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Captain and Tennille

Many years ago I remember seeing them on the old "Dinah Shore Show". On the show she was very pregnant. In the interview part of the show--- I remember them talking about it and the pretty flowing flowered dress Tony had on. She was close to delivering. Since then NOTHING has ever been said about their baby. I have always wondered what happened to the baby. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minneapol (talk • contribs) 16:02, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It seems you were mistaken. this states they had no children together. As does this. Those are recent articles (within the past few years). This article from 1980 states "Toni and Daryl currently share a Pacific Palisades spread with four grand pianos and two homely English bulldogs. They agree on two important issues: vegetarianism and no children. "Because of the kind of life we lead," Toni explains, "it would be worse for us to have children than not. I can't even get Daryl to feed the dogs." " That is, the couple, back then, staunchly believed in not having any children. This book-length memoir from Toni Tennille also mentions her lack of children, and only mentions that once she thought she may have been pregnant, but was not. Seems you were mistaken. --Jayron 32 16:15, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What the original poster states and what you, Jayron32 state, are not necessarily incompatible. She may have been pregnant, lost the baby, and then subsequently changed her views on having children. Who knows? The thing that is odd: the years for The Dinah Shore Show do not seem to match the time line for when the Captain and Tennille were "famous" or for when Tennille might be of the age of pregnancy. Wikipedia says that The Dinah Shore Show ran from 1951 to 1957. And that The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ran from 1956 to 1963. Those dates do not seem to match up with Tennille's life span, fame, or potenial pregnancy age. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:27, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

She also hosted talk shows in the ~~60s and~~ 70s. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:31, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Such an event, had it occurred, would be an odd omission from her own autobiography. According to her own words, in her own autobiography, written well after the 1980s, she says she was never pregnant, and only once thought it was a possibility, but turn out to be a false positive. You're quite allowed to read the same text I did above before I posted a link to it. I included the refs for exactly that purpose.--Jayron 32 22:39, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. Dinah! (1970 to 1974) and Dinah and Friends (1979 to 1980). Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:34, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That overlaps the Captain and Tennille's most visible years, but if Tennille were ever pregnant I should think it would have been talked about. IMDB has at least a partial list of guests, show by show, so the OP could peruse that and see if anything looks familiar. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:44, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

C & T did appear on Dinah! in 1975. Haven't found any pictures, though. Deor (talk) 19:35, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Toni Tenille: A Memoir is accessible through Google Books. The word "pregnant" occurs only once in the book, where she says she was afraid she was pregnant after the first time she had sex, but she wasn't. I also searched for "miscarriage" and other related terms. If she had appeared on TV while pregnant it does not make sense that she would have said nothing about it in the book. Conclusion: the original poster is mistaken, perhaps thinking of some other couple who were on one or another Dinah show. --69.159.61.172 (talk) 22:58, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

24hr Le Mans data set

Where can I find the database that contains all the race data outlined on each of the 24hr Le Mans wiki articles? I am putting together a report and manually copy/paste/edit each year and although I have completed 22 in this fashion, I do not think I will be able to do this for all 83. Any ideas? The data is arranged in such a consistent format that I know it must be housed somewhere, I am just hoping that I can get access to it (an excel export would be ideal).

Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans Desired Data: Table titled "Official Results"

Thanks for the help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:603:d00:34ba:9192:a70d:d191:5de3 (talk) 21:59, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the Le Mans articles appear to be the work of User:The359, he started working in the area some 10 years ago, the article you note was created by him, with the results table intact, back in 2006. If you ask him on his user talk page, he'd probably help you out. It seems clear, from his editing history and his own user page, that he is likely the resident Le Mans expert here at Wikipedia. --Jayron 32 01:39, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Movie Trivia

questions from a movie quiz, if anyone knows the answers?

What award winning WW2 homefront movie was described by film historian Leslie Halliwell as being "set in a rose strewn English village, Hollywood variety".

Which actor waited 34 years before appearing onscreen again? was it Jason Robards ??

What is the title of a campy horror movie where five strangers meet on board a train to be told their sins and subsequent fates?

what is the link with Paul Muni, Montgomery Clift, Alan Arkin and Ryan O'Neal?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.36.254.250 (talk) 22:59, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The first is Mrs. Miniver, according to IMDb. You left out "After winning two Academy Awards" for the second,[1] who is obviously not Robards (based on his filmography; he does have two Oscars). The closest I could come up with is Luise Rainer, but her "intermission" is 43 years (1954 to 1997), 37 if you count a 1991 TV movie. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:37, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We should be negotiating our share of the prize before answering, but the five strangers question is probably Dr. Terror's House of Horrors. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 23:47, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

For (2), I suspect the quiz question was poorly formulated. After winning her first Oscar in 1934, Katharine Hepburn had to wait 34 years for her second win in 1968, enduring 8 unsuccessful nominations in between. She went on to win two more Oscars. She certainly never had anything like a 34-year break from film work. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 00:02, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It took a long time for those calla lilies to be in bloom again. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:40, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

For #4 they all played in movies set during World War II: Paul Muni in Commandos Strike at Dawn, Montgomery Clift in From Here to Eternity, Alan Arkin in Catch-22, and Ryan O'Neal in A Bridge Too Far. Not sure if that's what they are going for, since MOST male actors have probably appeared in a WWII movie at some point. --Jayron 32 00:44, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Looking through connections through roles. Clift and Arkin have both played Sigmund Freud. I don't believe the other two did. --Jayron 32 00:52, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Depending on how fast and loose one plays with the definitions of "first lead role", all four of them were nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor with their first lead roles: Muni in The Valiant, his first role ever, Clift in The Search, which was not the first film role he acted in, but was the first film he acted in to be released (he had earlier acted in movies that were released after The Search), Arkin in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, he had earlier appeared in a few minor roles in minor films, but this was his first "major" role, and O'Neal in Love Story, which was also not his first film, but it was the first where he was the unquestioned lead actor. --Jayron 32 00:59, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I usually don't bother with questions like this, but since I know it off the top of my head, the answer to the third question is Dr. Terror's House of Horrors. Deor (talk) 12:42, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have worked out the answer to number two (it's kind of a trick question).. and I will give it in return for the answer to this one!

Q. Which 1973 movie's musical soundtrack is identical to the soundtrack of Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.208.2.68 (talk) 23:42, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The answer is My Name is Nobody I believe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Filmbaffler71 (talk • contribs) 02:48, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]