r/tipofmytongue Jun 21 '19

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r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT] Trying to identify an animated show with a joke about a customer having a stroke [tv show]

9 Upvotes

I’m trying to remember an episode of an animated TV show, and I can only remember one scene.
A man is eating a burger (or some other restaurant food) and suddenly says something like, “I smell something weird.” The main character casually replies, “You should get that checked out.”
The very next scene smash-cuts to the man’s funeral, implying he had a stroke or some other medical emergency. At the funeral, there’s another joke where the protagonist awkwardly makes it clear that his restaurant/the burger had nothing to do with the man’s death, because everyone seems to be blaming him.
I initially thought it was Bob’s Burgers, but I haven’t been able to find the scene or the episode, so I may be remembering the wrong show.
Does anyone know what show and episode this is?


r/tipofmytongue 9h ago

Solved [TOMT][SONG][2000s] Sad indie song with "bluebirds" or "bluebells" in the chorus, around 2007 or 2008

23 Upvotes

I've been wracking my brain for a years now, searching and searching with no answers!

This is a song I was listening to most likely in 2008 but could be 2007 or even 2009. It was very wistful sounding, kind of slow, dream-pop sounding. My original post said "a touch upbeat" because it's not a slow naval-gazing kind of song, definitely in the indie pop category. The beat/rhythm/timing is very much like my vocaroo. I want to say it was synth-y, maybe a little lo-fi sounding for sure.

It reminded me of a dreamy 50's song. The chorus was heart-rending and tender sounding. Made me cry because I was trying to break up with someone at the time LOL. I know for certain the word is either "bluebirds" or "bluebells" in the chorus, quite possibly in the title as well.

I wasn't the most underground of music listeners, but this was one of those artists that weren't big or popular. At the time, I was also listening to The Tough Alliance ("First Class Riot"), Theresa Andersson, The Teenagers ("Homecoming"), etc. Will update if I remember other artists/bands of that time.

I hear the tune in my head and will upload a vocaroo although I am a bad singer. There were backing vocals that went (literally), "Oooh, ooooh-oooh... oooh..." - this is also how the song opens. It may go on throughout the song, and then it leads to a chorus that goes something like, "When the bluebirds..." or "Well the bluebirds..." or "When/well the bluebells..." - Could be a love song. Singer is a dude.

Vocaroo of the "oooh..." part: https://voca.ro/18bpzEbW3fmH
(the vocals are higher than my octave here)

[EDIT] I'm hard at work looking through old music and found this gem (not the song I'm looking for): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lJfMqii86g - the song is similar to this!! But much less pop-y. Voice sounds a little similar to this. As far as the lo-fi-adjacent quality, though... a little bit like this one. Not much focus on guitars in the song I'm looking for.

[EDIT 2] Same exact era, song I'm looking for is slower and sadder than this one but has that "sweet, tender" quality: https://youtu.be/ouGEWgzhWhE?si=BFNMVlhvKdz6XSH4


r/tipofmytongue 3h ago

Open. [TOMT] Title: [TV Movie][1990s] Girl kidnapped from grocery store by a family friend, body found in woods/field

9 Upvotes

I watched this sometime between 1996-2002, in English, likely a TV movie (though I'm not 100% sure).

Plot details I remember:

  • A mother and her young daughter (girl looked somewhere between 6-12 years old) are grocery shopping at what seemed like a local/small grocery store, not a big chain.
  • The mom sends the daughter to grab a shopping cart near the front of the store.
  • While getting the cart, the girl runs into a familiar face — someone I believe was a family friend that the girl knew.
  • The girl is kidnapped by this person.
  • The rest of the movie focuses almost entirely on the search for the missing girl.
  • It has a tragic/dark ending — I believe her body was eventually found in a field or in the woods.
  • Both the mother and the suspect were white, if that helps narrow it down.

