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openGuy listening to dead girlfriend's voicemail message
I have no idea if it was a film, a short film, a television series, anything of the sort. I just very particularly remember seeing a guy who's girlfriend had passed away, and the last thing he had to remind himself of her was her voicemail message. Specifically, he's been calling her number over and over again all day long, until on one random call he gets the default "This number is disconnected" message [If you just search the words "This number is disconnected" in Google, there should be a You Tube video of the message]. Can't remember any other details, only that this was something I would've watched in the last few months, so if it's a short film, especially one from You Tube, it probably came out this year. If not, it was at least definitely set in present day as I'm fairly certain he was using a smartphone, but definitely some sort of modern cellphone.
I know it was live-action. I know it was probably more than a five minute short, or at least had multiple stories running through the plot, of which I don't believe this was the main thread. Hopefully this is enough information to work with. I know it's really vague, but in my experience people on here are really good at working with not a lot of great information.
openChildren cartoon show from early 2000 (probably british) Western Animation
I was hoping someone could help me out with this show that I watched as a kid The main episode I remember from the show clearly was that the characters help a purple whale which is stuck in a coral archway they try pushing it out but nothing works, then one of the characters has a breakthrough and rubs butter on the archway where the whale is stuck after this the whale breaks free and thanks the characters. To sum up the show its a bit like octonaunts but with a bit more adventure elements and older. Thanks
openShow about possessed woman
I think I saw it on the chiller network. Woman is possessed by a female demon and they have a truce to share the body. Brother is an addict and their dead father was some sort of cult leader. Brother is dating family friend/preachers daughter who Is eventually discovered to be an angel....any ideas?
openThat one Book of Pooh episode Live Action TV
What was that Book of Pooh episode where Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger and I think Piglet went on a camp out and Eeyore joins them later in the night called?
openTv show on two teens who debunk myths and mysteries Live Action TV
I somewhat remember this tv show around 2011? Somewhat newer and it was about a teen girl and boy who debunked mysteries and myths with the help of a somewhat nutty scientist. It was on early in the morning or late at night. Any ideas?
openY/A fiction with a shapeshifting dragon and girl protag. Literature
So I've looked on several Y/A dragon-themed book lists and can't seem to find this. > I think I remember reading it in middle or early high school, so it couldn't be written 2012 or after. > I remember that the dragon shapeshifts and the process of shapeshifting is described as disgusting and horrifying to watch. > The protag girl's home life is pretty bad and this contributes to her leaving. Her caretaker (uncle? dad?) gets drunk often. > I think I remember there being a black market for dragon organs?
openSaw this gif going around... Film
...it was in monochrome, and what I could only guess was from a horror scene. A woman was to the left of the scene, bound and gagged (as if for a sacrifice rather than anything related to bdsm), then a man(?) Walking on all fours (either stomach facing up or down) enters from behind her a bit of a distance away, temporarily leaves the frame, then creeps up just behind and to the left of the woman. I cant recall exactly, but I think he was wearing two masks so that when he entered the frame you see one, and as he continues to stand straighter, theres another (or the mans actual face, I dunno). The man is wearing all black, and the woman was dark haired. Does anyone know what this is from?
openCartoon TV movie, Christmas? Western Animation
at least 10 years ago Christmas a movie came on, it was a cartoon. I have a vivid recollection of the story but no one else in my family does and I've looked it up before but can't find it. the story is that this guy is a toy maker and falls in love with a forest fairy. he tries to become more successful and ends up cutting trees in her forest. he gets cursed by forest spirits and gets turned into a monster. then I think it flashes forward and his company is still huge but he just hides. at the same time, this girl wants a deer for Christmas (which is apparently something you can do) and it ends up being the forest fairy the guy was in love with. I don't remember the middle that much but the girl ends up meeting the man and he apologizes in the end and goes back to being a small shop toy maker and lives with the fairy.
open"I'm Roger McGough, and I'm off" Live Action TV
Any British tropers here watch a TV show around the 90's featuring the poems of Roger Mc Gough? I have vivid memories of it, but can't think of a title and it's driving me mad that there doesn't seem to be any record of it online.
openSong from a YouTube video?
Anyone know the song from here? (starts at 13 mins 40 secs, ends at 16 mins 13 secs) I tried using Siri to look for the song title, but it didn't recognize the song.
openImagination and kids Live Action TV
A small group of kids/teens would travel these scenes of imagination. Can't remember when but figure late 80s - early 90s. Don't even remember the real main premise but some scenes I remember are; they walk into this room and see a guy sitting at a table holding a teaspoon above a cup so that when he falls asleep it clatters and wakes him up, another one is they go to this box building with two doors and signs above them- one says work and the other play- when they go in each door they find the opposite kind of scene then they were expecting, last one I can remember clearly is they come across a set of stars that are an optical illusion that just keep climbing to itself that they climb. I also believe the opening had a hot air baloon but don't quote me on that one. P. S. Sorry for no spacing, on phone, has no way of creating new line [Enter].
