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Paul Christie (voice Actor)
Paul Anthony Christie (born January 3, 1951) is an American voice actor. He was born and raised in Manhattan and has worked as an artist, writer, actor, songwriter, narrator, comedian, and voice actor. He has since contributed his voice to hundreds of radio and television commercials for clients including Chrysler, Domino's, Pontiac, Canon, Calvin Klein, and Budweiser. Some of his notable commercial roles include Louie the Lizard for Budweiser and Vinnie the Panda for Fox's Biscuits. Aside from commercials, Christie has also done voiceover work for television, film and video games for over three decades. Career In the 1970s, Christie was a contributing editor for Crawdaddy magazine. In the 1980s, he performed stand-up comedy in and around New York and co-founded the improvisational group The House Band. His graphic artwork was well known in New York through Kid Christie, the company he co-founded with Theresa Fiorentino. As a writer, Christie co-wrote the Meat Loaf albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan
Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, largest, and average area per state and territory, smallest county by area in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located almost entirely on Manhattan Island near the southern tip of the state, Manhattan constitutes the center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area. Manhattan serves as New York City's Economy of New York City, economic and Government of New York City, administrative center and has been described as the cultural, financial, Media in New York City, media, and show business, entertainment capital of the world. Present-day Manhattan was originally part of Lenape territory. European settlement began with the establishment of a trading post by Dutch colonization of the Americas, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to create SAG-AFTRA. Background According to SAG's Mission Statement, the Guild sought to: negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and working conditions for its performers; collect compensation for exploitation of recorded performances by its members, and provide protection against unauthorized use of those performances; and preserve and expand work opportunities for its members. The Guild was founded in 1933 in an effort to eliminate the exploitation of Hollywood actors, who were being forced into oppressive multi-year contracts with the major movie studios. Opposition to these contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmosis Jones
''Osmosis Jones'' is a 2001 American live-action animated buddy cop comedy film written by Marc Hyman. Combining live-action sequences directed by the Farrelly brothers and animation directed by Piet Kroon and Tom Sito, the film stars the voices of Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood, and William Shatner, alongside Molly Shannon, Chris Elliott, and Bill Murray in live-action roles. It follows the titular character, an anthropomorphic white blood cell police officer, as he teams up with a cold pill to protect his unhealthy human host from a deadly virus he unintentionally contracted. The film premiered on August 7, 2001, and was released theatrically three days later. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the world building, animation, story and voice performances, but criticized the inconsistent tone of the live-action portions and overuse of gross-out humor. The film was also a commercial failure, grossing $14 million wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls Nite Out (1982 Film)
''Girls Nite Out'' is a 1982 American slasher film directed by Robert Deubel, and starring Julia Montgomery, Suzanne Barnes, Rutanya Alda, Lauren-Marie Taylor, and Hal Holbrook. It focuses on a group of female college students who are targeted by a killer in a bear mascot costume during an all-night scavenger hunt on their Ohio campus. The film was developed by Anthony N. Gurvis and Kevin Kurgis, two law firm partners in Columbus, Ohio, who completed a screenplay originally titled ''Blood Games'' in 1979. After securing Holbrook to appear in the film, principal photography was scheduled to begin on the campus of Denison University in the summer of 1980, but approval to film there was subsequently revoked. Gurvis and Kurgis then decided to relocate the production to New York, where the remainder of casting took place. The film was shot on location at Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey as well as the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York, over a period of 21 days in early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Water
Whitewater forms in the context of rapids, in particular, when a river's gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that froths, making the water appear opaque and white. The term "whitewater" also has a broader meaning, applying to any river or creek that has a significant number of rapids. The term is also used as an adjective describing boating on such rivers, such as whitewater canoeing or whitewater kayaking. Fast rivers Four factors, separately or in combination, can create rapids: gradient, constriction, obstruction, and flow rate. Gradient, constriction, and obstruction are streambed topography factors and are relatively consistent. Flow rate is dependent upon both seasonal variation in precipitation and snowmelt and upon release rates of upstream dams. Streambed topography Streambed topography is the primary factor in creating rapids, and is generally consistent over time. Increa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Mattis
