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openMissy Elliott sample song? Music
A song that samples part of Missy Elliott's "Work It". The part in the question is when she says "This the kind of beat that goes ra-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta."
The song I am thinking of slows down the beat a little bit, and that "ra-ta-ta-ta" sample is part of the chorus. It plays in the beginning, and I think the rapper's line opens with "Ay yo". I want to say it's Lil Wayne or Will I Am or someone else with a sort of harsh voice. I have tried to find this song but I can't!
openLooking for an episode of a TV show
A long time ago, I saw a brief glimpse of a TV show episode, and I was unable to find what it was. I only remember one small part and have been unable to find it based on that part. I was hoping someone here may know what it is. The scene I saw was a woman's daughter, I believe the woman was a cop or detective. She made her daughter go home because she was around the wrong crowd I believe. While the daughter is in her room a boy shows up he was a goth kid and he may or may not have believed himself to be a vampire, I'm still fuzzy on that one. He kidnapped her, and that was all I saw. It has still stuck in my mind years later and every few months or show I try to find it, but have had no luck. Does anyone have an idea as to what it was. Thank you in advance!
open!!! Live Action TV
I remember watching this show where they'd go to these homes because the people living there haven't paid land taxes or rent, they'd find the houses to be nasty and they'd have to find out the costs of damages people have and they'd set up cameras or something like that help me to figure out what this show is
openTwo movies I barely remember Film
The first movie is sort of "artsy", I guess. If I remember correctly, all the main characters were black, and the whole movie was subbed, not dubbed. Apart from that, I only remember two scenes. In one scene, the main character is telling his mother (I think) about a dream he had. Something in that dream was an omen of death. Then the mother immediately dies. Kinda funny, actually. In another scene, the main character meets an old man. The old man cuts out some of his own flesh (from his leg) and offers it to the main character, who eats it. Then he runs away, and the old man runs after him (because he wants his flesh back).
Anyway, the other movie was probably set in Japan. I think it was about two feuding clans, but I only remember two characters from it. One was a guy who couldn't die, but sort of wanted to die. The other one was a girl who was extremely poisonous, because she ate so much poisonous food or something like that. Anyway, they both die when they kiss each other.
I hope I don't sound like a madman.
openBook about cookies, a dog, and poop Literature
I remember three main things about a kids' book: —(1)— It was a story about some children, their father, a talking dog (the fastest dog in the world?) and some tiny creatures. The tiny creatures would punish mean parents/adults by putting dog poop where they would step on it, and that poop was usually in the shape of a footprint so the adults would think it was a shadow. The children learn their father is about to step on poop, so they ride on the talking dog to save him. —(2)— The father worked in a cookie factory. They would make different cookies every day of the week, and he had nightmares about one specific weekday because that's when they made the boring cookies (saltines?). He would dream about the cookies telling him boring things, kinda like "did you know a paperclip has three bends?" or "did you know February only has 29 days once every four years?" At the end of the book, he has an idea to change the cookies somehow (adding sugar?) to make them interesting, and his new dreams feature the new cookies telling him actually interesting trivia. —(3)— The chapters were short, and they all had fun titles. They started something like "Chapter one: the introduction" and would degrade to "Chapter thirteen and a half: how close was his foot?" or "Chapter thirty-one or thirty-two, I lost count: did you know...?" Some chapters were plot chapters, some were useless cookie trivia, and several were check-ins about how close the father was to stepping in the poop (like "if you took a cat's whisker and measured its thickness, that's how far away the shoe was from the poop"
PLEASE HELP my sisters don't believe this exists and it's driving me crazy.
Edited by blakellipsisopenB-52s-types sing educational songs Live Action TV
I can't remember if this show is more '80s or '90s. I saw it in the US and I think it may have been regular network tv - but I'm not sure. A music band of adults in outrageously loud and crazy costumes sang educational songs. It was kind of like a Wiggles-predecessor and for a slightly older audience, I think. I think they sang about all kinds of educational concepts. They reminded me of the B-52s, which makes me think the show was probably more 90s than 80s. The single episode that really stands out, or maybe the show's intro, involved them wearing cliche Egyptian costumes (think King Tut and Walk Like an Egyptian). I'm pretty sure it was the same band/cast week after week. It did not run many seasons, as far as I can remember. Thanks!
openMy family keeps referencing it but we don't know where it's from. Videogame
Does anyone know this educational game where there's the alphabet and when you click "c" and "k" it says "calica" and "kikinka"? I think it's from the 90s and we played it in the early 2000s
Edited by KuzlalalaopenA Mickey Mouse animation
I found a movie clip where Mickey and Donald was wearing medieval-themed costumes and Donald was saying, “Pete is gonna kidnap Princess Minnie so he can become king -and he’s really a bad guy- and he has a secret lair and it’s really dark and scary! So the point is, he’s gonna kill us if we get in his way, so we should run now as far away as we can!” What's the name of this movie/animation?
openOlder partner Live Action TV
This show had two of the characters talking about partners and someone having an older male sex partner. The guy asks the female if she's ever been with an older partner and she says yes but vaguely mentions that it was a female when she was younger. Might have been some type of cop show?
