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Would someone name that Country music/Bluegrass tune?

That song sounds bluegrassey but there's no title from the vid. Please enlighten. Thanks. If the time-preset doesn't start it at 53m, 10s, please move the slider there. --2602:30A:2EE6:8600:3435:5BB:3BB6:43CA (talk) 07:34, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

I think it's Devils Dream by Dix Bruce http://www.last.fm/music/EA+Games+Soundtrack/The+Streets+Of+SimCity+%28Soundtrack%29 196.214.78.114 (talk) 07:52, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Or maybe Beaumont Rag by Dix Bruce. All sounds the same to me ;) 196.214.78.114 (talk) 08:44, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Audible Fnords

It seems like there are a huge number of television shows (fortunately, not movies... yet...) which all use the exact same short squeaky sound effect (some kind of wind instrument?) to indicate that something - anything - has gone wrong somehow. They are all sort of "reality TV" shows, competitions, business rescues, but sometimes even serious-ish documentaries like [1] (just about anywhere in the show where they mention some fact-ish thing they want to portray as something dangerous). Not knowing where it comes from, I can only call it an "audible fnord".

Why is it acceptable to them to use the same sound effect as other shows? If they did this visually - say, using the same car chase in ten different shows - it would surely seem unprofessional. I mean, I just wince to hear a sound effect, any sound effect, reused because it just takes me totally out of the scene. For them to do it every time there's a certain sentiment deserves comparison to a laugh track, except at least laugh tracks weren't exactly the same; there was a fancy gadget they used to give them a basic variety.

Oh, yeah -- and since they all come from the same place originally, where was that? Wnt (talk) 08:15, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

I don't recognise this; are you referring to American TV shows? Can you link to the sound? Would it be a party horn?--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:26, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Is it a record scratch? (And if so, does this signify the amusing possibility that people don't know what records are anymore?) Adam Bishop (talk) 11:17, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

It's neither of those. Frustratingly, it's not on the video clips of the show at that website (something a little bit similar is at the very end of the gun show one, but it's not the sound in question). Sorry - I should have nailed the thing down on a piece of internet video first - it's so troublesome to go through it. I thought it was so striking people would recognize what I meant, but... Wnt (talk) 17:23, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

I don't know what to call it, but I know exactly what you're referring to, sort of a "wee-ow" sound that I would say expresses the same idea as "Oops!" or "D'oh!" In times past, this might be conveyed by a record scratch or by moving the record backwards, or by slowing down the recording (as with HAL as his circuits were being disabled). I've often seen (or rather "heard") it on shows like Inside Edition. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:33, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Maybe you're thinking of a slide whistle sound going from high to low? Slide whistle doesn't have a recording, but points out it's the sound used for the Bankrupt space on Wheel of Fortune. If you've heard that, does that match what you're thinking of? --Bavi H (talk) 00:50, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

No, that's not it either. Bugs is describing it, I think. Wnt (talk) 02:01, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

theme parks

Which amusement parks in the US have the best theming? 194.66.246.107 (talk) 10:32, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

What do you mean by "theming"? --Viennese Waltz 10:35, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

landscaping and characterising. So in a park with good theming, instead of just having a collection of rides, you have rides as part of a park which is well landscaped and different areas of the park have different themes. So for example, one park may have a dark/horror style theme and another part may have an animated theme etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.247.157 (talk) 11:21, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Well I've only been to one amusement park in the USA, Islands of Adventure, and that seems to meet your criteria, since it has different themes in different areas. As to which park is the best, that's going to be a matter of opinion. --Viennese Waltz 12:34, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

I suspect that most people would say Disneyland. Katie R (talk) 12:52, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

"Best" is subjective. I might say Disneyland, but that's just a random opinion. Put your question into Google, and you should get all kinds of opinions. The ones to look at would be the ones written by travel specialists. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:14, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

movie made 1945. cast member Jery Scott born 1955

Thrill of a Romance movie 1945. Cast member Jery Scott x-referenced is cartoonist born 1955? He was a young bell at hotel resort 10 years befor Please check he was born mi?????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emyter (talk • contribs) 13:44, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Fixed the problem with a redlink in the Thrill of a Romance article, thanks for pointing it out (i am not sure, the "real" Jerry Scott in this case is notable enough for a new article, but atleast the two Jerrys are distinguished now). Usually such questions are better asked at the article's talkpage or in a project like WP:Film's talkpage. GermanJoe (talk) 14:07, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Harry Langdon Jr

Harry Langdon the actor had a son Harry Langdon Junior in 1934 with Mabel, he is a very famous legendary Hollywood photographer who has photographed all the icons. Can you create a Wikipedia page for him? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.196.196.135 (talk) 15:05, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

You could create a registered user and do that work yourself. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:12, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

..or, you could make a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles/Arts and entertainment/Visual arts, and a helpful registered editor (yes, they do exist, believe it or not), could start creating one. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:50, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

..or, someone could start the article and then you could edit it. It's all a question of how much you want to contribute to it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:55, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

...always assuming that he is sufficiently notable - which may be debatable. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:59, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

I don't know if he is or not. That will depend on how well the OP does at presenting his case. I have now created the article Harry Langdon, Jr. It's now up to the OP to improve the article and see if it passes muster. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:05, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

