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September 7

What book is this?

I am looking for a graphic novel written by a Vietnamese woman that details her family's immigration to the United States during the Vietnam War, but I cannot remember the author or title. 2600:1700:CBD0:C50:D066:FE87:479D:1637 (talk) 01:30, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This sounds like “The best we could do” by Thi Bui 66.215.150.106 (talk) 02:35, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Link: Thi Bui. Alansplodge (talk) 14:20, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

September 9

Computer game about presidential elections

I am trying to remember the name of a computer game which was based on simulating U.S. presidential elections. The game enabled a player to play as any of the major candidates from the presidential primaries of 1972, 1976, or 1980, or as a made-up character, and one could play the simulation as taking place in any election year from 1972 to 1984. One could have the candidates run in a different party or year from when one would expect so, for example, you could run the 1976 election with Ronald Reagan as the Democrat running against Ted Kennedy as the Republican. The game must have been published in 1983, because the instructions said something like "you can even have George McGovern running as a Republican in 1984" (McGovern did run in 1984, but in his usual party as a Democrat). Does anyone remember any game like that? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:35, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

One of The Political Machine games? Or, this President Election Game by 270soft? —2606:A000:1126:28D:EDA5:45D4:346D:C7A0 (talk) 05:09, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

These all seem way too new to be what the OP is referring to. Nil Einne (talk) 16:02, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe either the Apple II or Commodore 64 versions of the original (not 1988) President Elect (video game)? Nil Einne (talk) 16:06, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, President Elect seems like the most likely answer to my question. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:32, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ghanian language

I recently watched the series Away (Hillary Swank, et al). In several of the flashback scenes for Kwesi, he and his adoptive father are speaking a language. What language is it? Was the character's father also from Ghana? 142.46.150.122 (talk) 19:01, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(First some helpful links: We're talking about Away, and the main cast character Kwesi, played by Ato Essandoh) I couldn't find out which language, but some info that might help with further research: Kwesi's father is named "Sisi", appears in episode 6 ("A Little Faith"), and is played by Bex (aka Agbeko Tedjame-Mortty or Agbeko Mortty), an actor and producer who was also casting director in Freetown. (Credited as Agbeko Mortty). He also played the character Gyamfi in Priscilla Anany's Children of the Mountain. According to an article in Modern Ghana ("First Ghanaian Movie In History To Show At World Renowned Tribeca Film Festival In New York") that film is spoken in Twi and Ewe. I couldn't tell whether the character 'Sisi' has Ghanaian roots. See also this article in Ready Steady Cut. That's all I got so far; the actor might well know and be capable of performing in several languages spoken in Ghana. ---Sluzzelin talk 19:59, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

September 10

How long do video game consoles like the Wii live?

Good day!

I was wondering how long video game consoles like the Wii live. By this I mean how long is the average Wii unit operational before it breaks down? I do recall having read that some cartridge based consoles are very robust and that they tend to work far longer than CD or DVD based systems. My uncle still owns his Atari 2600, which still seems to work flawlessly and my father's NES is also still running, as is my very own N64. However, the GameCube of my brother and the Playstation of my cousin ceased to work a long time ago. I can't give any precise number, but I think that my brother's GameCube lived only for about 10 years in total before the games started to get disc rot and the hardware had issues. Is it known how long a Wii can or will continue to work? I have a Wii and I have wondered how long it may function.

Thank you for your answer and have a blessed day!--85.4.154.29 (talk) 05:43, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

September 12

the case of the carnivorous videotape

Name this short movie made in 197x: An aspiring moviemaker gets a letter inviting him to meet with a producer. He finds no one in the office. He is pursued by a living (stop-motion) heap of two-inch videotape, which eats him and then types another similar letter. —Tamfang (talk) 16:38, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if you are confusing different things and/or misremembering. There is a 1975 (I think) short film officially called Recorded Live but often referred to as Flesh Eating Film Reels (or Man-Eating Film Reels) which involves [1] someone being pursued by, as you may guess from the unofficial title, film from reels. It seems it was frequently played in HBO in the 1970s and 1980s. There is a 2017 or 2018 spiritual sequel called The Return of Flesh Eating Film Reels which despite the name involves someone being pursued by tape from VHS cassettes [2] [3] [4]. The sequel putting aside the VHS cassettes is clearly set in modern times as it involves a somewhat modern looking laptop and what appears to be an e-mail. I can't find any evidence of a 1970s version that involved video tape. And I'd note that consumer video tape was still in its infancy in the early 1970s and while yes it had been used broadcast and professional recordings for a while, I'm not sure inclusion of video tape would make so much sense in a context like this for a film of that era. Nil Einne (talk) 19:20, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

