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September 1

Filmographies

Please can you tell me which members of film production teams are entitled to have 'Filmographies' appended to their Wiki pages? Is it only directors and actors? Are lesser members of the film world precluded? My reason for asking is because I have been helping to create the page of the internationally-recognised set decorator Stephenie McMillan who died in August. She made 28 films, including all the Harry Potter series. In collaboration with her mentor (the production director Stuart Craig) I think I could compile a definitive list of: the dates of the 28 movies, together with key personnel (producers, directors, actors) so that the information could be shown in tabulated form (such as on the Coen Bros page). But I am loathe to commence this extensive reserarch if the Wiki 'house rule' restricts Filmographies to directors and leading actors. CorrezeCORREZE (talk) 07:36, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, I wouldn't like to see one for the fourth assistant to the assistant to the assistant director, but there shouldn't be any objection to adding credits for an Oscar winner like her. Edith Head, for example, has a section titled "Actors and actresses designed for" which is essentially a filmography. It certainly doesn't hurt that she worked on high profile films. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:44, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Sing Along with Mitch

Does anyone know if the US television show Sing Along with Mitch (a 1960s programme fronted by Mitch Miller) ever aired in the UK? Paul MacDermott (talk) 22:59, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

It did in Australia, fwiw. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:42, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Here's one from that time period: Q: "If you get attacked by a mosquito and a bee on the same spot on your skin, what is that condition called?" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:48, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm guessing "Sting along with itch"? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:47, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

And the boy gets a cigar! (This being an elementary school joke, it's a bubble gum cigar.) Now, about the show... wasn't it primarily American old-standard popular songs? How much appeal did that music have in Australia or would it have had in the UK? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:53, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Oh, lots. Aussie people back in the '60s knew plenty of American folk-ish songs and olde-time ditties, because rock/pop had not yet become so dominant. Burl Ives was immensely popular here, and rightfully so. Not that we went around singing them on a daily basis, but they would have accounted for a substantial part of the repertoire at a sing-along around the piano, for example. Most households still had pianos back then. (All decent households still do, of course. :)) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 00:17, 3 September 2013 (UTC)