either. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 08:58, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He used it (with a bunch of other stuff) in Wellington's Victory, according to that article. Adam Bishop (talk) 13:34, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I picked the wrong "Beethoven piece about the Napoleonic Wars". He did write a few... --Jayron32 20:23, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Curly

Who is this Curly person that The Simpsons character make fun of with immature noise like Mel Gibson was doing who who before he was shooting the senators? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.14.119.37 (talk) 23:55, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you are referring to "Beyond Blunderdome", it is Curly Howard from the Three Stooges. ---Sluzzelin talk 01:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

April 30

Radio show theme song

I remember listening to a radio show that used The Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony as it's opening theme. Does anyone know which radio program that was?

Americanfreedom (talk) 01:50, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[http://www.cbc.ca/tapestry/faq.html#beginning Tapestry, on CBC, uses it as their theme. I want to say a show on Air America Radio also used it, but I can't find any evidence of that, searching. Some jerk on the Internet (talk) 14:36, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Psuedo NSFW

Who is the guy in the banner?174.3.123.220 (talk) 06:11, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks a bit like Russell Crowe. BioYu-Gi! (talk) 16:53, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Try emailing the site owner and ask, they probably know 82.43.89.71 (talk) 17:37, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea but I don't think it's Russell Crowe. And I agree that you're best and easiest course is emailing the maintainer of the site. They probably made the banner themselves and would therefore know. Dismas|^(talk) 19:45, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks a bit like Ethan Rom from Lost. --Richardrj ^talk ^email 03:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

100% League Wins

Do you know of any FA registered soccer team at local or professional level that have completed a season of fixtures winning every game? My son Andrew manages a local team in Bournemouth called " The Shoulder of Mutton United". They have just completed their fixtures winning all 20 matches and have their own web site so that you can verify their results. I have been watching soccer at all levels these past 60 years and I do not know of any other team achieving this patticular feat. Arsenal went close some years ago but they did have a few drawn games. I look forward to your reply with interest.

Many thanks Malcolm Dilworth Storrington West Sussex —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.120.205 (talk) 08:05, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The frankly excellent rsssf website has this page on unbeaten champions (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html#season) - there's a number but amongst them are:

In Congo-Kinshasa in 2007 Tout Puissant Mazembe won 14 out of 14 games in their season
In Czechoslovakia in 1920-1923 Sparta Praha won the title winning every game every season.
In Germany in 1927/28 Hamburg won 11 of 11

The site is a godl-mine for info like this. 194.221.133.226 (talk) 08:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

when im dead song heavy metal

whats the song called where they say "when im dead" its heavy metal it sounds like the guy is growling very throaty . --Tom12350 (talk) 12:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Death is an extremely common theme in many types of metal, as well as growling vocals. Do you have any other information about the song that might help identify it? Is it a new release? Where did you hear it? Anything additional would probably help. 10draftsdeep (talk) 13:26, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

it sounds like it was made in the 90's or 2000's they say "when im dead" and mabye " let me rest" or "lay me to rest" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tom12350 (talk • contribs) 14:03, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmmm. Lyric might be Spirit In The Sky but that's not heavy metal. However, there are lots of cover versions listed in the article so one of those may be the version that you're thinking of.--Frumpo (talk) 16:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thats not it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tom12350 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hello? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tom12350 (talk • contribs) 11:08, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, hair metal bands Bon Jovi and Def Leppard have songs called "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" and "When I'm Dead and Gone", respectively, but that style of music involves fruity screaming rather than growling. Warren Zevon has a growly voice and a predilection for crunchy guitars, and is among the many other artists who have a song titled I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. Then again Rage_(band) are a genuine heavy metal band with a song titled "Wake me when I'm Dead". I also discovered that Rolf Harris sings the lyric "when I'm dead" in the song "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", could that be what you're thinking of? 86.21.204.137 (talk) 16:59, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I seriously doubt anyone without a grave head injury would confuse Rolf Harris with a heavy metal artist. --Jayron32 04:04, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is quite simply just not enough information to get this one. A metal song that could have been released in a twenty year span that mentions death is like trying to find the title and artist of a love song that mentions something about a relationship. It would help, to some degree, if we knew if this song was heard on radio, a commercial or video game. Also, any clue as to the tempo would help as well. (was it fast and hard or slow and heavy?). 10draftsdeep (talk) 13:32, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Music Behind Andy Popping into Frame

