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May 19

what is this from? (tv show or movie)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa4MdjaCSPA

Hmm, what movie or tv is this from? :o 31.209.150.192 (talk) 22:47, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

According to a note in the youtube comments, Hold Your Breath. --Viennese Waltz 09:41, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 20

key

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uu3kCEEc98&feature=kp

Hello, when the men sing this song, they must turn down 4 keys ? 雞雞 (talk) 16:25, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 雞雞. I'm not quite sure what you are asking, but I think you are asking whether the song has to be transposed down five notes (tones? semitones? notes of the scale?) for a many to sing it. If so, the answer is that people's voices have different ranges, and some could sing it at pitch, while others would need to transpose it by various amounts. If that's not what you mean, please clarify. --ColinFine (talk) 20:29, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I mean turn down 4 semitones. 雞雞 (talk) 00:27, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't a matter of men or women. It is a matter of vocal range which is different for everyone. Basically every song can be transposed to any key, but every voice has to keep the same key. So when men and women sing together and you want to transpose it 4 semitones lower for the men, then the women also have to sing 4 semitones lower. --2.245.79.201 (talk) 18:10, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Garibaldi touching things

Which Babylon 5 episode was it where Michael Garibaldi, when visiting his ex-girlfriend's and his new husband's home and being told not to touch anything, once left alone, touches things and says "'Don't touch anything.' Touched that. And that. Touch-touch-touch."? JIP | Talk 18:09, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

?? ~Helicopter Llama~ 20:35, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Season 4, Episode 16 - "Exercise Of Vital Powers" - at 13 minutes 38 seconds

and you meant "his ex-girlfriend and *her* new husband" :)

90.244.132.30 (talk) 22:48, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When did The Avengers (TV series) turn camp ?

I've seen early black and white episodes, without the character Emma Peel, which are entirely serious, and later color episodes, with Emma, which are like an episode of Batman (TV series), with killer clowns and killer robots. So, did this transition happen when they added Emma, or at some other time ? And was it a drastic change or gradual ? Also, I imagine many people hated what happened to the TV show. Was there much of a protest ? (The Avengers (TV series)#Series transformation talks more about changes in dress and characters than in plots.) StuRat (talk) 18:11, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'd hardly say it was like Batman! It did to some extent parody American spy-fi, and a well-dressed Englishman accompanied by a certified genius, martial-artist and fashion icon rolled into one does have a certain inherent campness to it. I doubt there was any protest, the Mrs Peel years were in many people's eyes the peak. DuncanHill (talk) 21:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Did you see the episode with killer clowns ? That material would be right at home in a Batman episode, with the Joker doing the same bits. StuRat (talk) 21:50, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

But the execution would be totally different - Steed and Peel have style, panache, good humour. Batman was never much more than a buffoon. DuncanHill (talk) 21:58, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The section in the article on the Emma Peel period gives some more detail: "In contrast to the Gale episodes, there was a lighter, comic touch in Steed and Peel's interactions with each other and their reactions to other characters and situations. Earlier series had a harder tone, with the Gale era including some quite serious espionage dramas. This almost completely disappeared as Steed and Peel visibly enjoyed topping each other's witticisms.... Science fiction fantasy elements (a style later known as Spy-fi) emerged in stories...There was a fetishistic undercurrent in some episodes.... Peel's avant-garde fashions, featuring bold accents and high-contrast geometric patterns, emphasized her youthful, contemporary personality. She represented the modern England of the Sixties..." I agree with DuncanHill - any protests from earlier viewers were outweighed by the delight of those (like the teenage me) enjoying the new style. This was the sixties after all. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:10, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure I was in love with Emma Peel, and John Steed was a bit of a role model. It was genuine cult viewing among my university colleagues at the time, in far away Melbourne, Australia. HiLo48 (talk) 23:06, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Two points. First, as the article says, The Avengers actually started as a spin-off from a show called Police Surgeon; John Steed was himself originally a sidekick to another male lead. So there's even more to the transition over time than what Stu is asking about. Second, the year that Diana Rigg joined the show is also the year that it began to appear on U.S. television, so they needed to appeal to an American as well as a British audience. --50.100.193.30 (talk) 07:36, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 21

