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Buddy DeFranco Albums
Buddy may refer to: People *Buddy (nickname) * Buddy (rapper), real name Simmie Sims III (1993–Present) * Buddy Rogers (wrestler), ring name of American professional wrestler Herman Gustav Rohde, Jr. (1921–1992) *Buddy Boeheim (born 1999), American basketball player * Buddy Cage (1946–2020), American pedal steel guitarist, member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage *Buddy Clark (1911–1949), American singer born Samuel Goldberg * Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003), American actor and dancer born Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr. * Buddy Greco (1926–2017), American jazz and pop singer and pianist * Buddy Hackett (1924–2003), American actor and comedian born Leonard Hacker *Buddy Holly (1936–1959), stage name of Charles Hardin Holley, American musician, singer and songwriter * Buddy Jewell (born 1961), American country musician * Buddy Johnson (1915–1977), American pianist *Buddy Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player *Buddy Knox (1933–1999), American sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy (nickname)
Buddy is the nickname of: In arts and entertainment *Buddy Baker (composer) (1918–2002), American composer *Buddy Bolden (1877–1931), American jazz cornetist *Buddy Bregman (1930–2017), American arranger and producer *Buddy Buie (1941–2015), American songwriter and record producer *Buddy Clark (1912–1949), American pop singer *Buddy DeFranco (1923–2014), American jazz clarinetist * Buddy Deppenschmidt (1936–2021), American jazz drummer *Buddy DeSylva (1895–1950), American songwriter, record executive, and film producer *Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003), American actor and dancer best known for his role in ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' * Buddy Emmons (1937–2015), American country guitarist *A. Arnold Gillespie (1899–1978), American cinema special effects artist *Buddy Greco (1926–2017), American jazz and pop singer and pianist *Buddy Guy (born 1936), American blues guitarist and singer *Buddy Hackett (1924–2003), American actor and comedian *Buddy Holly (1936–1959), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Valastro
Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr. (born March 3, 1977) is an American baker and reality television personality of Italian heritage. He is the owner of Carlo's Bakery, as well as the face of Buddy V's Ristorante. Valastro is best known as the star of the reality television series ''Cake Boss'', which premiered in April 2009. He has also starred in ''Next Great Baker'' (2010), ''Kitchen Boss'' (2011), '' Buddy's Bakery Rescue'' (2013), ''Bake You Rich'' (2013), ''Bakery Boss'' (2013), ''Buddy vs. Duff'' (2019), and ''Buddy vs. Christmas'' (2020). Early life Valastro was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, and grew up there and in Little Ferry, New Jersey. His mother was born in Altamura, Italy, and is the daughter of Italian-American immigrants who moved to New Jersey when she was six years old. His father, Buddy Sr was born in Lipari, Italy. Valastro grew up with four sisters: Grace, Mary, Maddalena and Lisa. He attended Ridgefield Park High School and took baking courses at the Bergen Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fried Green Tomatoes
''Fried Green Tomatoes'' is a 1991 American comedy-drama film directed by Jon Avnet and based on Fannie Flagg's 1987 novel ''Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe''. Written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, and starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker and Cicely Tyson, the film tells the story of a housewife who, unhappy with her life, befriends an elderly lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know. The film was released in theaters in the United States on December 27, 1991, garnered positive reviews from critics and was a box office hit, grossing $119.4 million on a $11 million budget. It was nominated for two Oscars at the 64th Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Tandy) and Best Adapted Screenplay. Plot Evelyn Couch, a timid housewife in her 40s, meets elderly Ninny Threadgoode at an Alabama nursing home. Evelyn's husband, Ed, has an aunt living there. Over several encounters, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredibles
''The Incredibles'' is a 2004 American computer-animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it stars the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Jason Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, and Elizabeth Peña. Set in a retro-futuristic version of the 1960s, the film follows Bob and Helen Parr, a couple of superheroes, known as Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, who hide their powers in accordance with a government mandate, and attempt to live a quiet suburban life with their three children. However, Bob's desire to help people draws the entire family into a confrontation with a vengeful fan-turned-foe. Bird, who was Pixar's first outside director, developed the film as an extension of the 1960s comic books and spy films from his boyhood and personal family life. He pitched the film to Pixar after Warner Bros.' box office disappointment of his first feature, ''The Iron Giant'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nutty Professor (character)
The Nutty Professor (known as Julius F. Kelp in the original film (1963) and as Prof. Sherman Klump in the 1996 remake, and by his alter ego Buddy Love in both films) is a fictional character portrayed by Jerry Lewis in ''The Nutty Professor'' and its respective sequel, and by Eddie Murphy in the 1996 version and its 2000 sequel '' Nutty Professor II: The Klumps''. Julius F. Kelp is an awkward and shy but intelligent and lively chemistry professor. Sherman Klump is a jolly, kind-hearted science teacher at Welman College. Murphy also played the rest of Klump's family in the sequel. Lewis was not fond of Murphy's characters, due to excessive fart jokes in the films. Films ''The Nutty Professor'' (1963) In the 1963 film Professor Julius Kelp is known for his clumsiness and generally shy and awkward demeanor. When he meets the beautiful and attentive Ms. Purdy he tries various methods to have a more charming persona. When he creates his serum it seems at first to have terrible co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (1976 TV Series)