What is the techno music played behind Andy Popping into Frame? Thanks much! Kingsfold (talk) 15:49, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May 1

Laughter in sitcoms

I have seen that in sitcoms there is often laughing when someone says or does something funny. Is this live studio audience laughter or computer generated? If the latter, why is it there? 76.199.144.250 (talk) 00:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It could well be a combination of both, if the audience didn't respond to a given joke the way the show's producers were hoping. Laugh tracks were common on filmed comedies, even when there was no studio audience. They were also common on variety shows. "Everyone" laughed at Benny and Hope's jokes, no matter how funny they were or weren't. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:42, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the laughter is computer generated - it's just pre-recorded (or not, as the case may be). Vimescarrot (talk) 08:06, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When there is laughter after every single line (as there is on so many US "comedies") you can be pretty sure it's not real.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:52, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A live studio audience is best, as then you get honest feedback. "Canned laughter" does have it's place, as in a location shoot where no audience is possible. However, it should be used judiciously, not after every line, which makes it worse than none at all. But, better yet, they should screen the finished show in front of a live audience and get their laughter, then add it to the prerecorded video. There is a coordination issue between the video and laugh track, in this case, but nothing that can't be figured out. StuRat (talk) 12:02, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Answering the last question of "why"... Producers feel (based on experimentation) that people will find comedy funnier if they hear other people laugh. In a movie theater, it is not a problem. There should be others laughing. At home, it is hard. There aren't a lot of people around to laugh. So, the television does the job for you by providing laughter. Not all comedy shows go along with this idea. For example, The Simpsons doesn't have a laugh track. -- kainaw ™ 14:37, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have a look at the Wikipedia page Laugh track. Alansplodge (talk) 17:40, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And while you're at it, check out Laugh track. :) It's an interesting read. I had no idea that one guy was behind so many of the audience-reaction tracks in sitcoms and variety shows. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:50, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Man

Who is this man?[1]174.3.123.220 (talk) 02:34, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't seen the film, but it seems likely it's the leading player in In My Sleep. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:42, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

People

[2]

Who are the people in the bottom in this picture?174.3.123.220 (talk) 04:37, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The picture was uploaded at Commons by DavidShankbone. You could log into Commons and leave a message at his talk page. He also has an account at Wikipedia, but for reasons I won't go into right now, you are unlikely to get a response here. --Jayron32 04:58, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any reason to think that they are anything other than just random people in an audience? And I know you didn't ask this but I really have to wonder why the photographer didn't crop out the people's heads. They're rather distracting from the main focus of the image. Dismas|^(talk) 11:28, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please help me find this movie about a teenage girl with cancer.

Back in high school, I watched a show on the Lifetime Channel about a family whose dad was a car salesman somewhere in Oregon and whose daughter once had a growth in her leg. Turns out, it was cancer and the leg had to be cut off because other forms of treatment wouldn't suffice. Eventually, the cancer returned, this time to the lungs. Since Dad was away to see his daughter frequently in a state-of-the-art hospital in Washington, he eventually got fired from his car dealership. He had to trade in his Buick for a 1986 Mazda and get a $7,000 check for the difference in order to make ends meet somehow. Eventually, he got a job at a smaller dealership; they could only pay him half as much as his previous job; he happily accepted as it was vastly better than no income. His new boss was also sympathetic about his daughter's plight because the boss had a wife who was ill and he had to visit her often.

Soon, the Make-A-Wish Foundation gets in touch with the patient and she wishes to tour Washington D.C. and see the President. Even though they can't guarantee that she'll get to see the President, they do get her a tour of the White House. Eventually President Clinton comes in and has a brief chat with her.

That was all I saw. I didn't get to see the ending, and have searched for many years to find this movie so I could finish it. I tried putting in plot keywords to search engines, but to no avail. I searched high & low for this movie on Lifetime's website, but also to no avail. Then I even emailed Lifetime to get them to tell me what this movie's title was. They never responded.

