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Trying to get to you[edit]

I’m looking for the lyrics of the song “Trying to get to you” by Elvis, a live version, it’s a tad longer than the original but at the same time is kind of faster and the people in the bg don’t let me hear it entirely…

This is the info from the file proprieties: “THE COMPLETE ELVIS PRESLEY MASTERS\Disc 29\track_#_12.AAC”

Iskánder Vigoa Pérez (talk) 01:45, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you not able to access google or youtube? One site has these yrics, but I don't know if they are different from the studio version. http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/elvis+presley/trying+to+get+to+you_20661396.html μηδείς (talk) 05:10, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here is one that says it's the live version and here is the studio version. I hope one of these answers your question. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 12:43, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Google hardly, YouTube I’m not It’s hard to explain, I’m living in Cuba!

Liz, thank you very much, it seems the first link is what I was looking for

thank you both Iskánder Vigoa Pérez (talk) 19:32, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I have the lyrics... and really good compilation album by Elvis --which I enjoy very much-- . I'm a fan :) Miss Bono^{[hello, hello!]} 19:47, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

También me gusta mucho Elvis, tengo 29 discos y en estos días voy a conseguir otro, creo que ya es el último, voy a estar off un tiempo, cuando vire ya debo tenerlo

Iskánder Vigoa Pérez (talk) 05:50, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dimensions[edit]

Can you change the dimensions of a ballpark midseason? 71.146.9.251 (talk) 04:33, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I can't imagine why not, since you can move to another park, and both teams are playing on the same field--but you might want to ping Baseball Bugs who posted in the thread above for an actual answer. μηδείς (talk) 05:07, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's not allowed, although I didn't find it in the rules book. I think it might be one of those "league rules". Once you lay out the fences, you're stuck with it for the season, unless you can get permission from the league. This could be called the Bill Veeck rule, as he was known for fiddling with the positions of the outfield fences depending on which team was coming to town. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:21, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And “season” includes the postseason too? 71.146.9.251 (talk) 06:04, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I find it amazing that the dimensions of the playing area are not all the same. I imagine this is grandfathered in, as some older ballparks might have had smaller fields, and it was judged too expensive to require them all to upgrade. StuRat (talk) 12:12, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Given how some ball parks are laid out, it might not be possible for older stadiums to expand a smaller field into a larger one...they might not have the space. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 12:47, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

For a fun take on the fact that baseball fields are not uniform see the George Carlin routine here. It is also available on You Tube if you are interested. MarnetteD | Talk 15:44, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The satirists overlook the fact that the diamond is uniform, as is the rule that the foul lines extend straight to the nearest fence, stand, or other obstruction, and such stuff as that. The fences need to be a minimal distance away from home base, to keep the game from being a total travesty, but other than that it's up to whoever designs the field. This generally true of bat-and-ball games: cricket, softball, etc. I will also point out that a number of the older National Hockey League rinks were of varying size. The width and total length was somewhat flexible. The dimension that was required to be uniform was the distance from the blue line to the goal line. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:44, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You got that right Bugs. I remember that the home arena that the Montreal Canadians plyed in did not have glass partitions around the players benches for decades. Talk about your home ice crowd intimidation. MarnetteD | Talk 21:20, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, cricket, soccer, Australian Football and, I'm sure, many other games allow the field to fit into the space available, within obvious limits of course. HiLo48 (talk) 04:34, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hollywood[edit]

on the big bird vs snuffleupagus precedent

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

How to be a Hollywood actor? --Tortoide121 (talk) 16:41, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a real question for the ref desk? (O_o). Can we answer that?

Anyways!, get an agent, s/he will look for castings for you. You make the audition and wait to be called. If you don't receive a call, well... you didn't become a Hollywood actor, if you did. COngratulations.

I still thinking this is not a question for the Ref Desk, though Miss Bono^{[hello, hello!]} 17:22, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is one of those questions like "How to be a millionaire?" and the answer is "Step 1: Get a million dollars." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:36, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Or get involve with someone who has a million dollars (joking, not that I'd do that (O_o)). Miss Bono^{[hello, hello!]} 18:39, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Or Carl Sagan's advice for cooking a chicken from first principles. "Step 1: Create the universe. ...." -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:10, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unless Tortoide121 becomes a super duper mad scientist and builds his own little universe or wins the lottery... he better get an agent. :D Miss Bono^{[hello, hello!]} 19:16, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The year of release, "There is a meeting here tonight," Joe and Eddie[edit]

Joe and Eddie's "There is a meeting here tonight" was listed as released in 1963. In Southern California it was pretty big in 1964 and I have a news release from March 9, 1965 (Tustin Union High School) where the pair was in concert, March 6, still riding their "hit." Was the record actually from 1963, or possibly 1964?

George Kramer The Bountymen 1963-1966 (no recordings) Tustin, California98.112.93.138 (talk) 17:59, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This issue of Billboard, dated 15 June 1963, has a short review of their album. I'm not sure if the single was released before or after the album, but it was certainly 1963. Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:59, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What is this animation film called?[edit]

As I was coming from Palma de Mallorca to Helsinki on a Norwegian Air Shuttle flight (number DY5859 on a Boeing 737-800), I saw a rather interesting animated short film on the viewscreens. It was done entirely with black silhouettes on multi-hued backdrops.

The film's story went this way: There was a man who rode a bicycle to the amusement park. There he went on a rollercoaster, which at one point had a dragon's head where the car entered and another where it exited. After the rollercoaster, the man went on a boat ride, where the boat was towed by a seahorse, which was commanded by a man in a black hood. In the middle of the boat ride, the seahorse hit a toxic oil spill and died instantly. The man with the hood turned to command the passengers to row instead, and the boat was able to pull ashore. There the man went to fly in a hot-air balloon, which flew over oil fields with machines pumping up oil. After the balloon ride, the man went to a multi-stage rocket which flew to an alien planet. There the man changed the landing craft of the rocket to an oil pump machine, but in the middle of the pumping, a giant monster poked the man. The man fired a pistol at it, but the monster kept on poking him, eventually crushing him to death. The monster turned out to be a giant toddler boy who had a giant dog with him. They went home, where the boy's father shot a bird dead in mid-flight. Then the film ended.

Does anyone have any idea what this film was called and who made it? If it helps, directly afterwards was shown an episode of Oggy and the Cockroaches where Oggy's whole house was lifted airborne thanks to too many party balloons. It's not any of the feature-length films shown on the PDF on Norwegian's website, I already checked that. JIP | Talk 18:51, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I found it myself. It is Bendito Machine, episode IV. JIP | Talk 18:16, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting us know! Did you find it by searching using the information you've given here (I tried unsuccessfully), or did you remember something else which led you to the answer? --NorwegianBlue^talk 06:50, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I did a Google Image Search for "silhouette animation short" and saw an image result that looked interesting. I clicked on it and got to the Bendito Machine website. I went to view the animations, starting at the latest one, thinking "This probably isn't it, but I'll watch it anyway". After about a minute or two, I discovered that it was indeed the animation I was looking for. JIP | Talk 17:19, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]