Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 August 30

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.

August 30

Looking for a game

Hi

I have been looking up several games from old consoles like the SNES and sega systems and i cant seem to find one particular game, im not sure which console it was on or of the name, but you start off as one character and as you go through the levels to have to fight other characters and you get to use them and their special abilities so you can finish the game, i think you start of as a snow man things with blue clothes thats head butts and i know there is another character that swims in water. If you would be able to tell me of give any information on this game i would be grateful and if you need more information i will try and see what else i can come up with.

Regards,

Daniel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.116.48 (talk) 04:23, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

Ufouria --Bavi H 05:50, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Who wrote the science-fiction short-story called "Penicillin"?

Who wrote the science-fiction short-story called "Penicillin"? I read this story some years back, and I am trying to locate it. But searching the web with Google is not helping. --Masatran 12:23, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

• Sure it isn't Breeds_There_a_Man...? under a different name? Exxolon 20:06, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Possible Fictional Author, 'the greatest Sci-Fi author of all time Kilgore Trout' by Kurt Vonnegut. There is some reference of Kilgore writing a story on two pieces of yeast having a conversation, and a reference on something about how he couldn't take penicillin in Breakfast_of_Champions. --i am the kwisatz haderach 20:46, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

isfdb.org is not aware of such a title. —Tamfang 04:15, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

A site with a lot of musical ripof-- I mean, inspirations?

Particularly sites for songs that are similar in structure to The Beatles, and lesser so, The Pixies. Such as, Why don't you get a job? by The Offspring is extremely similar to Ob-la-di by The Beatles, and the chorus riffs in Back Seat Dog by The Pillows and Here comes your man by The Pixies are exactly the same (in fact, the next song on that particular album is titled "Kim Deal". Lesser so, examples from other bands, like The Rubinoos#Lawsuit, where even if the resemblance isn't intentional, it is noticeable --lucid 13:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Also, not quite as interesting, does anyone know of sites that specialize in hosting song mashups? Youtube has some, but they don't have categories for this stuff, and there's no consistent keyword for them --lucid 13:31, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

This is one of my favorites. Rockpocket 18:40, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

miley cyruses AIM screen name

DOes any 1 here know miley cyruses AIM screen name. Ifnot could u find oout thx every thiing --Sivad4991 15:38, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Why would we possibly want to violate a celebrity's privacy like that? Corvus cornix 15:47, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

my little sis is obsesed and wants me to find it for her lol but thx any ways. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sivad4991 (talk • contribs) 15:52, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

"The Office" Character Inquiry

Hello,

Quick question. What is the name if the IT Technician's character on The Office. He is a recurring character that Michael does not like (he even went as far as to hide and turn off the lights of the office in an effort to evade him). I cannot remember the character's name to save my life. Help!

Thanks,

D. Jennings —Preceding unsigned comment added by Djcurtis (talk • contribs) 21:16, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

The character is not named in our List of characters from The Office, and as best I recall, only appeared in one episode ("E-mail Surveillance") and was not named. — Lomn 21:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

This page says that "IT Tech Guy" ("Information Technology Technology Guy"???) was played by Michael Naughton. Cross referencing that with the IMDB page for this episode gives us the character name "Chris". Clicking through to Michael Naughton' IMDB page only listed the one appearence on The Office. --LarryMac | Talk 16:02, 31 August 2007 (UTC)