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Do you know this comedienne?

For some time, frustratingly, I have been trying to identify a comedienne and her act.

This dates to my having seen her, probably in late 80s, early 90s, on the TV show "Just for Laughs" (Juste pour Rire) broadcast in the UK, being highlights from the eponymous comedy festival in Montreal.

The woman was probably late 30s, early 40s, with a delivery which reminded me of Bill Hicks. As I recall, she was a reasonably "solid" figure, with wavy fairish shoulder-length hair - and, I think, may have had heavy-framed glasses. But that could be wrong.

The particular performance I recall was a monologue she gave, lasting several minutes, almost without pause for breath, describing an earthy love-making session, and how it happens, including all kinds of detail (such as her head pounding repeatedly against the bed headboard!). I got the sense that this was a kind of "set piece" in her routine, which she may have used as part of her act on several occasions - it was almost as if it was "expected" by the audience. What made it more impressive was the memory and stamina needed in delivering it over a long period, as I say, almost without pause. Certainly the applause she got at the end must have been as much for the effort and persistence she showed in getting through it, as for the content of the material itself!

Any ideas anyone? Pantscat (talk) 00:23, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Joan Rivers? She's not really like Bill Hicks, but the idea of a monologue and being quite graphic about such a thing fits with her. She'd be not too far from the age you mention at that time either. 194.221.133.226 (talk) 08:06, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

British or American? Lisa Lampanelli does a lot of sexual material in her act. Pepso2 (talk) 10:34, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

It's Brett Butler...hotclaws 01:30, 2 August 2009 (UTC) ,

Marti Caine perhaps. Or try looking through Category: English comedians. 78.149.192.56 (talk) 13:26, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Some pesky Evangelion soundtracks

Try as I may, I can't locate a certain Evangelion soundtrack, listed as "エヴァンゲリオン·クラシック-2 (EVANGELION CLASSIC-2)" on this page. The best results I could find were here, but they don't seem to exactly match it. Any help? I'm also looking for Evangelion Classic-1...

Oh wait, it just occurred to me to search the Japanese titles. Well, Classic-1 seems to correspond to "Beethoven Symphony No. 9," and Classic-2 seems to correspond to "Verdi Requiem." But on the page I linked to, there's another soundtrack listed as "EVANGELION CLASSIC / J.S.BACH ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO.3 & OTHERS." I'm just so confused. Is the article lacking a few soundtracks? AAUGH! MY HEAD!--The Ninth Bright Shiner 05:11, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

"Recruit Screening" in Films

I understand that "Recruit Screening" is a widely set practice in Hollywood and is being done for the first time in Bollywood by Nikhil Advani. Can you provide with additional information on "Recruit Screening" as in when was it first done? what are the pros/cons for movies that are recruit screened?"Recruit Screening" as a concept?

Any information on same would be highly appreciated.

I can be reached at email address redacted

Many Thanks, Aishwarya —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.199.82.34 (talk) 06:39, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't familiar with the term and had to google it. Turns out it's another term for test screening. The article is not very comprehensive, but has an unsourced claim that test screening was first done in 1919. Just to note that I've removed your email address to prevent you being attacked by spammers. We don't answer questions by email here, you need to return to this page and see if anyone has answered. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 07:34, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

sony playstation 2

i just want to know if the ps2 usb port could read games that is saved through a flash drive? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.109.133.21 (talk) 10:53, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Are you asking if you can play pirate games that have been placed on a flash drive? No. It's possible that some modchips may allow that.

Are you allowing if you can use a flash drive instead of a save cartridge? I don't think so. There are special adapters to copy files ONTO a save cartridge if you have a saved game on a PC that you need moved to a PS2 (Hot Coffee, for example) but to my knowledge there's no way to make a PS2 load saved games from a flash disk. APL (talk) 13:23, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Sometimes you can copy game saves with a PS3. There is a cartridge adapter for the PS3 to copy games from cartridge to the PS3 drive. Then, if the game save isn't copy protected, you can copy it to USB. Then, you can send the file to anyone/anywhere. Next, the other person has to have a PS3, move the save to the PS3 drive, and them copy it to the cartridge. Of course, if you have a PS3, you probably won't be using PS2 cartridges. -- kainaw™ 13:34, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Michael Menes's Music

Does anyone recognize the music in the following video clip of juggler Michael Menes: [1]? Thanks. --Think Fast (talk) 14:17, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Film about Eastern Front?

