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January 6

Mack Sennett

The English could be better in a few places.

Example 1. In the section 'Early Life' the second sentence reads "The newly wed moved the same year to Richmond where John Sinnott was hired as a labor." The last word should be "laborer."

Example 2. In the section 'Early Life' the third sentence reads "In 1883, when Michael's brother George was born, John Sinnott was still working in Richmond as an innkeeper for many years afterward." It looks like two thoughts were mashed into one sentence.

Example 3. In the section 'Sennett Bathing Beauties' the start of the second paragraph reads "Two of those often named as Bathing Beauties do not qualify." Perhaps "do not belong in the list." would be better than "do not qualify."Bh12 (talk) 08:40, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

You are free to edit the Mack Sennett article to make those corrections. StuRat (talk) 10:03, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Okay, I made the changes.Bh12 (talk) 10:33, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

List of trailers on home video releases

Is there any resource available listing what trailers were included with the various home VHS and DVD releases of particular movies? 108.29.38.203 (talk) 18:14, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

You might have trouble finding that, inasmuch as they are considered ads, and the company that produces them may not want everyone to know how many ads are included with the movie. There is the odd exception, though, where a preview itself can be seen as desirable content, when for a particularly desirable movie (like say the latest Star Wars release). So, for the same reason you don't find TV shows listed with all the ads they contain, you may not find many movies listed with the trailers they contain. StuRat (talk) 20:33, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Even just trying to figure out when they started doing that kind of thing could be an exhausting proposition. My oldest DVD's don't have those ads, they jump right into the index or sometimes straight into the film itself. And newer DVDs, hawking then-current other releases, seem rather silly, but you're stuck with them for all eternity. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:56, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Chris Pine

Chris Pine beginning career

Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me find where Chris Pine first performed on stage?209.226.9.27 (talk) 16:19, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

According to Chris Pine, the Wikipedia article, his first performance was on the TV Show ER, that is he didn't appear in a stage production first. I can't reference to any stage performances in his biography anywhere. He did study acting at the American Conservatory Theater, but I don't know if he appeared in any public stage performances while there. --Jayron32 16:58, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

January 7

Genres for "Soulfly VIII", "Soulfly IX" and "Soulfly X"

Can you listen to the songs "Soulfly VIII", "Soulfly IX" and "Soulfly X" and figure out what genres are they? I'm thinking these songs are folk, what do you think? PlanetStar 04:31, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

From my "not-as-young-as-he-was" perspective, I would call them prog rock - they wouldn't be out of place on an album by Yes or Rush or ELP. Certainly rock rather than folk - they have the defining backbeat and plenty of electric guitar. Tevildo (talk) 19:20, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

I would disagree on you that "Soulfly VIII" is not dominantly graded prog rock, but progressive folk containing a violin. I would agree with you on "Soulfly IX", grading it prog rock and folk rock, and "Soulfly X", grading them progressive rock solely. "Soulfly VIII" is more folk than rock while the other two are more rock. PlanetStar 01:35, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, we're not in Jethro Tull / Fairport Convention territory, so folk rock still seems like an inappropriate label to me, but these things are always subjective. I've never got over an American friend who described Joy Division as "punk disco". Tevildo (talk) 13:10, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

You'll see the article on progressive folk that it is made from traditional music, world music, and folk music. Since song editions titled "Soulfly" traditionally contain world music and traditional music in them, most prominently in earlier editions, I think progressive folk would be the best fit genre for "Soulfly VIII", but with backbeat common in rock songs but it needs other things to be considered a rock. "Soulfly VIII" is as soft as soft rock but I wouldn't call it soft rock. "Soulfly IX" showcases the use of electric guitar so it can be a rock. "Soulfly X" showcases many middle-Eastern instruments, so this song might've been influenced by the music of the Middle East. PlanetStar 22:10, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Pre-1950 movies with bad special effects (for their time)

I am curious if there are some examples of old movies that were criticized or mocked in their day for using cheap and/or unrealistic-looking special effects. Primary sources (old movie reviews, etc.) would be especially interesting.

For the purposes of this question, I am defining old movies to mean pre-1950 (i.e., no 50s and 60s B-movies).