Therefore, I hope for your help here and now. What was the title of this movie? --Let Us Update Wikipedia: Dusty Articles 04:43, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the plot summaries from TCM and AMG, I think it's A Child's Wish. (I started going through Lifetime's movie listing A-Z - thankfully it wasn't titled Zenobia's Wish.) Clarityfiend (talk) 08:58, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Debra Paget

Do you know how we can get ahold of Debra Paget or get her our email?

Thanks!

Kenneth Morris WJSQ/WLAR <telephone number redacted> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.185.138.91 (talk) 19:43, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Our article Debra Paget says she currently lives in Houston, Texas and occasionally appears on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Maybe they can help you? Ka renjc 20:45, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's a page at http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0656428/where you might be able to contact her via her agents, but it's a paid site, though you can get a 14-day free trial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.93.215.71 (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In Napoleon Dynamite, who plays Trisha's mom?

In the movie Napoleon Dynamite, I can't find out who plays Trisha's mom. I've look in quite a few places (IMDB, etc...) but can't find a credit for her. She looks like Ronee Blakley (from Nightmare on Elmstreet fame). Does anyone know?Chunkyc (talk) 20:30, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ellen Dubin. Kingsfold (talk) 02:20, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Is it "Who who who who", "woof woof woof woof" or "whoop whoop whoop"? Definitive references only please; no random lyrics sites. The Hero of This Nation (talk) 22:44, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's pretty clear from their video[3] that they are saying "WHO-WHO-WHO-..." (notice the shape of their mouths - no "F" or "P" sound being formed at the end) in such a way as to suggest barking dogs. As for a "definitive" reference, you'd probably have to find their website and/or the CD (if it has lyrics). As you've noticed, various random sites have interpreted it different ways. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:37, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May 2

mourinho's unbeaten home record (Q moved from Humanities desk)

is it a world/european record for a manager? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.189.217.151 (talk) 08:10, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Major and the Minor

There's a quote in the Ginger Roger's movie called "The Major and the Minor", and I've gone through, Wiki, IMDB, and TCM, and I can not find this quote I'm looking for. It's about "Strategy" and each time it's been said, it was to go in for a kiss. It'd go something like "and the Germans go to Belgium" and a boy kisses Ginger Rogers. What is this quote? I can't get it out of my head! Thanks. Moptopstyle1 ("I Feel Fine.") (talk) 08:40, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[4] meltBanana 13:26, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's in itty bitty letters, so here's Milland's explanation of how the Germans captured Sedan: "Now the flank of the German Army swung around the Netherlands and Belgium. Then a panzer division smacked right through here." [kiss] Clarityfiend (talk) 21:33, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, the link helped! WOOT WOOT! Moptopstyle1 ("I Feel Fine.") (talk) 04:19, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Monaco national football team

Why is Monaco's national football team not recognized by FIFA? The country itself is widely recognized as sovereign and the IOC seems to have no problem with them. What's FIFA's beef? —D. Monack ^talk 22:06, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is no correlation between sovereignty and recognition of a "national" team. FIFA recognizes the national team from Wales, for example, and Wales hasn't been a sovereign state for centuries, well before the invention of Football. With regard to the specific question, however, presumably FIFA has certain qualifications before a national team gains specific recognition, and Monaco apparently does not qualify, or has not been officially sanctioned by the appropriate governing body, presumably the FIFA Executive Committee or FIFA Congress. See also N.F.-Board and Non-FIFA football. --Jayron32 23:25, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Two reasons: (1) Monaco have never applied to join UEFA (despite the fact they are well qualified), and (2) if they were accepted they would be worse than Luxembourg: there are few if any good footballers that are eligible to play for Monaco. This is quite ironic as AS Monaco are one of the better teams in the French league (not surprisingly, they have no Monagesque players, although they did in the past), the UEFA Super Cup between the winners of the Champions League and Europa League is played in the Stade Louis II, and the Champions League draw is also held in the state. Xenon54 (talk) 23:45, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May 3

Simpsons (?) actor in KFC commercials

Who is the Simpsons (?) actor (whose scalp is bald in the middle) who appears in some KFC commercials? 128.2.246.10 (talk) 00:02, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The major voice talent in the Simpsons is:

Dan Castellaneta (Homer)
Julie Kavner (Marge)
Nancy Cartwright (Bart)
Yeardley Smith (Lisa)
Hank Azaria (most of the other voices)
Harry Shearer (the ones that Hank Azaria doesn't do)

The only one of these that is noticibly bald is Dan Castallaneta. --Jayron32 03:26, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article KFC notes that starting in the late 1990's, the Colonel in the ads was voiced by Randy Quaid, who is neither a Simpsons actor (won't guarantee he hasn't appeared in at least one episode; at this point who hasn't...), nor noticably bald. --Jayron32 03:33, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'd say he's balding.... Dismas|^(talk) 03:39, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Voices (singing and spoken) in Broadway plays - pre-recorded?

