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Arlene Klasky
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Arlene Klasky is an American animator, graphic designer, producer and co-founder of Klasky-Csupo with Gábor Csupó. In 1999, she was named one of the “Top 25 Women in Animation” by Animation Magazine and she is most known for co-creating the animated series Rugrats with her husband Gabor Csupo and Paul Germain. Klasky and her partner, Gabor Csupo, formed Klasky Csupo, combining their respective talents in graphic design and character animation proved to be a long-lasting successful formula. Today, she continues to work on new development for television. She oversees the projects in broadstrokes on a daily basis along with Csupo. Klasky was the force behind the box-office hits The Rugrats Movie and Rugrats in Paris. Klasky played a role as co-creator and executive producer on the three-time Emmy Award-winning Rugrats. Her vision has inspired other distinctive productions, including Rugrats, Aaahh, real Monsters, Santo Bugito, Rocket Power and The Wild Thornberrys. Klasky’s diverse career shares common origins with the special effects/film graphics industry, after studying animation at the California Institute of the Arts, Klasky gained her first professional experience as a designer of signage and logos for architectural projects. She entered the industry as a designer for major record labels such as A & M Records. After stints as a magazine and advertising art director, Klasky made the transition into film, joining the legendary Robert Abel and Associates doing special effects and she was once married to her business partner Gábor Csupó, before they started their animation company. They have two sons together from their marriage, Tommy Pickles appearance from Rugrats is based on her younger son Brandon. Her older sons name is Jarrett and she formed Klasky Csupo with Gabor in their two-bedroom apartment in Hollywood in 1982. It later was moved to Seward Street in Hollywood and they designed the titles for 21 Jump Street, Anything But Love, and In Living Color. They also produced videos for Beastie Boys and Luther Vandross. In 1989, they started Rugrats with the unaired pilot Tommy Pickles and The Great White Thing, real Monsters premiered on Halloween in 1994, their second cartoon show to be aired on Nickelodeon. In 2003 she made the spin-off All Grown Up. in America it aired from 2003-2009 on The N, 2003-2006 on Nickelodeon, media related to Arlene Klasky at Wikimedia Commons Arlene Klasky at the Internet Movie Database Nick Animation Podcast, Episode 4, Arlene Klasky. Published June 3,2016, listened June 4,2016
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Rugrats
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Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. Adults in the series are almost always unaware of what the children are up to, the series premiered on Sunday, August 11,1991, as the second Nicktoon after Doug and preceding The Ren & Stimpy Show. Production was initially put on hiatus in 1995 after 65 episodes, in 1996, Klasky Csupo Animation began producing new episodes, and the shows fourth season began airing in 1997. The final episode aired on August 1,2004, bringing the series to a total of 172 episodes and 9 seasons during a 13-year run, on July 21,2001, Nickelodeon broadcast the made-for-TV special All Growed Up in celebration of the series 10th anniversary. The special acted as a pilot for the Rugrats spin-off series All Grown Up. which chronicles the lives of the babies, another spin-off series, Rugrats Pre-School Daze, was considered, but only four episodes were produced. Two direct-to-video specials were released in 2005 and 2006, under the title Rugrats Tales from the Crib, tie-in media for the series include video games, comics, toys and various other merchandise. Rugrats gained over 20 awards during its 13-year run, including 4 Daytime Emmy Awards,6 Kids Choice Awards, the series garnered high ratings on Nickelodeon and was the networks top-rated show from 1995 to 2000. It was Nickelodeons longest-running Nicktoon until 2012, when SpongeBob SquarePants aired its 173rd episode with the episode Squidtis/Demolition Doofus, Rugrats was formed by the then-husband-and-wife duo of Gábor Csupó and Arlene Klasky, along with Paul Germain in 1989. Klasky Csupo had a major animation firm at the time also provided services for commercials. Klasky, Csupó, and Germain were also animating The Simpsons at the time, with the comedic stimulation branching from the antics of Klasky and Csupós infant children, the 6 1⁄2–minute pilot episode, Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing, went into production. Peter Chung, along with Klasky and Csupó, co-designed the characters and directed the pilot, Tommy Pickles. In a Decider article, Chung said, He wanted the babies to be instead of cute. The production was completed in 1990 and they submitted it to Nickelodeon, the feedback for the pilot episode was primarily positive. With that, the series went into production, Chuckie and Angelica were added as characters. Paul Germain felt that the series needed a bully, Angelica was based on a bully in Germains childhood, who was a girl. In addition to that, it was Germain who decided that Angelica would be a spoiled brat, Klasky initially did not like Angelica Pickles and also protested the characters actions in episodes like Barbecue Story, where she throws Tommys ball over the fence. In a New Yorker article, Klasky said, I think shes a bully and she never fully approved of Angelicas character development. Her bullying caused Klasky to disdain her, Angelica started to become a problem for some of the Rugrats staff
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The Wild Thornberrys
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The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2004, with reruns until 2007. The show returned to The 90s Are All That for one night, the show aired on Nicktoonsters in the United Kingdom. Factorys acquisition of the title in February 2011, all 5 seasons have been released on DVD, the series focuses around a nomadic family of documentary filmmakers known as the Thornberrys, famous for their televised wildlife studies. The gift enabled her to talk to the Thornberrys pet chimpanzee Darwin, the Wild Thornberrys was produced by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon. It premiered in September 1998, and was the first Nicktoon to exclusively use 22-minute stories, characters were designed to appeal to various demographics, the sarcastic teen for older girls and the jungle boy for younger boys. Chicago Sun-Times noted the series was at the forefront of a new trend that saw parents being at the forefront of childrens TV shows, multichannel News thought the series was one of the best for children on TV. Knight Ridder called the series sympathetic, the Native Voice complimented the series on its commitment to fun, adventure, detail, accuracy, and honesty. By November 1998, the show had been averaging a 6.2 rating, in December 1998, the show was the most-watched new cartoon on television. In December 2000, the series was Nickelodeons #2 show after Rugrats, Nickelodeon released all five seasons on DVD in Region 1 via Amazon. com through its CreateSpace Manufacture-on-demand program in 2010. Season 1 was released on June 24,2010, Seasons 2 through 5 were released on December 1,2010 All of these releases are now discontinued, on February 16,2011, it was announced that Shout. Factory had acquired the rights to the series and would be releasing season 1 on DVD on May 17,2011, Season 1 was released on May 17,2011 followed by Season 2, Part 1 on November 8,2011. Season 2, Part 2 was released on April 24,2012, Season 2, Part 3 was released on January 15,2013, as a Shout Select title. Season 3 was released on June 11,2013 as a Shout Select title, Seasons 4 and 5 were released in a box set on September 10,2013 as a Shout Select title. Factory released The Wild Thornberrys, The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1, in Australia, all 5 seasons have been released via Beyond Home Entertainment. A 13-disc set titled The Wild Thornberrys, The Essential Episodes was released on June 3,2015, factory select title, sold exclusively through Shouts online store. The Wild Thornberrys Movie, This theatrical earned an Academy Award nomination, Rugrats Go Wild, This theatrical film was the final Rugrats film, and a crossover between Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys. The Wild Thornberrys, Rambler The Wild Thornberrys, Animal Adventures The Wild Thornberrys Movie Rugrats Go Wild, the Wild Thornberrys at the Internet Movie Database
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David Silverman (animator)
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David Silverman is an American animator best known for directing numerous episodes of the animated TV series The Simpsons, as well as The Simpsons Movie. He also did the animation for the 2016 film, The Edge of Seventeen, Silverman was born to a Jewish family on Long Island, New York. He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and started his education at the University of Maryland, then he attended UCLA and majored in animation. Early in his career with The Simpsons, he was a subject on the December 26,1990 episode of To Tell the Truth, Silverman is largely credited with creating most of the rules for drawing The Simpsons. He is frequently called upon to animate difficult or especially important scenes, becoming go-to in Season 2 when he animated the first of Homers many rants, freak-outs, and heart attacks. He appeared during the end credits of the Simpsons episode Goo Goo Gai Pan giving a method of drawing Bart. A cartoon rendering of him can be seen in The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show and he was credited as Pound Foolish as the director of the episodes The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular and Another Simpsons Clip Show. Silverman is also the director of The Simpsons Movie, which was released July 27,2007 and he originally left The Simpsons to direct additional sequences in The Road to El Dorado for DreamWorks Animation. Some of his film work includes Monsters, Inc. for Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios. He is currently a producer and occasional director. In 2012, Silverman directed the theatrical short The Longest Daycare starring Maggie Simpson, released in front of Ice Age, the short was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. On March 31,2014 David Silverman is about to direct a Live Action/animated film featuring The Pink Panther being made by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire Bart the Genius Bart the General Life on the Fast Lane Some Enchanted Evening Bart Gets an F Treehouse of Horror Bart vs and it frequently recalls the works of Ward Kimball, Tex Avery, Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones. Silverman worked with Savage Steve Holland to create Klutter. for Fox Kids and it was produced by Fox Kids Company, Savage Studios Ltd, and Film Roman. Stravaganza in the season of the 1995–96 season. It lasted eight episodes from September 9,1995, to April 14,1996, Silverman has toured many college campuses, speaking about his experiences as an animator and longtime Simpsons director and producer. He describes his experiences in the animation field, working on shows such as Turbo Teen. He goes on to say that at the point he considered leaving animation to devote his time to cartoon illustration and he has pointed out that he and his fellow animators Wes Archer and Bill Kopp first started animating The Simpsons shorts on March 23,1987
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Elizabeth Daily
