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King Tut (other)
King Tut is a colloquial name for Tutankhamun, an Egyptian pharaoh. King Tut may also refer to: *King Tut (comics), a character from the ''Batman'' TV series * "King Tut" (song), a novelty song by Steve Martin *Tutnese, an African-American language game also known as Tutahash, Tut and King Tut *King Tut, also known as Tut's tomb, a variant of the solitaire card game Pyramid *King Tut, dog owned by President Herbert Hoover * King Tut Drive-In * King Tut Strut (other) * King Tut's Wah Wah Hut (New York City) 1980s–1990s club and theater space **King Tut's Wah Wah Hut King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, also known as King Tut's, is a live music venue and bar on St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It is owned and managed by Glasgow-based gig promoters DF Concerts. The Glasgow live music venue takes its name from ... live music venue in Glasgow, Scotland See also * Tutankhamun (other) * {{disambiguation, tndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen, (; ), was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during the late Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Born Tutankhaten, he instituted the restoration of the traditional polytheistic form of ancient Egyptian religion, undoing a previous shift to the religion known as Atenism. Tutankhamun's reign is considered one of the greatest restoration periods in ancient Egyptian history. His endowments and restorations of cults were recorded on what is today known as the Restoration Stela. The cult of the god Amun at Thebes, Egypt, Thebes was restored to prominence, and the royal couple changed their names to "Tutankhamun" and "Ankhesenamun", replacing the -aten suffix. He also moved the royal court from Akhenaten's capital, Amarna, back to Memphis, Egypt, Memphis almost immediately on his accession to the kingship. He reestablished diplomatic relations with the Mitanni and carried out military campaigns in Nubia and the Near East. Tutankh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Tut (comics)
King Tut (William Omaha McElroy) is a fictional character in the television series ''Batman'' who first appeared in the episode "The Curse of Tut" (April 13, 1966). He was created by Earl Barret, Robert C. Dennis, and Charles R. Rondeau and is portrayed by Victor Buono for the majority of his appearances, though Guy Way portrays King Tut in the episode "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra". In his memoir, ''Back to the Batcave'', Adam West describes him as the only series-original villain to be a real success. Publication history The character of King Tut started out in the ''Batman'' television series' original run. Fictional character biography ''Batman'' Professor William Omaha McElroy is an Egyptologist at Yale University who suffers a blow to the head during a student riot that causes him to develop amnesia and believe he is a reincarnation of Tutankhamun. Ever since, he has made several attempts to conquer Gotham City and defeat Batman, Robin, and later Batgirl, only to suffer m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Tut (song)
"King Tut" is a novelty song performed by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons (actually members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), about the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun and the '' Treasures of Tutankhamun'' traveling exhibit that toured seven American cities from 1976 to 1979. It was first performed on ''Saturday Night Live''. History and description "King Tut" caricatures Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun and the '' Treasures of Tutankhamun'' traveling exhibit that toured seven American cities from 1976 to 1979. The exhibit attracted approximately eight million visitors. The song was released as a single in 1978, sold over a million copies, and reached number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. The song was also included on Martin's album '' A Wild and Crazy Guy''. Martin previewed the song in a live performance during the April 22, 1978, episode of ''Saturday Night Live''. In this performance, loyal subjects appease a joyful King Tut with kitchen appliances. An instrumental sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tutnese
Tutnese (also known as Tut) is an argot created by Slavery in the United States, enslaved African Americans based on African-American Vernacular English as a method to covertly teach and learn spelling and reading. Language rules In Tutnese, vowels are pronounced normally, or pronounced as their English alphabet#Letter names, letter name, but each consonant is replaced with a different syllable. The linguistics journal ''American Speech'' published the following table detailing syllables that replace consonants in Tutnese: When spoken before /dud/, /rut/ is changed to /rud/ A different set of syllables for the language game had appeared in ''The New York Times Magazine'' several decades earlier, and the author noted the similarities between the "Tutahash" and the "Double Dutch" language game, which he claimed to be the third most widely spoken language game in the United States when he was writing in 1944, but he also indicated several differences between the two, detailed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (solitaire)