The IP has made no new edits, so if he wants that article to be kept, time's a-wastin'. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:15, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Mr Bugs, you know that is NOT the way to go about this. You endlessly berate IPs for not playing by the rules, but now you've gone and created an article without any evidence he passes notability, and are dumping the responsibility for improving it on someone else. It is not the responsibility of any one editor to create or improve any article, just as no one editor ever "owns" an article. And you can't make it their responsibility. But you can, or should, take responsibility for creating an article with zero references and next to zero content, with only the word of a deeply untrustworthy IP that there is anything more out there. Well done. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:01, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Silly me, I figured the IP needed someone to start the article, since IP's can't start articles but they can edit articles. Feel free to tag the stub article for deletion. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:04, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Why should someone else have to clean up the mess you made? --Viennese Waltz 06:09, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your typically useless comments. It had been at least a week since I had felt the Wrath of the Viennerschnitzel. I missed you. Where you been? On vacation? In jail? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:34, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

OK, I have flagged the stub article for deletion, as no one seems interested in expanding it. I hope everyone is happy now, especially the OP. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:44, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup. (But please don't blame the OP here, they have acted in total good faith in bringing this person to our attention, and that is the sum total of their involvement in this thread. It was your decision alone to create the stub, and you've done the right thing in getting the deletion process started.) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 18:55, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

It is now gone. I had this crazy idea that I could help the OP by creating the stub for him so he could build it, because IP's aren't allowed to create articles. So I started a minimal article, which is exactly how I have done it when I've created articles - start with a stub, and then add to it. I was unaware there is now some rule against creating stubs. So I got yelled at for it, first by you and then by Viennese Worthless. So I had it deleted. I apologize for trying to help an OP. I won't let it happen again. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:26, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Nice personal attack on me, there. And what you did was not helpful to the OP. You cannot create a stub without refs. Ghmyrtle had already given the correct answer, which was that he should request an article on the requested articles page. But, as usual, you couldn't resist jumping in with an attack on an IP. --Viennese Waltz 19:35, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Coming from you, the king of nannyism and frequent personal attacks against me, that's pretty funny. I did things the way I have always done when creating articles. I thought I was being helpful. It appears the rules have changed. So the OP is on his own. As for you, it would be a great pleasure if you would never, ever address me anywhere here on wikipedia, or anywhere else in the known universe. You have never made a single useful or constructive comment to me, and I don't expect that to change. So let's agree on a voluntary interaction ban, and all will be swell. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:54, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

disco song

a guy told me it was by Genesis but I'm not sure, it was a disco sung, and had kids singing in it and at the beginning, there was a young, female? lead voice who sung this. and it had the word "groove" in 1 or 2 verses. :s

I don't know how old it can be but it may be recent. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.209.159.215 (talk) 19:27, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

I can't think of any Genesis song that could possibly meet those criteria! Can you remember more lyrics? --TammyMoet (talk) 21:21, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, Genesis went through several musical phases, but NONE of them resembled ANYTHING like disco. Genesis released 4 albums during the "Disco" era: A Trick of the Tail (1976), Wind & Wuthering (1976), ...And Then There Were Three... (1978), and Duke (1980). The first was their first post-Peter Gabriel album, but still reflected similar musical sensibilities as earlier albums, i.e. Musically dense and complex prog rock. They gradually changed over the next few albums to a more pop-rock oriented band, with their first real "radio-friendly" single "Follow You Follow Me" coming on And Then There Were Three, with Duke being their first real major popular chart-toping album. And none of it is disco. Or anything like disco. --Jayron32 01:39, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

No just that "groove is my xxxx" something :( It was someone young singing and at the start lots of kids, and it had a disco background song but seemed quite recent (2000s) or 1990s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.209.159.215 (talk) 21:54, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Groove Is in the Heart (Deee-Lite, 1990) by any chance? Tevildo (talk) 22:00, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Sadly not. :( great song tho! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.209.159.215 (talk) 01:27, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

D.A.N.C.E by Justice meets several criteria, although it has no instances of 'groove' (but it does have a few 'moves')157.203.254.1 (talk) 10:55, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

That is the song!!!!!! Thank youu <3333 :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.209.159.215 (talk) 14:31, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Took me a second to realize just why you thought it was Genesis even though it sounds nothing like them. Genesis could sound a bit like Justice especially if there was loud music playing at the time. Dismas|^(talk) 00:34, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Tee hee. Titter. Chortle.  :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 18:53, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Poem About Carl Carlson of "The Simpsons"

Some time ago, I read about a poem about Carl Carlson (of Lenny and Carl on "The Simpsons"). The poem has Carl discussing his role as an African-American on television. I believe it was in a book of poems called "Moonwalker." Come to think of it, I think I read about it on these very Reference pages.

Despite my best Googling, I can't find the name of this poem, or who it is by. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Thanks! OldTimeNESter (talk) 20:45, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Is it this poem? (YouTube video of David Blair (or Blair) performing his persona poem “My Name is Carl"). --Canley (talk) 11:13, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that's it! Thanks! OldTimeNESter (talk) 13:06, 12 November 2013 (UTC)