Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2014 October 19

= October 19 =

british idol?
I was wondering whos the Hispanic looking gal in the panel (not the blond (although I dont know who she is either) with a british accent somehow)? Kelly something apparentlyLihaas (talk) 06:07, 19 October 2014 (UTC)


 * The video says it's taken from Britain's Got Talent in 2009. Britain's Got Talent (series 3) was aired during April and May of 2009.  According to that article, the judges were 2 men, Kelly Brook, and Amanda Holden.  They were both born in England though maybe some of Brook's ancestry is Hispanic.  Dismas |(talk) 09:18, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, have no idea whatsup ion pop culture /tv these days ;) Seen 1 movie all year so far (and not even a new one)Lihaas (talk) 14:55, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I've never seen Britain's Got Talent or its American counterpart.  I found that info with just information that you provided.  Dismas |(talk) 04:09, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Never previously caught on camera
So almost every nature documentary these days includes a comment at some point along the lines of "this behaviour has never previously been filmed". Last night it was a vampire bat feeding on a penguin chick (Spy in the Huddle). So the obvious question is how do they know? Is there some checklist somewhere stating what's been filmed and what hasn't? This is not to say some behaviour has never been observed before, as it would then likely be recorded in a book or paper. It seems less likely that filming a specific behaviour was noted down somewhere.--Shantavira|feed me 16:03, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I doubt there's a formal list somewhere, but it seems reasonable to me that they can say stuff like that for two reasons: first, there seems to be quite a bit of rivalry going on between the various groups that are filming this stuff (BBC, Disney, etc.) that's vaguely reminiscent of the tabloids breaking "exclusive" pictures of starlets. If this really wasn't the first time the behaviour was captured, a bloke like Mike Salisbury would likely speak up to claim precedence. Second, the actual naturalists or biologists that study these creatures would be intimately familiar with the literature and film available. If Jane Goodall tells me that my film crew has captured something about chimps never filmed before, I'm probably safe to believe her. Matt Deres (talk) 16:43, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Matt's reasoning is sound but another factor is the changes in the technology of cameras. Up until the 90s cameras were bulky (and analogy :-)) and it was hard to film all that goes on in the natural world. In fact some of David Attenborough's early Life of... series had scenes (as well as many other nature documentaries) that were filmed in a studio. Now we have Endoscopy, improved night cameras etc, etc that allow for the filming of certain aspects of animal and plant lives that were previously impossible. For someone as old as I am the improvements are quite remarkcable. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 17:29, 19 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Yeah, there's a bit of logic applied - if you have the first camera capable of being mounted 100 feet off the ground to film something particularly small in great detail and you "get the shot" then it's highly unlikely anyone else has managed to do the same. There are also groups of established experts in each field who communicate and network during conferences and there may well be an established (though informal) list of things people haven't been able to capture on film - a "wish list" so to speak. I've experienced similar in other fields.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 12:03, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

How Many Times has William Devane Played the President?
How many times has the actor William Devane played a real or fictional US president? (Multiple appearances as the same character in one series can be treated as a single portrayal.) Google has articles mentioning he often plays this role, but neither WP nor IMDB seems to have a tally. Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 18:24, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * He's also played the pres on Stargate SG1 μηδείς (talk) 21:35, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * And the 24 reboot, 24: Live Another Day. μηδείς (talk) 21:37, 19 October 2014 (UTC)


 * List of actors who played President of the United States has 4 mentions of Devane. (I've been waiting for 2 days for someone else to come up with this link, but since they show no signs of doing so, ...............) --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  20:15, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I'd never have found the Batman movie, being quite unfond of the franchise. I have always loved Devane, he is so...presidential. μηδείς (talk) 20:23, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
 * From my reading of the article, I think Hal Holbrook may hold the record for most appearances as a President of the U.S.: I count 6: John Adams (once) Abe Lincoln (3) and two fictional presidents. Ronny Cox has done it 5 times: all fictional presidents.  Other than voice actors, I can't find anyone more than those two.  -- Jayron  32  02:05, 22 October 2014 (UTC)


 * That's funny, Ronny Cox played the scheming vice-president of William Devane on SG-1. μηδείς (talk) 18:17, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

moonlight 70s popular song disco?
Hello, help. I'm looking for this song, it was EXTREMELY popular, and had this chorus or female singing... daaancing in the ??? ... singing in the ??? and was like... duuududududu dudududuu dududuuu, dururruuu It was from the 70s or early 80s and was very popular in USa. It's an american song, and by probably a female funk/disco group.

It was not the song by toploader, or king harvest. I don't think it's name was moonlight but I do remember it was something with "dancing in the... " and moonlight somewhere — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.157.104.54 (talk) 22:54, 19 October 2014 (UTC)


 * No reference to "moonlight" but I immediately thought of the Motown classic Dancing_in_the_Street. 196.213.35.146 (talk) 06:58, 20 October 2014 (UTC)


 * There were of course two other songs from the 1970's: "Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest and "Dancin' in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)" by Thin Lizzy, both of which may meet the OP's fuzzy memory. -- Jayron  32  18:06, 20 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Could it be Get Dancin'  by Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, from 1974 ?


 * The majority of the lyrics are: "Doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot" repeated multiple times.
 * No mention of "moonlight" though...
 * 20:53, 20 October 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.244.130.114 (talk)

Sadly none of these, but I'm positive this song was used in a few movies and much played. Cause I was born in 1994 and I remember this song. 157.157.104.54 (talk) 18:21, 21 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, there's Maria Muldaur's huge 1974 hit "Midnight at the Oasis" which almost barely fits some of your criteria in a vague, inaccurate way. I remember 1974. At youtube. μηδείς (talk) 20:30, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

How about You Should Be Dancing - by the Bee Gees, from 1976, ( which mentions "midnight", but not "moonlight" ) ?

or "Dance Yourself Dizzy" - by Liquid Gold, from 1980 ?

or "Dancing In The City" - by the duo Marshall Hain, from 1978 ?

or "Dancing With The Captain" - by Paul Nicholas, from 1976 ?

90.244.130.114 (talk) 00:57, 22 October 2014 (UTC)


 * (responding to 157.157) Could you give us some musical information (either in terms of notes, or even up-and-down contours, in terms of rhythm, or a sound sample sung or hummed or whistled by you). "duuududududu dudududuu dududuuu, dururruuu" is just a bit too ambiguous/generic. It may confirm someone's guess, but it doesn't help me hear it. Get on up on the floor and boogie-oogie-oogie! ---Sluzzelin  talk  01:00, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

I HAVE FOUND IT. Blame it on the Boogie by Jackson 5. Knew it had to be something as popular and as well known as that!!! it has "moonlight" in it, but not dancing, more like "blame it on the moonlight". Thanks everyone though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.157.200.219 (talk) 17:57, 22 October 2014 (UTC)