I bet you didn't know that this thread would have a part 2

New Home · 01-04-2019 12:34am

johndaman66 wrote: »

I feel I have to correct you on that one, he's 64

Thanks, I misread when I looked it up.

Emmersonn · 01-04-2019 10:42am

Dale Doback wrote: »

David Jason has an 18 year old daughter.

He was 61 when she was born...dirty old git![/QUOTE
Either that or he has a very good neighbour :rolleyes:

MuffinTop86 · 01-04-2019 1:49pm

The “Fed-Ex Girl” in Horrible Bosses who appears for about 30 seconds near the beginning of the movie is an uncredited role played by Meghan Markle.

Grayson · 01-04-2019 1:51pm

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

65.76 million years ago today? I must light a candle for them

Now 65,760,000 years and two days ago.

Grayson · 01-04-2019 2:00pm

Nixonbot wrote: »

Ecuador is not Mexico :pac:

The main reason for this is that the Earth bulges at the equator, giving it an extra 20km or so of distance to the centre compared to the poles.

Is Ecuador a mexican country?

Sephiroth_dude · 01-04-2019 8:01pm

In java you can't instantiate an Abstract class but you inherit from it.

ohnonotgmail · 02-04-2019 1:44pm

I always thought that the phrase money laundering because you put dirty money in one end and received clean money at the other end. Apparently this is not the case. It originated with gangsters like Al Capone who businesses like laundromats that were cash only. they would add their ill-gotten gains to the takings of the laundromat and the extra profit this generated was now legitimate money. They even paid tax on the profits.

Chancer3001 · 02-04-2019 2:10pm

In breaking bad he buys a car wash to legitimise the money.

Put anyone down who buys a €7 regular wash as a €35 deluxe wash .

branie2 · 02-04-2019 9:15pm

Quentin Tarantino appeared in The Golden Girls as an Elvis impersonator

Buford T. Justice XIX · 02-04-2019 9:31pm

https://twitter.com/duchas_ie/status/1112976965831745536?s=19

blastman · 05-04-2019 4:27pm

The middle name of the father of the man who wrote Waltzing Matilda is the same as the surname of the man who wrote the anti-war song The Band played Waltzing Matilda, which fades out with an extract from the original. Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson was the son of Andrew Bogle Paterson, a Scot who emigrated to Australia in the mid-nineteenth century. Almost a century later, Eric Bogle, another Scot who had emigrated to Australia, wrote The Band Played Waltzing Matilda and entered in the Brisbane National Folk Festival songwriting contest in 1974. It finished third.

Ipso · 05-04-2019 4:35pm

The latter one also wrote the not rebel ballad, The Green fields of France.

Professor Moriarty · 05-04-2019 4:39pm

Ipso wrote: »

The latter one also wrote the rebel ballad, The Green fields of France.

Sorry to nitpick, but that isn't a rebel song.

ohnonotgmail · 05-04-2019 4:41pm

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Sorry to nitpick, but that isn't a rebel song.

I would have thought it was quite the opposite to a rebel song.

Professor Moriarty · 05-04-2019 4:44pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I would have thought it was quite the opposite to a rebel song.

It is, but I suppose the line about 1916 might mislead people.

Ipso · 05-04-2019 4:46pm

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Sorry to nitpick, but that isn't a rebel song.

Yes, sorry I was being sarcastic.

Capt'n Midnight · 05-04-2019 5:54pm

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Sorry to nitpick, but that isn't a rebel song.

Neither is Sunday Bloody Sunday.

StupidLikeAFox · 05-04-2019 7:19pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Neither is Sunday Bloody Sunday.

It just really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday,

Sunday, bloody Sunday!

mzungu · 05-04-2019 8:20pm

The call of a Kookaburra is the go-to sound effect used for films and TV shows set in the jungles of South America and Africa. One small problem, they are native only to Australia and New Guinea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA0-YAoo9Q

Capt'n Midnight · 05-04-2019 8:38pm

mzungu wrote: »

The call of a Kookaburra is the go-to sound effect used for films and TV shows set in the jungles of South America and Africa. One small problem, they are native only to Australia and New Guinea.

