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In Charley's Aunt ( 1941), Laird Cregar (28) played father to James Ellison (31). In I, Claudius, Siân Phillips (42) played Livia and George Baker (45) played her son Tiberius. Other notable examples of such mismatch? I know I've seen at least one (194_?), in which the daughter is the star, but can't remember what. — Tamfang ( talk) 01:10, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
We are talking about acting, make up and costume right? It's not that shocking really. If it's that obvious, it's poor casting or done for comic relief. -- Kvasir ( talk) 05:20, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone know what these cost? Or is it hard to say given location? Also, do they increase from Olympics to Olympics? (this would suck) I checked the London 2010 website and they won't be available until 2011. I'm curious about the following:
Info from the 2008 games is welcome to give an idea.
-- BrokenSphere Msg me 04:35, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
You could google "Cost of Olympics tickets" and guess what, the answer is the first result. R12IIIeloip ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:42, 5 March 2010 (UTC).
I am trying to remember an American coming-of-age film from around the end of the last century. It follows a rather conventional plot of end of high school/season/college celebrations. The star is a nerdy kid. The climactic scene possibly features him running after the girl in a train station before she leaves. This is after the kid has had a Meangingful Conversation with a (possibly older, possibly female) Wise Supporting Character in a desolate/asphalt setting, possibly involving a telephone booth. Similar films in topic and in era include She's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You. Help very welcome! 86.41.49.138 ( talk) 07:21, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Say Anything (1989), although in my opinion far from generic, has a serious conversation in a phone booth (in the rain) between the main character and his sister, played by John and Joan Cusack. At the end, the two main characters take off in a plane together. I realize this is off from your details, but maybe for the purposes of elimination ... ? Catrionak ( talk) 16:23, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
How many cd sales does it need to be "gold"? Who decided on the number? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Berelera ( talk • contribs) 09:48, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
What is the typeface used on CNN and Fox News for their programs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Curvebill ( talk • contribs) 16:36, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
what is the music playing in the background of the second half of this interview?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8542120.stm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.117.216 ( talk) 16:37, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
In article about concert round we argue with the colleague. He says that music venues do not concern music venues concert tour, and I consider that it not so. Where it can be discussed (about wikilinks and notes)?--
Andrey! 17:54, 5 March 2010 (UTC)--
Andrey! 18:10, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, is it possible for someone to set up an automated radio station, i.e they have a huge playlist which they change every now and then but keep the station running even when they're not there? Is this how some stations that just play music (No speaking at all) work? Chevymontecarlo. 19:59, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Yeah sure I could do that with my computer just put a load of mp3 files and play them in a loop. Easy as apple pie my friend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dataport676 ( talk • contribs) 21:45, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Automated radio stations have existed since at least the early 1980s. I worked at one in upstate New York, where I was on the AM side, while our co-owned FM station was in a room full of large reel-to-reel tape decks and a very rudimentary computer, rotating the music on the reels. (There were inaudible tones on the tapes that stopped them just before the next song started.) Part of my job was to keep watch and replace a tape after the final song on it played. The rotation of the tapes was determined by the program director, partially random and partially based on a popularity playlist. — Michael J 00:19, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Jack FM stations are pretty much automated, aren't they? Woogee ( talk) 00:31, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
We have this on hospital radio.After our human presenters go home for the night at about 10pm or if they can't make it that night,it goes onto an automatic playlist.There is a template for the hour that will go something like Pop-Country-Pop-Pop-Rock-Easy Listening-Pop-Classical,and it simply goes through its entire database and chooses a song at random from that category and plays it. Lemon martini ( talk) 00:52, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the answers. I din't know they'd been around since the 80's. Chevymontecarlo. 11:27, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Who controls when new stars "rise to fame" and the old ones are forgotten? How is it decided? I know it's kinda spontaneous as well but there is obvious some control being asserted over which stars succeed and which fail —Preceding unsigned comment added by Birdofprayncc1701-d ( talk • contribs) 23:09, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
I think Simon Cowell decides. Aaadddaaammm ( talk) 18:59, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
I'm reminded of a dialogue ..
