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[edit]Alas smith and jones sketch
[edit]I am trying to find a video from the Alas smith and jones comedy show where a contractor is hauled into the office of the project manager of the eurotunnel projectto discuss non performance — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.149.189.147 (talk) 00:47, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
- Well according to that infinitely valuable resource, Some Random Website [1], you want Alas Smith & Jones s4e01. Try putting that into youtube and see what you get; should be the eighth sketch. Card Zero (talk) 19:55, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
Lyrics for "What Love?" by Jagwar Ma.
[edit]Indeed I challenge you to find said lyrics. Quite the challenge it will be, as I do not expect anyone to actually find them, but it would be great if someone did. Nicholasprado (talk) 05:43, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
Joy Division plus/minus?
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What exactly is the connection between Joy Division and plus/minus symbols? I've seen them on a few of their releases and promotional materials and I'm wondering what it's supposed to represent.--Editor510 drop us a line, mate 14:09, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
- Peter Saville of Factory Records, who was responsible for Joy Division artwork including Atmosphere (Joy Division song) which first used the symbols, based his interpretation on a piece by the minimalist Dutch artist Jan van Munster, who is a redlink on en.Wikipedia but has articles on the Dutch and German Wikipedias, an omission I shall address shortly unless another editor gets there first. I found an old forum post claiming that Saville has said he saw the symbols as representing two distinct phases of Joy Division's music, but I can't find a reliable source to confirm this, I'm afraid. - Karenjc 08:24, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, well, thank you for that info. --Editor510 drop us a line, mate 20:40, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
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- Ah, well, thank you for that info.
Mia Talerico
[edit]Mia Talerico stars in Disney Channel Original Series, Good Luck Charlie, who plays the role of good luck Charlie Charlie Duncan, the second youngest of the Duncans. Mia started her role when she was eleven months old. She was born September 17, 2008 in Santa Barbara, California and is the child of Chris and Claire Talerico. She is 4years old. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohamad.ali.deryan (talk • contribs) 14:25, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
- Have you a question? —Tamfang (talk) 21:55, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
Stand-up routine on driving psychopathy
[edit]I remember seeing an excerpt of a stand-up comedy routine on Youtube where the guy was talking about seeing a big group of people on the pavement and thinking about what would happen if he were to turn the steering wheel a few degrees towards them and kill them all. It ended with him interspersing the boring things that would happen if he continued driving normally with bits from the kind of news report that would result if he were to mow them all down. Anyone know what I'm talking about? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.113.87 (talk) 15:59, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
- Can you describe what the comedian looked like please? --TammyMoet (talk) 17:59, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
- My bet would be Stewart Francis. Britmax (talk) 11:23, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
- Not that I have a better answer, but I don't think it sounds like Stewart Francis. His style is one liners with surreal twists, whereas the OP's description sounds like a fairly long routine on the same topic, which doesn't doesn't match... gazhiley 11:57, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
- This is why I asked for a description of the comic because it sounds like something Harry Hill might do. He is visually quite striking. --TammyMoet (talk) 13:20, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
- Not that I have a better answer, but I don't think it sounds like Stewart Francis. His style is one liners with surreal twists, whereas the OP's description sounds like a fairly long routine on the same topic, which doesn't doesn't match... gazhiley 11:57, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
- My bet would be Stewart Francis. Britmax (talk) 11:23, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
I saw this routine, I'm pretty sure it was Bill Burr. Livewireo (talk) 13:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
- Although I hate responding to myself, I know its [citation needed]. I'll find the Youtube link later this evening if someone doesn't beat me to it. Livewireo (talk) 20:50, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
- I'll confirm that. It was absolutely Bill Burr. Go ahead and find that link, for completeness sake, but I've seen and heard the routine more times than I have fingers and toes. --Jayron32 22:33, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
YouTube's interactive transcript
[edit]Why does the English interactive transcript always come up with gibberish? Is it an automated phonetic service? Simply south...... eating shoes for just 6 years 20:02, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, it is automatically generated. The algorithm has gotten better than it first was, but it really depends on how clearly spoken the words in the video are. Chevymontecarlo 06:09, 1 October 2012 (UTC)