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Legend (TV Series)
''Legend'' is a science fiction Western television series that ran on UPN from April 18, 1995, until August 22, 1995, with one final re-airing of the pilot on July 3, 1996. It starred Richard Dean Anderson and John de Lancie. Plot Ernest Pratt, a gambling, womanizing, cowardly, hard-drinking writer has created a dashing literary hero, Nicodemus Legend, the main character in a series of wildly imaginative dime novels set in the untamed West. Because Pratt writes the novels in the first person and has posed as Legend for their cover art, many readers believe that Pratt is Nicodemus Legend. In the pilot episode, when Pratt learns that Nicodemus Legend has been impersonated and a warrant issued for his arrest, he travels to the scene of the incident to clear the name of his protagonist. Pratt meets up with the impersonator, a great admirer of his tales, the eccentric European scientist Janos Bartoka Nikola Tesla analogue who had been Thomas Edison's research partnerand his bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Western
A science fiction Western is a subgenre or cross-genre that uses Western (genre), traditional Western plots and settings, while incorporating science fiction elements such as futuristic technology or aliens. The post-apocalyptic Western and steampunk Western fall within this subgenre. Since the characteristic elements of science fiction can occur in any setting, science fiction lends itself to combination with other genres. In 1953, J. B. Priestley described the "Western" as one of the three types of science fiction.J. B. Priestley, Priestley, J. B. (December 5, 1953) "Thoughts in the Wilderness." ''New Statesman'', p. 712. Cited in Michael A. Padlipsky (1960),More Than Pulp(?): Science Fiction and the Problem of Literary Value, undergraduate thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. URL accessed on August 12, 2011 Precursors of the science fiction Western are seen in 19th century inventor fiction such as ''The Steam Man of the Prairies'' (1868). The film serial ''The Phant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Vejar
Michael Laurence Vejar (born June 25, 1943, in Los Angeles, California) is an American television director, with directing credits on four ''Star Trek'' series, as well as directing other notable series, such as ''Zorro'', ''Babylon 5'', ''MacGyver'', '' The Dead Zone'', ''The X-Files'' and ''Jeremiah''. He directed the episode "Ultra Woman" in '' Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. Notes In ''Babylon 5 ''Babylon 5'' is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Warner Bros. Domestic Tel ...'' episode " The Geometry of Shadows" he is credited as director, 'Mike Laurence Vejar'. Babylon 5 Season 2 Disc 1 DVD April 29, 2003 References External links * 1943 births Living people American television directors Mass media people from Los Angeles {{tv-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DVD-Video
DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs. DVD-Video was the dominant consumer home video format in most of the world in the 2000s. As of 2024, it competes with the high-definition Blu-ray Disc, while both receive competition as delivery methods by streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and an MPEG-2 decoder (e.g., a DVD player, or a computer DVD drive with a software DVD player). Commercial DVD movies are encoded using a combination of MPEG-2 compressed video and audio of varying formats (often multi-channel formats as described below). Typically, the data rate for DVD movies ranges from 3 to 9.5 Mbit/s, and the bit rate is usually adaptive. DVD-Video was first available in Japan on October 19, 1996 (with major releases beginning December 20, 1996), followed by a release on March 24, 1997, in the United States. The DVD-Video specification was created by the DVD Forum a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Land
TV Land is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its networks division's MTV Entertainment Group. It was originally launched as Nick at Nite’s TV Land as a spinoff of Nick at Nite programing block consisting exclusively of classic television shows. The channel now airs a combination of recent and classic television series (ranging from the 1960s to the 2020s), original scripted series and limited theatrically released movies. The network is headquartered at One Astor Plaza in New York City. , TV Land is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States; this is down from its 2011 peak of 98,000,000 households. History Launch and debut The network launched at 10:00 p.m. Eastern on April 29, 1996, as Nick at Nite's TV Land. Following a seven-minute short film introducing the network, the first program aired was a syndicated edit of ''The Best of The Ed Sullivan Show'' featuring the Beatles' American de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gekko Film Corp
''Gekko'' is a genus of Southeast Asian geckos, commonly known as true geckos or calling geckos, in the family Gekkonidae. Although species such as ''Gekko gecko'' (tokay gecko) are very widespread and common, some species in the same genus have a very small range and are considered rare or endangered. Species The following species are recognized as being valid. *''Gekko shiva'' *''Gekko alpinus'' ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, altho ... in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Gekko''. References Further reading * Laurenti JN (1768). ''Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum.'' Vienna: "Joan. Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Harrison (TV Composer) Kenneth, Kenny, or Ken Harrison may refer to: * Kenneth Harrison (POW) (1918–1982), Australian WWII prisoner of war * Kenneth Harrison (serial killer) (1938–1989), serial killer * Kenneth A. Harrison (1901–1991), Canadian mycologist * Kenny Harrison (born 1965 as Kerry Harrison), track and field athlete * Kenny Harrison (American football) (born 1953), football wide receiver * Ken H. Harrison (born 1940), British comics artist at DC Thomson * Ken Harrison (footballer) (1926–2010), English footballer for Hull City and Derby County * Ken Harrison, member of Canadian band Wild Strawberries * Kenneth Harrison, a character in the television series Mutant X See also * Harrison (name) * R. K. Harrison * Kenneth Albury Kenneth Harrison Earl Albury (9 January 1920 – 1998) was a Bahamian sailor. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Dial
Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Places * Bill, Wyoming, an unincorporated community, United States People and fictional characters * Bill (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Bill (surname) * Bill (footballer, born 1953), Brazilian football forward Oswaldo Faria * Bill (footballer, born 1978), Togolese football forward Alessandro Faria * Bill (footballer, born 1984), Brazilian football forward Rosimar Amâncio * Bill (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian forward Fabricio Rodrigues da Silva Ferreira Arts, media, and entertainment Characters * Bill, the villain of the ''Kill Bill'' films * Bill, one of the protagonists of the ''Bill & Ted'' films * A lizard in Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' * A locomotive in ''The Railway Series'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson metropolitan statistical area had 1.043 million residents in 2020 and forms part of the Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area. Tucson and Phoenix anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is southeast of Phoenix and north of the United States–Mexico border It is home to the University of Arizona. Major incorporated suburbs of Tucson include Oro Valley, Arizona, Oro Valley and Marana, Arizona, Marana northwest of the city, Sahuarita, Arizona, Sahuarita south of the city, and South Tucson, Arizona, South Tucson in an enclave south of downtown. Communities in the vicinity of Tucson (some within or overlapping the city limits) include Casas Adobes, Arizona, Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills, Arizona, Catalina Foothills, Flowing Wells, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mescal, Arizona
Mescal is a Census-designated place located in Cochise County, Arizona, Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Mescal was originally a populated place, at a rail station on the Southern Pacific Railroad at an elevation of 4,085 feet. The modern community lies to the south of the railroad near Interstate 10 in Arizona, Interstate 10, at 4,170 feet. Mescal had a population of 1,812 in the 2010 Census. Mescal had a post office from 1913 until 1931. Demographics Transportation Benson Area Transit provides transportation to Benson, Arizona, Benson two days a week. Popular culture Parts of the movie ''Tom Horn (film), Tom Horn'', starring Steve McQueen, were filmed in Mescal. Other productions filmed in Mescal include Tombstone (film), Tombstone (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995 film), The Quick and the Dead (1995) starring Sharon Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio, and Bill O’Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West - Doc Holliday (2015). References {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Friedman (producer)
Ronald I. Friedman (born August 1, 1932) is an American television and film producer and writer most known for his work on such animated television shows as ''G.I. Joe'', '' The Transformers'' and the '' Marvel Action Hour''. He has also written for shows including ''Iron Man'' and ''Fantastic Four'' as well as the animated film '' The Transformers: The Movie''. Early life and education Friedman attended Carnegie Mellon University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture. Career Friedman has written over 700 hours of episodes for many TV series, such as ''The Andy Griffith Show'', '' The Good Guys'', '' Bewitched'', ''Gilligan's Island'', ''All in the Family'', '' The Odd Couple'', ''Happy Days'' and ''That's My Mama''. In animation, Friedman created the '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' animated series and co-wrote G.I. Joe: The Movie as well. He developed the Generation 1 Transformers animated series, with him re-writing over 64 episodes. He co-wrote The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Shane
Robert Castle Schoen (February 1, 1934 – January 26, 2020), known professionally as Bob Shane, was an American singer and guitarist who was a founding member of The Kingston Trio. In that capacity, Shane became a seminal figure in the revival of folk and other acoustic music as a popular art form in the United States in the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. The success of the Kingston Trio in its heyday had repercussions far beyond its voluminous album sales (including four albums simultaneously in the Top 10 in 1959), its host of imitators, and the relatively short-lived pop-folk boom it created. For the Kingston Trio's success took acoustic folk-based music out of the niche market it had occupied prior to the Trio's arrival and moved it into the mainstream of American popular music, opening the door for major record labels to record and market both more traditional folk musicians and singer-songwriters as well. Early life Shane was born on February 1, 1934, in Hilo on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Considine (actor)
John William Considine III (born January 2, 1935) is a retired American writer and actor who wrote for and made numerous appearances in film and television from 1960 until 2007. Biography Early life John William Considine III was born on January 2, 1935 in Los Angeles to producer John Considine Jr. His grandfathers were two pioneering vaudeville impresarios: Alexander Pantages and namesake John Considine Sr. He's the older brother of actor, writer and photographer Tim Considine and the paternal nephew of the late political reporter and newspaper columnist Bob Considine. Career Among the many television series on which Considine has appeared as a guest star are '' Adventures in Paradise'', '' Surfside Six'', '' The Aquanauts'', '' Lock-Up'', '' Sea Hunt'', '' Ripcord'', '' Combat!'', '' Straightaway'', '' My Favorite Martian'', '' The Twilight Zone'', '' The Outer Limits'', '' Perry Mason'', '' The Fugitive'', '' The F.B.I.'', '' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'', '' Marcus Welby, M. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
