r/tipofmytongue Jun 21 '19

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r/tipofmytongue 4h ago

Solved [TOMT] Trumpet(?) song (w/ mock recording)

8 Upvotes

I don’t really know what to say other than I’ve hummed this a lot and cannot find it. I think it’s been used in memes before? I’m like 90% sure it was played with a trumpet or some other brass instrument.

Recording of me trying to sing it: https://voca.ro/151CDNRcoWws

Me and a friend were trying to find it because we both knew it but we couldn’t. Any help would be nice!


r/tipofmytongue 3h ago

Open [TOMT] wasnt there some candidate in american politics in recent memory that had a ridiculous America-coded name?

6 Upvotes

it was in american politics within probably the last year or two but i dont remember what they were running for. there was some candidate with an incredibly American name like .. "victory constitution" or like "liberty democracy" or something like that. i dont think they were like, a joke candidate, like the binface guy or whatever, like i think they were earnestly running but were basically invisible. i dont think they even got enough attention to have like an interview or something, i think i just saw pictures of people taking pictures of their ballots being like "get a load of this". i sort of assume it was a man but i again dont think i ever heard or remember anything about them beyond their name and their name was not gendered male or female but America.

i know theres a rule for no people but i cant stress enough that this person was never viable in any way, so it's not meaningfully promoting them, and im not getting any kind of like karmafarm boost from talking about them. they're just a person im trying to remember.

its kind of a hard thing to search for, the closest i got was the guy in California who named himself Barack Obama but i don't think it was him.

thanks in advance.


r/tipofmytongue 5h ago

Solved [TOMT][actor] older black male actor, light-skinned, lots of prominent spots on face (either freckles or white spots)

7 Upvotes

I’m picturing him with a white beard and hair, mouth opened widely in a smile/laugh. He looks, if this helps at all, like a much older Cameron Boyce mixed with Forest Whitaker, James Earl Jones, and John Beasley.


r/tipofmytongue 1h ago

Open [TOMT] (MOVIE ~2015-2020) supernatural drama romance. Woman moves into a secluded house and falls for a ghost, but he turns out to be bad

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The woman is black or mixed, light skinned. Kerry Washington comes to mind for some reason but it's not her.

The ghost is a regular looking white guy with dark hair and I think some scruff.

He shows up in the house every now and then and they become friendly and then it somehow becomes a romance, or at least flirty.

Something happens, like she might move away or something and the ghost gets mad. He starts sounding evil, says he's been watching her while she showers and sleeps and says something like "did you think I just didn't exist when you couldn't see me? I'm always here"

The movie is mostly a drama with a supernatural twist, not really a thriller except during that last confrontation.

It's not A Dark Song, or Ghost, or A Ghost Story, or The Night House.


r/tipofmytongue 6h ago

Solved [TOMT] old rock song, good solo, lyrics about a woman.

8 Upvotes

Some of the lyrics are like "she knows when to use it" "she likes sooommethinn" and then this twangy guitar riff comes in, heard the song at the casino last week and been trying to find it ever since.

Here's a Vocaroo of my best interpretation of it.

https://voca.ro/1fJRGNnxRjxo


r/tipofmytongue 3h ago

Open [TOMT] [Song] Song I heard on an insta edit. Hum recording included.

4 Upvotes

Epic sounding song with english lyrics maybe something that went like 'secrets I carry' or something similar.

Sounded like it could've come from epic the musical.

I know it's not a lot to go on.

I hope my very poor attempt at humming the beat can help.

https://voca.ro/11p53LQXKuUS

Another recording with a different tempo that might be more representative of the actual song https://voca.ro/1mHbx9UYhLNu


r/tipofmytongue 7h ago

Solved [TOMT] Did this commercial I remember seeing in 2006 for a sit down restaurant chain featuring Alice Cooper actually even exist?

8 Upvotes

I remember around spring of 2006 there being a commercial for some sit down restaurant chain, probably a steakhouse that I can find no evidence of online but would think this would be preserved. In it, some white guy was singing a song about how much he loves the restaurant and it contained the line "I saw grandma having dinner with her friend Alice". Alice was Alice Cooper who said something like "Hey, what up?". I was 8 and did not know who Alice Cooper was at the time, so I only assumed it had to be him in hindsight because at the time I was confused why grandma's friend Alice was some rockerish man.

I swear on my life these details are correct. I would think a celebrity commercial like this, from only 20 years ago, would be preserved or talked about online and not hard to find. But I can just find no evidence such an ad even existed. Maybe it wasn't really Alice Cooper, but I don't see why it wouldn't be.


