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November 20

Caracal escapade

I saw on a few news sources a caracal was on the loose, roaming in the streets of Chicago. It took police personnel and animal control to capture the animal. Thankfully, no one was hurt. By any chance could it have escaped from the Brookfield Zoo Chicago? Would the caracal's adventure inspire an episode of Chicago P.D. (TV series)?2603:7000:8641:810E:891A:9BCE:905A:9F59 (talk) 04:14, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1. (Brookfield zoo) - nobody knows. Examining this news report and this one, I see a lot of assumptions that it's domesticated (and therefore an escaped pet), based on, in the first place, nothing, and in the second place that it "doesn't hunt very well": but at the same time it's reported that it may be as young as five months old, so that might explain its lack of skill. Zoos aren't known to conceal their escapes. The lack of any other possibilities points to an escaped pet.

2. (Chicago P.D.) Even on the entertainment desk, we don't answer requests for predictions. You ask if it "would" inspire an episode. Looking at the plots in use so far this year I see topics like violent robbery, social work, homelessness, alcoholism, hate crime, drug trafficking, and a serial killer. Generally speaking the subject matter is gritty, and doesn't appear to be inspired by specific recent news stories, so I'll say no, it wouldn't. But again, nobody knows. Card Zero (talk) 05:51, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

what are the lyrics

anyone know the rest of the lyrics to "I roll up, I roll down" the mighty machines part? it has been on my mind for a long time Jude Marrero [=D (talk) 20:20, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I roll up, I roll down, I squash the garbage to the ground, Woah yeah, that's me. 64.53.18.252 (talk) 22:22, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks so much!! Jude Marrero [=D (talk) 22:04, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Reckoning (1970 film) character Keresley

In the 1970 film Peter Sallis plays the role of Keresley and he's credited as the 17th cast member on IMDB but at the end of the credits he's not shown in the credits and I also did not see him in the film. Can any of you guys try and get a photograph of which scene were Peter Sallis appeared in and then I know he's in the movie and I can list his role on IMDB as uncredited. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 22:54, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's extremely unlikely that someone is going to watch this 50-year-old movie more attentively than you did and snap a picture. However, our article on Peter Sallis lists The Reckoning among his screen credits and it's supported by a citation to the BFI. Whoever designed the BFI website search function hated the world and all who live on it, but this should give you the direct citation to confirm his presence in the movie (sixth name from the top). Matt Deres (talk) 15:24, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this is after all the world-renowned WP Entertainment desk, and I watched The Reckoning even more attentively (on DailyMotion) than Matt D might ever have expected, knowing who to look for: and if Peter Sallis is in the film, I reckon he's the uncredited pianist at the party at around 01:07 (the soundtrack continues for some time), and again at 01:13 but I'm not surprised you missed him. Sadly I have no drop box, and WP and Commons are unlikely to welcome a screenshot... But if you can manage to watch the film again, and with any version of Windows since Windows for Workgroups (3.11) you can pause the film and press Shift+PrintScreen at the desired moment. This takes a screenshot and copies it to the clipboard. Press WinKey and type mspaint (or open Paint), press Ctrl+V and save as .bmp file.

But what a weird, macho, sexist, unforgiving film. The unaccompanied song is "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" by Thomas Moore. Main music score by Malcolm Arnold. Liverpool has the same not-London feel as Newcastle in Get Carter with Michael Caine the following year. Brief shot (with "No Popery" graffiti) of St. John's Beacon the year after it was built (1969), I went up it in around 1972. I also saw Nicol Williamson as Malvolio in Twelfth Night with Jane Lapotaire, Patricia Hayes and Frank Thornton at the RSC in 1974.[1] Whoever designed the BFI site itself, let alone the search function, appears to have had a vast grudge against celluloid in all its forms. The rest of humanity comes a distant second. Eppur - si muove. MinorProphet (talk) 00:08, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I bet you were referring to the guy playing the piano that is Peter Sallis isn't it. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 00:04, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]