I know there have always been low budget movies (and perhaps big budget movies incompetently made), but I am especially curious if people who were around when the movies came out thought the effects looked terrible.--Captain Breakfast (talk) 04:40, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

First thing that came to mind was Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, but that is 1964. Wikipedia says: "The film was initially criticized for its oddity and poor special effects." Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 08:02, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

I think you would find that contemporary reviews emphasized the story more than the trappings. I'm not so sure the public paid so much attention to special effects, as they didn't have anything to compare it to, as we do now. The infamous Plan 9 from Outer Space, from the 1950s, was bad even by B-movie standards, but was by no means alone in ultra-cheap effects. By modern standards, even the classic The Day the Earth Stood Still looks a bit cheesy. Go back to the much-loved film The Wizard of Oz, from 1939, and if you see it on the big screen it's pretty obvious when they're using models and fake backdrops. Rear projection was a staple of movie-making for decades, and they look pretty obvious to us now, but I expect they were convincing enough then. The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey was a game-changer, as there was plenty of talk about how realistic-looking the effects were, just as Jurassic Park was a bright line between old-fashioned stop-motion and realistic-looking motion, which also was commented upon by contemporary critics. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:51, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

I thought The Day the Earth Stood Still had impressive special effects, the best being when the spaceship door opened and ramp extended, with no visible seam in the ship before of after, and no jerkiness as the ramp extended. This really shows it's not just about technology, as even with no CGI you can still get impressive special effects, if you have the expertise and are willing to spend the time and money it takes. (This clip has too low of a frame rate to show the lack of jerkiness, but you can see the seamless opening: [1].) StuRat (talk) 21:28, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

The New York Times complained that Bambi (or at least the background) was too realistic. "Mr. Disney has again revealed a discouraging tendency to trespass beyond the bounds of cartoon fantasy into the tight naturalism of magazine illustration." Thought the juxtaposition with the cartoonier cells was jarring. I wonder if that reviewer lived to throw popcorn at Who Framed Roger Rabbit. InedibleHulk (talk) 13:36, January 7, 2016 (UTC)

I tend to agree with Bugs. I don't think early audiences had high expectations. See, for example, the spaceship in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938) (at about the three minute mark in the Youtube video). Around the 1950s, they became sophisticated enough to appreciate really bad effects, just in time for Ed Wood. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:50, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, Flash Gordon was the first one that came to mind for me, too. Perhaps some Sinbad films can be tossed in there, too, with bad stop-motion animation using too few frames (although I'm not positive that was in the pre-1950's Sinbad films). StuRat (talk) 04:17, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

The problem with stop-motion, as Spielberg indicated when discussing Jurassic Park, is that there is no "motion blur". If you look at individual frames from live action film, you'll see some motion blurriness. But when viewed together in rapid sequence (24 frames per second), they trick your eye into looking like smooth motion. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:37, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Enough frames can solve that. Also, interlaced video sort of does that, as does more sophisticated frame interpolation. StuRat (talk) 21:22, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

It is my understanding that the illusion of the wagon wheels was widely mocked in the 1950s. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:47, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

I can't find an article on the illusion of the wagon wheels. Is there one? The "illusion" was that often the spokes of wagon wheels would appear to rotate backward. This was actually not an "illusion" in the usual sense but a stroboscopic effect from firpslming at the older frame rate of 8 fps or the newer frame rate of 24 fps. The same effect can occasionally be observed with certain types of rotating toys under certain type of lighting because the light is strobing the toy at 60 hertz (or 50 hertz). Robert McClenon (talk) 21:54, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

I still see it frequently today, on TV ads for cars. I guess nobody worries about it anymore. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:24, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia worries about everything. InedibleHulk (talk) 16:24, January 9, 2016 (UTC)

It's odd that Spielberg would say that, since the go motion system that Tippett Studio abandoned for CGI in Jurassic Park did have motion blur. The article also says that techniques for adding motion blur to stop-motion animation date back to the 1920s. Of course, lower budgeted movies probably wouldn't have used those techniques. -- BenRG (talk) 01:25, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Unidentified earworm

