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October 12

Song in “The Invention of Lying”

Can anyone tell me the name of a song from the move “The Invention of Lying”? It plays during a montage scene in the middle of the film and is mostly a woman whispering/singing over a heavy, repetitive organ line. There’s also a xylophone part which gets louder towards the end. I can tell you it’s not the Electric Light Orchestra theme, this song is much more subdued. TheFutureAwaits (talk) 10:46, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See: this, I believe you are referring to 'Mr. Blue Sky', by ELO. 70.4.225.7 (talk) 12:44, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the effort but as I said in my question it's not Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra. It's a female vocalist singing quietly over an organ. I know it's a somewhat famous track, I just can't seem to find the listing anywhere. TheFutureAwaits (talk) 12:52, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, pre-coffee. On the above link, the only other song listed is "Sitting" by Cat Stevens.68.244.118.70 (talk) 13:08, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, but yeah that's not it either. Female vocalist. TheFutureAwaits (talk) 15:09, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone have an idea? TheFutureAwaits (talk) 15:09, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

there waas a show on fox kids where they poared goo on kids

can anyone tell me the name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.3.37 (talk) 12:09, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In case no one can give you the exact show... Please check this list. 173.103.38.124 (talk) 12:37, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just a guess, but was it Double Dare? Dismas|^(talk) 12:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) You may be thinking of Slime Time Live or Double Dare, which were Nickelodeon shows, though apparently a version of the second one was sometimes broadcast on Fox. On Figure It Out, they slimed the panelists. —Kevin Myers 13:09, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hopping in to my way back machine, You Can't Do That On Television used to slime people all of the time, but the OP's "Fox Kids" part of the question makes me think thats a little too far back. Livewireo (talk) 14:46, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The show that that the question made me think of was Uh Oh!, but as far as Wikipedia knows, that was only seen in Canada. --Anonymous, 06:02 UTC, October 13, 2009.

A long shot, but could it have been a rerun of the UK show Tiswas? Its article mentions participants being doused with water, but I have a (quite possibly false) memory of people being 'slimed' in it or a similar UK show. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 20:56, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

TV show "Chuck"

OK I understand that the show is fiction, but there is something fundamentally irritating about the show. Why doesn't Chuck ask for CIA for compensation? He is always going on some mission or the other, ordered around by some general, but never paid anything for it. Are there situations like this in real life - where people are 'hijacked' by the CIA and forced to change their lives, without adequate compensation, in the name of doing your country a service? Sandman30s (talk) 14:48, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

At the end of the last season he does get a pretty hefty check from the government, which he uses to plan his sister's wedding. Chuck is a pretty upright person, so he helped out for a while just because he thought it was the right thing to do (and also because he liked Sarah). I can't really answer about any real life examples. —Akrabbim^talk 14:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, it's a lame aspect of the show; you are not missing some key that would fix your suspension of disbelief. Comet Tuttle (talk) 22:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Which Simpsons episode is this from?

Does anyone know in which Simpsons episode Bart Simpson gives thanks at a thanksgiving meal with the following prayer: "We paid for this ourselves, so thanks for nothing"? Thanks for your help. Darkhorse06 (talk) 15:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish" --LarryMac | Talk 16:02, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since we have an article on every episode, here is the Wikilink: Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish. --Thomprod (talk) 16:07, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To anyone who saw Micro Men on BBC Four

Does anyone know what the name of music they used in the ending montage where Clive Sinclair is sitting on a Segway-type vehicle and the Microsoft truck zooms past was? Thanks!--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 17:54, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is the programme's page if anyone wishes to see it. It's right at the end.--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 17:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The music is IV from Oxygène by Jean Michel Jarre [1], the vehicle is the Sinclair C5. meltBanana 18:45, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I think I heard it before in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series on my dad's tapes. I'll have to ask him. :)--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 16:09, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]