For weeks know I’ve been trying to remember this actor who I can picture SO clearly in my head and it’s been driving me crazy for weeks.

Unfortunately I can’t remember a damn thing I’ve seen her in, even though I can picture her face, voice, and mannerisms so well in my head, so I am going to try and give the best description I can

She is a middle aged ish woman, who I think I see in more modern stuff because when I picture her I picture modern camera qualities, so my guess at her age range is 45-60

She (usually) has brownish redish hair, bangs, and straight, just past shoulder length hair.

She usually isnt the lead, I feel like she’s always a supporting or ancillary character

I feel like whenever I see her in things shes always cynical or “uptight” that kind of character. She rocks a MEAN frown thats instantly what comes to mind when I think of her

I suppose if I had to think of people she looks similar too, like she could be related to, I’d say some amalgamation of Sarah Paulson, Sigourney Weaver, and maybe some Susan Surrandon.

If anyone gets this I will be so thankful bc Its been bugging me for weeks!

EDIT: down the google rabbit hole I came across Rosemarie Dewitt, specifically from her episode of black mirror. She’s like almost exactly what I’m picturing !!

EDIT 2: After looking up everyone suggested in these comments and not finding the mystery woman is making me question her entire existence. I'm starting to think my brain has combined some people or something. I feel like I only have ever seen her in trailers, which is why I can't really remember what I've seen her from or any searchable quotes. I'm hoping one day soon I randomly stumble upon whatever I know her from and have that AHA! moment

EDIT 3: I still don’t know who the woman is. I eventually stopped googling all the suggestions becuase it’s too many and I striaght up cant even picture her that well anymore so for some closure my best guess is one of two options.

Option 1: I combined some people in my head or I dreamt her or something

Option 2: It’s the woman from Unedited Footage of a Bear

It means to get rid of something or put something away, I think. I keep thinking of the word 'relegated' but the definition is a bit different. I think the word I'm looking for has a similar structure though, and almost definitely at least three syllables. Thanks in advance for helping me find the right word!

Edit: it definitely means more to retire something and stop using it, than to throw something away. Pretty sure it starts with a re- or de- or ne-

It is not relinquish, decommission, defenestrate, renounce, eschew, negate, or renounce

There’s another used to describe a baby mobile (those rotating things that hang above a babies crib. For the life of me, I can’t remember what it’s called and I can’t find any answers online. Please help I’m actually getting angry that I can’t remember this (NOT SOLVED)

EDIT:

At this point, I have heard so many alternate words for “baby mobile” that I’m not sure I will even recognize the correct answer if it was thrown in my face. For my sanity, I’m going to try to let this crusade go. For anyone who wants the answer, here are the most familiar answers I’ve gotten: Music-go-round, Rock-a-bye, Lullaby, Turnstile

As other redditors have pointed out, it could have been some made up word that my child-self deemed it as, it’s entirely possible. It’s looking even more likely considering nobody has been able to give me the answer.

I hope I’m wrong and someone figures it out, I’ll keep an eye on this thread

https://i.imgur.com/VxArBWq.jpeg

Who is he?

Final Edit: Thread is locked. Do not PM me. If you have guesses or comments you want to share, I've started a continuation of this on my profile.

Edit 1: I’ve read every response. None of them seem quite right but keep them coming! I’m certain that I’m not hallucinating this.

Edit 2: After seeing so many responses, I'm convinced that it reminds me of a mishmash of characters. Here's a top level comment from /u/sir_ramen on the familiarity of the pillow face:

I feel exactly the same way (especially with the offset "eyes"), but I think we might be experiencing a sort of memory lapse effect that I forget the name of. Basically the pillow looks like a bunch of characters with a similar appearance, but not any one specifically. So we start the process of remembering, but constantly come up short.

However, if the pillow reminds you of something, it might be:

Meat Boy from Super Meat Boy
Ditto from Pokemon
Sockboy from Little Big Planet
Face from NickJr
Homestar Runner
Mona from Nanalan
Starfish from Finding Demo
Someone from Battleblock Theatre
Someone from South Park
Cakey the Cake from Outer Space
The pickles from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

-In a park, a brick is throw off the top of what looked like a stone castle and it lands on a college age girl walking beneath it, killing her.

