Ok, I know it's strange that this is a video of an advertisement for a car wash, but nevertheless, what song is playing in it? I get that it's a remix or cover or something of Surrender Your Love by Nightcrawler, and Another Night by Real McCoy, and I guess other things, but what is it exactly? Is it anything, or just something made for this video? Adam Bishop (talk) 04:36, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I look for an British(?) cartoon. Regrettably it is strange to me the title: Pit and Pat? The stripping is alike to the Sam the fireman. The main characters twoo worker-follow, alike his clothes and names. Doncsecz^talk 15:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe Pat & Mat? (Though they're not British). ---Sluzzelin talk 15:33, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! Pat and Mat! I now then remember! Thank you! Doncsecz^talk 15:36, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Third segment in on the "Letter Q Day" segment (wait for the video to auto-load), Big Bird starts singing quietly, and ends with "dum diddly dum dump dum dum...", or something phonetically similar. What is that? I've heard it thousands of times, not sure the source. -- Zanimum (talk) 01:02, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Shave and a haircut, two bits! Adam Bishop (talk) 01:30, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! Thank you so much! -- Zanimum (talk) 03:20, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is Actor Sean Murray,NCIS Tim Mcgee ill or has he lost that much weight he is looking sickly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.231.33.140 (talk) 02:26, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I read recently (US TV Guide perhaps) that he had quit drinking and had been working out. No illness was mentioned.Chief41074 (talk) 16:54, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My friend recently was playing a song on his iPod Touch and the lyrics showed up onscreen right on top of the album cover. We weren't even in an area with Wi-Fi. How can I get that on my 4th generation iPod Touch? --Nick4404 yada yada yada What have I done? 03:00, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

They appear on my first generation iPod touch but I had to import them into the lyrics section of iTunes. --Shylocksboy (talk) 05:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I found this with my iPhone recently... It's part of the music file itself as I was in "airplane" mode at the time it happened to me... It was a random track on the "Nightmare" Album by Avenged Sevenfold... All the other tracks showed the album cover, and then this track came on (can't remember now which one) and all the lyrics were displayed... gazhiley.co.uk 09:45, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't turning Settings > iPod > Lyrics & Podcast Info > ON do this? sparkl_!sm ^hey! 11:50, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Quite possibly, but the OP wanted to know where they came from, whether they were part of the file or downloaded while the track was playing, etc gazhiley.co.uk 12:31, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mortinho por Chegar a Casa, I remember seeing it on big screen with English subs but can't find English subs for download. Anybody can help? --117.204.84.249 (talk) 04:42, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How many Muslims are playing in the CFL? How many Muslims are playing in the NBA? How many Muslims are playing in the MLB? How many Muslims are playing in the NHL? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.33.240 (talk) 02:34, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Historically, there used to be more muslims in American sports, back in the 1960's and 1970's, when many black American athletes joined the Nation of Islam-movement. Prominent examples include Muhammad Ali (born Casius Clay), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Lew Alcindor) and Ahmad Rashād (born Bobby Moore). I can't name anyone offhand that is active today, but that doesn't mean that their aren't any. --Jayron32 02:48, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For NBA players, this forum thread may give you some leads. Some are obvious, like the Turkish player Hedo Türkoğlu. Others, like Shaquille O'Neal are surprising, but apparently confirmed, see [1]. --Jayron32 02:54, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The List of American Muslims has a sports section as well. --Jayron32 02:58, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The only one in the NHL, I think, is Nazem Kadri. (Apparently Justin Abdelkader is not Muslim.) Adam Bishop (talk) 03:46, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to Wikipedia, Sam Khalifa is currently the only Muslim to have played in the Major Leagues. Kingturtle = (talk) 01:15, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way to get itunes to read ogg files? Money is tight (talk) 09:52, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sort of. There's a Quicktime plugin somewhere that will let you do it but if I remember correctly it's a huge pain. I had to download a few different versions of the plugin as well, since apparently each update invalidated the previous plugin. This was over a year ago, so it might not be possible now... Eldamorie (talk) 16:59, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The story begins on a movie set in which the final scene of Fist of Fury takes place. Just like in the movie, the actor playing as Chen Zhen charges at a line of armed soldiers, makes a flying kick and is fired upon. But as soon as the scene is cut, the actor playing as Chen Zhen starts bleeding from a head wound. It turns out that at the same time the armed soldiers are shooting Chen Zhen (with blanks), another mysterious person on the set has fired on the actor with a real gun. Foul play is suspected and the Movie is about a search for the perpetrator who shot the actor. --Arima (talk) 09:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

