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openShort story or novella
I'm trying to find a short story or novella I read a several years back. It's about two authors: Author A is well respected and successful, but his career has stalled due to a bad case of writers block; Author B is writing really good stuff, but he got rejected too many times early in his career, and now he can't get publishers to take him seriously. Somehow they team up, publishing Author B's work under Author A's name. I don't really recall what happens after that, but I feel like they got into some shady stuff, maybe killing one or both of their wives? Possibly published as part of a larger anthology. Any help is appreciated.
openFrench-Canadian Children's Show Live Action TV
I remember watching episodes of a show back in grade 1. It was around 1999-2000 and it was in French and most likely a French-Canadian show. It featured the adventures of a little girl and the one thing I remember is that the intro featured a brief clip of the little girl on the toilet (everyone in my class used to laugh when this scene would happen).
openUnknown Live Action TV
Kids show somewhere in the later 2000s that I have yet to find the title of, though I loved it as a kid. I vaguely remember it being odd for a kids show, I remember garbage filling the frame as a backdrop and then a human shaped garbage figure moves in stopmotion. One episode I remember had a skit in which an animated hotel showed characters in silhouette of each window, it was meant to be scary I believe. There was also a narrator that spoke from time to time. I think doors opening was either in one episode or commonly used to transition from skit to skit.
opencomedy music Music
What is that song often used in comedic chase scenes? this video has it at about 13:30 https://vimeo.com/110219399
openBoy with robot arm Western Animation
I used to watch when I was little. It was about a boy with black short hair who had these robot cell things in his blood that would allow his arm to change into stuff. His sidekick was a talking monkey who would shoot guns and he had a secret agent man watch over him. They would fight bug like monsters while he would search for his father.
openA fictional diary about a boy and his dad who turn out to be aliens Literature
I read a book when I was little that I got from the library about a boy and his dad who are ostensibly immigrants to England. The boy records the day's events in a diary his dad makes him write in every day. He doesn't know why his dad's so insistent, but he does it anyway. He gets bullied or something, I don't know. Anyway, to make a long story short, the kid's dad eventually tells him that they're not really immigrants, they were aliens sent to study Earth, and it is time to go back to their planet to return to their True Forms.
What really stuck with me was at the very end, the kid is nervous that their "True Form" will look like the alien monsters that he and his dad just saw at the movies. His dad assures him that while humans do many things very well, imagining creatures from other planets is not one of them.
openZombie.. Bug... (?) Apocalypse movie with people holed up in an abandoned farm Film
I know this is going to sound like it could be Night Of The Living Dead or one of its remakes, but it is not. I'm not even sure if the film I'm thinking of has zombies in it or something like giant bugs.
I saw it on the Sy Fy channel several years ago. It is in color. The scenes I remember are of a small group of people who barricade themselves in a farmhouse against... something... My memories aren't clear enough to know if it was zombies. Could have been some kind of giant bug.
I know this movie is not Night of the Living Dead, Arachnia, Infestation, or Eight-Legged Freaks. This would have come out probably within the last 10 years or so.
I know it's not much to go on, but who knows? Maybe someone will be able to figure it out.
openFind a cartoon Western Animation
Please help me find a cartoon: The heroine transform by a pair of shoe. Her costume have a big question mark on it. Anybody know that?
openCartoon that was on an English channel, maybe Citv or cartoon network? Western Animation
The intro always started out on how a good guy turned bad and joined the baddies. I don't even really remember how the fighting was done. Maybe swords? It was kind of futuristic as in the main character basically lived in a flying ship thing with his friends. It was blue vs reds if i remember correctly. Sorry this is so vague
openNo Title Live Action TV
(this is going to be very vague sorry) Does anyone remember this live action kids tv show? It's Australian and it was probably on in the mid to late 2000's. I can't remember a lot of specifics but there was an episode where a boy got turned into a dummy, and another were a brother and sister were washing the dishes and the sister ended up being a robot or something. I'm pretty sure there was also an episode where these boys found like a glowing thing that helped them with their maths test or something then one boys parents used it for the lottery and then they died or something. Any help would be really appreciated because it's been annoying me for so long.(I'm also pretty sure it's not Goosebumps) Thanks
openChildren's Science Fiction TV show about dimension or time traveling? Live Action TV
I saw this many years ago. I want to say it was the mid to late 90s. The main characters were a brother and sister and they traveled dimensions with a big mirror thing they sat around. I think. In one episode they arrived in a forest on an 18th century-looking estate ruled by an evil mistress type woman wearing a time period appropriate dress. But she owned these pale-skinned robot butler type dudes that dressed like Mozart with the powder wigs and stocking socks and frock coats and sunglasses (to cover up that they had no eyes). Also, their knees didn't bend when they ran. I know it sounds crazy, but I'm pretty sure I didn't dream this up. Thanks.
open(SOLVED) Weird song contest Western Animation
Hi,
Many years ago, I once stumbled on an animated short that was probably part of a series. In it, some purple or mauve creature announced the entrants and eventual result of a song contest. IIRC, there were only two entries:
- The first constestant was an ant colony, with an elaborate song I didn't understand because it was in what I assumed to be unsubbed English, which I was too young and too French to get.
