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April 27

The Dad in Elf

I once saw this movie and I really want to know the title

it starts out a mom takes her daughter to the park, shes talking on a cellphone and sits on a bench, while her daughter goes on the swing and a man comes up to her and says i lost my dog can you help me find him and takes her to a cave and bumps her head on top of the cave and there was a fake dog voice recorder thing and she gets thrown in the water

i think the dad in elf was in this movie

the fbi and the detectives are both trying to find this, they dont want a case

at the end the detective gets to the pedophile and the pedophile drowns himself

there are scenes where the pedophile is in his house theres a wheelchair a fishtank he goes and messes with

the pedophuile works for a water system or something and the movie has a lot of stuff to do with water kinda

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blsupr (talk • contribs)

The dad in Elf would be James Caan. Looking over his filmography at the IMDB, I don't immediately see anything that would fit the bill, but perhaps you want to see for yourself. It'd probably be a somewhat recent movie, what with the cell phone and all. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 07:46, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

The other dad in Elf was Bob Newhart and I bet it was him. Tempshill (talk) 05:48, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Could be, but I don't see anything like this in Newhart's filmography, either. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 10:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Is there a scene where he talks on the telephone and repeats everything the other party says? —Tamfang (talk) 22:20, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Is it the film adaptation of Ulysses by James Joyce? That's what the précis reminded me of the most. Malcolm XIV (talk) 08:20, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Swoon: It is called "stream of unconsciousness", as I faintly remember. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 22:18, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Who is the commentator?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jRjUYAobZ8

Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.62.16.228 (talk) 20:04, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Sky Sports have used the same commentators for a while now. I think this is might be Rob Hawthorne, but their other main commentators are: Alan Smith (the ex-Arsenal player not the Leeds one), Martin Tyler, Alan Parry, Ian Darke and of course Andy Gray. It's almost definitely one of those lot. ny156uk (talk) 22:44, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I know what Tyler, Parry, Darke and Gray sound like, and it's none of those. Which leaves Hawthorne and Smith as possibilities. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 04:57, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it's neither Rob Hawthorne or Smudger. See this for how these two sound like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vvJJuB1lg

I usually hear this guy commentating on international matches, including the World Cup, but I don't know for which network. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.62.16.228 (talk) 15:10, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Maybe this list will help List of English football commentators? Steve Banyard and Ian Crocker appear to be two names that haven't yet been mentioned. Steve Banyard even has his own site! 194.221.133.226 (talk) 16:27, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Sci-fi show

A group of scientists travel to another dimension randomly - they have a device which, when activated, transports them and gets a new (random) timer until the next jump. Any ideas what this could be? Vimescarrot (talk) 20:05, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Sliders? --Onorem♠Dil 20:09, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Damnit. I EC'd with charcter-for-character (less sig) the same post. Great minds I guess. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 20:15, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks everyone! <3 Vimescarrot (talk) 20:24, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

It's not another dimension, it's a parallel universe. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 00:02, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll live. Vimescarrot (talk) 00:32, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Motion from one to another parallel universes may be conceived of as being in a direction different from the three dimensions of ordinary space and one dimension of time, i.e. along a new dimension. Presumably by transference from this, "dimension" is often used in fiction to mean "parallel universe". It's a usage mostly associated with the kind of science fiction that isn't very careful about its scientific concepts, I'd say; but I wouldn't call the question wrong. --Anonymous, 01:55 UTC, April 28, 2009.

I think Quinn tells someone at least once, "Same world, different dimension"; so the (ab)use of dimension is canonical. —Tamfang (talk) 06:34, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Canonical and extremely widespread. It bares no relation to any of the standard definitions of "dimension" in maths or science, but it is a common usage. --Tango (talk) 12:34, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I would have answered The Time Tunnel.-gadfium 04:53, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

That's different times, not different dimensions. I think Sliders is the correct answer. --Tango (talk) 12:38, 28 April 2009 (UTC)