When Molly was away from the program, there was a character named "Sill" or "Silly". That character is not mentioned in the Wikipedia article about Fibber McGee & Molly. Who was the character played by and did he do any other characters on the show? 69.21.242.170 (talk) 16:13, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I googled [fibber mcgee silly] and the first item that came up was a character called "Silly Watson", played by Bill Thompson (voice actor), better known as the voice of Wallace Wimple and later the cartoon character Droopy the Dog, whose voice the same as Wallace Wimple's. Don't know about the Silly character otherwise. I wouldn't be surprised if McGee called him "Sill" for short. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:20, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can anybody help me in finding the name for this film? I was only able to catch the last few minutes of this film but from what I caught was: two of the characters had this machine that they where able to attach a phone to, dial the phone and a call but to an earlier time, eg they where in a motel room and they called themselves some hours earlier at a gas station. Once they made that call to themselves I think they started to die when they changed that time between phone calls. Scotius (talk) 16:25, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It makes me think of Primer (film) because it has two time travelling characters and the movie is a narration through a phone call. -- kainaw™ 18:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That what I thought it was, but when I bought it it turned out not to be that one.Scotius (talk) 12:09, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to remember the name of a children's program from the mid 1980's featuring an illustrator/artist that showed children how to draw. The artwork was generally black felt tip marker on white and usually featured space themes. Any ideas? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.34.104.12 (talk) 18:39, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If your memory is off by a decade, it could be Pappyland. -- kainaw™ 18:54, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mister Dressup sometimes did segments on drawing, though I don't recall them usually being space themes. 142.179.81.220 (talk) 22:20, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Secret City? --Onorem♠Dil 22:27, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Commander Mark was my first thought too; here he is in action. He's using a pencil in this one but I remember him often using a black marker. — jwillbur 10:11, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, here he is with the marker. — jwillbur 10:14, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Picture Pages doesn't fit the description as well as other suggestions but throwing it out there just in case. I vaguely remember a marker being prominent. I think it was named "Mortimer". AlexiusHoratius 22:50, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mortimer Ichabod Marker according to the article. AlexiusHoratius 22:53, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here in New Zealand we also had a guy like that, named Neville Logan, a dark haired, bespectacled, left handed Christian gentleman who had a slot on TVNZ's After School, based here in Christchurch - a friend of mine got on telly to see him. He would draw a picture for each kid who wanted one, time permitting. I met him at a famous local holiday and kids' school camp complex called Living Springs in Governors Bay back in 1983, where he drew me a cat driving a car - don't know if I still have it. Much fun Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly 06:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I remember there was a film where a woman seduced her best friend's son (or vice versa), and they were Jews too, but I can't for the life of me recall what the title was (or any other details). Does anyone perhaps know? Thanks in advance, 92.230.209.156 (talk) 01:01, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure about the Jewishness of the characters, but you aren't thinking of The Graduate, are you? What's Prime? Clarityfiend (talk) 01:44, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

umm, no... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387514/ 92.230.209.156 (talk) 12:23, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

oh, and I think I remember that the guy was on countryside vacation or something 92.230.209.156 (talk) 12:32, 14 January 2011 (UTC) or was it in a big city?... 92.230.209.156 (talk) 12:35, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ok, got it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadpole_(film) Thanks for all your help. Also see Effects_of_alcohol_on_memory :)) 92.230.209.156 (talk) 13:14, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just one spoken line "That'll do, pig."76.27.175.80 (talk) 02:55, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