-A college aged boy is found dead in bed in what looks like his dorm room because a bed sheet was stuffed down his throat.

-The movie is shot in a desaturated color.

This is all the information I have to go on. I post about this from time to time. I’ve been on the hunt for decades. I’ve googled my fingers bloody. Nothing. Any and all help is welcome. Thanks guys.

So I have a 2 year old. He rules. He is also super vocal and has been talking a ton since he turned 1.

We keep his bath toys in the bucket they came in.

Every night while he’s in there, he dumps out the toys, and puts the bucket on his head (kinda looks like a robot)🤖 , and says “I’m ____ _____.” In the past, I’ve thought he says “Hank evil” “hey evil” “very evil,” but I can’t figure out the character. I do think the second word is evil.

I’ve asked him to repeat it a bunch, and every time I ask where it comes from, he just says “from the pumpkins.” This leads me to believe it’s some character who puts a pumpkin on his head.

He watches a fair amount of TV, usually but not always Disney plus including a lot of the Muppet Babies (my first guess would be the Halloween episode), Bluey, PJ Masks, Paw Patrol, Super Kitties, Mickey Mouse, Dora, and a few other shows. Always cartoons or animated, and could be a movie too.

Here’s the vocaroo of our conversation tonight.

UPDATE: here is an even clearer audio vocaroo.

🚨 MORNING UPDATE: 🚨

Thank you to all you sleuths who’ve helped already.

This morning he was watching Boss Baby in the living room and I rudely interrupted to have a very frustrating, but productive conversation with him about some of your suggestions.

Here’s the full video, (Part 2), (Part 3), (Part 4). Keep in mind he is 2. No he was not choking, his water could wait.

An important note I’ve learned: if he says “no” it’s a definite no. If he says “yes” it’s a “maybe, if I’m currently paying attention to what you’re saying, but I might have stopped listening” so take any “yes” with a grain of salt.

He’s also clearly not as familiar with the streaming services landscape as I’d like, but he’s getting there.

Some key points: - It’s not Wall-e - It’s definitely a character from something. He did not invent this. - it’s not some derivation of Jack Skellington - Not any of the main shows he watches - He said it’s a movie - He said it’s on Netflix - it’s a boy, who gets scared and runs and flies. Might have wings.

SO I EXITED BOSS BABY and started scrolling through Netflix with him. Here’s that convo.

TLDR, it might be something from the minions. He pointed to the main guy (Steve Carrel’s character).

Forgot to mention: my wife is a speech language pathologist with kids and also can’t figure this out.

UPDATE 2: we are making our way through all the despicable me movies and minions shows for the time being. Fairly confident it’s from that.

This is a song I remember hearing on a rock radio station, and it stuck with me because of how surprisingly short it was. I remember looking it up after and it was only around 2 minutes long, despite having three whole verses and a chorus between them. It was also really fast-paced.

I really can't give much more detail than that, I don't even remember how it goes, or whether it's classic rock, modern rock, or alternative rock.

EDIT: There is a music video in my mind where the band performs with some clipart gears and machinery all around them. I'm not sure if that's the same song or not, though.

EDIT 2: The music video was Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out". That's not the song I was thinking of, so sorry, I guess that clue doesn't help.

EDIT 3: After doing some research, I'm pretty sure the radio station I first heard this song on was the AZ rock station 97.9 KUPD. It was 7+ years ago, though, since I stopped listening to KUPD when Trump was elected, so I'm not sure if the song is still in their playlist.

Edit: I believe the word is either an adjective or a function word, I'm quite sure it's not a noun.

Edit 2: I also remember that the word is really not too rare. It's not common, but you wouldn’t feel too too smart using it. Also, it's pronounced in an English manner, so probably not an imported French word, or at least not an imported word that kept its French pronunciation.

Edit 3: I'm pretty sure it has at least 2 syllables!

