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October 27

TV SERIES 'CASTLE'

       NATHAN FILLION PLAYS THE PART OF FICTIONAL CHARACTER
  'RICHARD CASTLE' IN TV SERIES 'CASTLE' THE SERIES OF BOOKS
    RELEASED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS 'HEAT WAVE' NAKED HEAT'ETC.
   BASED ON BECKETTS CHARACTER IN CASTLE ARE WRITTEN BY 
    RICHARD CASTLE.HOWEVER THE BOOKS SHOW A PICTURE OF RICHARD CASTLE
  AS THE AUTHOR & THE PICTURE IS OF NATHAN FILLION WHO PLAYS THE RICHARD CASTLE
   PART IN CASTLE.MY QUESTION IS WHO THE DEVIL WROTE THESE BOOKS IF RICHARD CASTLE
   IS ONLY A FICTIONAL CHARACTER?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.51.164.88 (talk) 06:24, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

They were probably written by some staff writer at ABC. (As a gimmick to promote the show.) The copyright page just lists ABC as the copyright holder, so that suggests they paid someone to write it. APL (talk) 07:54, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Indents have strange effects on Wiki and your caps lock is stuck. Britmax (talk) 09:46, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See Ghostwriter. Summary: It's relatively common to have some other person actually write a book, and then have someone else be listed as the author. Most commonly it's done for "autobiographies" of non-writers, but having it done for a fictional character is also possible. I doubt it was ABC staff who actually wrote it - ABC likely contracted out to another mystery writer. After a bit of searching, I found that the site goodreads mentions [1] that the current ghostwriter is Dan Brown. -- 174.24.217.108 (talk) 16:57, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For a classic, pre-TV example of this, see Ellery Queen. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.197.66.134 (talk) 16:47, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think its pretty unlikely that Dan Brown is writing the Richard Castle books--Jac16888 ^Talk 21:08, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gloomy Sunday, whose version is this?

can somebody identify this version of the song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3iGc_kniE --117.253.199.122 (talk) 06:43, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As the info below the screen says, it's Artie Shaw, whose vocalist was Pauline Byrne (no article!), recorded in 1940. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:14, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. A search with the singer's name fetches further files with the same audio track, which confirms it's Pauline Byrne singing. (I can't see any information on Youtube page about Artie Shaw. They provide copyright information specific to the geographical location, I guess.)--117.253.199.122 (talk) 10:52, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article now created here. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:59, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

T/V Gameshow Deal or No Deal

At what stage does the Adjudicator allocate money to the box, - before or after the player has selected a box number. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.71.154 (talk) 10:18, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well I suppose that depends on what you believe about the game. If it is a fair game, the monetary values are added to all boxes at the start of the game. However, you may prefer to believe that the whole thing is rigged to make better tv. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 15:18, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

American game shows became very careful about hanky panky after the 1950s quiz show scandals. The rewards are just not worth the risk. Also, it's hard (though not impossible) to do with a studio audience watching. Clarityfiend (talk) 18:16, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The same applies to the British version. According to Noel Edmunds at the start of each show, only the Adjudicator knows which box contains which amount, and amounts are allocated before the show starts. Mistakes are possible, but rare -- as in the case where the quarter of a million was missing from a chosen box. Dbfirs 07:54, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've sometimes wondered why an "Adjudicator" is required, since it would be easy to allocate amounts without anyone knowing which box contains which amount, but perhaps the organisers are guarding against a conspiracy by the contestants? Dbfirs 07:57, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

BBC TV

I thought perhaps this quiestion would be better placed here, so I am moving it over from Misc.

Just wondering a couple of things here:

1) If I have quite enjoyed watching a particular series on the BBC, is there any way of downloading it from iplayer or elsewhere that I could watch it back any time I want without having it simply vanish after a few weeks? What if I copied it onto my TV's HDD recorder or my Ipod?

2) Is there any sort of service where I could find other programs I might like based on the sorts of things I have enjoyed before? Some list of suggestions of things similar, of the same genera, perhaps? I mean, not only things on now, but uncoming new ideas or even things on before that I might be able to say buy a DVD of or some such?

148.197.80.214 (talk) 14:43, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1) There's no way to legally save things from iplayer, if you want advice on how to save the videos permanantly you'll need to ask elsewhere because you won't get an answer on wikipedia, and 2) the best service I can recommend is other people, find a good forum site (for example Digital Spy) and ask for people to recommend programs to you based on the ones you like--Jac16888 ^Talk 14:53, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There certainly is software you can use to save programmes from iplayer and store them indefinitely, but the legal status of this seems to be completely impenetrable - I would be interested if anyone has information on this. I wasn't sure whether it would be appropriate to link to the most popular piece of software, but I notice that we have a number of articles with links to torrent sites, so here you go: get_iplayer. The BBC's statements on this issue, such as this one, tend to tiptoe around the issue of legality. As for your second question, the official iPlayer website makes suggestions of similar programmes. IMDB also seems like quite a good resource for this kind of thing. 81.98.38.48 (talk) 23:05, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sara Adel

Sara Adel Rateb 5th December 1988 Presenter Singer Songwriter

Sara was born in Alexandria Egypt to parents Mona El Abhar and Adel Rateb. She then moved to Dreamland in Egypt near Giza Sara graduated from University and then startd to present on a popular show called Shabab Beek on Dream Channel. She is know recording her debut Album in the studio. She has bought out many singles that are on you tube, Ana Masraya being one that she had recorded during the 25th January Revolution. She is the eldest of 2 girls her sister is called Passant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Misrdream (talk • contribs) 19:25, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Misrdream. If you want to create this article you can do so yourself. I have a left a link on your talk page telling you how. μηδείς (talk) 22:30, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

S.W.A.T. 4 briefing

What does she say? "You on"?

http://www.2shared.com/audio/inqfn4kd/youonorwhat.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.74.50.52 (talk) 19:34, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could you be more cryptic? When asking a question try to frame what you are talking about, what you are confused about, and what you are seeking. Reading your question and visiting the link, I really donl't think anyone can know what you are asking.--108.46.103.88 (talk) 19:04, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like they're saying "U-1. Go ahead." "U-1, SWAT is needed for arrest warrant service."

Sounds like "U-1" is a the call-sign of the male voice, and he is being informed by the female voice that a SWAT team is needed to arrest someone who has a warrant out against them. APL (talk) 03:02, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A movie read now

There was this movie I watched,There were these villains ,who are really good guys,named Omi,and this kid (who was a real chicken) who travels to the past,cause this balled guy told him he had the power to control this water dragon with seven heads and tails,the good guy turns out to be the bad guy.What is the name of that anime movie? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.176.128 (talk) 19:47, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A water dragon with 7 heads and tails would be Tiamat. μηδείς (talk) 22:21, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could it be Xiaolin Showdown, which featured dragons, a central character called Omi, and time travel?--Colapeninsula (talk) 14:51, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A anime movie. All I saw was The Legend Of Me.....,I need to know to rest of the name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.174.159 (talk) 18:29, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]