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List Of Monsters Episodes
''Monsters'' is an anthology horror series that originally aired in syndication. It originally premiered on October 1, 1988, and ended on April 26, 1991, with a total of 72 episodes over the course of 3 seasons. Episodes Season 1 (1988–89) Season 2 (1989–90) Season 3 (1990–91) {{Episode table , background=#69A64E , overall=6 , season=6 , title= , writer= , director= , airdate=31 , episodes= {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber = 49 , EpisodeNumber2 = 1 , Title = Stressed Environment , WrittenBy = Benjamin Carr , DirectedBy = Jeffrey Wolf , ShortSummary = Dr. Elizabeth Porter (Carol Lynley) has spent the last 12 years leading a team of scientists in conducting heavy experimentation on lab rats, regularly subjecting them to environmental stress under the belief that prolonged exposure to said stress will cause their intelligence to rise. A new member of her team, Dr. Robert Winston (Victor Raider-Wexler), arrives to oversee the experiment, then fires Porter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsters (American TV Series)
''Monsters'' is an American television syndication, syndicated horror film, horror anthology series, anthology television series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Syfy, Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. The series grew out of ''Tales from the Darkside'', the previous project by producer Richard P. Rubinstein and his company Laurel Entertainment. Unlike ''Tales from the Darkside'', which sometimes featured science fiction and fantasy stories, ''Monsters'' was strictly horror-based. As the name implies, most episodes feature a different monster with which the story was concerned, from the animatronic puppet of a fictional children's television program to mutated, weapon-wielding lab rats. Synopsis In the show's self-referencing title sequence, a suburban family of monsters look for something to watch on television before finally settling on ''Monsters'', their favorite show. Each episode is a standalone tale, and feature a variety of monsters from vicious man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harrison (filmmaker)
John S. Harrison Jr. (born 1948) is an American television and film director, screenwriter, musician, composer and actor. He is best known for his collaborations with filmmaker George A. Romero, and for writing-directing the 2000 television miniseries adaptation of ''Dune''. Early years Harrison was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a BS in Theater Arts and is an MFA graduate of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama. For several years after that, he performed on the road with his band Homebrew before moving back to Pittsburgh to take a master's degree in film and television from Carnegie Mellon University. At the same time, he joined blues guitarist Roy Buchanan, with whom he toured across the US and internationally for four years. He was also featured on several of Buchanan's albums, including ''That's What I'm Here For'' (1974), '' Live Stock'' (1975), and '' A Street Called Straight'' (1976). Career I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Woronov
Mary Woronov (born December 8, 1943) is an American actress, writer, and Figurative art, figurative painter. She is primarily known as a cult film star because of her work with Andy Warhol and her roles in Roger Corman's cult films. Woronov has appeared in over 80 movies and on stage at Lincoln Center and off-Broadway productions as well as numerous times in mainstream American TV series, such as ''Charlie's Angels'' and ''Knight Rider (1982 TV series), Knight Rider''. She frequently co-starred with friend Paul Bartel; the pair appeared in 17 films together, often playing a married couple. Early life Woronov was born December 8, 1943, in the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, while it was temporarily operating as the Ream General Hospital during World War II. Woronov was born Preterm birth, premature and doctors initially did not believe she would survive infancy. At a young age, she relocated with her mother to Brooklyn Heights in New York City, where her mother married Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Diehl
John Henry Diehl (born May 1, 1950) is an American character actor. Noted for his work in avant-garde theater, Diehl has performed in more than 140 films and television shows, including '' Land of Plenty'', '' Stripes'', ''City Limits'', '' Nixon'', ''Jurassic Park III'', and the TV series ''Miami Vice'', '' The Shield'', and '' Point Pleasant''. Diehl has "largely avoided the typecasting that is an accepted part of most character actors' careers." He has been a member of The Actors Studio since 2004. Early life Diehl was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1950. His father, John A. Diehl, was a civil engineer, and his mother, Mary, was a social worker. Raised in a devoutly Roman Catholic family, he was educated at parochial schools, and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1968. Career In 1970, Diehl moved to New York, encouraged by his sister, who had just graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. He spent 1971 squatting in Amsterdam and returned to New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Odell
David Odell (born July 8, 1943) is an American screenwriter and film director. Odell was nominated in 1980 for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program for ''The Muppet Show'' alongside Jim Henson, Don Hinkley, and Jerry Juhl. He won the award the following year with co-nominees Jerry Juhl and Chris Langham. Filmography * ''Cry Uncle!'' (1971) * '' Between Time and Timbuktu'' (with Fred Barzyk and David R. Loxton) (1972) (TV) * '' Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues'' (with Paul Williams) (1972) * ''The Muppet Show'' (1979–1981) (TV) * '' The Muppet Movie'' (with Jack Burns and Jerry Juhl) (1979) (uncredited) * '' Running Scared'' (1980) * ''The Dark Crystal'' (1982) * '' Nate and Hayes'' (with John Hughes) (1983) * ''Supergirl'' (1984) * ''Masters of the Universe ''Masters of the Universe'' (sometimes referred to as the ''He-Man'' or ''She-Ra'' series) is a sword and planet-themed media franchise created by Matte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Mason (actor, Born 1949)