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Elizabeth Ann Guttman, known professionally as Elizabeth Daily and E. G. Daily, is an American actress and singer and she is known for voicing Tommy Pickles in Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up. Buttercup in The Powerpuff Girls, Rudy Tabootie in ChalkZone, and Private Isabel Dizzy Flores in Roughnecks, Daily also provided the voice of the title role in the live action feature film Babe, Pig in the City, replacing her Rugrats co-star Christine Cavanaugh. She also played the role of Dottie in the film Pee-wees Big Adventure, in 1997, she also played alongside Lisa Kudrow in an episode of Friends, The One With Phoebes Ex Singing Partner. She has voiced television characters such as Tommy Pickles in Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up, Buttercup in The Powerpuff Girls, Rudy Tabootie in ChalkZone, and Freefall / Roxy Spaulding in the film Gen¹³ and Private Isabel Dizzy Flores in Roughnecks, Starship Troopers Chronicles. She provided the voice for the role in the live action feature film Babe, Pig in the City. More recently in 2013 she began doing the voice of Julius Jr. on the self-titled Nick Jr. television show, in a 2000 article from LA Weekly, in reference to how she portrays Buttercup on The Powerpuff Girls, Daily says, Spicy Buttercup is feisty. Shes passionate about things, and a bit aggressive I get to rage out every now. You have to be pretty contained a lot of the time, besides doing voice-overs, Daily has acted in film and on TV. She played Sandy Burns on the PBS series The Righteous Apples from 1980 to 1981, in 1985, she starred as Dottie in the cult classic Pee-wees Big Adventure as well as Loryn in Valley Girl and as a singer in the cult comedy Better Off Dead. She also appeared on shows as Laverne & Shirley, CHiPs, Fame. She was also in the video for Rod Stewarts song Young Turks as Patti and she has been cast in several Rob Zombie films, most recently in 2015 as Sex-Head in Rob Zombies 31, the woman on the side of Torsten Voges, who plays Death-Head. Daily created and performed a one-woman stand-up comedy tour about the ups and downs of her career, Daily signed with A&M Records in 1985, working with Madonnas frequent collaborators John Jellybean Benitez and Stephen Bray. In 1986, that released the R&B/Rock single Say It. The song made it to No.70 on the Billboard Hot 100, and her songs Shake It Up and Im Hot Tonight were included in the soundtrack to the film Scarface. Those same songs were included in the lineup of fictional radio station Flashback 95.6 FM in the Grand Theft Auto III video game. They were also included in the Scarface, The World Is Yours video game and her hit Love in the Shadows was featured in the films Thief of Hearts and Circuit. Also in 1985, she provided vocals for The Human League front-man Philip Oakeys debut solo album
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Nancy Cartwright
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Nancy Jean Cartwright is an American voice actress, film and television actress, and comedian. She is known for her role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio. Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler, after continuing to search for acting work, in 1987, Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the middle child, Matt Groening, the series creator, allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot. She voiced Bart for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into a show called The Simpsons. In 2000, she published her autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy and she also co-produced the one-woman play In Search of Fellini. Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio, on October 25,1957 and she grew up in Kettering, Ohio, and discovered her talent for voices at an early age. While in the grade, she won a school-wide speech competition with her performance of Rudyard Kiplings How the Camel Got His Hump. Cartwright attended Fairmont West High School, and participated in the schools theater and she regularly entered public speaking competitions, placing first in the Humorous Interpretation category at the National District Tournament two years running. The judges often suggested to her that she should perform cartoon voices, Cartwright graduated from high school in 1976 and accepted a scholarship from Ohio University. She continued to compete in public speaking competitions, during her sophomore year, in 1976, Cartwright landed a part-time job doing voice-overs for commercials on WING radio in Dayton. A representative from Warner Bros. Records visited WING and later sent Cartwright a list of contacts in the animation industry, one of these was Daws Butler, known for voicing characters such as Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Elroy Jetson and Yogi Bear. Cartwright called him, and left a message in a Cockney accent on his answering machine, Butler immediately called her back and agreed to be her mentor. He mailed her a script and instructed her to him a tape recording of herself reading it. Once he received the tape, Butler critiqued it and sent her notes, for the next year they continued in this way, completing a new script every few weeks. Cartwright described Butler as absolutely amazing, always encouraging, always polite, Cartwright returned to Ohio University for her sophomore year, but transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles so she could be closer to Hollywood and Butler. Her mother, Miriam, died late in the summer of 1978, Cartwright nearly changed her relocation plans but, on September 17,1978, joylessly left for Westwood, Los Angeles
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Tim Curry
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Timothy James Tim Curry is an English actor, voice actor, and singer. He is known for his work in a range of theatre, film. Curry was born in Grappenhall, Cheshire and his father, James Curry, a chaplain in the Royal Navy, died when Curry was 12. Currys mother, Patricia, a secretary, died in June 1999 after living with cancer for two years. His older sister, Judith, was a concert pianist who died of a tumour in the early 2000s. Curry spent most of his childhood in Plymouth, Devon, but, after his fathers death from pneumonia in 1958, Curry then went to boarding school and attended Kingswood School in Bath, Somerset. He developed into a boy soprano. Deciding to concentrate on acting, Curry graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in English. Curry recalled his first encounter with the project, Id heard about the play because I lived on Paddington Street, off Baker Street, and there was an old gym a few doors away. I saw Richard OBrien in the street, and he said hed just been to the gym to see if he could find a muscleman who could sing, I said, Why do you need him to sing. And he told me that his musical was going to be done and he gave me the script, and I thought, Boy, if this works, its going to be a smash. Originally, Curry rehearsed the character with a German accent and peroxide blond hair, Curry originally thought the character was merely a laboratory doctor dressed in a white lab coat. He continued to play the character in London, Los Angeles, figure out, help them maybe figure out their own sexuality. In 2016, Curry played The Criminologist in the film remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Shortly after the end of Rocky Horrors run on Broadway, Curry returned to the stage with Tom Stoppards Travesties, which ran in London and New York from 1975 to 1976. Travesties was a Broadway hit which won two Tony Awards, as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and Currys performance as the famous dadaist Tristan Tzara received good reviews. In 1981, Curry formed part of the original cast in the Broadway show Amadeus, playing the title character and he was nominated for his first Tony Award for this role but lost out to his co-star Ian McKellen, who played Antonio Salieri. In 1982, Curry took the part of the Pirate King in the Drury Lane production of Joe Papps version of The Pirates of Penzance opposite George Cole, earning enthusiastic reviews
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Lacey Chabert
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Lacey Nicole Chabert is an American actress, voice actress and singer. She first gained prominence as an actress on television for her role as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five. In film she has appeared in Lost in Space, Not Another Teen Movie, Daddy Day Care and had leading roles as Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls, Chabert has spoken publicly about her beliefs in the supernatural. Chabert has also appeared in eight Hallmark Channel movies, saying I love working for Hallmark, im proud of their movies and the message of their movies. Chabert was born in Purvis, Mississippi, to Julie and Tony Chabert and her father, a French-speaker from Louisiana, is of Cajun, Sicilian and English descent, he worked as a maintenance operations representative for an oil company. Her mother has English, Scottish, and remote Italian ancestry, Chabert has a younger brother, and two older sisters. She was Worlds Baby Petite in the Worlds Our Little Miss Scholarship Competition in 1985, in 1992 and 1993 she played Young Cosette in the Broadway production of Les Misérables. Chaberts first major role was as Claudia Salinger in Party of Five, Chabert made her debut to the big screen in the late 1990s starring as Penny Robinson in the fantasy-space thriller Lost in Space. Since then, she has been the voice of Eliza Thornberry in the animated series The Wild Thornberrys and she then had a supporting role in the parody film Not Another Teen Movie as Amanda Becker. She starred in Mean Girls and the television film Hello Sister and she appeared in a 2006 remake of Black Christmas. She appeared in an episode of Ghost Whisperer opposite former Party of Five costar Jennifer Love Hewitt and she performed the voice of Princess Elise from the game Sonic the Hedgehog for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. She also voiced Gwen Stacy in the animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man, Chabert, along with Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amanda Seyfried, won the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team for Mean Girls. The YoungStar awards honor the best film, TV and music performances made exclusively by six to eighteen-year-olds, in 2007, Chabert starred in the pilot episode of the Fox comedy The Hot Years, which revolved around the lives of four female friends who live together. The pilot was not ordered to series by Fox, Chabert was featured as cover girl of the January 2007 issue of Maxim, and again in November 2013. From 2013–2014, Chabert had a role on the ABC Family sitcom Baby Daddy as Dr. Amy Shaw. Chabert lives in Southern California, where she moved with her family in 1994 to begin work on Party of Five, Chabert married her longtime boyfriend, David Nehdar, on December 22,2013, in Los Angeles. On February 27,2016, she announced via Instagram that she, on September 1,2016, the couple welcomed their daughter, Julia Mimi Bella. Young Cosette The Broadway Kids Audio CD, the Broadway Kids Sing Broadway Lacey Chabert at the Internet Movie Database
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Bruce Willis
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Walter Bruce Willis is an American actor, producer, and singer. His career began on the Off-Broadway stage and then in television in the 1980s and he is known for his role of John McClane in the Die Hard series. He has appeared in over 60 films, including Color of Night, Pulp Fiction,12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Sin City, Red, The Expendables 2, and Looper. Willis married actress Demi Moore in 1987, and they had three daughters, including Rumer, before their divorce in 2000, since 2009, he has been married to model Emma Heming, with whom he has two daughters. Willis was born Walter Bruce Willis on March 19,1955, in the town of Idar-Oberstein and his father, David Willis, was an American soldier. His mother, Marlene, was German, born in Kassel, Willis is the oldest of four children, he has a sister, Florence, and a brother, David. His brother Robert died of cancer in 2001, aged 42. After being discharged from the military in 1957, Williss father took his back to Carneys Point Township. Willis has described himself as having come from a line of blue collar people. His mother worked in a bank and his father was a welder, master mechanic, Willis attended Penns Grove High School in his hometown, where he encountered issues with a stutter. He was nicknamed Buck-Buck by his schoolmates, after high school, Willis took a job as a security guard at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant and transported work crews at the DuPont Chambers Works factory in Deepwater, New Jersey. After working as an investigator, Willis turned to acting. He enrolled in the Drama Program at Montclair State University, where he was cast in the production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Willis left school in his year and moved to New York City. Willis left New York City and headed to California to audition for television shows. In 1984, he appeared in an episode of the TV series Miami Vice, in 1985, he was the guest actor in the first episode of the 1980s revival of The Twilight Zone, Shatterday. He auditioned for the role of David Addison Jr. of the television series Moonlighting, competing against 3,000 other actors for the position, during the height of the shows success, beverage maker Seagram hired Willis as the pitchman for their Golden Wine Cooler products. The advertising campaign paid the rising star between $5–7 million over two years, in spite of that, Willis chose not to renew his contract with the company when he decided to stop drinking alcohol in 1988
