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Pookie Records
Pooky or Pookie may refer to: Fictional characters * Pooky (Garfield character), the teddy bear belonging to Garfield in the comic strip and cartoon * Pooky, a large, snake-like creature in Stephen King's 2012 novel '' The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole'' * Angela Montenegro, real name Pookie Gibbons, in the TV series ''Bones'' * Pookie the Lion, a hand puppet on the Soupy Sales television show * Pookie, in the movie '' New Jack City'' * Pookie, Arnold's grandmother in '' Hey Arnold!'', a Nickelodeon animated television series * Pookie, a rabbit with wings in a series of children's books by Ivy Wallace * Pookie Jones, in the comic strip '' Popeye'' Other uses: * Mr. Pookie, rapper * Pookie (vehicle), a Rhodesian mine-detecting vehicle * Pooky Quesnel (born 1964), English actress, screenwriter and singer * '' The Sterile Cuckoo'', a 1969 film released in the UK as ''Pookie'' * Pooky, in the documentary TV series ''Meerkat Manor'' - see List of Meerkat Manor meerkats * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooky (Garfield Character)
This is a list of characters in the ''Garfield'' comic strip, created by Jim Davis, organized by category and date of first appearance. Main characters Garfield First Appearance: June 19, 1978 Garfield is Jon's orange cat. Among his personality traits are his laziness, his cynicism and sarcasm, his hatred of Mondays, his tendency to be annoyed by Jon's dog Odie, and his love of lasagna, and his hatred of Nermal. In February 2017, a dispute arose on the talk page of the character's Wikipedia page as to the character's gender. Although other characters have persistently referred to Garfield with male pronouns, owing to comments that the character's creator, Jim Davis, made in 2014 to Mental Floss, in which he said, "Garfield is very universal. By virtue of being a cat, really, he's not really male or female or any particular race or nationality, young or old. It gives me a lot more latitude for the humor for the situations. Davis explained that although Garfield is neither ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wind Through The Keyhole
''The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. As part of ''The Dark Tower'' series, it is the eighth novel, but it is set chronologically between volumes four and five. First mentioned by King in 2009, after the controversial ending of the seventh novel in 2004, the book was officially announced on King's official website on March 10, 2011. Background information In an interview in March 2009, King stated, describing an idea for a new short story he recently had: "And then I thought, 'Well, why don't I find three more like this and do a book that would be almost like modern fairy tales?' Then this thing started to add on bits and pieces so I guess it will be a novel." While promoting his novel '' Under the Dome'', King confirmed this during his TimesTalk event at The TimesCenter in New York City on November, 2009, and the next day King's official site posted the information that its tentative title was ''The Wind Through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Montenegro
Angela Pearly-Gates Montenegro-Hodgins (born Pookie Noodlin Pearly-Gates Gibbons) is a fictional character in the television series '' Bones'' (2005–2017), portrayed by Michaela Conlin. She is a classically trained artist who creates forensic reconstructions for the police. Brief character history Angela Montenegro is the daughter of a fictional representation of Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top (played by the musician himself). Angela was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 16, she is half-Chinese, and she once mentioned having taken French in school, in "The Body in the Bag", in season 6. Her middle name is meant to be an allusion to her father's guitar "''Miss Pearly Gates''". According to Angela, in "Mother and Child in the Bay", in season 2, Angela is 5'8 and weighs 135 pounds. In Season 10, Angela's real name is discovered to be Pookie Noodlin. Prior to the revelation, it was well known that she was so embarrassed by her birth name that she never told anyone, even her husband a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Fang (puppet)
Milton Supman (January 8, 1926 – October 22, 2009), known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio-television personality, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television series, ''Lunch with Soupy Sales'' (later titled ''The Soupy Sales Show'') (1953–1966), a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. From 1968 to 1975, he was a regular panelist on the syndicated revival of ''What's My Line?'' and appeared on several other TV game shows. During the 1980s, he hosted his own show on WNBC in New York City. Early life Milton Supman was born in Franklinton, North Carolina, to Irving Supman and Sadie Berman. His father, a Jewish dry goods merchant, emigrated from Hungary in 1894. His was the only Jewish family in town; Sales joked that local Ku Klux Klan members bought the sheets used for their robes from his father's store. Sales got his nickna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jack City
''New Jack City'' is a 1991 American action crime film based upon an original story and written by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, and directed by Mario Van Peebles in his feature film directorial debut. Released in the United States on March 8, 1991., the film stars Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown, a rising drug lord in New York City during the crack epidemic, and Ice-T as Scotty Appleton, a detective who vows to stop Nino's criminal activity by going undercover to work for Nino's gang. Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson, Bill Cobbs, and Van Peebles appear in supporting roles. Plot In the New York City neighborhood of Harlem in 1986, Nino Brown and his gang, the Cash Money Brothers (CMB), become the dominant drug ring in the City once crack cocaine is introduced to the streets. His gang consists of Gerald "Gee Money" Wells, his best friend since childhood; enforcer and personal bodyguard Duh Duh Duh Man; gun moll Keisha; Nino's girlfriend, Selina Thomas; and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Arnold!
