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November 9

Hidden object in sci fi movies and TV episodes

According to the commentary for the movie Babylon 5: The Gathering, there is a group of people called "the woodland creatures", or something like that, which places the same object in just about every movie or TV show in the sci-fi genre. The object is said to be smaller than a bread box but larger than a Coke can. What is it ? StuRat (talk) 02:46, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I may have found my own answer. According to this site it's the Oscillation Overthruster from Buckaroo Banzai: [1]. StuRat (talk) 03:29, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Follow-up Q: Does anyone know where it appears in B5: The Gathering ? StuRat (talk) 12:42, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Name of this rope skipping song on Youtube

Could someone identify the name of this song that plays for the first 15 seconds of this video: [[2]]?

There are no lyrics on the video. Video is work-safe. Acceptable (talk) 18:40, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

That's "Jump" by Van Halen, appropriately enough. Fribbler (talk) 18:43, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you! Acceptable (talk) 19:03, 9 November 2008 (UTC)