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Mark Mothersbaugh
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Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, author and visual artist. Mothersbaughs music career more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead singer and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, the band has maintained a cult following throughout its existence. Mothersbaugh is one of the composers of Devos music and made major lyrical contributions to the bands songs. He is one of two members who have been with Devo throughout its entire history. He also has had a career which has included four studio albums, Muzik for Insomniaks, Muzik for the Gallery, Joyeux Mutato. In 2004, he was honored with the Richard Kirk award at the BMI Film and TV Awards for his significant contributions to film, additionally, Mothersbaugh was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Kent State University in 2008. He has married twice and is the father of two adopted children, Mark Allen Mothersbaugh was born on May 18,1950, in Akron, Ohio. He is the son of Mary Margaret and Robert Mothersbaugh, Sr and he grew up with two younger brothers, Bob and Jim, and two sisters, Amy and Susan. His father appeared in early Devo films and fan events as the character General Boy and his brothers participated in the band, although Jims tenure was brief, Mothersbaugh attended Kent State University as an art student, where he met Devo co-founders Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis. This association culminated in 1973, when the trio started to play music as Devo, following the commercial failure of their sixth studio album Shout, Warner Bros. dropped Devo. Shortly after, claiming to feel creatively unfulfilled, drummer Alan Myers left the band, causing the band members to abandon the plans for a Shout video LP. In 1987, Devo reformed with new drummer David Kendrick, formerly of Sparks to replace Myers and their first project was a soundtrack for the flop horror film Slaughterhouse Rock, starring Toni Basil and they released the albums Total Devo and Smooth Noodle Maps, on Enigma. Devo had an out and played two shows in 1991 before breaking up. Around this time, members of Devo appeared in the film The Spirit of 76, following the split, Mark Mothersbaugh established Mutato Muzika, a commercial music production studio, along with Bob Mothersbaugh and Bob Casale. Mothersbaugh meant to further a career as a composer, Mothersbaugh gained considerable success in writing and producing music for television programs, video games cartoons, and movies. In 2006, Devo worked on a project with Disney known as Devo 2.0, a band of child performers was assembled and re-recorded Devo songs. Their debut album, a two disc CD/DVD combo entitled DEV2.0, was released on March 14,2006
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Nickelodeon Movies
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Nickelodeon Movies is the theatrical motion picture production arm of the American childrens cable channel Nickelodeon. Founded in 1995, the company released its first film Harriet the Spy in 1996 and it has produced family features and films based on Nickelodeon programs, as well as other adaptations and original projects. Its films are co-produced and/or distributed by Viacom division Paramount Pictures, in 1993, Nickelodeon forged a two-year contract with 20th Century Fox to make feature films. The joint venture would produce new material, though a Nickelodeon executive did not rule out the possibility of making films based on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rugrats. The contract expired in 1995 with no movies produced, by then, Nickelodeons parent company, Viacom, had already merged with Paramount Communications. Paramount Pictures would distribute the movies instead, Nickelodeon Movies was then founded in 1995. On July 10,1996, the studio released its first film, Harriet the Spy, on July 25,1997, the studio then released another film, Good Burger, a comedy film, starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. It was based on the Good Burger sketch on Nickelodeons popular sketch comedy series All That, real Monsters movie were produced around the same time, but never materialized. On November 20,1998, the studio released The Rugrats Movie and this film received mixed critical reception. Despite this, the became a box office success, earning $100,494,675 in the domestic box office. It also became the first non-Disney animated film to gross over $100 million domestically and was the studios first film to receive a G rating from the MPAA, the success of the film led to it receiving two sequels. On February 11,2000, the studio released Snow Day and this film met negative reviews, yet grossed $62,464,731 worldwide. Nine months later, the studio released Rugrats in Paris, The Movie on November 17,2000 and it is the first sequel to The Rugrats Movie, and grossed $76,507,756 at the domestic box-office and $103,291,131 worldwide. The critical reception met with reviews, becoming the most acclaimed Rugrats film to date. On December 21,2001, the studio released its first CGI animated film, Jimmy Neutron and it is based on a series of shorts that aired on Nickelodeon in 1998. It became a critical and box-office success, earning $80,936,232 in the United States and it stars voice actors Debi Derryberry, Rob Paulsen, Carolyn Lawrence, Jeffrey Garcia, and Candi Milo, and co-starred Martin Short and Patrick Stewart. On March 24,2002, this movie was nominated for the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and it is the first Nickelodeon film to be nominated for an Academy Award. The success of the film spawned this film into a TV series, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, on March 29,2002, the studio released Clockstoppers, a sci-fi action film, starring Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, and French Stewart
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Klasky Csupo
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Klasky Csupo, Inc. is an American multimedia entertainment production company which specializes in animation and graphic design and located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It was founded by producer Arlene Klasky, animator Gábor Csupó and their nephew Attila Csupó, hence the companys name. The company was founded by Klasky and Csupo in a room of their apartment in 1982, and grew to 550 artists, creative workers. During the 1990s and early-mid 2000s, they produced and animated era-defining shows for Nickelodeon such as Rugrats, real Monsters, The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, As Told by Ginger, and All Grown Up. In the mid-2000s, Nick ended their long running partnership with Klasky Csupo, the company then went dormant but was reinstated in 2012. Klasky Csupo was started in 1982 in the bedroom of a Hollywood apartment where Klasky. Building on its success, the studio opened its first facility in Hollywood in 1988 at the corner of Fountain and Highland Avenues. The studios first big break came in 1987 when James L. Brooks of Gracie Films hired the studio to produce the sequence for a new comedy series called The Tracey Ullman Show. In addition to the title, Klasky Csupo was given the opportunity to produce a series of one-minute cartoons which featured a group of characters called The Simpsons. Klasky Csupo produced and animated all 34 shorts, and when it became one of the most popular segments on the show, Klasky Csupo produced every episode for the first three seasons of the series. The studio shared the 1989–1990, and 1990–1991 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, in addition to that, Klasky Csupo produced the hit video Do the Bartman. Klasky Csupo was also responsible for an error during the episode Homers Odyssey in which Waylon Smithers was animated with the wrong color, in 1992, Gracie Films switched domestic production of The Simpsons to Film Roman. Csupó was asked if they could bring in their own producer, of the 110 people he employed to animate The Simpsons, Csupó laid off 75. In 1991, Klasky Csupo began producing Rugrats, a show for Nickelodeon. Their next major series was Duckman for the USA Network, the show revolved around the home life and adventures of a dim-witted and lascivious private detective duck named Eric Duckman. The series ran from 1994 to 1997, during the same time, Nickelodeon released Klasky Csupos second Nicktoon series, Aaahh. During this time, Klasky Csupo ended production on Rugrats because they thought they were going to be cancelled after all the 65 episodes were aired. However, there were left-over specials because Nickelodeon, instead of cancelling the show, saw potential in the show, the specials were so successful that Nickelodeon, instead of cancelling it, renewed the show for an additional season in 1996, and it aired in 1997
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Paramount Pictures
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Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor contracted 22 actors and actresses and these fortunate few would become the first movie stars. Paramount Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America, in 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital form only. Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving studio in the world after the French studios Gaumont Film Company and Pathé, followed by the Nordisk Film company. It is the last major film studio headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Paramount Pictures dates its existence from the 1912 founding date of the Famous Players Film Company, hungarian-born founder, Adolph Zukor, who had been an early investor in nickelodeons, saw that movies appealed mainly to working-class immigrants. With partners Daniel Frohman and Charles Frohman he planned to offer feature-length films that would appeal to the class by featuring the leading theatrical players of the time. By mid-1913, Famous Players had completed five films, and Zukor was on his way to success and its first film was Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth, which starred Sarah Bernhardt. That same year, another aspiring producer, Jesse L. Lasky, opened his Lasky Feature Play Company with money borrowed from his brother-in-law, Samuel Goldfish, the Lasky company hired as their first employee a stage director with virtually no film experience, Cecil B. DeMille, who would find a site in Hollywood, near Los Angeles, for his first feature film. Hodkinson and actor, director, producer Hobart Bosworth had started production of a series of Jack London movies, Paramount was the first successful nationwide distributor, until this time, films were sold on a statewide or regional basis which had proved costly to film producers. Also, Famous Players and Lasky were privately owned while Paramount was a corporation, in 1916, Zukor maneuvered a three-way merger of his Famous Players, the Lasky Company, and Paramount. Zukor and Lasky bought Hodkinson out of Paramount, and merged the three companies into one, with only the exhibitor-owned First National as a rival, Famous Players-Lasky and its Paramount Pictures soon dominated the business. It was this system that gave Paramount a leading position in the 1920s and 1930s, the driving force behind Paramounts rise was Zukor. In 1926, Zukor hired independent producer B. P. Schulberg and they purchased the Robert Brunton Studios, a 26-acre facility at 5451 Marathon Street for US$1 million. In 1927, Famous Players-Lasky took the name Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, three years later, because of the importance of the Publix Theatres, it became Paramount Publix Corporation. In 1928, Paramount began releasing Inkwell Imps, animated cartoons produced by Max, the Fleischers, veterans in the animation industry, were among the few animation producers capable of challenging the prominence of Walt Disney. The Paramount newsreel series Paramount News ran from 1927 to 1957, Paramount was also one of the first Hollywood studios to release what were known at that time as talkies, and in 1929, released their first musical, Innocents of Paris