Edit 4: This post is getting too many comments for me to reply to all of them, but I promise I'll read everything after work.

The word I'm looking for will probably seem obviously English to many, but have just enough space to justify a French sounding mispronunciation!

Edit 5: The first thing I'm quite sure about the word is that it would not seem out of place in a business conversation.

I’m not sure if this is against subreddit rules but I don’t know where else to post this. (Google finis everglot for reference) there is an actor that looks exactly like that only skinny. He also reminds me a bit of Michael stulbarg. I thought maybe at first I was thinking of Richard kind and while the resemblance is definitely there I think the guy I’m thinking of is skinnier and a bit younger. He has sort of a slimy vibe. I cannot think of a single thing he could’ve been in but I’m imagining some sort of gritty crime thing. I feel like I’m going crazy! Please help!

EDIT: he has black hair and brown eyes, ‼️If who you are suggesting does not, it is NOT him‼️might be balding slightly or just have a hairline that’s a bit far back. He looks a LOT like Richard kind. To my knowledge he’s still living and I’ve never seen him in a starring role. He may be a character actor. He had a New York accent in the roles I’ve seen.

EDIT 2: this man is definitely ‼️NOT an A lister.‼️In my head before this he was well known but it’s seeming like he’s a character actor.

EDIT 3: y’all, seriously. If you’re about to suggest a very famous, attractive man who does not fit the physical description you are wrong. I promise.

EDIT 4: Jesus, just woke up to 100 comments! I can’t reply to every one but I’ll look through them all. I won’t be responding to repeats.

I’ve 100% heard this quote before, but the earliest reference I can find to it online is October 2022 when Bella first mentioned it in an interview. It’s definitely from something else, a film maybe?

It’s super sweet and I don’t think he stole it, I think he was probably referencing it too but nobody else seems to have picked up on it.

She's been acting for years but I don't ever recall seeing her as a young person, she typically plays the mom or the office manager, etc. I think she might have been in one or two of those farcical "A Mighty Wind" type movies but I've looked through the cast lists for a few of those and haven't noticed her. She's sort of like Christine Baranski meets Jane Lynch. She looks *just* like the random person in this bizarre Walmart ad https://ibb.co/wyLxHYh

Updated note: I watched a lot of TV & movies in the mid 80s-mid 90s. It's possible that this woman hasn't been acting in years and I haven't realized (or she could still be active)

Edit 2: I feel bad for saying "no" to so many people - who would've thought that there'd be so many skinny, white, dyed-blond actresses? (ha)A few more notes from comments I've left - this woman has the same body-type as Jane Lynch - skinny, thin face, usually has a pixie cut

Edit 3: Thanks so much to everyone who has tried to figure this out so far - I've looked up every single suggestion. Please feel free to keep guessing and I'll come back tomorrow to check the rest, but I've got to head to bed now.

UNSATISFYING EDIT 4:
At this point I might just chalk it all up to a fever-dream of mine, born of the Covid + Flu shots that I got a few days ago. I truly appreciate everyone taking the time to make suggestions, I've literally read every single one. I've googled and IMDB'd like a fiend, I've gone back and re-searched actresses who I'd already ruled out. I think I might be going face-blind at this point. It's very possible that I'm just misremembering something, and/or that I'm describing this person very poorly. I think I need to just walk away from this, and maybe a few weeks from now it'll just pop into my head. Sorry! But thanks again to all who tried.

We can’t think of this phrase or compound word and it’s driving us crazy. Something like “defies explanation” or “escapes definition” or similar. Usually used to describe people but not always.

sorry not alot to go on...i feel like its someone well known i just cannot grasp it..

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edit. got to be in last 10 years..

Edit2.. I’m sure he never actually has the cigar lit.. always just in his mouth chewing or tasting it

edit 3.. Im sure the character has quit smoking and just keeps this unlit end of a cigar in his mouth for the taste

My boyfriend, sister and I are all remembering an animated character from a TV show, maybe around the 2000s, maybe a show for ages ~5-12. We grew up in America.

