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Hairbrush Divas

What are 'Hairbrush Divas', please? Bridgeplayer (talk) 00:35, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Seems to be a range of CDs based on the concept that a common teenage pastime (especially for girls) is to sing/mime along to songs in the mirror using a hairbrush as a microphone analogue. Exxolon (talk) 00:38, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks; the 'Magic' music channel (Sky 363) is having a 'Hairbrush Divas' night. :-) Bridgeplayer (talk) 00:44, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

It seems to be a television show on The One Network. Dismas|^(talk) 00:52, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Good catch. It was a radio show, though, because I remember it on Century Radio. I always wondered what the title meant :-) Bridgeplayer (talk) 01:19, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

"Goldfish don't bounce"

-this is what Bart's condemned to write on blackboard in this Duffless episode of Simpsons. What does that mean ?  Jon Ascton  (talk) 05:22, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

It means he tried it, which wasn't so good for the fish. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:10, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Wait ! What do you mean ? He (Bart) tried to actually (literally) bounce the fish (i.e. like a ball), but why would one do that ?

Because he is Bart Simpson. Britmax (talk) 08:23, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

It's supposed to be humorous, maybe. Chevymontecarlo 08:35, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

The chalkboard gag at the beginning of each episode is often suggestive in this way. The suggestion is that Bart has already done whatever action he is told to write about not doing. The idea of a gold fish bouncing is rather outlandish and wouldn't enter most people's minds, that's the humor. It's unexpected. Dismas|^(talk) 08:45, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Bart Simpson doesn't actually do anything. He's a drawing. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:27, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

REALLY?! Adam Bishop (talk) 19:34, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

OK, the logical thing to do now is to edit the plots of all the articles we have on Simpsons' episodes, not to mention all the other animated cartoon series, to say "The characters in this episode don't actually do anything. They're just drawings". Yes, that should work. Eeexcellent! -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 21:41, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

All the live action ones too. "These characters are just photographs moving at high speed to give the impression of movement. They are not actually doing anything." Adam Bishop (talk) 02:23, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The Simpsons have also released 464 unique episodes, and each and every one contains a unique chalkboard scroll. Presumably, there have been some duds among them. They can't all be brilliant and instantly understandable. --Jayron32 04:29, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

There aren't that many, some episodes don't have one (and some are repeated, I think). The Simpsons Wiki has a list, of course. Adam Bishop (talk) 04:55, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Name that tune (for people who are knowledgeable about hip-hop)

Does anyone know what name is this song (which is NOT what the description purports it to be, UMG disabled the original audio track and replaced it with something else) and who is the artist behind it? 24.189.87.160 (talk) 07:26, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

NASCAR Truck Series All-Time Wins List

I have looked for several months trying to find the all-time win list for the NASCAR Truck Series. List_of_NASCAR_all-time_cup_winners is a link that may help you in helping me. The page the link takes you to is the all-time wins list for the Sprint Cup. I have done some research and found that you have the Truck Sereis Championship wins but not the number of race wins for all the drivers. List_of_NASCAR_Camping_World_Truck_Series_champions is the link for the all-time Truck Seris Champinships. I would really apriciate if you would be able to find the information I am looking for and maby create a page like the one for the Spring Cup all-time wins list. Thank You.99.56.169.10 (talk) 16:55, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Removed triplicate posting of this question Aaronite (talk) 17:20, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Kissing scenes

What do actors and actresses do in the vivid kissing scenes, when there is a close-up and they're not obviously faking it? Do they really kiss, or do they fake it in a more sophisticated way? And what about naked scenes (I mean full body) when we don't actually see them do it but we see them under covers with a lot of skin exposed. Do they wear anything out of sight, or are they actually fully naked? And does this differ between TV and cinema? Thnx 76.229.164.56 (talk) 19:24, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

The kissing scenes are real, but as for the simulated sex scenes where they're on top of each other, they're not fully naked. Normally, they're wearing some flesh-colored underwear or something. It's a very technical and unromantic process; their every move is being directed just so the camera can get the best angles of the scene, and to make it as sexy as possible (even though the process isn't sexy in the slightest). I've watched actors on talk shows discuss how they do love scenes. 24.189.87.160 (talk) 20:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Sometimes sex is real, supposedly...we have an article about Unsimulated sex in film, although it doesn't (currently) include any of the films where real sex is only rumoured to have occurred. I'm sure there is a list of those on the Internet somewhere. Adam Bishop (talk) 20:25, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

nude scene Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Was there any nude scenes in the movie Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.18.229 (talk) 20:15, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes there are plenty. And many of them are male frontal nudity, if that's what you're looking for. Adam Bishop (talk) 20:21, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Hence the movie's title? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:46, 18 August 2010 (UTC)