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James Garner: Bumgarner, not Baumgarner

2008-08-13T15:24:58.0018Z

Unfortunately, due to incorrect reporting from people like Leonard Maltin, James Garner's birth last name has been misspelled around the web. If you are from Norman, Oklahoma, you know that places with his late brother's name (whose daughter is one of my close friends) show "Bumgarner". Mr. Charles Bumgarner worked for the Norman Public Schools and many plaques posted on buildings around the district, including the Fine Arts Building at Norman High School where I taught from 1990 through 2002 include his name because of his capacity with the school district.

To further clarify and prove my point - go to this link for the Archive of American Television - Mr. Garner even spells his name for the camera!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNZfc6Nzaak

TV: Watch Online

2008-08-11T16:26:26.0012Z

I think Web links are appropriate for now. My paranoid worry is that leaving a blank spot for online viewing to fill in would be perceived by some parties as inviting users to fill in unauthorized distribution channels, and we really don’t need that legal hassle.

TV Program: Watch Online

2008-08-11T16:26:26.0012Z

TV: Watch Online

2008-08-09T22:22:48.0018Z

I just added web links to the Monk topic to point to locations on the web (USA Network and Hulu) where the show can be watched online. Should this be a new property of TV Program or just keep adding them as web links?

TV Program: Watch Online

2008-08-09T22:22:48.0018Z

Robert Engels: This is a dupe

2008-08-08T23:11:28.0017Z

please merge it with the other Robert Engels topic

Stephen Colbert: Stephen Colbert for President

2008-07-25T19:06:10.0000Z

flippity floo!

Scott Peterson: Split

2008-07-25T18:57:13.0017Z

I don't think this particular Scott Peterson is a TV Writer.

The Venture Bros.: first...

2008-07-22T04:00:43.0012Z

of all. I love this show.

Number Eight: Nice

2008-07-20T12:05:32.0012Z

She is really nice actress!!

Shameless Episode 1.3: Description refusing to stick here too.

2008-07-08T00:48:35.0006Z

I cannot successfully edit the article either, but seems to be just this episode topic...Created a bug report, but it will be a little while to fix this as it will be of a lower priority for the next week or so.

Shameless Episode 1.3: Description refusing to stick here too.

2008-07-07T22:36:57.0000Z

Oh; and it's only TV Episodes I've noticed this problem on.

Shameless Episode 1.3: Description refusing to stick here too.

2008-07-07T22:36:15.0001Z

Firefox 2.0.0.15 on OS X 10.4.11.

TV Episode: Dubbers

2008-07-07T22:27:21.0013Z

Use the "special performance type" column in the "Performances" property on TV Episode. You should be able to select "Voice" for these types of performances.

Shameless Episode 1.3: Description refusing to stick here too.

2008-07-07T22:25:28.0044Z

Sounds like you may have found a bug. Can you tell us what browser and OS you're using?

TV Episode: Dubbers

2008-07-06T04:31:18.0013Z

How should I model a specific person who voices a specific other person in a specific TV episode? e.g. Kent Frick voicing Chairman Kaga in the Iron Chef blue crab battle?

Shameless Episode 1.3: Description refusing to stick here too.

2008-07-05T20:25:48.0012Z

"The first episode of the first season of Channel 4 drama Shameless. Kev accidentally proposes to Veronica, and although he soon admits he's still legally married to Roxy, they decide to go ahead with a fake ceremony anyway in order to claim a small inheritance from Veronica's father."

Shameless Episode 1.2: My description is refusing to stick!

2008-07-05T20:20:09.0012Z

I've tried at least three times to add a description to this topic, but it isn't showing up. Pasted here in case it needs to be re-added...

"The first episode of the first season of Channel 4 drama Shameless. Frank makes an unexpected trip to France, and is rescued by Steve, Kev, and Veronica; he then moves in with Sheila following a row with Fiona."

TV: TV filming location

2008-07-02T18:39:23.0012Z

I think we should have a type, "TV filming location", for things like "Survivor: Vanuatu" which was filmed in Vanuatu. Thoughts?

Pierce Brosnan: This is the actor

2008-07-02T07:45:14.0012Z

The tracks are on the soundtrack to Evelyn, a movie in which he appeared. I suppose it’s possible a different musician with the same name was on the soundtrack, but it seems unlikely.

Aliza Vellani: A Future Bond Girl...?

2008-07-02T02:41:29.0005Z

Aliza Vellani is the 15 year-old, Canadian television actor, who currently plays the role of Layla Siddiqui in the very popular TV sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie. Born in Vancouver to Ismaili immigrants from East Africa, Miss Vellani is a high school student who has trained extensively in both acting and dancing, including with the Vancouver drama school Tarlington Training. Playing the part of Layla in Little Mosque is her first professional role.

Miss Vellani is an excellent actor, with beauty and intelligence which may already exceed her skill as a performer. Not for long though, in my opinion, due to the obvious potential she displays during her ever growing parts, in the very popular hit TV series. Her naturally exotic appearance, well groomed hair and the skills being polished on the set of Little Mosque all but guarantee her a prosperous career in the motion picture industry.

