Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2012 March 24

= March 24 =

Music video with duck hand puppets
Last year there was a music video, and the video had this duck walking around having little adventures and telling stories during the song. Can anyone remember the name? Also, the duck was made out of someone's hand. Thanks. Llamabr (talk) 00:21, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

The Eric Clapton 2004 Crossroads DVD.
Hi I have been trying to find out who played the amazing version of the 'Star Spangled Banner' during the credits at the end of the second disc. It is the finest I have ever heard and cannot find it anywhere. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.106.175.180 (talk) 00:59, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Crossroads Guitar Festival unfortunately doesn't list that as one of the tracks. It does have a list of performers, so maybe you can decuce it from that. RudolfRed (talk) 01:26, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I found a couple of blogs that say it was Neal Schon who played it. RudolfRed (talk) 01:30, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Zork Comic
Heya,

A while back, I read a two to three page comic online about Zork, which spanned from the start of the game up until the first dark area. It was drawn like a webcomic (two sided, with roughly four panels per page), with the "player" character engaging in adversarial banter with the narrator. The punchline involved the narrator suggesting that the "player" rubbing or tickling the grue's belly, to the amusement of the narrator and presumed demise of the player. The thing is, I can't find any evidence of it actually existing. Did it? Thanks, SAZAEASE (talk) 07:42, 24 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Our article on George Alec Effinger says that he worked on a comic book set the Zork universe. RudolfRed (talk) 22:30, 25 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Perhaps not fitting above description, but Infocom did release several interactive Infocomics, including two ZorkQuest titles. Pepso2 (talk) 22:04, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

different forte
The other day I heard my daughter's chorus teacher tell them "A Renaissance forte is completely different from a Romantic forte". I ask my daughter what that meant and she didn't know. What does it mean? Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 15:17, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Look at the history section in the article: Forte. Apparently the notation "ppp" changed between the Renaissance and Romatic periods. RudolfRed (talk) 17:01, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Radio 2 round thing
Here's one for UK readers. Does anyone know what a Radio 2 round thing was/is? They used to give them away a few years back on Richard Allinson's late night show. Was it a key ring or coaster or something like that? 81.151.55.67 (talk) 15:43, 24 March 2012 (UTC)


 * This is just a guess but might it have been a round tuit?--Shantavira|feed me 20:03, 24 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Could have been I guess. :) They were always very secretive about what it actually was and I've always been curious. I see there have been a couple for sale on ebay in the recent past, but sadly no picture to go with it. 86.185.94.27 (talk) 13:06, 26 March 2012 (UTC)