While that is his most famous line, that is absolutely not the only line he spoke in the film. Googlemeister (talk) 15:30, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, there is a great deal more to acting than merely speaking lines. Consider the careers of Charlie Chaplin or Jacques Tati. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 17:10, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks for those pieces of information. But I'd still like to know what he got paid for that role if your fact finding skills are good enough to get that ( mine aren't).76.27.175.80 (talk) 22:45, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

how come Asian games is the only pan games that doesn't have an international organization counterpart like OAS has pan-am and AU has pan-african? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.106.126 (talk) 03:08, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's never been a "Pan-Asian" culture the way there is a "Pan-African" culture or a "Pan-American" culture. There are semi-continental Asian organizations, such as ASEAN and SAARC. There is also a recently created Asia Cooperation Dialogue, but it doesn't have the weight of other Pan-continental organizations. --Jayron32 04:47, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Other continents tend to be more homogenous: South and central America share catholicism, mostly share Spanish, and have and common experience of colonialism; Africa has experience of colonialism and poverty, and is mostly Christian aside from the north which has more of an Arab identity; Europe is historically almost all Christian with a closely-interrelated history; while Asia has no common history or religion, being split religiously between Muslim, Hindu, Chinese traditional (now officially atheist), Japanese traditional/Shinto, Buddhist, minority Christian (mainly in SE); and historically with very different experiences in Russian empire, Ottoman empire, British/French colonies, and independent China and Japan. This variation is probably related to the fact that Asia is far bigger than any other continent, with about half the world's population and the largest in area. --Colapeninsula (talk) 12:19, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is Tom Lenahan still active in celtic music? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.139.96 (talk) 11:03, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have that spelled right? I can't find any info on any musicians named Tom Lenahan. --Jayron32 15:40, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Probably refers to this group called "Lenahan", led by a Tom Lenahan.[2] The page is 3 years old, so who know. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:45, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you can use the "contact" link on that page to ask Tom himself.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 16:11, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I remember some film I saw, it was a USA-made comedy/action film about some criminals who made a robbery. One of the characters mentioned a clown whose name was "Chip... Skip". Then at the end of the film, when he was questioned by the police, he gave his name as "Chipowski... Skipowski". What is the name of this film? JIP | Talk 22:19, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like the Bill Murray comedy Quick Change. --Antiquary (talk) 22:34, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

When is Neil Marshall going to write and make a Doomsday 2 film 86.133.54.188 (talk) 23:02, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

When he feels like it. --Jayron32 23:40, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it would be listed in the info box, but no. Thank you, --72.221.69.161 (talk) 00:32, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Go right to the source. http://www.filmratings.com/