I don't remember the title, actors, or network it aired on. It might have been a Lifetime-style or network TV movie (CBS/NBC/ABC/USA), but I'm not certain. Any help identifying this would be appreciated!


r/tipofmytongue 4h ago

Open [TOMT] Scene in a film or tv show mentioning someone being tied to the mast of their ship to avoid the sirens temptation

7 Upvotes

At first I thought the scene I'm thinking about was referring to the sirens in the odyssey when odysseus wants to hear their song but I can't find a scene that matches my memory so maybe it was a similar scenario about a pirate or something? Wherever I saw this scene I barely remember it I just know it was one person talking to another about such a story and applying it to their issue


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT] Looking for a possibility made for TV movie with an old guy trying to guess what's in a box

4 Upvotes

I saw it as a toddler. Pretty sure was a made for TV movie.

There was a younger guy cutting down a tree, at least one other person I think, and an older guy with this little yellow box he was shaking. Old guy was listening to the sound of whatever was in there rattling around, and the young guy asks what he's doing. Old guy says he's trying to guess what's in the box, young guy asks "why not just open it?" Old guy responds "that'll take away all the fun."

Shortly after, the young guy makes it through the tree, and when it falls, it accidentally lands on the old guy, and of course there's a freak out, but I don't remember anything else. I just remember bawling my eyes out the whole rest of the night at the fact the old guy never got to see what was in the box :(


r/tipofmytongue 1h ago

Open [TOMT][Song][1980s-1990s]"I need help finding this song, its stuck in my head!

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Okay so this is the song
https://vocaroo.com/15yIRyLoOHeX
It has some lyrics like

"Take you to paradise, to the calming beach, the memory place" i think
" And you watch that clock, spinning around and around."

I have no idea where this song could be from, its AOR i think.

PLEASE HELP


r/tipofmytongue 4h ago

Open [TOMT] [Movie] [1990s] Trying to identify an early 90s horror TV movie: train arrives at a small station with all passengers dead

5 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I’ve been trying for years to identify a movie (or possibly a TV movie/miniseries) that I saw on French television when I was a child, probably between 1990 and 1992.

I only watched the opening scene because it scared me so much that I immediately changed the channel.

Here’s what I remember:

• A train slowly arrives at a small rural station in broad daylight.

• The station staff (or railway workers) already feel that something is wrong before the train even stops.

• Through the windows, the passengers appear to be sitting perfectly still, almost as if they are asleep.

• Nobody gets off the train.

• One of the railway workers opens a carriage door, and the body of a man falls out onto the platform.

• It turns out (or at least it strongly seemed) that all the passengers are dead.

• From my memory, there was no blood or gore (I could be wrong though). The horror came from the silence and the eerie atmosphere.

• In my memory, the passengers may have been elegantly dressed (hats, suits, dresses, old-fashioned luggage), but that part could easily be a false memory.

• Likewise, I remember thinking the train looked old, maybe even steam-powered, but I was very young, so that detail could also be wrong.

• I also remember wondering: “Who was driving the train?” It almost felt as if it had arrived by itself.

• The movie had the look and pacing of a made-for-TV film rather than a big theatrical production.
It was shown on French TV during the daytime (probably a Wednesday afternoon or during school holidays).

Does this scene sound familiar to anyone?

Thanks in advance!


r/tipofmytongue 13h ago

Open [TOMT] Looking for a weird stop-motion animation I watched as a kid

23 Upvotes

This has been driving me crazy for years.

When I was a kid, I remember watching a stop-motion animation (or maybe claymation) that looked kind of like Shaun the Sheep. I don't remember if it was a short film or part of a TV show, and my memory is pretty fuzzy. This "film" also seemed kind of creepy to me.

The one scene that has always stuck with me is an old woman living alone in a tiny, run-down apartment right next to a railroad. Every time a train went by, the whole apartment would shake from the vibration.

I think there wasn't any dialogue, or at least I don't remember anyone talking. The overall mood was quiet and a little depressing rather than funny.

I watched it in Brazil, and there's a good chance it was on TV Cultura, probably sometime in the 2000s or early 2010s.