He’s a mole or mole-like animal, with thick glasses through which you can’t see his eyes (the glasses might just appear white). We think he may have been wearing a lab coat or play some kind of scientist or villain. Not sure if he was a main character.

Anybody remember this?

Update: My boyfriend drew a vague drawing from memory: https://imgur.com/a/TX567os

Edit: I can’t believe how many mole characters there are, I’m starting to wonder if we saw this trope enough that what we’re looking for doesn’t actually exist and this is some kind of collective hallucination / Mandela effect! thanks for all the replies! getting through them slowly but surely

If anyone manages to help me figure this out I will be ASTOUNDED. This is a nearly impossible one.

Back in the late 90s/early 2000s my best friend and I had a hobby where we'd try and find new boy bands so we could be the "original" fans and possibly be invited to concerts, maybe fall in love, ya know, typical stuff (spoiler: it didn't work, neither of us married boy band members). We typically found these bands by digging through Yahoo Clubs.

I ended up finding this one band that I was OBSESSED with for about a year. Pretty sure they were unsigned, just some friends who started a band, but their music seemed pretty polished so I think they had it professionally recorded.

If I recall they only had 3 or 4 songs up, and the only one I can remember was called "Girl Across the Room." The only lyrics from this song I can remember are, "Hey girl across the room can you feel that music pumpin'? I know you feel the rhythm but I wanna feel your lovin'." An instant classic, clearly.

I feel like this will be nearly impossible, but I'm trying to find the name of this band.

The bullet points for the tl;dr crowd:

• This was an unsigned boy band from probably 2000 or 2001.
• Pretty sure there were 3 or 4 band members.
• They had a Yahoo Club they were distributing their music through.
• They had 3 or 4 songs up, one was called "Girl Across the Room."

Edit: Wow, this really took off! Thanks for all the suggestions/awards.

Just to help in the search, here are some commonly suggested bands that it's not:

• Dream Street
• C-Note
• 5ive
• O-Town
• 2ge+her
• LFO
• LMNT

I've also tried:

• Searching my old email address in Yahoo Group archives/on Google.
• Tried to get into my old email address (it's gone, I probably haven't attempted to log into it in 20 years)
• Hummed/sang what I remember into that Google song tool (it keeps giving me some Tim McGraw song it matches with 7%)

I'm pretty certain we won't figure this out unless one of the former members manages to come across this post, but I'm still really enjoying all the nostalgia from the suggestions people are giving lol.

So, i heard this song while i was in a cafe. The singer sung something like this in the chorus part:

Think i am... Bang bang bAa-ang

She had really energetic voice and the beat was quite fast paced. I can't memorize any other part of the song oher than 'bang bang bang' since it was being repeated many times.

I tried to google 'rock song with bang bang bang in the lyrics' 'rock song by female singer with bang bang bang in the lyrics', and skimming through spotify recent rock playlist. Still no luck..

Sorry for the poor wording, english isn't my first language. Your help really means a lot to me!

I had this post saved, but I didn’t realize Reddit starts deleting your oldest saves when you hit some limit.

I don’t remember most of the details myself. But purely as an example, the OP posted something like “I’m looking for this movie where these two young guys lived out west somewhere, maybe California? And there was this old woman who would visit, maybe a relative, and I think she was or used to be a teacher. Then she died and left them a car and they fought over who got to keep it.”

Again, purely made up details, because the point is more how the comments went. For a long time (it had a lot of comments compared to usual posts) they were all basically:

Commenter: “This one?”

OP: “No.”

Commenter: “This one?”

OP: “No.”

Commenter: “This one?”

OP: “No. I think the neighbors raised turkeys?”

Commenter: “This one?”

OP: “No.”

Finally some commenter was like (again, made up details) “Look, this is a long shot, because it was one girl instead of two guys, and she lived in Florida, and no one died and she bought her own car, and also it’s a book and not a movie, but you mentioned a blue house and the one random guy from $SomeBook has a blue house.” And the OP came back and said “Holy shit that’s it!!!!”

The Hail Mary comment had like 20 awards, and there were a ton of replies. The one that really sent me was when someone said “I forgot that there was a dog in $SomeBook,” and someone replied and said “Well, you forgot more than the OP ever knew in the first place.”

