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Danton Stone
Danton Stone (born in Queens, New York) is an American stage, film and television actor. Stage Broadway *'' Fifth of July'' (1980) as Weston Hurley *'' Angels Fall'' (1983) as Don Tabaha *'' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (2001) as Martini Off-Broadway (selected) *''Mrs. Murray's Farm'' (1976) *''Balm in Gilead'' (1984) *''In This Fallen City'' (1986) *''Fortune's Fools'' (1995) *''Mere Mortals and Others'' (1997) Regional * ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', Steppenwolf Theatre Company (2000) *''Miss Julie'', Steppenwolf Theatre Company (1985) Filmography (selected) * ' The Chosen'' (1981) as Fighting Student * ''National Lampoon's Joy of Sex'' (1984) as Farouk * '' Maria's Lovers'' (1984) as Joe * ''Band of the Hand'' (1986) as Aldo * ''Eight Men Out'' (1988) as Hired Killer * '' Checking Out'' (1989) as Dr. Wolfe * ''Crazy People'' (1990) as Saabs * '' Once Around'' (1991) as Tony Bella * '' He Said, She Said'' (1991) as Eric * ''McHale's Navy'' (1997) as Gruber * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens, New York
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long Island to its west, and Nassau County to its east. Queens also shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island (via the Rockaways). With a population of 2,405,464 as of the 2020 census, Queens is the second most populous county in the State of New York, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens became a city, it would rank as the fifth most-populous in the U.S. after New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston. Approximately 47% of the residents of Queens are foreign-born. Queens is the most linguistically diverse place on Earth and is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States. Queens was establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palindromes (film)
''Palindromes'' is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Todd Solondz. Referencing Solondz's previous ''Welcome to the Dollhouse'', it was nominated for the Golden Lion award at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. The protagonist, a 13-year-old girl named Aviva, is played by eight different actors of different ages, races, and genders during the course of the film, which features an array of secondary characters. The names of the characters Aviva, Bob, and Otto are all palindromes. Plot The film opens with a funeral for Dawn Wiener (the protagonist from Solondz's ''Welcome to the Dollhouse''), who went to college, gained a lot of weight and acne, and committed suicide at age 20 after she became pregnant from date rape. Her older brother Mark (Matthew Faber, reprising his role) reads the eulogy while Dawn's tearful parents (Angela Pietropinto and Bill Buell, also reprising their roles) sit in the audience and seem to finally show remorse over the way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Under Fire
''Grace Under Fire'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 29, 1993, to February 17, 1998. The show starred Brett Butler as a single mother learning how to cope with raising her three children alone after finally divorcing her abusive husband. The series was created by Chuck Lorre and produced by Carsey-Werner Productions. Premise ''Grace Under Fire'', produced by Carsey-Werner, was part of a wave of shows in the late 1980s and 1990s that were built around a comedian (and in some cases, closely based on his or her comedy routine). Many of Carsey-Werner's shows were based on nontraditional, non-nuclear families. ''Grace Under Fire'' followed a similar formula, set in the small fictitious town of Victory, Missouri; Butler starred as Grace Kelly, a divorced single mother and recovering alcoholic. The show begins after the main character divorces her abusive alcoholic husband of eight years in an attempt to start life anew and prevent her children from making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jackie Thomas Show
''The Jackie Thomas Show'' is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC network from December 1992 to March 1993. The series received widespread attention due to its creators Roseanne Arnold, then starring in the fifth season of her comedy '' Roseanne'', and her husband and ''Roseanne'' co-producer Tom Arnold. ''The Jackie Thomas Show'' starred Tom Arnold as a misanthropic sitcom actor. Premise As Jackie Thomas, Arnold played a former nightclub comic and slaughterhouse worker now starring in his own sitcom (a show-within-a-show), also called "The Jackie Thomas Show."Freeman, John. "Tom Arnold plays a nasty boss for laughs in new ABC sitcom." The San Diego Union-Tribune, 1992-11-29, p. TV WEEK. As described in one review, Arnold's character was "an obnoxious, loud-mouthed tyrant who fires writers, producers, actors, even the show's caterers, on the slightest whim." In the premiere episode (written by the Arnolds with Brad Isaacs), Jackie demanded that the child actor portraying h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heights (American TV Series)
''The Heights'' is an American musical drama series that aired Thursday at 9:00 pm on Fox from August 27 to November 26, 1992. Synopsis ''The Heights'' centered on a fictional band (also called the Heights) made up of mostly working-class young adults. Episodes regularly featured one of their songs. The eventual theme song for the show, " How Do You Talk to an Angel" (sung by cast member Jamie Walters), went to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, and was the first song from a television show to top the Hot 100 since 1985, as well as the first song by a fictional band to top the Hot 100 since 1969. ''The Heights'' premiered on August 27, 1992, to low ratings, and never gained a substantial audience. Fox canceled the series less than a week after the theme song fell from the number one spot. Cast *Jamie Walters as Alex O'Brien * Camille Saviola as Shelley Abramowitz * Alex Désert as Stan Lee * Charlotte Ross as Hope Linden *Zachary Throne as Lenny Wieckowski *Donnell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roseanne