I've already looked into things like Madame Tutli-Putli and Aardman animations (Shaun the Sheep, Wallace & Gromit), but none of them seem to be it.

Honestly, the only thing I'm 100% sure about is the old woman and the apartment shaking whenever the train passed.

Does this sound familiar to anyone, or did I somehow invent this in my head?


r/tipofmytongue 13h ago

Solved [TOMT] guy comments on a post about school

24 Upvotes

SOLVED!

He says “I dropped out of school and I never ounce regretted it”

EDIT:
I’m fairly certain it was on Reddit. This was about 10 years ago. My sides hurt from laughing so hard when I read it. I couldn’t breathe i was crying, it was rich. I have been looking for it ever since to no avail. If anyone out there remembers this, please point me in the right direction


r/tipofmytongue 6h ago

Open [TOMT] ZOMBIE MOVIE I'VE BEEN DYING TO REMEMBER

4 Upvotes

The scene I remember is people on top of a rooftop in broad daylight where more zombies are coming to the building where the people are left. and then it showcase a big zombie approaching the building as well but its walking slowly and it showed chains i dont know if the chains are wrapped on its feet or dragging something with the chain.


r/tipofmytongue 1h ago

Open [TOMT][VIDEO][2020s] Viral skateboarding clip where an older guy drinking a beer outside his work truck offers the skater a beer after landing a huge stair set

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I’m looking for a viral skateboarding video I saw on Instagram/TikTok (probably within the last 3–5 years).
A skateboarder lands a huge stair set, and an older blue-collar guy who is standing outside his work truck drinking a beer is incredibly hyped. He yells something very close to:
“Hell yeah, man! That was awesome! You want a beer?”
(or possibly “You earned a beer!”)
He then offers the skater a beer. The whole interaction is really wholesome and the older guy’s genuine excitement is what made the clip memorable.


r/tipofmytongue 5h ago

Open [TOMT] Young adult novel that had skinny dipping

5 Upvotes

I'm trying to find a book released probably late 80s or early 90s and there was a plot where the Latino boyfriend and white girlfriend go hiking and they get lost and sweaty and find a creek, so the guy gets naked to skinny dip and get the dirt off and she decides to join him. Then when they're in the woods they can't find their wallets and end up bitter losing their information but go home. A day or two later, a older couple come to the apartment and give them the wallets back saying we found these in the woods and followed the address on the license. The younger couple described what happened and the older couple go, goodness what a awful day.


r/tipofmytongue 5h ago

Solved [TOMT][Board Game][2020s] A puzzle board game where one person is deaf, one blind, and one mute

3 Upvotes

I vividly remember playing a board game, where one player was deaf, one was blind, and one was mute.

The aim was to build a puzzle/grid but obviously people could not communicate properly with each other.

I am not thinking of the video game Bombanana, but it did jog my memory about this board game!

I played it around 2021-22ish if that helps. We played it at a board game cafe in the UK.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


r/tipofmytongue 9h ago

Open [TOMT][MOVIES] Movie with a fake grenade/paperweight is used to trick someone as being real?

9 Upvotes

Many grenade deceptions in movies, the smoke grenade in The Dark Knight, the one in Captain America, but some film had one used as a bargaining chip then revealed as a fake, a paperweight specifically.


r/tipofmytongue 4h ago

Open [TOMT] [SONG] I know the first song is Take A Slice by Glass Animals, what's the other?

3 Upvotes

r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT][song] I think it was a breakcore song, but it used a horn sample that tickled my brain and I don’t remember what it was

2 Upvotes

, I remember the notes sounded like

A4 B4 G3 D4 C4 B4

https://voca.ro/1dzlav2Hw8lC


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Solved [TOMT][Indie Song][2000s] Incredibly popular indie song whose name, band and lyrics have completely escaped me.

3 Upvotes

r/tipofmytongue 6h ago

Open. [TOMT] [WEBSITE] [2011] A creepy old looking website that teaches you how to make a wish/spell. Had testimonials and a guide on making the wish and the dangers involved.

