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Ceiling fire[edit]

Some time ago I remeber seeing a music video in which a rapper was spinning the song "the roof is on fire" and the cieling in the back of the room actually caught fire. He stopped the song and remarked to the crowd that the celing really was on fire, but they thought it was part of the song and urged him to finish as the fire on the cieling began to spread. Anyone know the name of the song or where I could find the music video? 70.254.22.164 07:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Try looking through this list of rock stars who have caught fire on stage.--Shantavira 08:48, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since the Great White/Station nightclub fire, this has been a pretty common theme. CSI: Miami did an episode about this as well.

Atlant 16:16, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The OP is talking about the video for Nelly's 'Hot in Herre'...164.223.72.5 11:49, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What is that film called[edit]

Since this question didn't receive a response when I first posted it last June, I'll try again. Please use the section edit link to answer so the answer is left on my usersubpage so I don't lose it. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The question about the film with the drowning kid above, brought to mind another film. In it, a boy is talked into jumping of (I think) a railway bridge by his older brother and his brother's friend, but when he jumps, a log comes from under the bridge and he lands on it on his back. He would've drowned if it wasn't for the kids saving him, but he ends up paralyzed in a wheelchair. The rest of the story involves the older brother's feelings of guilt, a doctor who examines the kid for the possibility of a risky operation falling in love with his mother. I think the older brother may have been played by Brendan Fletcher or Kevin Zegers, but it could be someone else entirely. Has anyone got an idea which film I'm talking about? - Mgm|^(talk) 09:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When was it made? About how old were the brothers? Have you scanned the IMDb profiles of those actors? − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 00:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say it was made in the 1990s or very early 2000s. I suspect it was someone else after all because non of the IMDB titles ring a bell. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:51, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh, ooh, is it A Step Toward Tomorrow? And if so what do I win? :) Oh, I'm a wikipedia newbie, so wasn't sure how to leave answer on your usersubpage, sorry...hope you see it.--38.112.225.84 12:17, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ian McShane[edit]

I was looking at random articles, and found this interesting information on the Ian McShane article:"He was born with six toes and six fingers, which were removed after he was born." Now obviously, this is badly written (unless he has no fingers or toes!), but I don't just want to correct it to polydactyly (or something similar) without actually knowing that he was born with 6 digits on each hand and foot. Does anybody know the answer? Snorgle 15:52, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The answer seems to be that someone's having fun with the article. Now they've added that he has size five feet, again without any attribution. Please feel free to remove unattributed trivia like this from all articles, especially those of living persons. --Charlene 00:38, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rolling Stones Album[edit]

In 1978, the Rolling Stones cut an album titled " Some Girls ". The album cover itself had pictures of famous people. After printing and distributing the first 250,000 albums, several of these people whose picture was on the album sued for "copyright infringment", because they never gave permissions to use their picture. The unsold albums were pulled from store shelves and returned to the record company, and were replaced by albums whose cover had the pictures blanked out, with the words " Album under construction " in the blanked out areas. Is there any record of how many of the original albums were sold?

According to the article (Some Girls), the album went gold in the US after three days (500,000 sales) and platinum after thirteen days (1,000,000 sales). I imagine they didn't pull them until at least three days had passed, so at least 500k were probably sold. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 00:27, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]