I expect that she'll be invited, if not begged to play parts in upcoming Hollywood projects, as well as more Canadian endeavors. I hope she doesn't begin to feel trapped in a conservative stereotype that tempts her to cheapen herself by appearing, scantily clad, on shows which would exploit her already blooming sex appeal. It's hard to maintain admiration for women who do this. It's probably just as hard for women in that industry to turn down offers to expose themselves.

I've been unable to find much information regarding Aliza, and even less in the way of images. I look forward to further links and commentary from others who've become fond of this future star. There is plenty of information on and imagery of Sitara Hewitt, the actress who plays one of the main characters on Little Mosque, and has already succumbed to the temptation to expose herself... But there's very little on Aliza Vellani. I'd like to invite others to offer thoughts and opinions.

TV: Suggested changes to TV character

2008-06-19T19:16:52.0012Z

tough one... my inclination would be to lead with the regular appearances, however, so it looks good to me.

TV: Suggested changes to TV character

2008-06-19T17:09:03.0012Z

Good idea. Take a look now. It looks to me like it's only defaulting to the first property, which is now "Programs in which character appeared as a regular" (or something like that). Is this the best property, or would "Episodes appeared in" be better? I mention this because only some characters will have data for the "Programs" property, while all characters could have data for Episodes.

TV: Suggested changes to TV character

2008-06-19T16:16:31.0012Z

What would you guys say to moving actor and series up ahead of year of 1st and final appearance? The filter page defaults to the first 3 properties and these make for much more interesting filter criteria.

TV Program: TV Program: add 'tagline'?

2008-05-17T01:14:21.0026Z

Seems a lot of tv programs from the past decade or so have taglines (similar to Film's longstanding taglines).

Examples I found from IMDb trolling:

Nip/Tuck:

The deeply superficial series returns.

Beauty is a curse on the world.

Make me beautiful.

Truth is only skin deep

A disturbingly perfect new drama.

Beauty isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Tell me what you don't like about yourself...?

Change what you can. Hide what you can't.

Six Feet Under:

Every Day Above Ground Is A Good One.

Life is wasted on the living.

How's Death?

Your whole life is leading up to this...

Everything. Everyone. Everywhere. Ends.

TV Actor: Voice Acting?

2008-04-16T20:43:39.0000Z

Voice actors are tv actors - in their tv performances, you can specify that they are the voice for a character.

There is a distinction between tv and film actor, but they are similar in the sense that for both the tv and film performance, you can specify a special performance type of voice.

TV Actor: Voice Acting?

2008-04-16T18:53:26.0012Z

Does TV Actor include voice acting for animated series? Or should there be a separate type for that? Voice Actor appears to be a separate profession from TV Actor. Also, should there be a distinction between voice acting for TV vs film?

TV Program: Regular performances, but which episodes?

2008-04-14T19:56:47.0007Z

The next question is (having capitulated to adding seasons to the regular acting performance), do we still need the "to" and "from" dates? Arguably, no, since the seasons should tell us that. But sometimes we only have that data (e.g., from wikipedia infobox loades).

TV Program: Regular performances, but which episodes?

2008-04-14T18:51:10.0007Z

Right, but if you use the Performance for a regular actor, the data gets quite dense very quickly. It seemed like Performances was for additional actors beyond the regulars. There’s also an important distinction; sometimes a frequent guest star becomes a regular character, and sometimes a regular character returns for a guest appearance.

In fact, here’s a crazy idea… What if the Regular Performance CVT had additional disambiguators for seasons and episodes?

TV Program: Regular performances, but which episodes?

2008-04-14T18:22:07.0007Z

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, crism? TV episode has properties "performances" and "personal appearances" which are for all people who appear on the episode, regular, guest, or otherwise.

TV Season: Season credits?

2008-04-14T18:16:22.0007Z

Oddly enough, we used to do this, but people complained about the complexity! It would be easy enough to put back in though, if people want it.

TV Regular Performance: Regular performances, but which episodes?

2008-04-12T08:34:47.0012Z

I think it makes sense to have the regular performances property. However, there is no way to indicate in which episodes a regularly-credited actor appeared, and it is silly to mark them as a guest actor.

What if the regular appearance (and I have copied this comment from TV series) had an additional disambiguator pointing to the episodes in which the actor actually appeared?

TV Program: Regular performances, but which episodes?

2008-04-12T08:33:23.0012Z

What if the regular appearance (and I think I will copy this comment there) had an additional disambiguator pointing to the episodes in which the actor actually appeared?

TV Season: Season credits?

2008-04-12T07:48:59.0012Z

Currently, an actor can be a series regular or an episode actor, but there is no way to model season credits. Long-running shows, and even some shorter-lived ones, change their main cast each season, and it is interesting to model.

TV: TV Series "seasons" and other naming

2008-04-07T20:41:55.0007Z

Thanks -- that's a very interesting document. I like that they've modeled it as deeply as "episode versions". I doubt Freebase is likely to go that deep any time soon, but it's a useful concept in a lot of ways.