Dancing with the stars

My wife watches DWTS, she is a devoted fan and admirer. Yesterday she managed to miss Argentine Tango performed by Meryl Davis and Max Chmerkovskiy because our cat got sick :-) Yes this is true. So, now she (my wife, not our cat:-) begs me to get a DVD with the performance if the producers make them available. I believe it is the 18th season. Are those DVD's made available, if yes then how soon? I checked the Amazon.com and found many confusing DVD titles some clearly related to exercise, etc. Thus, I need help. Thanks --AboutFace 22 (talk) 00:33, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about DVD's, but watch this:[1] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:20, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There are a number of recent episodes on ABC's web site. Sorry to hear about your cat. Dismas|^(talk) 05:46, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks both of you for the pointers. The cat is fine, back to normal. She is old but very resilient. --AboutFace 22 (talk) 02:35, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Music\; transposing instruments

I have read this article and one section deal with the Mechanism etc of transposing instruments. It indicates that the pitch of many instruments when playing "C" (440 Hz -not stated) is different, e.g. b flat for some clarinet, E flat for others. Under the mechanism section, I would like to know why these instruments are not set to concert pitch C. Surely these days they can be manufactured to be at pitch. Therefore there must be some important underlying explanation, which is what I wish to know.

Denys Wheatley — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.232.31 (talk) 06:23, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In the Wikipedia article titled Transposing instrument there's a section titled "Reasons for transposing" which explains why it is done. --Jayron32 12:14, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pieces in this video (Jewish music)

Hello, I'd be very grateful if one of you could list the pieces in this video by the Shabbaton Choir (11 minutes). Cheers! --89.243.122.190 (talk) 10:42, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The first one is "Tzur Mishelo Achalnu" (see Piyyut). The second is "Yigdal" ---Sluzzelin talk 11:04, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The words (not so much the tune) of the former is one of the traditional Zemirot. The tune being sung for the latter is an arrangement of the melody typically used in Anglo-Jewry on the Yamim Noraim. --Dweller (talk) 14:33, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Teletext and game console

Is it possible for a console game, for example a PS4 game, to contain teletext that one could view on their tv while playing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.115.46.89 (talk) 10:58, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, it's possible. Teletext is just data transmitted over television airwaves. A game or console could certainly overlay informational text from the game medium or the internet over the display, but wouldn't it be distracting? --Canley (talk) 11:33, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Modern game systems use HDMI which represents the frame digitally. Teletext resides in blanking lines of the analog TV signal, which don't exist in HDMI. There are cables that allow systems to output analog signals, but I suspect that it is generated frome the same framebuffer the HDMI uses, and there is nothing in place to allow a game to put anything in the blanking lines. Of course, the game could just overlay any text it wants on the screen, so I don't see the need for sending a teletext signal. There are other digital methods of sending text data such as closed captions, and it may be possible for a game system to send those, but I think teletext is impossible. Katie R (talk) 19:12, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Star Wars VII trailer release date

Based upon the December 2015 release date of the film and their filming schedule, approximately when would the trailer be released? 2.103.14.25 (talk) 14:37, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Any information you're likely to find would be found at http://starwars.com/ the official website for the film franchise. --Jayron32 15:54, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah but I'm wondering what people here think would be the release date, as I don't think studios announce when they're releasing the trailer. Based upon common practise by studios, how long into filming/before the release date is the first trailer released for movies and so what would the trailer date be for Star Wars 7? Thanks, 2.103.14.25 (talk) 17:49, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the instructions above "We don't answer requests for opinions, predictions or debate." The purpose of this desk is to direct you to references of known information. It is not an open discussion forum, and we don't tell people what we "think". --Jayron32 17:52, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Or, as Obi Wan would say, "We're not the ones you're looking for." Clarityfiend (talk) 18:28, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alrighty, what about this: based on common practise by studios, how long into filming/before the release date is the first trailer released for films? 2.103.14.25 (talk) 18:32, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Trailers are all about marketing, so it's going to vary by project. Supposedly they've only been shooting for a few weeks, so they may not have anything to show yet. But keep in mind that the early trailers for these Lucas productions are often stylish and eye-catching, and with almost nothing of substance from the actual film. Also, I'm reminded of Superman, released in December, 1978. They put out a "teaser trailer",[2] like a year and half before it was actually released... a trailer that was stylish and eye-catching (by 1977 standards) and contained nothing from the film aside from the exploding credits. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:21, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's called a Teaser trailer. Superman is actually listed as an example in our article. Katie R (talk) 14:23, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Uh yeah he already called it that. --Viennese Waltz 14:27, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, I guess so - I missed that he used the term. Oops. Katie R (talk) 19:47, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