Last month we saw West Side Story on Broadway. Tonight we saw the touring company of Grease. In West Side Story, only the top two female players were wearing microphones. In Grease, Teen Angel was using a hand-held microphone. Otherwise the other actors/singers were not using a microphone as far as we could tell. Are these voices live or pre-recorded? Or are they miking them in ways we can't see? Bubba73 ^{(You talkin' to me?)}, 02:58, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stage mics are usually sufficient, especially for choruses/choirs that don't have individual parts. There are also a wide array of small, wireless mics which can be quite hard to spot if you don't know what you are looking for. --Jayron32 03:23, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are these stage mics on the person or somewhere where the audience can't see them (e.g. over the stage or at the base of the stage)? Bubba73 ^{(You talkin' to me?)}, 04:52, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

By definition, a stage mic is on the stage somewhere. They are often hanging from the ceiling on wires, or may be placed in various unobtrusive places around the stage. The whole point in allowing a play to be an immersive experience is to make the technology as unobtrusive as possible; Broadway plays have large budgets and expertise with which to do to. They often have the best possible equipment availible; you'd be surprised how good small mics can be, or how well hidden they can be. --Jayron32 05:10, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info. The two main females in West Side Story were wearing mics that were clearly visible - worn sort of like telephone headphones. Bubba73 ^{(You talkin' to me?)}, 05:14, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They can be very small. See Lavalier microphone.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:12, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Bubba73 ^{(You talkin' to me?)}, 16:50, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, in the few professional productions I have assisted with, we used a wireless mic no bigger than a nickel, and was often attached under the hat/headpeiece, or under the hair (via spirit gum). This being a few years ago, there may be better ways and smaller mics now. ^Avicenna_sis @ 20:12, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for song

Looking for a german song which includes the lyrics "leuchtturm [lichtturm?] leuchtturm leutchturm an der see". I'm pretty certain these are the lyrics, but google's not helping me out. It's a male singer, a very poppy rock song. It's been played on www.radioeins.de a few times in the last few weeks. Any suggestions? 141.14.245.218 (talk) 14:36, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's OK guys, I found it myself. "Leuchte, Leuchte, Leuchtturm" by Zeimzeit. Cheers. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 20:21, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Favorite Drink at the Belmont Stakes Horse Race

While the Kentucky Derby is well-known for the "mint Julep", and the Preakness is often associated with the "Black-Eyed Susan" when it comes to alcoholic beverage favorites, Whsat is the drink, which is associated with the Belmont Stakes, the 3rd Leg of the "Triple-Crown"???173.18.126.179 (talk) 14:45, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to the first hit on Google, the white carnation was replaced as the favored drink in 1998 by the Belmont breeze. -- kainaw ™ 15:24, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

snorkeling w surface inner tube w clear plastic window

snorkeling w surface inner tube w clear plastic window w glasses snorkeling w perscription masks is prohibitively costly this would be cheap easy alternate if it works well ?? can it be done with good results ?? can you maek your own snorkel viewing tube where can you get equipment ~~ non exists on web ??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.46.133 (talk) 15:46, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean looking through one of these?

