Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2011 July 29

= July 29 =

Stinkfist
Does anyone know of a good source that analyzes the music video for the Tool song "Stinkfist"? There's so much weird stuff going on in that video; it's hard for me to even understand what's happening on a literal level. Our article describes a few elements of the video, but leaves me unsatisfied. Zagal e jo^^^ 03:57, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Just to be fair, "so much weird stuff going on...hard to even understand what's happening on a literal level" pretty much describes every video to every Tool song. Their visuals (including photo collages in CD booklets, etc.) are generally abstractly provocative and intentionally disturtbing.  -- Jayron  32  05:04, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

tommy james and the shondells
Ifound the article informative. Didn't the group record a song called "DRAGGIN' THE LINE" ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.239.96.68 (talk) 08:31, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * You mean this? That was a solo single, after the band split up.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:52, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Sicko Muzak
In Sicko, When Michael Moore and co. are traveling to Cuba, a disclaimer pops up while a soft muzak tune plays in the background. Does anyone know the name of this tune? Thanks in advance.

Americanfreedom (talk) 08:50, 29 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Is it Gotta Be This Or That? --Frumpo (talk) 09:49, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Or you could hunt through the soundtrack listing. I'm not sure whether it would be necessary to list a snatch of music like that.  --Frumpo (talk) 10:36, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Real life places from TV shows/films
For this question, I'm ignoring places like Thames House and going for places that are famous for the show/film that they were in.

I know that the house from The Christmas Story is still there and there's a bit of a museum (for lack of a better word) made out of it. But is there anything to commemorate The Dick Van Dyke Show at Bonnie Meadow Rd. in New Rochelle NY? Judging from GMaps, there is no 148 address on that street. But does anyone know if there is a sign mentioning it? Are there other places, known because of the show/film, that exist which were the setting of a TV show or film? Dismas |(talk) 21:22, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Cheers Beacon Hill = Cheers
 * Soup Kitchen International = Seinfeld (Is actual place seen on the DVD?)
 * Tom's Restaurant = Seinfeld and "Tom's Diner"
 * Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa) = Field of Dreams ......... Pepso2 (talk) 21:43, 29 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Ramsay Street. (Just adding a non-American perspective. I'm sure our British readers will appreciate it.) HiLo48 (talk) 22:11, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I did mention Thames House, so I wasn't completely ignoring non-US shows/films. Dismas |(talk) 23:24, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I thought of another a bit ago. I've seen pictures of the house from the title sequence of The Brady Bunch. So, as of a few years ago, that was still standing. Dismas |(talk) 23:24, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure the setting for The West Wing can still be found. HiLo48 (talk) 23:35, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Chicago is a common setting and filming location for many films and TV series. The Fugitive (1993 film) is set in Chicago, and much of the action takes place at Cook County Hospital, the exterior is distinctive.  My Big Fat Greek Wedding is set in Greektown, and the restaurant that Nia Vardalos's family works at, Zorbas, is on Halsted Street and you can visit that(I used to eat there regularly, great post-drinking 24 hour diner!).  The University of Illinois Medical Center was used in filming shows like Early Edition and ER.  Fans of the Blues Brothers will recognized Richard J. Daley Center as the end of the car chase scene; there's lots of other places around the city recognizable from the film as well.  The unnamed city in the first Matrix film is Chicago; the subway stations used in the film are modeled after underground 'L' stops on the blue and red lines, and several locations, both used in reference and actually in the film, are recognizable as Chicago.  (Later films in the series used L.A. as the backdrop, IIRC).  Outside of Chicago, I few I can think of is the areas around Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) where The Exorcist was shot.  You can see lots of the scense from Good Will Hunting around Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, like buildings from MIT or Bunker Hill Community College.  -- Jayron  32  23:49, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for some of those. As I mentioned at the top, I'm not looking for places that are already well known like Daley Plaza. Dismas |(talk) 02:37, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
 * "Miss Alva", the 1911 Pullman car used for an extended Natalie Wood/Robert Redford scene in Sydney Pollack's This Property Is Condemned (1966) is open to the public at the Meridian Railroad Museum in Meridian, Mississippi. Pepso2 (talk) 02:44, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It's from literature, but 221B Baker Street is a real address in London, there's a plaque commemorating Sherlock Holmes. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 05:11, 31 July 2011 (UTC)


 * A Streetcar Named Desire. StuRat (talk) 05:57, 31 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Castle Combe, the films are listed in the article. Goathland railway station, the West Highland Line and Glenfinnan Viaduct in particular, Alnwick Castle, Gloucester Cathedral, Harrow School, Durham Cathedral, Divinity School, Oxford, the Bodleian Library, Bracknell, the High Commission of Australia, London, Christ Church, Oxford and The Glass House. Some of them were a bit notable before the film though. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 11:40, 31 July 2011 (UTC)


 * There's a book called Shot on This Site which contains many references to location shoots. I don't know if it's still in print. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:11, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Shot on This Site --> Pepso2 (talk) 12:25, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The film 84 Charing Cross Road and the book it was adapted from are based on what was a real-life bookstore (Marks & Co) in London. The bookstore no longer exists, but there is a plaque on the site commemorating the film. — Michael J 14:02, 1 August 2011 (UTC)