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classic 1930s-ish double act clip

I'm looking for a good early double act clip similar to this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm0hOJFCRD4 but perhaps a bit easier to understand (i.e. not the humour but the individual elements of old stage double acts, the slapstick, the straight and funny man, etc.). Would vaudeville double acts ever have been performed in front of a mic? I'm specifically looking for old stage performances, and not skits as a part of a movie/show, like most of the Laurel and Hardy clips I could find. Basically I'm looking for an example that shows off what double acts were like in the 30s, so I don't really need anything groundbreaking or hilarious. Anybody recall anything? Thanks! 173.183.68.27 (talk) 01:39, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Actually I think my problem is that most of the clips I've found of Laurel and Hardy and Abbot and Costello are from their movies; there doesn't seem to be much from their stage performances, so if anybody knows where I can find some of those please let me know! 173.183.68.27 (talk) 01:47, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Al Shaw and Sam Lee. [1] Pepso2 (talk) 02:48, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

You may get more mileage from searching for modern-day recreations of 30s humour. For example, Bernie Winters and Roy Hudd recreated Flanagan and Allen. I once saw the double act Jewel and Warriss in Blackpool in the 1970s: my parents informed me they'd been around since they were children in the 1930s! Another thing you may wish to search for is The Crazy Gang. This was an aggregate of already famous performers. Nervo and Knox were among them, but there were about 7 others. --TammyMoet (talk) 10:47, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

I know you don't want skits in movies, but even so the various Will Hay films I've watched include verbal banter similar to the You Tube link. He was I believe a musical hall performer and only had a brief movie career of a few years in middle-age. You havnt said if audio clips from radio shows (usually recorded in theatres in front of an audience) will do or if it has to be visual as well. 92.15.23.156 (talk) 19:53, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Recreations that are closer to the vaudeville era, like films from the 1930s, would be more likely to be "authentic", as everyone who produced them likely would have had a good deal of first-hand vaudeville experience themselves. I would be surprised if very many actual vaudeville theater bits were recorded, for technical reasons at the very least. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:03, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

For about a 5-second version of an obvious vaudeville parody, go to about 5:45 of this clip:[2] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:11, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the ideas people, these help a lot! 173.183.68.27 (talk) 00:55, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

One comment: In the early days of TV they basically just put Vaudeville acts on, as they hadn't yet figured out how to make TV shows yet. So early variety shows tended to show those, and they were also incorporated into sitcoms, like I Love Lucy, and other programs. Jack Benny might be another example. Here's a brief skit he did with a boy:

Jack: "What are you hobbies ?"

Boy: "I play the violin."

Jack: "Really, you play the violin, just like me ?"

Boy: "Well, I used to play just like you, but then my Mom heard me and made me take lessons."

StuRat (talk) 03:05, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Amazon has several documentaries on vaudeville, including the American Masters show on the subject. The movie Funny Bones (1995) has a fascinating extended sequence of different Blackpool performers. The 1946 Ziegfeld Follies film has a recreation of the famous Willie Howard "Pay the $2" sketch. Pepso2 (talk) 03:56, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Sega Genesis game

I remember there was a video game for Sega Genesis and it was about an airplane flying through the land and killing the enemies. I remember the Japanese name and it was Tora Tora Tora! and I forgot its English NA name. Do you know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.89.41.241 (talk) 02:50, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Fire Shark. A screenshot of the title screen of Tora! Tora! Tora! shows the same Japanese title as the one listed in the article. Xenon54 (talk) 02:59, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

鮫！鮫！鮫！ is not Tora! Tora! Tora!. It's Same! Same! Same!/Shark! Shark! Shark!. Oda Mari (talk) 06:35, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Gus Khan

Can someone help me please... Have just looked at the lyricist Gus Khan and would like to know if there is anywhere I could obtain actual wording of all his songs please. Ted —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gumnuts (talk • contribs) 07:07, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

The spelling of his name is Kahn. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:55, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

watch of sheldon in the big bang theory

what watch model does sheldon wear in the tv series the big bang theorie? --helohe (talk) 10:43, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Can't seem to see it on here but this site (http://www.sheldonshirts.com/) is great if you're into the things they wear on the show. Personally love the ridiculous belt buckles that halowitz (spelling) wears ny156uk (talk) 20:37, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

You're combining his names. It's Howard Wolowitz. Dismas|^(talk) 21:36, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Ahh yeah knew something didn't quite add up but being the ultra lazy person I am didn't bother looking it up online! ny156uk (talk) 21:55, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Jig in the Deathly Hallows

While I was watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I heard a cool jig being played in the backround during the scene at the wedding. Anyone have any idea what it was called.75.55.212.251 (talk) 17:05, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Might be worth checking here - http://www.deathlyhallowssoundtrack.com/ they have all the tracks from the soundtrack to listen to a portion of online for free so maybe it'll include the bit you mean (unfortunately not always the case though). ny156uk (talk) 20:35, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Is this it[3]? Alansplodge (talk) 12:54, 6 December 2010 (UTC)