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Animated
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Animation is the process of making the illusion of motion and the illusion of change by means of the rapid display of a sequence of images that minimally differ from each other. The illusion—as in motion pictures in general—is thought to rely on the phi phenomenon, animators are artists who specialize in the creation of animation. Animation can be recorded with either analogue media, a book, motion picture film, video tape, digital media, including formats with animated GIF, Flash animation. To display animation, a camera, computer, or projector are used along with new technologies that are produced. Animation creation methods include the traditional animation creation method and those involving stop motion animation of two and three-dimensional objects, paper cutouts, puppets and clay figures, Images are displayed in a rapid succession, usually 24,25,30, or 60 frames per second. Computer animation processes generating animated images with the general term computer-generated imagery, 3D animation uses computer graphics, while 2D animation is used for stylistic, low bandwidth and faster real-time renderings. An earthen goblet discovered at the site of the 5, 200-year-old Shahr-e Sūkhté in southeastern Iran, the artifact bears five sequential images depicting a Persian Desert Ibex jumping up to eat the leaves of a tree. They may, of course, refer to Chinese shadow puppets, in the 19th century, the phenakistoscope, zoetrope and praxinoscope were introduced. A thaumatrope is a toy with a small disk with different pictures on each side. The phenakistoscope was invented simultaneously by Belgian Joseph Plateau and Austrian Simon von Stampfer in 1831, the phenakistoscope consists of a disk with a series of images, drawn on radi evenly space around the center of the disk. John Barnes Linnett patented the first flip book in 1868 as the kineograph, the first animated projection was created in France, by Charles-Émile Reynaud, who was a French science teacher. Reynaud created the Praxinoscope in 1877 and the Théâtre Optique in December 1888, on 28 October 1892, he projected the first animation in public, Pauvre Pierrot, at the Musée Grévin in Paris. This film is notable as the first known instance of film perforations being used. His films were not photographed, they were drawn directly onto the transparent strip, in 1900, more than 500,000 people had attended these screenings. Stuart Blackton, who, because of that, is considered the father of American animation, in Europe, the French artist, Émile Cohl, created the first animated film using what came to be known as traditional animation creation methods - the 1908 Fantasmagorie. The film largely consisted of a figure moving about and encountering all manner of morphing objects. There were also sections of live action in which the hands would enter the scene. The film was created by drawing each frame on paper and then shooting each frame onto negative film, the author of the first puppet-animated film was the Russian-born director Wladyslaw Starewicz, known as Ladislas Starevich
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Crossover (fiction)
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A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, unauthorized efforts by fans or common corporate ownership, Crossovers often occur in an official capacity in order for the intellectual property rights holders to reap the financial reward of combining two or more popular, established properties. In other cases, the crossover can serve to introduce a new derivative of an older one. They may also involve using characters that have passed into the domain with those concurrently under copyright protection. A crossover story may try to explain its own reason for the crossover, some crossovers are not explained at all. Others are absurd or simply impossible within the setting, and have to be ignored by the series respective continuities. Still others intentionally make the relations between two or more fictional universes confusing, as with The Simpsons and Futurama, where each show is fiction in the other. Crossovers of multiple characters owned by one company or published by one publisher, have used to set an established continuity. This is especially true of comic book publishers, as different characters in various Marvel, for example, in the Marvel Comics universe, Spider-Man has frequent dealings with another Marvel hero, Daredevil, just as in the DC Comics Universe, Batman and Superman often collaborate. In comic book terminology, these guest star roles are common enough that they are not considered crossovers, rather, a crossover in comic book terms only occurs when a story spans more than one title. This has led to events, in which major occurrences are shown as affecting most or all of the stories in the shared universe. This story dealt with Zatanna attempting to reconnect with her father, Zatara, and seeking the aid of Hawkman, Batman, Robin, The Atom, Green Lantern, the first major crossover event was spearheaded by the Marvel Editor-in-Chief at the time, Jim Shooter. As a way to further toy sales he devised the Secret Wars crossover which brought all the major Marvel heroes into a twelve issue mini-series to battle a common threat, after the threat was dealt with they all returned to their regular titles. This Secret Wars was hailed as both a critical and commercial success largely because the events of the crossover had lasting effects on the characters, Jim Shooter later perfected his crossover at Valiant Comics with the Unity event. Unity brought all the Valiant characters together to defeat Mothergod but was told within the existing Valiant Comics titles, readers were not obliged to buy all 18 chapters as the story was coherent when reading just one title, but far more layered when all were read. Like Secret Wars, the Unity crossover had lasting effects on the Valiant universe most notably the introduction of Turok, the birth of Magnus Robot Fighter and the death of a major Valiant hero. Dark Horse Comicss Aliens Versus Predator franchise was a success that continued into many games, the comic crossovers from Raj Comics are very famous in India, in which the super heroes meet to fight a common enemy. Many of these crossovers have occurred between Nagraj and Super Commando Dhruva, in Kohram, all the heroes in Raj Universe meet to finish Haru, an extremely powerful enemy
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Nickelodeon
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Nickelodeon is an American basic cable and satellite television network launched on December 1,1977, and is owned by Viacom through Viacom Media Networks and based in New York City. It is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 7–18 while its weekday morning edutainment programs are targeted at children ages 2–6. As of July 2015, Nickelodeon is available to approximately 93.7 million pay television households in the US, the name of the channel comes from the first five cent movie theaters called nickelodeons. Nickelodeons history dates back to December 1,1977, when Warner Cable Communications launched the first two-way interactive cable system, QUBE, in Columbus, Ohio. Its C-3 cable channel carried Pinwheel daily from 7,00 a. m. to 9,00 p. m. Eastern Time, Nickelodeon launched on April 1,1979, initially distributed to Warner Cable systems via satellite on the RCA Satcom-1 transponder. Originally commercial-free, advertising was introduced in January 1984, the channel also airs reruns of select original series that are no longer in production, as well as occasional original made-for-TV movies. The channel also aired special editions of Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. The channel occasionally airs feature films produced by the networks Nickelodeon Movies film production division, although the film division bears the Nickelodeon brand name, the cable channel does not have access to most of the movies produced by its film unit. Nick Jr. – Nickelodeon currently programs shows targeted at preschool-age children on Monday through Fridays from 8,30 am-3,00 pm Eastern, the block primarily targets audiences of preschool age as Nickelodeons usual audience of school-age children are in school during the blocks designated time period. Programs currently seen in this block include Blaze and the Monster Machines, Team Umizoomi, Bubble Guppies, PAW Patrol, Max & Ruby, Saturday morning block - a morning block of primarily animated series from 9 am-12,30 pm Eastern and Pacific Time. It launched on September 22,2012, as Gotta See Saturday Mornings, recent episodes of certain original series may air when no new episodes are scheduled to air that week. The schedule features series such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Bunsen Is a Beast, ALVINNN. nicks New Saturday Night – a primetime live-action block airing from 8-10pm Eastern and Pacific Time. It launched on September 22,2012, as Gotta See Saturday Nights, recent episodes of certain original series may air when no new episodes are scheduled to air that week. The schedule features The Thundermans and Henry Danger, premieres of the networks original made-for-cable movies also occasionally air during the primetime block, usually in the form of premiere showings. SNICK – SNICK was the networks first dedicated Saturday primetime block that aired from 8,00 to 10,00 p. m. Eastern, geared toward pre-teens and teenagers, it debuted on August 15,1992. The block featured mainly live-action series, although it featured animated series. SNICK was discontinued on August 28,2004, and was replaced the following week by a Saturday night edition of the TEENick block and it was hosted by Stick Stickly, a Mr. Bill-like popsicle stick character. The block was replaced for the summer of 1999 by Henry, the Stick Stickly character was later revived for The 90s Are All That on TeenNick, which debuted in 2011
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Rugrats (film series)
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The Rugrats film series is a series of animated comedy adventure films based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon, Rugrats, created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain. The TV series, one of Nickelodeons all-time most popular and longest-running cartoon series, ran from 1991 until 2004, the three films received mostly mixed reviews from film reviewers, but were all commercial successes, collectively grossing nearly $300 million worldwide. The story escalates when self-proclaimed leader, Tommy Pickles, is thrust into a situation with the birth of his new brother. This new kid is grabbing all the attention and wont stop crying, with the help of the other toddlers, Lil and Phil, Tommy decides that the baby should be returned to the hospital for fixing. They all hop on their wagon and take a high-speed ride straight into the deep woods where they realize theyre lost. Chased around by animals, the Rugrats clan must get home in one piece and this film guest stars David Spade as Ranger Frank, Whoopi Goldberg as Ranger Margret, and Tim Curry as Rex Pester. The film focuses on Chuckie Finster as he is on a search for a new mother, in this movie, Tommys father, Stu, is invited to stay in Paris, France to rebuild a robotic Reptar used in a play. But when Stus child-hating boss, Coco LaBouche, attempts to marry Chuckies father, Chas, just to become the head of her company, Chuckie and this film guest stars Susan Sarandon as Coco LaBouche, John Lithgow as Jean-Claude, and Mako Iwamatsu as Mr. Yamaguchi. This is Christine Cavanaughs final film role before her retirement in 2001 and this film is a crossover between the Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys. In this film, Stu and Didi Pickles decide to take a vacation with their children, Tommy and Dil. However, the ship Stu has chartered isnt especially seaworthy, the Rugrats are then forced to turn to Nigels daughter, Eliza, who not only knows the wilds, but can talk to animals, which comes as quite a surprise to Spike, the Pickles family pooch. This is also the first time Nancy Cartwright voiced Chuckie Finster in a film since his voice actress retired in 2001. During its theatrical release, the film was presented with cards to enhance the film experience. The scratch-and-sniff cards were included on the home video version of the film. The Rugrats will appear in an upcoming Nicktoons film adaptation
