WordWolf

And why can't I give you their assumed last names?

Ok, I asked a few other people. Just because I can, I'm adding their lists here. Abby Normal chose the following: Andrea Boccelli and Celine Dion for vocals, Prince on lead guitar, Paul Mc Cartney on Bass. On drums we had Tito Puente and Ringo Starr. On piano were Eddie Palmieri and Charlie Palmieri. Featured soloists were Louis Armstrong on trumpet, Benny Goodman on clarinet, and Desi Arnaz on conga drum. Mrs Wolf chose the following: Sting and David Bowie for vocals, Slash and Keith Richards for lead guitar, Paul Mc Cartney and Roger Waters for bass, And Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts on drums, Piano was Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello. Deatured soloists were Robert Pettinato on saxophone and George Harrison on sitar. My list was the following: Roger Daltrey and Robert Plant for vocals, Eddie Van Halen and Eric Clapton for lead guitar, Geddy Lee and Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass. On drums we had Ringo Starr and Dave Grohl, and piano was covered by Billy Joel and Warren Zevon. My featured soloists were George Harrison on sitar (Mrs Wolf liked my idea), Charlie Daniels on violin (Wordpup suggested that one), John Popper on harmonica, and Ian Anderson was my floutist. I need to get a copy of Wordpup's list, but it resembles mine more than a little. There were a lot of very talented artist who almost made it. BTW, I just now swapped out Flea for Geddy Lee in the bassist category. In fairness, I know his work better and consider it quality. I know Flea more by reputation.

I considered a number of the same artists, but generally didn't pick them as my finalists.

Somehow, I get the feeling that Human's skipped over this round completely....

There was a countrywide search for the actors who would play the major roles. One was found after extensive searching, while another was found seemingly by accident. Early in the movie, one character utters the now-ominous phrase "Nothing ever happens to me." Naturally, something happened a few seconds later. Don't blink, or you'll miss the references to Buffalo Bill, The Phantom, and "the Avengers" (Steed and King, post Emma Peel.)

This movie was restored (with all scenes) in 1999. Plans to remake it completely in 2009 fell through, and the chosen director said in 2012 that it was probably better it not be remade. In 2012 and 2018, there were limited theatrical re-releases of this movie. (The 2018 one was chosen for its timing.) In 2016, Lego released a set of the movie. This was another movie whose soundtrack was very successful in addition to the movie's success. English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Hebrew, Greek, Swedish, Russian, Japanese, English, Greek, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Farsi, Swahili, Sanskrit, French, Hebrew, Swedish, Chinese, German, Japanese, English- that's the order at the end of the movie. Fred Astaire and Joan Crawford were the originals for the couple that ballroom-danced. They did that in "Dancing Lady"(1933). The guy who said he knew a thing or two about motors was correct. He'd worked as an apprentice electrician, and had plans to work with a mechanic- but his successful career took off and that was that. The Mrs and I re-watched this. We began speculating that the PhD was actually related to some of the others. She speculated he stayed where they had lived and the others moved on, and I speculated that he may have fled the others and gotten lost and ended up where he did. We also think this movie features one of the finest middle-management examples in cinematic history.

Take it up with Junior!

In case someone's wondering, NO, I CAN'T give you any last names with those names.

Before I forget... although a case could be made for "blues" to be relevant, I think it would be a weak case. Personally, I think "blues" music does NOT factor into the answer.

For the purposes of this specific list, the last names "Redding" and "Waters" do not appear. (There's no "Redding" on this list, there's no "Waters" on this list, so no "Otis Redding" and no "Muddy Waters.")

Then again, it would have made more sense to see Phil Coulson as a customer, since he was sent to New Mexico.

Was the spinoff "Better Call Saul"??? I wondered if New Mexico was the clue, but wasn't familiar with "Breaking Bad."

No, they're all humans. Any thoughts as to why I didn't post any LAST names? It's not because I don't know any.

This list is not sports-related. So, no.

I'm still thinking about criminals. If the connection with Thor is the Bifrost, perhaps the show was "OZ."

Ok, next question. Here's a list of first names/nicknames. What do they have in common? (That is, why do I find them noteworthy, what's this a list OF?) Otis, Lefty, Charlie Truscott Jr, Lucky, Nelson, Spike, Clayton, Muddy and Boo.

So many colonies of Great Britain existed that they said "the sun never sets on the British Empire", meaning that, no matter where the Sun is, it's daytime for one or more colonies.

How about all those countries celebrating their breakaway and independence from the UK?

It's likely about the criminals. So, it might be "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK."

There's Something About Mary Ben Stiller Meet the Parents

So, an event that matters to a lot of countries. And is spread all over the calendar. That's either a day nobody can agree on, or a day that varies all over the world. Given how many countries have a history of a country in Europe conquering "colonizing" them, I'm going with "INDEPENDENCE DAY." BTW, the US and Argentina celebrate those 5 days apart, on July 4th and July 9th, respectively. Curiously enough, Argentina declared independence in 2 stages. When France took over Spain, Argentina announced it wouldn't accept France as in charge, and allegedly remained loyal to the Spanish monarch- then set about being independent. Later, after nobody sent an armed fleet in response, they declared formal independence.

CORRECT, just to make it official. Thanks for not making me post Harold Hill. That last set of names was all his other "obvious" roles (in "Victor Victoris", "SOB", "the Last Starfighter", etc.)

Ok, so was it "Law and Order"??

Mrs Wolf was curious if "Law and Order" counted as a legal show rather than a detective show.

Clark Gregg Iron Man Robert Downey Jr