''Family'' is an American television drama series that aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network from 1976 to 1980. It was originally conceived as a limited series; its first season consisted of six episodes. A total of 86 episodes were produced. Creative control of the show was split among executive producers Leonard Goldberg, Aaron Spelling, and Mike Nichols. Overview ''Family'' depicted, for its time, a contemporary traditional family with realistic, believable characters. The show starred Sada Thompson and James Broderick as Kate and Doug Lawrence, a happily married middle-class couple living at 1230 Holland Street in Pasadena, California with their three children: Nancy (portrayed by Elayne Heilveil in the original miniseries, then by Jane Actman for the first 2 episodes of Season 2, and finally Meredith Baxter Birney for the remainder of the show's run), Willie ( Gary Frank), and Letitia, nicknamed "Buddy" (Kristy McNichol). An early episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles In Charge
''Charles in Charge'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Scott Baio, who had previously starred in ''Happy Days'', in the title role. Willie Aames, who had previously been a cast member on ''Eight Is Enough'', also starred as Charles’ best friend Buddy Lembeck. ''Charles in Charge'' joined the CBS Wednesday night lineup at 8:00 pm, placing it against ABC’s hit action series ''The Fall Guy'' and the new Michael Landon-led ''Highway to Heaven'' on NBC. At the time, with the exception of their Monday-night comedies (''Kate & Allie'' and ''Newhart''), CBS's sitcom lineup was not performing well in the ratings and ''Charles in Charge'' did not do much to change that. Still, the network allowed the show to remain in production to complete the 22 episodes it had ordered for the season. After the Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Lee
Buddy Lee was an advertising mascot for Lee Jeans. The doll, a promotional item for the company from 1920 to 1962, was brought back as the star of television advertising for the company's Lee Dungarees line from 1998 until the mid-2000s. Early years Sales manager Chester Reynolds, later Lee's board president, came up with the idea of using a doll to "model" miniature versions of the company's clothes for store displays. The 12½-inch composition dolls first appeared in the windows of Dayton's flagship store on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, then were used at stores nationwide. Lee encouraged stores to sell the dolls after the displays were taken down, and later provided the dolls for retail sale, including versions dressed as a cowboy, Coca-Cola deliveryman, railroad worker and gas station attendant. Starting in 1949, Buddy Lee was produced as a 13-inch hard plastic doll. Although female versions of the so-called Betty Lee doll surface from time to time, there was no official B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elf (film)
''Elf'' is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum. It stars Will Ferrell as Buddy, a human raised by Santa's elves, who learns about his origins and heads to New York City to meet his biological father. James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Edward Asner, and Bob Newhart appear in supporting roles. ''Elf'' was released in the United States on November 7, 2003, and became a major critical and commercial success, grossing $220 million worldwide against a $33 million budget. Ferrell's performance as Buddy the Elf was praised by critics and audiences alike, with many calling it one of his best performances. The film inspired the 2010 Broadway musical '' Elf: The Musical'' and NBC's 2014 stop motion animated television special ''Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas''. It has been hailed by many as a modern classic, and is often listed among the greatest Christmas films of all time. Plot On Christmas Eve, an orphaned baby craw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Cole (character)
Charles Budderick "Buddy" Cole is a fictional character created and portrayed by Canadian actor-comedian Scott Thompson. He is an effeminate, gay socialite,Shirley R. Steinberg, Michael Kehler and Lindsay Cornish, ''Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1''. ABC-CLIO, 2010. . made famous on ''The Kids in the Hall'', a popular Canadian sketch comedy series starring the troupe of the same name. The character also had a recurring role on ''The Colbert Report''."Buddy Cole Learns About Russia's Anti-Gay Laws, Prepares To Visit Sochi For 'The Colbert Report'" '''', Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg. It is widely known for some of the most famous and recognizable teams including the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. The universe also features a large number of well-known supervillains such as the Joker, Lex Luthor, the Cheetah, the Reverse-Flash, Black Manta, Sinestro, and Darkseid. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including ''Watchmen'', '' V for Vendetta'', '' Fables'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Man
Animal Man (Bernhard "Buddy" Baker) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. As a result of being in proximity to an exploding extraterrestrial spaceship, Buddy Baker acquires the ability to temporarily "borrow" the abilities of animals (such as a bird's flight or the proportionate strength of an ant). Using these powers, Baker fights crime as the costumed superhero Animal Man. Created by writer Dave Wood and artist Carmine Infantino, Buddy Baker first appeared in '' Strange Adventures'' #180 (September 1965) and adopted the name Animal Man in issue #190. Animal Man was a minor character for his first twenty years, never gaining the popularity of other DC heroes such as Batman or Superman. He made only five, non-consecutive appearances in ''Strange Adventures'' (four of which were reprinted in '' Adventure Comics''), followed by two appearances in ''Wonder Woman'', two in ''Action Comics'', and two in ''DC Comics Presents'', appearing in consecu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