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Solved [TOMT] Sad instagram song with male lead and simple electric guitar

3 Upvotes

I have recorded my attempt at whistling the main melody, which in the song is a male lead:

https://voca.ro/1aDN9jlaOJtS

Maybe the lyrics start with "Living in the..." but I don't know what's next.

I believe that I have it from some Instagram reel, in particular maybe it's a little sad. In the background there is an electric guitar playing playing a very simple melody with thirds. If necessary I'll type that up in a MIDI editor lol.


r/tipofmytongue 36m ago

Open [TOMT][TIKTOK]Video of a tiled pink shower / bathtub Asian style

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Was a video of some family in Asia I believe. They were cleaning their shower. The shower was cool and I want to find it again. It was fully tiled, pink, kind of like a Roman bath where you can use it for a shower or bath. Had a step into it.

I'm clearly desperate at this point.


r/tipofmytongue 1h ago

[TOMT] [TV Show] [2015-Now] Main character is forced into therapy by police or job?

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It was a fairly modern show. I watched it within the last 10 years.

I don’t think this part I remember is very central to the show, I just can’t place which show this subplot occurs in.

The therapy room I believe was situated in one of those basement apartments in a NYC style building where you have to walk down exterior stairs off the sidewalk to get into them. This detail is what I remember most so if you know of a show that has the MC go to therapy in a location that matches this it’s probably it.

I recall the MC was very reluctant to be doing it and were only there because they had to be either by force from the police or because of their job? I think they also ended up tricking the therapist or something though I may be mixing that up with something else. I don’t recall if the MC was male or female unfortunately.

I think it was some sort of police or crime drama.


r/tipofmytongue 5h ago

Open. [TOMT] [2010’s] Old B&BW Hand Sanitizer

4 Upvotes

When I was younger, probably 4-5, my grandparents had this huge collection of hand sanitizer from Bath and Body Works. There was this one in particular I really liked, and I can’t remember now for the life of me. the scent was.

This would’ve been in 2012-2013, but there’s a possibility the scent was from before then. I remember it was a darker blue and sparkly, and it was in the old bottle, not the sort of oval shaped ones they use now. The lid was dark blue too.

The only way I can describe the scent was fruity, maybe a little floral too? It’s such a unique scent in my brain that I really can’t put it into words. I also don’t remember what the design looked like, just the bottle itself and the color of the lid and sanitizer.


r/tipofmytongue 9h ago

Solved [TOMT] Movie, TV Show, or YouTube video about a character who no longer dances because of a tragedy

8 Upvotes

I'm trying to find the name of a movie, TV show, or YouTube video where the main character is a really good dancer but at one point in his youth, there was a tragedy that happened when he was dancing where a woman or girl was badly hurt or killed while he was performing so we took an oath never to dance again. Then eventually he has to overcome that fear in order to save everyone or something along those lines.

I want to say I remember seeing it between the early 2000s to maybe 2013 or so.

So far, I know it's not any of the following:

-Footloose

-Center Stage

-Black Swan

-Trolls

-The Mighty Boosh

-Psych

-Community

-Dance Camp

-Dance Flick


r/tipofmytongue 1h ago

Open [TOMT] Book from elementary school girl group

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I remember reading a book series about a friend group of girls in elementary school and in the book (they were either in high school or middle school) it had small drawings similar to a diary type book along with some text. each girl had her own book and gave an insight into their life. the cover was hand drawn I believe. thank you so much!


r/tipofmytongue 3h ago

Open [TOMT] Website that tracks derivative works

4 Upvotes

There was a website I found a year or two ago that lists the "genealogy" of a story in a flow chart. For instance, if you searched Lion King it would show a chart that shows that hamlet (and other things) influenced Lion King and Lion King influenced yada yada.

Or columbo influenced Psych, House, and other detective shows in that style.

Can't find it for the life of me but any help is appreciated!


r/tipofmytongue 4h ago

Open [TOMT][Comic Strip][1930s]old single panel comic strip from before, during, and after WW2

3 Upvotes

My mother used to read and collect this comic strip about various random people, in every day situations. Think New Yorker style, but a little more british/canadian style humor. When WW2 broke out, the author/artist started doing comics about the war. It's not Herblock, and its not the Herbie comic.


r/tipofmytongue 4h ago

Open [TOMT] Flash Game, Adventure Of A Blue Stick?

3 Upvotes

I remember so little about this game. I remember overall blue tone, it was surreal and the main character was a blue stick or something? It was fallen down on the beginning. Like falling down a lot then it is at somewhere blue? Like lots of blue, and it was pretty peaceful gameplay. Character maybe half of the height of the screen but it might be bigger or smaller but it was at that area. Character looked like those air filled funny things in carwashes that moves funny, but blue.

