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October 3

I'm Sexy and I Know it

Can anybody identify the guy on the bike seen at 0:25, 0:50 and 1:06 in this video by LMFAO? The video is full of cameos. Is this guy famous, or just an extra? μηδείς (talk) 00:19, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's Simon Rex (His cameo is mentioned, though not identified, in the article on "Sexy and I Know It"). ---Sluzzelin talk 01:56, 3 October 2011 (UTC) ... Oh yeah, just spotted "Bicycle Man" in Simon Rex's filmography table. ---Sluzzelin talk 02:03, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Most excellent. I am glad I wasn't crazy to think he was a cameo. The others were a little more obvious, though.

Resolved

As a follow up, wtf is Fez wearing on his right arm? μηδείς (talk) 02:14, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

dream theater awake

i was going through the wiki page on the album awake by dream theater. i saw that it was written that the song space dye vest has not been performed live without kevin moore . however, i have seen videos on youtube where rudess and la brie perform the song without moore. should i edit the page?Metallicmania (talk) 06:44, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is a bit tricky. From the references in the article, Portnoy said they would never play it live, but he may have changed his mind or gone back on that (it references Portnoy's blog, which is a reliable source for what he's said, but not for whether he kept his promise). You could edit the page to make it clearer that it's only Portnoy's assertion: "Portnoy said that the band would never play the song live without Moore", because the page only offers evidence that Portnoy said they would never play it live.

If you want to edit it to say that they have played the song live without him, you would need additional evidence. Seeing somebody play in a Youtube video isn't by itself sufficient evidence for putting something in Wikipedia. If you can find a source that actually says they played without Moore, then you could add the fact to the article.

You would probably be better discussing this on the article's talk page Talk:Awake (Dream Theater album), although sometimes it takes a while to get an answer on a talk page. --Colapeninsula (talk) 08:52, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

the video on youtube is a bootleg from a concert.i will add it to the talk page and look for sources to make an editMetallicmania (talk) 19:06, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Phyllis Thaxter

Aloha-I don't know jack about editing and your editing processes are very intimidating to me, and all I had was a simple question to ask. I saw where you included Phyllis Thaxter's role in the 1978 Superman film, so why didn't you include that she was the original Lois Lane in the first season of the Superman TV series with George Reeves in the 1950's? Mahalo Hugh Brenner [redacted email addr] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.235.151.120 (talk) 10:10, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. If you can edit this page to ask a question, you can edit any page on Wikipedia, assuming you can provide a link to a reliable online source for any information you wish to add. Go to Phyllis Thaxter, click the Edit tab, go to the part you wish to edit, add the information, add the link, and press Save. Voila! There's a bit more to it than that, but that's enough to get you started, enough to demonstrate that the editing processes are not things to be feared. Welcome. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 10:57, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, my, what if he breaks the internet ؟ μηδείς (talk) 19:12, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In that unlikely event, all he needs do is print the entire internet out on his dot matrix printer, quickly scrutinise it for errors, fix them, and hey presto! After lunch, he can find a cure for cancer and create world peace. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 20:11, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The first Lois Lane to George Reeves' Superman was Phyllis Coates, not Phyllis Thaxter. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:15, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dot matrix what? Your age is showing. μηδείς (talk) 05:16, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all. You either get the humour or you don't. Either way, no explanation will be forthcoming. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 10:06, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's fair to say that that effort would keep him busy for awhile. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:14, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I regularly drive my b/f crazy. We'll be driving down some road, and I'll be in my own little world, just gazing idly out the window, and I'll say, completely out of the blue, "I wonder how many trees there are in the world". Or if we're near the sea, I'll say, "I wonder how many grains of sand there in all the beaches of the world". His overreaction is a sight to behold, but such fun, at least for me. Now I have a new one: "I wonder how many pages and how much time it would take to print out the entire internet". You've got to have a naturally enquiring mind to come up with crap like that. :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 10:33, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If You Printed The Internet … AndrewWTaylor (talk) 14:09, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I love that so much. Thanks eternally, Andrew. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 12:31, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's visit to Birmingham

Today I saw an interview with his nephew/heir, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, which reminded me that I saw the great man Nusrat in a temple in Wolverhampton in either the late 70s or early 80s. I've looked on his article but I can't find a reference to him touring the UK at this time. Would anyone be able to find out when his first tour of the UK was please? --TammyMoet (talk) 18:32, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Life - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan "His first British performance was in Birmingham in 1980,organised by Oriental Star Agencies, from then on he toured the country almost every year." Alansplodge (talk) 18:41, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well that narrows it down! Thank you. --TammyMoet (talk) 20:47, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

100 best stand up comedians

In the best 100 stand up comedians I wondered why Whoopi Goldburg was not included? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.157.20 (talk) 18:35, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Probably would help to ask the organization that prepared the list what their criteria was for establishing their top 100. Also, it's "their" top 100, not necessarily "your" top 100 or any other organization's top 100. --McDoob AU 93 18:44, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Has she actually done any stand-up comedy? Her article doesn't mention this and she is not listed in our list of stand-up comedians.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:44, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

She performed stand-up with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal during Comic Relief. She has also done many anti-Republican stand-up routines at Democratic fund raisers. -- kainaw ™ 13:50, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Googling whoopi goldberg stand-up yields many results, including this one that lists a number of performances. I remember a fragment of the earliest one listed; I remember being a little shocked that she would make an abortion joke. Comet Tuttle (talk) 16:47, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]