''Hey Arnold!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Craig Bartlett. It originally aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The show centers on fourth grader Arnold Shortman, who lives with his grandparents in an inner-city tenement. Episodes center on his experiences navigating urban life while dealing with the problems he and his friends encounter. Many episodes however, focus on other characters, including major, secondary, supporting, and even minor characters. Bartlett's idea for the show is based on a minor character named Arnold whom he created while working on ''Pee-wee's Playhouse''. The executives enjoyed the character, and Bartlett completed the cast and setting by drawing inspiration from people and locations he grew up with in Seattle, Washington, Portland, Oregon, and Brooklyn, New York. Bartlett created the pilot episode in his living room in 1994 and official production began in 1995. The animators worked to transform Arno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy Wallace
Ivy Lilian Wallace (7 October 1915 – 13 March 2006) was a British author/illustrator, artist and actress, best known for writing the Pookie series and The Animal Shelf series of illustrated children's stories. Early life Born in Grimsby, England, the daughter of a Scottish doctor, Ivy's lifelong love of nature was born in early childhood when she accompanied her father on outings into the bluebell woods and flower-filled meadows of the Lincolnshire countryside. Her father, a keen amateur botanist and entomologist, encouraged her to paint plants in a botanically accurate way. Showing a lively imagination, she started writing stories and drawing pictures, encouraged by her parents who recognised her talents and thought that she might become an artist. Educated locally, she later attended Harrogate Ladies College where she became well known for her drawings and playful poems. However, when she left school, Ivy became a successful actress with Felixstowe Repertory Theatre and Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, Elzie Crisler Segar.Segar, Elzie (Crisler) – Encyclopædia Britannica Article Britannica.com. Retrieved on March 29, 2013.Goulart, Ron, "Popeye", ''St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture''. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. (Volume 4, pp. 87-8).Walker, Brian. ''The Comics: The Complete Collection''. New York: Abrams ComicArts, 2011. (pp. 188-9,191, 238-243) The character first appeared in the daily King Features Syndicate, King Features comic strip ''Thimble Theatre'' on January 17, 1929, and ''Popeye'' became the strip's title in later years. The character has also appeared in theatrical and television animated cartoons. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pookie (vehicle)
The Pookie MRAP vehicle was created to deal with the constant mining of the roadways during the Rhodesian Bush War. Description The Pookie was a small one-person vehicle named after the bush baby, and fitted with large Formula One tires bought second hand after the South African Grand Prix. The wide tyres prevented the detonation of buried mines by exerting less ground pressure than a human footprint and spanning the mines' circumference. The vehicle was made with readily available parts from the Volkswagen Kombi and resembles a small go-cart with an elevated cab to protect the driver. The bottom of the cab had a V-shaped reinforced hull to deflect the blast away from the operator. Sensor 'pans', resembling rectangular wings, were lowered and used parallel to the ground below the cab. When the vehicle was transported, the pans were raised at a 45 degree angle. According to Trevor Davies Engineering, manufacturer of the Pookie, "...of the 76 vehicles built between 1976 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooky Quesnel
Joanna Gabrielle "Pooky" Quesnel (born 30 April 1966) is an English actress, screenwriter and singer. Early life Quesnel was born and raised in Eccles, Lancashire, along with her five siblings. Her father was born in Trinidad. She read English at Oxford University before spending a year at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. In the 1980s, she performed in Humphrey Carpenter's Vile Bodies band at the Ritz Hotel, and performed in a tribute concert to him following his death in 2005. In 2003, she began screenwriting, producing scripts for '' Doctors'' and ''Family Affairs'', appearing in the latter as Diane Short. Career She played Dr. Monica Broome in the first series of ''Cardiac Arrest'' and DC Grace Harris in the first two series of '' Thief Takers''. She had a recurring role in the third series of '' Cold Feet'' as Emma Keaton and returned to medical dramas in 2006, playing Dr. Christine Whelan in '' The Golden Hour''. In 2007, she starred as Nita in the BBC One series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sterile Cuckoo
''The Sterile Cuckoo'' (released in the UK as ''Pookie'') is a 1969 American comedy-drama film by producer-director Alan J. Pakula that tells the story of an eccentric young couple whose relationship deepens despite their differences and inadequacies. It stars Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, and Tim McIntire. The film was adapted by Alvin Sargent from the 1965 novel by John Nichols, directed by Pakula in his directing debut, and was released by Paramount Pictures. The film received two Oscar nominations for the 42nd Academy Awards: Liza Minnelli for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Fred Karlin & Dory Previn's song " Come Saturday Morning" (performed by the Sandpipers) for Best Original Song. Plot Mary Ann "Pookie" Adams is a quirky oddball who meets quiet, reserved Jerry Payne while waiting for a bus heading to their colleges; both are freshmen and their colleges are near each other. Jerry immediately sees that Pookie is different, even strange: she lies to a nun on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Meerkat Manor Meerkats
The British documentary television programme ''Meerkat Manor'' (September 2005 – August 2008), produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet International, documented the antics of various meerkats being studied by the Kalahari Meerkat Project. The meerkats live in matriarchal groups led by a dominant couple, who have exclusive mating and breeding rights. The remainder of the group is usually the offspring and relatives of the dominant couple. In the first three series of the four-series programme, five major groups of meerkats were regularly shown, however, its primary focus was on a group called the Whiskers, one of the largest and oldest of the research groups. Other groups featured were neighbouring rival groups of the Whiskers and groups formed by former Whiskers members. During the first series, a group called the Lazuli were depicted as the Whiskers' main rivals, with occasional appearances by the smaller Gattaca group. In the second series, the Commandoes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
