Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 February 14

= February 14 =

Gasping for Airtime
Does anyone own this book by Jay Mohr? If so, could you please tell me on which page Mohr states Adam Sandler coined "the Glue" as Phil Hartman's nickname? Thanks. Gran2 10:45, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Page 164: "He held everything together. As long as Phil Hartman was on the show, every sketch had at least one person in it who would never let you down. Whether he was playing Sinatra or Charlton Heston or a schooteacher or a Bond villain or Frankenstein, he executed flawlessly. I never met anyone with Hartman's versatility." He mentions "the glue" again on page 292 while describing Hartman's last SNL appearance. Pepso2 (talk) 18:22, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Gran2 15:10, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Taylor Swift in the UK
Taylor Swift is currently in the UK - can someone tell me what tv appearances she will be doing and when they are? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.164.189 (talk) 15:13, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you sure? Her Myspace currently lists her doing two sessions in Nashville tomorrow. Incidentally her MySpace has about 6 autolaunching videos plus her song player so you get 7 audio tracks mishmashing on your PC! Exxolon (talk) 15:31, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Sofia Coppola missing film?
Sofia Coppola directed and/or produced a film (love story: female lead meets European man in U.S., rejects him, then goes to Europe to find him) that was shown at the Napa Film Festival in July 2007, but apparently never released. Do you know name of film, or what happened to it?

Thank you.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Patriciaware (talk • contribs) 16:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I've removed your email address - all answers will be posted here and as we are heavily spidered, putting your email address here is asking to be spammed to death. Exxolon (talk) 16:18, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This is a description of Zoe Cassavetes' comedy-drama Broken English (2007) starring Parker Posey. It has a "very special thanks" to Sofia Coppola in the credits. It played numerous film festivals and had an August 2007 DVD release. Pepso2 (talk) 17:51, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Doctor Who
Can anyone rank all 10 Doctor Who's by minutes on screen, rather than just length of their tenure? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.3.100 (talk) 23:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Do you want the minutes the characters were actually on the screen, or just the length the episodes during their tenure? The latter is relatively easy, the former would require finding somebody sad enough to have gone through timing it (I'm sure such a person exists, and google will find them with enough effort!). --Tango (talk) 23:40, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Doctors by episodes (As Tango said, actual screen time would require a stopwatch and countless DVDs). The "No. episode" data come from the WP infoboxes; I'm assuming these are accurate. I don't think these include the  the multi-doctor stories (this can be checked by counting up at List of Doctor Who episodes: my interest doesn't stretch that far). It doesn't make allowance for any regeneration appearances. I've noted the unusual lengths of some of Ten's; I didn't bother checking the others. Gwinva (talk) 06:17, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I think creating such a list is hard and it would be even harder to have it be accurate because of the Doctor Who missing episodes. Especially with the first doctor, it's almost impossible to determine his exact screen time and as noted above, you'd need to know how to handle regenerations and multiple-doctor episodes. (Also, do Children in Need specials count?)- Mgm|(talk) 09:22, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It's worth noting that a number of Hartnell (and a few Troughton) episodes do not actually feature the Doctor (except possibly in the recap), since the actor was on holiday that week.
 * Also, judging by the episode lengths given above (I can't be bothered to count them up myself to check their accuracy), The Five Doctors (90 mins) has been omitted. Presumably that story, together with The Three Doctors, The Two Doctors, Time Crash and (dare I suggest it) Dimensions in Time should be added several times, to each of the relevant Doctors' tenure. Malcolm XIV (talk) 20:20, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I've also realised that Colin Baker's episodes are credited as being 25 minutes apiece, when that is true of only 18 of them. The other 13 were 45 minutes in duration, bringing his total time to 1035 minutes. I've altered the table accordingly. Malcolm XIV (talk) 22:38, 16 February 2009 (UTC)