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Hooper
The word hooper is an archaic English term for a person who aided a cooper in the building of barrels by creating the hoop for the barrel. Hooper may also refer to: Place names in the United States: * Hooper, Colorado, town in Alamosa County, Colorado * Hooper, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Hooper, Nebraska, town in Dodge County, Nebraska * Hooper, Utah, place in Weber County, Utah * Hooper Bay, Alaska, town in Alaska * Hooper Township, Dodge County, Nebraska Other: * ''Hooper'' (film), 1978 comedy film starring Burt Reynolds * Hooper (mascot), the mascot for the National Basketball Association team, Detroit Pistons * Hooper (coachbuilder), a British coachbuilder fitting bodies to many Rolls-Royce and Daimler cars * USS ''Hooper'' (DE-1026), a destroyer escort in the US Navy * Hooper Ratings, an early audience measurement in early radio and television * Hooper, someone who practices dance form of Hooping People with the surname Hooper: * Hooper (surname) See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooping
Hooping (also called hula hooping or hoop dance) is the manipulation of and artistic movement or dancing with a hoop (or hoops). Hoops can be made of metal, wood, or plastic. Hooping combines technical moves and tricks with freestyle or technical dancing. Hooping can be practiced to or performed with music. In contrast to the classic toy hula hoop, modern hoopers use heavier and larger diameter hoops, and frequently rotate the hoop around parts of the body other than the waist, including the hips, chest, neck, shoulders, thighs, knees, arms, hands, thumbs, feet, and toes. The hoop can also be manipulated and rotated off the body as well. Modern hooping has been influenced by art forms such as rhythmic gymnastics, hip-hop, freestyle dance, fire performance, twirling, poi, and other dance and movement forms. Hooping is a physical dexterity activity that has been described as a part of flow arts, and a form of object manipulation. It is sometimes described as a form of juggling. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooper, Utah
Hooper is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States, first called Muskrat Springs and later Hooperville for Captain William Henry Hooper, an early Utah delegate to Congress. The population was 9,087 at the 2020 census, up from the 2010 figure of 6,932. Prior to the city's incorporation on November 30, 2000, Hooper was an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP). Hooper is part of the Ogden– Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The current mayor is Dale R. Fowers. History Hooper was settled in 1854, and become a township in 1997 (about 15 years after a failed vote to incorporate). Over the next several years "it became evident that the township board could make plans and suggestions, but had no official power," so a vote to incorporate passed on May 2, 2000, with the city being officially incorporated on November 30, 2000. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 11.7 square miles (30.3 km2), of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooper (film)
''Hooper'' is a 1978 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, Robert Klein, James Best and Adam West. The film serves as a tribute to stuntmen and stuntwomen in what was at one time an underrecognized profession. At the time of filming, Field and Reynolds were in a relationship, having met on the set of '' Smokey and the Bandit'' the previous year. Plot Sonny Hooper ( Burt Reynolds) is the stunt coordinator on the action film ''The Spy Who Laughed at Danger'', directed by Roger Deal (Robert Klein) and starring Adam West (playing himself). Sonny's antics and wisecracks are a trial for the egotistical director and his officious but cowardly assistant, Tony (Alfie Wise). Years of numerous "gags" and his use of alcohol and painkillers are beginning to take their toll. Sonny lives with his girlfriend Gwen Doyle (Sally Field), whose father Jocko (Brian Keith) is a retired stuntman. Sonny is co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper (profession)
A cooper is a person trained to make wooden casks, barrels, vats, buckets, tubs, troughs and other similar containers from timber staves that were usually heated or steamed to make them pliable. Journeymen coopers also traditionally made wooden implements, such as rakes and wooden-bladed shovels. In addition to wood, other materials, such as iron, were used in the manufacturing process. The trade is the origin of the surname Cooper. Etymology The word "cooper" is derived from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German ''kūper'' 'cooper' from ''kūpe'' 'cask', in turn from Latin ''cupa'' 'tun, barrel'. Everything a cooper produces is referred to collectively as ''cooperage.'' A cask is any piece of cooperage containing a bouge, bilge, or bulge in the middle of the container. A barrel is a type of cask, so the terms "barrel-maker" and "barrel-making" refer to just one aspect of a cooper's work. The facility in which casks are made is also referred to as a cooperage. As a name In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooper (mascot)
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Central Division (NBA), Central Division and play their home games at Little Caesars Arena, located in Midtown Detroit, Midtown. Founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as a Semi-professional sports, semi-professional company basketball team called the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons in 1937, they would turn pro in 1941 as a member of the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League (NBL), where they won two NBL championships: in National Basketball League (United States)#Championships, 1944 and 1945. The Pistons later joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1948. The NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA in 1949, and the Pistons became part of the merged league. In 1957, the franchise moved to Detroit. The Pistons have won three NBA champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooper's Store
Hooper's Store is a fictional business and meeting-place on the television show ''Sesame Street''. When the show began, the store was one of the four main locations on the set representing the fictional Sesame Street, with the 123 Sesame Street brownstone, the Fix-It Shop, and the carriage house. In the show, the original owner was Mr. Hooper, a friendly grocer. After the death of Will Lee, the actor who played Mr. Hooper, the store was managed by other characters, including David, Mr. Handford, and Alan. History The fictional store was said to be founded by Mr. Harold Hooper in 1951 as a general store. In canon, the food menu was extensive and suited to the different characters that lived on Sesame Street, a fictional Manhattan street. Along with traditional American diner-type food, the store sold a wide range of goods from dry goods to soap dishes and stranger goods such as empty cigar boxes (in '' Christmas Eve on Sesame Street'') and birdseed milkshakes for Big Bird. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooper Bay, Alaska
