Does anyone remember a commercial for a waterproof cell phone that had the phone coming out of the water while The Cars' "Moving In Stereo" was playing in the same manner Phoebe Cates comes out of the water in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"? Which phone was it for, and any idea where to find a clip of the commercial?
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What was the name of this screwball movie (not TV show) about competing funeral homes from the late 80s or early 90s? I only saw the commercial. In one scene, two funeral directors have arrived at the scene of a bad car crash. "There's enough bodies for both of us!" "But we got here first!" In another, there's a dead woman at a fast food drive-in. "She didn't even finish her fries." The tagline was 'Kiss your ash goodbye.'
Answer: Mortuary Academy (1988).
How come in many animated TV series, during the end credits, the individual voice actors aren't credited with the character (s) they voiced? Movies do, even if one person voices multiple characters. For example, Dan Castellaneta is credited in "The Simpsons", but not as "Homer." But in "The Simpsons Movie" they show all the characters he voiced. And how did viewers know who voiced whom before sites like IMDb were around? Or how did people creating and editing IMDb find the information?
Answer: Because most voice actors voice a very wide variety of characters, Hank Azaria voices 18 recurring characters and Harry Shearer 15. This is in addition to whatever minor or one-shot characters they may be voicing. It would make the credits either too long or too cluttered on the screen.
I have been remembering 2 movies I saw as a child but cannot remember the names. I believe they are from the 70s or 80s but not certain. The first is about a guy who unknowingly has a supernatural or magical power. The movie has tons of "people" with powers. From witches the half angels to half demons. Anyways the place he stays at is like a home for people like that. It is a comedy that has lots of funny scenes in it. The second movie is a space movie about a ranger becoming an assassin. He seeks revenge for his people being killed. I believe he is Altarian. Along the way he finds the princess and rescues her. The 2 biggest things I recall are a bathroom scene where he is running from some guys and jumps into a window and land in her bathtub with her in it, and lots of singing in the movie. Please help if anyone remembers either of these movies.
Answer: The first film could be a 1972 TV movie, "The People." A teacher, Kim Darby, is asked to come to a secluded community of mysterious town folk. She discovers they are aliens who came to Earth in the 1880s. They were accused of being witches and demons. Benny E.
This movie aired on either Showcase or BRAVO. It was a period movie where two women went into the city wearing masks essentially looking for sex. The next scene showed one of the women with a man against a wall. Later in the movie, she sees this same man injured and I think she is helping him or tending to him somehow. I think this was made sometime in the 90s since I recall it looking like a fairly recent movie around 1998 or 1999.
Answer: There's a movie "Henry and June." Set in the 1920s, it's about a man and woman who wear masks and roam the streets during a festival. He watches her have sex with another man against the wall. She does have an affair with two women.
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Answer: ChatGPT is telling me it was for the Sony Xperia Z smartphone, introduced around 2013. I asked GROK and looked for over an hour. I can't find it anywhere.
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