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Christine Cavanaugh
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Christine Josephine Cavanaugh was an American voice actress and actress who had a distinctive speaking style and provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. In 2001, she retired from acting and died on December 22,2014. Cavanaugh was born in 1963 to Rheta Mason and Waldo Eugene Sandberg in Layton and she graduated from Layton High School in 1981. She first attended Utah State University, then the University of Hawaii, the couple married in 1985, and divorced later that same year. However, she kept his surname as her name upon becoming an actress. Cavanaugh could also be heard on The Critic as the voice of Marty, in the early 1990s, Cavanaugh also served as an announcer for The Disney Channel for coming up next bumpers. In 1995, Cavanaugh lent her voice to the live-action film Babe in the role of Babe the Gallant Pig. Also in 1995, Cavanaugh started doing the voice of boy-genius Dexter on Dexters Laboratory, show, and later became the first short to be adapted into its own series for Cartoon Network. She later won an Annie Award in 2000 for her performance as Dexter in the hour-long TV special Dexters Laboratory. Cavanaugh retired from acting in 2001, wanting to spend time with her family. After her retirement, she was replaced by Candi Milo as the voice of Dexter, on December 22,2014, Cavanaugh died at her home in Cedar City, Utah. Actors Bill Farmer and Jim Cummings, and actresses E. G, daily, Tara Strong, and Grey DeLisle, tweeted farewell messages to her as tribute. Christine Cavanaugh at the Internet Movie Database Christine Cavanaugh profile at Voice Chasers Christine Cavanaugh Obituary – Los Angeles Times Christine Cavanaugh at Find a Grave
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Scratch and sniff
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Scratch and sniff technology generally refers to stickers or cardboard items that have been treated with a fragrant coating. When scratched, the releases a odor that is normally related to the image displayed under the coating. The technology has been used on a variety of surfaces from stickers to compact discs, 3M invented the technology in 1965, using a process originally developed for carbonless copy paper called microencapsulation. Scratch-and-sniff stickers became popular in the late 1970s, and remained so through to the mid-1980s, in 1977, Creative Teaching Press produced some of the earliest scratch and sniff stickers. These stickers were mainly marketed to teachers as rewards for their students, for a time, scratch-and-sniff stickers were used to diagnose anosmia, although this practice later declined. Utility companies have enclosed scratch and sniff cards in their bills to educate the public in recognizing the smell of a gas leak. In 1987, cards distributed by the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company led to a rash of false alarms when the scents of cards in unopened envelopes were mistaken for real gas leaks, Scratch and sniff is created through the process of micro-encapsulation. The desired smell is surrounded by micro-capsules that break easily when gently rubbed, the rub to release action breaks the micro-encapsulated bubbles and releases the aroma. Because of the micro-encapsulation, the aroma can be preserved for long periods of time. More recently the BBC reinvented Scratch and Sniff cards with a version that accompanied a new television series Filthy Cities, the four aromas included Sewage, 18th Century Tannery, Marie Antoinettes Perfume and Pong de Paris. The fragrances and scratch and sniff cards were developed by The Aroma Company Europe in Oxfordshire using aroma touch to smell technology. Apart from the stickers, scratch and sniff surfaces are to be found on objects in popular culture, Gran Turismo 2 and FIFA2001 featured a scratch. Leisure Suit Larry, Love for Sail, featured a scratch and sniff card - the CyberSniff 2000 - which had nine different scents. The game would flash a coloured square with a number in it up at points during the game for the player to smell the corresponding square on the card, the vinyl cover of Dandelion Gum, an album by Black Moth Super Rainbow, has a scratch and sniff surface. The Players Guide packaged with the 1995 Super NES video game EarthBound included six scratch, one contained a mystery scent, if the player guessed the smell and sent in the card to Nintendo, they would receive a prize. The scent turned out to be pizza, the Odorama gimmick was also used for the 2009 Sydney Underground Film Festival screening of Waters 1972 cult classic Pink Flamingos. Several other movies had used this idea, such as Rugrats Go Wild and Spy Kids, All the Time in the World, the latter you had to rub instead of scratch. In 2011 Midnight Movies reproduced Polyester Odorama for the Edinburgh Film Festival using replica scratch, Little Golden Books in the 1980s offered a series of scratch and sniff books called Little Golden Sniff It Books
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Smell-O-Vision
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Smell-O-Vision was a system that released odor during the projection of a film so that the viewer could smell what was happening in the movie. The technique was created by Hans Laube and made its appearance in the 1960 film Scent of Mystery, produced by Mike Todd. The process injected 30 odors into a movie theaters seats when triggered by the films soundtrack, the use of scents in conjunction with film dates back to 1906, before the introduction of sound. However, between 1903 and 1915, there were no games held, so it is unknown what the newsreel was about, in 1929, during the showing of The Broadway Melody, a New York City theater sprayed perfume from the ceiling. Arthur Mayer installed an in-theater smell system in Paramounts Rialto Theater on Broadway in 1933, however, it would take over an hour to clear the scents from the theater, and some smells would linger for days afterward. Further attempts with releasing scents timed to key points in a film happened at a Detroit, Michigan theater with The Sea Hawk, All of these early attempts, however, were made by theater owners and not part of the films themselves. The audience could be distracted by the scents instead of focusing on what the director intended. Furthermore, because of the size of the theaters, large amounts of perfume had to be released to all members of the audience. Walt Disney was the first filmmaker to explore the idea of actually including scents with his 1940 film Fantasia, general Electric developed a system in 1953 that they called Smell-O-Rama. They demonstrated its potential by exhibiting a three-dimensional image of a rose accompanied by floral scents and he introduced this system during the 1939 New York Worlds Fair. Todd Sr. had staged a series of films at the 1939 Worlds Fair. Fifteen years later, Todd and his son were thinking of ways they could enhance their film Around the World in Eighty Days. They remembered Laubes invention and although they decided not to use it for this film, Laubes system, for which he had been issued a U. S. patent and which was renamed Smell-O-Vision by Todd, had been improved in the intervening time. Now, instead of the scents being manually released, it used what he called a smell brain, the belt was then wound around a motorized reel. As the film threaded through the projector, markers on it would cue the brain. Needles would pierce membranes on the containers, releasing the scents, the cost of outfitting a theater to accommodate the system was anywhere from US$15,000 at Chicagos Cinestage theater to $1,000,000 elsewhere. Both Laube and Todd understood that the system had aesthetic limitations, for example, a heavy drama was not the sort of film that could employ it well. Thus, the system was to be deployed with the mystery-comedy Scent of Mystery, for example, one character is identified by the smell of pipe tobacco
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Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
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Spy Kids, All the Time in the World is a 2011 American 4D spy adventure comedy film directed by Robert Rodriguez and it is the fourth and final installment in the Spy Kids film series. The film stars Jessica Alba, Joel McHale, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Ricky Gervais and it was released on August 19,2011. Filming began on October 27,2010 and this is the first film without the participation of Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino and without the distribution of Miramax Films. The film received negative reviews upon release, with an approval rating of 22%. OSS agent Marissa Wilson is attempting to capture a criminal named Tick Tock, despite being nine months pregnant, she continues her pursuit against the admonitions of her boss Danger DAmo. Tick Tock is captured and the mini-disk, which information on a weapon of mass destruction called Project. At the hospital, Marissa meets her spy-hunting TV host husband, Wilbur, who thinks she is an interior decorator, Marissa gives birth to a daughter, Maria. Rebecca does not accept Marissa as a replacement for her deceased mother, attempting to strengthen her rapport with Rebecca, Marissa gives her a red-sapphire necklace that she says her own parents gave her when she was Rebeccas age. The media reports that time is speeding up at an increasing rate, the Time Keeper demands that Tick Tock bring him the Chronos Sapphire, which is revealed to be the jewel in the necklace Marissa gave Rebecca. The OSS calls Marissa out of retirement, and instructs her to bring the Chronos Sapphire with her, when Marissa asks for it from Rebecca, it further strains their relationship. When Marissa arrives at OSS headquarters, she discovers that the box Rebecca gave her did not contain the jewel, but it contained baby food. Tick Tocks henchmen break into Marissas house, and Rebecca and Cecil are directed to take refuge in a Panic Room, where they view a video of Marissa informing them of her secret career. The twins escape and go to OSS headquarters, where Marissas niece and their step-cousin, Carmen Cortez, as Marissa pursues Tick Tock, Rebecca and Cecil go after the Time Keeper. Their search leads them to a shop, which is Tick Tocks headquarters. The twins view a video of the Wells Experiment, which reveals the nature of the Chronos Sapphire in Rebeccas necklace, the twins are captured by Tick Tock, but are rescued by Marissa and Carmen, though Tick Tock manages to steal the Sapphire. Wilburs investigations lead him to the shop, but he is shocked to learn that Marissa is a spy. When he destroys the footage that he and his cameraman filmed of the battle, he is fired, and becomes estranged from Marissa, as time continues to speed up, OSS agents are debriefed on the Wells Experiment. The OSS shut down the experiment, and placed the device under lockdown, among the agents assigned to the case is Carmens estranged brother, Juni Cortez
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Siberian tiger