Superficially, it looks like the brand/series/episode model is very similar to our series/season/episode model, which is encouraging, and means that it should be fairly simple to create mappings between Freebase and applications using the Programmes Ontology.

TV: TV Series "seasons" and other naming

2008-04-03T21:59:15.0000Z

Only a year late... here's the BBC Programmes Ontology, built by Yves Raimond based on the BBC's internal data model:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ontologies/programmes/2008-02-28.shtml

You may also be interested in our programmes database, containing all programmes broadcast from about August 2007 onwards: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/

The idea is to release a machine-readable version of the /programmes site, marked up with the Programmes Ontology, some time soon.

TV Actor: IMDB link for TV actor?

2008-03-10T17:49:25.0007Z

Hi psych0fred,

This was also brought up in another discussion here. Hopefully with property borrowing, we can solve the problem you and duck1123 are describing.

TV episode performance: Bring back the Series display

2008-03-10T17:46:27.0007Z

I am in agreement with you - it is nice to know the episode/program information about a character that a tv actor played. However, entering the series information the type /tv/tv_guest_role would be a denormalizaton and would not link the series with the tv episode. It would require double data entry to populate the type /tv/tv_series_episode with the same information. A possible solution might be "property borrowing" - something that robert mentions in this discussion. This is something that we're trying to work on and hopefully we'll have support for it shortly.

TV episode performance: Bring back the Series display

2008-03-09T05:09:55.0012Z

With the new design of the site, it would be very helpful to have the series that the episode is associated with displayed on the actor's page.

TV Actor: IMDB link for TV actor?

2008-03-07T08:40:42.0000Z

I have a simple problem I can't figure out how to resolve. If an actor has a guest appearance on a TV show I can see it show up under the TV Actor schema but it doesn't correspond to the tv program/show that is also part of the schema. The example I am looking at is actor Tom Noonan who had a guest role in an episode of The X-Files called Paper Hearts. The episode title Paper Hearts shows up but it doesn't list what show it was from (unless you click on Paper Hearts). The way it's displayed in the scheme it appears that the TV show he starred in is also the TV show that he made a guest appearance on. Is it set up right? I figured you could see all of an actors appearances as part of their data set.

TV: Animated show?

2007-12-31T18:00:12.0007Z

The "other crew" property on "TV episode" is intended to be used for this sort of thing (i.e., any creative or production role that isn't addressed by any of the other properties).

TV: Animated show?

2007-12-29T20:35:52.0005Z

I don't know if this belongs in its own domain, belongs in Media Common, or if Animated shows are just part of TV, but it would be nice to be able to enter other roles, like "Animated by" to TV shows.. my favorite is the fact that No Doubt's original drummer, Eric Stefani, went on to be a Simpsons animator.... but there's no way to represent this in freebase right now. There are other examples of famous animators like Mel Blanc that would be nice to connect to their TV work. There are over 150 people designated as "Animators" according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animators

TV Season: Season Number

2007-12-13T00:20:43.0007Z

I added the property. Feel free to plug away at it!

TV Season: Season Number

2007-12-12T23:28:00.0000Z

That's not a bad idea. I think we had been thinking that this information could be caluculated based on the "from" and "to" dates on the season, but it's a lot easier to figure out the season numbers than it is the airdates of the first and last episodes.

TV Season: Season Number

2007-12-12T07:13:06.0012Z

TV Season should have a property expecting an integer describing what season this is for the show.

You can usually gather this from the title, (ex. "Fonzie's Shark-Jumping Variety Hour - Season Three") but this would give a way to find that information progmatically, as well as enabling the functionality that faye was looking for.

Stephen Colbert: Stephen Colbert for President

2007-11-14T23:29:21.0007Z

I agree. Sadly it appears that he's stuck in South Carolina.

Stephen Colbert: Stephen Colbert for President

2007-11-14T19:56:07.0005Z

I think it would be great if Stephen Colbert became a serious contender in the presidential race to shake things up a bit. The famous French comedian made a run for the French presidency in 1980 was at one point had 16% of votes in the polls.

TV: The Colbert Report

2007-07-25T22:10:36.0007Z

And I asked the question that should be answered every time a type is added -- are there properties unique to the type that a group of people would want to use? The answer seemed very clearly yes. This is one of the many reasons that the scope of domains is actually so small. Some of them may have dozens of types or even more.

TV: The Colbert Report

2007-07-24T18:59:12.0007Z

I don't really know that it will lead us anywhere we weren't already going -- this is an ability implicit in Freebase's design, and is one we already make use of in a number of schemas. I would actually encourage people to copy this model, because it enables us to model general types with properties that will be broadly applicable, while at the same time allowing users with particular interests to model and capture data that is very specific to a group of related topics.

TV: The Colbert Report

2007-07-24T05:06:32.0007Z

I love the Colbert report as much as the next guy - does it really deserve its own type? Does this mean we might have types for all our beloved shows? Can we add 'Twin Peaks Episode' with a number of pie sightings and references to 'hot, black coffee'? 'Lynch films Films exploring similar themes'? Don't get me wrong - this type is a lot of fun, just wondering what it might lead to.