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[edit] Mary Whitehouse quote

Whenever Mary Whitehouse is mentioned in TV documentaries, they usually show a blac-and-white clip of her saying something along the lines of "Last night at 6.30 we sat down and watched a show that was the filthiest thing we have seen in a long time". Not sure of the exact wording, but something like that anyway. But what they never tell us, and what I would like to know, is: what show was she referring to? --88.111.41.234 23:40, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

According to this page, it was "Between the Lines", a short-lived early evening variety show, that Mary Whitehouse called the "dirtiest programme" she had "seen in a very long time". -- Chairman S. Talk ^Contribs 00:21, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey I've always wondered what that programme might be and here is a description. I wonder whether it still exists or if the BBC deleted it? meltBanana 02:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the BBC seems to have had a habit in the past of deleting pretty much everything. -- Chairman S. Talk ^Contribs 03:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

By chance, is that the BBC show that had a skit about law office in which all the workers were nude? I remember seeing the skit, but I've blanked everything else from my memory. In fact, I only assume it was BBC because I remember them speaking English. However, it could have been a show while I was in Norway because I also remember a commercial with a dancing purple cow somehow related to it. Hmmm... reading what I've just written, there could be other reasons for those memories being tied to a night of television while in Europe. --Kainaw ^(talk) 03:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PS2 troubles with LCD TV

I have a slimline PS2 hooked up to my 48cm MTV LCD TV via component cables, and while it'll play PS2 games fine, I can't get PS1 games to display on the TV; the display just goes blue and won't display anything. The same problem occurs on our 42" LG plasma television. I've had no trouble with PS1 games on CRT TV's, my woes seems to be LCD/plasma specific.

Is there any way to get PS1 games working on LCD's/plasmas, or am I out of luck? --Lumina83 00:46, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Try connecting your PS2 with different cables. It should work with the composite cable, although the graphics will suffer significantly. --K.Z ^Talk ^• ^Vandal ^• ^Contrib 04:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Amitabh Bachchan movie

Which Amitabh Bachchan movie had a song where he sings "Angrez bole "I Love You", Gujarati bole "I Love You (in Gujarati) and Bangali bole "Ami Tomake Bhalobashi"? and it stars himself and Parveen Babi?

This question refers to a Bollywood movie. 惑乱分からん 03:24, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Do you know anything about the plot? Without watching all of his movies, it would be hard to know. It could be Ameer Aadmi Gharib Aadmi or Desh Premee, but the two starred in a dozen or so other films back in the late 70s and early 80s. --Kainaw ^(talk) 04:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

the song is from movie, Khuddar, which also starred vinod mehra and sanjeev kumar.

[edit] Clockwork Orange

Why is that movie so well critically acclaimed? The article doesn't seem to provide much information about this. Thanks. --Taraborn 11:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

It was unique for its time. The fast cuts, over-saturated color, loud music, and violent story were enough to get people talking. Now, it takes about 2 minutes to flip channels and find something, be it a movie, music video, or commercial, that implements the same style. --Kainaw ^(talk) 22:56, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Not to mention that it was directed by Stanley Kubrick. All of his films from the late 1960s onwards received a huge amount of attention, if for nothing else than that they were Kubrick films. JackofOz 05:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Which other movie of its time has dialogue largely in its own, bastardised, language and yet is entirely understandable? Has such graphic and brutal sex and violence, set to an electronic interpretation of classical music that gives it an almost balletic quality? Combine this with the innovative and stylistic touches of Kubrick's direction, who was already the considered the enfant terrible of cinema after Lolita and Strangelove, the subversive social comment and a fair amount of controversy - and you have all the markings of a critical love-in. Rockpocket 03:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] christopher meloni

Who is the Christopher Meloni looky-likey?

The mac pc commerical ...is that the actor christpher meloni that plays on law&order svu? Thank-you BBell

The actors in the commercial are Justin Long (Mac), known for his roles in Ed, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, and Accepted, and John Hodgman (PC), who has appeared on The Daily Show several times. Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 17:01, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

As a matter of interest, which one did you think he was, Mac or PC? I can't see the resemblence in either. Mind you, I can't talk, as I was convinced that Ted Sprague from Heroes was the caveman from the GEICO ads. Apparently I was not the only one who (incorrectly) thought this . Rockpocket 03:02, 28 February 2007 (UTC)