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August 10

cloo tv

its been dropped by dish tonight.. no contract dispute .dish say its programing can be found on other station — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.51.19.29 (talk) 05:04, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

And what is your question? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:06, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Isn't it obvious? He or she has no cloo. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:43, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Novelty record

Some years ago, a friend of mine used to listen to Steve Wright in the Afternoon. One of the records he frequently played was a version of No Limit as performed by kittens (o/~"Meow meow, meow-meow meow meow, meow-meow meow meow, meow meow MEOW MEOW meow meow"). Does anyone know the artist, as my friend would like to listen to it again? (It could also be added to the article on the record, where it's not currently listed). Tevildo (talk) 13:35, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

It's the Cat Duet. I don't know how to link to You Tube, but there are several renditions of it there.77.96.50.64 (talk) 20:47, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

No, definitely 2 Unlimited rather than Rossini. It was made up of samples of real cats played back on a Fairlight CMI or something of that ilk, and I believe it was from an album of similar popular songs of 25 years ago to which a similar treatment had been applied. Tevildo (talk) 21:35, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

I don't get the lyrics of "Mrs. Robinson"

I don't get the lyrics of "Mrs. Robinson" (I have seen the movie The Graduate). In the hit song lyrics, she appears to be in some kind of mental institution? Can somebody explain that? "We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files / We'd like to help you learn to help yourself / Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes / Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home"... is this supposed to allure to her somehow being mentally ill? She was just a hot "MILF", unless I completely misremember the movie. I think she did get rather jealous when he met another girl, but nothing extreme. Either that or I don't remember it correctly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vendaldays (talk • contribs) 16:29, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

The story behind the lyrics is covered in the Mrs._Robinson article. Paul Simon was already working on the song before Mike Nichols requested it for the film; the events in the film had no real bearing on the lyrics, barring a change in the title.FlowerpotmaN·(t) 16:47, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

The movie character was a self-centered control freak, so it's easy to imagine that she might have eventually snapped and then been taken away by the men in the white coats some time after he daughter defied her and ran off with Benjamin. And the song speaks to a longing for one's lost youthfulness. But other than that, the song doesn't really fit the movie plot; it has more universal implications. Maybe that's why only bits and pieces of it (with different orchestration) were used in the movie. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:45, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

The Ritz 80s TV series

I've been trying to find The Ritz TV series from the 80s on DVD for a few years now without any luck - does anyone know if it's still available (on any format, VHS, Betamax, etc). Maybe the BBC have lost the master tapes as all I can find are poor quality clips scattered around the web.

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated :-) --146.90.72.246 (talk) 19:00, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

It has never been released on DVD. You can download a VHS rip of the whole series on certain torrent sites. --Viennese Waltz 07:45, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Dance Central 3 mirroring moves

When playing Dance Central 3, do you lose points when mirroring moves rather than reflecting moves?Curb Chain (talk) 21:13, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

What is the difference between mirroring and reflecting? RudolfRed (talk) 02:16, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, maybe I'm not explaining it correctly. I mean to mirror the moves versus doing the right hand with the right hand, per se.Curb Chain (talk) 05:07, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

This page [1] is for the original, but it indicates that you should "dance to the mirror image" (I think that means when they e.g. raise their right hand, you should raise your left). They also say that the avatar's limb that you're not following correctly will glow red. So if you don't see red glow, you're doing it right. You could also watch some videos of people playing on Youtube to get the mirroring part right. SemanticMantis (talk) 16:49, 12 August 2013 (UTC)