Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 November 7

= November 7 =

music video of replay by iyaz
Who is the main actress in the music video? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.54.128.229 (talk) 04:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, which video? Britmax (talk) 08:19, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure they mean this song. &mdash;Akrabbimtalk 14:52, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Films based on advertising characters
I'm aware of Johnny English and Critical Assignment, but are there any other films based around a character previously seen only in commercials? GeeJo (t)⁄(c) &bull; 08:17, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Not exactly films, but close: The California Raisins had several albums and a few TV shows. Chester Cheetah and The Noid both had videogames, there were some Ronald McDonald films (all straight-to-video), and of course Cookie Monster began as an advertising character (though the ads never aired). Staecker (talk) 12:59, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not a film, but there was a (short) TV show based on the GEICO cavemen. &mdash;Akrabbimtalk 14:56, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Ernest P. Worrell was originally created for television commercials. Adam Bishop (talk) 15:04, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Jack Carson starred in The Good Humor Man. Aunt Jemima began as a song, then as a character associated with a pancake mix, then as a spokesperson portrayed by several actresses. Tess Gardella portrayed the character in a film and then adopted the name as a pseudonym for both her Broadway and film roles. Pepso2 (talk) 16:02, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Crash test dummies (made popular by PSAs) had their own toy line (The Incredible Crash Dummies), and on those was based a short made-for-tv movie (The Incredible Crash Dummies (film)). There is also a series of (direct to video) features, The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald.
 * I suppose the Transformers might also count, since they had a movie and TV show based on the toys. Adam Bishop (talk) 22:08, 7 November 2009 (UTC)


 * The character C. W. McCall was originally created for an advertising campaign, and the singer in the advertising campaign (the actor who played McCall was a different person) later went on to score hits with songs like Convoy which was itself made into a movie, 1973's Convoy. Thus, we have an ad campaign that gives birth to a fake singer, who has a real hit song, which was later made into a plot for a movie.  -- Jayron  32  01:41, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * There was also Max Headroom that started out as a somewhat bizarre Pepsi commercial (if memory serves), and then became a TV show. Kingsfold (talk) 20:54, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

futurama-godfellas
In the futurama episode godfellas (season 3) when bender is drifting through space and starts playing the little piano does anyone know the name of the piano piece he is playing and who wrote it?Syme1 (talk) 18:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC)


 * It is Chopin's Polonaise in C Minor. -- k a i n a w &trade; 20:40, 7 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Further, the recording they used is played by Ken Keeler - who is not a professional pianist. -- k a i n a w &trade; 20:43, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks heaps you guys rock,and how the hell did you find out what song that was?Syme1 (talk) 11:05, 8 November 2009 (UTC)


 * The piece is clearly Chopin's Polonaise in C Minor - which many students are forced to learn in piano lessons. A quick Google turns up this interview in which Ken Keeler says that he played it. --  k a i n a w &trade; 13:38, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

The name of this Australian band and its female singer
I'm having trouble remembering the name and the singer of a band. The singer is female, blonde hair and has a very large and noticeable red birthymark on her upper body. I believe the band is Australian and has a name beginning with 'The'. The first name of the of the leader singer was something uncommonly used as a name. I'm thinking it starts with a P though I am not quite sure.

I haven't heard any of their songs or know what genre they are, though I would venture to guess they are indie/pop/rock.

Thanks

99.250.7.109 (talk) 22:20, 7 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Tricky one... I've gone through the dozen or so Aussie bands with lead female vocalists I could think of, but I'm drawing a blank - have you tried searching through Category:Australian rock music groups? Of course, if they're not Aussies, it opens the door to a load of others... Grutness...wha?  23:15, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm going to go with Patience, the lead singer for the band The Grates. (Looks like she doesn't have her own article) --Onorem♠Dil 23:18, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Good call - it looks like Patience Hodgson does indeed have a birthmark covering much of her upper body, if [these, images are anything to go by. [[User:Grutness|Grutness]]...wha?  00:18, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Sailor song
Anybody know the name of this song, It was produced in early 2000s, 2000 - 2003 , and the music vid was an big ship with sailors singing and i THINk it was in an movie. The sailors wore light blue and white clothes and an light blue hat... like donald duck. It was not animated --- 85.220.45.158 (talk) 23:10, 7 November 2009 (UTC) THANX.
 * Probably wrong time period, but perhaps There Is Nothing Like a Dame on the Morecambe and Wise Christmas show, 1977?  It featured many celebrities of time, including Eddie Waring, all dressed as sailors shoving mops and buckets around a stage made up to look like a ship.  Astronaut (talk) 02:16, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks but I don't think it was this old, maybe from 1990s - early 2000s. 85.220.45.158 (talk) 03:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Morecambe and Wise's Christmas Shows get repeated regularly, so if you weren't around the first time you may well think that it was a new show you were seeing.--TammyMoet (talk) 09:40, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I can think of at least two music videos featuring sailors in old-fashioned costumes, but both from the 1980s - "Six months in a leaky boat" by Split Enz and "All you pretty girls" by XTC. Youtube clips can be found here and here respectively. Grutness...wha?  09:57, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Cher did a music video like that - I think it was If I could Turn Back Time. But if you saw that, you would be more likely to remember Cher's outfit than the sailor's headgear. 78.147.8.170 (talk) 13:34, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry guys, it isn't any of these, I really appreciate all this, thanks for the help though. :( 85.220.45.158 (talk) 13:41, 8 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Try Toy-Box's "The Sailor Song" Buffered Input Output 16:30, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * If it was in a movie, then perhaps it was something from Pirates of Penzance or HMS Pinafore. Gwinva (talk) 21:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

What song is this?
I remember seeing a music video either from the 80s or the 90s which started out with a giant woman wrapped in layer upon layer of clothes but with a normal-sized head, and as the artist sang to her crews on scaffolding and in helicopters peeled off the clothes, until at the end of the video, the now normal-sized woman stood in front of the artist, who took off the last article of clothing, only to find out that she had no body and was just a floating head. The head then floated away. What was the song and artist? I don't remember any lyrics, just the strange imagery. 71.161.60.125 (talk) 23:45, 7 November 2009 (UTC)