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Problem Child (TV Series)
''Problem Child'' is an animated television series co-produced by Universal Animation Studios, Universal Cartoon Studios, D'Ocon Films Productions for season 1 and Lacewood Productions for season 2, and based on the ''Problem Child (film), Problem Child'' films. The series was first premiered on USA Network (part of ''USA Cartoon Express'' block) in October 31, 1993 until the final episode's airing in December 4, 1994. A significant feature has Gilbert Gottfried reprising his role of Igor Peabody from the films; this makes him the only actor in every film in the series and the cartoon. Synopsis 10-year-old Junior continues his not-so-evil and not-so-horrid adventures with his father Little Ben Healy (who is now a police officer) and his new friend, Cyndi in Toe Valley. Junior continues to make life miserable for those who get in his way like his principal Igor Peabody and Junior's grandfather Big Ben Healy with pranks and mischievous ideas. Characters * Junior Healy (voiced by Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Cartoon Express
The ''USA Cartoon Express'' was a programming block consisting of animated children's series which aired on the USA Network from September 20, 1982 to September 15, 1996. ''Cartoon Express'' was the first structured animation block on cable television, predating Nickelodeon's Nicktoons and Cartoon Network by a decade. History In September 1982, ''USA Cartoon Express'' was announced by USA as one of six new shows on its fall schedule as the network began broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The ''Express'' originally aired during the early evening hours, replacing a prior block called ''Calliope'' which continued to air on Sunday mornings until 1993. Eventually, a "Sunday Cartoon Express" would debut that took up the full Sunday morning. Curt Chaplin served as the unseen "Cartoon Announcer", providing voice-overs for the block's opening, closing and commercial bumpers, continuing in this role until 1992. Hanna-Barbera The initial lineup consisted mostly of series from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodger Bumpass
Rodger Bumpass (born November 20, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Squidward Tentacles on the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. He voices several other characters on the show as well, including the purple doctor fish and various anchovies. He also voiced The Chief in the animated series '' Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?'', Professor Membrane from ''Invader Zim'' and Mr. Besser, the school principal in the animated series '' The Kids from Room 402''. Bumpass has many other credits in animated films, animated television series, and video games. Early life Rodger Bumpass was born on November 20, 1951, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Carroll C. (1924–2009) and Virginia Cathey Bumpass (1921–2004). He had two siblings, one of whom was stillborn. His parents ran a dry cleaning business. He described his mother as “the life of the family” and his father “a typical Southern male with Southern male disgust“ but added that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Boen
Earl Boen (; August 8, 1941 – January 5, 2023) was an American character actor. He is perhaps best known for portraying criminal psychiatrist Doctor Peter Silberman from Terminator (franchise), the ''Terminator'' franchise. Boen was also very active in the voiceover field, voicing characters such as Horace Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 TV series), the ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' television series, Police Chief Kanifky in ''Bonkers (American TV series), Bonkers'', the narrator and King Terenas Menethil II in ''Warcraft, World of Warcraft'', Señor Senior, Senior in ''Kim Possible'' and LeChuck in the ''Monkey Island (series), Monkey Island'' video game series. Early life Earl Boen was born on August 8, 1941, in New York City. Career He appeared as Willie's boss in ''ALF (TV series), ALF'' and Patrick Morrison in the ''Matlock (1986 TV series), Matlock'' episode, "The Cult". Boen played Jim Petersen, Angela Bower's boss on the show ''Who's The Boss?''. Boen had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg Berger
Gregory Alan Berger (born December 10, 1950) is an American voice actor. He is known for his roles as Jecht from ''Final Fantasy X'' and the ''Dissidia Final Fantasy'' games, Grimlock from ''The Transformers (TV series), The Transformers'', Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter from ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', Odie from most ''Garfield'' animated media, Cornfed Pig from ''Duckman'', Bill Licking from ''The Angry Beavers'', Agent Kay from ''Men in Black: The Series'', The Gromble from ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', List of Viewtiful Joe characters#Captain Blue, Captain Blue from ''Viewtiful Joe'', Eeyore from ''Kingdom Hearts II'', Hunter the Cheetah (1999–2002) and Ripto from ''Spyro, Spyro the Dragon'', as well as Thing (comics), The Thing, Galactus, and Attuma from ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance''. Early life Berger was born on December 10, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri to an observant Russian-Jewish family. He graduated from University City High School (Missouri), University City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bell (actor)
