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Andy Richter Controls The Universe
''Andy Richter Controls the Universe'' is a sitcom which aired from 2002–2003 on the Fox network. The series was Andy Richter's first starring role after leaving NBC's ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' in 2000. Running for two seasons, totaling nineteen episodes, it was canceled due in part to low ratings. The show was a joint production of Garfield Grove Productions and 20th Century Fox Television in association with Paramount Television. ''TV Guide'' included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon". Characters The surnames of the characters are very rarely mentioned – with the exception of Andy, most are only mentioned once in the entire series. Main * Andy Richter: The character, sharing his name with the actor, is an aspiring writer living in Chicago who wants to write short stories. However, he is forced to work as a technical manual writer for Pickering Industries, the fifth largest company in America, to pay the bills. Andy is shy and ...
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Victor Fresco
Victor Fresco (born January 9, 1958) is an American television writer and producer. Personal life Born and raised in Los Angeles, Fresco received his Bachelor's Degree in film and political science from Hampshire College. After graduating, he worked in television commercials as a production assistant and as a prop master. His brothers are director Michael Fresco and television drama writer Rob Fresco. Career Fresco was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in the second season of ''Mad About You'' and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for ''Andy Richter Controls the Universe''. He created the ABC television series ''Better Off Ted'', which ran for two seasons. Fresco created other television shows, including ''Life on a Stick'', '' The Trouble With Normal'' and ''Sean Saves the World''. He served as the creator, showrunner and executive producer of the Netflix comedy horror series ''Santa Clarita Diet''. He's s ...
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TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ... TV listings, listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008. Corporate history Prototype The prototype of what would become ''TV Guide Magazine'' was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), who was the circulation director of Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications, MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Cowles Media Company – distributing magazines focusing on movie celebrities. In 1948, Wagner printed New York City area lis ...
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Rick Peters
Rick Peters (born June 1, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor. He has appeared in several films and numerous television shows, and is perhaps best known for his role as Australian Bobby Manning in '' Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye''. He also plays the role of Elliot in the 4th season of '' Dexter''. Personal life He resides in Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most po ... with his wife and two children. Selected filmography Film Television External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Rick 1966 births American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from Detroit ...
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Beth Littleford
Elizabeth Anna Halcyon Littleford is an American actress, comedian and television personality. She was one of the original correspondents on ''The Daily Show'' on Comedy Central from 1996 to 2000. Littleford has also appeared in the shows ''I'm in the Band'' and ''Dog with a Blog''. Early life Littleford was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Jackie, a professor, and Philip O. Littleford, a cardiologist and inventor. She grew up in Winter Park, Florida. Her father and brother died when she was sixteen in a pontoon plane accident during an Alaskan fishing trip. A National Merit Scholarship Program finalist in high school, she attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania for three years before taking up acting classes at New York University; she eventually graduated from The New School for Social Research. Career Early in her acting career, Littleford worked in improvisational theatre with the Chicago City Limits group, founded a sketch comedy troupe, and wrote her own ...
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Molly Sims
Molly Sims (born May 25, 1973) is an American fashion model and actress. She has been featured in campaigns by a number of major brands, including Jimmy Choo, Escada, Giorgio Armani, Michael Kors, and Chanel. She was a frequent model in the ''Sports Illustrated'' swimsuit issue in the early 2000s, and walked the runway for the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2001. As an actress, she portrayed Delinda Deline in NBC's comedy-drama series ''Las Vegas'' (2003–2008), and the "right Missy" in The Wrong Missy. Early life and education Molly Sims was born on May 25, 1973, to Jim and Dottie Sims. As a child she lived in Mayfield, Kentucky, then moved to Murray, Kentucky, so that her father could continue working for his book company located in Murray, Kentucky. She has an older brother, Todd. She is of German descent on her mother's side and English and Cherokee on her father's side. Following her graduation from Murray High School in 1991, Sims enrolled in Vanderbilt Univer ...
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Jon Cryer
Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, writer, director and producer. Born into a show business family, he made his motion picture debut as a teenage photographer in the 1984 romantic comedy ''No Small Affair''; his breakout role came in 1986, in the John Hughes-written film ''Pretty in Pink''. In 1998, he wrote and produced the independent film '' Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five''. Although he gained fame with his early film roles, it took several years to find success on television as none of his star vehicles, including ''The Famous Teddy Z'', '' Partners'', and '' The Trouble with Normal'', lasted more than 22 episodes. In 2003, he was cast in a co-leading role as Alan Harper on the CBS sitcom ''Two and a Half Men'', a major hit for twelve seasons for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards (in 2009 and 2012). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television in 2011. Cryer's other film appearances includ ...
