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I need help remembering out what this episode Little House on the Prairie

I need help remembering out what this quote Little House on the Prairie. A little boy and girl are arguing and the girl calls the boy angrily "You dummy". In another episode on Little House on the Prairie a teen couple try to get married and they went to the town's hotel but the girl's parents found them What 2 separate episodes were these? Venustar84 (talk) 00:13, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

The second one sounds like episode 79: "Here Come the Brides". The IMDb synopsis matches the description. You can also check List of Little House on the Prairie episodes. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:50, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

If Singin' in the Rain featured the invention of 3-D films instead of talkies, which film would be "the Jazz Singer of 3-D films"?

In Singin'in the Rain, it is shown that the release of the film The Jazz Singer gave birth to sound films. But if Singin'in the Rain focused on 3-D films, what film would it show to give birth to 3-D films? Mattdillon87 (talk) 06:59, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Let me see if I understand your question. You're saying that The Jazz Singer has been seen as the first major example of talkies. And now you're wondering what the first major example of 3D films is. Right? If that is correct, I then direct you to our article on 3D film which states: "What aficionados consider the "golden era" of 3D began in late 1952 with the release of the first color stereoscopic feature, Bwana Devil, produced, written and directed by Arch Oboler." Dismas|^(talk) 07:43, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

But note that unlike sound, which was pretty much all or nothing, 3D started out only in a few scenes, so there wasn't this single moment when the future of cinema was changed forever. Also, many non-3D movies are still made today, and are likely to be made for quite a while, as 3D would just be annoying in some movies, like a romantic film. A somewhat closer parallel for 3D might be the introduction of color films, since black-and-white movies continued to be made for years after, and it suits some genres better than color, such as film noir. Although nearly every film is color now, unlike my prediction for 3D, but then color doesn't give as many people a headache or cause nausea. StuRat (talk) 08:29, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

It may have got quite quickly to "pretty much all or nothing", but it didn't start out that way. The Jazz Singer is widely assumed to have had sound from start to finish, but that was very far from the truth. From our article: In total, the movie contains barely two minutes worth of synchronized talking, much or all of it improvised. The rest of the dialogue is presented through the caption cards, or intertitles, standard in silent movies of the era. BTW, TJS was far from the first film with sound, but seems to have been the first with audible dialogue, as distinct from crowd or traffic noise. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 09:00, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

These are the films that the world usually cites as the firsts of film:

1. First movie: Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (France, 1895)

2. First narrative film: L'Arroseur Arrose (France, 1895)

3. First feature film: The Birth of a Nation (USA, 1915)

4. First talkie: The Jazz Singer (USA, 1927)

5. First film in color: Becky Sharp (USA, 1935)

6. First 3-D film: Bwana Devil (USA, 1952)

Rebel Yeh (talk) 22:17, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

The Guiness Book of Movie Facts and Feats says "The first presentation of 3D films before a paying audience took place at the Astor Theatre, New York on 10 June 1915. The program consisted of three one-reelers, the first of rural scenes in the USA, the second a selection of scenes from Famous Players' Jim, the Penman (US 15) and the third a travelogue of Niagra Falls." It also lists the first 3D film is colour as Rêve d'Opium (Fr 21) and the first 3D feature film as the five reel melodrama Power Of Love (US 22). All a tad before Bwana Devil.

The first feature film, according with the Cinématheque Française definition of a feature being a commercially made film over one hour duration, was Charles Tait's The Story Of The Kelly Gang. D.W. Griffith made several longish films before Birth of a Nation, examples include the 6 reel Home Sweet Home and the 5 reel Judith Of Bethulia.

The first commercially produced film in natural colour was G.A. Smith's A Visit To The Seaside (GB 1908) an 8 minute short. The first full length feature film in colour was the five reel melodrama The World, The Flesh And The Devil (GB 1914). --TrogWoolley (talk) 23:58, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

According to our Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory article, "Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years". Rmhermen (talk) 04:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Burnout 3: Takedown.

What does takedown mean? Applies to the whole world. 78.156.109.166 (talk) 20:06, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Like Takedown (grappling), but with cars. Tevildo (talk) 20:25, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

So, in other words, it means defeating your opponent. You will sometimes hear somebody on trash TV like The Jerry Springer Show say "I will take you down !" (accompanied by head waving, of course). StuRat (talk) 06:26, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

You're obviously guessing, StuRat. I refuse to believe you would ever watch that show.  :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 07:13, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

I long for the days of the channel selection dial, which could fly right by unwanted channels before they assaulted me. Using a remote, there's almost a full second before I can switch to the next channel, which is entirely too long, when watching Jerry Springer. StuRat (talk) 07:42, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

It's not Jerry himself that burns the brain, it's the trailer trash he insists on inviting to participate in his show. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:20, 27 November 2013 (UTC)]]

What does grappling mean? 78.156.109.166 (talk) 10:04, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Did you read the "takedown" link? It's a synonym for wrestling. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:23, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Only the "grappling" word. 78.156.109.166 (talk) 20:23, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Read Grappling for more info. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:11, 30 November 2013 (UTC)