So I was messing around on my guitar the other week (messing about being the limit of my skills) and ended up alternating these 'chords':

e|---0--
B|---4--
G|---4--
D|------
A|------
E|------

and

e|---0--
B|---2--
G|---2--
D|------
A|------
E|------

They sounded instantly familiar to me, I can't work out from where, and it's driving me crazy. Shazam drew a blank. I know this is very much a long shot, but just wondering if anyone recognised them? Could also be from Dutch language music, as I grew up there. Fgf10 (talk) 17:42, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm having difficulty working out the exact notes in each chord. What;s the difference between an open string and one marked "0"? Can a guitarist help out here, please? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 01:11, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

The unmarked stings aren't strummed, the one marked 0 is strummed open, only the top three strings are played. Fgf10 (talk) 08:01, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. So I think we have B-D♯-E and A-C♯-E. That's not much to go on, as you say. It does sound like a vaguely familiar sequence, but I'd need a little more. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 12:09, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Where there are two E strings, don't the one should be called F string or C string? It is logical that designation letters should not be used twice. PlanetStar 02:32, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

E-A-D-G-B-e (that's E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) is the standard tuning of the guitar. Contact Basemetal here 05:38, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Which movie does this "star sisters medley" clip come from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHsDcG-31PM I can not be sure that it comes from a movie, but it looks like it does to me. Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 22:18, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

This suggests that it was a promo video produced in the Netherlands by DUCA Interproductions. Director: John Pope. Producer: Frits van der Sman. The trio performed as the Star Sisters in the early/mid 1980s. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:34, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, it does. I somehow feel several things do not quite fit.Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 19:04, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Having read up on various sources, mainly in German and Dutch sources, I have reconciled myself with that it fits. The production was confirmed as remarkably large for a promo, and something with this name went up to the top of charts all over the world. I was also unsure whether it was indeed the star sisters, but now I believe it was, although the hair looks very different from what they had in all other videos I have seen with them. Thank you for your help, Fritz and Myrtle. Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 05:05, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

January 8

Are any Katharine McPhee fans reading this?

If so, this thread: "Reporting digital piracy anonymously" on the Computing Desk might be of intrest. --NorwegianBlue ^talk 14:28, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Where did Jersey Shore Michael Sorrentino get his nickname The Situation?

How did Michael Sorrentino become "The Situation"? I'm entirely unfamiliar with Jersey Shore. Is it just a trademark phrase of his? (Then again, if that's what it is, then why isn't there anything in the WP article or anywhere else?) Contact Basemetal here 14:54, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

According to this article from ABC News: "We went to a bar in New Jersey, and I had walked by a couple and as she walked by me with the other hand, she's like, 'Oh my God, honey, look at his abs,'" Sorrentino explained. "My buddies that are with me, they're like, 'Oh man, that's a situation.' And I said, 'No, that's the situation.' ... That was it. I am who I am now." Tevildo (talk) 16:57, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you moggy. Sorry for the late thanks. Contact Basemetal here 00:55, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Who is this actress from the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard?

Who is this actress from the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard? She is pictured on the far left, here: [2]. It's clearly not Catherine Bach. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:33, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Are you sure it's an actress? Might be someone from the magazine. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:45, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, my assumption would be that it's the Dynamite reporter who "dares to ride with the Dukes". Deor (talk) 20:20, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Oh, my God. I never thought of that. You both may be correct. Any way to know for sure? I have really never seen a reporter inject themselves like that into a magazine cover, but it's certainly a possibility. I looked at some of the female actresses (there were not many) who were "regulars" on the The Dukes of Hazzard TV show. And I can't seem to find a (visual) match. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:48, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

I found a photo, here: [3]. On that page, there is a book entitled Magic Wanda's Dynamite Magic Book. The woman is holding a rabbit and is wearing a T-shirt that says "Hot Stuff". Does the woman on the cover of this Magic book appear to be the same woman pictured with the Dukes of Hazzard actors on the magazine cover from my original question? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:56, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, it looks like the same woman to me. I wonder if she started the magazine just so she could meet teen idols (and apparently Sleestak). StuRat (talk) 21:16, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. Yes, that's Linda Williams Aber (also known as "Magic Wanda"). I don't think that she started the magazine, I think she just worked there (in its early years, at least). Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:47, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:57, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Old Spanish song

Could someone help in identifying the old Spanish song here? My Spanish is elementary, can't find by lyrics. Thanks in advance. Brandmeister^talk 19:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

