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Pongo Records
Pongo may refer to: Places * Pongo (geography), canyon or narrow gorge in the Upper Amazon * Pongo River (other), several rivers or estuaries in Africa * Pongo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Pongo, Longleng, village in Longleng district of Nagaland State, India People * Tom 'Pongo' Waring (1906–1980), English footballer * Joe Cantillon ("Pongo Joe", 1861–1930), U.S. manager in American Major League Baseball * Pongo (musician) Angolan-Portuguese musician Animals * ''Pongo'' (genus), the orangutans * Pongo, chimpanzee, star attraction in 1884 at the Zoological Park in Walton, Liverpool Fictional characters * Pongo Twistleton, book character from P. G. Wodehouse's Uncle Fred stories from the 1930s to 1960s * Janice "Pongo" Footrot, comics character from Murray Ball's strip ''Footrot Flats'' (1975–1994) * Pongo the Pirate, puppet character from Gerry Anderson's TV series ''Torchy the Battery Boy'' (1958–1959) * "Pongo" Banks, antagon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pongo (geography)
A ''pongo'' is a term used in the Peruvian Spanish dialect for 'canyon'. It is derived from either Quechua language, Quechua ''puncu'' or the Aymara language, Aymara ''ponco'', meaning 'door' or 'gate.' See: * The Pongo de Manseriche: a gorge in northwest Peru where the Marañón River runs. The Marañón River has 35 miles of ''pongo'' before it joins the Amazon River. * The Pongo de Mainique: the most dangerous whitewater pass on the Urubamba River. * The : formed by the Huallaga River, Hualaga river when it crosses a part of the Andes. Notes References * Canyons and gorges of Brazil, . Canyons and gorges of Peru, . Upper Amazon, . Geography of the Department of Loreto Landforms of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{Topography-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rooster Teeth
Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC was an American entertainment company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman, Rooster Teeth was a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, which is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery. Rooster Teeth's first production was ''Red vs. Blue'', which premiered in April 2003; it is the third longest-running episodic web series of all time. Due to server and web hosting costs, the founders created "Sponsorships" which later became "FIRST", a subscription to exclusive and earlier access to content and discounts on their merchandise store, among other benefits. The company later branched out into live-action shorts, series, comedy, Let's Play videos, and full animated productions. Other projects included reality shows, video game development, entertainment news programs, and podcasts. In 2015, Rooster Teeth rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infinite Jest
''Infinite Jest'' is a 1996 novel by American writer David Foster Wallace. Categorized as an encyclopedic novel, ''Infinite Jest'' is featured in ''Time'' magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. The novel has an unconventional narrative structure and includes hundreds of extensive endnotes, some with footnotes of their own. A literary fiction bestseller after having sold 44,000 hardcover copies in its first year of publication, the novel has since sold more than a million copies worldwide. Development Wallace began ''Infinite Jest'', "or something like it", at various times between 1986 and 1989. His efforts in 1991–92 were more productive;Burn, Stephen J. "'Webs of nerves pulsing and firing': ''Infinite Jest'' and the science of mind". ''A Companion to David Foster Wallace Studies''. 58–96 by the end of 1993, he had a working draft of the novel. From early 1992 until the novel's publication, excerpts from various drafts app ... [...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] |
Five Go Off In A Caravan
''Five Go Off In A Caravan'' is the fifth book in the Famous Five series by the British author, Enid Blyton and published by Hodder and Stoughton. The book includes a circus boy character named Nobby, whose name was changed to Ned when publisher Hodder Children's Books made extensive editorial revisions to the Famous Five series of books. Plot The Famous Five are holidaying at the family house of Julian, Dick and Anne. They befriend an orphaned circus boy, Ned, who has come into possession of a horse-drawn circus caravan. This inspires George to suggest a caravanning holiday which Julian's parents agree to and hire two caravans for the children. They travel to Merran Lake, where they are reacquainted with Ned and meet various circus animals. The Five camp on a hillside, much to the annoyance of Ned's guardian, Tiger Dan (called Uncle Dan by Ned) and an acrobat named Lou, who want them to leave. One of the children's caravans is directly above the entrance to a network of cave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cracker (comics)
''Cracker'' was a British comic book magazine printed by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd that ran from the issues dated 18 January 1975 to 11 September 1976 (a total of 87 issues), when it merged with ''The Beezer''. Some material from ''Cracker'' was reprinted in ''Classics from the Comics''. List of ''Cracker'' comic strips These are in alphabetical order and all numbers refer to issues of ''Cracker''. References See also *List of DC Thomson Publications This is a list of DC Thomson publications; formerly D. C. Thomson & Co., of Dundee, Scotland. __TOC__ Newspapers, comics and magazines These newspapers, comics and magazines are or were published by D.C. Thomson & Co. Current * ''110% Gami ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Cracker (Comics) Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct British comics DC Thomson Comics titles British humour comics 1975 comics debuts 1976 comics endings Magazines established in 1975 Magazines disestablished in 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Upon A Time (TV Series)
