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Overall: New enough and long enough. Hook fact is cited and interesting, but "literally" does not appear in the source. It does say that he did it twice the same night, which could make the hook even hookier. Earwig shows no concerns. You need another QPQ, though, since we're in backlog mode and you have 94 reviews. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:07, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Crisco 1492 I think you are reading too much into the term literally. The word literally is in the hook so that its clear the phrase "sang his pants off" isn't interpreted as a figure of speech (as this phrase normally would be; which is why its funny/hooky). It needs to be there so the reader understands his pants literally fell down which is what actually happened as confirmed by multiple sources. Also, I already provided a second QPQ above in the comments section. Best.4meter4 (talk) 23:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi 4meter4. Unfortunately, "literally" is not the answer to your conundrum, as the source makes no indication that the singing was what resulted in the depantsing. Given that it was an opera, physical movement could have easily done it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:43, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
New enough and long enough. Hook fact is cited and interesting, but "literally" does not appear in the source. It does say that he did it twice the same night, which could make the hook even hookier. Earwig shows no concerns. You need another QPQ, though, since we're in backlog mode and you have 94 reviews. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:07, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
Good to go now. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:49, 9 December 2024 (UTC)