Kookaburra is a simple, four-bar tune. Men at Work were found liable for copying two of these bars. Almost 30 years later they were sued. By people who didn't own the copyright when their hit was release. :mad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s

mzungu · 05-04-2019 9:00pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Kookaburra is a simple, four-bar tune. Men at Work were found liable for copying two of these bars. Almost 30 years later they were sued. By people who didn't own the copyright when their hit was release. :mad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s

When Colin Hay plays it live these days, he omits that part. When you think about it, that copyright case was bizarre. Dragged on for years too. Hay blames the stress of it for the untimely death of his father and MAW flautist Greg Ham.

When you think about it, "Land Down Under" is a classic. Poking fun at Americanization, warnings about overdevelopment and the western fascination with "enlightenment" on the hippy backpacking trail of the 70s and 80s.

Great song.

johndaman66 · 06-04-2019 9:58am

mzungu wrote: »

The call of a Kookaburra is the go-to sound effect used for films and TV shows set in the jungles of South America and Africa. One small problem, they are native only to Australia and New Guinea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA0-YAoo9Q

Sounds very much like a Opel Insignia CDTI refusing to start with a fuelling problem a lot of the time

runawaybishop · 06-04-2019 10:12am

mzungu wrote: »

The call of a Kookaburra is the go-to sound effect used for films and TV shows set in the jungles of South America and Africa. One small problem, they are native only to Australia and New Guinea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA0-YAoo9Q

Similarly the frogs found outside Hollywood studios make the famous 'ribit' sound. They are only found on the Pacific coast but movies use them for frog noises everywhere. Most frogs do not make that sound but because of Hollywood's use of the same sound file people think it's a common call.

BaZmO* · 06-04-2019 3:50pm

The person that creates every day sounds to be added to a film in post production is called a Foley Artist.

Squall Leonhart · 06-04-2019 10:59pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

The person that creates every day sounds to be added to a film in post production is called a Foley Artist.

Can anybody explain some of the other odd job titles I see on film credits..?

Key grip
Best boy
Gaffer
Dolly grip..

And so on!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 06-04-2019 11:03pm

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

Can anybody explain some of the other odd job titles I see on film credits..?

Key grip Supervises lighting and rigging
Best boy Usually electrics assistant
Gaffer Electric boss
Dolly grip.. Operates the camera dolly, or tracked camera

And so on!

I must look up the etymology so some of the terms.

ohnonotgmail · 06-04-2019 11:09pm

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

Can anybody explain some of the other odd job titles I see on film credits..?

Key grip
Best boy
Gaffer
Dolly grip..

And so on!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below-the-line_(filmmaking)
the wiki article is really good but quickly:

Gaffer : head eletrician
Best Boy : Gaffers assistant
Dolly Grip : Operates the camera dolly, the little cart the camera is mounted on
Key Grip: supervises all the lighting and rigging crews (including the dolly grip)

Speedsie · 06-04-2019 11:44pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

The person that creates every day sounds to be added to a film in post production is called a Foley Artist.

Called after Jack Foley* who developed sounds techniques in the early days of movie making. I think he had an Irish connection somewhere, but doesn't everyone!

*No relation to Axl.

Realt Dearg Sec · 07-04-2019 1:49am

I've a mate works in film and it's amazing to hear about just how complex a set is. He's a video assist, which involves recording alongside the actual camera work on video, so that the director can view takes while on set in real time. My favourite is the focus puller, whose sole job is keeping the camera in focus for the camera operator. It was mind boggling to me that that exists as a job. And unsurprisingly, as straightforward as that sounds it's a very difficult and respected job.

Also sets are highly unionised, with the result that nobody is allowed do anything that isn't specifically in their job description. If you pick up and plug in a loose cable and you're not a spark, expect serious trouble.

I worked as an extra on Becoming Jane and it was an eye opener about how intricate the whole process can be. And how tedious a person James McAvoy is (great actor but still...)

