Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2010 September 26

= September 26 =

fictional news channel
I was watching a video on YouTube. The video was of breaking news regarding Oceanic Airlines Flight 815. The supposed source was American News Channel. By any chance is that news channel fictional, as well?24.90.204.234 (talk) 06:24, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It sounds fake considering Oceanic 815 was the flight in the TV series Lost. Can you provide a link to the video that you were watching?  Dismas |(talk) 07:06, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Single-season MLB win record
In Major League Baseball, what team holds the record for most wins in a single season? -- Bk314159 (Talk to me and find out what I've done) 14:01, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The 2001 Seattle Mariners tied the record set by the 1906 Chicago Cubs with 116 wins. --Onorem♠Dil 14:09, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * And see what the Cubs got for that? No more World Series in over a century (I was reading a book set in something like 2060, with a Cubs fan, who said, "Hey any team can have a bad couple of centuries.")  Everard Proudfoot (talk) 20:29, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The 1998 New York Yankees won 125 games, if you include the post-season. 114-48 in the regular season, 3-0 in the Division Series, 4-2 in the AL Championship Series, and 4-0 in the World Series. Matt Deres (talk) 00:22, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Highest decorated actor
I was curious, can anyone think of a candidate for the most military decorated actor? I don't know if there have been any Medal of Honor or Victoria Cross-winning actors or actresses. S.G.(GH) ping! 14:16, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Audie Murphy comes to mind. --Onorem♠Dil 14:20, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah yes. Perhaps I'll mask my idiocy by refining my question to include only Victoria Cross recipients. :D S.G.(GH) ping! 14:39, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * This claims that Frederick George Coppins acted in the 1930 film Journey's End, and this newspaper article (near the bottom) states he was in the classic All Quiet on the Western Front, but he's not listed in IMDb, TCM, or AMG. A Fred Coppins is listed under All Quiet in Princeton University Library's Film Stills Collection (p. 16). Clarityfiend (talk) 00:39, 27 September 2010 (UTC)


 * The IMDB biographies section has the words "Victoria Cross" appearing under 15 people. Of these 5 are incidental mentions and 10 are actual Victoria Cross winners.  Several of them appeared in movies as themselves and several of them are listed because they wrote books that movies were based on, or because they received "thanks" in the movie's credits, but none of them did any acting.  They are:
 * William George Barker
 * Billy Bishop
 * Bernard Freyberg
 * Emile Gauvreau
 * Guy Gibson
 * Cecil Merritt
 * William Reid
 * Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
 * Ernest Alvia Smith
 * J.G. Smyth
 * --Anonymous, 19:47 UTC, September 28, 2010.


 * Have to disagree with you there. Billy Bishop played himself in Captains of the Clouds, but he was acting (James Cagney did not fly over his head in real life). Also scratch Emile Gauvreau; IMDb says his father won the VC. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:48, 28 September 2010 (UTC)


 * --Sorry about Gauvreau; I guess I read the bio item too fast. As to Bishop, whether "himself" appearances count as acting is a matter of interpretation.  --Anonymous, 00:40 UTC, September 29, 2010.
 * He was reacting to a fictional incident (annoyed bush pilot buzzing the airfield while he was delivering a scripted speech). Clarityfiend (talk) 01:45, 29 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Jimmy Stewart received a number of decorations, but nothing so exalted as the Medal of Honor. Deor (talk) 12:27, 27 September 2010 (UTC)


 * There were suggestions that George Formby received the Order of Lenin, but it might have been a piece of soviet propoganda. Discussion here and here.  Astronaut (talk) 11:18, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

zula patrol cast
can someone clear up who the cast of the zula patrol is. Either answer here or put the voice cast under the voice cast section i put in the zula patrol. PS: in the section voice cast, you see the name catherine thompson. I am not sure of the person's actual name, but i know she voices catherine (or katherine) in the life and times of juniper lee episode 'it's the great pumpkin juniper lee'. She voices Earth in the zula patrol. it's things like this that i need help with. I don't want to lead people in the wrong direction. 204.112.104.172 (talk) 21:47, 26 September 2010 (UTC)


 * The article at Wikipedia already lists the voice actors for most of the main characters, its right there in parentheses after each. For minor parts, such as characters which appear only for a few minutes in a single episode, then you probably don't need to get into that level of detail in the article.  IMDB unfortunately does not list the voice actors for the series, neither does the show's website or QUBO's website.  Sorry.  -- Jayron  32  04:56, 27 September 2010 (UTC)