As our underwater vision article and diving mask article say, an ordinary diving mask, without a prescription lens, makes everything appear about 33% bigger and 25% nearer. This is enough to help a lot of people who, as surface dwellers, ordinarily wear glasses; but there are many divers with worse vision for whom it's not going to be sufficient, and those people eventually decide to order a prescription lens for their diving mask. (I'll trust any visiting opticians to provide more detail on how bad one's vision has to be before the prescription lens is usually required.) Your question is very hard to understand, and you are going to have to describe your invention more clearly. If by "snorkel viewing tube" you actually mean a diving snorkel, the first problem is figuring out a way of holding it against the diver's eye without water gushing in from the sides and filling it up. Comet Tuttle (talk) 16:40, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hold'em blinds

In Texas hol'em, when the player to the left of the dealer goes out of the game, what happens to the deal and the blinds? Does the deal move to the next active player? Do the blinds move and can a player be skipped for the small or large blind? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.64.0.72 (talk) 15:46, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If by "go out" you mean "fold the hand", the blinds are treated like any other bet - i.e. a person who folds forfeits any claim to them. If by "go out" you mean "leave the game completely, due to insufficient funds", then a person who goes out is usually treated like he has left the table completely. That is, if one of five players goes out, then the game proceeds like there were only the remaining four active players at the table, and the fifth player did not exist. Slightly more complicated is if a player still has money at the start of a hand, but an insufficient amount to cover the blind completely. I believe most of the time this forces the player to go "all in" at the blind, with all the associated procedures for an "all in" bet. I don't believe that the next person is required to make up the difference, although all of the above is subject to change based on tournament and house rules. -- 174.21.225.115 (talk) 16:15, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deal just passes to the left, but blinds will be altered such that all players have both a small and large blind. Using names will help clarify: Suppose Abel is dealing, Baker is to his left, then Charles, then Daniel, then Edward, then Frank. The hand is over and Baker is eliminated. Deal passes from Abel to Charles, the next player to the left. Ordinarily Charles would owe nothing in the blind, but since he hasn't paid a small blind he is required to play one now. Ordinarily Daniel plays a small blind, but hasn't yet played a large blind so he posts a large blind on this hand. Edward would normally have a large blind and plays a large blind. Thus nobody skips a blind. The following hand, Daniel is dealing and must play a small blind. Edward plays the normal small blind, and Frank the normal large blind. The following hand, back to normal. anonymous6494 03:20, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A Hard Day's Night

Would anybody know who played the blonde girl in the nightclub seen talking to John Lennon with her boots on the table? She's not listed in the credits. Thank you.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 15:58, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Did you checked this listing at IMDb? It contains lots of uncredited actors and actresses that might fit your question, such as Maggie London as "Girl at Disco (Uncredited)". Kingsfold (talk) 11:59, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Robin Williams A Night At The Met object on cover

What is the object Robin Williams is holding on his A Night at the Met album? It's really no clearer on the CD than in WP's picture. It looks kind of like a brass eyeball on a stick, perhaps about the size of a softball. It isn't his microphone, as the same photo clearly shows he's wearing a clip-on mic. No reference to this object is on the recording itself, although it's possible it was edited with some jokes removed that relied on visual elements that wouldn't work on an audio recording. So what is that thing? Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:56, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks kind of like a single maraca to me, but that's based solely on apperance in the image. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 19:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This eBay listing has a photograph of a vinyl copy, in case it helps anyone make out the object. Comet Tuttle (talk) 20:52, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It looks to me like a sceptor, or an ornate cane or maybe a type of incensor or censer. --Jayron32 20:56, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alternate locations for the Giants, Dodgers in California?

The ballpark in which the San Francisco Giants play right now seems so much better than what I've read Candlestick Park was like. I know the mayor book Horace Stoneham there almost right away, to Candlestick Point, when he met with the officials there, but did he ever look at other parts of San Francisco? Where else might the Giants have put their park if they moved West? Would they have even looked at, say, Fremont or San Jose (or Oakland), where Bay Area clubs have tolked about putting parks? What about Chavez Rabine and the Dodgers?