Pyramid is a patience or solitaire game of the Simple Addition family, where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation. The object of the game is to remove pairs of cards that add up to a total of 13, the equivalent of the highest valued card in the deck, from a pyramid arrangement of 28 cards. When using the standard 52-card deck, Jacks are valued at 11, Queens at 12, and Kings at 13. Under the strictest rules, the odds of winning are around 1 in 50. Rules To set up the pyramid, one card is dealt face up at the top of the playing area, then two cards beneath and partially covering it, then three beneath them, and so on completing with a row of seven cards for a total of 28 cards dealt (or six rows of 21 cards). The remaining cards are placed to the side face down, and make up the Stock. To play, pairs of uncovered cards can be removed to the foundation if their values total 13. Thus, kings can be removed immediately to the foundation. In order to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and was the director of the U.S. Food Administration, followed by post-war relief of Europe. As a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the third United States secretary of commerce from 1921 to 1928 before being 1928 United States presidential election, elected president in 1928. His presidency was dominated by the Great Depression, and his policies and methods to combat it were seen as lackluster. Amid his unpopularity, he decisively lost reelection to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 United States presidential election, 1932. Born to a Quaker family in West Branch, Iowa, Hoover grew up in Oregon. He was one of the first graduates of the new Stanford University in 1895. Hoover took a position with a Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Tut Drive-In
King Tut Drive-In was a drive-in American and barbecue restaurant located on North Eisenhower Drive in Beckley, West Virginia. History King Tut's Drive-In was located on 301 North Eisenhower Drive. It was established in 1945 by the Tutweiler family, who transferred ownership of the restaurant to John McKay in 1955. Son Dave McKay, who used to work at the restaurant making pizza for 25 cents an hour, operated the restaurant with his brother Jeff for a while until the latter moved to Maryland. The restaurant includes an awning over the parking area, a building that houses the kitchen and a large marquee at the front of the parking lot that serves as the menu. Typical of drive-in restaurants, the servers (called "curb girls" by McKay) fill orders and bring food out to the customer's cars. On September 25, 2020, the restaurant announced that it would be closing temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It re-opened almost 2 weeks later on October 8. On July 31, 2023, the owners of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Tut Strut (other)
King Tut's Strut, or the King Tut Strut is the title of more than one song: * A jazz tune composed by Nick LaRocca, and not recorded by his Original Dixieland Jazz Band, but recorded decades later by a different band of the same name under the direction of LaRocca's son. * Dr Frank Minyard & the Mummies recorded a song called "King Tut Strut" in the 1970s * A song called "King Tut's Strut" composed by Hotep Idris Galeta has been recorded by numerous artists, including: ** Hotep Idris Galeta ** The Jackie McLean (1931–2006), Quintet on their 1988 album ''Dynasty'' ** Marc Cary (born 1967), on his 1999 album ''Trillium'' ** Stefon Harris & Blackout, on their 2004 album ''Evolution'' See also * " "King Tut" (song), 1978 * "Walk Like an Egyptian" * Egypt in the European imagination upright=1.1, The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina. The culture of Ancient Egypt has fascinated outsiders from its own day well into our own, long after that culture was subsumed first by Greco-Roman, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut (New York City)
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut was a club and experimental theater space in the East Village of New York City, operating in the mid-1980s and 1990s at 112 Avenue A at 7th Street. The club was "Egyptian themed". Among the acts presented at the club were Dancenoise (which curated a regular performance series there), Carmelita Tropicana and Blue Man Group. In July 2015, the Whitney Museum of American Art commissioned one of the original designers of the club, Tom Berry, to create a temporary King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in its lobby for use as a theater in connection with its retrospective of the work of Dancenoise. The music venue King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, in Glasgow, Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ..., took its name from the New York City club. References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, also known as King Tut's, is a live music venue and bar on St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It is owned and managed by Glasgow-based gig promoters DF Concerts. The Glasgow live music venue takes its name from a club in New York that hosted music, comedy and performing arts events in the 1980s. History King Tut's was founded, in the former Saints and Sinners pub in St Vincent Street in the centre of Glasgow, by the DF Concerts boss Stuart Clumpas, who wanted to create a platform for promoting bands at club level, showcasing them with gigs seven days a week at a reasonable hour, after being unable to find such an establishment in the city centre's nightlife. The venue first opened its doors in February 1990, and has established a reputation for showcasing new talent and hosting many well-known bands' first Scottish appearances. This reputation was acquired early on in 1993 when The Verve, Radiohead and Oasis all played in the Glasgow venue in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