open5 minute digital animation abc or sbs tv unusual creatures
when my kids were growing up, i remember seeing a 5 minute "cartoon", actually probably digital animation. It was about a huge library full of made up creatures, either from the earth or outer space. It was presented like a science documentary. the names of the creatures were constructed from the form or function of the actual creature and sounded like scientific latin names.. i remember that it was like a giant vault opening with rows and rows of moving shelves. One would open up and the creature for that episode was inside....then they would describe it, its habitat and characteristics...it was very clever....i have been searching for this show for years but cannot remember the title, so its made it very difficult. my kids dont remember it at all..
openThe sims at work Videogame
There was a game, released at the time of the sims 1, that was also about managing "sims", but in an office instead of a house. It was not an expansion
open3-D CGI Pilot from the early-mid 2000s Western Animation
Yo! When I was a young kid, I remember watching an animated pilot on Cartoon Network. It was animated in 3-D CGI and it looked really good (at least, to me as a kid). It was an action cartoon and I recall it starring a band of young heroes or thieves or something. The main character I recall was a fairly small and slim guy, with a pale complexion. He used either swords or daggers, or at least some kind of bladed weapon in battle. His best friend was a huge guy who I think was a mechanic? The pilot had the two, and maybe other characters have a back and fourth that would lead into them having to team up to fight off monsters. During the fight, the main character starts to glow blue and destroys all the monsters and remarks about how he didn't know what that was.
Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?
openbrain box like tv show Live Action TV
i used to watch this tv show faithfully when i was younger but i just can't seem to remember it, all i do remember is that there was maybe a brain or a box falling from the sky and it plunges into the ground and you were able to see it going under and that was how the show always started, i think the show usually had these short musically skits that were animated in a dark creepy way but it was enjoyable for me, i just can't remember the name of this show
openWestern Animation Western Animation
Aired in the 2000's. Even became a Mc Donald's Happy Meal toys. From what I remember the show involved agents(?) who had vehicles and each character had a suit that was one colour. I think the black guy was red? I think it aired on Saturday mornings on ABC in Australia. Probably American.
openIt's been a long time Film
Ok so there was this Show i used to watch but can remember it that much. I know some details like it was this group of people. There was also a pool where anything is possible that a character(that can't swim)swims the pool was also deep.the last thing I recall is that there was an episode were people got trapped in cubes t cat like pokeballs. Can someone please help me find this show
openYoung adult American tv show starring two teenage girls Live Action TV
Does anyone remember the name of a TV show that played after school in the 1990s, possibly the 1980s, that was about two teenage girls and their lives growing up? It was either American or possibly Canadian. One girl was fair, blonde, feminine and trying to be popular, and the other friend was olive-skinned (possibly Italian) with dark curly hair and was a bit tomboyish. It had a feel like 'Degrassi' but, from what I remember, it was mostly just about the two girls. It had a lot of life lessons in it.
Edited by KayeopenFrog...bubble...shooter? Videogame
So you're this bipedal frog in a blue t-shirt spitting bubbles at spikeballs and cloud-like things while scaling a 2D-style platform ladder-type setup. Every (rather questionable) death animation was accompanied by some oddly-peaceful music.
Really frustrating, I hated it.
openBritish MTV-like late night host
I remember that the show I am thinking about came late at night after the "Fist of zen" show. It was a coked up white british dude with an afro and dressed in a blue'ish suit looking like an italian mobster from the 70's. Or just like austin powers with an afro basically. He did different sketches like funny commercials for insane products. Somehow they would all end up with him beating the shit out of someone and kicking them on the ground like in the goodfellas movie. I'm not sure if it was on MTV but I have been looking everywhere and I almost can't sleep. I need to find clips from this show again!
openChapter Book About Losing Teeth Literature
I had it when I was in second grade, so it could be from the early 2000's? I don't remember the main character's name but I remember the book revolved around her losing her teeth. She had an older sister named Penelope who wore lipstick and I think at one point they moved and she made a friend named Peggy. I remember the book had one part where they were making ice cream, and another where I think the main character knocked out a tooth and possibly swallowed it. I distinctly remember a bit of text where she thought her mom's mirror tasted like makeup.
I remember watching this cartoon about 4 or 5 teens travelling around and the show focused on some supernatural artefacts and the show's technology...or something. It aired around the same time as Oban Star Racers, Get Ed and Code Lyoko. I can't really remember well the premise of the show but I remember how 2 of the main characters look like. There's this young lady with white hair, tan-ish skin, blue eyes and blue outfit. She kinda looks like a Water Tribe person from Avatar, and if I remember correctly she had some spiritual connection with either the artefacts or machineries...that, or she had some ice manipulating powers. Then there's this other girl. She's the younger sister of one of the main characters and the youngest out of all the main characters. She had orange hair that's tied into like, four stubby ponytails on her head. What I remember most about her is that she's a cripple, but her brother made her these boots that helped her to walk. There's this one moment in an episode where her boots stopped working or something and they had to get it fixed. If anyone knows what show I'm talking about, please reply. For some reason, this has been bothering me for a while.