(a couple of cycles, as Beavis gets increasingly frustrated)
Sadly this exchange happens as they're watching a video so it's not on the DVDs. — Tamfang ( talk) 19:28, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
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In Charley's Aunt ( 1941), Laird Cregar (28) played father to James Ellison (31). In I, Claudius, Siân Phillips (42) played Livia and George Baker (45) played her son Tiberius. Other notable examples of such mismatch? I know I've seen at least one (194_?), in which the daughter is the star, but can't remember what. — Tamfang ( talk) 01:10, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
We are talking about acting, make up and costume right? It's not that shocking really. If it's that obvious, it's poor casting or done for comic relief. -- Kvasir ( talk) 05:20, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone know what these cost? Or is it hard to say given location? Also, do they increase from Olympics to Olympics? (this would suck) I checked the London 2010 website and they won't be available until 2011. I'm curious about the following:
Info from the 2008 games is welcome to give an idea.
-- BrokenSphere Msg me 04:35, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
You could google "Cost of Olympics tickets" and guess what, the answer is the first result. R12IIIeloip ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:42, 5 March 2010 (UTC).
I am trying to remember an American coming-of-age film from around the end of the last century. It follows a rather conventional plot of end of high school/season/college celebrations. The star is a nerdy kid. The climactic scene possibly features him running after the girl in a train station before she leaves. This is after the kid has had a Meangingful Conversation with a (possibly older, possibly female) Wise Supporting Character in a desolate/asphalt setting, possibly involving a telephone booth. Similar films in topic and in era include She's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You. Help very welcome! 86.41.49.138 ( talk) 07:21, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Say Anything (1989), although in my opinion far from generic, has a serious conversation in a phone booth (in the rain) between the main character and his sister, played by John and Joan Cusack. At the end, the two main characters take off in a plane together. I realize this is off from your details, but maybe for the purposes of elimination ... ? Catrionak ( talk) 16:23, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
How many cd sales does it need to be "gold"? Who decided on the number? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Berelera ( talk • contribs) 09:48, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
What is the typeface used on CNN and Fox News for their programs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Curvebill ( talk • contribs) 16:36, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
what is the music playing in the background of the second half of this interview?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8542120.stm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.117.216 ( talk) 16:37, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
In article about concert round we argue with the colleague. He says that music venues do not concern music venues concert tour, and I consider that it not so. Where it can be discussed (about wikilinks and notes)?--
Andrey! 17:54, 5 March 2010 (UTC)--
Andrey! 18:10, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, is it possible for someone to set up an automated radio station, i.e they have a huge playlist which they change every now and then but keep the station running even when they're not there? Is this how some stations that just play music (No speaking at all) work? Chevymontecarlo. 19:59, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Yeah sure I could do that with my computer just put a load of mp3 files and play them in a loop. Easy as apple pie my friend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dataport676 ( talk • contribs) 21:45, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Automated radio stations have existed since at least the early 1980s. I worked at one in upstate New York, where I was on the AM side, while our co-owned FM station was in a room full of large reel-to-reel tape decks and a very rudimentary computer, rotating the music on the reels. (There were inaudible tones on the tapes that stopped them just before the next song started.) Part of my job was to keep watch and replace a tape after the final song on it played. The rotation of the tapes was determined by the program director, partially random and partially based on a popularity playlist. — Michael J 00:19, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Jack FM stations are pretty much automated, aren't they? Woogee ( talk) 00:31, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
We have this on hospital radio.After our human presenters go home for the night at about 10pm or if they can't make it that night,it goes onto an automatic playlist.There is a template for the hour that will go something like Pop-Country-Pop-Pop-Rock-Easy Listening-Pop-Classical,and it simply goes through its entire database and chooses a song at random from that category and plays it. Lemon martini ( talk) 00:52, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the answers. I din't know they'd been around since the 80's. Chevymontecarlo. 11:27, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Who controls when new stars "rise to fame" and the old ones are forgotten? How is it decided? I know it's kinda spontaneous as well but there is obvious some control being asserted over which stars succeed and which fail —Preceding unsigned comment added by Birdofprayncc1701-d ( talk • contribs) 23:09, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
I think Simon Cowell decides. Aaadddaaammm ( talk) 18:59, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
I'm reminded of a dialogue ..
(a couple of cycles, as Beavis gets increasingly frustrated)
Sadly this exchange happens as they're watching a video so it's not on the DVDs. — Tamfang ( talk) 19:28, 9 March 2010 (UTC)