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October 22

The Rep (1980s TV show about a repertory theater)

I'm reading "The Next Whole Earth Catalog" (1980) which briefly discusses this show (page 43):

"The most insidious TV show going is 'The Rep,' mostly because it's as good as everyone says it is. It's a dramatic-with-some-comedy series about a young, good, college related performing company in the boondocks. For four weeks they rehearse a play, have love life problems, argue with professors, argue with mom and dad -- generally high class soap opera with occasional intelligent discussions of how to perform George Bernard Shaw thrown in...Then on the fifth week, the show expands from one hour to two or two and a half hours and the company performs a play--a real play, the play they've been rehearsing."

It sounds great honestly. I can't find any information about this show online, it's hard to google. Nothing on IMDB. Has anyone ever heard of this show? If so is there any more information you can share--actors, network, when it was on the air, etc.? I guess there must be a lot of TV from this era that's just vanished. 2600:4041:4A9:9A00:EC2D:2773:A2C9:290C (talk) 10:32, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is it Rep (TV series)? Extremely meagre "article" but the linked TV listing (from 1982?) says "A new comedy series about a small theatrical company". --Wrongfilter (talk) 11:08, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Added missing '[ . . . ]' to repair link {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.208.246 (talk) 17:05, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear, I remember thinking it looked weird... Thanks! --Wrongfilter (talk) 17:50, 22 October 2025 (UTC) [reply]

Doubt if it's that one, because all of the mentioned cast were at the time UK adult actors who would not make convincing US(?) college kids. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.208.246 (talk) 17:05, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Animated video from the 1970s/1980s of a duck concert

In the 1980s Austrian children's program, they repeatedly played a ~3min cartoon video of a pop concert played by anthropomorphic, adult ducks with yellow faces. The lead singer's face had some similarity with Donald Duck (at least compared to Daffy Duck or other cartoon ducks) and was, at least once, identified as Donald by an Austrian TV host. This is unlikely, but no other context of the video was ever given. The song played may be categorized as disco pop and consists of a repeated, lyric-less chorus ("qua qua qua qua, qua qua qua qua, quaaaa quaaa, quaaa qua...."). Once it is played by a transverse flute instead of being sung.

I am fairly sure that the video is of US origin, likely made by Disney, and may belong to the Duckburg universe or not (or indirectly as a kind of tribute). Does anybody know such a video, maybe a Disney short film where it was possibly extracted from? --KnightMove (talk) 12:03, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps related to Irwin the Disco Duck? Image searches produce a duck that looks very much like Donald. Card Zero (talk) 19:14, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While this is a better guess than most I have heard so far - so many thanks - unfortunately no. The duck in question was yellow and hairless. (And as far as I can see, there exist no videos at all of Irwin?!). --KnightMove (talk) 20:37, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could it be something from Dooby Duck's Disco Bus? --Amble (talk) 15:42, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Probably the Jay Ducks Theme by Jay Duck & JD Revolution. You can find it on youtube MLWoolley (talk) 09:30, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KnightMove, please claim your lost duck. This has to be the right one. Card Zero (talk) 17:05, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yesssssss, it is! Many thanks to MLWolley and all others.

Those nasty Austrian broadcasters had cut out the announcer with pride-swollen breast, which would have made the description much easier for me. I could have remembered the ducks eaten by the frog, though. My childhood memory has mingled this with We all stand together. --KnightMove (talk) 17:46, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

October 28

N F REGISTRY

Do leaks or Polymarket bets occur with the annual National Film Registry? DMc75771 (talk) 23:11, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@DMc75771 Leaks or bets on what exactly? The National Film Registry is a film archive, not an annual event. Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:15, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

However, it "adds to the NFR up to 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films" each year in December . . .".

Conceivably people could bet on which films are going to be inducted in the next tranche. Google's (unreliable) AI Overview advises me that this is illegal, but although "betting on the annual selections for the National Film Registry is not possible through legal sportsbooks, online communities and forums exist where participants make predictions and speculate on potential inductees." How accurate this is I couldn't say, since I have often elicited answers from this search tool that were factually inaccurate, and changing the wording of a question to it can yield wildly differing answers. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.208.246 (talk) 21:01, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When obsessive gamblers get tired of betting on which color paint dries the fastest, they turn to inductees to the NFR. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:56, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe we could take bets on whether the OP will bother responding to the questions here. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:23, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

your reply was what I was seeking. DMc75771 (talk) 17:57, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

October 29

2010s maybe even 2020 female vocal song about fire and leaving to grow up?

Hi all, thank you for all your effort and work on this reference desk. I remember a 2012ish-2020 music video with a brunette white female singer early 20s in a restaurant kitchen singing about leaving and escaping her current life and trying her dreams etc. I am almost certain it had a chorus about fire and dreams but no it is not Alicia Keyes This Girl is on Fire and not Anna Kendrick Cups with her in a restaurant kitchen. Singer could be part Latina but not Demi Lovato. I can vividly remember this video but all my google searches have just turned up those I mentioned. Thank you in advance for any and all suggestions! 2600:1700:6742:3C00:C803:886C:C1A1:80F6 (talk) 05:05, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

“Fire” by Sara Bareilles? 140.180.240.246 (talk) 14:51, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

October 31

Where to get Stereo (2014 film) in French?

It was broadcasted in French on Arte, and dvd are sold, but I m unsure if they contain the French language. 82.67.45.113 (talk) 15:04, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you want to watch it dubbed into French, or with French subtitles? Either way, I think you may be out of luck. Amazon listings for the DVD/blu-ray don't mention French, so I suspect there is no option for French dub or subtitles. It's also available for streaming on the German Amazon, but again no subtitles are available. --Viennese Waltz 08:57, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

November 3

Earliest depiction on incest

What is the earliest depiction on incest in cinema/films? I was able to find Peyton Place by Mark Robson from 1957. 87.1.58.145 (talk) 05:47, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can push it back to 1929 for (surprise!) Incest (man and stepdaughter). Now searching for something earlier, maybe about Noah? Clarityfiend (talk) 10:55, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The 1910 Italian-language film Edipo re, an adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex, deals with the incestuous relation between Oedipus and his mother Jocasta. ‑‑Lambiam 12:15, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Television questions

Two questions related to television:

Does any country in Europe have any equivalent of The Weather Channel or The Weather Network? Is TV and website weather presented differently in US than in Europe? Is TV weather in Europe ever presented like this? And I have never seen maps like this in any European country's weather service website.
Do television channels in US have numbered slots where they are in all TVs? In Finland, Yle TV1 is always at slot 1, Yle TV2 always at slot 2, MTV3 always at slot 3 and Nelonen always at slot 4 (that's just why these four channels have the names they have). Are there any channels named after numbers in US? --40bus (talk) 18:50, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Item 2, big-city stations are often known by their long-standing channel numbers, such as WGN-TV, long-known as "Chicago's Very Own Channel 9." That was over-the-air on the VHF dial, vs. where they might turn up on cable TV, which could be anywhere. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:05, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

November 4