All I can tell you for the moment is it is from first part of this movie. Unfortunately IMDB doesn't have an entry for it. This is the link for the IMDB entry. IMDB won't let me access all the details but I can tell you the composer of the original music of the soundtrack is Yuri Levitin. This said it is not certain this is an "old Spanish song" as you say, and has not been composed specially for this film. Has the soundtrack of the movie not been released? I have tried things like "dando el mundo su inspiración cual es tu nombre e adonde vas canción letra" but I get nothing. I'll keep looking. Good song. But you must admit this is the craziest setting for a Spanish song. A Spanish soldier fighting in the Red Army. The actor who is singing (probably dubbed) is Fernando Allende and he's playing the role of Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri. Contact Basemetal here 20:24, 8 January 2016 (UTC) PS: I went on YouTube to see if I could find other songs sung by Fernando Allende. And on the off chance he may have recorded the song's movie separately and that it would be on YouTube. Well, there are a few. But not of the one he sings in the movie. Again, that one is a good song. But the others. Man. If this is what American music will sound 20 years from now, Trump better build that wall!

This could have been composed specifically for the movie, but I'm not sure, tend to think it's some genuine song. Brandmeister^talk 21:32, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

You could be right but if it is a well known old song why don't I get any Google hits. Do you understand Russian? If you do (I assume you do, or you wouldn't be watching Russian movies w/o subtitles), what is being said about the song between Ibarrúri (Allende) and the woman? Is he telling her anything about the song? Contact Basemetal here 21:44, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Yep, before singing Allende says in Russian "do you want a good Spanish song?" and "we sung it in our village". I couldn't find the soundtrack, presumably it was never released. Brandmeister^talk 21:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Incidentally, Ibárruri (who was Basque) was born in the village of Musques in Vizcaya (in the Basque Country) (the English article says Somorrostro, but that's the traditional Spanish name of that village; officially it is now Musques or in Basque Muskiz). The song on the other hand is clearly from southern Spain. Whatever Allende tells in the movie to that woman can't be anything too strictly biographically accurate. Clearly Ozerov had no obligation to take historical accuracy to such lengths as to go pick a Basque song (or a Spanish song from the Basque Country). That would have been lost on the average Russian viewer anyway. Contact Basemetal here 00:31, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

The guitar riff after the first verse would be the Malagueña, as per this example,[4] but I can't say about the rest of it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:07, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

January 9

Glossary of Darts

Could somebody check this? I´d like to make it fit the rest or remove it when it appears to be nonsense. Oxygene7-13 (talk) 12:38, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Was not in common usage when I used to play darts for a pub team but that was 20 years ago - might have changed since I guess. --TammyMoet (talk) 15:33, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

I have removed it, no sources found and the urban dictionary ones are not darts related. Jarkeld (talk) 15:54, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

S Club 7 Reach ballroom version

In this video can be heard the ballroom version of the S Club 7's song Reach for dance jive. Where is possible the download of this ballroom version? Doncsecz^talk 13:57, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

January 10

Jazz/swing piece referenced at the end of this spoken word

At the end of this spoken word poem, the poet scat-sings a melody that sounds familiar, and it's bothering me that I can't remember what it's called. I want to say it's by Glenn Miller, but I'm not sure.--Newbiepedian (talk · contribs · X! · logs) 01:12, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

You must have linked to the wrong video. At the end of this video (which is identical to the video you linked to), just before a BMW Hydrogen 7 commercial, all I can hear is Faron Young singing "It's four in the morning". Contact Basemetal here 05:27, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Oh dear, I did link the wrong one! I meant this one!--Newbiepedian (talk · contribs · X! · logs) 21:09, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Identify the names of some of The Muppets characters

Can someone please give me the names of all of The Muppets characters in this photo: [5]? Most especially, the little one on the bottom left (under Fozzie Bear) that looks like maybe a chicken or a rooster? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 06:28, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

That's Camilla the Chicken: [6]. From Fozzie Bear to the right, we have Gonzo, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Animal, Rowlf the Dog, and Scooter down front on the right. StuRat (talk) 07:01, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

The one the Swedish Chef was sometimes seen chasing with a meat cleaver. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Perfect! Thanks! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:57, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

