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January 14

AT&T blended cities plan

I remember this particular AT&T commercial. It made up fictional cities out of real ones, based on where calls are made often. For example, San Francisco, Brooklyn, and Yazoo City blended together would be called "Brookrancity". What kind of service was AT&T offering at the time?142.255.103.121 (talk) 00:56, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Those ads were promoting AT&T's wireless service in general, not any particular product. They were “designed to highlight how AT&T helps connect people to their worlds wherever they live and work.”[1]. FYI, those ads were directed by Rushmore and Moonrise Kingdom director Wes Anderson. D Monack (talk) 03:36, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Uk tv series teachers starring Andrew lincoln

I want to know the name of a song and who sings it. They use it quite a bit. Some of the lyrics are "like a ball and a chain" and " dig in the dirt" or something like that. I really want to figure this out thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.197.172.224 (talk) 08:06, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

There are four soundtrack albums for this TV series which might be a good place to start your search, they're listed on the Wikipedia article for the show. Morgana Fiolett 16:54, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Pizza delivery documentary - help me find it?

It included a hit-and-run by a delivery driver who had to get the pizza to the customer in 30 minutes or it was free

I remember seeing a preview of that documentary many years ago. It included a snippet of a hit-and-run of a delivery driver against a pedestrian that killed said pedestrian.

That was because of the "30 minutes or it's free" rule with the price of the pizza coming out of the deliverer's paycheck. The deliverer was tired of having to pay out-of-pocket because he'd be even so little as 15 seconds late.

That's why he ran a red light and ran over a pedestrian. Then a scene in court showed that a manager announced that he was going to discontinue the "30 minutes or its free" rule in order to save lives.

I'm looking for this video now. What video(s) will go over this pizza delivery hit-and-run incident that discontinued the "30 minutes or its free" deal? Please link. Thanks. --70.179.161.230 (talk) 10:11, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

See the reply at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#Pizza_delivery_documentary_-_help_me_find_it.3F. Please don't ask the same question on more than one RD. RudolfRed (talk) 18:38, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Musical about the American history

I remember a musical I watched as a kid on TV that started from the American colonization and ends in a modern day. Anybody knows the play name? --176.249.94.92 (talk) 10:29, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

You don't say when you were a kid, but that sounds a lot like Centennial, based on the novel by James Michener. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 11:04, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Around 1999ish. I think it aired on PBS. And it's one continuous play. And it involves "singing." --176.249.94.92 (talk) 11:13, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

A play with singing is usually called a musical. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 11:17, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

So know any musicals that match my description? --176.249.94.92 (talk) 11:29, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Using WP:CATSCAN and the categories "Musicals" and "Works about the American Revolution" I was able to turn up America: A Call to Greatness. Is that it? --Jayron32 14:01, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't think so. I remember two scenes where in the first scene the people arrive to America in boats. Then a war. After that everybody starts singing in modern clothes. It's a musical like Les Miserables. --90.223.150.58 (talk) 07:29, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Pokemon gameboy red version first U.S. release

I'd like to purchase unopened Pokemon gameboy Red and blue U.S. version games. I read they came out in 1997 but the ones for sale have 1998 written on them. Are the 1998 the first edition ones or did they have 1997 ones and 1998 was the second phase or production of them. Thanks, Rich — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.54.244.38 (talk) 19:27, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey, Rich. Pokemon Red and Blue came out in North America in 1998. There is not a 1997 version, so the ones you see for sale are "first editions". Yellow1996 (talk) 00:07, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Genre of "I'm Easy"?

Simple question: what genre would the song "I'm Easy" be? It's from Altman's country/Nashville movie, Nashville, and our article calls it a "popular music hit", but without linking that phrase to pop music, I'm assuming it simply means the song was just that: popular. I'm open to opinions. This is, believe it or not, for my iTunes. :) (Therefore, not for a warrior debate.) – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 20:33, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

link to song. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 20:34, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

I believe you could do worse than categorizing it somewhere in the folk rock genre which, as shown in the article, is a pretty big tent. I'm not entirely convinced though, and others might have better suggestions. ---Sluzzelin talk 02:16, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Basically a ballad, wherever that fits in. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:21, 15 January 2013 (UTC)