Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 September 24

= September 24 =

Villa Alegre
Back in the 1970s, I used to watch this PBS children's show Villa Alegre (TV series). On one episode, one segment featured two kids building a boat with wooden sticks and a balloon. When the let their project go, the girl leans a little forward to retrieve it. Next, there was a gurgling sound which might've came from the girl. Did she fall in and drown? Is she all right? Is my instinct right?72.229.130.76 01:37, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I would expect the sound came from the gas escaping from the balloon underwater. The girl wasn't likely to drown with the dozens of members of the film crew right there to rescue here, even if she did fall in. StuRat 17:00, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

New new new new new .... new york
How long does Jack Harkness live between Last of the Time Lords and when he dies in Gridlock (Doctor Who)? Is there ever a figure given for how far in the future is new new york? --⁪frotht 06:23, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * um, Jack isn't in "Gridlock". &mdash;Tamfang (talk) 04:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops. —Tamfang (talk) 07:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


 * The episode New Earth is set in the year five billion and twenty-three, Last of the Time Lords is approximately now. I'm sure you can do the math. I'm ignoring the part between New Earth and Gridlock, because it can't be long. Novice Hame was still alive. In short: about 5 billion years; the British billion. If I remember correctly 5 billion years in our future is about the same time as The End of the World. I've found a Dutch timeline about the whole Jack thing here - Mgm|(talk) 18:37, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Any reason for saying the British (long scale) billion? 5 billion years (short scale) into the future is when the Sun is expected to die. 212.159.16.171 00:49, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It was in the script. Isn't that a good enough reason? - Mgm|(talk) 10:40, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Prison break season 3?
Any one know whos playing the song "along the watchtower" whit jimi hendrix in spanish, in the first episode on season 3 of Prison break? The song is about 16min in to the episode. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.8.1.75 (talk) 10:39, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Portia De Rossi's high school
What high school did Portia De Rossi attend? --Candy-Panda 11:09, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * According to Bikini Magazine, Portia de Rossi, then known as Amanda Lee (Mandy) Rogers went to Geelong Grammar School, in Geelong, just outside Melbourne (copy of article here, also mentioned here.) Neil   ム  15:16, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

FX Nip/Tuck
On FX they have two commercials advertising a new season of repeats of Nip/Tuck. On the long version it shows two guys walking and they get to a bridge leading to a city with thousands of people on it. I've determined that the background song is 'Heart Shaped World', but I was wondering if anyone knew who sang the version IN THE COMMERCIAL. I know chris isaak recorded it originally, but the version in the commercial is sung by a woman. I don't think it was Chely Wright or Jessica Andrews, although it could've been. --MKnight9989 12:17, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Wicked Game - The Giant Drag version of the song can be heard in the preview commercial for Season 5 of Nip/Tuck. Lanfear&#39;s Bane 09:02, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

The name of the game
the name of the game but what is the name of the game 2:16 ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by What's the name of the game? (talk • contribs) 22:59, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm gonna guess it's Ludo.  See also the comments under this version of the same video.  -- LarryMac  | Talk  00:28, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not going to dare going into YouTube at work (our blocked-site filters come up with really scary messages), but I presume the links are referring to the excellent ABBA song? If so, then yes, it is Ludo.  I used to have a board game set with snakes and ladders on one side and ludo on the other, and I remember thinking (even at about 5 years old!) that it was interesting how they were playing on an almost identical board to the one I had!  Hassocks5489 11:25, 25 September 2007 (UTC)