- Their opponent was a Dastardly Whiplash type whose "song" was just his Evil Laugh put to music: The only lyrics were "Nyah-hah-hah".
openLate Night Cartoon, Old School Animation, 90s or early 2000 about people on the moon Western Animation
I don't remember the exact years, but it was most likely late 90s, early 2000s. It was for "older audiences" thus only on after midnight. I don't even remember the network it was on, but I do remember it was similar animation to John Callaghan's Quads. I don't remember the premise of the show, expect one episode: there were a small group of people on the moon and, in the one episode I remember, the scientist character (old man) was trying to communicate with his beloved pet fish and makes a mind-reading machine. The protagonist is like the modern Fry from Futurama and in this episode he hears about the dark side of the moon is creeping towards a spot he was suppose to meet the girl love interest who is waiting for him(?). There's a few other side characters, but mainly those three were the focal points. ... The more I describe it the more its starting to sound like Futurama, but it wasn't. I can clearly and distinctly see that stupid pet fish with the mind-reading machine and the image on the computer screen is a farm animal (cow? sheep? duck?).
Thanks in advance for reading that. I've been trying to hunt down this show for YEARS because I actually think I imagined the whole thing....
- UPDATE: after MUCH searching: the TV show is "Captain Star" on Teletoon, 1997-1998! OMG! I'm not insane! I'm not crazy! This has haunted me for YEARS!!!!!!!*
openHarry Potter fanfic Literature
Hi, Looking for a fanfic - a oneshot, maybe a two chapter fic - that involves Harry after the war with Dumbledore's portrait. I think it's sitting on his desk so he can secretly gloat to it. Anyway, he reveals to Dumbledore that something about the Black family marrying into so many other families is what caused a lot of the inbreeding problems, and the same thing is going to happen again with the Weasley family, what with them having a stupid amount of kids. So he revealed to Dumbledore that he's put a sterility curse on all of the Weasleys, and there's a specific line in there about how Molly is going to be sad because she'll never have grandkids. Any help would be great, thanks!
openA bunch of old iPhone apps I can't find. Videogame
There are some iPhone apps that for the life off me I can't find.
First one was a game that was like a pet simulating game. Your pet was this black piece of fuzz that would bounce around the screen. You could change the background and feed it food like strawberries. The cool thing was is that if you shook you phone hard enough then the fuzz would blow up into confetti.
Next app is an app about a bee. You play as like a round bee and you tilt the phone to control him. You carry fruit around with you and you have to try not to squish the fruit. There were also evil bugs in some levels that would try to squish you.
Next app is a whack a mole app I can't find. What you'd have to do this is hit the moles while avoiding the other animals. There were also gems like sapphires and rubies you could collect. Later in the game the moles get ninja masks.
Next app is a ninja game. It had a Multiplayer arrow shooting game where you would try to shoot arrows over a wall and hit your friend's ninja. The app had an in-game trailer for the full version with the line "Time to get your big boy pants on!".
Next game was a game where you would have to find a dog named Gumbo by touching the things where he was hiding
Next app was an app where you had to try to stop a mouse from getting into mouse holes by placing mouse traps. If you lost a level, you would hear recorded laughter.
Finally, there was an app where people would be parachuting and you'd have to blow wind on them to make them land on ships. They would get eatan by sharks if they landed in the water.
Hope you can help me, and thanks!
openold educational/math game
When I was younger, in like 2005-2007, I remember a math game that was set in a city. In the city you could work at a toy store and count toys and money I think? Then you could move around and go to a pet store and work there. It had really weird animals since most were strangely colored. There was also a farmers market area and a candy store, I think, where you could serve people different types of candy. At the farmers market you could do the same but with fruits and vegetables. Obviously it was for little kids. I think it was on a CD and made well before 2007.
openidk show on cartoon network , Disney not sure
i am not sure about the name or characters but this depicted of a group of three characters i am not sure. but i have mostly remembered them wearing skates and fight monkeys i believe
openKids Show in German and English Live Action TV
I remember a kids show from the 70s, 80s or early 90s (seen on TV in early 90s) with an older white-haired man. I think he wore lederhosen and lived in an older 60s VW camper van. He played songs on a piano in both english and german. It may have had 'heim' or 'klein' in the name. I saw it on our local PBS station
This one is a long shot.
It aired I am almost certain in 1999-2001. More likely 2000 or 2001.
It was a made for TV film or a short series that was - if I remember rightly - shown in about 2 or 3 parts. It aired on British TV channel ITV.
It was set around World War I and involved a young man who was executed by a firing squad for desertion. I remember there being a distraught young woman learning he was to be executed. They were lovers.
At least one of them was French. And the name Etienne rings a strong bell.
Hoping someone can help me out as this has been driving me mad for a little while.
Thanks