You're quite welcome. StuRat (talk) 06:25, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

name that DC(?) character

My knowledge of superheroes is far out of date. Here we have a Green Lantern, a Flash, Batman, Catwoman, ??, Wonder Woman and the Martian Manhunter; who's the one with the mace? —Tamfang (talk) 10:23, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

That's actually a morning star, not a mace. However, I could not find anything relevant by googling on "superhero" together with "jester's cap" and either weapon. I did find that Harley Quinn has worn a jester's cap, so maybe this is a different incarnation of that character. But that is only a guess. --76.69.45.64 (talk) 10:36, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Possibly Hawkgirl. I found it by googling "female superhero with mace". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:41, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that's Hawkgirl, or possibly Hawkwoman. Matt Deres (talk) 13:15, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Ah, so it was a beak, not a jester's cap. Sorry about that, folks. --76.69.45.64 (talk) 19:27, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

I assume it's been discussed somewhere, but it's rather amusing that all our articles begin "X is a fictional superhero." Are we implying that there are real ones? Tevildo (talk) 21:53, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

It's a redundancy, as the first line of Superhero defines such as a fictional character. Thus any specific superhero is a fictional fictional character. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:33, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I know you're just being facetious, Tevildo, but that "fictional" is well grounded in the MoS, where the last bulleted item in WP:BEGIN says "If the article is about a fictional character or place, say so." Plus, I've known some (younger, media-oriented) folk whom I wouldn't trust to recognize the fictionality of superheroes. Deor (talk) 23:36, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Apologies for taking this off-topic, bu I think I actually would like to read the discussion, if it exists. The point is that "fictional superhero" is at best tautological, and not really (IMO) the sort of thing we should be saying in our collective editorial voice. "Superhero" is admittedly one of the few cases where "fictional" isn't needed; there are mythological or legendary, as opposed to fictional, werewolves and vampires; but even in this sort of case, the lede usually starts with something sensible - "Count Dracula is the title character...", "Davros is a character...", "Treebeard is a fictional character..." - not "fictional vampire, fictional Dalek, fictional Ent". Where was the consensus reached for "fictional superhero"? Tevildo (talk) 00:10, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Actually, many superhero articles use the formulation "X is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in..." (example), though of course the other formula is also used extensively. I suppose it could be claimed that it serves to contrast them from real-life superheros of various stripes. Matt Deres (talk) 00:36, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

I _think_ the relevant discussion is at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction/Archive 9#So and so is a fictional character, which, on a brief reading, seems to be more about fictional characters in general rather than superheroes in particular. I have a horrible feeling this is going to turn into an RfC - any suggestions on the best place to start it? Incidentally, the search function suggests that "fictionel superheroes" [sic] is what I'm really looking for, despite that term (unsurprisingly) not appearing anywhere. Does _this_ need to be flagged up, as well? Tevildo (talk) 20:43, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia does have the article Real-life superhero. Whether they count as "true" superheros or not might be open to debate. -- 160.129.138.186 (talk) 20:27, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Super Grover 2.0 (game or a (web)serie)?

Hello, I saw on saskia's resume this: Super Grover 2.0. Everyone know that this is a serie or a game?--Maxie1hoi (talk) 15:46, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

See Super Grover 2.0 (and Grover for context). Our article and the Sesame Street website describe it as a "segment", although I'm not sure how that's defined. Tevildo (talk) 16:46, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Sesame Street consists of main story, which typically involves a mix of human and Muppet characters and usually occurs on the "Street", or nearby (such as at Hooper's Store), interspersed with a series of small "segments", each only a minute or so long, and taking place elsewhere. Those segments can be Bert and Ernie shorts, Super Grover shorts, The Count counting something, various other in-house shorts, or various other shorts they purchase rather than produce themselves. StuRat (talk) 19:10, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

January 11

Whatever happened to Matilda?

