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Garbage Pail Kids (TV Series)
''Garbage Pail Kids'' is an American dark comedy children's animated TV series which was produced in 1987, based on the ''Garbage Pail Kids'' trading cards, produced and directed by Bob Hathcock and co-written and developed by Flint Dille. Because of controversial themes, it did not air in the United States and is replaced by another Saturday morning cartoon on CBS's 1987-88 Saturday morning lineup. However, it did air internationally, including in Europe and the Caribbean. Synopsis The show stars the characters: Split Kit, Elliot Mess, Terri Cloth, Patty Putty, and Clogged Duane as gross-looking children with abilities to help others. In the first two episodes, they have normal alter-egos, which transform into their "Garbage Pail" identities; later episodes show them exclusively in their Garbage Pail identities. The show also features parodies of popular films of the era such as the ''Indiana Jones'' series, ''Superman'', ''Conan the Barbarian'', ''King Kong'', and '' The Fly' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flint Dille
Flint Dille is an American screenwriter, game designer and novelist. He is best known for his animated work on ''Transformers'', ''G.I. Joe'', '' An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'', and his game-writing, '' The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay'', and ''Dead to Rights'', as well as a non-fiction book written with John Zuur Platten, ''The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design''. Personal background Dille was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Robert Crabtree Dille and Virginia Nichols Dille. He attended Glenbrook South High School. In 1977, he graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a Bachelor's degree in Ancient History and Classical Rhetoric. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Professional Writing (Cinema) from the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Flint Dille is the grandson of John F. Dille, publisher of the original ''Buck Rogers'' comic strip, and is part of the Dille Family Trust, which owned the rights to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fly (1986 Film)
''The Fly'' is a 1986 American science fiction body horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, and John Getz. Loosely based on George Langelaan's 1957 short story of the same name and the 1958 film of the same name, ''The Fly'' tells of an eccentric scientist who, after one of his experiments goes wrong, slowly turns into a fly-hybrid creature. The score was composed by Howard Shore and the make-up effects were created by Chris Walas, along with makeup artist Stephan Dupuis. ''The Fly'' was released on August 15, 1986, to positive reviews. It grossed $60.6 million at the box office, becoming a commercial success. Walas and Dupuis' work on the film resulted in them winning an Academy Award for Best Makeup. The tagline of the film, "Be afraid. Be very afraid.", has been used in many other productions as part of popular culture. A sequel, directed by Walas, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987–88 United States Network Television Schedule (Saturday Morning)
The 1987–88 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1987 through August 1988. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1986–87 season. This is the first fall season in which Fox aired prime-time programming (while it debuted in October 1986, it would only cover late nights until April 1987), making this the first full season since 1958-59 in which a fourth commercial television network ( NTA) was broadcasting. Fox would air only two days a week (Saturdays and Sundays) until the spring of 1989. PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. New series are highlighted in bold. Series ending their network runs are highlighted in ''italics''. All times are U.S. Eastern Time and Pacific Time (except for so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global. It is the sixth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States (behind Universal Pictures), and the sole member of the Major film studio, "Big Five" film studios located within the city limits of Los Angeles. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor put 24 actors and actresses under contract and honored each with a star on the logo. In 1967, the number of stars was reduced to 22 and their hidden meaning was dropped. In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital form only. The company's headquarters and studios are located at 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California. The most commercially successful film franchises from Paramount Pictu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dini
Paul McClaran Dini (; born August 7, 1957) is an American writer, animator, and comic book artist. He has served as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics animated series, most notably ''Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995), and the subsequent DC Animated Universe. Dini and Bruce Timm co-created the characters Harley Quinn and Batman (Terry McGinnis), Terry McGinnis. Dini began writing on ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' for Filmation (1983-1984) Then later for Warner Bros. Animation on ''Tiny Toon Adventures''. In addition to ''Batman: The Animated Series'', Dini was a writer for ''Superman: The Animated Series'' (1996–2000), writer and co-creator for ''The New Batman Adventures'' (1997–1999), and writer and developer for ''Batman Beyond'' (1999–2001). He also co-created ''Freakazoid!'' (1995–1997) with Timm, produced ''Duck Dodgers (TV series), Duck Dodgers'' (2003–2005), developed and scripted ''Krypto the Superdog'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couch Potatoes
Sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle type, in which one is physically inactive and does little or no physical movement and/or exercise. A person living a sedentary lifestyle is often sitting or lying down while engaged in an activity like socializing, watching TV, playing video games, reading or using a mobile phone or computer for much of the day. A sedentary lifestyle contributes to poor health quality, diseases as well as many preventable causes of death. Sitting time is a common measure of a sedentary lifestyle. A global review representing 47% of the global adult population found that the average person sits down for 4.7 to 6.5 hours a day with the average going up every year. The CDC found that 25.3% of all American adults are physically inactive. Screen time is a term for the amount of time a person spends looking at a screen such as a television, computer monitor, or mobile device. Excessive screen time is linked to negative health consequences. Definition Seden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Davids