MuffinTop86 · 07-04-2019 2:41am

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

I worked as an extra on Becoming Jane and it was an eye opener about how intricate the whole process can be. And how tedious a person James McAvoy is (great actor but still...)

Ooh interesting! He seems so affable and easy going. Tell us the sordid details! :-P

joeguevara · 07-04-2019 3:09am

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

Can anybody explain some of the other odd job titles I see on film credits..?

Key grip
Best boy
Gaffer
Dolly grip..

And so on!

https://youtu.be/iwY5o2fsG7Y

Biff from back to the future answers these and other questions.

What does the key grip do? Set up lights.

What does the Best Boy do? Help the Key Grip.

Chancer3001 · 07-04-2019 8:25am

Uncle phil from fresh prince did the.voice of shredder in the turtles cartoon.

Also, since we discovered pluto, it still hasnt done a lap of the sun. (Less than a pluto year has passed) . They must get huge birthday presents on pluto!

KathleenGrant · 07-04-2019 9:02am

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Uncle phil from fresh prince did the.voice of shredder in the turtles cartoon.

Also, since we discovered pluto, it still hasnt done a lap of the sun. (Less than a pluto year has passed) . They must get huge birthday presents on pluto!

Wow!

Capt'n Midnight · 07-04-2019 11:52am

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Also, since we discovered pluto, it still hasnt done a lap of the sun. (Less than a pluto year has passed) . They must get huge birthday presents on pluto!

On July 12, 2011 Neptune completed it's first orbit since it was discovered in 1846.

ohnonotgmail · 07-04-2019 7:50pm

joeguevara wrote: »

https://youtu.be/iwY5o2fsG7Y

Biff from back to the future answers these and other questions.

What does the key grip do? Set up lights.

What does the Best Boy do? Help the Key Grip.

The best boy is the gaffers assistant

Capt'n Midnight · 07-04-2019 8:21pm

Proper gaffer tape is bloody expensive.

08-04-2019 12:00am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Proper gaffer tape is bloody expensive.

Not if you know where to shop

08-04-2019 4:28pm

The term cheque or check (as in paycheck) comes from the game of Chess. When a king is in check in Chess, it limits his options, and so options are limited in how money is used in cheque (or check) form.

Also, chess originated in India. Regardless of what the Persians - or especially the Egyptians - would have you believe!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 08-04-2019 4:36pm

Still on finance. A Bank is named after Banque, meaning a table or bench, which moneylenders sat at.

Capt'n Midnight · 08-04-2019 5:22pm

In Japanese chess when you take a piece from your opponent it changes side and you control it then.

LostinBlanch · 09-04-2019 2:56pm

The world's first steeplechase was run in 1752 from Buttevant to Doneraile in Cork.

the first steeplechase race was held in 1752 in County Cork, Ireland, where a horseman named O’Callaghan engaged Edmund Blake in a match race, covering approximately 4 1/2 miles from Buttevant Church to St. Mary’s Doneraile, whose tower was known as St. Leger Steeple. Indeed, church steeples were the most prominent — and tallest — landmarks on the landscape, and the sport took its name from the chase to the steeple. History did not record the winner of the O’Callaghan-Blake match, or if either of them completed their cross-country chase.

Skylinehead · 09-04-2019 3:16pm

If you've watched Band of Brothers, you might remember Lynn Compton, one of the platoon leaders in Easy Company.

Actor

Real life

What you might not know, however, is that later in his life, he was the chief prosecutor of Sirhan Sirhan, the man who shot Robert F. Kennedy. Some life.

Sleepy · 09-04-2019 3:44pm

Quite a few of the survivors of Easy Company went on to have remarkable lives.

It makes sense when you think about it: when you give young men responsibility, they tend to live up to it. Once discharged from the armed forces you then have men in their early twenties who are brave, used to command, and with a firm understanding of logistics: perfect managerial/entrepreneurial material.

