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April 23

1970's or 80's Haunted Movie

Trying to find 1970's or 80's scary movie, where in a scene these teenagers are in a haunted house, see a life size clown doll sitting in a rocky chair. They go to a closet near by & suddenly find the same looking clown in the closet & jokingly slap it up, only to turn around a see that the rocky chair is 'now' vacant. GoodDay (talk) 01:30, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

The Creepy Doll trope appears quite often in horror fiction, with "haunted" dolls, killer dolls, etc. featured in several films. Poltergeist (1982 film) has a scene involving a clown doll: "Robbie is attacked by a clown doll in his bedroom". Dimadick (talk) 22:27, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

That's not the one. This was a life sized clown :) GoodDay (talk) 22:49, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

'Full Metal Jacket' location

Where was the hooker street scene in Full Metal Jacket filmed? The article doesn't say. Presumably it was a constructed set, but was it at Beckton Gas Works like the war scenes, or somewhere else? --Viennese Waltz 10:23, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Isle of Dogs, according to IMDb, which states the Da Nang scenes were shot. Look at the script to confirm that it's the same place (search for "Sinatra" and scroll up a bit). Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 12:39, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. --Viennese Waltz 14:58, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Rangastham US collections was wrongly entered

In your reference it is showing $3,38 million but it is mentioned as $3.8 PLEASE CORRECT — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.101.67.166 (talk) 10:43, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

You should either correct it yourself- or raise this on the talk page for the article. It is unlikely that anyone involved with the article will read your comment here. Please provide a good source for your correction - this will not be done on your word alone. Wymspen (talk) 10:51, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

I wondered if 175.101 meant that the article does already have a reference cited that disagrees with the article, but I couldn't find the article to check it. According to search, there is no Wikipedia article containing the word or name Rangastham. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 20:07, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

We do have an article Rangasthalam. However I don't see where it says anything about the US collections being either $3.38 million or $3.8 (million or not). Instead " $2.245Million" and "over 3 million $". This includes around the time the IP posted [1]. There were some random changes of earnings figures before (and after) then but these don't seem to have been the US figures. Nil Einne (talk) 19:04, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Least goals scored by sweeping NHL team

Vegas recently swept the first round of playoffs with 7 goals scored. Is this an all-time record? 37.244.218.48 (talk) 14:32, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Possibly - I'm sure other editors will confirm or refute. One thing to be aware of - the first round has not always been a "best of seven" so there may have been winners with less goals when there were less games. MarnetteD|Talk 14:36, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Only if it's limited to a best-of-3/5/7 series. The NHL playoffs used to have 2-game total goals series. GoodDay (talk) 20:17, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Let's exclude the aggregate score because that's some serious antiquity. I'm not buying the 2-game sweep story either; somebody must have scored 6 or less over two victories. 46.188.148.189 (talk) 20:41, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

The New York Rangers won the best of 3 series in 1936–37 NHL season#Playoffs scoring 5 goals in 2 games. For total goals in a series 1928–29 NHL season#Playoffs the New York Rangers scored 1 goal in the second game and none in the first. In the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals was a best of 3 and the Boston Bruins swept in 2 with 4 goals 2 in each game. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 01:11, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

You the boss, alongside Cheechoo and Tootoo. 46.188.148.189 (talk) 09:03, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Oh! What's with best-of-fives? 46.188.148.189 (talk) 09:06, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

The hockey season used to have a lot less games than it does now; they must have felt that best-of-5 was enough to make the teams play for one series. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 09:04, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

CambridgeGuy answered everything but the best-of-5 portion, so I wondered what's the record for that. 93.143.44.207 (talk) 11:43, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Stride Piano - Why am I so bad at it?

Recently, I have been watching a few online videos by pianists where they use a stride technique in their left hand, where the bass and accompaniment are played with one hand. The right hand, meanwhile, plays the main melody. I have tried to learn to play this style recently.

What I am wondering is, why am I so bad at it. Every time I try to do the left hand part, my hand keeps missing the keys that I want to play and I end up playing the wrong notes as a result, I can’t seem to aim it correctly. Why is this, and what can I do to solve this issue and play stride piano correctly?

Also, the fastest I can go is painfully slow and I’m not very good at reading complex sheet music, though I’m trying to improve in this regard. Is there a way in which I can play stride piano without using sheet music?

Thank you, Pablothepenguin (talk) 20:52, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

See practice (learning method). It took me probably 2-3 years of constant work on guitar before I could confidently play barre chords. Everything is doable through enough repetition; much of music playing is developed through muscle memory, which can only be done by screwing up for a very long time; raw repetition over and over and over is how this is done. --Jayron32 12:40, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

The swan - snooker

When was the last time we saw the "swan" rest being used in international snooker? I remember using it all the time as a kid, but I can't recall ever seeing it on TV, back from Cliff Thorburn, Alex Higgins, through Steve Davis and Jimmy White, to Ronnie O'Sullivan and beyond. I sort of get why it exists in the first place, but was it designed to solve a snooker problem that no longer exists? The Rambling Man (talk) 22:07, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

I can't say exactly when or where, but I have seen it used in a televised snooker match fairly recently - certainly within the past year. Wymspen (talk) 07:47, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I've also seen it a few times in the past year (and I only watch around one match per fortnight). Perhaps more players are now more adept than before in making a firm unassisted high bridge (i.e. with fingertips only on the table and the wrist raised high), which would lessen its use, but on rare occasions it's still essential.

An unusual usage I saw recently was where a player placed it across the line of the shot with the butt end resting on the rail, providing a horizontal raised support for his elevated bridge hand. The commentators (two ex-players, as usual) both said they'd never seen this done before, but of course there's nothing in the Rules to forbid it.

Something I only found out recently from a perusal of the Rules (prompted by up-and-coming pro who wears a half-glove on his bridge hand, presumably to avoid sweat-friction) is that players are free to bring and use whatever ancillary equipment they want to, over and above the usual rests provided by the venue (or, technically, by the Referee). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 18:17, 24 April 2018 (UTC)