Talk:Hal Sparks

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Geevie (talk) 17:05, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Personal Information

message: Frog was sparks debut as it was in 1987 and Treasure Mall was in 1988
verifiable at imdb 
(5park5inc (talk) 06:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: incorrect information and related links

message: No one has a pic to put up? Added Photo request tag.Snoopydance 00:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Theres no Picture from the Logo of Zero1 - Please edited Theres a Logo of Zero1
--11:59, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: No Pic

message: Deleted: 
"*His mother named him Hal after the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey.  (If this is correct, however, it means that there is no basis for Hal's name to end in "III", which would imply that there were two Hal Sparks in the family before him.)"
IMDB.com lists his birth name as Hal Harry Magee Sparks III. It does seem to be conflicting information that his mom named him after HAL 9000 and that his name is "the third". Perhaps he is the third member of his family to have 'Harry Magee' in his name. I would suggest clearing up the confusion before putting the above fact back. Tygartl1 15:21, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: I found it mentioned on imdb.com, on his resume.  Resume and his page and his netglimse page netglimse page
Ah!  Just found it on tv.com, who says it was bestowed by the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper!  tv.com (under summary).  Removing fact tag, including note about tv.com and imdb.com.
[1] http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/about/performer_detail.cfm?id=2942 states: In 1987 he was named the "Funniest Teenager In Chicago" by the Chicago Sun Times.
[2] http://www.sho.com/site/queer/bio.do?bio=sparks states: At 17, he was named the "Funniest Teenager in Chicago" by the Chicago Sun Times.
[3] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005452/ gives his date of birth as September 25, 1969.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 5park5inc (talk • contribs) 18:52, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Funniest teenager award... 

message: Who's "my father"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Andral (talk • contribs) 23:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  references 

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If you check the Alum list for Second City you will not find Hal in there under mainstage or E.T.C. 
Second City is very strict on calling someone an Alumni unless they have performed on mainstage. I would contact Second City Chicago to clarify this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.121.235.245 (talk) 21:12, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second City 

message: Deleted ext. ref to site which requires account creation> Mjpresson (talk) 15:49, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion 

message: Can anyone prove it exists? It sounds delightful but I can't find any reference to it that isn't a mirror of this article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.242.27.151 (talk) 11:31, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "I Love VH1 Talking Head Clip Show Reviews" 

message: Here, Hal Sparks is quoted is referring to himself – well, at least to his penis – as "standard-issue African-American, just a little paler than most".  
Was he acknowledging some African ancestry, or was he just sorta bragging about its dimensions by allusion to the stereotypical African penis?   --  Jack of Oz [Talk] 00:35, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: African-American penis?

message: halsparks.com has a Chinese name: Huò Guānghào (霍光皓) up quite prominently. zh.wiki, however, rather blandly transcribes his name as Ha'er Sipakesi. He also says here that he can "speak Putonghua" at a conversational level (with a knowledge of 6000-8000 characters), spent some time in Beijing, and has an interest in Chinese martial arts and philosophy. In the linked program, he recites a Chinese poem with passable pronunciation. It might be worth mentioning in a section about his personal life. Shrigley (talk) 22:49, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chinese 

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message: Was he born in 1969 or 1971?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6001:E790:5800:E886:E1B8:B2D2:DFCF (talk) 17:25, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: See #Hal Spark's Date of Birth above. Geraldo Perez (talk) 02:45, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  1969 or 1971? 

message: In number 8 of the references, it says there's a title missing or empty. How do I change that? Aaron Saltzer (talk) 21:22, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Geraldo Perez (talk) 21:36, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

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*Support I prefer the 2016 image to either the 2009 or 2007 image. It is a decent representation of the current subject. --TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:03, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Corrected.  Thanks for pointing it out. -- ψλ ● ✉ 22:56, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Choices

message: *Support I prefer the 2016 image to either the 2009 or 2007 image. It is a decent representation of the current subject. --TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:03, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
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message: *Support Choice #2 is not as current, however, it is a straight-on frontal photo from directly in front of the article subject with an attractive smile and facial expression.  Choice #1 is not optimal for an infobox photo as it shows the article subject from below and with his mouth open in an unfortunate capture of an unattractive facial expression.  Article subject does not really look like himself in this photo, either, in my opinion.  Choice #1 would be fine for the body of the article, but is not really infobox-worthy. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Corrected.  Thanks for pointing it out. -- ψλ ● ✉ 22:56, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Choice #2

message: *Second choice support Not a straight, head on image, but still better than choice #1. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 21:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
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