User:Scarecroe/Talk Archive 11

Archive of Scott's talk page

Two Flash
Between that, Evelyn Glennie, and the Cookie World image, you're on a roll today. That's one reason I'm glad we still have Character Disambiguations; a, it includes name vairants where a seperate disambiguation page isn't actually needed, and it allows for great images like that. -- Andrew Leal (talk ) 17:48, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I couldn't resist. [[image:tongue.gif]] — Scott (talk ) 17:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

You're a Mean One, Mr. Scott
That said, deletion always spurs one into action (I *almost* got to the page before you nuked it, when I saw the reaper was in action; my own fault for only deleting a few of the files which were piling up), and I'm glad Pat Morita now has a home. -- Andrew Leal (talk ) 01:58, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I saw that it was up for two days and didn't notice it was yours until after I deleted it. — Scott (talk ) 02:46, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I know, I'm teasing. It just sometimes takes more than two days for me to get to an image, but I upload them in advance since sometimes I'm stuck on campus, so I can work on them then. I don't usually put those in Image Chamber, since I plan to use them in the very near future; it might have been earlier today if I hadn't focused on the Hall of Fame stuff. -- Andrew Leal (talk ) 02:51, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Let that be a lesson to both of you, and to Pat Morita. -- Danny (talk ) 03:02, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Television Academy
Hey, Scott! I don't suppose you saved the Television Academy Hall of Fame clip when it was on YouTube (it's been pulled now)? Since I just realized today that the page is illustration free, even though plenty of images were avilable to us for the taking at that time. Alas! -- Andrew Leal (talk ) 03:09, 9 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the file. I need to do non-Wiki household and school stuff for awhile, but when you get a chance, take a look at the page now. I feel like it's on the cusp of being a great article, but needs work, especially in organization. I fleshed out the video segments, to integrate the quotes and function as more than character lists, but now it looks awkward with the bulleting and indentation and all. I'm thinking of borrowing a Waiter Grover style table for that section. Also, I'm not sure whether to add headings to divide the 1986 and 1987 appearances, since the major emphasis of the current text is naturally on the 87 Henson tribute. There's footage of the Tillstrom event here (click the Hall of Fame icon at the top left), but while it's worth a look, it's also too blurry and small to make use of on the Wiki (which is a shame, as I'd love to have a nice grab of the Muppets, Lamb Chop and Shari, Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob, and Bil Baird all windowed together like a Brady Bunch intor). -- Andrew Leal (talk ) 18:51, 9 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It looks great to me! I agree about having a grab of all the non-Muppet puppets with the Muppets. (say that 5 times fast) — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 19:19, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: MC's Talk Page
Hey Scott! I left a message on my talk page about the message you left me, but then I realized you might not see it there. I sent you an e-mail about your e-mail, just so you know. (This is like a riddle! :) ) -- <font color="Blue">Mary Catherine (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:10, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Got it and responded! At least, I think I did... ;) -- <font color="Blue">Mary Catherine (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:37, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