In the late '80s, The British Bulldogs had a bulldog named Matilda accompany them ringside. She had quite the run. In 1991, only The British Bulldog was left, and he had a bulldog, too, but that was Winston (and there were extra Winstons). As far as I can tell, Matilda was always the same dog, but I can't find out what happened to her. Safe bet she's dead now, but was it before or after Winston? Did she retire and go live with someone, or was there some sort of mishap on the road? Maybe some dog food commercials? Any bit helps! InedibleHulk (talk) 19:30, January 10, 2016 (UTC)

I googled the subject "matilda the british bulldog died" and found this item,[7] from February 1998, in which Davey Boy Smith is asked whatever became of Matilda. The answer is that she died "a couple of years ago", which would imply late 1995 or early 1996. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:40, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

The Lovely Bones - Book/Film Differences

Collapse post by block evading IP see User talk:109.151.65.218
What is the difference between novel and the film of 'The Lovely Bones'?31.49.29.125 (talk) 18:56, 11 January 2016 (UTC) You're allowed to both read the book and watch the movie yourself and arrive at your own conclusions. No one here will stop you from doing so. You can also type that exact question into Google, which returns this as the third link. --Jayron32 19:03, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

The Voting System of the FIFA Ballon d'or/Golden Ball  ??

According to information found on the net, including here on wiki, the votes are only given by National coaches and the Captains of their respective national teams, as well as by certain people who work in the media.

Yet, after every award, newspapers always release the votes given by the most popular club players, many of which are not captains for their national teams. So why are they voting if their votes are not counted ??

These players tend to be among the nominees themselves, I think... so I guess it might mean that the nominees themselves are also allowed to vote ? That's the only sensible conclusion I can draw, despite that no information I have found says anything about this.

2A02:FE0:C711:5C41:31CC:318:42E3:DC5C (talk) 20:42, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Seeking an author's name

I am seeking the name of the author of a fictional detective series:

• The fictional detective is a titled Englishman;
• His initials are R.R., and he is addressed by some as Mr. R.;
• He is an amateur or a consulting detective, i.e., he is not associated with a police force;
• He has a dour-looking butler named Jolly, who helps solve the cases.

I searched the Wikipedia lists of fictional male detectives and of butlers, but to no avail.84.111.241.87 (talk) 22:16, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

The character is "The Toff" (the Honourable Richard Rollison), and the author is John Creasey. Tevildo (talk) 23:40, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

January 12

Mimsie memento

I'm trying to find a plush toy in the likeness of Mimsie the Cat. (He's remembered as the MTM Enterprises mascot.) Where's a good place to start? Anyone know?2604:2000:7113:9D00:5492:C84C:B96E:B7EC (talk) 09:03, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

One of these? --Jayron32 17:08, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

All of that didn't have what I'm looking for.142.255.69.73 (talk) 17:24, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

You could not use a single one of those companies to make you a custom plush doll? --Jayron32 23:46, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Do you know if there ever was one? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:08, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I saw one on a webpage, which I'm trying to remember.142.255.69.73 (talk) 23:11, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

That kitten doesn't have much as far as distinctive markings, so you might just look for a cream-colored plush kitten, and maybe add a Mimsie nametag/collar. StuRat (talk) 23:35, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Hopefully you will find the last mimsie. StuRat (talk) 23:49, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Nemi in the Metro

Does anybody know why Metro stopped including Nemi at the end of last week? There was none in yesterday's (11 Jan) and I serched it front to back. --Redrose64 (talk) 17:27, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

No explanation as to why, but the official Nemi page on Facebook confirms that Metro have stopped carrying the strip. Warofdreams talk 17:51, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

"Pass the buzz on and take it easy"

Can anyone identify as song for me? It was on the radio a lot in the UK back in the mid 90s, and included the lyrics (I think) "Pass the buzz on and take it easy".Iapetus (talk) 20:50, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Any other clues? What genre? Male or female singer? Any other lyrics you can remember? Vespine (talk) 21:29, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

There have been a large number of songs titled "Take It Easy", which is the phrase I keyed in on here. The most famous was the Jackson Browne/Glenn Frey song best known by The Eagles, but that was a hit in the early 1970s, and would not sound in the right place in the 1990s. The best shot is probably either the song by that title, "Take It Easy" by Mad Lion and one by the Fugees from 2005 (see Fugees discography), which is a decade too late for you, but perhaps they had an earlier version or you misremembered the decade. However, when I tried searching for variations on your specific lyrics, I couldn't find much. --Jayron32 00:00, 13 January 2016 (UTC)