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February 11

forgotten animal actors

I remember seeing a black-and-white dog in Against All Odds. The dog's name, I believe, was Mike the Dog. What kind of dog was he? Is there more information about him? What are Panther the Cat (from Early Edition) and Happy the dog (from 7th Heaven) up to nowadays?24.90.204.234 (talk) 08:28, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Though not a super reliable source, IMDB's credit lists are usually accurate. Their credits page for Against All Odds lists a dog with the real name of "Tundra the Wonder Dog"; Tundra's other appearance seems to have been in this episode of The New Leave It To Beaver. Googling tundra the wonder dog mostly yields mirrors and translations of the IMDB pages, but it also yields this 1989 article from People magazine, which mentions Tundra briefly and says it's a female Samoyed; Google also yields this page, advertising an American Sign Language video about dog care and training, which Tundra seems to have starred in. Samoyeds are all white, though, not black-and-white; is this the dog you remember? Comet Tuttle (talk) 19:53, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

No, afraid not.24.90.204.234 (talk) 22:29, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Panther the Cat, according to IMDB and this site was born in 1987, so he would be 24 if he's alive today. He doesn't seem to have appeared in anything other than Early Edition. Happy was born in 1995 and has only appeared in 7th Heaven (again from IMDB). She was trained by Shawn Weber who works for Boones Animals for Hollywood - Happy appears in their photo gallery, but not in the animals available for hire. The trivia section for 7th Heaven says that the series' creator saw Happy on another set, implying that she has been on other shows, but it's not clear if she was working or where, and IMDB trivia may not be reliable. --Kateshortforbob _talk 20:13, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

S.K.U.N.K: Irish 1990s children's fiction

Hello everyone, I am trying to trace a children's (or young adult) novel series published in Ireland in the 1990s. The heroine was named something like Ashling Daly from Dalkey or Dún Laoghaire, whose fantasy was to play hockey internationally. She was drawn into adventure by having to look after a grouchy elderly disabled man perhaps named Séamus, who was secretly involved in a heroic organisation dedicated to fighting the evil agency S.K.U.N.K. (a SPECTRE clone). Two prominent members of SKUNK are a Latvian (or Lithuanian) pair with the dimensions of Laurel and Hardy. In one of the novels Séamus and his allies travel around in the back of a vehicle designed to look like a container, and are betrayed by their driver (Kevin).

Maddeningly, I haven't been able to track this down using search engines. Does it ring a bell? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.70.249.97 (talk) 08:40, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Sounds like you're looking for the S.K.U.N.K. series by Margrit Cruickshank, on which and on whom we don't seem to have a page. --Antiquary (talk) 18:40, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

That's exactly it! I am bewildered at how little the internet knows of it. Thanks, Antiquary! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.70.245.96 (talk) 18:55, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Image in infobox

Could anyone please tell me how to add an image to a Wikipedia infobox? Thanks for any help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tina-Cassiopeia (talk • contribs) 09:10, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Template:Infobox has some info: you can modify the example there. Wikipedia:Upload will help with uploading images. If you have more questions about how to edit Wikipedia you should ask on Wikipedia:Help desk rather than here. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:26, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Question about the Pet Shop Boys song "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"

Which version of the song "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" appears in the Pet Shop Boys debut album Please? The 1985 version or the 1986 version? And which one of these versions appears in the PSB compilation Discography: The Complete Singles Collection? 186.104.114.29 (talk) 15:54, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Based on the article you referenced, under the "history" section, it appears that the second version is on Please . (edit) Although that may not be the case. There is more information about the tracks here: [1] .10draftsdeep (talk) 17:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)