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The Siberian tiger, also called Amur tiger is a tiger subspecies inhabiting mainly the Sikhote Alin mountain region with a small population in southwest Primorye Province in the Russian Far East. The Siberian tiger once ranged throughout all of Korea, north-eastern China, Russian Far East, in 2005, there were 331–393 adult and subadult Siberian tigers in this region, with a breeding adult population of about 250 individuals. The population had been stable for more than a decade due to conservation efforts. By 2015, the Siberian tiger population had increased to 480–540 individuals in the Russian Far East, a more detailed census revealed a total population of 562 wild Siberian tigers in Russia. This tiger subspecies was also called Korean tiger, Manchurian tiger, the Siberian tiger and Bengal tiger subspecies rank among the biggest living cats. An average adult male Siberian outweighs an average adult male lion by around 45.5 kg, a comparison of data on body weights of Siberian tigers indicates that up to the first half of the 20th century both males and females were on average heavier than post-1970 ones. Todays wild Siberian tigers are smaller than Bengal tigers, the Siberian tiger is reddish-rusty, or rusty-yellow in color, with narrow black transverse stripes. The body length is not less than 150 cm, condylobasal length of skull 250 mm, zygomatic width 180 mm and it has an extended supple body standing on rather short legs with a fairly long tail. It is typically 5–10 cm taller than the Bengal tiger, which is about 107–110 cm tall, the largest male, with largely assured references, measured 350 cm over the curves, equivalent to 330 cm between the pegs. The tail length in fully grown males is about 1 m, weights of up to 318 kg have been recorded and exceptionally large males weighing up to 384 kg are mentioned, but no such cases are confirmed. Mazák indicates the weight range of Siberian tigers as 180–306 kg for males. Exceptionally large individuals were targeted and shot by hunters, an unconfirmed report tells of a male tiger shot in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in 1950 weighing 384 kg with an estimated length of 3.48 m. In some cases, captive Siberian tigers reached a weight of up to 465 kg. The average tail measures 99 cm in males and 91 cm in females, the longest male measured 309 cm in total length and had a chest girth of 127 cm. The longest female measured 270 cm in length and had a chest girth of 108 cm. These measurements show that the present Amur tiger is generally longer than the Bengal tiger, the data used include weights of tigers that were older than 35 months of age and measured in the presence of authors. Historical Siberian tigers and Bengal tigers were the largest ones, whereas contemporary Siberian tigers are lighter than Bengal tigers, a male captured by members of the Siberian Tiger Project weighed 206 kg, and the largest male radiocollared weighed 212 kg. The skull of the Siberian tiger is characterized by its large size and it differs in the structural features of the lower jaw and relative length of nasals
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Crocodile
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Crocodiles or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodylinae, all of whose members are considered true crocodiles, is classified as a biological subfamily, a broader sense of the term crocodile, Crocodylidae that includes Tomistoma, is not used in this article. The term crocodile here applies only to the species within the subfamily of Crocodylinae, although they appear to be similar to the untrained eye, crocodiles, alligators and the gharial belong to separate biological families. The gharial having a narrow snout is easier to distinguish, while morphological differences are more difficult to spot in crocodiles and alligators. The most obvious differences are visible in the head with crocodiles having narrower and longer heads, with a more V-shaped than a U-shaped snout compared to alligators. Also, when the mouth is closed, the large fourth tooth in the lower jaw fits into a constriction in the upper jaw. For hard-to-distinguish specimens, the tooth is the most reliable feature to define the family that the species belongs to. Crocodiles have more webbing on the toes of the feet and can better tolerate saltwater due to specialized salt glands for filtering out salt. Another trait that separates crocodiles from other crocodilians is their higher levels of aggression. Crocodile size, morphology, behaviour and ecology somewhat differs between species, however, they have many similarities in these areas as well. All crocodiles are semiaquatic and tend to congregate in freshwater such as rivers, lakes, wetlands. They are carnivorous animals, feeding mostly on such as fish, reptiles, birds and mammals. All crocodiles are tropical species that, unlike alligators, are sensitive to cold. They separated from other crocodilians during the Eocene epoch, about 55 million years ago, many species are at the risk of extinction, some being classified as critically endangered. The word crocodile comes from the Ancient Greek κροκόδιλος, lizard, used in the phrase ho krokódilos tou potamoú, there are several variant Greek forms of the word attested, including the later form κροκόδειλος found cited in many English reference works. In the Koine Greek of Roman times, crocodilos and crocodeilos would have been pronounced identically, crocodilos or crocodeilos is a compound of krokè, and drilos/dreilos, although drilos is only attested as a colloquial term for penis. It is ascribed to Herodotus, and supposedly describes the habits of the Egyptian crocodile. The form crocodrillus is attested in Medieval Latin and it is not clear whether this is a medieval corruption or derives from alternative Greco-Latin forms
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Cruise ship
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Transportation is not the only purpose of cruising, particularly on cruises that return passengers to their originating port, with the ports of call usually in a specified region of a continent. There are even cruises to nowhere or nowhere voyages where the ship makes 2–3 night round trips without any ports of call, by contrast, dedicated transport oriented ocean liners do line voyages and typically transport passengers from one point to another, rather than on round trips. The gradual evolution of passenger ship design from ocean liners to cruise ships has seen passenger cabins shifted from inside the hull to the superstructure with private verandas, the distinction between ocean liners and cruise ships has blurred, particularly with respect to deployment. Larger cruise ships have also engaged in longer trips such as transoceanic voyages which may not return to the port for months. Some former ocean liners operate as cruise ships, such as Marco Polo, the only dedicated transatlantic ocean liner in operation as a liner of December 2013 is Queen Mary 2 of the Cunard fleet. The industrys rapid growth has seen nine or more newly built ships catering to a North American clientele added every year since 2001, smaller markets, such as the Asia-Pacific region, are generally serviced by older ships. These are displaced by new ships in the growth areas. The worlds largest cruise ship is currently Royal Caribbean Internationals Harmony of the Seas beating her sister ships by about 2.15 meters, the birth of leisure cruising began with the formation of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company in 1822. The company started out as a line with routes between England and the Iberian Peninsula, adopting the name Peninsular Steam Navigation Company. It won its first contract to deliver mail in 1837, in 1840, it began mail delivery to Alexandria, Egypt, via Gibraltar and Malta. The company was incorporated by Royal Charter the same year, becoming the Peninsular, P&O first introduced passenger cruising services in 1844, advertising sea tours to destinations such as Gibraltar, Malta and Athens, sailing from Southampton. The forerunner of modern cruise holidays, these voyages were the first of their kind, the company later introduced round trips to destinations such as Alexandria and Constantinople. It underwent a period of expansion in the latter half of the 19th century, commissioning larger. Some sources mention Francesco I, flying the flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and she was built in 1831 and sailed from Naples in early June 1833, preceded by an advertising campaign. The cruise ship was boarded by nobles, authorities, and royal princes from all over Europe, however, it was restricted to the aristocracy of Europe and was not a commercial endeavour. Christian Wilhelm Allers published an account of it as Backschisch. The first vessel built exclusively for cruising, was Prinzessin Victoria Luise of Germany, designed by Albert Ballin. The ship was completed in 1900, the practice of luxury cruising made steady inroads on the more established market for transatlantic crossings
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Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies near the intersection of geological plates, with seismic and volcanic activity. Southeast Asia consists of two regions, Mainland Southeast Asia, also known historically as Indochina, comprising Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar. Maritime Southeast Asia, comprising Indonesia, East Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, East Timor, Brunei, Cocos Islands, definitions of Southeast Asia vary, but most definitions include the area represented by the countries listed below. All of the states are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the area, together with part of South Asia, was widely known as the East Indies or simply the Indies until the 20th century. Sovereignty issues exist over some territories in the South China Sea, Papua New Guinea has stated that it might join ASEAN, and is currently an observer. Southeast Asia is geographically divided into two subregions, namely Mainland Southeast Asia and Maritime Southeast Asia, Mainland Southeast Asia includes, Maritime Southeast Asia includes, The Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India are geographically considered part of Southeast Asia. Eastern Bangladesh and the Seven Sister States of India are culturally part of Southeast Asia, the eastern half of Indonesia and East Timor are considered to be biogeographically part of Oceania. Homo sapiens reached the region by around 45,000 years ago, homo floresiensis also lived in the area up until 12,000 years ago, when they became extinct. Austronesian people, who form the majority of the population in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, East Timor. Solheim and others have shown evidence for a Nusantao maritime trading network ranging from Vietnam to the rest of the archipelago as early as 5000 BC to 1 AD. The peoples of Southeast Asia, especially those of Austronesian descent, have been seafarers for thousands of years and their vessels, such as the vinta, were ocean-worthy. Magellans voyage records how much more manoeuvrable their vessels were, as compared to the European ships, Passage through the Indian Ocean aided the colonisation of Madagascar by the Austronesian people, as well as commerce between West Asia and Southeast Asia. Gold from Sumatra is thought to have reached as far west as Rome and this was later replaced by Hinduism. Theravada Buddhism soon followed in 525, in the 15th century, Islamic influences began to enter. This forced the last Hindu court in Indonesia to retreat to Bali, in Mainland Southeast Asia, Burma, Cambodia and Thailand retained the Theravada form of Buddhism, brought to them from Sri Lanka. This type of Buddhism was fused with the Hindu-influenced Khmer culture, very little is known about Southeast Asian religious beliefs and practices before the advent of Indian merchants and religious influences from the 2nd century BCE onwards. Prior to the 13th century CE, Hinduism and Buddhism were the religions in Southeast Asia
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Clouded leopard
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The clouded leopard is a wild cat occurring from the Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast Asia into China. Since 2008, it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and its total population is suspected to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, with a decreasing population trend, and no single population numbering more than 1,000 adults. The scientific name of the leopard is Neofelis nebulosa. It is one of two members of the genus Neofelis, and is classified under the family Felidae and it was first described by the British zoologist Edward Griffith in 1821. The other member of this genus is the Sunda clouded leopard, the clouded leopard is part of the Panthera lineage, one of the eight lineages of Felidae. This lineage comprises the species of Panthera and Neofelis, the Neofelis species diverged first from the lineage, followed by the snow leopard. Subsequent branching in the lineage is disputed, broadly, two different cladograms have been proposed for the Panthera lineage. The clouded leopard is considered to form a link between the big cats and the small cats. It represents the smallest of the big cats, but despite its name, the fur of clouded leopards is of a dark grey or ochreous ground-colour, often largely obliterated by black and dark dusky-grey blotched pattern. There are black spots on the head, and the ears are black, partly fused or broken-up stripes run from the corner of the eyes over the cheek, from the corner of the mouth to the neck, and along the nape to the shoulders. Elongated blotches continue down the spine and form a single median stripe on the loins, two large blotches of dark dusky-grey hair on the side of the shoulders are each emphasized posteriorly by a dark stripe, which passes on to the foreleg and breaks up into irregular spots. The flanks are marked by dark dusky-grey irregular blotches bordered behind by long, oblique and these blotches yielding the clouded pattern suggest the English name of the cat. The underparts and legs are spotted, and the tail is marked by large, irregular, females are slightly smaller than males. Their irises are usually either greyish-green or brownish-yellow in color and their legs are short and stout, with broad paws. They have rather short compared to the other big cats. Their ulnae and radii are not fused, which contributes to a greater range of motion when climbing trees. Clouded leopards weigh between 11.5 and 23 kg, females vary in head-to-body length from 68.6 to 94 cm, with a tail 61 to 82 cm long. Males are larger at 81 to 108 cm with a tail 74 to 91 cm long and their shoulder height varies from 50 to 55 cm