Hope this helps. APL (talk) 00:39, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We generally don't list them here in the infobox of articles because there are so many ratings systems throughout the world. To list every one of them in the infobox would be overkill. Dismas|^(talk) 00:48, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks guys, very helpful, except my spelling seriously sucks so it took a while to find my movie, 45 seconds instead of 10....of the horrors :)....--72.221.69.161 (talk) 01:10, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some people think that NBA is an anti-Canadian because it never awards the All-star hosting rights to Toronto whenever that city bid for the all-star game. Is this true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.151.156 (talk) 02:32, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is it true that Toronto has never hosted the game? Yes. It does not necessarily follow that the NBA is anti-Canadian. NBA All-Star Game might have more information for you. --Onorem♠Dil 02:41, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are 29 NBA home arenas (the two LA teams share an arena), and the Raptors have been in existence for 15 seasons. So, even if the NBA allstar game was chosen by a blind man and a dartboard, there's still no guarantee they wouldn have hosted one yet. You can't claim anti-Canadianism based on the fact that the only NBA team in Canada hasn't hosted a game they should only host every 29 years, when they haven't even existed that long yet. --Jayron32 15:59, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, don't forget the Vancouver Grizzlies. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:49, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure people in Vancouver forget the Vancouver Grizzlies. If they hadn't forgotten them 10 years ago, they'd STILL be there...--Jayron32 20:05, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, my question relates to the UK Premier League, and thus by football I mean Association Football. The standard kickoff time for matches is 3pm, and for TV purposes we normally have an early and/or late kickoff at about 12:30 and 5:30 or so. My question is, do Premier League matches ever start (or better yet, finish) before noon, and if so when did it last happen. Many thanks, 91.85.141.95 (talk) 16:01, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty sure they used to kick off at 11.30am relatively regularly (here's a link to 1 game that definitely did (http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/f6/44/0,,12306~148726,00.pdf). I seem to recall there was a Liverpool Vs Man U game at some point that kicked off early (I think 11.15 was relatively normal at one point) so that the fans couldn't get tanked-up in the pub before the game and cause a load of trouble. ny156uk (talk) 18:20, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ny156uk's link refers to the Premier Academy League, which involves under-18 youth teams, not senior teams. Morning kick-offs can happen, but are very, very rare. Early kick-offs are typically done on police advice, to prevent alcohol-related disorder as Ny156uk mentions. Occasionally they will be 11:45 or 11:30, but most of the time they are 12:00 or 12:30, so not quite in the morning. Two such matches have just started as I type: Birmingham-Aston Villa and Sunderland-Newcastle. Both of these are matches between local rivals, so the risk of crowd trouble is viewed as being greater. Another aspect determining kick-off time is travel for away fans. An average Premier League match might have 3,000 fans who have travelled to support the visiting team. It would be highly inconvenient for fans making a journey from say Newcastle to London if the match started in mid-morning, as they would have to set off in the middle of the night to get there in time.

To give a practical example of the rarity of morning kick-offs, I have been to nearly every Manchester City home game for the past 20 years, and in that time there has been just one morning kick-off - a match against Everton that started at 11:15. It was a strange experience, as the atmosphere was completely flat. One guy I saw came in his dressing gown! Oldelpaso (talk) 12:11, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think that sums it up nicely, many thanks. Prokhorovka (talk) 21:10, 16 January 2011 (UTC) (OP logged in)[reply]

