Questions about anything

[minor muppetz]

So if one were to pitch a television series, and the creator doesn't own his own studio, would it be better to pitch the show to a production company or a network?

For the last few months I've been thinking about doing a Mickey Mindset article on comic relief characters, and I've been wondering, would the following characters be considered "comic relief"?:

• The Hyena's from The Lion King
• Tinkerbell (in Peter Pan, I'm sure she's not in the Tinkerbell movies)
• anybody from Beauty and the Beast (there's plenty of comical characters - LeFou, many of the staff turned into objects - but are they "comic relief" funny or just funny?)

Most of these characters are funny enough, but I can't really determine if "comic relief" is the right term for them.

 

[D'Snowth]

1. I think in that case, most networks assign the show to a production company to take care of that... but then again, in this day and age, even if you do own a production company, networks still want to hire another company to produce the show instead.

2. You just answered your own question. If there's a character in a particularly heavy work that stands out because it's a comical character, then yes, that's the comic relief character.

 

[D'Snowth]

I'm just curious, but is there any camcorder/handycam out there that can capture video in 4:3, or are they all 16:9 now?

 

[minor muppetz]

So who owns the rights to a band/group? Would it be the manager, record label, whoever formed/started the band, or somebody else? Would an unsigned, independent band be "owned" by anyone (at least as far as title trademarks go)?

 

[D'Snowth]

Why is it when you get a taco at an actual Mexican restaurant, they don't even bother to put any kind of seasonings or flavor in the ground beef, but Taco Bell does?

 

[fuzzygobo]

Beats me, for the same reason if you order chili, they'll put the beans on the side.

And even though I'm not a fan of fast food compared to authentic cuisine, Wendy's chili is somewhat decent.

 

[D'Snowth]

So BIG HERO 6 is getting ready to come... whatever happened to 1-5?

 

[WalterLinz]

Hm, this just occurred to me...why is Linus and Lucy even considered a Christmas song?

It plays on the radio whenever a station starts to play Christmas music, and I know it's pretty well-known for being played on Charlie Brown Christmas and for being on the Vince Guaraldi Trio Peanuts Christmas album. While I do enjoy the fact that it's a Christmas song, I'm just curious about what makes the song...you know, Christmassy.

 

[mr3urious]

Hm, this just occurred to me...why is Linus and Lucy even considered a Christmas song?

It plays on the radio whenever a station starts to play Christmas music. And I know it's pretty well-known for being played on Charlie Brown Christmas and for being on the Vince Guaraldi Trio Peanuts Christmas album. While I do enjoy the fact that it's a Christmas song, I'm just curious about what makes the song Christmassy.

The same way "Frosty the Snowman" and, worse, "Baby It's Cold Outside" are considered Christmas classics.

 

[D'Snowth]

*Groan* Please let's not get into more unsubstantiated, "'Baby it's Cold Outside' is a rape song," rants again...