Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 November 22

= November 22 =

name of actor
StuRat (talk) 03:11, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

What is the name of that male caucasian actor about in his thirties, maybe forties, his first name I think is Jake or Jason, his last name is weird, to my ears. He has like a big face. I think he has a somewhat cult following. He is medium famous, not super-famous. Actually, I think he was mentioned on the reference desk within the past few weeks. I thank you in advance. Bus stop (talk) 02:50, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Jake Gyllenhaal ? He's only 28, though. StuRat (talk) 02:58, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, that is the name. Thank you. I had the age wrong. Bus stop (talk) 03:04, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. StuRat (talk) 03:11, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

PBS series on early flight?
I'm trying to find the name of a PBS TV drama series, a number of years back, possibly a couple of decades ago, which involved early flying machines in Britain (post-Wright brothers). It was apparently not part of Masterpiece Theater. Any clues? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:37, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Early aviation figures into the storyline of Flambards (1978). Pepso2 (talk) 06:48, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * You may well be right. I'll have to check with my other half and see if this is the one she's thinking of. Tomorrow. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 07:02, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, that was the one. Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:04, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Unrelated Chevy Chase Clip
Title says it all. On an episode of Family Guy, which I believe was to do with Stewie finding his future self in San Francisco, then going forward in time to see the future, or around that same time,  they begin the episode with an unrelated clip of Chevy Chase. He appears to be carrying something towards an audience member, then drops it. Can anyone tell me what that was about ? Was it Saturday Night Live ? I think we used to get that in NZ, but not anymore, or at least not on regular TV. Thantesque. The Russian.C.B.Lilly 07:10, 22 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopher1968 (talk • contribs)


 * This was the birthday cake bit from the debut episode of The Chevy Chase Show: It's strange because the walk with the cake was chilling, leaving viewers thinking, is he really going to embarrass Goldie Hawn's son by dumping the cake in his lap? Or is that a pre-arranged gag? No. Neither. He just drops the cake on the floor, turns and walks away, proving that you don't have to be a comedian to drop a cake on the floor. Not the way the Three Stooges would have done it. The dropped cake was the memorable low point of the entire series in which the premise seemed to be, "We'll just wing it." Pepso2 (talk) 07:43, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank You. There are references to things on US TV that sometimes we don't get over here. We had a show like that about 20 years ago, but it ran out of steam ( and probably ideas. ) You have a plethora of stars who are, or who think they are, funny, and try their own show, to varied success. It must be hard to keep track of all of them.C.B.Lilly 02:15, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

A riff from Marshall Jefferson: "Move Your Body"
Where does the main riff from Marshall Jefferson's single "Move Your Body" come from? It's the melody that starts at the lines "Gotta have house music" (near 1:03) and repeats itself during the song. Check out last.fm if you need to hear the song. The riff is from another very popular song but I can't remember which one. 78.0.254.173 (talk) 18:39, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Are you trying to remember Royal House's "Party People". I believe Royal House sampled Marshall Jefferson. --  k a i n a w &trade; 22:49, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * That's a good one, but unfortunately that's not it. Actually, it's similar to the Mission Impossible tune. 78.0.195.253 (talk) 19:51, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Band with biggest following in the world
Which current band has the largest following? I was told the answer recently but I forgot. Apparently it's not U2 and the band name is 4 letters. The first letter is D IIRC. 74.105.223.182 (talk) 21:07, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * A google search of "largest fanbase band" suggests, amongst others, the Korean band TVXQ also known as DBSK. Nanonic (talk) 22:41, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Note, though, that according to the TVXQ article, they just have the largest fan club. If you define "following" more loosely, for example, as just the band that has the most people who have gone to one of their concerts or bought an album at some point, or simply likes their music, then you'll have a tough time getting an accurate measurement. --M @ r ē ino 20:25, 23 November 2009 (UTC)