I would like to put this on the Language Desk, as we may have more Russian speakers there, but this may also be appropriate here. Anyway, I would like to know if the music in this video is actually based on existing Russian music, or if it is an original composition made specifically for the game Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 (even though in this video I have used it with Men Of War Red Tide - ignore that tiny fact). Cheers. --KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 04:46, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently it's James Hannigan's very own "Soviet March" (google composer + title for comparison). In my opinion the composition emulates the feel of Soviet marches of the time in theme, harmony and particularly in orchestration. The rhythmic pattern of dum dumduh dumDUM is typical, though the composer took license with the final syncopated "DUM" (especially at the end of the verse, where it sounds atypical). I don't know who wrote the lyrics, but they're in Russian and can be found online too. (And I don't think there are any authentic Soviet songs going "everywhere they'll sing 'The capital, vodka, our Soviet bear!") ---Sluzzelin talk 08:09, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My, but it is catchy, isn't it. Makes you wanna go out and kick some Capitalist pig butt :) Anyway, in case you wonder how the real thing sounds like, here's an actual Yugoslav WWII Partisan march, and there is some similarity, even if it is less orchestral. But you can forgive that - drudging along through forests dodging Germans was difficult enough without dragging the philharmonic orchestra in tow, I imagine. The lyrics are nothing revolutionary (no pun intended), "On brethren, fight on, the day of Freedom gleams afore us all!", that sorta thing. And another one. TomorrowTime (talk) 09:36, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Another famous and catchy one which also employs the (unsyncopated) dum dumduh dum pattern is the revolutionary "Warszawianka". Here is the Red Army Choir's famous version (taken at a deliberately slow and haunting tempo, but you can find more obviously martial sounding versions, more like Hannigan's march, online too) . Some of you might be more familiar with the theme in its Spanish adaptation "A las Barricadas" [3]. Yet another famous, perhaps the most famous dum dumduh dum song is the National Anthem of the Soviet Union. ---Sluzzelin talk 09:57, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Even after listening to the video I'm not quite clear on what the dum dumduh dum pattern is, but the general topic reminds me of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11, 4th movement, which slowly builds to a rather Darth Vaderian theme in time. I quite suspect John Williams used it as fodder for his Star Wars music. Quite impressive. Pfly (talk) 11:33, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The dum dumduh dumDUM can't be heard until the choir starts to sing. I can't post scores, but the first "dum" is a quarter note, "dumduh" are a dotted eighth note and a sixteenth note, and the final "dumDUM" in Hannigan's march are an eighth note and a (syncopated) quarter note (in the other original examples, it's just a "dum", just a quarter note). Compare the first-three-beat pattern in the scores of the Warszawianka, the Soviet Anthem, and Hannigan's "Soviet March" (the latter with the mentioned syncopation at the end of the musical phrase). ---Sluzzelin talk 11:44, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aha - so, I can surmise from this that the song is a very well orchestrated fake (pardon the intended pun)? Cheers for the excellent answers! --KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 14:28, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fake? How do you get that? It doesn't claim to be something it's not - does it? (I'm assuming your pun was on the word "orchestrated" and did not extend to "fake".) -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 20:04, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Something does not need to claim to be anything for it to be labelled a fake. I once had what everyone I knew called a 'fake Rolex', despite the fact that Rolex wasn't written on it anywhere. --KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 22:18, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How much extra work time do experienced entertainers typically do in addition to the duration of the time they are on stage? Such time would include travelling to and from the venue, etc. I'm thinking of for example rock musicians giving a concert, or comedians appearing in cabaret. Thanks. 92.29.122.203 (talk) 15:07, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would vary a lot depending on the nature of the tour, how hands-on the performer is, etc. A musician or comedian playing a different venue every night will have to travel to and from hotel and venue, and may have travelling time of anything from an hour to several hours (check tour schedules); other bands may allow free days for travelling, or play multiple nights in the same venue. Musicians typically do sound-checks before the venue opens, which may take a few minutes or an hour - longer if there are technical problems. Higher-level acts (who play big venues) will have roadies to pack and unpack equipment, but a band who is starting out may have to collect their gear, drive it, unload it, set it up, tune it, etc, and some more senior musicians like to be hands-on. A band may arrive at a venue 4 or 6 hours before they go on stage, although there will be a lot of time spent waiting rather than working. Some acts will spend a lot of time in makeup and getting dressed, while others will walk on stage in their day clothes. There are other uses of time: talking to managers or tour managers to plan future shows, publicity work (TV, radio, or press interviews). It can be long hours for the duration of a tour, from morning radio appearances or early travel, till the evening performance.

