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Jay Sherman
This is a list of characters in the animated television series ''The Critic''. Overview The Sherman family Jay Sherman ;Voiced by Jon Lovitz "New York's third most popular early-morning cable-TV film critic", 37-year-old Jay Prescott Sherman is the host of Phillips Broadcasting's ''Coming Attractions''. His catch phrases include his exclamation of surprise ("Hotchie motchie!"), his common putdown of sub-par films ("It stinks!") and his distinctive cough/sneeze ("Achem!"). He is known for his surly and sarcastic putdowns of nearly every film he sees (an act that has earned him disdain from the public and rather low ratings). His favorite films are usually Golden-Age classics (''Citizen Kane'' and ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'') and foreign films such as '' The Red Balloon''. He often uses the "Shermometer" to measure the films he reviews, or a list of diseases he would rather have than see a movie. He has been known to rate films on a numerical scale, in which his highest sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Critic
''The Critic'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated sitcom revolving around the life of New York film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners on the third and fourth seasons of ''The Simpsons''. Twenty-three episodes of ''The Critic'' were produced. The show was first broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC in 1994 and finished its original run on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox in 1995. Episodes featured film parodies with notable examples including a musical version of ''Apocalypse Now''; ''Howard Stern, Howard Stern's End'' (''Howards End (film), Howards End''); ''Honey, I Ate the Kids'' (''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids/The Silence of the Lambs (film), The Silence of the Lambs''); ''The Cockroach King'' (''The Lion King''); ''Abe Lincoln: Pet Detective'' (''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''); and ''Scent of a Jackass'' and ''Scent of a Wolfman'' (''Scent o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Sherman
Franklin may refer to: People and characters * Franklin (given name), including list of people and characters with the name * Franklin (surname), including list of people and characters with the name * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places * Franklin (crater), a lunar impact crater * Franklin County (other), in a number of countries * Mount Franklin (other), including Franklin Mountain Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral division in Tasmania * Division of Franklin (state), state electoral division in Tasmania * Franklin, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin * Franklin River, river of Tasmania * Franklin Sound, waterway of Tasmania Canada * District of Franklin, a former district of the Northwest Territories * Franklin, Quebec, a municipality in the Montérégie region * Rural Municipality of Franklin, Manitoba * Franklin, Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Jameson
Nick Jameson (born December 5, 1948) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and producer, known for his portrayal of Russian president Yuri Suvarov over three seasons on the show '' 24''. He currently resides in Reykjavík, doing live comedy, live music entertainment and remote voice-over work. Early life Jameson was born to Michael H. Jameson, a classicist, and Virginia Broyles, a teacher and scholar, and was raised primarily in Philadelphia. Retrieved August 3, 2014. Prior to settling in Philadelphia, however, Jameson moved with his family to various places around Europe, which exposed him to a variety of the accents that inspired his approach to many of the characters that he plays or voices. Career He has appeared in the television series '' Mission Hill'', ''The Critic'', '' 24'', '' Lost'', ''The King of Queens'' and, vocally, in '' Star Wars: Clone Wars'' as Palpatine, Darts D'Nar in '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', the radio adaptation of Dark Empire, and several oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlada And Zoltan Veramirovich
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Park Overall
Park Overall (born March 15, 1957) is an American actress, political activist, and former U.S. Senate candidate, known for her trademark heavy Southern accent. Her best-known role was as nurse Laverne Todd in the sitcom ''Empty Nest'', though she has appeared in a number of feature films, including ''Biloxi Blues'', ''Mississippi Burning'', ''Talk Radio'', and '' In the Family''. Early life and acting career Overall was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and raised in Greeneville, Tennessee. She is the daughter of Thomas Wesley "Jack" Overall, Jr., a federal magistrate judge and Frances (née Bernard), a professor of English. She has described her parents as Yellow Dog Democrats. As a teenager, she worked on the political campaigns of Tom Wiseman and Jim Sasser. Overall graduated from Tusculum University with a degree in English, and briefly attended graduate school at the University of Tennessee.Janet Trinkaus,Park Overall Helps Fill 'Empty Nest'" ''TV Magazine'', February 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice And Penny Tompkins
Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor * ''Alice'' (Hermann book), a 2009 short story collection by Judith Hermann Computers * Alice (computer chip), a graphics engine chip in the Amiga computer in 1992 * Alice (programming language), a functional programming language designed by the Programming Systems Lab at Saarland University * Alice (software), an object-oriented programming language and IDE developed at Carnegie Mellon * Alice (Microsoft), an AI project at Microsoft for improving decision-making in economics * Alice mobile robot * Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity, an open-source chatterbot * Matra Alice, a home micro-computer marketed in France * Alice, a brand name used by Telecom Italia for internet and telephone services Vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Ivey