Michael Bell (born July 30, 1938) is an American actor who is most active in voice over roles. He has acted in video games and animated series, including '' Legacy of Kain'', '' The Transformers'', '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', '' The Houndcats'', '' Rugrats'', '' The Smurfs'', '' The Incredible Hulk'', and '' Snorks'' and appeared on-screen in film and television, including the TV programs ''Dallas'' and ''Star Trek''. Early life Michael Bell was born on July 30, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family. Career Live-action roles His live action film career has included roles in films such as '' Thunder Alley'' (1967), ''Blue'' (1968), '' The Proud Rider'' (1971) '' Brother John'' (1971), '' Rollercoaster'' (1977), ''Fast Company'' (1979), '' How to Beat the High Cost of Living'' (1980) and '' C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.'' (1989). Bell also appeared in live-action exploitation shorts and PSAs - scare films made in California during the early 1960s, ranging in co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Astin
John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles, primarily in character roles. He is widely known for his role as patriarch Gomez Addams in ''The Addams Family (1964 TV series), The Addams Family'' (1964–1966), reprising the role in the television film ''Halloween with the New Addams Family'' (1977) and the animated series ''The Addams Family (1992 TV series), The Addams Family'' (1992–1993). Astin starred in the TV film ''Evil Roy Slade'' (1972). Other notable film roles include ''West Side Story (1961 film), West Side Story'' (1961), ''That Touch of Mink'' (1962), ''Move Over, Darling'' (1963), ''Freaky Friday (1976 film), Freaky Friday'' (1976), ''National Lampoon's European Vacation'' (1985), ''Teen Wolf Too'' (1987) and ''The Frighteners'' (1996). Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short ''Prelude'' (1968). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Adler
Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', the Bigheads on ''Rocko's Modern Life'', Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', Doctor Doom, Wrecker, Sabertooth and others in ''The Super Hero Squad Show'', MODOK in various Marvel media, Cobra Commander in '' GI Joe: Resolute'' and '' Renegades'', Starscream in the ''Transformers'' film series, Mr. Whiskers of Disney's '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'', the titular characters of Cartoon Network's '' Cow and Chicken'' along with its main antagonist, The Red Guy, Professor Monkey-for-a-Head in ''Earthworm Jim'', I.R. Baboon in '' I Am Weasel'', T-Bone in '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'' and Tex Hex in ''Bravestarr''. Early life In the mid-1960s, Adler's family moved to Nanuet, New York and later to Massachusetts. He was given the nickname "Beanie" due to always wearing a Beanie cap. His sister Cheryl Adler is a psychoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tubi
Tubi (stylized as tubi) is an American over-the-top ad-supported streaming television service owned by Fox Corporation since 2020. The service was launched on April 1, 2014, and is based in Los Angeles, California. In 2023, Tubi, Credible Labs, and a few other Fox digital assets were placed into a new division known as the Tubi Media Group. In May 2024, it was reported to have 80 million monthly active users. As of January 2025, it is reported to have 97 million monthly active users. The service was ranked 33rd in ''Fast Company''s "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2025". History Tubi was founded by Farhad Massoudi and Thomas Ahn Hicks of AdRise in San Francisco, launching in 2014 as a free service under the name Tubi TV. In May 2017, they raised US$20 million in a round of funding from Jump Capital, Danhua Capital, Cota Capital, and Foundation Capital. In June 2019, Tubi announced that it had over 20 million active monthly users, and later in September, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Ann Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969) is an American former figure skating, figure skater. She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, 1991 World Championships and the Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, 1992 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 1992 World Figure Skating Championships, 1992 World Championships and the Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, 1994 Winter Olympics, as well as the 1993 United States Figure Skating Championships, 1993 US National Figure Skating Championship. Kerrigan was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004. On January 6, 1994, an assailant used a police baton to Assault of Nancy Kerrigan, strike Kerrigan on her landing knee; the attacker was hired by Jeff Gillooly, then-husband of her rival Tonya Harding. The attack injured Kerrigan, but she quickly recovered. Harding and Kerrigan both participated in the Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, 1994 Winter Olympics, but a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figure Skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are Single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance; the four individual disciplines are also combined into a team event, which was first included in the Winter Olympics in 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014. The non-Olympic disciplines include synchronized skating, Ice theatre, Theater on Ice, and four skating. From intermediate through senior-level competition, skaters generally perform two programs (the Short program (figure skating), short program and the Free skating, free skate), which, depending on the discipline, may include figure skating spins, spins, figure skating jumps, jumps, moves in the field, Figure skating lifts, lifts, Figure skating jumps#Throw jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
