Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2010 September 17

= September 17 =

Dorothy Salisbury Davis
The article about her contains almost nothing (except a list of her works). My question is about a story she wrote "Mrs. Norris visits the Library". Anyone out there knows something about this story ? Jon Ascton   (talk)  04:21, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * There is some publication information here and here, and it is included in this anthology. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:25, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Identify people


Who are the people in the pictures?199.126.224.245 (talk) 04:51, 17 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Could be anybody. The blog post has suggestions based on the opinion of the blogger themselves, but that means nothing.  -- Jayron  32  14:45, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Need a reliable and constantly updated webpage with a list of new DVD film releases
What I need is a reliable and constantly updated webpage (site) with a simple list of film DVD releases - just titles and dates in chronological order. I would like to see actual US releases grouped together sorted by date.

What I don't need is to see a lot of irrelevant info and ads and pictures and chaotically arranged film lists. Unfortunately my Google searches bring only that... 79.182.32.123 (talk) 08:56, 17 September 2010 (UTC)


 * dvdcountdown.com? 82.44.55.25 (talk) 09:35, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Remember Wikipedia is the exception rather than the rule - a site that provides this service is probably going to want to try and recoup the time & effort involved by running adverts or using affiliate purchase links. Mantaining such a list isn't a trivial task given the number or releases per month. Exxolon (talk) 13:31, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * comingsoon.net/dvd It's the one I use. There's ads, but you gotta deal with it, as mentioned above. Aaronite (talk) 15:38, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Taylor Matthews on AGT
I know where the words are from, but where's this tune from -- did he make it up?  DRosenbach  ( Talk 14:11, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It is the same melody as the original from Wizard of Oz (film), or very closely so. The arrangement and rhythm closely resembles the rather famous and popular version by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, which featured a medley with "What a Wonderful World".  In a later episode of AGT, Matthews did the What a Wonderful World part of the medley as well.  -- Jayron  32  14:41, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm uncertain about anything done in a later episode, but what Taylor did in this link I included above is most certainly not what IZ does -- Taylor goes way off, and that's what I'm asking about. Did he just go off by himself, or does someone else (i.e. someone who sings professionally) do it and he's following that.  It's just so very impressive if he were to be the one who did that himself and he's only 18 and laughs on the stage because he's so nervous.  I mean, that's real talent.  DRosenbach  ( Talk 16:36, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Long-form television
Long form often refers to an actual episode of a television series and could run anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour whereas short form generally is paired with an episode or run as a webisode and highlights features from the episode or presents relevant information. Short forms generally run for only one to five minutes. (User talk:post production coordinator for a BCII) April 26, 2013

You have several articles that discuss long-form television, but there is no clear definition. What exactly is long-form television? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alibrat23 (talk • contribs) 19:45, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you mean as discussed in Direct response television? Rojomoke (talk) 20:40, 17 September 2010 (UTC)


 * It may mean the differentiation between "long form" and "short form", where the former is a movie-like thing, the latter a single-episode type thing. Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form sets the bar at 90 minutes, but that's their definition; I don't know that there's such a thing as any kind of agreed upon differentiation between the two. Similarly there are apparently longform and shortform in improvisational theatre (where long is a bunch of sketches or scenes with a common underlying arc, short is just one, or where the sketches are unrelated).  Specific to your question above TV, This Wired article lists some "long form" TV shows - in that case it seems to mean that long-form means serial dramas with a single, long-term story arc (something like Lost) where the whole thing makes sense only if you've watched the preceding episodes, leaving short-form to be things like Columbo where the episodes are independent and can be meaningfully watched in just about any order. -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 22:48, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Caramelldansen
What is the typical way of creating a Caramelldansen video animation? What would be the easiest way of making a caramelldansen video that is also of good animation quality? Because I'm a good drawer, yet a bit lazy on the drawing. Sort of like this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynjBAWz3yFU&feature=related but without the kinky looks. =3 64.75.158.195 (talk) 20:56, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Adobe Flash is a very popular choice among animators these days —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.167.165.2 (talk) 07:18, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Stand up comedy about current US politics
I remember watching a stand up, I can't remember by which comedian. It was about US politics recently. The story he was telling was about someone who had been out of touch with the world for a decade. Someone else was filling this out of touch thing in on what had happened. He was saying things like "Oh yeah, there's a black president" and the other guy was like "what? No way". Is there a clip of this on youtube?--92.251.149.167 (talk) 23:33, 17 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I can't find it either, but I know what you're talking about...I think the way I remember it is that the guy was in a coma for 20 years, and there was another President Bush and another Iraq war, and now a black president. But I can't think of the comedian's name. Adam Bishop (talk) 04:31, 18 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Any details about the comedian? Black, white... American, otherwise... Southern accent, not... Fat, skinny... Where'd you see the bit? Shadowjams (talk) 09:40, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah Adam Bishop knows it. He was fat, white and American. He didn't have a strong accent at all. I saw it on some comedy show.--92.251.145.253 (talk) 12:49, 18 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I think it was Robin Williams on his Weapons of Self Destruction tour. And the guy coming out of the coma was the whole country who had been on a drug called fuckitall. Here's a clip. ---Sluzzelin talk  13:08, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That's it, thanks!--92.251.145.253 (talk) 13:25, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah yeah, that's why I couldn't remember it. I suppressed all memories of watching that. Adam Bishop (talk) 21:30, 18 September 2010 (UTC)