September 14

Earl Morrall

During Earl Morrall’s NFL career, did he suffer any eyesight problems like myopia, astigmatism, or color blindness? Could brain concussions affect eyesight?Rich (talk) 08:57, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No idea about the first question. For the second one, these links may be of interest [5] [6] [7] [8]. Our article Post-concussion syndrome#Physical also mentions issues that relate to eyesight. Nil Einne (talk) 12:50, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've done a cursory google search on "Earl Morrall eyesight" and can find no information on any vision problems he had, either during his playing career or in retirement. His Dolphin's teammate, Bob Griese, had famously bad eyesight and started wearing glasses during play in the late 1970s. --Jayron 32 14:18, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

? About Jimmy Neutron Characters

This question has been haunting my mind for a long time but the mystery is ready to be solved. Does Paul the Island Chimp count as a character in the aforementioned CGI Nickelodeon cartoon or not really because he does not appear anywhere in the series outside of the Deoxyribonucleic Acid Productions end card? Same is said about the eyepatch wearing canvas from SpongeBob not being featured in a single episodes aside from the theme song. I’m just curious.

67.81.161.226 (talk) 18:08, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Symphonic Rock page?

I remember seeing a separate page on "Symphonic Rock" sometimes in 2015 or so, but now it redirects to the page "Progressive Rock"(separate pages still exist for the Symphonic Rock Albums, S.R. Musicians and S.R. Songs, though, so my memory might not be completely off). I don't know how to check if that page did really exist, nor to see what was on it if it did. Any help would be much appreciated, writing a book on the electronics of rock, would like to reference that original page if possible, even if it is not available anymore -- kind of complicated to explain the reasons here Thanks in advance, Vladan Jovanovic

It was merged with the progressive rock page in 2016. You can see the last version of the page before the merge here. But you can't cite that page as a reference. You can only cite the sources quoted in the page. In theory at least, everything in the article (like in any Wikipedia article) should have a source. Wikipedia is not a source itself, it's a collection of previously published information. --Viennese Waltz 20:20, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

September 15

Five O'Clock World

In your entry on the song Five O'Clock World, you state: "The sound of the other members of the Vogues can be heard repeating the word "hey!"." This is a common mistake. They are actually repeating the word "up!"

This is the reference desk. The place to propose your change is the article talk page.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:40, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Identify melody?

Can someone help identify the melody played at about the time-point 46:56 of the Radiolab episode Dispatches from 1918? Siri and Shazam fail to do so, perhaps because it is not a standard recording. Thanks. 2601:240:8201:C490:BD1D:E3D0:1FF2:8B84 (talk) 00:15, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's No. 1 of Erik Satie's Trois Gnossiennes. Deor (talk) 17:55, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Deor! I knew I had heard the piece and not being able to recall the what-or-where was incredibly annoying :) 2601:240:8201:C490:1D1:45CD:9921:6D91 (talk) 23:28, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

movies set in milwaukee, wi

Hello, I just looked under the category of movies set in Milwaukee, WI and movies set in Wisconsin and I didn't see the movie Major League Baseball with Charlie Sheen. I know this movie was set in Milwaukee because they used my uncles loft to film in for one of the scenes and he got a autographed poster from the cast. He lived on Chicago St. In downtown Milwaukee, and owns a large rental of media equipment company called Studio Gear. -- 174.88.168.23

The correct title is Major League.

You are saying that you know it was filmed (or shot) in Milwaukee. This is not the same thing as being set in Milwaukee, which means the action is supposed to be taking place there. In fact the movie was set in Cleveland. If you read the article about the movie, it mentions the difference: "Despite being set in Cleveland, the film was principally shot in Milwaukee because it was cheaper and the producers were unable to work around the schedules of the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns." --174.88.168.23 (talk) 08:46, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify in case it is confusing, there are two different terms here: where a movie is set and where a movie is filmed. The setting of a movie is the in-universe location for the movie. The filming location for a movie is the physical location where the cameras were located to make the pictures you see on the screen. They do not have to be the same. For example, in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, much of the movie was set on board a space ship travelling to Jupiter. However the movie was filmed in London, England. Similarly, while the movie Major League was filmed in Milwaukee, in terms of the in universe setting, it was set in Cleveland. I hope that distinction makes sense. --Jayron 32 15:56, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(1) Corrected the title. (2) As a further clarification, when we say "filmed in London", we normally don't include movies filmed in a studio in London, which this one was. We're talking about location filming, which means filming in real places (which may or may not be the places where the movie is set). --174.88.168.23 (talk) 00:02, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As a follow up to the clarifications posted here please note that the film is in the category Category:Films shot in Wisconsin. There are some cities that get their own category for "Films shot in" but I suspect that there are only a handful of films shot in Milwaukee and that would be a WP:SMALLCAT situation. If I'm wrong about that a new category can always be created. MarnetteD|Talk 16:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]