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= January 7 =

performing distant relatives
I read in TV Guide Magazine, Tom Wopat has a distant relative who is also an actor. That relative was a part of the CSI franchise. If that's true, which show was that? Anyone know?2603:7000:8641:810E:10E7:18A9:93F7:C010 (talk) 12:57, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

What is the Southwest Airlines Fan Zone on The Tonight Show
Does it have something to do with flight 1380 (episode aired Jan 3 2023) 2.103.231.248 (talk) 14:58, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was in April 2018, and something seven years and about nine months prior like that would probably not be recent or topical for a skit or monologue joke on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. But someone uploaded this episode on Archive.org for registered users there to 'borrow', recorded from the feed of NBC station KNTV. Horizontal scrolling is disabled on the page if you have not signed up to 'borrow' the episode, but if you have a wide screen monitor you might be able to read the transcript at the 11:38pm mark, where Fallon points to a part of the studio audience and says to "welcome a very special part of our audience that were all flown here thanks to a special promotion from Southwest Airlines. Give it up for the Southwest Fan Zone". After the applause dies down, Fallon then at the 11:39pm mark mentions how in the previous week that Southwest "left passengers and luggage across the country stranded after they suffered a major meltdown and canceled more than 15,000 flights", that the company stated that the official cause was mainly because of "outdated technology", and then Fallon jokes that you never want to hear about an airline and the phrase "outdated technology" in the same sentence. I'll leave the interpretation to you as to whether the fan zone was an actual promotion from Southwest or it was part of the joke, because its not clear when I read it. Zzyzx11 (talk) 19:31, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh. The canceled flights. 2.103.231.248 (talk) 21:21, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Science fiction movie or episode
Yesterday I talked to a friend about a movie, where I thought James Mason stared. Looking at his filmography I couldn't find anything matching my memories. So I may err on the Mason-Part. But maybe you can help me find the movie/episode. And it isn't Silent Running either.

The things I remember:
 * 1) two little roboters (like R2D2), one shiny and new, the counterpart old, with bumbs, etc.
 * 2) faceless, mindless "Crew"
 * 3) an autocratic leader (which I thought was Mason), Nemo-like.

It is either a spaceship, a sphere, or submarine. There are "visitors" which don't belong to the crew, may be they were rescued.

So, can someone help? Maresa63 Talk 21:21, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * No robots or mindless crewmen (just your standard minions), but Mason did play Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. He rescues/captures people after sinking their ship, among them Kirk "I ain't Spartacus in this film" Douglas. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:34, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The Black Hole with Maximilian Schell from 1979 perhaps? The robots would be V.I.N.CENT. and BO.B. The "crew" of the spaceship Cygnus consists of faceless, mindless humanoid drones (with mirrored faceplates), and the autocratic leader, played by Schell, would be Dr. Hans Reinhardt. (With his beard he even looks a bit like Mason did playing Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.) Tea2min (talk) 08:36, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Tea2min That's it! And of course it was Maximilian Schell! Thank you very much. Such a relief! 💐Maresa63 Talk 17:41, 10 January 2024 (UTC)