The Muppets Go Hollywood
Boy, the Wiki's jumping today. Yay! Anyway, I noticed you'd added the title screengrab to The Muppets Go Hollywood. Are you in a position to add any more images from that? Syracuse University has it, and I rewatched it and added a few more "celebrities" (amusingly, there's a lot of now obscure 70s sitcom folks in there, and to my surprise, one lantern-jawed young chap is in fact a young Gary Busey), but I can't take it home to get screengrabs. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 00:02, 4 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll see what I can do. — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 00:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Yay! In that case, here's my request list. I may need to rewatch the special yet again to point out exactly where some of them are, since a lot are obscure. The easiest to find will probably be Charles Durning dancing with Miss Piggy, and the Robert Stack interview, before the pool scene (I did a mockup for Stack's page right now, but a shot from the special would be nice). Richard Mulligan is seen arriving during Gary Owens' "Galaxy of Stars" spiel montage, as are Red Buttons, Donny Most, Busey, and a few others. A shot of Owens himself wouldn't hurt either, though since he's not with a Muppet, it probably won't make much difference whether that or the current pic is used. Loni Anderson is seen next to Gary Sandy (now obscure, but then her co-star on WKRP in Cincinatti), in the bit with Dave Goelz' cameo. You can see them in that image, in fact, but they're obscured, since naturally the emphasis there is on grabbing Dave. Robert Mandan (Chester on Soap) is seen in the dance scenes (I'll try to dig up a reference pic for you, and double check exactly which scene). There's some other folks who *seem* like they're famous but I can't recognize, and IMDb is convinced Rudy Vallee is in there (he is name checked in Sam the Eagle's scene with Dick Van Dyke), but I won't ask you to try to grab them until I can do some more digging on exactly who is who (and where). -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 00:28, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Muppetzine Interview
You use to have the Bill Barretta interview from Muppetzine up on the web. I know you've since taken the files down, and now most of the search engine caches and web archives no longer contain access to a copy of it. I talked to Danny about putting Muppetzine stuff up on the Wiki as a resource so we could reference them in articles and fans could enjoy and learn from them (similar to how we handle transcripts or similar to the MuppetFest Memories Danny re-published here). Danny said he'd be thrilled if things from Muppetzine (such as the interviews) were put up here. If you still have any of the stuff digitally and could easily copy to the wiki (such as the Bill Barretta interview) I'd be happy to do any clean-up, formatting and wikifying – I just don't have the original raw text to work from. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -- <font color="Blue">Brad D. (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 22:31, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll see if I can dig that up. — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 22:32, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Main Page Vandal
Hey Scott. Just wanted to make sure someone catches this vandal. -- <font color="Blue">Mary Catherine (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 19:10, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Mary Catherine! They've been blocked. Thanks also for converting the changes. — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 19:15, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Denny's
Still tired, and stressed about school, but I'm pretty proud of the way Denny's is shaping up. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 22:34, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh, that's great. We should have more Controversy sections on the wiki. — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 23:15, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


 * That's a fantastic page. Impeccably researched as always. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 03:02, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Wontkins
I'm tired. Thanks for fixing the Wilkins/Wontkins image thing. I was trying to grab the earlier revision, and actually reverted. Since the reason for the resize was its inclusion on Main Page picture nominations, where a portrait size is needed, but as you noted, it messes up the character page. So until the image is either voted in or removed for lack of attention, I went ahead and added the duplicate. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:00, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, Danny resized a bunch of pictures before I fixed the table on the front page. We don't need to resize anything below 300 pixels. — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:07, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It was mostly because the original image was too wide, but your latest revision fixes it. I'm still happy that I get to see eerie early TIME magazine Big Bird on the main page. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:13, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's a hot image; I've always liked it. — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:14, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I didn't realize I created a problem on the W/W page. I thought that was just a picture nomination... -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 03:02, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

History Repeats Itself
Hey, I just tweaked the definition on Category:History (which now that we've mostly settled things, I'm going back and adding to). Re-reading the discussion, I altered the wording to be more explicit without limiting it to a specific year frame. So Beethoven is History, not just as a dead historical figure, but because the references to him, through the Bust of Beethoven, make use of that historicity, as a figure of the past, in contrast to the same references to Gregory Peck, who while now deceased himself and a key figure in film history, is tossed out as a point of then purely contemporary reference. John F. Kennedy's image in The Organized Mind is history; the short came only three years after the assassination, but the image is already being used as a historical artifact. Obviously I can't fit all that into the definition, but hopefully the new wording, as well as the qualifier on the Themes category as a whole, helps. The qualification of statements is, after all, the grad student's best friend. -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:03, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Yay, that's awesome! I'm glad I better understand what your intentions were :) — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:37, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Indeed! And George Washington looks great now. I just finished Aristotle, and still need to add Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson, Ronald Reagan (via Muppet Babies footage of him as an actor, not president), Julius Caesar, and Hannibal (referenced in both a Muppet Babies comic and Gulliver's Travels). You can probably see now why I wanted a distinct category for this stuff. :) -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 05:32, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Talk Pages
Would you believe it, we've finally managed to get the number of items in Category:Active Talk Pages down to single digits! For the moment, anyway (and one or two boxes are about ready to be removed soon anyway). -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:48, 1 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I tried to bang away at the talk category last week. Looks like it worked! — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:50, 1 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Danny and I have been working on it too, and Wendy's been helping quite a bit too. So yay! -- <font color="Blue">Andrew Leal (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:53, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Woof
Done and done! I fixed up the pages for The Land of Tinkerdee and Rufus. Yay. -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:19, 1 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Sweet, they look great! — <font color="Blue">Scott (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 21:01, 1 October 2006 (UTC)