Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 November 7

= November 7 =

80's Movie with Courtney Thorne-Smith
I remember seeing a movie many times on HBO as a kid. It had Courtney Thorne-Smith as a lead character. I know that the title included "18" somewhere, but have not been able to come up with the rest of it. Any idea of what it may be? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.79.148.253 (talk) 02:08, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * IMDB's filmography for Thorne-Smith includes a 1986 title Welcome to 18 . / edg ☺ ☭ 02:20, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

transformers movie
what about that mystery trailer that showed before the film? Does wikipedia have the answer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.76.248.193 (talk) 03:14 07 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Did this trailer have giant monsters in it? Cloverfield is said to be the working title (meaning it will almost certainly be released under a different title) of a film whose trailer opened at least some showings of Transformers.
 * Found this by doing a Google search on transformers mystery trailer. / edg ☺ ☭ 05:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Pls. identify this song:
There was some song I heard on one of the national radio stations and I got hooked onto it. The catch is the name of the song isn't mentioned but I remembered a portion of it. The portion of the jazz instrumental song having a tempo of est. 119 BPM goes like this:

Lastly, what's the name of this very common jingle (C5--G4-G4-A4-G4---B4-C5)? --Bruin_rrss23 (talk) 15:25, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * See Shave and a Haircut. -- k a i n a w &trade; 15:32, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The first question is an excellent one for Musipedia.--Shantavira|feed me 18:39, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks. It's going to take some time to find the song (since I could have slipped some of the notes above by a semitone, but at least an online service has been found to help me identify the song I was looking for. --Bruin_rrss23 (talk) 08:41, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Burt Lancaster movie
Please help me name a Burt Lancaster movie. All I can remember is a scene of him being chased by a tractor with large hayrakes and that it was a contemporary, (for the time - late 50's through 60's), setting. Anyone know the title? Thank you, Mooney. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.146.184.9 (talk) 19:00, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * You're probably thinking of The List of Adrian Messenger, in which a tractor with rakes was actually used as a stationary booby trap against people on a fox hunt. Lancaster is not one of the hunters, but is one of several stars who appear in the movie in character roles in disguise; George C. Scott has the starring role and has his normal appearance.  --Anonymous, edited 00:36 UTC, November 8, 2007.


 * Thank you so much! That certainly seems to fit. Mooney 12.146.184.9 19:42, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Old Sierra Game
I am looking for an old game that I think was made by Sierra. It was made sometime around the 90's for the computer, and it involved your character having to place holes in the ground for the bad guys to fall into. But like I said I think it was Sierra, if anyone has any information it would be a great help. BioYu-Gi! 20:26, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Lode Runner perhaps? (from Broderbund, but does involve hole-digging)  -- LarryMac  | Talk  20:51, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I think that might be it! I do remember it bring a really long game, and yeah it fits the description. Thank you! BioYu-Gi! 20:08, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


 * No scratch that, I found some videos and that's not it. I don't think I'll ever find it, all I remember is holes that bad guys fall into, and lots of green. Thanks anyway. BioYu-Gi! 20:08, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Lode_Runner:_The_Legend_Returns by Sierra has 150 levels, divided into groups of (10? 15? don't remember; I'll have to, um, dig it out again) levels, with the groups all having similar levels. Some groups can certainly be described as "lots of green" and you have to dig holes for the bad guys to fall into, or they will eat you. -SandyJax 20:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Internet Slang
I need help translating a couple phrases. Is there a list somewhere? --Ninjawolf 20:56, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Urban dictionary? list them here Jack THE Pumpkin KING 21:06, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I just want to know if there is a list --Ninjawolf 21:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The Jargon File might be useful; links to the actual list are within that article. -- LarryMac  | Talk  21:15, 7 November 2007 (UTC)