thanks in advance.Somebody or his brother (talk) 22:50, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Giants played in Seals Stadium for two years, before Candlestick was finished. They had originally considered moving to Minneapolis, but the Dodgers convinced them to move to San Francisco to continue the rivalry that had existed when both teams were in New York. The Dodgers considered Wrigley Field (Los Angeles) at first, but decided against it, and played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until Dodger Stadium was built. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 00:22, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So, if Stoneham learns just how bad the weather is before deciding to go with the stadium there, would he have just expanded Seals' Stadium and used it for longer? I guess it sounds like they might have, it sounds like it was expanded for big league use a little - though the would have had to expand it more than they did (22.9K would have been very, very low).Somebody or his brother (talk) 01:16, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They tore down the left field wall at Seals Stadium and installed some bleachers to expand the capacity a bit. Anything beyond that would have required a significant engineering effort. The Oaks' park in Oakland, if it were even still standing by 1958, would have been rejected as too far away from San Francisco as well as being too small - and possibly, though I'm not certain, having been made of wood. I have a vague recollection that political schmoozing had something to do with the location of Candestick Park, but I would have to research that. There were some claims that if they had built it at the other end of its property, Candlestick Hill would have helped shelter it from the wind. As for the Dodgers, they would have had similar problems trying to operate in L.A.'s Wrigley Field, which was even smaller than the too-small Ebbets Field had been. The L.A. Coliseum's layout was pretty much an abomination for baseball, but it brought plenty of money in, which certainly didn't hurt the Dodgers' ability to continue beomg a perennial contender. Dodger Stadium took 4 years to finish due to various political battles. The Dodgers hadn't really expected to occupy the Coliseum that long. The Dodgers had also looked at the Rose Bowl, with the idea of reconfiguring it to hold a normal-shaped baseball field, but that plan was rejected. The other possible temporary site in L.A. could have been Gilmore Field, but it was also too small for major league ball. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:33, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I had wondered about Gilmore Field. Baseball Bugs, do you know if the Giants ever considered Kezar Stadium? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 01:37, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oaks Park (which was actually in Emeryville, not Oakland), was torn down in 1957, so it wasn't available by then. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 01:39, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I thought so. The Oaks had moved elsewhere before the Giants came to town. Oaks Park sat on what is now Pixar Studios, not that that matters here. My sourcebooks on the subject don't say anything about Kezar being considered. In fact, it's coming back to me a bit: the mayor of San Francisco talked Stoneham into moving to San Fran with the promise of building a new stadium, using a construction company that happened to be close to the mayor, and also on land whose development was beneficial to the politicians. The Dodgers didn't have quite such an easy time getting there own stadium built, but it was worth the wait. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:50, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There was, and still is, a great deal of controversy over the construction of Chavez Ravine, involving the forced removal of a number of poor families who were living there at the time. See Battle of Chavez Ravine. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 01:54, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's technically known as "pulling the rug out from under" the people there. Based on that article, it's unlikely anything besides Chavez Ravine was ever seriously considered as a permanent site. I didn't see anything in the article about "O'Malleyburgers". That minor brouhaha came later. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:51, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May 4

Put a church key in your pocket...?

Tom Waits' Kentucky Avenue has its protagonist say "put a church key in your pocket..." apropos a plan to ride a freight train all the way to New Orleans. What, if anything, is the significance of the church key? All of the rest of the lyrics are comprehensible and one could think of any number of more probable things which could be pocketed yet still scan. Thoughts? --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:12, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A church key is a can opener used to open beer and soda cans before there were pull tabs. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 00:19, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent; thanks. --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:21, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name that tune

Does anybody recognize this riff? D A A G A G F G G F D F It's played at NBA games from time to time when one team is bringing the ball into the frontcourt (i.e. similar situations to when the "Charge" trumpet fanfare is played). I think the instrument that normally plays it is a sitar. I've also heard another version with flute, drum, and vocal accompaniment. I'm just curious if it's possible to identify it from the notes. Thanks. 66.178.144.135 (talk) 04:04, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just pulled out my guitar. Yes, I recognize the tune, but I think its more like D A A G A G F G G A G F. The ending on yours sounds all out of whack. Otherwise, I can't place it. I know I know it, just the name is escaping me. Great. I'll be noodling on this tune all night. --Jayron32 04:12, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article: [5] may also be of help. --Jayron32 04:34, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Still would like an answer to my last question, please.

- What anime was this and what game was this? -

There is an anime that I have seen that has a part or episode where a spacecraft heads towards the Earth and transforms into a space shuttle upon entering its atmosphere. It then transforms into a boeing 747 to land in some airport. All while the charcters inside get changed and masqueraded in some wierd digital-like way by some evil guy. Ive seen this a long time ago and I didn't manage to see or find out what it was called. Do you know what anime is this?

Thank you, Clarityfiend, whoever you are, for helping me identify that game that I was looking for. I owe you one. 64.75.158.193 (talk) 12:04, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]