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= August 31 =

What are the names of the Josh Groban songs featured in a recent (sometime between 2008-2010) episode of The Simpsons
It's the one where Lisa meets the artistic girl in her art class at the rec. center and then there's a montage of them hanging out, they write a book, etc. etc. --FilmGuySuper8 (talk) 01:31, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Episode is Lisa the Drama Queen, songs are listed here as "So She Dances" and "In Her Eyes"-- Jac 16888 Talk 01:50, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks--FilmGuySuper8 (talk) 01:56, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Particular Dlibert
There was a Sunday Dilbert several years ago that had Dilbert speaking with the pointy haired boss, and behind the boss was a ficus or some such plant that got bigger as the boss spoke, implying that the boss's words were, ahem, fertilizing the plant. I've dug around, but there are no obvious keywords in the strip that I can recall. Any ideas what date that strip might have been? Mingmingla (talk) 03:19, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That'll teach me to not double check. They've added a search feature on Dilbert.com since the last time I looked.  Here it is: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2004-03-07/ Mingmingla (talk) 03:25, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

lost - different timelines
till the finale of the fifth season, "The Incident", john locke (man in black) and   sawyer were separated by 30 years, right? sawyer was in 1977 and man in black in 2007... so, how come in the 3rd episode of the sixth season, man in black just strolls into the dharma initiative houses and finds sawyer there, totally unaged?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.197.242.253 (talk) 12:45, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That scene actually happens in the 4th episode of the sixth season, but no matter. Earlier in season 5, Sawyer and the others travelled back in time into 1974-77, so you wouldn't expect him to look any younger.  In the finale of season 5 they travel forward again to 2007, so no ageing takes place. --Viennese Waltz 13:19, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I think you'll find that in the finale of the the fifth season, Juliet managed to set off the bomb, meaning that everyone who was in 1977 was moved back to 2007, which is where season 6 takes place.  WormTT   &middot; &#32;(talk) 14:35, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah that's what I said. --Viennese Waltz 07:30, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, yes, I was agreeing with you. I think you'll find was to the OP. Bad indenting. Sorry...  WormTT   &middot; &#32;(talk) 12:36, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Demographics
I remember reading somewhere that a programme aimed at a particular audience managed to get roughly 50% male and female viewers. I am just wondering how companies are able to find this out when people switch to the programme. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 21:07, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * See Nielsen ratings for the U.S. Traditionally, "Nielsen families" had little books in which they were to write who was watching what at what time, marking the age and sex for each viewer. Now they have like a little thing that attaches to your TV, I think, and monitors what you're watching. You press a button on your remote that's assigned to you, and then Nielsen knows that a 32-year-old woman, or whatever, is watching that show. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 22:37, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * My family was a "Nielsen family" for three years (2006-2009), and the don't do the books anymore; they come and install a little computer which taps into the tuner on your TV and monitors what channel the TV is on when it is turned on. That's about it.  The computer uses your phone line to call in at like 3:00 in the morning and dump its data back to Nielsen.  It requires almost no commitment from the subject family anymore aside from "watching TV as you always do".  You kinda forget about it after a while; once every six months or so they do call you to check in and ask a short survey or something, but otherwise its a pretty non-invasive thing.  I think they did ask us to do a book for like 1 month, just to get what individual family members were watching, but that was one random month out of the whole three year period; otherwise there wasn't any more commitment than that. -- Jayron  32  01:26, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That's interesting. Thanks. How about other countries? Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 23:00, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * BARB are the organisation who does this research in the UK, and this page gives you how they do it. --TammyMoet (talk) 07:56, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

A 2000s? childrens program...
I remember watching in the early 2000s a kids program, it wasn't animated, i think it was computer animated, but yeah, I remember it was a Cube land, It were animals with CUBE HEADS... they lived in this city, and in one episode a professor lived on top a mountain.. it was about a animal with a cube head, rest of the body was normal i think.