Realt Dearg Sec · 09-04-2019 4:24pm

MuffinTop86 wrote: »

Ooh interesting! He seems so affable and easy going. Tell us the sordid details! :-P

Oh he did seem affable, he wasn't a bad guy or anything, just tedious. We were in a scene where he's in an underground boxing club. I've never watched the movie but basically it seemed to be a short scene to establish that his character is a bare knuckle boxer. So he's in a fight. But rather than just shoot the shots they needed that the director ordered and getting out of there, he kept on coming up with new shots they could do. So he would say "we should do a shot where he tries to punch me when I'm against this pillar but I duck and he hits the pillar".

Which is all well and good, but there's no narrative purpose to doing such a shot. But he's the star so part of managing a set is keeping the star happy, so they do the shot. As my friend explained to me, that shot will absolutely under no circumstances ever be used in the movie, but they do it anyway. That sounds like no big deal. But every shot you do extends the time on set by a certain amount of time: camera angles need to be set up, lighting needs to be set up, video assist, electrics, hundreds of extras need to be given water by runners on the set. And all of these people also need to be paid, by the hour, for being there, at an astonishing rate (even as an extra you were paid pretty well). And everybody has to do extra work, stand around in a stuffy, overheated pub basement ready to faint (several extras did faint), the catering needs to be extended into the evening, etc etc.

And he just kept on coming up with new shots they should do, always with a view to making himself look cool, and feel like he is part of the creative process beyond just acting, like he is a co-director. I was ready to bare knuckle box him myself by the end of it.

Professor Moriarty · 09-04-2019 4:41pm

Nixonbot wrote: »

If you've watched Band of Brothers, you might remember Lynn Compton, one of the platoon leaders in Easy Company.

Actor

Real life

What you might not know, however, is that later in his life, he was the chief prosecutor of Sirhan Sirhan, the man who shot Robert F. Kennedy. Some life.

The actor who played him (pictured above) is Neal McDonough. His mother was from Tipperary and his father was from Galway.

GBX · 09-04-2019 6:43pm

When Indian sitar player Ravi Shanker and his band played at Madison Square Garden they received a huge round of applause after only a short time on stage. Ravi turned to the crowd and said “Thank you. If you appreciate the tuning so much, I hope you will enjoy the playing more.”

09-04-2019 7:00pm

GBX wrote: »

When Indian sitar player Ravi Shanker and his band played at Madison Square Garden they received a huge round of applause after only a short time on stage. Ravi turned to the crowd and said “Thank you. If you appreciate the tuning so much, I hope you will enjoy the playing more.”

He was an amazing musician. Beatle George Harrison was among his students, and he was the father of grammy winning performer Norah Jones, who's birth name is Geetali Shankar. Pandit Shankars other daughter Anoushka is considered to be an equally talented sitarist.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 09-04-2019 7:15pm

Former US president Gerald Ford was born Leslie Lynch King Jr.

His parents separated when he was only 16 days old. When he was 3 his mother remarried to Gerald Rudolff Ford and they started calling him Gerald Rudolff Ford Jr. He was never officially adopted and he only legally changed his name when he was 22.

cdeb · 09-04-2019 7:23pm

Candie wrote: »

The term cheque or check (as in paycheck) comes from the game of Chess. When a king is in check in Chess, it limits his options, and so options are limited in how money is used in cheque (or check) form.

Also, chess originated in India. Regardless of what the Persians - or especially the Egyptians - would have you believe!

I don't think that's really correct. It's probably more accurate to say that both words share a common etymology - but I don't think the person who invented the cheque, in wondering what to call it, hit on an overly-elaborate description of something from a board game.

Basically, in chess you're keeping someone in check, and in finance you're keeping checks and balances. So a common idea, but the one didn't follow directly from the other.

The Irish kind of lay claim to the game of chess too - the Fianna played hurling and chess to keep themselves active between battles. But they played ficheall, a similar kind of game but ultimately not chess. However, it's now the Irish word for chess, making it one of the very few languages where the word for chess isn't a derivation of the original "shah". Another exception is Welsh where, naturally, chess is "gwyddbwyll". Welsh is great.

Ipso · 09-04-2019 7:47pm

Was the game mentioned inmytholgy actually hurling or was it just a form of “stick ball”?

I bet you didn't know that this thread would have a part 2

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