I was recently at the cinema (in the UK) and saw a poster for a film that had, if I remember correctly, the Communist and Nazi flags on a bleak grey background, and which seemed to be a war film about the Eastern Front. I cannot remember what it was called and now can't find it online; it's not listed as on at the cinema and the most recent film I can find about the Eastern front seems to be called Brothers War, which I'm fairly sure wasn't the title. I think (but can't guarantee) that the title was in a foreign language. Can anyone identify this film? Thanks. - Anon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.176.85 (talk) 22:17, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Only one I know which might be about the Eastern Front is Das Boot, which in English is "the boat," if I recall. It's a foreign title, so I thought it was possible, anyway. I just don't know if the boast was after Soviet ships.Somebody or his brother (talk) 22:20, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Das Boot is about a submarine in the Mediterranean. While there were rumours Chevvy Chase starring in Das Boot 2: now it's krieg, in which the plucky submarine was dragged overland to fight a desperate rearguard action in Silesia, that was never made. -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 22:30, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

The film I saw the poster for is (presumably) new. - Anon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.176.85 (talk) 22:55, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Maybe Defiance, a film about partizans in Belarus fighting German forces during WWII. It stars Daniel Craig and was released in the UK quite recently (ie. you are likely to have seen the trailer/poster recently, and it is possible - though I can't confirm it - the poster in some cinemas was different to that in our article). Astronaut (talk) 23:01, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

That was my initial thought too, but looking at a lot of different posters, I couldn't find one that matched the OP's description. In fact, every single one prominently featured Craig. decltype (talk) 23:08, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Prhaps take a look at List of World War II films and see if anything rings a bell. Astronaut (talk) 23:15, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Katyń? --Richardrj ^{talk email} 08:05, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Anon, can you specify what you meant by "the Communist flag"? I assume you're referring to the Flag of the Soviet Union. -- JackofOz (talk) 14:42, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

When did you see this poster? ungWhere was it placed? - most multiplexes in the UK place posters for current films and those coming in a week or two, are typically placed in the foyer; those films that are much further off and may never even come to these shores tend to be placed in the wide corridor leading to the individual screens. Astronaut (talk) 15:42, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Agree with Richardrj, I think it has to be Katyń. Everything fits. Foreign language title, UK theatrical release 19 June 2009, many of the posters feature a red star. decltype (talk) 15:50, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Here's the film poster in question. [2] Malcolm XIV (talk) 19:03, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

The other flag in that poster (besides the Nazi flag) appears to be the flag ofMacedonia from that era. — Michael J 22:34, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I think, given the historical events portrayed therein, it's more likely to be the flag of the Red Army. -- JackofOz (talk) 06:31, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

its the flag of the Red Army and the Soviet Empire at that time this movie potrays a story about Polish officers that were captured by the Soviets during the september campaign in 1939 (in accordance with the Ribentrob and Molotov pact) They all were murdered at various sites one that is the most known is Katyn and thats from where the name of the movie was taken from. these are the English subtitles for the movie: http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/subtitles/3251988/katyn-en and here's the movie download all parts: http://www.megadownload.pl/plik/rs/98098415/katyn_filmmaxi.com.part1.rar

The Subtitles are soft so you need to look manually for them in the Video playing aplication you use copy the subtitles to the same folder you unpack the movie.

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Street Fighter

What is doing the Street Fighter character Guile in this image? David Pro (talk) 23:36, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

He appears to be mourning a dead comrade. Note that there is (part of) a cruciform grave marker in the extreme foreground and that he is cluching what appears to be his comrade's dogtag in his fist. Deor (talk) 23:46, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

The fallen comrade is probably Charlie. decltype (talk) 23:51, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

I agree with Deor, and would add that I think he's preparing to flash kick the cross. Tempshill (talk) 03:20, 31 July 2009 (UTC)