World War 2 guerrillas

Are there any books (in English, NOT in Polish) about the raid on Pinsk prison during World War 2 (the one in which Waclaw Kopisto took part)? Thanks in advance! 24.5.122.13 (talk) 21:16, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
BTW, why the hell is his name a red link here when it's a blue link on the main page? 24.5.122.13 (talk) 21:19, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It was a redlink because the article uses a Polish letter. I've created a redirect. DuncanHill (talk) 21:28, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! So, any books or other media in English on that raid? 24.5.122.13 (talk) 21:30, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's briefly mentioned here (the British role). [3] One other source here. [4] OttawaAC (talk) 02:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! 24.5.122.13 (talk) 01:40, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Action movie in which the hero evades guards ( robots ? ) by using a fire extinguisher ?

Can anyone identify the following movie ?
The hero needs to get past 2 guards - which are probably robots - that rely on detecting body heat.

He - or his partners - use a fire extinguisher to cool him down, allowing him to bypass the detectors.

A friend insists the hero was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, but can't remember the movie title.
( which makes me think it wasn't Schwarzenegger... )
90.244.132.30 (talk) 22:06, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Schwarzenegger did that with mud in Predator but it was not a robot. Dismas|^(talk) 22:45, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

nope, not Predator - I suggested that, but the person insists it was a fire extinguisher, and the guards were robots, or maybe half-human cyborgs...

90.244.132.30 (talk) 22:53, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fred Ward did it with a fire extinguisher as Earl in Tremors 2: Aftershocks, and the trick is repeated in Tremors 3: Back to Perfection, but in both cases they were trying to outsmart Shriekers, not robots. ---Sluzzelin talk 23:46, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 22

"And I Love Her" Lyrics

I have a question regarding the lyrics for this song. Is "You'd love her to" intentionally misspelled? I know that would be in line with Lennon's humor, but just wondering. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 768regnar (talk • contribs) 21:13, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Where are you getting the lyrics? It could just be a typo. Mingmingla (talk) 22:54, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The first lyrics page I googled has it as "too". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:58, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My copy of The Beatles Lyrics has it as "too", which is correct. @768regnar: where have you seen it spelt "to"? DuncanHill (talk) 04:49, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Surprisingly, googling "And I Love Her" + "You'd love her to" gives over a million hits, while "And I Love Her" + "You'd love her too" gets less than 100,000. Of course some of the former include other uses, such as "you'd love her to pieces", "you'd love her to know", "you'd love her to the point of going mad", etc, but the first pages of search results I went through were all only about the lyrics. Obviously a lot of copying has been happening here, I wonder where "website zero" would be in this case. ---Sluzzelin talk 21:35, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, a refined search of ""And I Love Her" + "And if you saw my love" "You'd love her to(o)" now gives over 200,000 for "too" and less than 90,000 for "to". I don't understand these numbers at all, but there are a lot of different lyrics websites using "to" instead of "too". ---Sluzzelin talk 21:55, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My impression is that a lot of lyrics sites have incorrect spellings, and, often enough, incorrect words. Many of these sites are unofficial, created by fans and other enthusiasts. I wonder if there has ever been an objective analysis of the general, overall accuracy of them? HiLo48 (talk) 22:27, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

These search results make me wonder, is it just a typo or a Freudian slip? 24.5.122.13 (talk) 19:30, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Or maybe a little joke being played by the transcriber. But more likely either misunderstanding the lyric, sloppy proofreading, or just not knowing the right spelling. I've seen a lot of folks write "to" when they mean "too". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:23, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. Just reverted an actual incorrect change of spelling of exactly that form at Olivia Newton-John. Amazing. HiLo48 (talk) 22:37, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That particular error is becoming worryingly common. And it seems to be a relatively recent thing, which suggests to me that many misspellers actually know the difference but prefer to ride on the "too = to" bandwagon in order to be seen to be fitting in, and in so doing, dumbing themselves down to the lowest possible level. Education used to be top-down; now it's becoming bottom-up. The exponential rise in information availability has been matched by a corresponding drop in people actually having knowledge of stuff we used to take for granted. This is progress? </rant> -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 06:17, 25 May 2014 (UTC) [reply]

The Open channel

Hi, can anyone tell me about the Open channel, which I believe was the UK's first interactive shopping channel in 1999. I know it launched on 12 October and was available through Sky Digital. Is it still on air? If not, what was its fate? I found a couple of references announcing its launch, but not much else. Can anyone help? Thanks. This is Paul (talk) 22:45, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Did it change names? You may be able to find something at Category:Shopping networks in the United Kingdom. --Jayron32 22:58, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There's a Guardian article about its demise (in 2001) here. DuncanHill (talk) 23:04, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, This is Paul (talk) 23:25, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 24

i want a list of top song of the year 2009-2014.