James Norman Mattis (born September 8, 1950) is an American military officer who served as the 26th United States secretary of defense from 2017 to 2019. A retired United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps four-star General (United States), general, he commanded forces in the Persian Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. Mattis was commissioned in the Marine Corps through the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps after graduating from Central Washington University. A career Marine, he gained a reputation among his peers for intellectualism and eventually advanced to the rank of general. From 2007 to 2010, he commanded the United States Joint Forces Command and concurrently served as NATO's Allied Command Transformation, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. He was commander of United States Central Command from 2010 to 2013, with Robert Harward, Admiral Bob Harward serving as his deputy commander. After retiring from the militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Cartoon President
''Our Cartoon President'' is an American Adult animation, adult Animated series, animated satire, satirical television series that premiered on February 11, 2018, and ended on November 8, 2020, on Showtime (TV network), Showtime. The series was created by Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Matt Lappin, Tim Luecke, and R. J. Fried and is based on a recurring segment from Colbert's late-night talk show ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''. In August 2019, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third and final season, which premiered on January 26, 2020. Premise ''Our Cartoon President'' is based on a recurring segment of Stephen Colbert's ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''. A workplace comedy taking place in the White House and other Washington, D.C. locations, the show takes a look at the First presidency of Donald Trump, presidency of Donald Trump, his sycophants, his family members, members of Congress, and cable news-based newscasters and political commentat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Rush (TV Series)
''Gold Rush'' (titled ''Gold Rush: Alaska'' in the first season) is a reality television series that airs on Discovery and its affiliates worldwide. The series follows the placer gold mining efforts of various family-run mining companies, initially in Alaska, but then mostly in the Klondike region of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. Prior seasons also included mining efforts in Guyana, Oregon, and Colorado. the show has aired 15 seasons. Overview Season 1 The show was named ''Gold Rush: Alaska'' in its first season, and featured six men from Sandy, Oregon, a small town southeast of Portland. Due to the economic downturn, the men had lost their jobs; they decided on an all-stakes gamble: travel to Porcupine, Alaska, to prospect for gold. Most of them had little or no previous placer gold mining experience and had to learn on the job. The season was marred by equipment malfunctions and crew inexperience. The crew's initial plan to strip mine a site near Porcupine Creek is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dual Survival
''Dual Survival'' was a United States reality television series that aired on the Discovery Channel. The show featured a pair of survival experts in predetermined survival scenarios while in challenging environments. For the first two seasons, the show featured the differing outdoor survival philosophies and skills of Cody Lundin, a naturalist and primitive-skills expert who runs the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, and Dave Canterbury, a military-trained survival instructor who runs the Pathfinder Training School in Ohio. Beginning with the third season, Canterbury was replaced with Joseph "Joe" Teti, and in Season 4, Matt Graham replaced Lundin; Teti and Graham remained with the show through Season 6. Season 7 features Grady Powell, an ex-U.S. Army Green Beret, who replaced Joseph Teti, and Bill McConnell, a wilderness survivalist, who replaced Matt Graham. Season 8 Bill McConnell is replaced by Josh James for all but the last 2 episodes of the season wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Click And Clack's As The Wrench Turns
''Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns'' is an American adult animated sitcom animated by Atomic Cartoons that aired on PBS. The series follows the adventures of the brothers Click and Clack from their auto repair shop, Car Talk Plaza. It stars Tom (Click) and Ray Magliozzi (Clack), also known as the Tappet Brothers, from National Public Radio's '' Car Talk''. The show was the first primetime animated series for a general audience to be produced and aired by PBS. The series debuted on July 9, 2008, and additionally in various time slots depending on local station scheduling. The series aired its ten-episode season in two-episode blocks for five weeks. It ended on August 13, 2008 with 10 episodes. Cast * Tom Magliozzi - Clack Tappet * Ray Magliozzi - Click Tappet * Kelli O'Hara - Beth Totenbag * Juan Carlos Hernández - Fidel * Cornell Womack - Reggie "Crusty" Crustwood * Barbara Rosenblat - Sal Production Executive producer Howard K. Grossman began pitching a televis ... [...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] |
Nature (TV Program)
''Nature'' is a wildlife television show, television program produced by WNET, Thirteen/WNET New York City, New York. It has been distributed to United States public television stations by the PBS television service since its debut on October 10, 1982. Some episodes may appear in syndication on many PBS member stations around the United States and Canada, and on the Discovery Channel. This series currently airs on Wednesday on PBS. It is a weekly one-hour program that consists of documentaries about various animals and ecosystems. The on-camera host of the first season was Donald Johanson, with voice-over narration by George Page (television presenter), George Page. Starting with the 1983 season, Page became both the on-camera host and the narrator until the series' 19th season in 2000. Since then, Academy Awards, Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham has frequently narrated episodes, as has ecologist Chris Morgan (ecologist), Chris Morgan. ''Nature'' has close ties with the UK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