Thomas, Tom or Tommy Mason may refer to: Politicians * Stevens T. Mason (Stevens Thomson Mason, 1811–1843), also known Tom Mason, founding governor of Michigan, 1835–1840 * Thomas Mason (1753–1800) Thomas Mason (May 1, 1753 – September 18, 1800) was an American businessman, planter and politician. As a son of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States, Mason was a scion of the prominent Mason political family. Early life and ..., American businessman, planter, and politician, youngest son of George Mason * Thomas Mason (New Zealand politician) (1818–1903), New Zealand politician * Tom Mason (Ontario politician), Green Party candidate * Tom Mason (Scottish politician) (born 1942), Conservative MSP * Thomas Mason (MP), MP for Salisbury * Thomas Mason (burgess), member of the House of Burgesses Sports * Tom Mason (footballer) (1886–1954), English football forward (Tottenham Hotspur) * Tommy Mason (1939–2015), American football player * Tommy Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hustling
Hustling is the deceptive act of disguising one's skill in a sport or game with the intent of luring someone of probably lesser skill into gambling (or gambling for higher than current stakes) with the hustler, as a form of both a confidence trick and match fixing. It is most commonly associated with, and originated in pocket billiards (pool), but also can be performed with regard to other sports and gambling activities. Hustlers may also engage in ""—distracting, disheartening, enraging, or even threatening their opponents—to throw them off. Hustlers are thus often called "pool sharks". Professional and semi-pro hustlers sometimes work with a ""—a person who provides the money for the hustler to bet with (and who may assist in the hustling)—in exchange for a substantial portion of all winnings. Another form of hustling (often engaged in by the same hustlers who use the skill-disguising technique) is challenging "" (swindle targets) to bet on trick shots that se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Kyler Downs
Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of Milcah and Nahor, the brother of Abraham. Rebecca and Isaac were one of the four couples that some believe are buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs, the other three being Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob and Leah. Most scholars have considered Rebecca's historicity uncertain. Early life After the Binding of Isaac, Sarah died. After taking care of her burial, Abraham went about finding a wife for his son Isaac, who was already 37 years old. He commanded his servant (whom the Torah commentators identify as Eliezer of Damascus) to journey to Aram Naharaim to select a bride from his own family, rather than engage Isaac to a local Canaanite girl. Abraham sent along expensive jewelry, cloth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Toussaint
Elizabeth Toussaint (born September 25, 1962) is an American former actress. Life and career Before television roles, Toussaint worked as a model, and appeared in the 1984 music video for Bon Jovi's song " She Don't Know Me", Bob Seger's 1986 song " Like a Rock", and in the 1987 music video for SAGA's song "Only Time Will Tell". Additionally she appeared in the 1987 music video for the song "Big Mistake" by Peter Cetera. From 1988 to 1989, she was a recurring cast member in the CBS primetime soap opera ''Dallas'' as Tracey Lawton, and from 1996 to 1997 in The WB primetime soap opera ''Savannah''. Toussaint also appeared in ''Cheers'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', '' Melrose Place'', '' Matlock'', ''Babylon 5'' and ''Martial Law''. In July 2006, she appeared on ''The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Johnson
Russell David Johnson (November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014) was an American actor. He played Professor Roy Hinkley in '' Gilligan's Island'' and Marshal Gib Scott in '' Black Saddle''. Early life Johnson was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1924, to Russell Kennedy Johnson (1901–1932) and Marion Wenonah Smink Johnson (1902–1976). Johnson was the eldest of seven siblings: Kenneth Walter Johnson (1925–2012), David Reed Johnson (1926–1976), Lois Marion Johnson (1927–1928), Lorraine Johnson Crosby (1928-2015), Marion Joan Johnson Reeves (1930–2010), and Paul Wesley Johnson (1932–1933). His father Russell died of lobar pneumonia and influenza on December 13, 1932, and his brother Paul also died of lobar pneumonia on January 5 the following year. His mother Minnie remarried after 10 years to Thomas S. Lewis. As a teenager, Johnson attended Girard College, a private boarding school for fatherless boys, located in Philadelphia. Military career After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin Shriner
Kin Herbert Shriner (born December 6, 1953) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Scott Baldwin on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' and its spin-off, ''Port Charles''. Early life Shriner and his twin brother, actor Wil Shriner, were born in New York City to Pixie ( Eileen McDermott) and Herb Shriner. His father was a popular television personality. The brothers were orphaned when their parents died in an automobile accident when the twins were teenagers. After, the brothers moved to Texas to live with their grandmother.''ABC Soaps'', March 27, 2007, pg. 63 He also has a sister, Indy Shriner, an actress best known for 'Reefer Madness II'. Career Shriner was employed by Fuller Brush as a door-to-door salesman before becoming an actor. He was originally cast as Scott Baldwin on ''General Hospital'', the role he is best known for playing, in 1977. In the fall of 1980, he left ''General Hospital'' and immediately began playing Jeb Hampton on the NBC da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Rezyka
Mark Rezyka (born 11 June 1959 in Montreal, Canada) was best known as a top director of Heavy metal music, heavy metal music videos in the 1980s and 1990s. With partners Marcelo Epstein and Dominic Orlando, he founded Pendulum Productions in 1982, and directed over 300 music videos over the next 15 years. Artists included Quiet Riot, Kiss (band), Kiss, Ratt, Cinderella (band), Cinderella, Whitesnake, Survivor (band), Survivor, Foreigner (band), Foreigner, Cheap Trick, and Joan Jett, among others. Rezyka wrote and directed TV commercials and TV shows, including The CBS Fall Campaign 2004, Gatorade, Jovan (company), Jovan, Ford Motor Company, Ford, General Motors Corporation, General Motors, ''The Hitchhiker (TV series), The Hitchhiker'' and "Monsters". He also wrote and directed the feature film ''South of Reno'', and won the best cinematography prize for his work on ''14 Ways to Wear Lipstick'' at the 2002 Slam Dance festival. In 2005, Rezyka executive produced the CD/DVDs ''Spin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