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Jungle
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A jungle is land covered with dense vegetation dominated by trees. Application of the term has varied greatly during the last several centuries, jungles in Western literature can represent a less civilised or unruly space outside the control of civilization, attributed to the jungles association in colonial discourse in the British Raj. Therefore, the nearest equivalent scientific term is probably monsoon and seasonal tropical forest, the word jungle originates from the Sanskrit word jangala, meaning uncultivated land. One of the most common meanings of jungle is land overgrown with tangled vegetation at ground level, typically such vegetation is sufficiently dense to hinder movement by humans, requiring that travelers cut their way through. Jungles may exist within, or at the borders of, tropical forests in areas where the forest has been opened through natural disturbance such as hurricanes, the successional vegetation that springs up following such disturbance of rainforest is dense and impenetrable and is a ‘typical’ jungle. Jungle also typically forms along forest margins and along stream banks, Tropical seasonal forests and mangroves are commonly referred to as jungles of this type. As a result, it was assumed that the entire forest was impenetrable jungle. This in turn appears to have given rise to the popular usage of jungle as virtually any humid tropical forest. The word Tropical forest has largely replaced Jungle as the descriptor of humid tropical forests, rainforest, a specific type of tropical forest that does not occur in the Indian sub-continent, itself did not appear in English dictionaries before the 1970s. As a metaphor, jungle often refers to situations that are unruly or lawless and this reflects the view of city people that forests are such places. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak compared Israel to a villa in the jungle - a comparison which had been quoted in Israeli political debates. Baraks critics on the side of Israeli politics strongly criticised the comparison
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Chimpanzee
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Chimpanzees are one of the two species of the genus Pan, the other being the bonobo. Together with gorillas, they are the only exclusively African species of ape that are currently extant. Native to sub-Saharan Africa, both chimpanzees and bonobos are found in the Congo jungle. In addition, P. troglodytes is divided into four subspecies, based on genome sequencing, the two extant Pan species diverged around one million years ago. The most obvious differences are that chimpanzees are somewhat larger, more aggressive and male-dominated, while the bonobos are more gracile, peaceful and their hair is typically black or brown. Males and females differ in size and appearance, both chimps and bonobos are some of the most social great apes, with social bonds occurring among individuals in large communities. Fruit is the most important component of a diet, however, they will also eat vegetation, bark, honey, insects. They can live over 30 years in both the wild and captivity, Chimpanzees and bonobos are equally humanitys closest living relatives. As such, they are among the largest-brained, and most intelligent of primates, they use a variety of sophisticated tools and construct elaborate sleeping nests each night from branches and they have both been extensively studied for their learning abilities. There may even be distinctive cultures within populations, field studies of Pan troglodytes were pioneered by primatologist Jane Goodall. Both Pan species are considered to be endangered as human activities have caused declines in the populations. Threats to wild populations include poaching, habitat destruction. Several conservation and rehabilitation organisations are dedicated to the survival of Pan species in the wild, the first use of the name chimpanze is recorded in The London Magazine in 1738, glossed as meaning mockman in a language of the Angolans. The spelling chimpanzee is found in a 1758 supplement to Chambers Cyclopædia, the colloquialism chimp was most likely coined some time in the late 1870s. The common chimpanzee was named Simia troglodytes by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in 1776, the species name troglodytes is a reference to the Troglodytae, an African people described by Greco-Roman geographers. Blumenbach first used it in his De generis humani varietate nativa liber in 1776, the genus name Pan was first introduced by Lorenz Oken in 1816. An alternative Theranthropus was suggested by Brookes 1828 and Chimpansee by Voigt 1831, troglodytes was not available, as it had been given as the name of a genus of wren in 1809. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature adopted Pan as the official name of the genus in 1895
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Cat
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The domestic cat is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal. They are often called house cats when kept as pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids. Cats are often valued by humans for companionship and for their ability to hunt vermin, there are more than 70 cat breeds, though different associations proclaim different numbers according to their standards. Cats are similar in anatomy to the felids, with a strong flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws. Cat senses fit a crepuscular and predatory ecological niche, cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small animals. They can see in near darkness, like most other mammals, cats have poorer color vision and a better sense of smell than humans. Cats, despite being solitary hunters, are a species and cat communication includes the use of a variety of vocalizations. Cats have a high breeding rate, under controlled breeding, they can be bred and shown as registered pedigree pets, a hobby known as cat fancy. Failure to control the breeding of pet cats by neutering, as well as the abandonment of former household pets, has resulted in numbers of feral cats worldwide. In certain areas outside cats native range, this has contributed, along with destruction and other factors. Cats have been known to extirpate a bird species within specific regions, a genetic study in 2007 concluded that domestic cats are descended from Near Eastern wildcats, having diverged around 8,000 BC in the Middle East. As of a 2007 study, cats are the second most popular pet in the US by number of pets owned, in a 2010 study they were ranked the third most popular pet in the UK, after fish and dogs, with around 8 million being owned. The domestic cat is believed to have evolved from the Near Eastern wildcat, the felids are a rapidly evolving family of mammals that share a common ancestor only 10–15 million years ago and include lions, tigers, cougars and many others. Within this family, domestic cats are part of the genus Felis, members of the genus are found worldwide and include the jungle cat of southeast Asia, European wildcat, African wildcat, the Chinese mountain cat, and the Arabian sand cat, among others. The domestic cat was first classified as Felis catus by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae published in 1758, because of modern phylogenetics, domestic cats are usually regarded as another subspecies of the wildcat, F. silvestris. This has resulted in mixed usage of the terms, as the cat can be called by its subspecies name. Wildcats have also referred to as various subspecies of F. catus, but in 2003. The most common name in use for the cat remains F. catus
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List of Rugrats characters
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Rugrats includes a large array of characters, family, friends, extended relatives, townspeople, and fictional characters. This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon animated television series, Tommy Pickles, Tommy is the son of Stu and Didi Pickles, and older brother of Dil Pickles. He is the leader of the babies, and is dressed in a blue shirt and he is best friends with Chuckie Finster. Tommy is also the bravest and most adventurous of all the babies and he is also willing to do whatever he has to for his friends and family. Charles Chuckie Finster, Jr. Chuckie is the oldest of the babies at the age of 2 and is Tommys best friend and he is the son of Charles Chas Finster and his late mothers name was Melinda. He has messy hair, wears large purple glasses like his father. Chuckie was originally a child and his mother died from an unknown reason just a few months after Chuckie was born. He is the scaredy-cat of the group and always disapproves of an adventure that comes up, later on, his father remarries Kira and Chuckie becomes an adopted big brother to her daughter, Kimi. He and his father, Chas, are the characters of the film. His middle name is Crandall as proven in the episode Chuckie Loses His Glasses and All Grown Up. episode, phillip Phil and Lillian Lil DeVille, Twins Phil and Lil are the twin children of Howard and Betty DeVille. They enjoy doing everything together, whether it be playing in the mud or finding insects and they usually call each other by their full first name whenever they argue. Angelica Pickles, Angelica is Tommy and Dils cousin and daughter of Drew and she is very spoiled by her mom and father and mean to the babies, but will occasionally do something nice for them. She has short hair tied in two pigtails with purple bows, a purple dress with a red undershirt and polka dot stockings. She is able to speak with and understand both the babies and adults, Susie Carmichael, Another child capable of talking to both the adults and the babies, Susie often serves as Angelicas rival and bullying foil, but the two are actually really close friends. She is kind, compassionate and trusting and she often wears a bright colored jumper and shoes similar to Angelicas outfit. Carmichael is African-American and was added to the series during the second season, despite being a major character, she appeared less frequently than the other Rugrats. Dylan Dil Pickles, Dil is Tommys younger brother and he is unable to speak to the babies, but is able to garble words together. He likes to chew and drool on people and things and he also enjoys hitting Tommy in the head with various objects, most notably his rattle
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List of The Wild Thornberrys characters
