Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 March 13

= March 13 =

three point basketball stats NCAA
Have there been statistically fewer thee-pointers made this year in NCAA ball due to the new distance rule? Wrad (talk) 04:58, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll try to hunt down hard numbers, but if I remember the figures that have been presented during the various games I've watched, the raw number is down (but not significantly, in fact the announcers claimed there wasn't any real difference between years) and the percentage made is up.--droptone (talk) 11:52, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Song title
What's the song that goes duh duh duh, dee dee duh duh duh, woo hoo, woo hoo? Clarityfiend (talk) 05:49, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Is it, Song 2 by Blur? - EronTalk 06:05, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No. It's quick lyrics sung by a woman(?), with 2 woo hoo's for a chorus. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Can you name a genre, time period, or tempo? Are they high-pitche woo hoo's? --Fullobeans (talk) 06:51, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * And it's not Woo Hoo? Nanonic (talk) 06:57, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Is it the one from Kill Bill? Woo Hoo by the 5,6,7,8s? 194.221.133.226 (talk) 11:46, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No, it had words (other than woo hoo). Clarityfiend (talk) 23:17, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I think I found it (or at least something close to it): "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree". Woo hoo! Clarityfiend (talk) 04:49, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out
In the song Surrender by the band Cheap Trick, the final two lines are "When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch / Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out". Who has the Kiss records out, the protagonist or the protagonist's parents? I had previously interpreted it to mean that it was the protagonist who had the records out in an act of rebellion (and perhaps to cover up the sound of the protagonist's parents having sex). Our article says it was the parents who were listening to Kiss (but I'm not sure how reliable the source is). Which interpretation is correct? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 13:10, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I think it's pretty clear from the context of the whole song that the parents have taken out their son's (the singer's) Kiss records and are partying to them. Which is in keeping with the whole theme of the song: the son had been thinking his parents were squares, and then discovers all sorts of interesting things about them that portray them as real people to whom the teenaged son can relate, and not stereotypical "parents". Some of the original lyrics, included in a bonus version on the cd re-release, make that even clearer. --Xuxl (talk) 13:56, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. IIRC, one of the band members said that they picked Kiss because it was the "lamest" band that they could think of.  This comment makes more sense in light of your comments.  A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 13:16, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Movie about man that gets promoted by incompetance
I once saw a part of a movie where this guy was getting promoted and promoted and promoted the more inept and incompetant he was at his job, while his one co-worker was constantly demoted until they finally put him in a dark corner in the basement. Any ideas? Rfwoolf (talk) 15:26, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Googling has turned up Office Space which might have been the film. Any other similar movies? Googling also turned up the Peter Principle. Rfwoolf (talk) 15:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It also sounds a bit like the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (also a film), though the hero of that isn't exactly incompetent. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 17:34, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I'd say it was Office Space. Peter gets promoted while Michael and Samir get laid off.  Milton is the name of the character that gets moved down to the basement.  I'd tell you why he got moved to the basement if it wouldn't spoil a joke.  Dismas |(talk) 18:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I'd concur with that. The whole theme of Office Space is that people are given jobs or kept around companies not because of their usefulness to the company or their productivity, but for entirely unrelated and sometimes incomprensible reasons.  After all, even before Peter intentionally tries to sabotage his own job, he is certainly more expendable than Michael and Samir.  Arguably, as Micheal and Samir, being programmers, actually produce a product for the company, they would be the LEAST expendable members of the company.  However, Peter appears to have a meaningless paper-pushing type job that involves mainly filing meaningless reports over and over.  When the company needs to cut costs, rather than eliminating redundant jobs (like Peter's 5 bosses) or incompetent employees (like Peter), they instead get rid of the most important and productive jobs, those of the programmers.  It's an allegory of sadly how real companies make economic decisions, and is somewhat interesting given the current state of our economy, as companies continue to lay off workers while executives take large bonuses and huge salaries... --Jayron32. talk . contribs  22:08, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Shadowrun TCG
Is the card game of shadowrun still played? Also where are cards of this game usually sold? Neon6419 (talk) 18:46, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * ask on here http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2123  --Sonjaaa (talk) 21:37, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

the burning ambition of early diuretics
the burning ambition of early diuretics

what's it really mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.217.168 (talk) 22:25, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Why don't you ask The Pipettes? It's their song.  Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 05:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Hannah Montana Season 2
Will Hannah Montana Season 2 ever be released on DVD? If so, then when? Bowei Huang (talk) 23:31, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * There is no reason to assume that it will not be released on DVD. The first season was released right before Christmas so kids could beg for it for Christmas presents.  There is no reason to assume the second season will not be released in the same way. --  k a i n a w &trade; 03:45, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

What year will it be released? Bowei Huang (talk) 01:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Are you assuming that the season 2 DVD will not be released one year after the season 1 DVD? I do not see a reason to make such an assumption. --  k a i n a w &trade; 02:44, 16 March 2009 (UTC)