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Cedric Yarbrough
Cedric Percelle Yarbrough (born March 20, 1973) is an American actor and comedian who stars in series ''Reno 911!'' as Deputy S. Jones and as Kenneth on the ABC sitcom '' Speechless'', as well as voicing Gerald Fitzgerald on the Netflix comedy Paradise PD, Officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface on the Netflix comedy-drama '' BoJack Horseman'', and Tom DuBois on the Adult Swim sitcom ''The Boondocks''. Early life Yarbrough was born in Burnsville, Minnesota. He attended Burnsville Senior High School and later Minnesota State University, Mankato. He is also an alumnus of Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis. Career Yarbrough starred on the Comedy Central television series ''Reno 911!'' as Deputy S. (Sven) Jones which aired from 2003-2009 on Comedy Central. The series returned for a seventh season in 2020 on Quibi and for an eighth season in 2022 on The Roku Channel as ''Reno 911! Defunded''. He also appeared in both of the feature length films, 2007's '' Reno 911!: Miami'' and 2021' ...
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Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for having hosted late-night talk shows for almost 28 years, beginning with ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' (1993–2009) and ''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'' (2009–2010) on the NBC television network, and '' Conan'' (2010–2021) on the cable channel TBS. Before his hosting career, he was a writer for ''Saturday Night Live'' (1988–1991) and ''The Simpsons'' (1991–1993). He has also been host of the podcast series ''Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend'' since 2018 and is expected to launch a new show on HBO Max. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, O'Brien was raised in an Irish Catholic family. He served as president of ''The Harvard Lampoon'' while attending Harvard University, and was a writer for the sketch comedy series ''Not Necessarily the News''. After writing for several comedy shows in Los Angeles, he joined the writing staff of ''Sa ...
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Fraternities And Sororities
Fraternities and sororities are social organizations at colleges and universities in North America. Generally, membership in a fraternity or sorority is obtained as an undergraduate student, but continues thereafter for life. Some accept graduate students as well. Individual fraternities and sororities vary in organization and purpose, but most share five common elements: # Secrecy # Single-sex membership # Selection of new members on the basis of a two-part vetting and probationary process known as '' rushing'' and ''pledging'' # Ownership and occupancy of a residential property where undergraduate members live # A set of complex identification symbols that may include Greek letters, armorial achievements, ciphers, badges, grips, hand signs, passwords, flowers, and colors Fraternities and sororities engage in philanthropic activities, host parties, provide "finishing" training for new members such as instruction on etiquette, dress and manners, and create networking opport ...
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Sean Gunn
Sean Gunn (born May 22, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Kirk Gleason on The WB series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), and Kraglin Obfonteri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this role, he has been in the films ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014), ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' (2017), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), '' Thor: Love and Thunder'' (2022), the television film ''The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special'' (2022) and the upcoming film ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'' (2023). He also played Weasel and Calendar Man in the Warner Bros./DCEU film '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021). He is the younger brother of director James Gunn and often appears in his brother's films. Career In 1995 Gunn played Sammy Capulet in the B movie ''Tromeo and Juliet''. In 2000, he guest starred in the second episode of ''Gilmore Girls'' as Mick, a DSL cable installer. As the first season continued, Gunn was brought back to play the recurring role of Kirk Gleason, ...
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Charlie Finn
Charlie Finn (born September 18, 1975) is an American film, television, and voice actor. Finn is best known for his role as the voice of Spud in '' American Dragon: Jake Long''. Early life and education Finn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and raised in Lake Bluff, Illinois, where he attended Lake Forest High School. Finn majored in English at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and was a member of the Texas Delta chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He has been a member of the Lake Forest Players' Club since the early 1990s, and is well known for his recitals of epic Shakesperian soliloquies. Currently lives in Boise, Idaho Career Finn is known for his voice role as Spud in the animated series '' American Dragon: Jake Long'' and for co-starring in the sitcoms ''Life on a Stick'' and '' Help Me Help You''. He has also appeared in the films ''Gone But Not Forgotten'', ''Psycho Beach Party'', ''Rolling Kansas'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' and played a small bu ...
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Political Correctness
''Political correctness'' (adjectivally: ''politically correct''; commonly abbreviated ''PC'') is a term used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society. Since the late 1980s, the term has been used to describe a preference for inclusive language and avoidance of language or behavior that can be seen as excluding, marginalizing, or insulting to groups of people disadvantaged or discriminated against, particularly groups defined by ethnicity, sex, gender, or sexual orientation. In public discourse and the media, the term is generally used as a pejorative with an implication that these policies are excessive or unwarranted. The phrase ''politically correct'' first appeared in the 1930s, when was used to describe dogmatic adherence to ideology in authoritarian regimes, such as Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Early usage of the term ''politically correct'' by leftists in the 1970s and 1980 ...
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