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December 19

Sportscasters

Why would Chris Schenkel not be listed. He announced the first American Football game — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.125.192.211 (talk) 01:10, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

You mean in List of sports announcers? It's because somebody (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) has been slacking off in figuring out what sports he covered for which networks in which time periods and adding the info. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:20, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

He did a number of sports. Bowling, I think. Basketball, for sure. He anchored the Olympics at least once too. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:01, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Schenkel's illustrious career spanned so much time and included so many sports that it is difficult if not impossible to pin down to a single category. There are a number of others (Curt Gowdy, Al Michaels, Keith Jackson, et al.) who were equally versed in multiple sports. Perhaps that article should have a category at the top for these announcers, and save the sport-by-sport listings for those who covered just one or two. (I will make this comment on the article's talk page for discussion there.)    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 17:46, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Euro 2012

Where can I get the full matches of Euro 2012? 66.141.177.119 (talk) 03:04, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

I don't think they are available anywhere, not legally at least. The best I can do is this double DVD of highlights from the tournament [1]. --Viennese Waltz 14:56, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Did Mozart have to compose to a set number of notes?

In the film Amadeus, I recall Emperor Joseph II telling Mozart there are "too many notes", and Mozart replies that there are as many notes as he wished, "neither more nor less". I get that the movie is steeped in fiction, but I've always been curious about this bit. Did someone at any given time tell Mozart that he had to compose a piece using no more than, say, 8000 notes? To me, this seems like it would be in the realm of genius more extreme than the man already was. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:43, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

My take on it at the time was that the emperor found the music complicated and boring, and he started yawning. He was being sarcastic about "too many notes". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:58, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

And that Mozart's reply was that the piece had the exact number of notes in it that were required to make it that piece? Hm, that's probably exactly what the discussion meant. I took it literally. Thanks for the reply! I'll keep checking back in case anyone else has opinions or ideas. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:45, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Please have a look at Die Entführung aus dem Serail, the article about the piece. As it says there, the story is not universally accepted as true, and possibly also involves a mistranslation. However, it seems people think the story is too good to not be true, so it keeps getting repeated and reinforced. /Coffeeshivers (talk) 17:21, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Wonderful link, thank you so much! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 01:22, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Song that plays in the background of this flickr ad

Hey all. I've been trying to figure out the name of the song that plays in this video...I know I've heard it before. [2] 74.69.117.101 (talk) 06:10, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

The beginning (the guitar) reminds me immensely of Daft Punk's "Solar Sailor" from the Tron: Legacy film. ([3], though it's sped up to avoid detection.) Aside from that irrelevant comment, I'm pretty sure what you're hearing is generic ad music, which pretty much means it sounds like everything else on TV right now. Even the "guitars" at the beginning sound synthesized and the entire thing was most likely performed and recorded on some keyboard. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:50, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

At around 0:45 the song sounds more distinct...I know it's a popular indie pop song. In my head I can almost hear the lyrics...74.69.117.101 (talk) 06:55, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, the song kicks in there for sure, but I didn't recognize it and figured it was generic music. But if you think it's a cover of a song, that's possible. Someone else will have to listen to it. I'm not really up on my indie pop. :) – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 07:11, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

It's definitely a famous song. Possibly MGMT? Have you tried a service such as Shazam? --Iae (talk) 07:31, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Apparently, it's Tonguetied by Grouplove. --Iae (talk) 07:34, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Gasoline Alley Comic

Do the normal characters who do age ever notice the few exceptions who don't and say anything about it to them? e.g., "Hey Joel, you look exactly the same as you did when I was a kid and now I'm a senior citizen!" 20.137.2.50 (talk) 14:27, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but you may be interested in our article on the concept of the fourth wall; such cases are considered examples of breaking the fourth wall. This reminds me of a scene in Doug where the titular character opens his closet to reveal that it's full of outfits just like the one he's wearing (like many cartoon characters, he's usually portrayed in the same clothes). The situation you describe may also apply to soap operas where characters are frequently played by new actors or actresses, though I think this is rarely remarked upon within the show. --BDD (talk) 23:36, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Err, scratch that. I guess you're asking about Gasoline Alley. I wouldn't know, though I'd guess that doesn't happen. --BDD (talk) 23:37, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Or there was a Simpson's episode where Marge says she's worried about the health of the kids: "Poor little Maggie never seems to grow at all !". StuRat (talk) 07:52, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Or where they're lost in the wilderness, or some such, and Lisa says "I feel like I've been wearing this same dress for N years." —Tamfang (talk) 19:21, 26 June 2013 (UTC)