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July 9

Animation

Protagonist is a rat or mice. But not a Ratatouille. It arrive on a ship into some kingdom, and then somehow gets into underground world ruled by rats. Anyone know the name of animation? It is full length high budget animation, probably created in some 200x year... 70.52.184.189 (talk) 09:40, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Is it traditional animation (2d looking) or in the style of Pixar? Personally I find it difficult to 'date' traditional animation films - I was amazed at just how old most of the Disney classic are. I say this because the film An_American_Tail sort of sounds a little like the film you mention (i've not seen said film since was a child though and so going mostly from reading the plot in the article). ny156uk (talk) 09:46, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Ok, found amazing page, List of fictional mice and rats, wow, could not believe it is actually exist. And from there was an easy, animation I was looking for is The Tale of Despereaux (film). Thank you! 70.52.184.189 (talk) 10:01, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Guests drinking water in TV discussion shows

Recently I've noticed that the guests in TV discussions (on British TV) frequently drink some water. Why? Studio too hot? Dry mouth from nerves? Too drunk to care (apparantly guests get given alcoholic drinks in the hospitality/green room before going on air, presumably in an attempt to relax them)? What is the reason? 2.101.8.57 (talk) 19:37, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Probably heat, maybe nerves, also your mouth just gets dry when you talk for a long time (well, mine does, although that is also because of nervousness). They do this in North America too. Adam Bishop (talk) 20:11, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, common practice in US. Besides guest comfort, they can also get strings of spit forming and snapping when they talk, which is disgusting looking and sounding. Better to be safe than sorry by having water handy. StuRat (talk) 20:16, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Here in USA it's pretty common for talk shows to have coffee mugs out for the host and the guests. I don't think there's actually coffee in them, though. Every time I've ever seen them mentioned they're usually referred to as "water" or "soda". APL (talk) 01:30, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, and I bet any soda would be clear. Colored liquids may change the color of the person's tongue, in an unattractive way. StuRat (talk) 18:32, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

SOmewhat related to this, have you ever seen guests that had runny noses or something else disgusting?--92.251.212.78 (talk) 22:12, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Not just on television but most public speakers have a glass or bottle of water behind the podium/pulpit/sitting on top of the amp/being held by a stagehand. Rmhermen (talk) 22:48, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Are we sure it's water? (Somebody had to say it.) HiLo48 (talk) 02:08, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Reminds me of a Tom Green appearance on The Tonight Show in 2002. See [1] and [2]. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:42, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Drinking a sip of water prevents various "clack"-y, undesirable mouth sounds. Voice actors always have a little something to sip handy in front of the microphone for that reason. Comet Tuttle (talk) 06:55, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

It is also very handy for throwing in the face of your co-presenter.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:45, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I never knew you could buy a matching wellies-and-cardi set. 2.101.12.198 (talk) 13:00, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't get the Singleton reference. 99.24.223.58 (talk) 20:09, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

See one of the photos in reference number three in her article. 92.28.244.254 (talk) 12:02, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

See this famous recent press conference water drinker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjsE4AZZgbc . μηδείς (talk) 18:12, 11 July 2011 (UTC)