Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 January 8

Welcome to the Wikipedia Entertainment Reference Desk Archives
The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current reference desk pages.

January 8

Are any Katharine McPhee fans reading this?

If so, this thread: "Reporting digital piracy anonymously" on the Computing Desk might be of intrest. --NorwegianBlue ^talk 14:28, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Where did Jersey Shore Michael Sorrentino get his nickname The Situation?

How did Michael Sorrentino become "The Situation"? I'm entirely unfamiliar with Jersey Shore. Is it just a trademark phrase of his? (Then again, if that's what it is, then why isn't there anything in the WP article or anywhere else?) Contact Basemetal here 14:54, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

According to this article from ABC News: "We went to a bar in New Jersey, and I had walked by a couple and as she walked by me with the other hand, she's like, 'Oh my God, honey, look at his abs,'" Sorrentino explained. "My buddies that are with me, they're like, 'Oh man, that's a situation.' And I said, 'No, that's the situation.' ... That was it. I am who I am now." Tevildo (talk) 16:57, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you moggy. Sorry for the late thanks. Contact Basemetal here 00:55, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Who is this actress from the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard?

Who is this actress from the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard? She is pictured on the far left, here: [1]. It's clearly not Catherine Bach. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:33, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Are you sure it's an actress? Might be someone from the magazine. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:45, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, my assumption would be that it's the Dynamite reporter who "dares to ride with the Dukes". Deor (talk) 20:20, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Oh, my God. I never thought of that. You both may be correct. Any way to know for sure? I have really never seen a reporter inject themselves like that into a magazine cover, but it's certainly a possibility. I looked at some of the female actresses (there were not many) who were "regulars" on the The Dukes of Hazzard TV show. And I can't seem to find a (visual) match. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:48, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

I found a photo, here: [2]. On that page, there is a book entitled Magic Wanda's Dynamite Magic Book. The woman is holding a rabbit and is wearing a T-shirt that says "Hot Stuff". Does the woman on the cover of this Magic book appear to be the same woman pictured with the Dukes of Hazzard actors on the magazine cover from my original question? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:56, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, it looks like the same woman to me. I wonder if she started the magazine just so she could meet teen idols (and apparently Sleestak). StuRat (talk) 21:16, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. Yes, that's Linda Williams Aber (also known as "Magic Wanda"). I don't think that she started the magazine, I think she just worked there (in its early years, at least). Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:47, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:57, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Old Spanish song

Could someone help in identifying the old Spanish song here? My Spanish is elementary, can't find by lyrics. Thanks in advance. Brandmeister^talk 19:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

All I can tell you for the moment is it is from first part of this movie. Unfortunately IMDB doesn't have an entry for it. This is the link for the IMDB entry. IMDB won't let me access all the details but I can tell you the composer of the original music of the soundtrack is Yuri Levitin. This said it is not certain this is an "old Spanish song" as you say, and has not been composed specially for this film. Has the soundtrack of the movie not been released? I have tried things like "dando el mundo su inspiración cual es tu nombre e adonde vas canción letra" but I get nothing. I'll keep looking. Good song. But you must admit this is the craziest setting for a Spanish song. A Spanish soldier fighting in the Red Army. The actor who is singing (probably dubbed) is Fernando Allende and he's playing the role of Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri. Contact Basemetal here 20:24, 8 January 2016 (UTC) PS: I went on YouTube to see if I could find other songs sung by Fernando Allende. And on the off chance he may have recorded the song's movie separately and that it would be on YouTube. Well, there are a few. But not of the one he sings in the movie. Again, that one is a good song. But the others. Man. If this is what American music will sound 20 years from now, Trump better build that wall!

This could have been composed specifically for the movie, but I'm not sure, tend to think it's some genuine song. Brandmeister^talk 21:32, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

You could be right but if it is a well known old song why don't I get any Google hits. Do you understand Russian? If you do (I assume you do, or you wouldn't be watching Russian movies w/o subtitles), what is being said about the song between Ibarrúri (Allende) and the woman? Is he telling her anything about the song? Contact Basemetal here 21:44, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Yep, before singing Allende says in Russian "do you want a good Spanish song?" and "we sung it in our village". I couldn't find the soundtrack, presumably it was never released. Brandmeister^talk 21:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Incidentally, Ibárruri (who was Basque) was born in the village of Musques in Vizcaya (in the Basque Country) (the English article says Somorrostro, but that's the traditional Spanish name of that village; officially it is now Musques or in Basque Muskiz). The song on the other hand is clearly from southern Spain. Whatever Allende tells in the movie to that woman can't be anything too strictly biographically accurate. Clearly Ozerov had no obligation to take historical accuracy to such lengths as to go pick a Basque song (or a Spanish song from the Basque Country). That would have been lost on the average Russian viewer anyway. Contact Basemetal here 00:31, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

The guitar riff after the first verse would be the Malagueña, as per this example,[3] but I can't say about the rest of it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:07, 9 January 2016 (UTC)