Paul Davids is an American independent filmmaker and writer, especially in the area of science fiction. Often collaborating with his wife Hollace, Davids has written and directed several films. He has also written episodes for the television series ''Transformers'' as well as a spin-off of the ''Star Wars'' series with his wife informally known as the '' Jedi Prince'' series. Screenwriting Television * '' The Transformers'' (1985–1986) * '' Defenders of the Earth'' (1986) * '' Bionic Six'' (1987) * '' Spiral Zone'' (1987) * '' Garbage Pail Kids'' (1988) * '' COPS'' (1988) * '' Transformers: Generation 2'' (1993) Films * '' Roswell'' (1994), a documentary about the Roswell UFO incident * ''Timothy Leary's Dead'' (1997) * ''Starry Night'' (1999), a film about Van Gogh * ''The Sci-Fi Boys'' (2006) documentary called featuring interviews with Forry Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, and many more sci-fi notables. * ''Jesus in India The Movie'' (2008) – a documentary on " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marv Wolfman
Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer. He worked on Marvel Comics's ''The Tomb of Dracula'', for which he and artist Gene Colan created the vampire-slayer Blade (character), Blade, and DC Comics's ''Teen Titans, The New Teen Titans'' and the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' limited series with George Pérez. Among the many characters Wolfman created or co-created are Cyborg (DC Comics), Cyborg, Raven (DC Comics), Raven, Starfire (Teen Titans), Starfire, Deathstroke, Tim Drake, Rose Wilson, Nova (Richard Rider), Nova, Black Cat (Marvel Comics), Black Cat, Phobia (comics), Phobia, Bullseye (Marvel Comics), Bullseye, Adrian Chase, Vigilante (Adrian Chase), the Omega Men, and the Nightwing identity of Dick Grayson. Early life Marv Wolfman was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of police officer Abe and housewife Fay. He has a sister, Harriet, 12 years older. When Wolfman was 13, his family moved to Flushing, Queens, in New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Allen Booth
Sir Douglas Allen Booth, 3rd Baronet (born 2 December 1949), is an Anglo-American screen writer and television producer. Early life He is the elder son of Sir Philip Booth (1907–1960),''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 427 and Ethel (''née'' Greenfield; 1914–2018), a pioneering broadcaster. He was educated at Beverly Hills High School, California, before going up to Harvard to read American History and Literature, graduating Bachelor of Arts ''magna cum laude''. Upon his father's death in 1960, he succeeded to the baronetcy. Career As a television producer In 1985, Booth worked as an associate producer for fifty-five episodes of the television series '' G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' and '' Robotix''. In 1986, he was co-producer for ''Potato Head Kids'' and ''The Glo Friends''. From 1992 to 1994, he was producer for 65 episodes of '' Conan the Adventurer''. As a television wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Woolverton
Linda Woolverton (born December 19, 1952) is an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist, whose most prominent works include the screenplays and books of several acclaimed Disney films and stage musicals. She is the first woman to have written an animated feature for Disney, '' Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), which is also the first animated film ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. She also co-wrote the screenplay of '' The Lion King'' (1994), provided additional story material for ''Mulan'' (1998), and adapted her own ''Beauty and the Beast'' screenplay into the book of the Broadway adaptation of the film, for which she received a Tony Award nomination and won an Olivier Award. Her recent work includes the screenplays for '' Alice in Wonderland'' (2010) and '' Maleficent'' (2014), both of which were significant box office successes. The former made her the first female screenwriter with a sole writing credit on a film that grossed $1 billion. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buzz Dixon
Buzz Dixon (December 7, 1953) is an American writer of comic books, film, and cartoons. He has written comics for multiple companies, including Eclipse Comics (where he wrote '' Destroyer Duck'' alongside Steve Gerber), Marvel Comics, and a ''Buck Rogers'' adaptation for TSR, Inc. His cartoon work includes both writing and editing credits. He wrote numerous episodes of '' GI Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''The Transformers'', ''Thundarr the Barbarian'', '' Jem'', ''Inhumanoids'', ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'', ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', '' Tarzan and the Super 7'' (the Web Woman installments), '' Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light'', ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and ''Teen Wolf''. He also served as a story editor for the ''GI Joe'' and ''Teen Wolf'' series, and was a story consultant on '' G.I. Joe: The Movie'' and '' My Little Pony: The Movie''. Screenwriting credits * series head writer denoted in bold Television * ''Web Woman'' (1978) * '' The Freedom Force'' (1978) * ''The New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowby Goren
Rowby Goren is an American writer specializing in comedy. He was a part of the writing team of the comedy series ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'', created by George Schlatter. Goren's writing talents range from variety shows to situation comedy, game shows, cartoons, as well as directing Joe Roth and Neal Israel's comedy feature ''Cracking Up''. Goren was Creative Director of Joe Roth and Neal Israel's cult video ''Tunnel Vision''. Goren won an Emmy for writing ''Hollywood Squares''. He also wrote for numerous animated series including ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'', ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'', ''The Berenstain Bears'', ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', '' The Busy World of Richard Scarry'', ''The Adventures of Paddington Bear'', '' The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'',''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'' as well as Saturday morning series such as various Sid and Marty Krofft's '' H.R. Pufnstuf'' series. Screenwriting credits Television * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
