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

= October 28 =

Cher's costumes
When did Cher start wearing fabulous costumes, and did they have an immediate effect upon her popularity? 84.13.180.244 (talk) 00:26, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * What exactly do you mean by 'fabulous costumes'? &mdash;Akrabbimtalk 01:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Like these. She was famous for her outrageous and/or revealing fashion choices. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:00, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * In that case, this section claims that she pushed fashion boundaries from the very beginning of her television exposure, which started in the early 70s. &mdash;Akrabbimtalk 03:13, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * That squares with my recollection from her TV series with Sonny. The difficulty would be to find just when she "crossed the line", i.e. when did she start getting criticized for it (for example, with the video on roller skates with very little clothing on). If you want a starting point for when she really started to get noticed for it, i.e. "no later than", here's Time's cover for spring 1975: ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 11:33, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Is a Cher show like a kind of mild striptease, where she takes of the top layer of her costume to reveal another beneath? She must feel hot. 92.29.91.83 (talk) 20:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * The Sonny and Cher show had a running gag from the start in which Sonny would come out wearing a standard nondescript suit. Cher came out in a wild costume, acting like it was nothing special.  It would distract Sonny, making it difficult for him to continue with the dialog.  It is possible (very probable) that this gag came from their stage show before they began the television show. --  k a i n a w &trade; 17:34, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

I wonder if that's on YouTube anywhere? 92.24.25.252 (talk) 01:39, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

TV viewers
How do sources like these get viewer numbers? Are they estimates? I know a cable or satellite company might be able to tell what their customers are watching, but can they account for broadcast TV viewers? &mdash;Akrabbimtalk 03:07, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * That page says (below one of the tables) that they are using Nielsen ratings. Alexius  Horatius  03:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, OK. I read through the Nielsen article real quick and that answers my question. Thanks. &mdash;Akrabbimtalk 03:19, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

The Katinas show of compassion
It's understood the Katinas performed a benefit concert called "Hope for Samoa". The concert was to raise funds for relief efforts following the 2009 Samoa earthquake. How much money has been raised?24.90.204.234 (talk) 04:59, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The website: appears to show 5 thousand dollars raised so far, of a 60,000 target. Fribbler (talk) 13:07, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Film character
A few year ago I saw a movie that had a strange character. It was a man who had completely built up one half of his body, like a bodybuilder. He had one massive arm and half a massive chest ... the other half of his body was completely normal and average looking. The movie itself was quite forgettable, but the character has stayed in the back of my mind. Who was he, and did he really build himself up the way he was portrayed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.29.109 (talk) 07:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The first thing that sprang to mind was the entirely forgettable Stallone film, Over the Top, where he plays an arm wrestler and works out with just one of his arms. Dismas |(talk) 09:54, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

There was also a character like that in Lady in the Water, which is also rather forgettable —Preceding unsigned comment added by Library Seraph (talk • contribs) 13:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * (ec) The M. Night Shyamalan film Lady in the Water had a character in it that meets your description. As I recall, he was pictured working out with weights with his one huge arm on occasion. The actor's name is Freddy Rodriguez and his character's name was Reggie, a character who only exercised one half of his body. cheers, 10draftsdeep (talk) 13:23, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * There was a very unforgettable (due to the poor quality) movie about a guy and girl that go into hybernation for a long time and wake up in the future where the average IQ is around 10. One of the supporting characters is a guy in the future who masturbates all day long and, therefore, has built up only one arm.  Found it on IMDB: Idiocracy. --  k a i n a w &trade; 19:38, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I think Lady in the Water was it, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.29.109 (talk) 23:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm remembering a panel cartoon by Virgil Partch (or possibly someone else!) in which a woman lifts her husband's barbell (to sweep under it) with a comically overdeveloped arm. —Tamfang (talk) 06:03, 29 October 2009 (UTC)