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This is a list of characters in The Wild Thornberrys franchise, about a family that travels around the world to record a nature documentary. Eliza is the main protagonist and 12-year-old younger daughter of the Thornberry family. She is intelligent, true-hearted, fearless, and good-natured, and she has four visible teeth connected by two braces. She is forced to keep her secret from her family. Aided by her intelligent pet chimp, Darwin, she sets out to assist or meet countless differing animals. Eliza is depicted as nerdy, with red hair in braids, eyeglasses, braces, Eliza is voiced by Lacey Chabert. Darwin is a chimpanzee who travels with the family and is a companion to Eliza. He usually wears a top with horizontal blue and white stripes. He speaks with a distinct upper-class British accent and he tries to be the voice of reason to Eliza, however she rarely takes his advice. He was found by Eliza, and was the first animal she ever talked to, in Gift of Gab, Darwin was seen in a flashback, stealing the sleeveless tank top that was once owned by Debbie. His name is most likely a reference to Charles Darwin, though within the series Eliza gives him the name Darwin after Lenny Darwin, Darwin is voiced by Tom Kane. Donnie is a boy who was raised by orangutans in Borneo. His real parents, Michael and Lisa, were naturalists who loved and protected animals with their hearts, one night, it is revealed, two poachers attacked a pair of orangutans, intending to harm or kill the mother and sell the baby on the black market. Donnies parents managed to save them but were killed for interfering, much to the horror of the orangutan mother, out of gratitude and love, the mother orangutan took Donnie and raised him as a son. One day, however, she came across the Thornberrys and decided to give Donnie to them so he could have a human family and she watched tearfully along with her son as he was welcomed into their family as their own. It is revealed that the Thornberrys knew his parents before they adopted him, Donnie usually wears a pair of leopard-spotted shorts and he loves to eat all types of bugs. He babbles wildly and makes animal-sounds, occasionally spouting bits of English or exhibiting intermittent signs of sophistication, Donnie is 4, turning 5 in The Origin of Donnie, and it is presumed he does not know what happened to his parents. It is revealed that he was able to pick up sign language from watching his parents teaching it to orangutans and we only see him sign one word, and it is unclear how much he knows
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Tara Strong
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Tara Strong is a Canadian–American actress who has done work in numerous films and television series, both live-action and animated. Her portrayals have garnered nominations in the Annie Awards and Daytime Emmys, Strong was born on February 12,1973, in Toronto, Ontario to Syd and Lucy Charendoff. Her family, Jews who lived in Russia, had emigrated to Canada after escaping the Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire and her parents ran a candy and novelty store called The Wiz, and Syd had also worked as a pharmacist. She and her older sister Marla were raised in Toronto, at age four, she became interested in acting and volunteered to be a soloist at a school production. She worked with the Yiddish Theater, though she did not know the Yiddish language and her first professional role was Gracie in Limelight Theaters production of The Music Man at age 13. She had a guest role in the action series T. and T and her first major cartoon role was the title role in Hello Kittys Furry Tale Theater. She starred in the short-lived CBC Television sitcom Mosquito Lake and she took improv classes at The Second City in Toronto and continued acting in both animated and live-action shows and films, before moving to Los Angeles in January 1994. She also voiced Patty Putty on the Garbage Pail Kids Series and she has appeared in live roles in National Lampoons Senior Trip, Sabrina Goes to Rome, Sabrina Down Under, and The Last White Dishwasher. In January 2013, she voiced the character Plum in Cartoon Hangovers Bravest Warriors and she has the role of the character Miss Collins in Nickelodeons live-action series Big Time Rush. In 2004, she won an Interactive Achievement Award for her role as Rikku in Final Fantasy X-2, to me, thats what it is all about. Strong has been nominated five times for Annie Awards, in 2013, Strong won the Shorty Award for Best #Actress for her use of social media. The Behind the Voice Actors website selected her for a BTVA Voice Acting Award for Voice Actress of the Year for 2013, Strong was the roommate of actress Neve Campbell. They both auditioned for the role of Julia in the 1990s TV series Party of Five. However, Strong appeared in an episode as the character Lorna, in 1999, she met Craig Strong, a former American actor-turned real estate agent, they married on May 14,2000. They have two sons, Sammy and Aden and their family resides in Los Angeles, where they run VoiceStarz, an Internet-based company that teaches people how to get into the voice-over business. Strong and her husband developed and patented a line of baby bottles with caps that their user can set to note the date for breast milk storage. She was involved with a charity group called Bronies for Good where she helped raise funds for a family whose daughter had a brain tumor, in 2012, during the BronyCon event in New Jersey, she attended a lunch with fans from the military. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present, encyclopedia of Television Shows,1925 through 2010
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Melanie Chartoff
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Melanie Chartoff is an American actress and voice artist. She first became famous for her work on the ABC series Fridays. She voiced both Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka on the two animated shows Rugrats and All Grown Up, Chartoff was born on December 15,1950, in New Haven, Connecticut, and attended West Haven High School. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from Adelphi University and she guest starred on ABC Familys Switched at Birth. Her first Broadway appearances were in Galt MacDermots space opera, Via Galactica, directed by Peter Hall, chartoffs first TV role came in 1976 when she played a nurse on Search For Tomorrow, after which came an appearance in the 1978 motion picture American Hot Wax. She first became a known figure on ABCs Fridays, which was ABCs attempt to create its own version of Saturday Night Live. She immediately stood out on the series, partly thanks to her role as the anchor on the shows fake newscasts. On one sketch, she was cold-cocked on live TV when co-star Maryedith Burrell failed to pull her punch during a skit, Belvedere, Wiseguy, and St. Elsewhere, as well as a recurring role on Newhart as Dr. Kaiser. She made two appearances on Seinfeld, including one in the 1998 series finale in which four of her former Fridays co-stars were also involved and she appeared in the 2006 season finale of Desperate Housewives. In the Los Angeles premiere of Bill Finn and James Lapines musical March of the Falsettos, for which she won a Drama-Logue Award and she played Mary Jane Wilkes in the La Jolla Playhouse premiere of Big River. At South Coast Repertory she appeared in the world Premiere of On the Jump and she played Dot in the West Coast premiere of Sunday in the Park with George at San Franciscos American Conservatory Theater. In 1991, Chartoff and fellow voice actor Michael Bell conceived and patented the Grayway Rotating Drain, chartoffs first voice-over work was a guest role on Challenge of the Super Friends. She has continued her work as a voice actress, and also takes occasional TV. She works as a coach to both actors and non actors to make them more charismatic in public performances, in 2005, she interviewed Laraine Newman for Autograph Collector magazine. She writes for The Huffington Post, The Jewish Journal, Defenestration Magazine and she performs her original material at such Los Angeles venues as Comedy Centrals Sit n Spin, Tasty Words, and I Love a Good Story. From 1991 to 2008, Chartoff voiced Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka on Nickleodeons hit series Rugrats and she continued to voice Didi on the Rugrats spin-off series, All Grown Up. She is listed in Whos Who in California, and Whos Who in American Colleges and Universities, on July 5,2013 she married Stan Friedman, a psychologist. Search for Tomorrow TV Wonder Woman TV Challenge of the Super Friends TV Fridays TV Super Friends TV Doin Time Mr. Belvedere Stoogemania Newhart TV Take Five TV Married
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Tress MacNeille
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Tress MacNeille is an American voice actress and former DJ. MacNeille was born in Chicago, Illinois and she loved cartoons as a child and wanted to be a voice actress from the age of eight, but instead chose a practical career, feeling she would never be able to realize her ambition. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and attended broadcasting school, MacNeille worked in a variety of jobs and had numerous minor voiceover roles before becoming a regular on an animated TV show. In her words, Id been doing radio spots, some TV, demos, sound-alikes and she was also a member of the improvisational comedy group The Groundlings for ten years. MacNeille took acting workshops and worked as an assistant for voice acting talent agent Bob Lloyd in what she calls The University of Voice-over. Lloyd and fellow agent Rita Vennari got MacNeille her first role on an animated show and she sang and appeared in the music video for Weird Al Yankovics song Ricky, which was based on the I Love Lucy television show and parodied the song Mickey by Toni Basil. MacNeille also appeared on Yankovics 1999 album Running with Scissors, on the tracks Pretty Fly for a Rabbi, MacNeille was cast as Babs Bunny in Tiny Toon Adventures. Writer Paul Dini said that MacNeille was good for the role because she could do both Babs voice and the voices of her impressions. MacNeille commented, The best part of doing Babs is that shes a mimic, like me. In the show I do Babs doing Billie Burke, Hepburn, Bette Davis, Madonna, I even have her doing Jessica Rabbit. The success of Tiny Toon Adventures led to the series Animaniacs, MacNeille was brought in to voice Dot Warner, one of the shows three main characters, because Dots character was very similar to Babs Bunny. Andrea Romano, the director and caster for Animaniacs, said that the casters had no trouble choosing the role of Dot. MacNeille was nominated for an Annie Award for her performance on the show in 1995 and she has provided voices for numerous films, television shows, video games and commercials, garnering over 200 credits. MacNeille says, The characters that I do all come from people in my own life--as well as the material Ive stolen from my friends. Her TV roles include characters on The Simpsons, where she voices Agnes Skinner, Brandine Spuckler and Lindsey Naegle and she is the current voice of Daisy Duck and Wilma Flintstone. MacNeille also appeared as an angry anchorwoman in Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and she provided voice acting for the 2003 Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner short feature The Whizzard of Ow. Brandine Spuckler, Cletus Spucklers wife/cousin/sister Cookie Kwan, a territorial Asian-American realtor with a heavy accent, ms. Albright, the Sunday School Teacher seen in Homers Triple Bypass and Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment. Mrs. Lunchlady Doris in the season 17 episode, The Mook, the Chef, the Wife, and Her Homer, various other characters Mom, the owner of Moms Friendly Robot Company and series antagonist
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Phil Proctor
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Philip Proctor is an American actor, voice actor and a member of The Firesign Theatre. He is well known for his voice work in video games, movies. He is also known for voicing Howard Deville in Rugrats. Of the four members of Firesign Theatre, Proctor has had the greatest amount of exposure as an actor. Proctor also appeared occasionally on television in roles, including episodes of Daniel Boone, All in the Family, and Night Court. He also provided the voices of Meltdown in Treasure Planet and Drunk Monkey in the Dr. Dolittle remake series and he has also provided uncredited ADR overdubs for numerous movies over the years. He also did two voices in the GameCube video game Eternal Darkness, Sanitys Requiem, and on PlayStation 2s Dark Chronicle and he is the voice of The Professor and White Monkey in the Ape Escape series. He also lent his voice to the game Battlezone and he was the announcer on Big Brother in seasons 3 through 6. Proctor also lent his voice in the Marvel, Ultimate Alliance series as the voices of Edwin Jarvis and Baron Mordo in the first game, and the Tinkerer in the sequel, Marvel, Ultimate Alliance 2