In contrast, a stand-up comedian doing a short set in their home town may turn up a short time before, walk out on stage, do their show, and leave, with no sound check or real preparation, so it might take 3 hours or less from leaving their home to arriving home. But even then, they will have to arrange their appearance with promotor or their agent, write material (especially if they do topical stuff), travel to and from the show, wait till it's time to go on, and may be expected to stay and watch the other acts, etc. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:21, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How do you pronounce his first name? -- Mwalcoff (talk) 17:54, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I must say that nobody seems to want to tell us. I googled for "Beattie Feathers" pronounced and got dozens of seemingly relevant hits, none of which actually bothered to spell out how it was pronounced. Honestly, the writers mention how "Kuhn" is pronounced, but assume everyone has heard of Beattie Feathers. I'm afraid I have nothing more useful to tell you other than that it is probably one of the pronunciations listed here. Sorry :( Maybe someone else will have more luck for you. Matt Deres (talk) 00:57, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I known what happened to the Cowardly Lion costume and the Scarecrow costume and the Dorothy dresses but I wanna know about the Tin Man costume. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.128.55 (talk) 19:21, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming that you're talking about the 1939 film, and not any of the other stage and screen adaptations, the answer appears to be that it was destroyed. That's what the Daily Mirror says anyway. --Antiquary (talk) 19:55, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So it was just "destroyed" HOW did this happen —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.128.55 (talk) 20:07, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Easy. The Wizard of Oz wasn't considered a classic right away. Even for more initially successful films, props were routinely reused or thrown away. The studios were making dozens of pictures a year and didn't have unlimited storage space. "A lot of stuff was literally thrown away and pulled out of dumpsters".[4] An "enterprising" costumer named Kent Warner claimed he found Humphrey Bogart's trenchcoat from Casablanca in a bin scheduled to be burned(!) and "rescued" it.[5] Warner also found the ruby slippers, which had been put in a box and misplaced for decades. The studios were just clueless about the value of film memorabilia until a landmark 1970 MGM auction. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:39, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's right. I can also tell you that the news doesn't seem to be as bad as I first thought. This Wizard of Oz site only says that the costume was "largely" destroyed, which of course implies that it partially survived. (The site seems to be off-line at the moment, which is why I've linked to a cached version.) Another site (same problem, same solution) claims that the headpiece of the costume was saved, was bought by the film star Debbie Reynolds, and, unless I'm misinterpreting it, that it's now at the Motion Picture Museum at Belle Island Village in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. --Antiquary (talk) 20:48, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, the museum and Belle Island Village both went bankrupt before opening. Reynolds' collection is to be auctioned off by Christie's by June. (See Debbie Reynolds#Film memorabilia for the freshly-added references.) Maybe you can pick up what's left of the costume, if you've got lots of $$$. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:59, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Storage is expensive. Why keep something around if you're never going to use it again? (As others have indicated, there wasn't necessarily any thought towards movie memorabilia at the time.) The other thing is that most movie props and costumes aren't necessarily made to last. They're made to look like their real (but aren't necessarily real), and made to last through shooting, but aren't really intended to be kept around longer. What looks like a metal tube on film might just be a piece of cardboard or paper mache tubing painted silver. I've heard of instances where they're literally duct taping props/costumes together near the end of shooting to keep them from falling apart. (They hide the duct tape with judicious use of camera angles.) Alternatively, there might not be one costume/prop, but multiple ones, using the new one when an old one wears out. (Depending on what they're doing, that could happen very rapidly.) Or you could have one costume for each day of shooting, where the actor gets glued into the costume each morning and the costume has to be destroyed to get the actor out of it at night. (All that said, I don't know what category the Tin Man costume falls under. I'm just making the point that props and costumes aren't viewed by the industry with the same "permanence" we look at the items and clothing we own.) -- 174.21.229.4 (talk) 00:20, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why does it seems a lot of Chinese stars that make it big are from Taiwan or Hong Kong or either were born elsewhere but later move there? Why isn't there more mainland stars? Maybe there is actually alot more than I think but they are not as well known as Taiwanese or Cantonese stars? Does Communism have anything to do with this?--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 21:26, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Until the 5th generation of Chinese cinema, mainland Chinese films were little known outside of China, while Taiwan and Hong Kong films had much more widespead distribution before that. For example, it was Raise the Red Lantern (winner of a BAFTA in 1992) which brought Chinese cinema to my attention, while I was already well aware of various "Chopsocky" films from Hong Kong while I was growing up in the UK in the 70s. I think it is quite likely that communism is in part responsible for lack of a mainland Chinese presence on the World Cinema circuit, with many films and film makers being subject to restrictions. See the rest of the Cinema of China article for more information. Astronaut (talk) 00:47, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone have recommendations for an mp3 blog with good, danceable pop music? I like basically all danceable music, from stuff that's more latin/tropical (example) to dance-y hip hop (example) to straight-up pop music (example). I don't care for stuff that's too EDM. (David Guetta's latest stuff is fun, but something like this I don't like.) Indie-type stuff (example) is good occasionally but I don't want a blog that focuses on this type of music too much. Looking for a blog with a lot of new stuff, and potentially older things that are less well known. Thoughts about a blog that matches my taste in music?? I'd like to be able to keep up with new releases. Thanks!!! Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Did the 1975 lineup fronted by Fran O'Toole have any singles in the Irish charts? Thanks.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 14:33, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]