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March 21

Name of movie on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Several days ago I saw an episode of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart where he was talking about how Iran is angry about the movie 300. There's a clip that Stewart introduces as "Jews!" at about the 3:01 minute mark of this video clip. If you watch the clip. You can see two bespectacled men in suits and hear one of them say, "When you're ready for some real management, you come see us. I've got a first cousin; he's top shelf." I think this movie is by Universal Studios, because of the word "UNIVERSAL" shown at the top left corner of the film clip. What is the name of this movie? If there is more than one movie that has the same title as this one and is also by Universal, please tell me the date so I can differentiate it. Thanks--Xandiar 03:41, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I've never seen the movie but it looks like something from Barton Fink. Dismas|^(talk) 03:57, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I assumed it was Jungle Fever. --Mathew5000 04:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually I just watched the clip and that's not it. For some reason when I saw it on tv I thought Tim Robbins was in the clip. --Mathew5000 04:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

300

I've seen the movie 300 and it was great.But what I did'nt like about it was the depiction of persians as diabolical and inhuman savages who dont hesitate to kill even their own people.Did all the 299 of the men die due to a traitor (the severely deformed hunchback whom Leonidas rejects when he wants to join the army) or were they simply outnumbered.Really saying the Persians looked like jokers when they were killed like "Rats" by the Spartans who were armed only with spears and shields.Can't the Hollywood make a more fair film?210.212.215.141 06:50, 21 March 2007 (UTC)Prosemite

The traitor did get them all killed, but he wasn't a Spartan. So there were 300 Spartans, along with 700 Thespian volunteers (who should have at least gotten second billing) and some undoubtedly very disgruntled Thebans who were kept there against their will. Check out the Battle of Thermopylae. Clarityfiend 08:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Correction: the Thebans surrendered and there were also 1000-2000 Helots killed. Clarityfiend 21:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

The deformed hunchback traitor was a Spartan, who had been rejected by the Spartans because he was too deformed to fit into their defensive scheme where shields interlocked. At least, in the movie. I don't know if the traitor in real life was a deformed Spartan, or an ordinary looking person, or Greek from some other state. Corvus cornix 21:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm talking about real history, not the Hollywood version. AFAIK, he wasn't a hunchback, and the article says he was a Malian named Ephialtes of Trachis. Clarityfiend 23:02, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah. Thanks. Sorry for the confusion on my part. Corvus cornix 23:20, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm...after rereading the OP's question, it isn't clear if he (I assume) wants an answer from real life or from the film. But in either case, it was the traitor who was responsible for the Spartans getting offed. Clarityfiend 23:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Although, going back to the Original Questioner's question, you have to wonder whether Iran really needs to worry about the reputation of Persia. Anybody who believes that Xerxes was 8 feet tall because a movie shows him that way, I wouldn't care too much what they thought of me. Corvus cornix 23:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

The Spartans and Thespians were sorely outnumbered (Herodotus) and would have perished anyway. The battle of Thermopylae served mainly as means to delay the Persian army and secondarily cause as many casualties as possible. Ephialtes, as a Greek who seriously undermined both aims earned the additional distinction of having his name mean "nightmare" in Greek vocabulary. IIRC Herodotus also says that Xerxes ordered many of his dead soldiers' bodies dragged away, so that the morale of his army wouldn't suffer.87.202.100.3 14:26, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Brigitt Bardot song

Yeah, you are right. I did mean Brigitt Bardot. Thanks for the Information.

What I really wanted to know is about the songs she sang in English. I remember one of them refering to some thing to do in the sun. Like holiday in the sun or some thing like that. Also how do I lay may hands on the lyrics and a recording to these 2 songs. I also remember one sung in French. I was too young to comprehend what it was all bout!

Many, many thanks!

Dru. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.43.242.167 (talk) 09:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

She has the following songs with sun in the title Mister Sun, La soleil de ma vie (with Sacha Distel), Le soleil and Nue Au Soleil. There may be more. Songs in English that I know of are Bonnie and Clyde and Comic Strip, although she did record both of these in French too (obviously). I've just had a listen and Mister Sun is in English too. --TrogWoolley 19:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

CodeBreaker DS

I just bought a new CodeBreaker for my Nintendo DS, and it only works with one of my games, and when it does it causes all sorts of glitches. When I try to use it with other games, the codes just don't work or it won't let me start the game. Is there something I am doing wrong? Is there something wrong with my DS? Is there something wrong with the CodeBreaker? Thank you. :-) Ilikefood 14:00, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, never mind. Trading it in for an Action Replay DS, which everyone says is so much better. Ilikefood 14:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC) (but if someone could tell me why it wasn't working that would be great anyway, thanks. I'm just curious, I guess...)

It could have been any of those things, have you tried to look up a community website? It's much more likely someone there would be better able to help. I read the maxconsole forums for my flash card info, don't know if they have codebreaker forums there also but it's a start. Vespine 01:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Big Town

What was the theme song of the 50's TV series Big Town on CBS and later NBC? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kgbac (talk • contribs) 21:49, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

Poker in Bond

So, poker is obviously huge in the James Bond series. With Casino Royale coming out I have to wonder - does the style of poker shown in the James Bond movies of the era change with the type of poker games people are playing. For example, in the most recent film much of the action takes place during a Texas hold-em game. - AMP'd 21:58, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't remember him playing poker in any prior film. It was just chemin de fer and, in Diamonds Are Forever, craps. But prior to the current hold'em craze, draw poker was usually the game in films in general. The Cincinnati Kid was an exception, with five card stud. Clarityfiend 22:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

In the original book, and the 60's movie, Bond played baccarat. (Don't know if it was Chemin de fer or some other variety.) 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 22:47, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Baccarat#Trivia says he played baccarat chemin de fer. Sounds right after reading the rules. Clarityfiend 22:58, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

So why is it that I associate poker with Bond? Also, did the popularity of hold-em influence the card game in Casino Royale? Thanks - AMP'd 23:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Of course the popularity of hold'em was a big factor. Also, the new version of Bond is less polished, so maybe the writers didn't think it would be in character for him to play chemin de fer. Clarityfiend 01:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it all makes sense now. Thanks, but what about if I cannot rid myself of spiders? - AMP'd 01:21, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Cue medical disclaimer - AMP'd 01:21, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, we don't have a medical/legal disclaimer. All we say is that people should not ask medical/legal questions. However, there's nothing to prevent us answering the question. We have no disclaimer (that I'm aware of) that protects us in the event that someone answers such a question, the questioner takes the advice, and comes to grief. Maybe we should. JackofOz 13:09, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually... - AMP'd 01:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, you're dead right. Thanks for drawing my attention to this, AMP'd. This highlights an issue I've raised before. You can read all about it on the Ref Desk talk page. Cheers JackofOz 03:07, 27 March 2007 (UTC)