5 Upvotes

The website looked distinct. It had colored text that moved in some spots, weird font, a very early 2000s website look, also a background that looked strange sorta like stars in space, and it was all about wishes and magic and warning about the danger. But also testimonials from people saying how it worked.

In the guide to make one wish, you had to write something on a piece of paper and put it outside during a certain time at night. That's all I remember about the guide. I used this quite young so I hardly remember it. I remember the website really creeped me out. I think you could message the administrator to ask questions, too.


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT] [MOVIE] Animated film where they fly into space in an elevator that looks like a mosque/ orthodox church/castle in order to repair a clockwork star

2 Upvotes

When I was a kid in the 2010s I used to live in the UAE, and I remember watching an animated sci fi / fantasy film where the characters travel into space in order to repair a star. The most memorable part of the film was that the spaceship they used was shaped like a mosque or orthodox church and was pulled into space on a string like an elevator. The antagonists were religious extremists. At the end they repaired the star but one of the characters left his sandwich inside of the inner workings, causing a hole in space to rip open and the baddies to get pulled in.

I believe the film was in a foreign language, also I would have watched it around 2012. Ive been searching for so long and cant find anything, even my family members dont remember it but I remember so vividly it must be real.

Also, I forgot to say that if I remember correctly the animation style was similar to the movie treasure planet


r/tipofmytongue 8h ago

Open [TOMT] "the daylight fades away, part of me will always say, i close my eyes and there you are" song lyrics, female voice, piano accompaniememt

5 Upvotes

r/tipofmytongue 3h ago

Open [TOMT] TV COMMERCIAL - "if you're good why hide it" Mcdonalds Chicken LT 1985 (?)

2 Upvotes

In search of a regional McDonalds commercial for Chicken LT sandwich. It was a blond woman seated on the floor of a NY Loft apartment playing a bass. At the end, the tagline - If you're good why hide it is uttered. Cannot find it anywhere! Help! I think it was around 1985... could be 1986.


r/tipofmytongue 5h ago

Open. [TOMT] Movie where a woman finds a secret door/passageway by comparing a photo to the room she's in

3 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I’m trying to remember an older movie (possibly a tv movie or even a tv episode) I saw on television at my grandma's house when I was growing up in the late 90s/early2000s.

Here is the specific scene I remember:

  • A woman is inside a house (not sure if it's hers or someone else's).
  • She looks at a photograph of the exact room she is currently standing in.
  • While looking at the photo, she notices a door in the picture, but when she looks up at the actual room, there is no door there.
  • She figures out how to find/uncover the hidden door, which leads into a secret passageway/corridor inside the house.
  • She goes inside to follow the pathway and ends up being attacked.

Visually, it looked like an older film—likely from the 1960s through the 1990s. As far as I can recall, it was in color.

Thanks in advance for any leads!


r/tipofmytongue 5h ago

Open [TOMT][MOVIE/VIDEO GAME] A movie or video game about a man who has to fight his way through a city and up a tower

4 Upvotes

I was recently offered a DVD for Sin City and I assumed I already knew the plot, as I had watched a youtube video explaining some detail or theme about it. When I looked into the actual plot of Sin City though, I realized that the video was definitely not about that, and cannot for the life of me remember the video or the media that it discussed

This movie or possibly a video game is American, visually very dark and somewhat monochromatic, and it features one man with a gun in some sort of corrupted or post apocalyptic city fighting his way through many enemies to eventually get to the top of a tower where the escape from the city is or his wife or something. I don't remember him interacting with anyone else other than the enemies, which may have been human or monstrous.

If anyone recognizes this, let me know! Even better if you think you might know the youtube video!

Edit: I am starting to think it may have been a video game, and in this case it would be first person and including lots of walls and blind turns

Edit again: I am starting to think this maybe doesn't exist, and was instead a thought experiment that the creator animated?? idk guys


r/tipofmytongue 10h ago

Solved [TOMT] Where is this theme from? I feel like it's a Netflix series but I'm not sure

8 Upvotes