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Loose Shoes
''Loose Shoes'' (also known as ''Coming Attractions'' and ''Quackers'') is a 1978 comedy film directed by Ira Miller and featuring Bill Murray. The film is presented as a series of movie trailers with titles such as ''The Howard Huge Story'', ''Skate-boarders from Hell'' and ''The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers''. The film was originally released on September 1, 1978 as ''Coming Attractions'' and promoted with the tagline "The Movie That Makes Fun of the Movies". It was re-released in 1980 under the title of ''Loose Shoes'', capitalizing on the increased fame of Murray (''Saturday Night Live'', ''Meatballs'') and Howard Hesseman (''WKRP in Cincinnati''). The updated title is taken from a 1940s Cab Calloway-style song-and-dance number in the film's final skit, "Dark Town After Dark", which satirizes an infamous 1976 drunken, racist remark made by Gerald Ford's then-Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz Earl Lauer "Rusty" Butz (July 3, 1909 – February 2, 2008) was a Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royce D
Royce may refer to: Places Physical geography * Royce Brook, a creek in New Jersey, USA * Royce Peak, a mountain in California, USA Settlements * Royce, Alberta, Canada; an inhabited locality Facilities and structures * Royce Hall, on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles; in Los Angeles, California, USA * ROYCE' Town Station, a train station in Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan People Surname * Royce (surname) Given name * Royce D. Applegate (1939–2003), American actor and screenwriter * Royce Ayliffe, Australian rugby league footballer * Royce Berry (born 1946), American professional football defensive end * Royce Brownlie (born 1980), Australian football (soccer) player * Royce Campbell (born 1952), jazz guitarist * Royce Chan (born 1978), Hong Kong rugby union player * Royce Clayton (born 1970), American Major League Baseball shortstop * Royce de Mel, first indigenous commander of the Sri Lanka Navy * Royce Deppe (born 1965), South African tennis player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') is an American Late night television in the United States, late-night live television, live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody popular culture and politics, are performed by a Saturday Night Live cast members, large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that is usually based on current events and ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!, Live from New York, it's ''Saturday Night''!", properly beginning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Haig
Sidney Eddie Mosesian (July 14, 1939 – September 21, 2019), known professionally as Sid Haig, was an American actor. He was known for his appearances in horror films, most notably his role as Captain Spaulding in the Rob Zombie films '' House of 1000 Corpses'', '' The Devil's Rejects'' and '' 3 from Hell''. Haig's Captain Spaulding, and Haig himself, have been called icons of horror cinema. Haig had a leading role on the television series '' Jason of Star Command'' as the villain Dragos. He appeared in many television programs, including '' The Untouchables'', ''Batman'', ''Gunsmoke'', '' Mission: Impossible'', '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', ''Star Trek'', ''Get Smart'', ''Mannix'', '' The Rockford Files'', '' Charlie's Angels'', '' Fantasy Island'', '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', '' The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''The A-Team'', ''MacGyver'', and '' Emergency!''. Haig also had roles in several of Jack Hill's blaxploitation films from the 1970s. Early life Haig was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod McCary
Rod McCary (born April 15, 1941) is an American commercial, film and television actor. McCary was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and attended Cathedral High School. While sidelined from football with a broken collar-bone he decided to appear in a school production of ''Finian's Rainbow''. After spending a year at the University of Denver he transferred to UCLA where he obtained a degree. He then worked as a elementary school teacher and started taking acting jobs. McCary starred in the television programs '' Harper Valley P.T.A.'', playing the role of "Bobby Taylor", ''Just Our Luck'', playing the role of "Nelson Marriott" and ''Shell Game'', playing the role of "Bill Bower". McCary also guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''Three's Company'', ''It's a Living'', ''Highway to Heaven'', ''Columbo'', ''Fantasy Island'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Mama's Family'', '' Dear John'', '' Parks and Recreation'', ''Family Ties'', ''Growing Pains'', ''The Mod Squad'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Volman
Mark Randall Volman (born April 19, 1947) is an American vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the 1960s rock band The Turtles, and, along with his bandmate and friend Howard Kaylan, a member of the 1970s rock duo Flo & Eddie, where he used the pseudonym Flo (short for The Phlorescent Leech). Volman also became a stand-out figure upon joining Frank Zappa's band, The Mothers of Invention. Early life Volman was born in Los Angeles, California, on April 19, 1947 to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. He grew up in Westchester, a suburb of Los Angeles, where he performed in the proto- Turtles band The Crossfires and graduated from Westchester High School in 1965. Career Music and film Volman and Howard Kaylan were founding members of the Turtles, a popular band of the late 1960s. In December 1968, ''NME'' magazine reported that Volman had insured his distinctive frizzy hair for US$100,000 against fire, theft or loss due to illness. As their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Thomas
Betty Thomas (born Betty Lucille Nienhauser; July 27, 1947) is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series ''Hill Street Blues''. Early life Thomas was born Betty Lucille Nienhauser in St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1947 to Nancy (née Brown) and William H. Nienhauser Sr. She graduated from Willoughby South High School, Willoughby, Ohio, in 1965. After high school Thomas attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Upon graduating Thomas worked as an artist and taught high school before becoming a part of The Second City, the premiere venue for improvisational theater in Chicago. Second City Thomas came to her entertainment career by a circuitous route. While working as an artist and school teacher, she became a waitress at The Second City to earn extra cash for a trip abroad. While waiting on tables, Thomas was encouraged to try out for the troupe, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Helberg
