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February 22

The television show "The Jeffersons"

In the George Jefferson penthouse, viewing from inside--the large seascape painting, to the left of the entrance---who is the artist and what is the title of the painting. This painting features a large green wave, with rock bolders to the left and the right. It appear that it could be a sunset over the ocean. I would appreciate this answer, very much.Stancilla 02:14, 22 February 2007 (UTC)Stancilla

While I don't know this specific painting, bear in mind that there is a 99% chance it was painted by the show's set designer and is not actually a notable work of art.-Dmz5*Edits**Talk* 17:53, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper to buy some print instead of doing an original painting for the show ? I suspect they have a library of inexpensive prints for just such a purpose. StuRat 17:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Depends. If anybody in the cast or crew is an artist, i'm sure they'd love to contribute some paintings to the set. Free publicity. One of the actors (the one who played Morn) on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine contributed a ton of art to that show. (Why do i know that?) ~ lav-chan @ 05:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

One show that must have had a artist on staff was Good Times, where they occasionally showed JJ's paintings and one also appeared in the opening sequence. StuRat 16:04, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

What would be cool is if Wikipedia had an article about the real artist :) --Kainaw ^(talk) 16:15, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

"...ain't we lucky we got 'em ?" StuRat 00:45, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

The painting in the Jeffersons set was done by an artist named Drazenski(I am not sure about spelling) I actually saw another painting of his at an antique shop in the mid 90's "Chantall's Antique and Design" Located in Austin,TX. She was asking around 10k back then I really wanted to purchase it, but that was 6 months salary back then. Its depth was truely amazing.

Does anyone remember this comic?

I remember a webcomic which featured a character fishing for interesting women to meet using a copy of The Demon-Haunted World. Literally--he was dangling it on a fishing line and watching for women to stop and look. I can't for the life of me remember which comic it was, but it had a punchline something like "I suppose you have a better way to meet women?". Does anyone remember the comic? grendel|khan 04:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I remember seeing a WebComic Wiki, I don't remember the link, currently, but if someone'd post it, maybe you can ask there... 惑乱 分からん 17:37, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

You mean Comixpedia? Aetherfukz 16:20, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Now hear this

In war films (specifically Jarhead) before an important announcement is made, the intercom operator says 'now hear this, now hear this' and continues with his message, what are the origins of this and what purpose might it have other than getting people's attention?

Thanks in advance for any answers, Dave 88.111.82.185 18:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

It is most likely rooted in the "Hear Ye! Hear Ye!" of earlier English, which derived from much earlier phrases that simply meant "Stop and Listen" for royal proclomations. --Kainaw ^(talk) 03:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Does it need another purpose than getting people's attention? --Anon, Feb. 23, 2007, 06:05 (UTC).

Sir! There's a high standardization in Military communication. Affirmative, Sir! 惑乱 分からん 12:28, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

The first word of Beowulf, the first major work in English, is Hwæt which basically means "oi you, listen to this. meltBanana 16:36, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I find I frequently miss the first few words of an announcement, because I need to turn up the volume, pay attention, quiet something down (like running water), etc. So, if these two statements are made:

"Los Angeles suffered a major earthquake today."

"Today there was a major earthquake in Los Angeles."

This is what I actually here:

"... suffered a major earthquake today."

"... a major earthquake in Los Angeles."

Smart newscasters will leave the important part until the end of the sentence. StuRat 17:18, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Your ears also need to attune to the voice of the person and the method of delivery - that is why you should always say 'hello' or something generic when you answer the phone (to give the other person's ears the opportunity to attune to your voice). I don't have any references or anything, but a lecturer once told me that you don't hear the first 1.5 seconds of anything said for this reason. 81.105.176.121 16:22, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks guys, from your answers i presume it is solely to grab peoples attention. I am surprised to hear that the first 1.5 secs. of a conversation are lost, that seems like quite a long time, oh well im sure it wasn't that important what he was saying anyways :P

Thanks, Dave 17:00, 2 March 2007 (UTC)