''Once Upon a Time'' is an American fantasy Adventure fiction, adventure Drama (film and television), drama series that aired for seven seasons on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from October 23, 2011 to May 18, 2018. The action alternates between two main settings: a Fantasy world, fantastical world where fairy tales happen and a fictional seaside town in Maine called Storybrooke. The "real world" part of the story unfolds with the characters of Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) and her 10-year-old son, Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time), Henry Mills (Jared S. Gilmore). Henry discovers the other people of the town are fairy-tale characters. The audience is shown the backstory of the town's people as fairy-tale characters, in conjunction with their unfolding stories in the "real-world". In the seventh and final season, the "real-world" portion of the story takes place in Seattle, Washington, in the fictitious neighborhood of "Hyperion Heights", with a new main narrative led by adult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswald (TV Series)
''Oswald'' is a preschool educational children's animated television series created by Dan Yaccarino and developed by Lisa Eve Huberman. The show was co-produced by HIT Entertainment and Nickelodeon. The main character is a thoughtful blue octopus named Oswald who lives in an apartment complex with his dachshund Weenie. Overall 26 episodes were produced. In the United States, the series premiered on Nickelodeon (as part of its Nick Jr. block) on 20 August 2001. Reruns were also broadcast on CBS (during the Nickelodeon on CBS, Nick Jr. on CBS block) and on Noggin (brand)#Television channel, Noggin. When the Noggin brand was relaunched as a streaming service in 2015, all 26 episodes of ''Oswald'' were made available for streaming. Prior to airing, Brown Johnson (senior vice president of Nick Jr.) said "Dan Yaccarino has created an octopus who could be a pre-schooler's best friend". Premise The series is set in Big City, a colorful world populated by anthropomorphic animals, myth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Rubovian Legend
''A Rubovian Legend'' is a British marionette children's television series created by Gordon Murray. It centres around a fictional kingdom ruled by King Rufus XIV and Queen Caroline, assisted by Albert Weatherspoon and the Lord Chamberlain. The series received a live broadcast of its first episodes from 1955 to 1956. It was revived with recorded plays from 1958 to 1964. A remake of the series was broadcast in 1976, but it only lasted for six episodes. Premise The show takes place within a small, fictitious kingdom named Rubovia, ruled by King Rufus XIV and Queen Caroline. Due to its small size, Rubovia is easily managed, with a chicken named Henrietta, who lays golden eggs, negating the need for high taxes. This means that the King and Queen can focus on problems created by Albert Weatherspoon, the latter of which is officially the Royal Gardner, tending to Queen Caroline's prized cabbages. Whenever Rufus needs him to entertain a visitor, such as King Boris of nearby Borsovia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
101 Dalmatians (1996 Film)
''101 Dalmatians'' is a 1996 American adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Great Oaks Entertainment, and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. Directed by Stephen Herek from a screenplay by John Hughes (who co-produces the film), it is a live-action remake of the 1961 animated film '' One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', which was based on the 1956 novel '' The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' by Dodie Smith. The film stars Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie, Mark Williams, and John Shrapnel. Unlike the 1961 original film, none of the animals speak. ''101 Dalmatians'' was released on November 27, 1996, and grossed $320.7 million in theaters against a $67 million budget, making it the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1996, despite receiving mixed reviews. Close was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, while the film was nominated for a BAFTA Award for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Hundred And One Dalmatians
''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (also known as ''101 Dalmatians'') is a 1961 American Animated film, animated adventure film, adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions with distribution by Buena Vista Distribution. Adapted from Dodie Smith's 1956 novel ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', the film was directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, and Wolfgang Reitherman in his feature-length directorial debut, from a script by Bill Peet. It features the voice talents of Rod Taylor, J. Pat O'Malley, Betty Lou Gerson, Martha Wentworth, Ben Wright (English actor), Ben Wright, Cate Bauer, David Frankham, Dave Frankham, and Frederick Worlock, Fred Worlock. The film's plot follows Pongo and Perdita, two British Dalmatian (dog), Dalmatians who give birth to a litter of fifteen puppies, who are later kidnapped by the obsessive socialite Cruella de Vil, wanting to make their fur into coats. Pongo and Perdita set out on a cross-country rescue mission to save the litter from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hundred And One Dalmatians
''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith about the kidnapping of a family of Dalmatian puppies. It was originally serialized in ''Woman's Day'' as ''The Great Dog Robbery'', and details the adventures of two dalmatians named Pongo and Missis as they rescue their puppies from a fur farm. A 1967 sequel, '' The Starlight Barking'', continues from the end of the novel. Plot Dalmatians Pongo and Missis live with the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Dearly and their two nannies, Nanny Cook and Nanny Butler. Mr. Dearly is a "financial wizard" who has been granted lifelong tax exemption and lent a house on the Outer Circle in Regent's Park in return for wiping out the government debt. The dogs consider the humans their pets but allow them to think that they are the owners. One day, while walking Pongo and Missis, Mr. and Mrs. Dearly have a chance meeting with an old schoolmate of Mrs. Dearly, Cruella de Vil, a wealthy woman so fixated on fur clothing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
