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Let's see. Hamlet, fencing, who was that other woman.... Shelley Long The Money Pit Tom Hanks

Wild swing- "GIGLI"????

Ok, let's see. The singer was NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, who, IIRC, hosted the Oscars several times.

I'm not 100% sure of the first two. However, I know for a fact that Patrick Stewart was one of few people who played the eponymous role in "the Canterville Ghost." Wordpup had to read the story in school, so we read it as well. Then we watched the movie that was loosely inspired by the book. It has very little in common, IMHO, and I like the movie better. Oscar Wilde, IMHO, was being cutesy when he wrote the story, and was trying to make a joke (he succeeded.) With the movie, they were trying for more substance than that (and succeeded.) I'm not saying either was truly noteworthy, but I'm glad I sat through the movie once. So, since Patrick Stewart's played Shakespeare lots of times, and had no trouble playing Prospero (who's not that far from Merlin), I'm thinking I've just forgotten he's played Merlin.

No, those are roles PATRICK STEWART has played.

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Yes. Too easy?

"That was the plan." "Not a great plan. When they come-and they will- they'll come for you." "If it's all the same to you, I'll have that drink now."

So, what do we have so far? Sometime after Mike Tyson lost his heavyweight title, someone did a live performance of a song, where about 6,000 people were in live attendance, and that got a national airing on a onetime basis. This was done at an individual event, like an annual awards show or something, or the opening ceremonies of the World Cup or something. (Although the attendance numbers for the broadcast were low for an INTERNATIONAL event like the World Cup and suggest a US nationwide event.) There were a few music execs that got in trouble a few years ago- Phil Spector keeps coming to mind, I forget who was the more visible figure. The "me too" movement would have made a song about this a big deal a few years ago. Who sang it gets tricky. It was sung by someone who is NOT known "as a singer", but has been known to sing. So, someone whose primary claim to fame is for something OTHER than singing, but who has been KNOWN to sing. (So, Robert Downey Jr is out since nobody knows he can sing.) All the established singers are out (Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, Alanis Morrisette...) Having transvestites onstage also really suggests it was in the last few years, since they've been pushed as mainstream entertainers. We don't know the genre, but it was the last 5 years or thereabouts, which limits the possibilities. This wasn't a multi-day event like Lollapalooza, this was a one-day event as far as the singing goes. If I had a better sense how big a venue has to be to seat 6,000, I'd narrow down the possibilities more. (Was it a stadium, was it a big theater....) So, to take another guess on the person-who-sang-but-is-not-a-singer, I'm going to try ALAN THICKE. He's an actor but he has sung. (Maybe I should be thinking more about who the Germans like to see singing....)

No, not Burns nor Allen. 'STAR TREK 4- THE VOYAGE HOME", I think.

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No, not Burns nor Allen.

Correct! And yes, Deep Purple based the song on a real event.

"We all came out to Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline."

There's an obvious answer, but I'm not going there, for variety's sake. Ornella Muti Flash Gordon Timothy Dalton

So, your turn, George.

To say nothing of people who were kicked out for posting here.

That's him. "Midnight Madness" was his first movie.

Say good night, Gracie. Or maybe George will oblige.

The first quote was a running gag, and a hint as to which movie, since this was the "caper." The second quote was Rowlf the dog, convincing the guard dogs to stop coming after them. He barked at them, and they sat down calmly. The pizza was the distraction while everybody snuck into the museum- the front guard kept repeating he hated pepperoni...but he agreed to feed it to the dogs. Charles Grodin "shared" a musical number with Miss Piggy, whom he framed for a crime. As they took her away, she shouted this at him.

"What's a 'caper'?" "I think it's a small chicken." -promos for this movie. The answer, obviously, was correct.

Sounds vaguely familiar, but nothing's clicking yet.

I'm going to take a shot and guess "EMINEM", Marshall Mathers. Here's my thinking....The key to the specifics was when it was performed. It was obviously rehearsed, them performed in front of a live audience at a tremendous show that was seen nationally or internationally, and not aired for a repeat. That suggests either a live performance at an awards show, or a live performance at an event. I'm thinking this might have been performed at a SUPER-BOWL HALF-TIME show. The other year, when Eminem was one of the performers at the Super Bowl, there was all sorts of controversy, including whether or not he was kneeling at any point in his performance. In all likelihood, I'm far off, but that's what I'm thinking at the moment.

"As for the trinity, the devil is laughing (rotflmaopimp) at mainstream Christianity just like Hogan's Heroes laugh at Klink and Schultz." [bI'm curious what Bible verse supposedly alleges that one.[/b] "A talebearer is a liar. The devil is the father of lies. Every time you repeat all that crap, you parrot the father of lies. I don't care how factual you think it is, " It's fascinating how things that are factually correct are actually labelled "lies" here. The key is the conflation of "talebearer" with "bearer of bad news." The watchman was supposed to warn the city, and that was a respected job. So, it isn't just bearing bad news that's a problem. Concordances mention a connection between a talebearer and SLANDER- which explains the conflation between "slander" and saying something bad about someone. It's slanderous if it is FALSE. So, to warn about a corrupt official is recommended. That's not "slanderous." It's "slanderous" if an honest, respected person is maligned- like someone claimed he went around slandering others when he did no such thing. So, someone went step-by=step, conflating one thing with another, until telling the truth was labelled "being a liar" and "parroting the father of lies" even if factually correct. It's like going step by step from "You shall surely die" to "You shall NOT surely die." Now, someone's gone and done the same thing. Someone seems to have parroted the father of lies. For an encore, they accused other people of what they themself did- which is something I was actually warned about in twi. By lcm.