Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2008 January 12

= January 12 =

Significant Video Game
Is there any cultural, civilizational and historical point of view and genre? For example I know Civilization series. Flakture (talk) 08:40, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Europa Universalis, perhaps? --Taraborn (talk) 08:47, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Here's a pretty recent one for the wii: The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific.--Dlo2012 (talk) 19:54, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Cars in Pretty in Pink Movie
I was wondering if anyone knew the car 'Andie' was driving in the movie Pretty in Pink? please email with an answer. Thank you for your time.70.130.152.135 (talk) 11:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid we don't answer questions by e-mail. Have you tried the internet movie cars database? Algebraist 11:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That site shows her unlocking a Karmann Ghia (it is also mentioned on the talk page of our article on the movie. Rmhermen (talk) 14:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

okay if u can help
i wasn't sure whether or not to ask this question here but i decided what the heck.i have tried googling but i get french refernces,-he was the first pioneer of this; what is it and who is it...big clue his name ryhmes with lemonade. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.49.87.89 (talk) 14:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I am not sure why the questioner would be sent to French sites by Google. All that I came up with was a personal website for Adelaide Fuller which, while it does not rhyme with "lemonade", just might be the same thing as 212.49.87.89. Bielle (talk) 16:00, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Please help identify a British film
I cannot for the life of me remember the name of this film. It was almost certainly British. It begins with an unfulfilled British housewife talking to the walls about her life. She leaves her husband and goes on holiday to Greece. In Greece she meets a charming local man and has a romantic fling. I remember the movie being an absolute gem of a poignant comedy but not its title. I hope you can help. Cheers, Mooney 12.146.184.9 (talk) 15:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I should add that it was made in the late 80's! Mooney 12.146.184.9 (talk) 15:37, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * That would be Shirley Valentine. DuncanHill (talk) 15:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you! It's been driving me batty! Cheers. 12.146.184.9 (talk) 15:40, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Double Stuffed
It seems the porn industry is producing more and more double anal scenes these days i was wondering if anybody knows which pornstar first performed this act on a DVD release and the title of said release —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.186.112 (talk) 16:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I will "assume good fate" and say that I do not know the answer to this; however, Hindus were the first to document such acts. Niyant (talk) 01:11, 13 January 2008 (UTC) 17:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Though no expert, I would not be surprised if this act turns out to have been performed in pornographic films even before the advent of the DVD. 194.171.56.13 (talk) 17:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Ditto on the Hindus comment and the pre-DVD comment. I'll add that the first time that I heard about it was in 1996, thanks to DVDA (band), the South Park guys' band. 17:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Piece of music used in advert
Over the Christmas period, there was an advert for FilmFour (in the UK) that included a piece of music with a distinctive ostinato of (forgive my useless notation, I don't have access to notation software at the moment):


 * C BCA :| (Characters and spaces have identical duration, the whole bar takes about a second, I don't know whether this was the actual key).

The music seemed to be a capella, with high stacato voices. Anyone know anything?

Thank you, D  aniel  (‽) 21:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * check it out, hope it helps Niyant (talk) 01:13, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot, I found it. It's called Carol of the Bells, if anyone's interested. D  aniel  (‽) 21:21, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, it also has an article: Carol of the Bells. D  aniel  (‽) 21:21, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Song I can't identify (nor really remember)
I remember hearing a pop/soft rock song in IHOP a while ago, sung by a woman. I can only remember two snippets of the lyrics: one line from the chorus, which sounded like "you see the distance" or "you see the difference" (the chorus also included a percussive instrument (xylophone?) or synthesizer playing four increasing notes, then four decreasing notes, then repeating the sequence), and one other line, which sounded like "and it all comes back to you." Google was of no help. Anyone? --zenohockey (talk) 21:50, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You're almost in the same boat I'm in. I'm trying to ask if anyone remembers anything about a portion of a specific song played in a musical promo on American Broadcasting Company in the mid-to-late 1980s. I do remember the portions of the second and third songs. (The second song portion was from, "Communion," by Swing Out Sister. The third (and last) song portion was from, "Maputo," by Bob James and David Sanborn). But I'm still trying to identify the first song.72.229.136.18 (talk) 00:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

The IHOP song: could it be The Beatles' Getting Better, maybe as recorded a few years ago by Gomez? That rendition had quite a life on US TV in ads for (I think) Philips TVs. It has the first line and the percussiveness, but not the second line. Catrionak (talk) 23:42, 14 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Could it have been a cover of Modern English's I Melt With You? That contains the lyric "you'd see the difference and it's getting better all the time".  -- LarryMac  | Talk  16:01, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * No on both counts, I'm afraid (I would have recognized those). Thanks for trying...I'll hear it again one of these days. --zenohockey (talk) 20:33, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Song related to Christmas
There should be an article about the song, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. The song is related to the Christmas holiday season. The song was also made famous by Andy Williams, and recorded by other artists, in addition to Williams.72.229.136.18 (talk) 23:54, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Request it WP:RA. Cheers --Niyant (talk) 00:07, 13 January 2008 (UTC)