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February 5

A movie genre on exploration of Africa

There used to be a genre of movies, which still re-ran on TV as late as the 1960s, about Europeans exploring Africa in the time when people in Europe were ignorant of people in much of Africa and vice versa (so maybe they were set in the 19th century, I think?). Plots may have centered on the not-always-friendly relations between Europeans and "natives". I suspect if such a movie were shown on TV in the present day, its unflattering portrayal of Africans would be widely remarked upon.

Is there some name for that genre? Are there accounts of it in Wikipedia articles? Michael Hardy (talk) 02:29, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Try White_hunter#White_hunters_and_pop_culture. AnyPerson (talk) 02:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, "AnyPerson". Michael Hardy (talk) 23:30, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Family Feud TV Show

On the Family Feud TV show , they refer to " and the Survey Says". I would like to know how is that survey established. That is , is the audience of 100 people given the question and then put in their own answer,and then the answers are tallied, OR is the audience given a number of choices ( e.g. 20 ) from which they can choose their answer. In advance thank you for your reply. P.S. I did try to look for a email contact for Family Feud to ask this question, but found none... so I am ( like many folk) looking to Wikipedia to help me... thanks again Best regards Ralph Bianco —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.183.218.161 (talk) 03:35, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Here's a Wall Street Journal article that explains present-day Family Feud surveys are conducted via phone. The article explains the survey method is surprisingly thorough, faulting only its small sample size of 100 respondents. Although it doesn't specifically say if respondents are given multiple-choice questions, it seems unlikely: it could bias the answers and would take longer to read the enough choices over the phone to generate useful results for the game.

If you want to contact someone for a more definitive answer, Family Feud is produced by FremantleMedia North America. I found various addresses on FremantleMedia's website: their main London address on the Contact page, two US addresses by clicking on this map, and a "other enquiries" e-mail address at the bottom of this FAQ. --Bavi H (talk) 07:10, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

The biggest shortcoming on The Feud seems to be in how they group survey answers together. Say they ask them to "Name something you wear". They could lump all clothes together in one category, which might also include hats, footwear, scarves and coats, or they might not. They might also toss all cosmetics into the same category. It seems to pay for contestants to be vague. If, for example, they have "shoes" listed as an item, and you say "boots", which isn't listed, they may not give it to you. If you said "footwear", however, then they would give it to you. StuRat (talk) 21:52, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

On the other hand (foot?), if you say footwear to a different question, then they may ask for a more specific answer. I can't think of an example now but I have seen them require more specificity before. Dismas|^(talk) 17:25, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

An example would be if "shoes" and "boots" were listed as separate answers. Then they would ask for a more specific answer, just to know which one to give you. StuRat (talk) 18:10, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Old commerical with man in car singing wrong lyrics to "Pour some sugar on me"

There was an old commerical with a couple in the car. The man was singing along with the song "Pour some sugar on me" and butchering the lyrics. His wife was looking at him in amazement. Next scene is an elderly librarian reading the correct lyrics on the phone....What was this commercial about and when was it on the air? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.61.131.190 (talk) 06:07, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

My google-fu is powerful tonight. See [1]. It was a T-Mobile commercial, and the misheard line was "Pour some shook up ramen". It aired in 2003 or so. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:22, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

By the way, YouTube does have a copy. Search for "Def Leppard T-Mobile Commercial". Dismas|^(talk) 17:31, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

What was that old movie?

What was that old movie about a woman who started a café and had a spoiled daughter? Black and white, maybe 1930s or up until 1950s. The title was something like Sblabla Sblabla. Shown on TCM the other night (Europe). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.138.205.183 (talk) 20:50, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Based on your IP geolocating to Sweden, I found this schedule, from which Mildred Pierce would be my best guess. --LarryMac | Talk 21:12, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I'd second that. The daughter was not just spoiled, but the greatest bitch in the history of the world. -- JackofOz (talk) 21:44, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

A manueress? ;) Julia Rossi (talk) 21:20, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Who's that bassist?

I'm sitting here enjoying Frank Sinatra's A Swingin' Affair!, and I find myself wondering who the personnel in Nelson Riddle's orchestra would have been. In particular -- who is that wonderful bassist on Lonesome Road? I'll take my answer off the air, thank you. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 21:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I got lost in a twisty little maze of search results, all different, but I saw Joe Comfort listed as a bass player in Nelson Riddle's orchestra for several recordings. Our article on Mr. Comfort doesn't help, but that's my guess anyway. (and I'm off to check the AllMusic entries ...)--LarryMac | Talk 21:56, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah ha! This makes it pretty clear that it would have been odd if it were not Joe Comfort: [2]. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 22:03, 5 February 2009 (UTC)