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Dead Ringer (other)
Dead Ringer or Dead Ringers may refer to: * Dead ringer (idiom) Books * ''The Dead Ringer'', a 1948 mystery novel by Fredric Brown bibliography, Fredric Brown * ''Dead Ringer'', novel in the ''Rosato & Associates'' series Radio, film and television Films * Dead Ringer (film), ''Dead Ringer'' (film), a 1964 film starring Bette Davis, Peter Lawford, and Karl Malden * ''Dead Ringer'', a 1982 film directed by Allan F. Nicholls * Dead Ringers (film), ''Dead Ringers'' (film), a 1988 film directed by David Cronenberg * ''Dead Ringers: The Making of Touch of Grey'', a 1987 music documentary film about the American rock group the Grateful Dead Television episodes * "A Dead Ringer", List of Studio One episodes#ep440, ''Studio One'' season 10, episode 23 (1958) * "Dead Ringer", List of A Scare at Bedtime episodes#ep99, ''A Scare at Bedtime'' series 5, episode 19 (2002) * "Dead Ringer", Alcoa Presents One Step Beyond#ep33, ''Alcoa Presents One Step Beyond'' season 2, episode 11 (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Ringer (idiom)
''Dead ringer'' is an idiom in English denoting a person or thing that closely resembles another. It dates back to the 19th century. In criminal slang, the practice of substituting a cheap item for a valuable one was known as ''ringing the changes'' (a phrase derived from campanology). Those who practised this confidence trick, con were known as ''ringers''. The term ''ringer'' was also used in horseracing, where it denoted someone who fraudently substituted one horse for another, as well as the horse that had been substituted. Subsequently, it came to be used for anything that resembled something else, often with the addition of the adjective ''dead'' (meaning "exact"). The idiom is sometimes said to derive, like ''List of sports idioms#saved by the bell, saved by the bell'', from a custom of providing bell-pulls in coffins so that people who had been Premature burial, buried alive could call for help, but this is a folk etymology. Citing the ''Manitoba Free Press'', October 1882 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Animated Series
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pacific Blue Episodes
'' Pacific Blue'' is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network USA Network (or simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It was launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports ..., from March 2, 1996, to April 9, 2000, with a total of 101 episodes. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1996) Season 2 (1996–97) Season 3 (1997–98) Season 4 (1998–99) Season 5 (1999–2000) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacific Blue Lists of American crime drama television series episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Martial Law Episodes
''Martial Law'' is an American crime drama starring Sammo Hung. It premiered on CBS on September 26, 1998 and ended on May 13, 2000, with a total of 44 episodes over the course of 2 seasons. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1998–1999) Season 2 (1999–2000) See also * " Play It Again, Sammo", a crossover with ''Early Edition'' * " The Day of Cleansing", a crossover with ''Walker, Texas Ranger ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' is an American action fiction, action Crime drama, crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It was inspired by the film ''Lone Wolf McQuade'', with both the film and the series starring Chuck Norr ...'' External links * * {{epguides, MartialLaw, Martial Law Lists of crime television series episodes, Martial Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Victor And Valentino Episodes
The following is a list of episodes from the series ''Victor and Valentino ''Victor and Valentino'' is an American animated television series created by Diego Molano for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The series follows the titular duo, two half-brothers staying with their grandmother i ...''. Series overview Episodes Pilot (2016) Season 1 (2019) Season 2 (2020–21) Season 3 (2021–22) Notes References {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Victor and Valentino'' episodes Lists of American children's animated television series episodes Lists of Cartoon Network television series episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Vegas (1978 TV Series) Episodes ...
This is a list of episodes for the American private detective crime drama television series ''Vegas'', which aired on ABC from April 25, 1978, to June 3, 1981. Series overview Episodes TV Movie Season 1 (1978–79) Season 2 (1979–80) Season 3 (1980–81) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Vegas episodes Vegas Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Young Riders Episodes
This is a list of episodes of the ABC television series ''The Young Riders ''The Young Riders'' is an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders (some of whom are young versions of legendary figures in Old West history) based ...''. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1989–90) Season 2 (1990–91) Season 3 (1991–92) External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Young Riders, The episodes Young Riders, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weekenders
''The Weekenders'', also known as ''Disney's The Weekenders'', is an American animated television series created by Doug Langdale that premiered on February 26, 2000, with the last episode airing on February 29, 2004, spanning four seasons. It centers on the weekend life of four 12-year-old 7th graders: Tino, Lor, Carver, and Tish. The series originally aired on ABC ( Disney's One Saturday Morning) and UPN ( Disney's One Too), but was later moved to Toon Disney. Premise ''The Weekenders'' details the weekends of four best friends: Tino Tonitini (voiced by Jason Marsden), a friendly and ambitious Italian-American boy; Lorraine "Lor" MacQuarrie (voiced by Grey DeLisle), a hyperactive and dull-witted Scottish-American girl; Carver René Descartes (voiced by Phil LaMarr), a vain and materialistic African-American boy who is of Haitian descent; and Petratishkovna "Tish" Katsufrakis (voiced by Kath Soucie), a highly intelligent and bibliophilic Jewish-American girl of Easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Six Million Dollar Man Episodes
''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After being seriously injured in a NASA test flight crash, Austin is rebuilt (at considerable expense, hence the title of the series) with bionic implants that give him superhuman strength, speed and vision. Austin is then employed as a secret agent by a fictional U.S. government office titled OSI. The series was based on Martin Caidin's 1972 novel ''Cyborg'', which was the working title of the series during pre-production. Following three television films intended as pilots, which all aired in 1973, ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' television series aired on the ABC network as a regular episodic series for five seasons from 1974 to 1978. Steve Austin became a pop culture icon of the 1970s. Series overview Pilot movies (1973) Some sources consider these movies to be part of Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Fall Guy Episodes
The following is a list of the episodes of ''The Fall Guy'' TV series that aired on ABC from 1981 through 1986, starring Lee Majors and Heather Thomas Heather Thomas (born September 8, 1957) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jody Banks on '' The Fall Guy'' TV series opposite Lee Majors. She retired from acting in 1998 to avoid stalkers, to focus on her family, and to pu .... Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1981–82) Season 2 (1982–83) Season 3 (1983–84) Season 4 (1984–85) Season 5 (1985–86) {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''The Fall Guy'' episodes References Fall Guy, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Taggart Episodes
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole". Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of So Weird Episodes
'' So Weird'' is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. The series at first centered on teenage girl Fiona "Fi" Phillips ( Cara DeLizia) who toured with her rock star mom ( Mackenzie Phillips), encountering paranormal activity along the way. Acting as an ''X-Files'' for the younger crowd, the series took a darker tone than other Disney Channel Originals. The third and final season, Disney replaced Cara DeLizia (due to her wanting to pursue future projects outside of Disney) with actress Alexz Johnson Alexzandra Spencer Johnson (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian musician and actress. Known for her distinctive sound since her debut in 2010, her first album, ''Voodoo'', was independently released with her brother, Brendan Johnson. Over the ... playing Annie Thelen. The third season also opted for a lighter tone than the previous two to appeal to younger a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