Sandy Helberg (born May 28, 1949) is an American actor. Early life Helberg was born in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of Tonia (née Altman) and Sam Helberg. His parents were both Holocaust survivors from German-occupied Poland, who met in a concentration camp. They emigrated to the United States in 1950, where his father, originally a barber, eventually became a real estate developer in Toledo, Ohio, where Sandy and his brothers Ted and Tom were raised. Career Helberg relocated to New York City and studied acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He performed stand-up comedy and was part of an improv group that appeared in clubs in Greenwich Village. He later moved to Los Angeles, becoming an original member of the Los Angeles improv group, The Groundlings. Acting in several comedy films, in particular three Mel Brooks films ''High Anxiety,'' ''History of the World, Part I,'' and ''Spaceballs'', he starred in the comedy films '' The Hollywood Knights'' and '' Up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Frye
Sean Anthony Frye (born September 16, 1966) is an American former child actor. His best-known role was as Steve, the sunglass-toting friend of Elliott's older brother in ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''. His last made-for-television film was ''Toughlove'' (1985), where he played the role of a drug-involved teenager whose addiction caused him to steal from his family. Frye's last feature film was Molly Ringwald's '' For Keeps'' (1988) about teenage pregnancy. Beyond acting, Frye was wardrobe consultant on the 1983 film '' Valley Girl''. Frye was born in Hollywood, California. Actress Soleil Moon Frye is his half-sister; their father was actor Virgil Frye. Filmography Film * '' Fun with Dick and Jane'' (1977) as Billy * '' The Awakening Land'' (1978) as Resolve Wheeler * '' Loose Shoes'' (1980) as Bobby the S.T.O.P.-I.T. Poster Boy * ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982) as Steve * '' This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984) as Jordan St. Hubbins, David's Punk Rocker Son (scenes deleted) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Baker (American Actor)
Tom Baker (August 23, 1940 – September 2, 1982) was an American actor who starred in the Andy Warhol film ''I, a Man'' (1967). He was a close friend of Jim Morrison of The Doors. Early life Baker was the son of Tom Baker Jr. and Ellie, military parents who retired in San Francisco. His older sister married and then divorced a well-known British Formula 1 racer. He was of Irish descent. Career Baker started his career as a stage actor in New York City and assisted Norman Mailer in the stage adaptation of Mailer's novel ''The Deer Park''. Once he moved to Hollywood, he acted in a series of B movies. He also continued to do stage work, directing the 1973 premiere of ''The Grabbing of the Fairy'', a masque by Michael McClure. He produced and directed his own film, ''Bongo Wolf's Revenge'' in 1970. The cast included Severn Darden and P. J. Proby. A number of people from Jim Morrison's circle of friends worked on the production including Paul Ferrara, Babe Hill and Frank Liscia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Arquette
Lewis Michael Arquette (; December 14, 1935 – February 10, 2001) was an American actor. He was best known for playing J.D. Pickett on the television series ''The Waltons'', on which he worked from 1978 to 1981. Life and career Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mildred Nesbitt Le May and actor Cliff Arquette. He claimed to be related to explorer Meriwether Lewis, for whom he was named. Merriwether Lewis however never had children. His family's surname was originally "Arcouet", coming from his partial French-Canadian ancestry. His children are actors Patricia, Alexis, Rosanna, David, and Richmond Arquette. He is the former father-in-law of actress Courteney Cox, film composer James Newton Howard, and actors Thomas Jane and Nicolas Cage. Arquette frequently appeared in movies with his sons. While living in Chicago, Arquette managed The Second City theater for several years. In 1970, the family moved to a Subud commune (described by Patricia as a "hippie comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Butz
Earl Lauer "Rusty" Butz (July 3, 1909 – February 2, 2008) was a United States government official who served as the secretary of agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. His policies favored large-scale corporate farming and an end to New Deal programs. Background Butz was born in Albion, Indiana, and brought up on a dairy farm in Noble County, Indiana. He was the eldest of five children and worked on his parents' farm while growing up. He attended a one-room country school through eighth grade and graduated from high school in a class of seven. Butz was an alumnus of Purdue University, where he was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in 1932, and then a doctorate in agricultural economics in 1937. He was the uncle of American football player Dave Butz. Butz met the former Mary Emma Powell (1911–1995) from North Carolina in 1930, at the National 4-H Camp in Washington, DC. They were ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the presidency after the resignation of President Richard Nixon, under whom he had served as the 40th vice president of the United States, vice president from 1973 to 1974 following Spiro Agnew's resignation. Prior to that, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973. Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, where he played for Michigan Wolverines football, the university football team, before eventually attending Yale Law School. Afterward, he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1946. Ford began his political career in 1949 as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district, serving in this capacity for nearly 25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