Edited by LostLinxopenCartoon with "run, don't walk" cane ad? Western Animation
I'm pretty sure that this is in The Simpsons, but I'm not sure, and I can't name an episode. Basically, there's an ad for walking canes that says "run, don't walk", the logic being that people who need canes have trouble walking so they should run instead, except if they can't walk well, they're likely even less good at running.
open2010s puzzle(?) game Videogame
I'm having a hard time remembering the title of a game my sister discovered a Let's Play of some time ago. The game had an interesting concept, in which the PC is a young girl with impaired vision, who uses glowing Ridiculously Cute Critters to help her see. That's pretty much all I can remember about it.
openGaurdian Angel Sitcom? Live Action TV
I vaguely remember a few clips from a show that centered on the topic of a Guardian Angel who was tasked with helping a high school student. God or the the equivalent of him was depicted as a giant head( an old man who might have been wearing glasses). In one episode the angel helps an old black woman who died in her home of presumably natural causes. He takes her to meet the giant head and she says "You never told me he was so handsome!" In another, the angel spends the day with a rock star. This was not a traditional looking angel. He was just a teen in a jacket and jeans. This was not a show that operated under the assumption that any one religion was true as far as I could tell. Any help is greatly appreciated,. It would be nice to have a name to put to the memory. This was a live action show with a laugh track and everything.
Edited by Benthelameopen2008ish TV series Live Action TV
I'm trying to remember the name of this one series. I remember the promotional material for season one had an african american as the president of the United States saying "I'm the president of the United States, I have a right to know" or something along those lines and the first episode of the series featured a plane disappearing.
What was the name of that show?
openWhat was the name of that Webkinz ripoff? Web Original
I don't know why this is bothering me so much. But in like 2007 I saw ads for the site that was undoubtedly nothing but a Webkinz ripoff.(Maybe I'm wrong, and people who actually played on it will tell me I'm wrong, if so I apologize.) The stuffed animals you bought looked very generic. The whole thing looked very generic and honestly outdated to me from the ads. This was not associated with a known brand like Beanie Babies 2.0, or Rescue Pets Epets. It was also not Shining Stars. It just did not stand out or appear to have much of an identity besides appearing to be a ripoff of Webkinz. I also think it might have had a very generic name, or maybe a weird name, Whatever it is, I know I'll know it when I hear it. I also think this site existed until at least 2010 or 2011 because I remember it appeared as part of an April Fools joke pulled by the owner of a Webkinz fansite one of those years. Gosh I feel like I sound nutty for this though. Thanks.
Also, just to be clear, Webkinz ripoff means it was a site where you had to buy a physical stuffed animal with a secret code to adopt a virtual pet version. It was very generic animals, and didn't look to me like it was trying to be something more unique like Shining Stars.
Edited by ProbeMeRogerSmithopenSong that plays at the end of the first episode of "Story of Film: An Odyssey" Music
So I've been watching Mark Cousins' documentary Story of Film: An Odyssey, and there's a particular piece that plays at the end of the first episode (1895-1918) that I'd love to know the name of/where it's from. It sounds a little like something from a later Sergio Leone film, or some sort of Epic. I don't have access to apps like Shazam or Soundhound - else I would do it myself - and I can't find anything from googling. Therefore any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Edited by GenericSnakeopenTrying to find two live action older kids science shows/videos Live Action TV
When I was about six, I had two science shows meant for kids a bit older on VHS(this was around 2003-2004, and these could have been fairly old.) I just can't find either.
The first one I think I had several tapes of. It is extremely likely this one was made by NASA, because I think I found them years later but didn't mess with them. It involved a group of kids, doing and talking about different science things, and visiting places like field trips. I think their main place was a clubhouse. There were parts of it with an animated skunk newscaster on TV.
The other one I feel might be harder to find, though more likely to have been something that actually aired on TV. I had one tape with like 6 episodes. This one consisted of various short segments. One segment in like four of the episodes I had was about a talking head in a green jar. In one of the episodes, he looked different, so I think it was from a different season. I suspected this one might have been Newton's Apple, but I could find no evidence of such a character in it. Could have missed it though.
I'm trying to recall the name of a strange mystery thriller shown many years ago in UK (think it was BBC, but not sure). The plot involved a hitman trying to find out what had happened to his brother. He infiltrated a cult which I think was called Church of Christ Psychopath and was run by a very strange chap who had a thing about samurai swords. Very weird stuff happened, and the final climax included the bad guys being distracted by a corpse apparently rising from the grave, thus giving the hitman the chance to turn the tables. Apparently the corpse wasn't reanimated, it was pushed up by burrowing badgers - I said weird things happened! It was run either very late 60s or 70s, I think. Anyone got any ideas?