Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 November 28

= November 28 =

Tigers row
I've just been informed by a reliable source that Tiger was involved in yet another row with Elin shortly before the accident and it played a big part in the event. Tiger backed out of his drive at an excessive speed and collided with the fire hydrant. He then lost his temper and in a U-turn attempt ended up hitting the tree on the opposite side of his drive. Tiger went into shock and refused to unlock the door despite cries from Elin. She smashed a window with a golf club to get to him. Worth adding to his wiki page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gco10k (talk • contribs)
 * Not particularly. Nanonic (talk) 02:23, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Would your reliable source be one of these? If so, it may be worth reporting.  If your "reliable source" is "some guy I know who heard it somewhere" and it is not verifiable, then no, you should not add this info to the article.  Regardless, this should be discussed at Talk:Tiger Woods and not here.  -- Jayron  32  04:14, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Name of song "Valaree, valeraa, valera-ha-ha"
What is the name of the song that has "Valaree, valeraa, valera-ha-ha" in it (and also "... with a backpack on my back"). Bubba73 (the argument clinic), 02:03, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The Happy Wanderer. Nanonic (talk) 02:17, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that's it. Bubba73 (the argument clinic), 03:01, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I think the Montreal Expos used that song as a theme song for awhile. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→

Text of Lieutenant Kije Suite
What is the text to Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite? I have looked for it but with no success if someone awnswers the questions I will be very grateful. Also can I have the text in Cyrillic Russian and Latin Russian as well as a translation. Thank You, Boodg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boodg (talk • contribs) 03:19, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * As our article on Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev) explains, this suite "is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for the 1934 Soviet film Lieutenant Kijé (film) directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov." One could therefore consider its "text" to be either the screenplay of the film or the original novel (or novella). 87.81.230.195 (talk) 13:24, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

I really need to know the answer to that bugging question: library is the layman's university. But how?


 * Do you mean programme notes, which go in the programme when the Suite is played live? The only thing approaching a "text" I can remember is that, waaaay back in the 1960s the BBC's schools series "Making Music" presented this Suite as a musical story, and the presenter was a storyteller. Maybe if you contact the BBC's Education department they might have a copy of this story? I remember there being lyrics to the "Sleighride" section which went something like "Oh Kije was a Hussar bold, a Hussar bold was he: he fought so bravely for the Tsar, the pride of the cavalry" --TammyMoet (talk) 15:49, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I mean the text to the orchestral suite and the only movements with a text are the romance and the famous troika. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boodg (talk • contribs) 16:11, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I was unable to find this text on the web. It may still be protected by copyright.  Most recordings of the suite use the composer's instrumental versions of the two vocal movements.  My best advice would be to try to find a CD (in a library, if you can) of a performance that uses a baritone soloist.  I would expect the liner notes (particularly in a full- or mid-price CD, but not necessarily in a budget-price reissue) to include an English translation and a transliteration of the Russian, but probably not the Cyrillic.  Seiji Ozawa and the Berlin Philharmonic (Deutsche Grammophon) is one such version.  Erich Leinsdorf also made two recordings, one with the Philharmonia Orchestra (Capitol/EMI) and one with the Boston Symphony (RCA, also reissued on Testament CD).  Good luck!  ReverendWayne (talk) 17:05, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The CD booklet for Leinsdorf/Philharmonia (EMI) includes neither text or translation, so that one can be crossed off the list. I knew I had that CD around here somewhere; at least, having dug it up now, I'll give it a listen.  ReverendWayne (talk) 17:13, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

You will find the original text and English translation here: http://www.sydneysymphony.com/media/81685/PROG42_091118_ProkofievRussianMagic_SSO.pdf

Performers doing embarrassing things on stage
Twice in my life I have had a sudden cough-sneeze with unpleasantly visible results. Have any performers or celebs had any embarassing moments while performing, and have they been recorded on video on YouTube? 92.27.169.45 (talk) 18:16, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes and yes. Just search youtube for celebrity oops and you'll find plenty. --  k a i n a w &trade; 18:18, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sudden vomiting is extremely visible. Vimescarrot (talk) 18:55, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Mark Sandman died on stage. Not sure if that's embarassing or not, but it does make it hard to get through your setlist.  -- Jayron  32  03:55, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, there is one performance by Fergie of the Black Eyed "Peas", where she actually, WET HERSELF, on stage. Yikes. Just search it on Youtube. But it is pretty EMBARRASSING for her I would think, so, that's your choice to watch it. Hhaha. Moptopstyle1 21:59, 29 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moptopstyle1 (talk • contribs)


 * See Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy. Dismas |(talk) 05:37, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I can't remember the name of the actor involved, but he was performing on stage and a fly flew into his mouth and he swallowed it. He started choking, stopped performing, and asked for a glass of water, but then waved it away saying, "Never mind, let him walk down."  99.166.95.142 (talk) 16:30, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * (George Gobel: ) 198.161.238.18 (talk) 20:40, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Injured stuntmen
Have many stuntmen (women) been seriously injured during filming? Do we have a list? I just ask cos I came across Heidi von Beltz in The Cannonball Run. -- SGBailey (talk) 22:02, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Lots. According to Yakima Canutt's article, "In the five years between 1925 and 1930, fifty-five people were killed making movies, and more than ten thousand injured." Probably every stuntperson of any note has been injured at one point or another, particularly one Jackie Chan. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:49, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * A couple of more recent projects where stuntpeople died in accidents were Vampire in Brooklyn and Gone Fishin' (film). --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:53, 4 December 2009 (UTC)