''Roseanne'' is an American sitcom television series created by Matt Williams and Roseanne Barr which aired on ABC from October 18, 1988, to May 20, 1997, and briefly revived from March 27, 2018, to May 22, 2018. The show stars Barr as Roseanne Conner and revolves around her family in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois. Receiving generally positive reviews for its realistic portrayal of a working-class American family, the series reached No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings from 1989 to 1990 in its second season. During the initial run, the series remained in the top four for six of the nine seasons, and in the top 20 for eight. During the short-lived revival, the series reached No. 3, with an average of 18 million viewers per episode within the span of its nine episodes. In 1993, the episode " A Stash from the Past" was ranked No. 21 on ''TV Guide''s 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. In 2002, ''Roseanne'' was ranked No. 35 on ''TV Guide''s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gideon Oliver
''Gideon Oliver'' is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between February 1989 and May 1989 as part of the ''ABC Mystery Movie'' rotation, along with ''B.L. Stryker'', '' Kojak'' and ''Columbo''. On the air for only five episodes, the series starred Louis Gossett Jr., and was created by Dick Wolf. The title character first appeared in the novel series by mystery writer Aaron Elkins. Overview Oliver is a Columbia University anthropology professor, utilizing his knowledge of past cultures to solve crimes throughout the Western Hemisphere. He is assisted by his adult daughter Zina ( Shari Headley). List of episodes See also *Aaron Elkins Aaron Elkins (born July 24, 1935 in Brooklyn) is an American mystery writer. He is best known for his series of novels featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver—the 'skeleton detective'. Biography Elkins's father was a machinist, his ... External links * {{Dick Wolf 1989 American televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Thirtysomething Episodes
This is a list of episodes for the television series ''Thirtysomething ''Thirtysomething'' is an American drama television series created by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz for United Artists Television (under MGM/UA Television) and aired on ABC from September 29, 1987, to May 28, 1991."The 'don't trust ...''. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1987–88) Season 2 (1988–89) Season 3 (1989–90) Season 4 (1990–91) References {{reflist thirtysomething episodes, List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirtysomething
''Thirtysomething'' is an American drama television series created by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz for United Artists Television (under MGM/UA Television) and aired on ABC from September 29, 1987, to May 28, 1991."The 'don't trust anyone over thirty' slogan of the Sixties gave way to a show called ''Thirtysomething'' in the Eighties, showing boomers grappling with having children or having left it too late." In It focuses on a group of baby boomers in their thirties who live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and how they handle the lifestyle that dominated American culture during the 1980s given their involvement in the early 1970s counterculture as young adults. It premiered in the United States on September 29, 1987, and lasted four seasons. It was canceled in May 1991 because the ratings had dropped. Zwick and Herskovitz moved on to other projects. The series won 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, out of 41 nominations, and two Golden Globe Awards. On January 8, 2020, AB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Afterschool Specials
''ABC Afterschool Special'' is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from October 4, 1972, to January 23, 1997, usually in the late afternoon on weekdays. Most episodes were dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy. The series won 51 Daytime Emmy Awards during its 25-year run. In 2004 and 2005, BCI Eclipse and Sunset Home Visual Entertainment issued six DVD collections of episodes from the series that had been produced by Martin Tahse, each collection containing four episodes. A boxed set, in the shape of a school bus, was also released containing all of the DVD releases, with a detailed information booklet of all the specials on the set and including an extra DVD of two specials that had previously not been released on DVD. Episodes Season 1 (1972–73) Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Playhouse
''American Playhouse'' is an American anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Overview It premiered on January 12, 1982, with ''The Shady Hill Kidnapping'', written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart. Its final broadcast, ''In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway'', a rerun of a behind-the-scenes look at Tony Kushner's award-winning play in two parts, aired on January 1, 1994. The series proved to be the springboard for the careers of numerous performers, including David Marshall Grant, Laura Linney, A Martinez, Conchata Ferrell, Eric Roberts, Lynne Thigpen, John Malkovich, Peter Riegert, Lupe Ontiveros, Ben Stiller, and Megan Mullally. As part of WGBH's development of the Descriptive Video Service (DVS), ''American Playhouse'' was one of the first U.S. television programs to air with audio description for the visually impaired on the Secondary audio program (SAP). After trialing the system durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eischied
''Eischied'' (, ) is an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC from September 21, 1979, to July 1, 1980. It was based on the starring character from the 1978 miniseries ''To Kill a Cop'', which was based on the 1976 novel by Robert Daley. The show was broadcast in the United Kingdom under the title ''Chief of Detectives''. In West Germany the show ran in 1980 under the title ''Schauplatz New York'' ("Location: New York"). Synopsis The series stars Joe Don Baker as tough, brilliant, southern-bred New York City Police Department Chief of Detectives Earl Eischied. His complimentary catchphrase was "Ya done good," which was usually directed at one of the younger detectives or officers in his command. His pet cat was named "PC" (as in "police commissioner"). Eischied was tough and did not hesitate to work the streets with his detectives. He used a Smith & Wesson Model 10 .38 Special, snub-nosed revolver, which he carried "old school" style, inside his waistba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
