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January 29

Old cartoon question

This has been in my mind for several decades now. It's about an old cartoon episode I saw on British TV once. (We were lucky enough to get some British TV channels in Finland via satellite TV.)

Here's what I remember: There was a sick girl in a hospital. She was going to go to an operation. However, the nurse who was supposed to take her there wasn't the one she was familiar with. She was familiar with Miss Brown, but the nurse that was there was Miss Chambers. The girl asked the doctor something like "Where's Miss Brown?" The doctor replied something like: "Your Miss Brown is away/dead/something. Miss Chambers?"

As Miss Chambers was carrying the girl to the operation chamber, something happened (I don't remember what). The doctor turned out to be some kind of demon, who had hypnotised Miss Chambers. Miss Chambers came to her senses, saying "My God! What was I about to do?" and let the girl go. That's all I remember.

Does someone have any idea what cartoon this was? JIP | Talk 19:50, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Does Category:British animated television series help? --Jayron32 20:05, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Not really. There are far too many, and all I remember of the entire series is this one scene. It might not have been British to begin with, perhaps American, or a Japanese anime series dubbed in English. But I saw it on a British channel. JIP | Talk 20:07, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Grand Slam bridesmaid

I'm curious to know which person has played in the greatest number of Grand Slam (tennis) contests without ever winning one. Singles, doubles, male, female, wheelchair, whatever - they all count. For clarification: If a man played in the Men's Singles, Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles contests at, say, the 2015 Australian Open, that would count as 3 contests for my purposes. They must never have won any contests to qualify for my prize. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:15, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Going by List of Grand Slam related tennis records#Grand Slam participation, Amy Frazier is a candidate. 71 singles appearances is the most of any player and she never reached the semifinals. Under the "STATS" tab at [1] I count 57 doubles appearences, also without reaching the semis. I don't know whether she played mixed doubles. If you include juniors then see the "Activity" tab at [2]. She reached the semis but didn't win. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:58, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

I must not have been paying much attention, because I don't recall ever hearing Amy's name before. So, she played at least 128 GS contests. Can anyone top that?

Thanks, PrimeHunter. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 17:48, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

She played 8 GS mixed doubles according to [3]. If her 12 Junior GS contests are also included then she is up to 148. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:14, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

I hereby pronounce Amy Frazier the Patron Saint of those who live by the motto "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, ....... try, try, try again". -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 18:28, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Alongside Ryan Lindley, who threw a record 229 passes in the NFL before finally getting his first touchdown. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:28, 5 February 2015 (UTC)