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December 28

recreation picture

I'm interested in buying a picture. It's of the CSI:NY cast recreating Lunch atop a Skyscraper. Where's a good place to start? Anyone know?24.90.204.234 (talk) 08:25, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

It looks like prints show up on eBay from time to time. --LarryMac | Talk 12:49, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Are there any other sources?24.90.204.234 (talk) 18:51, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

British Film Comedy - Know plot but don't know title or actors - Can anyone help?

Hello, I'm new to Wikipedia so I'm not sure I'm doing this right! When I was a child I remember BBC1 running a season of British Film Comedies. The series included the Boulting Brothers' "A French Mistress"; "I'm Alright Jack" and several others which have come up since over the years. However, there is one which I can remember enjoying but can only recall the plot and never noted the title. My mother, who watched the film with us, thought that it was called simply "The Flea Pit" but numerous searches haven't brought anything to light. The plot centred on a young couple's desperate attempts to rescue and save an old and much-loved cinema. There were several set-backs along the way including a severe fire. I, alas, cannot remember who starred in it. I have looked at Filmographies of all the usual suspects on Wikipedia (Hayley Mills, Esma Cannon, James Robertson-Justice, Cecil Parker,to name but a few) but nothing. Does anyone recall this film from my description?

Thank-you, Tim Marlow — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.212.37.71 (talk) 15:06, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

The Smallest Show on Earth. --Viennese Waltz 15:25, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

That darn hat

Albrecht Gessler and William Tell, wearing some indescribable hats (1880)

That hat that was worn by Robin Hood and King Graham... Does it have a particular name? All I have been able to find out about their clothes is that the colour of Robin's clothes is called lincoln green, but that's about it. I am very curious about this subject. Grey ghost (talk) 20:32, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to have a special name other than "Robin Hood hat". Various sites suggest it originated much later than Robin Hood, even as late as Errol Flynn's costume designer for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 21:09, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

I suspect it of being in fact a Tyrolean hat, belonging to William Tell, who is a kind of analogue of Robin Hood - his page has Robin Hood in the "see also" section (without giving any explanation).  Card Zero  (talk) 21:40, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Tyrolean hats don't date from the same age as Robin Hood. The hat has been associated with Robin Hood for longer than that. The last time this question was asked at the ref desks, see here, it was determined that the hat was called a bycoket, see this google search for examples. --Jayron32 22:54, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

How surprisingly historical. This page [1] has an image of a bycocket (worn backward) from the Luttrell Psalter, which brings it very close to the place and time that Robin Hood supposedly inhabited. Not sure how to square the information that the man is working in the fields with the information at Cap of Maintenance, which says wearing it is a privilege. There's also this [2] drawing, which may or may not be based on a historical source. Searching for "abacot" just turns up pictures of ducks. (When do Tyrolean hats date from, anyway?)  Card Zero  (talk) 23:47, 28 December 2011 (UTC)