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June 14

Musical plagiarism?

This piece (http://musescore.com/marcsabatella/reunion) sounds familiar to me. Is it a plagiarized, renotated, and recopyrighted piece? I guess that this is composed by Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, or another famous classical piano composer. 117.5.13.52 (talk) 04:18, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

It sounds nothing like any of those guys to me. It has a half-memory of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", but I think it works just fine on its own terms. It's one of those pieces that looks sort of ho-hum on the page but is surprisingly effective when you play it. No wonder it's got so many positive comments. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 22:42, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Santa's Imprisoned elf

There was a cartoon movie that had an elf trapped in some cabin with a loose screen door that sad something like door of certain doom. The elf couldn't leave because he was told if he goes though the door (which is barely hanging on) he will surely die. But it is only his belief and fear that keeps him in the cabin/workshop. I cannot think of the name of this movie. Please help. 98.20.140.74 (talk) 08:52, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Batman Arkham Asylum

Hi guys, I read that there are two more different types of the Batman Arkham Asylum video game. There is the Game of the Year Edition on the one hand what contains 4 extra challenge levels and there is the Collector's Edition of this game what is a box with a batarang in it and two booklets and this also contains a larger number of challenge levels compared to the original version of this game. Which one of them is better? The Game of the Year Edition or the Collector's Edition? Please help. Master Katarn (talk) 17:24, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

It depends entirely on whether you want the bonus challenge levels and Batarang. There is a price difference, so it depends on whether you personally feel if that is a major factor. It is otherwise exactly the same game. Mingmingla (talk) 01:54, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Does the Game of the Year Edition contain more bonus challenge levels or the Collector's edition? Please help! Master Katarn (talk) 09:07, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Erm, hello???? M0RG@N (talk) 15:35, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

I think this might answer the user's question ... the Collector's Edition was released at the same time as the original game, while the Game of the Year edition was launched later, presumably to capture new users who didn't buy the game at launch. So if I were to take a guess, I would think the Game of the Year edition would have more bonus levels, since they were probably written after the game was first published. Again, it depends on what you want more: the physical collectibles in the Collector's Edition, or the extra gameplay in the GOTY edition. --McDoobAU93 15:41, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

I believe the GOTY has all the extra levels, and from what I hear the batarang is a piece of vacuum-formed plastic crap. Doesn't really matter which you get TBH, the actual game is the most important part (and the best)--Jac16888 ^Talk 15:44, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Who's going to take care of poor Jenny?

I tried searching for the song lyrics "Will you take care of Jenny?" I didn't find anything, though it sounds like it was recorded in the 1950s or 1960s. But there are plenty of "oldies" that have lyrics online. There's a female vocalist and it sounds like she's dying or leaving Jenny permanently but obviously cares a lot about her, because whoever she is singing to needs to take her to school and play with her. I have yet to hear a DJ identify the song.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:57, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Are you sure you have the exact quotation? Because it immediately reminded me of the Kurt Weill/Ira Gershwin song "The Saga of Jenny" from Lady in the Dark, which has the line:

• Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny! Her equal would be hard to find. She lost one dad and mother, A Sister and a brother, But she would make up her mind.

But nothing about school or playing. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 21:33, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Scrub that. Go with Karenjc. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 12:57, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

It appears to be a song called With Pen in Hand, which is attributed to various artists online including Bobby Goldsboro, Vikki Carr and Dottie West. The lyrics I've found online occasionally substitute "Suzie" for "Jenny" but includes the lines "Can you take good care of Jenny / Can you take her to school every day / Can you teach her how to play / All the games that little girls play". The other lyrics make it clear that the singer is about to leave his/her spouse forever, presumably the "pen" is being used to sign the divorce papers or similar, and they are concerned that the child will be cared for properly. Karenjc 22:07, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Karenjc has the right answer. I must have done something wrong when I searched earlier, because I tried again and this was the second result.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 15:28, 15 June 2012 (UTC)