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DYK for Jewish dairy restaurant

On 17 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jewish dairy restaurant, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Leon Trotsky frequented a Jewish dairy restaurant in the Bronx but refused to tip, and the waiters retaliated by spilling hot soup on him? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jewish dairy restaurant. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jewish dairy restaurant), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 17,586 views (732.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of November 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Cool, thank you! Andre🚐 00:02, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I enjoyed reading this just now as the hook is excellent and the topic seems to fill a significant gap. And thanks to Cwmhiraeth too, for doing the admin – it's good to see them still keeping the wheels turning.

FYI, I've started articles of this sort myself – see Gaby's Deli, for example. That place is closed now, alas, and so it's good to record them while we can.

Andrew🐉(talk) 09:55, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I really appreciate the kind words! :-) Andre🚐 19:43, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

You're welcome. Note that the hook has been challenged at WP:ERRORS. This doesn't seem serious but I'll follow up for the record. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:21, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

OK, thanks and thanks for letting me know, I left a comment there too. Andre🚐 00:36, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Mazel tov! ProfGray (talk) 00:26, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, same to you, as the author of 27% of the article. By the way, some drive-by IP removed that bit about Effy's. I thought it was fine to keep in, but maybe you want to do the honors of reinstating that sentence as it will remain under your authorship. I'll certainly back you up if the IP shows up on talk for a discussion. Andre🚐 05:54, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

New user name

What's the story behind the change? I'm hoping the story is long, humorous, and convoluted, as most Sunday stories tend to be. Bonus points if there's a shaggy dog involved. Viriditas (talk) 21:31, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

No humorous or entertaining story I'm afraid. This is actually one of the last places on the internet where I was still using that alias which dates to the mid-90's, and I've stopped using it practically everywhere else. On a whim I figured I'd take advantage of the rename, since Wikipedia is one of the few sites that can do it easily. Didn't mean to cause any consternation. Have kept all the redirects and the sig in place so there shouldn't be any confusion. Andre🚐 21:39, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

There's many potential jokes in there, my friend. I get it, you're not in a humorous mood. Viriditas (talk) 22:07, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

You're right, there's always material to be found. I'm finding my thoughts weighed by the cabinet pick narrative. Just watched the new Have I Got News for You. The prospect of another pandemic with RFK Jr at the helm is not buoying the spirits. Andre🚐 22:09, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I hope you saw SNL last night. They killed it with the cabinet picks, although I have to say that they need to stop letting Alec Baldwin guest star in the sketches since he always finds a way to mess it up. It's like he has a few drinks before getting on stage and just calls it in while the other cast members are taking it seriously. The resurrection of Dana Carvey is fantastic, and I'm deeply upset by my liberal brethren who can't stand that he does such a great job making fun of Biden. Viriditas (talk) 22:13, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes, it was an OK episode. I love Dana Carvey, have enjoyed his work since the Bush 1 days, and I think his Biden is better than Jim Carrey's -- I'm not kidding around! By the way -- and Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg were great this season -- but I agree they could have picked someone better than Baldwin for last night. But Sarah Sherman as Gaetz was good. And I can see that podcast bit returning. Andre🚐 22:17, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I still can't get over Sherman as Gaetz. Absolute genius. My two favorite people right now on the show are Sherman and Marcello Hernandez, who seems to be rising as a star. The Wicked sketch was so damn funny that I watched it twice. I have to say that it was a bit disturbing to see Andrew deWaard's research on financialization being demonstrated in real time, as the commerical tie-in to Wicked was clearly promotional. deWaard argues that this is one reason why Hollywood has been pumping out crap for the last decade or so. Financialization, argues deWaard, can be blamed for less creativity, as it seeks reliable revenue streams that discourage new and different content from emerging. Viriditas (talk) 22:21, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I had the good fortune to see Wicked on Broadway with Idina Menzel, so I don't think the film will live up to that. But it looks ok. I agree I wasn't a fan of it being a tie-in, there was also some kind of Allstate ad with the Please Don't Destroy guys. If Sherman and Hernandez' stars are rising, I think the PDD guys seem to be on the Lorne rehash mill after a disappointing film release. I watched the cut from air Charli XCX sketch with them and was also pretty underwhelmed. Sherman's definitely going places though. Andre🚐 22:26, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I think what I love most about Sherman is her sense of timing, and how all of her body movements are coordinated with what she says, not just in an old-timey, campy theatrical style, but in a way that reaches out to the audience and forms a connection. That's seriously hard to do, and she pulls it off like a champ. Was that Carvey as Al Pacino? He out-Pacino-ed, Pachino! That Allstate ad was crazy. Good for them for taking risks but it was way out there weird. Viriditas (talk) 22:32, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Agree about Sherman, she's a real talent. Yeah, that's one of Carvey's go-to impressions, a throwback to his own failed Hollywood vehicle. I'm really enjoying this second act he's getting. I think the 86-92 is one of the golden ages, possibly superior to the original 1975 era. Andre🚐 22:37, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

This was comedy gold. Cut for time. Viriditas (talk) 22:48, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I heard that an ad for Wicked mistakenly linked to a website with "wicked" in the url, that was actually a porn site. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:08, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, it was on the back of Wicked doll boxes for children. The URL linked to Wicked Pictures instead of WickedMovie.com. I don't really get how an error like that could even happen without some kind of quality control, but it's an easy error to make. Viriditas (talk) 21:25, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Ah yes, the wrong kind of "dolls". As for marketing errors happening, there's also how the Chevy Nova sounded in Spanish-speaking countries. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:59, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

You're playing with fire, my dude. I have heaps of Chevy Nova stories to tell. Viriditas (talk) 22:22, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

One often assumes large corporations would have good quality control and sensible review of compliance... and one would often be very, tragicomically wrong. Andre🚐 23:00, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

The media in general is incompetent and beholden to corporations who do not have our best interests at heart, particularly when it comes to public health. Look at all the E. coli outbreaks in the US in just the last several months, from onions at McDonald’s to California carrots. Not a single one of the hundreds of articles on this subject ever once discussed etiology, pathogenesis, the necessity of public health rules to prevent outbreaks, the safety and hazards of fertilizer and farm worker sanitation facilities, or the risk of contamination by farm animals. Not a single article other than "throw your carrots out" and see you next month when the Trump admin rolls back more public health measures. Absolutely insane. Viriditas (talk) 23:19, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Very true. Organic carrots to boot. Here I am extolling the virtues of organic food and they're making me look silly. Plus RFK Jr eating big macs. Ugh. Andre🚐 23:28, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Well isn’t this bitch fest just grand. Someone lighten up this place with some happy thoughts about their favorite food and drink right quick, otherwise I will have to terrorize everyone with my story about how I tried to achieve orbital insertion in a Chevy Nova by using a ramp as a catapult. To very loosely paraphrase Arthur Carlson from WKRP, "As God as my witness, I thought Chevy Novas could fly…" Viriditas (talk) 23:36, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

😂 glad you were OK after that. Andre🚐 23:53, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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