And yeah, it was NOT Cubix, no robots in it that remember and i don't remember any humans either... just animals with Cube heads. Face on each side :s

Any help appreciated. 157.157.39.8 (talk) 22:34, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Sounds like Pecola. All the characters were animals with cube heads. The main character was a penguin. I remember a professor who had an observatory or workshop on a hill or mountain. --Bavi H (talk) 00:21, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Wow, I can't believe this, I found it... after 7-8 years :D

Thank you so much! :-) 157.157.39.8 (talk) 00:27, 2 September 2011 (UTC) last time i saw this was on the television in 2003-2004 :P good times :)

BBC Radio 3 presenter
I half-heard a name that sounded like Everina Wollstonecraft. I've tried searching for that on the BBC website and more widely, but haven't found anything likely. I'm probably misremembering at least one sound of her name, but I do recall that she was speaking (not singing or acting). A news presenter? Continuity announcer? Reporter? Documentary maker? Producer or other behind the scenes person, listed in credits? If anyone is familiar with the BBC stable, can you help me out? BrainyBabe (talk) 23:09, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * A time and date would help. Detailed schedules are here and you can go back some time.--Shantavira|feed me 07:32, 1 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I really don't remember, not even the time of day. It was a couple of months ago. But my memory of the context was that she was a regular, not a one-off visitor. BrainyBabe (talk) 11:42, 1 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Fiona Talkington? (Well, it's a similar number of syllables, so worth a try.)  There is a list of Radio 3 presenters here.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:05, 1 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks - I looked through that list, but it is none of them. So evidently the mysterious lady is not a presenter. BrainyBabe (talk) 14:25, 2 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Edwina Wolstencroft is an editor at Radio 3 59.108.42.46 (talk) 11:15, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Do the prices of Disney "Vault" Titles ever decrease substantially?
So I see that some films like Bambi, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, etc, are out and these are part of the films in the Disney Vault collection. These are of course, somewhat pricey. Now we all know that the films are released for a short time under some fancy name and then put back to be sold a few years later (as the Wiki article says), and why this is done (people scramble to buy them at a high price and lots of money is made). Normally when you have films out on Home Media, they decrease in price over time (for instance I just got lots of very good older films on Blu-Ray for 10 USD each), but given the short time each Disney edition is out, do these ever have a chance to experience a price drop? I am guessing no, but has anyone with more years than I have (Over 21) followed the price changes of Disney DVD or Blu-Ray sets? Sorry if this is a bit incoherent, I think Tylenol is doing the opposite of what it's supposed to do. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie &#124; Say Shalom! 23:20, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Disney DVDs and Blu-Rays (the Platinum and Diamond Editions) tend to stay the same price regardless of its 'age'. The Beauty and the Beast Blu-Ray has been out almost a year now and I haven't seen any decrease in price. The older DVDs like from the Gold Classic Collection can be found pretty cheap in used condition. You can get the aforementioned Platinum and Diamond editions relatively cheaply off say Amazon from third-party dealers but then you run the risk of buying a bootleg-- GroovySandwichYum. 00:07, 1 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, eBay is apparently full of bootleg Disney titles. I've seen it stated that there's often more bootlegs than genuine copies on there (it's the same with a lot of anime titles, for some reason). Second-hand video stalls on markets (yaknow, the sort that buy and sell and trade) usually have loads of cheap Disney stuff, or at least no more expensive than any other second-hand DVD. I've never really looked for it, but I've noticed it. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 04:43, 1 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Nah, I'm not cheap, I just don't like paying more than I have to (like buying a brand of tomato sauce in one place for 12 USD when I can purchase it at another for 5 USD (a real world dilemma)) . Wouldn't want to get ripped off and I like getting stuff new. Guess I'll just have to bite the bullet on this one. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie &#124; Say Shalom! 00:21, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Well from my knowledge most titles decrease in price in 3-5 months so just be patient --FilmGuySuper8 (talk) 02:52, 2 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Indeed, most titles do, like I said, I got a lot of films for 10 USD each, but that is for films that are not put on Home media for a short period of time and marketed as limited edition. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie &#124; Say Shalom! 00:21, 4 September 2011 (UTC)