Judith Lee Ivey (born September 4, 1951) is an American actress and theatre director. She twice won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play: for '' Steaming'' (1981) and '' Hurlyburly'' (1984). She also received Best Actress In A Play nomination for ''Park Your Car in Harvard Yard'' (1992) and another Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for '' The Heiress''. Ivey made her big screen debut playing the female lead role in the 1984 romantic comedy film, '' The Lonely Guy''. She later appeared in the comedy films '' The Woman in Red'' (1984), '' Compromising Positions'' (1985), '' Brighton Beach Memoirs'' (1986), '' Sister, Sister'' (1987), and the drama films '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1997) and '' Women Talking'' (2022), for which she received critical acclaim. On television, Ivey played the leading role in the NBC sitcom '' Down Home'' (1990-91), and played Bonnie Jean "BJ" Poteet during the final season of CBS sitcom '' Designing Women'' (1992-93). For her ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Sherman (née Wigglesworth)
Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages">Provençal dialect">Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introduced to England by Eleanor of Aquitaine, who came to marry Henry II of England, King Henry II. It was also borne by Eleanor of Provence, who became queen consort of England as the wife of Henry III of England, King Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I. The name was popular in the Anglosphere during the first half of the 20th century, but declined in use until the late 20th century and first decades of the 21st century. It has been a well-used name in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand during the 2020s. Eleanor was the third most po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Grau
Doris Grau (October 12, 1924 – December 30, 1995) was an American actress and script supervisor from Brooklyn. After moving to Hollywood in 1940, she began her career supervising film and television scripts. She continued to do this until the 1990s and worked on films such as '' Point Blank'' and ''King Kong'' and television shows such as ''Cheers'' and ''The Tracey Ullman Show''. Grau did some acting in her later years, playing live-action and animated roles. On the sitcom ''The Simpsons'', she worked as a script supervisor and provided the voice of Lunchlady Doris and other minor characters. Early life Grau was born on October 12, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York. She moved to the Hollywood district in Los Angeles, California, as a teenager in 1940. There she was soon hired as a script supervisor for the production company Columbia Pictures. Career Grau supervised the script of the 1967 crime film '' Point Blank'', which revolves around a man named Walker (played by Lee Marvin) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Grossman
Doris may refer to: People and fictional characters * Doris (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters * Doris (surname), a list of people * Doris (singer), stage name of Swedish rock and pop singer Doris Svensson (1947–2023) * DORIS, stage name of Frank Dorrey (born ), American visual artist and rapper Animals * ''Doris'' (gastropod), a genus of marine gastropod molluscs in the family Dorididae * '' Apantesis doris'', the Doris tiger moth, a moth of the family Erebidae * '' Heliconius doris'', the Doris butterfly of Central and South America * Orange-peel doris, a nudibranch (slug) Places * Doris (Asia Minor), a region of Asia Minor inhabited by Dorians * Doris (Greece), a region in central Greece in which the Dorians had their traditional homeland * Doris, Iowa, United States * Doris Cove, South Shetland Islands Film and television * ''Doris'' (TV series), a British animated children's television series * Doris, or DOR-15, a robotic b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice LaMarche
Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian voice actor. Across a career spanning more than four decades he has voiced Chief Quimby on Inspector Gadget, Egon Spengler on ''The Real Ghostbusters'', The Brain on ''Animaniacs'' and its spin-off ''Pinky and the Brain'', Big Bob on ''Hey Arnold!'', ''Alec Baldwin'' in ''Team America: World Police'', Kif Kroker on ''Futurama'' and dozens of other highly recognizable characters in central and minor roles across film, television, and video games. Early life LaMarche was born in 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, on March 30, 1958, to Guy LaMarche and Linda Bourdon. His family moved to Timmins, Ontario shortly after he was born and moved back to Toronto when he was around 4. LaMarche's childhood was filled with his "own little world of cartoons and sixties television". It was in his second year of high school that he learned of the popularity his talent for impressionist (entertainment), mimicry could garner him. This realization came fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Hawke
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Jeremy may refer to: * Jeremy (given name), an English male given name * Jérémy, a French given name * ''Jeremy'' (film), a 1973 film * "Jeremy" (song), a 1992 song by Pearl Jam * Jeremy (snail), a left-coiled garden snail that died in 2017 * ''Jeremy'', a 1919 novel by Hugh Walpole See also * * * Jeremiah (other) * Jeremie (other) * Jerome (other) * Jeromy (other) Jeromy may refer to: * Jeromy Burnitz, American former professional baseball player * Jeromy Carriere, Canadian computer software engineer * Jeromy Cox, American colorist * Jeromy Farkas, American politician * Jeromy Miles, American football safety ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
