Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 March 21

= March 21 =

Statistic of bridge bids
In contract bridge, there are 35 possible bids, from 1 to 7NT). There are certainly statistics about the relative frequency which bids are finally played, but I failed to find any yet. (of course the lowest and highest bids are played rarely and those "in the middle" more frequently, but I'd like to know that more in detail. Further analysis including success rate will also help.). --KnightMove (talk) 03:54, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

house location on Long Island
I've been trying to find the supposed Growing Pains house on Long Island. Does one like it exist? If yes, where?142.255.103.121 (talk) 05:28, 21 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I forget, did they show the exterior of a house in the opening or closing credits ? I don't recall ever seeing an exterior shot in the show proper, so it was probably all shot in the studio.  If they did need an exterior shot, that could have been taken anywhere, not necessarily where the show was set. StuRat (talk) 06:22, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

It was used in the opening credits. During the closing credits of the episode when Carol's boyfriend, Sandy, dies, the house exterior at night was shown. Could the house be in Huntington?142.255.103.121 (talk) 13:53, 21 March 2013 (UTC)


 * This guy states "The house shown in the Growing Pains opening credits is actually on the WB backlot from what I understand, and was re purposed for Gilmore Girls." Clarityfiend (talk) 06:28, 21 March 2013 (UTC)


 * And here's confirmation: "Warner Bros. Studios VIP Tours Photo: Seavers' house from Growing Pains" (3400 Riverside Dr., Burbank). Clarityfiend (talk) 06:35, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Could it be a private residence?142.255.103.121 (talk) 13:56, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Not unless you have a very generous definition of "private". 3400 Riverside Dr. appears to be the address of the Warner Bros. lot, with tours "continuously Mon-Sat 8:15am – 4:00pm". Clarityfiend (talk) 22:32, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

I hope these can help; and .142.255.103.121 (talk) 03:34, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Robert Plant attended Trebas Institute?
Someone told me they saw an ad in the metro today for the school that featured his name and picture listing him as a graduate, but when I went to the school's wiki page as well as their website, he's not listed as one of their notable alumni. Yet on the homepage there's this: "Robert Plant with recording engineer and Trebas graduate, MICHAEL PIERSANTE "The information I received at Trebas Institute changed my life. It's largely responsible for the eight Grammy® awards I received including Record of the Year and Album of the Year for recording Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss." ''

So I'm confused here. Did he or didn't he attend the school? And if he didn't then why are there ads publicly stating false information about him? --70.55.108.19 (talk) 06:27, 21 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Read it more carefully. Mike Piersante is the Trebas graduate and eight-time Grammy Award winner. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:19, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thst's what I thought, but the wording is muddled enough to have left me in doubt. Thanks. 70.55.108.19 (talk) 08:00, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

R&B soul music
can you explain what R&B soul music is — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.225.108.241 (talk) 16:52, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * We don't have an article with that specific title, and a google search only comes up with "R&B [and/or] Soul", so it doesn't seem to be a definite genre in its own right. Rhythm and blues, Contemporary R&B, Soul music, and Hip hop soul should cover the subject, though. Tevildo (talk) 19:54, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Rhythm and blues was given that name in the late 1940s. Soul music - which drew on gospel music as well as rock and roll - emerged as a development of R&B in the late 1950s and early 1960s.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:00, 24 March 2013 (UTC)