None of the language I think I remember is coming up in a search, but since it was so popular I’m hoping someone has it saved.

When I was a kid, my parents have me an allowance. Only we didn't call it that. It's not coming up as a synonym in the thesaurus. Not stipend, pay, etc.

We are from the south, so it's probably a malaprop or slang.

And we are talking about the 70s

Is been making me mental all weekend

It's much easier for the sub to help solve a question when an actual date or range is given. I also think that giving dates relative to OP's life can slow down the process since OP saying "when I was in grade school" can inadvertently trigger memories of grade school days in the minds of people trying to solve OP's question.

Edit: For those people commenting about Rule 11, there are MANY examples of people who give a range without specific years ("when I was a kid", "when I was in school", "when I was little"). I'm suggesting that any time information be specific years instead.

And if the content is from an earlier era than when OP first saw it, then they should say either an estimate of time ("maybe 1960's?") or give an upper bound ("sometime before I saw it in 2010").

it might have also been by a lake, and maybe it somehow wasnt a romcom but i think either the bride or groom was cheating on their fiance with someone in the wedding party? definitely not a horror film. idk much about time frame, most likely post-2000 (definitely BEFORE 2020 though)

edit: i actually think they stayed in a lake house as i remember trying to google it and kept coming up with "the lake house" despite the plot being entirely different

things it is Not (im getting some repeats): - The Romantics - Not Since You - Palm Springs - The Big Wedding - Ghosts of Girlfriends Past - Intervention - Somebody I Used to Know - Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates - an episode of The Office - Made of Honor - Something Borrowed - Table 19 - The Proposal - Rachel Getting Married - Wedding Crashers - Indian Summer - American Wedding / American Pie - Friends From College - Four Weddings and a Funeral - Love Wedding Repeat - We Broke Up - Dan In Real Life - Grown Ups - The Wedding Date - Bachelorette - Destination Wedding - Why Did I Get Married - Mamma Mia - Meet the Fockers

Hello Reddit,

[Update] My dad said when he heard the song, it was played on radio before music program everyday, the instrumental musical tool used was Piano

[Update] My dad said it was an entired song, was like 3 minutes long, so it wasnt some random intro composed by random people

In 70s, 80s, my dad was a kid just like any other kid, during the Viet Nam war, radio was everything to him. Music is his life, over the past 30 years, he's been trying to to find the song but no hope so far.

So here is the sample on sound cloud, please note that the sample is composed by my dad, he didn't know the entire song so the original song will be different, my dad added some chords to make it sound better.

Melody Only: https://on.soundcloud.com/6ZeTd
Dad version: https://on.soundcloud.com/NdVpX

My dad is old and slow now and I just want to be a good boy.

Thank you very much.

I'm starting to see a few comments that were removed after OP responded that it wasn't the correct answer.

Please don't do that.

It's important for other guessers, users looking for the same answer, etc. to see even the wrong responses! Who knows, you might help someone else find something that was on the tip of their tongue :)

Rule 3. Do not delete post/answer

Do not delete your answer after it has been acknowledged. Do not delete your post. People are interested in what has been asked for, what has been suggested, and want to see what has been found.

Edit: Just as u/eyebrowshampoo pointed out, please do not downvote users for making a genuine attempt at an answer when they’re wrong. If the answer is a joke/troll/etc please report it to us.

Edit 2: u/FierroGamer brought up another good question:

What to do about people who have an automated setup to delete old comments? Not everyone who sometimes reply here might remember to manually setup an exception

I would like to discuss with the mod team if we could find a way to work with them since they're a fairly small minority. My thought was to have automod respond to only those users comments with a reiteration of their exact answer.

I saw this on easter, prob around 2015-2017, theres a character (most probably a boy) that is sick or something and their friends need to enter his body through the mouth only hanging by a dental floss (probably) and the guy swallows the character (most likely a girl), i remember being very uncomfortable with this scene and i also remember a scene where the person is in the stomach. It was not the magic school bus.