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The Journey Of Allen Strange
''The Journey of Allen Strange'' is an American television series that aired on Nickelodeon's SNICK block of programming for three seasons from November 1997 to April 2000. Premise The series follows the story of a young Xelan alien ( Arjay Smith) who is stranded on Earth, and meets up with a young girl Robbie Stevenson ( Erin J. Dean), her younger brother Josh ( Shane Sweet), and their father Ken (Jack Tate). This family eventually adopts him, giving him the name "Allen Strange". He has extraordinary powers, including the ability to turn into his alien form, which allows him to hover. He uses his abilities to bring a mannequin in a sporting goods store to life; this "animated mannequin" poses as his Earth father, Manfred, for events like parent-teacher conferences. He also possesses extremely high intelligence and can read incredibly fast by simply placing his hand on the cover of a book. He also seems to have advanced dexterity and athletic muscle memory, as he once observed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, and extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances. Science fiction is related to fantasy (together abbreviated wikt:SF&F, SF&F), Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many #Subgenres, subgenres. The genre's precise Definitions of science fiction, definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, ''hard'' science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, ''soft'' science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee Bradley Baker
Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is an American voice actor. Much of his work has consisted of vocalizations of animals and monsters. Baker's roles include animated series such as '' Adventure Time'', ''American Dad!'', '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', '' Ben 10'', '' Codename: Kids Next Door'', '' Gravity Falls'', '' Milo Murphy's Law'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', '' Handy Manny'', '' Jungle Junction'', ''Steven Universe'', '' The 7D'', '' Miles from Tomorrowland'', '' ''Muppet Babies'''', and ''The Legend of Korra''. His voice work in live-action series includes '' Legends of the Hidden Temple'' and '' Shop 'til You Drop'', as well as films such as '' Space Jam'' and '' The Boxtrolls''. Baker is especially known for his work on various ''Star Wars'' television series, mainly as the voice of Captain Rex and other clone troopers in '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', '' Star Wars Rebels'', and '' Star Wars: The Bad Batch''. He has also voiced character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 American Television Series Debuts
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Nickelodeon Original Programming
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s American Teen Drama Television Series
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Complete Directory To Prime Time Network And Cable TV Shows 1946–Present
''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present'' is a trade paperback reference work by the American television historians Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, first published by Ballantine Books in 1979. History The 1979 book publication was by Tim Brooks at NBC, who was then head of that network's research, and Earle Marsh of CBS, who was a manager there of special research projects, and it was the book's first edition. According to Aaron Barnhart (as told to him by author Tim Brooks), the original volume (covering 3,000 shows). Between the sixth and ninth editions, Brooks and Marsh expanded an already "hefty" paperback from 5,000 to 6,500 shows covered ("adding about half an inch to the spine"). According to Barnhart, . The title of later editions include the words "and cable". The ninth edition came out in 2007; in it, co-author Tim Brooks said that the ninth edition may be the last one released. Awards and recognition The 1979 publicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Odom (author)
Mel Odom (born December 16, 1957, in California) is an American writer known primarily for science fiction and fantasy novels set in existing properties. Education Odom graduated from Byng High School in Byng, Oklahoma in May 1976, and later graduated with a bachelor's degree in English from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. He teaches undergraduate courses at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication in the Professional Writing program at the University of Oklahoma. Career Odom sold his first book in January 1988 and wrote dozens more books over the next ten years. He wrote two novels for the F.R.E.E.Lancers campaign setting for TSR's '' Top Secret/S.I.'' role-playing game, ''F.R.E.E.Lancers'' and ''F.R.E.E.Fall''. He followed these with his first ''Forgotten Realms'' novel in 1998, ''The Lost Library of Cormanthyr'', and then his '' Threat from the Sea'' trilogy. Odom has written dozens of novels in several fieldsaction-adventure, computer strategy gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Vornholt
John Blair Vornholt (born February 14, 1951) is an American author, screenwriter and journalist. As an author, he has written numerous media tie-ins, including many ''Star Trek'' novels. As a screenwriter, he worked on several animated children's series of the 1980s, including '' Ghostbusters'', '' Dennis the Menace'' and '' Beverly Hills Teens''. As a journalist, he has worked as lead writer for ''The Hollywood Reporter'' and '' Tucson Weekly''. Bibliography Original works *''The Troll King'' *''The Troll Queen'' *''The Troll Treasure'' *''The First Third'' (play) *''How To Sneak Into The Girls’ Locker Room'' Babylon 5 *Book One ''Voices'' *Book Three ''Blood Oath'' Buffy and Angel *'' Coyote Moon'' *'' Seven Crows'' Dinotopia *''Riverquest'' *''Sabertooth Mountain'' *''Dolphin Watch'' Final Fantasy *''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' (YA version) Flight 29 Down *'' The Seven'' *'' The Return'' Marvel *''Spider-Man: Valley Of The Lizard'' Primal Rage *The Avata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Williams (director)
Pat Williams (sometimes credited as Patrick Williams) is a Canadian television director and producer. Working since the 1980s as a camera operator on such films as ''Police Academy'' (1984) and ''Cool Runnings'' (1993). Making his directorial debut in 1997, he has directed episodes of '' CONTINUUM'', ''The Secret World of Alex Mack''. Some of his other television credits include ''Romeo!'', ''So Weird'', ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'', ''Kyle XY'', ''Smallville'', ''Instant Star'', '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'', '''', '' |
Topper Carew
Colin Anthony "Topper" Carew (born July 16, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Early life Carew was born in Boston, Massachusetts,Ellis, Dwight (February 8, 2024) Topper Carew: Hollywood Film Director & MIT Media Lab Scientist.Bowie State University. and raised in the Roxbury section of Boston. He attended John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science.Lunis, Kwani A. (March 10, 2024) Martin' co-creator, ‘a son of Roxbury,' on education, constructing a life of purpose: Roxbury native Topper Carew shares his journey from the John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science to Howard University, Yale and M.I.T. led to two successful careers, in Hollywood and in architecture.NBC10 Boston. He initially went to college at Howard University, and later transferred to Yale, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Architecture and a master's degree in Environmental Design.Colin "Topper" Carew. Former Visiting Scholar. MIT Media Lab. https://www.media.mit.edu/people/tc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Liddi
Allison Liddi-Brown is an American television director and producer. Liddi-Brown received her B.A. in Drama and her M.F.A. in Directing from the University of California, Irvine, where she studied under Professor Keith Fowler. She made her television directorial debut on the first season of the Nickelodeon series, ''The Secret World of Alex Mack''. She then went on to direct episodes for a number of notable television series namely, ''The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', ''Even Stevens'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', '' CSI: Miami'', '' CSI: NY'', ''Chuck'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', '' Friday Night Lights'' and ''Gossip Girl'' among other series. In 2010, Brown won the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Children's Program for directing the Disney Channel Original Movie ''Princess Protection Program'' starring Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato Demetria D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