Hooper Bay ( esu, Naparyaarmiut) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 1,375, up from 1,093 in 2010. On August 3, 2006, a major fire destroyed approximately fifteen acres of the city including thirty-five structures, twelve homes, the elementary school, middle school, high school, teacher housing complex, stores, offices and storage shelters, leaving 70 people homeless. Geography Hooper Bay is located at (61.528980, -166.096196), south of Cape Romanzof and south of Scammon Bay in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The city is separated into two sections: a heavily built-up townsite located on gently rolling hills, and a newer section in the lowlands. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.91%) is water. Climate Hooper Bay is located within the polar climate zone (Köppen ''ET''), because the hottest month is only . It is atypical of polar climates in having wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoppity Hooper
''Hoppity Hooper'' is an American animated television series produced by Jay Ward, and sponsored by General Mills, originally broadcast on ABC from September 12, 1964 until 1967. The series was produced in Hollywood by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, with animation done in Mexico City by Gamma Productions. Premise The three main characters were Hoppity Hooper, a plucky frog, voiced by Chris Allen; Waldo P. Wigglesworth, a patent medicine-hawking fox, voiced by Hans Conried, who posed as Hoppity's long-lost uncle in the pilot episode; and Fillmore, a bear wearing a Civil War hat and coat, (poorly) playing his bugle, voiced by Bill Scott (with Alan Reed portraying the character in the pilot). The stories revolved around the three main characters, who lived in Foggy Bog, Wisconsin, seeking their fortune together through different jobs or schemes, usually ending in misadventure. Each story consisted of four short cartoons, one aired at the beginning and end of each episode, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooper, Colorado
The Town of Hooper is a Statutory Town located in the San Luis Valley in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The population was 103 at the 2010 census. Geography Hooper is located at (37.745819, -105.876817). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Nearby points of interest include the Great Sand Dunes National Park and the town of Crestone. History The post office at Hooper was known as Garrison from January 26, 1891 until July 17, 1896. The present name honors Major S. Hooper, a railroad official. Hooper was in Costilla County, Colorado until March 8, 1913, when the formation of Alamosa County was authorized by the state legislature.Page 242, Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; and Willard, John H., ''Colorado Post Offices, 1859-1989: A Comprehensive Listing of Post Offices, Stations, and Branches'', Colorado Railroad Museum (May 1990), hardcover, 280 pages, Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooper, Nebraska
Hooper is a city in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 830 at the 2010 census. History Hooper got its start in the year 1871, following construction of the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad through the territory. It was named for Samuel Hooper, a US congressman from Massachusetts. By the mid-1970s, the future of railroad service came into question. The Chicago & North Western (C&NW) (successor to the FE&MV RR) tracks were experiencing mildly declining freight traffic levels. In spring of 1982, flooding from the Elkhorn River & nearby Pebble Creek damaged the track. With the declining freight traffic levels & flooding damage, the C&NW promptly filed a request with the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon the line. Permission was granted later that year, leaving the tracks with a dismal future. In 1986, railroad service was revived by the newly formed Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad (FEVR), which took ownership of the abandoned C&N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Hooper (DE-1026)
USS ''Hooper'' (DE-1026) (originally USS ''Gatch'') was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Stanford Caldwell Hooper, prominent naval communicator (considered the founder of naval radio), and Director of Naval Communications from 1928 to 1935. ''Hooper'' was launched by Bethlehem-Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, 1 August 1957; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Hooper, daughter of Rear Admiral Hooper; and commissioned at San Francisco 18 March 1958. Service history One of a new class of fast escort vessels designed for convoy work, ''Hooper'' conducted shakedown training out of her home port, San Diego, before deploying with the 7th Fleet. The escort vessel took part in antisubmarine operations and joined the vital Formosa Patrol before returning to the United States 9 April 1959. Through 1961 she continued to operate with the 7th Fleet and in the San Diego area. In January 1962, ''Hooper'' began a two-month assignment as school ship at San Diego for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasing Amy
''Chasing Amy'' is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee. The film is about a male comic artist (Affleck) who falls in love with a lesbian woman (Adams), to the displeasure of his best friend (Lee). It is the third film in Smith's View Askewniverse series. The film was originally inspired by a brief scene from an early film by a friend of Smith's. In Guinevere Turner's '' Go Fish'', one of the lesbian characters imagines her friends passing judgment on her for "selling out" by sleeping with a man. Smith was dating Adams at the time he was writing the script, which was also partly inspired by her. The film received mostly positive reviews, praising the humor, performances and Kevin Smith's direction. The film won two awards at the 1998 Independent Spirit Awards (Best Screenplay for Smith and Best Supporting Actor for Lee). Characters from the film would go on to appear in late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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