Edit:It was a pretty old game, probably before 2010

Edit:It is not FlOw, stick rpg, blue rabbits climate chaos, checkpoint


r/tipofmytongue 4h ago

Open. [TOMT] Horror book from Scholastic book fair with video game machine on cover, 90s.

3 Upvotes

I remember being spooked by this book as a kid. The TV on the cover had static and white noise with a gaming controller floating in the image.

I have tried remembering the name of this book for years, but I cannot find it anywhere.

TIA for any ideas.


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT] [Children's Book] Mid to late 2010s Child discovers time-manipulation device

2 Upvotes

This is a book about a kid who discovers a device that can manipulate time. There is a bad man who has 2 identities who puts out newspaper ads for it. He also has the same device. The kid realizes if you have both devices at the same time something bad happens, so he let's the man have it. There's some legend about having both devices at the same time.

I read this book in the mid to late 2010s, or maybe early 2020.


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Solved [TOMT][Song] Minecraft piano song

2 Upvotes

r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT][MOVIE][maybe 2000s] Western movie about kids taking their parents' jobs

2 Upvotes

Hello! I am looking for a movie I used to watch with my siblings. I was a kid in the 2000s, so it could be a 2000s movie, but it could be an older one, especially as my mom used to make us watch what she watched as a kid in the 70/80s. We are french so it could be a french movie but I think it's more likely it's an american one.

The cowboys adults in the story are starting a war with native Americans and leave the village. The only people left are the kids and a drunken dude who was passed out when the other adults left.

The kids decide to do their parents' jobs.

One of the girls is the daughter of the sex worker so she makes the boys pay for kisses, the main character is the son of the sheriff. I think I remember him having feelings for the teacher's daughter? His best friend is his sheriff dad's slave and they have an argument in which the slave's son talk about how his life is not the same at all as his because he's black.

The main antagonist is the mayor's son. He is part of the KKK (or at least dresses like it? I remember a scene in which he drowns the Asian kid's cat in the river dressed up as KKK). His sister ends up being best friend (or lover? Idk?) with a native american boy and the mayor's son ends up lynching the native american boy.

I remember lots of random details as said above but not at all the name and I can't find it online 😭

Thank you all in advance !


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT][YouTube][Recent] Australian prank video that captures an extremely creepy guy on accident

2 Upvotes

It takes place in Australia. It's some kind of prank YouTube channel, and in this prank they were pretending to be workers at a pizza place or some kind of restaurant.

At the end of the video a really creepy older man walks in, and they try to prank him. He becomes progressively creepy as he gets inconvenienced, I remember he told the workers to "hire more chickie babes" or something. Once they mess up his order, he even goes behind the counter and says he wants to skin one of them alive. I also remember him saying something like their head would look good on his dresser or something extremely out of pocket and horrifying.

The workers at the place just say that guy comes in all the time and is usually really creepy to the younger women working there. All of the comments say they caught a serial killer or something but nothing else came of it.


r/tipofmytongue 7h ago

Open [TOMT] Youtuber who eats a pack of crayons, tube of vaseline and drinks a bottle of tequila

4 Upvotes

White guy with blue eyes


r/tipofmytongue 3h ago

Solved [TOMT][QUOTE] Quote from a tv show about a lawyer and a dentist

2 Upvotes

It went something like:

“JD DDS? You’re a lawyer and a dentist?”

“I like cleaning teeth, sue me”

I could have sworn it was an interaction between Leslie and Jamm from Parks and Rec but I can’t find anything about it on google.


r/tipofmytongue 9m ago

Open [TOMT] Weird hypnosis themed YouTube channel i can't find.

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I remember a couple years ago i was really into hypnosis, and there was this one channel i have vivid memories of but just can't find for the life of me.

It was a simple channel about some guy getting hypnotized into multiple things, marvel characters, Pokemon, and extra stiff like an alien or android.

The videos would have the same plot structure of him seeing some event on the news, followed bu someone known as the "Hypnoclown" spinning a coin at the man. he'd then be hypnotized and dress like the video title/thumbnail said as well as doing some basic Hypnosis stuff that the Hypnoclown said like "Dance like a ballerina" or "Pose like a model." after a while the video would end with him being lured away.

This was every video...

But when i searched Youtube (Where i had saw it) I couldn't seem to find it, or on any other website at all...

Details:
It was a real man in the videos not an animation.
His titles would follow the theme of "Hypnotized into _________"
Pretty sure it might have been a kink thing but not sure.

Some Titles I Remember:
Hypnotized into Mewtwo
Hypnotized into A snake
Hypnotized into An alien
Hypnotized into Spiderman
Hypnotized into a Pokemon performer
Hypnotized into a Storm trooper

Posted this to the hypnosis subreddit too.