Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2010 June 2

= June 2 =

British show
I was in London for a holiday and watched this show that I think was on BBC. It revolved around this family with a teenage son and two younger children, and they would do "weird" things. Their parents usually tried to solve the problems but would end up making it worse. I can't remember the name of the program or the names of any of the characters now.

Thanks in advance, 110.174.151.109 (talk) 05:25, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Outnumbered? Nanonic (talk) 07:15, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Or My Family? DuncanHill (talk) 08:18, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * They still repeat that, don't they...*yawn* :) Chevy  monte  carlo  12:23, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Forget 'repeat', they still make it, they're up to like series 10 or something. That said, I suspect quite a lot of "repeating" is going on by now.~ mazca  talk 15:49, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps 2point4 children? AndrewWTaylor (talk) 12:43, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think 2point4 children has been repeated or shown on the BBC (or elsewhere) in quite a while - my bet would be on Nanonic's guess of Outnumbered, I think. ~ mazca  talk 15:49, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Same. Chevy  monte  carlo  16:21, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * For anyone who hasn't seen these shows, I'd just point out that Outnumbered is semi-improvised, and is far funnier than either of the others mentioned. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:30, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you all, it was Outnumbered. 110.174.151.109 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:38, 4 June 2010 (UTC).

The Who
There's a video of the Who somewhere, and I think it's of them performing "My Generation," and in this video, Roger Daltrey (The lead singer) is wearing sun glasses and a striped shirt I think. Can I please have a link to this video? Thanks. 4.246.160.240 (talk) 05:30, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Was this when the band were at their prime (late 60s-70s) or in their older years? 24.189.90.68 (talk) 07:23, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Our article about "My Generation|" does mention a music video featuring a montage of live performance clips has been played on music stations - perhaps that is it, and it might be available commercially.


 * We cannot provide links to copyrighted material. There are some video clips available on their official website.  Chzz  ►  12:47, 2 June 2010 (UTC)



Title of an old film
This was a science fiction film, probably from the 1950s. A spaceship crew flies to one of the gas giant planets, I think Uranus or Neptune. There they discover a region with an Earth-like atmosphere, in which they can walk around without their spacesuits. The rest of the planet is bitterly cold with a poisonous atmosphere. The Earth-like region is separated from the rest of the planet by some kind of force field, which one can walk through. One of the crew makes the mistake of sticking his unprotected hand through the force field, which instantly becomes frostbitten. Hemoroid Agastordoff (talk) 18:06, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * There was an episode of Star Trek that had a similar plot device.  Though, I don't remember anyone sticking their hand through the forcefield.  Dismas |(talk) 20:02, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, Star Trek:The Next Generation, episode:The Royale, 1989. Our article fails to mention the planet's conditions and the force-field on the gas giant, see Memory Alpha for a better description.StuRat (talk) 02:54, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I had forgotten there was "The Royale" too but I thought there was an Original Series episode as well. Dismas |(talk) 17:12, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * "The Savage Curtain" is the closest TOS episode I can remember, but that was a hot planet, not a cold one. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:08, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Journey to the Seventh Planet, Earthling. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:45, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Song title- been bugging me!
I need the title of a fairly recent song that I heard on our local Jack FM station. I can't tell the lyrics very well, but it has the words "sunshine" repeated often, and has 2 singers. The man is gruff and yet juvenile, and reminds me of Sonic the Hedgehog with laryngitis, and the other singer is female. I also think it sounds vaguely electro-tropical, and has a temple block strike repeated. If anybody knows this title and artist(s) for sure, not guessing, tell me, please. 98.240.190.197 (talk) 23:00, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Steal My Sunshine. By the way, why would you lecture us about not guessing?  There's going to be some guesswork involved unless you recite exact lyrics.  Comet Tuttle (talk) 23:54, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed. It would be a nice trick if we could be 100% correct, given the vague, and often wrong, descriptions we are given. StuRat (talk) 02:45, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think that's the one. Thanks! 98.240.190.197 (talk) 11:25, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * PS:If I do ask for a song title, it's because I can't understand the lyrics. So if I'm vague, it's 'cause SO WERE THEY, kinda.
 * Well if you're gonna guess, we're gonna guess too! We're only human just as you are. --TammyMoet (talk) 12:55, 3 June 2010 (UTC)