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Gabriel Kaplan
Gabriel Weston Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, and professional poker player. He played the title character in the 1970s sitcom ''Welcome Back, Kotter''. He later became a professional poker player and a commentator for the series ''High Stakes Poker'' on PokerGO. Early life Kaplan was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Jewish family. He was a student at New Utrecht High School but did not graduate. Acting career As a child, Kaplan had aspirations of being a Major League Baseball player. However, he was unable to make the roster of a minor league team and decided to pursue other interests. He began working as a bellman at a hotel in Lakewood, New Jersey. Touring comedians sometimes performed at the hotel, and Kaplan began to work toward his own career as a stand-up comedian. Gabe honed his standup routine in 1964 in places such as the Cafe Tel Aviv at 250 West 72nd Street, New York City. Kaplan's comedy was successful, and he toured the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Bowl Of Poker
The Super Bowl of Poker (also known as Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker or SBOP) was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was already drawing larger crowds as many amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs." Six of the thirteen SBOP Main Events and many of the preliminary events were won by players eventually elected to the Poker Hall of Fame. Numerous events had several future members of the Hall sitting at the final table. For example, the competition at the final table of the 1990 Super Bowl of Poker#Event 12: .24 10.2C000 No Limit Hold.27em, 1990 SBOP Main Event included Poker Hall of Famers T. J. Cloutier, Chip Reese, Stu Ungar, Jack Keller (poker player), Jack Keller, and 1992 World Series of Poker, 1992 WSOP Main Event winner Hamid Dastmalchi. But it was the 1986 Super Bowl of Poker#Event 7: Deuce-to-Seven Lowball, 1986 Deuce-to-Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarillo Slim
Thomas Austin Preston Jr. (December 31, 1928 – April 29, 2012), known as Amarillo Slim, was an American professional gambler known for his poker skills and proposition bets. He won the 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992. Poker career Before becoming a well-known tournament player, Preston was a rounder, touring the United States looking for gambling action along with Doyle Brunson and Sailor Roberts, effectively introducing Texas hold 'em, the most popular poker type today, to Las Vegas in the 1960s. Preston participated in the first World Series of Poker in 1970 along with Johnny Moss, Sailor Roberts, Doyle Brunson, Puggy Pearson, Crandell Addington, and Carl Cannon. Following his victory in the 1972 WSOP Main Event, he appeared on several talk shows, including ''The Tonight Show'', and had a small part in the 1974 Robert Altman movie '' California Split''. He appeared on the panel game show '' I've Got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Series Of Poker
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada, and since 2004, sponsored by Eldorado Resorts, Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel, Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players. As of 2020, the WSOP consists of 101 events, with most List of poker variants, major poker variants featured. However, in recent years, over half of the events have been variants of Texas hold 'em. Events traditionally take place during one day or over several consecutive days during the series in June and July. However, starting in 2008, November Nine, the Main Event final table was delayed until November. The 2012 and 2016 Main Event final tables commenced in October because of the 2012 United States presidential election, United States pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life In Revue
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groucho Marx
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (; October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer who performed in films and vaudeville on television, radio, and the stage. He is considered one of America's greatest comedians. Marx made 13 feature films as a team with his brothers, who performed under the name the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third born. He also had a successful solo career, primarily on radio and television, most notably as the host of the game show ''You Bet Your Life''. His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated stooped posture, spectacles, cigar, and a thick Foundation (cosmetics), greasepaint mustache (later a real mustache) and eyebrows. Early life Groucho was born Julius Henry Marx on October 2, 1890, in Manhattan, New York City. Marx stated that he was born in a room above a butcher's shop on East 78th Street, "Between Lexington Avenue, Lexington and Third A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Break (film)
''Fast Break'' is a 1979 American sports comedy film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Stephen Friedman. The film stars Gabe Kaplan as David Greene, Harold Sylvester as D.C. and Bernard King as Hustler. The film was Kaplan's big-screen debut, although he had made earlier appearances on television sitcoms and movies, and was one of the first film appearances of Laurence Fishburne. This film also featured the hit song " With You I'm Born Again" by Billy Preston and Syreeta, which was released in November 1979 and peaked at #4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The duo also recorded the film's theme song, "Go for It", released as a single in April of the same year. The film's soundtrack was released by Motown Records. Smight called it "a very funny and profitable film." Plot David Greene is a basketball fanatic living in Brooklyn, New York, who alternates his time between playing in neighborhood pickup basketball games and managing a delicatessen. Formerly a junior high-school co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Marcia may refer to: People * Marcia (given name) *James Marcia, Canadian psychologist *Stefano Marcia (born 1993), South African Olympic sailor *Marcia (wife of Cato), wife of Cato the Younger Other uses * ''Marcia'' (Beccafumi), a c. 1519 painting by Domenico Beccafumi * ''Marcia'' (bivalve), a genus of Venus clams in the family Veneridae * Marcia (gens), a Roman gens * '' Marcia: Greatest Hits 1975–1983'', a 2004 album by Marcia Hines * ''Marcia'', the Italian musical designation for a march or march tempo * Hyundai Marcia, a sedan produced by Hyundai for the South Korean market See also *Martia (other) *Martian (other) * Mars (other) *Marzia (other) *Mercia (other) Mercia was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom covering the region now known as the English Midlands. It is sometimes used as a poetic name for the Midlands. Mercia or Mercian may also refer to: * Mercia Inshore Search and Rescue, an volunteer water-rescue or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis & Clark (TV Series)
''Lewis & Clark'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for one season from October 29, 1981, to July 30, 1982. The series stars Gabe Kaplan (who also created the series) and Guich Koock. The series was produced by Carson Productions and it was distributed by Columbia Pictures Television. Plot For a native New Yorker, Stewart Lewis (Gabe Kaplan) has a strange—some would say twisted—ambition: he wants to own a country-music club. His wife and kids hate the idea. Despite their misgivings, Stewart moves his family to Luckenbach, Texas, where he bought the Nassau County Cafe, a joint that has had nine owners in the last six years and sports a sign that says "Always Under New Management". While his sidekick Roscoe Clark (Guich Koock) stands by, Stewart lets fly one-liners and bad puns. The series featured an episode with guest appearances by Robert Hegyes and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, who were two of Kaplan's co-stars on ''Welcome Back, Kotter''. At one point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Broadcasting Company
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's two namesake flagship subsidiaries alongside Universal Studios. It is also one of the oldest stations in the United States. The headquarters of NBC is in New York City at the Comcast Building. NBC also notably has offices at the NBC Tower in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, NBC is the oldest of the traditional " Big Three" American television networks (with the other two going by the abbreviations of ABC and CBS) and is sometimes referred to as the Peacock Network in reference to its stylized peacock logo, which was introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting. NBC has twelve owned-and-operated stations and has affiliates in almost every TV market i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk; March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020) was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in the 1965–1969 television series ''The Wild Wild West'', playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West. He also portrayed private investigator Tom Lopaka in ''Hawaiian Eye'' (1959–1963) and World War II ace Pappy Boyington in '' Baa Baa Black Sheep'' (1976–1978; later syndicated as ''Black Sheep Squadron''). In addition to acting, he was a singer and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad. He hosted a weekly two-hour national radio show (''The PM Show with Robert Conrad'') on CRN Digital Talk Radio beginning in 2008. Early life Conrad was born Conrad Robert Falk in Chicago. His father, Leonard Henry Falk, was 17 years old at the time of Conrad's birth and was of German descent. His mother, Alice Jacqueline Hartman (daughter of Conrad and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
