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December 24

Name of the artist and album .

Had a copy of this recording on wax several decades ago and would like to find it again . But this time I would like to have it on a CD. Any help or ideas? The number was titled"BIG DEAL ON THE GLOCKINSPIEL". Cars used to have a tape deck in them and I had recorded several numbers on tape but the sound quality has diminished to very poor listening quality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.5.189.166 (talk) 01:58, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This google search has some ideas. It looks to be a work by Richard Maltby. That may give you some places to search. --Jayron32 02:19, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Make Mine Maltby, which has it, has been digitally remastered to CD, but at a rather hefty price. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:27, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Song Quotes in Literature

Very often in movies or books, we see characters quote other movies, books, or songs. I was wondering, if there was a novel where a character only spoke in song quotes for whatever reason, would there be any problems with that? Would it be different if the character quoted one line at a time versus whole versus or maybe even the whole song? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.244.7.85 (talk) 05:10, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Most quotes may be covered under fair use in some jurisdictions, but the "fair use" standards are gray areas, which is why reputable publishers always get permission from the copyright holders from using song quotes in books. Take any book with any song quote, and you'll almost invariably see "Song xxx from yyy used by permission" somewhere in there. That doesn't mean that they had to get permission, but publishers do per the "CYA principle". If you are going to write a book which includes such quotes, you can expect that any major publisher will need to get permission to use them before publishing your book. --Jayron32 05:17, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, copyright wouldn't restrict quotes from older songs or other works, since they would be in the public domain. Nyttend (talk) 22:49, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it would be a play about the England football team, who in 1998 had a secret bet about who could quote the most song titles during TV interviews[1]. Alansplodge (talk) 22:40, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Potter's Office Desk in "It's a Wonderful Life"

A seasonally-appropriate question: In the movie It's a Wonderful Life, in Mr. Potter's office, his desk contains a variety of interesting items. There's the "creepy skull" but also a variety of other objects. Does anyone have an authoritative list (or even a non-authoritative list) of what's on Potter's desk? Atlant (talk) 15:35, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can Netflix subscribers get shows from The Filipino Channel (TFC) or GMA?

69.243.220.115 (talk) 21:46, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]