XfZonex shrestha (talk) 15:38, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Top song by what definition? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:42, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You may be looking for this: List of Billboard number-one singles. 99.245.253.81 (talk) 23:05, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the annual final of the Ghanaian FA Cup held?

The most prestigious domestic football cup competition in Ghana is the Ghanaian FA Cup. On our English Wikipedia, we don't appear to have made articles for each season of this cup, understandably. I have not been able to find where the final is held each year. Nicholasprado (talk) 16:38, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that there isn't a permanent venue for the final, see this article from the GFA. Unfortunately even RSSSF is a bit patchy with records, so whilst they record a handful of finals in Accra - they don't always specify which stadiums. There are only 2 large capacity stadiums in the country really (capacity of over 20k) which are Baba Yara Stadium and Accra Sports Stadium. Nanonic (talk) 19:51, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Disaster novels

Has there ever been an author who specialized in the disaster thriller genre to the point that he/she could honestly be referred to as the "Master of Disaster"? 24.5.122.13 (talk) 19:35, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For novelists, you really want the Humanities Reference Desk. For movie directors, Here's one person's answer. --50.100.193.30 (talk) 01:20, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 25

Beatles music

I'm in North Carolina, and in the beginning, word was going around that John and Paul could not read a single note of music. Any truth to that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.55.180.97 (talk) 03:28, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, at least in their early days they could not read music. This is not so unusual of musicians. They worked it out and recorded it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:39, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All this talk of "in the beginning" and "word" reminds me of the Book of Genesis. Maybe NC is the Garden of Eden. Can any locals confirm? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:25, 25 May 2014 (UTC) [reply]

True enough for Paul, at least as late as 1969, when he had to make up a tune for some Thomas Dekker lyrics that he found in a songbook. I don't know whether he may have learned to read at a later date, and funnily enough I haven't a clue about John, though I would be shocked if he ever learned to read music. George couldn't read music as late as 1987, when he sang (rather than wrote) the cello arrangement for "When We Was Fab." And Ringo... well, he's Ringo. And Jack, as an NC resident, I can at least report that I have seen neither the Gihon nor the Pishon of late. Come to think of it, though, that might explain all the talking snakes I've been meaning to ask about on the science desk... Evan ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:31, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Skrillex

Are WEEKENDS!!! (feat. Sirah), a song which appears on Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites the same song as from Skrillex' My Name Is Skrillex? It' sounds like it hav ebeen remixed a bit but i'm not 100% sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.161.143.239 (talk) 18:29, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Both sound like a dot matrix printers being tossed in wood chippers to me, so sure, same song. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:31, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 26

C.K. Dexter Haven

What does the C.K. in C.K. Dexter Haven from Philadelphia Story stand for? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.216.148.59 (talk) 09:28, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

TV Tropes says it's an example of "No Name Given", both in The Philadelphia Story [5] and High Society [6]. ---Sluzzelin talk 10:52, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sequel replaced

Please tell me the name of the movie franchise in which there was a sequel (my memory is that it was the third movie in the franchise) that was so pathetic that they studio pretended it was never made and then released a new movie that replaced it. I intended to use this in an anecdote, but forgot the title of the movie franchise. I simply remember that the movie titles are something like Some Movie, Some Movie II, ~~Some Movie III~~, Some Movie III, Some Movie IV... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.149.113.71 (talk) 12:35, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Don't know if they replaced it, but Alien 3 was rather pathetic. (I think Alien 2 was actually better than 1, however.) The 4th movie was then called Alien: Resurrection, not Alien 4, and I'm not sure if the events in Alien 3 were ever referenced again. StuRat (talk) 13:06, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think Highlander (franchise) might qualify. The second one was particularly odd. Mingmingla (talk) 16:48, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Toronto Blue Jays popularity

Which years did Toronto Blue Jays gain popularity or gain the "best team" in Major League Baseball according to analysts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.151.115 (talk) 14:22, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They were the "best team" in MLB in 1992 and 1993 when they won the World Series. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:47, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay but I want to know from which year to other year did they gain popularity, like from 1985 to 1995 for example?