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Birdz (TV Series)
''Birdz'' is an animated television series created by Larry Jacobs, who later worked on ''Cyberchase''. It was produced by Nelvana Limited in association with CBS Television and STVE. The show was first aired on October 3, 1998, on CBS with the final episode's airing on January 2, 1999. Later, it was shown in Scotland in 2001, aired on Scottish Television and Grampian TV (now ''STV North'') - now both known as STV. The show was returned from 2015 as part of the "''Weans' World''" block on STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh. Plot The show is about an anthropomorphic 13-year-old bird named Eddie Storkowitz, who films his everyday life in aspiration of becoming a filmmaker. His family includes his father, Morty, who is a psychiatrist; mother Betty, an artist; college-age older sister Steffy; and baby sister Abby. Several episodes focus on Eddie's class, which includes an owl named Olivia, a robin named Spring, a turkey named Tommy, a woodpecker named Gregory, and a bat named Sleepy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animation
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D computer animation (which may have the look of traditional animation) can be used for stylistic reasons, low bandwidth, or faster real-time renderings. Other common animation methods apply a stop motion technique to two- and three-dimensional objects like paper cutouts, puppets, or clay figures. A cartoon is an animated film, usually a short film, featuring an exaggerated visual style. The style takes inspiration from comic strips, often featuring anthropomorphic animals, superheroes, or the adventures of human protagonists. Especially with animals that form a natural predator/prey relationship (e.g. cats and mice, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Adventures
''Disney Adventures'' (also short-formed as ''D.A.'') was an American children's entertainment and educational magazine published twelve (later ten) times per year by Disney Publishing Worldwide, a subsidiary of Disney Consumer Products, a unit of The Walt Disney Company. It should not be confused with the (also defunct) ''Disney Magazine''. ''Disney Adventures'' also contained the latest news concerning the Disney Channel. History Michael Lynton was inspired to start the magazine after noting the success of ''Topolino'', the Italian Mickey Mouse magazine, which included comics and features. The magazine was first published on October 9, 1990 (and cover dated November 12, 1990) and featured a wide assortment of educational material, entertainment news (from Disney and other studios), sports coverage, profiles of celebrities, user contributions, and puzzle games. Regular features included a guide to television, movies, books, and music called “Ticket”, factoids about unusual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Canadian Television Series Endings
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1998 Canadian Television Series Debuts
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghanistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tubi
Tubi is an American over-the-top content platform and ad-supported streaming service owned by Fox Corporation. The service was launched on April 1, 2014, and is based in Los Angeles, California. In January 2021, Tubi reached 33 million monthly active users. As of January 2022, Tubi has 51 million monthly active users. History Tubi was founded by Farhad Massoudi and Thomas Ahn Hicks of AdRise in San Francisco, launching in 2014 as a free service. In May 2017, they raised US$20 million in a round of funding from Jump Capital, Danhua Capital, Cota Capital, and Foundation Capital. In June 2019, Tubi announced that it had over 20 million active monthly users, and later in September, the company reported that users had streamed 132 million hours of content. In September 2020, the company reported 33 million monthly users. In 2019, CEO Farhad Massoudi announced that Tubi would nearly double its 2018 spending on licensed content, close to US$100 million. In February 2019, Tubi signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omni Broadcasting Network
The Omni Broadcasting Network was a small over-the-air broadcast television network in the United States (not to be confused with the Canadian broadcast system Omni Television). The company's motto was "Less Edge and More Entertaining". Omni's flagship station was low-power station KSSY-LP. The network's reach was reported as 50 million households, according to a quote in ''Variety''. History The Omni Broadcasting Network was incorporated in 2001. Its parent company, OBN Holdings, produced films as well as television. OBN's target demographic was adults age 25 and older during prime time, and ages 8 to 13 on weekend mornings. Broadcast operations began in September 2003. In December 2003, Omni announced affiliation agreements with 119 stations and cable systems, as well as the All Sports Television Network. According to an Omni executive, the network struggled to get the funding necessary for new projects. OBN Holdings' stock was delisted in 2013. Programming Omni broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Today
''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virginia. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. With an average print circulation of 159,233 as of 2022, a digital-only subscriber base of 504,000 as of 2019, and an approximate daily readership of 2.6 million, ''USA Today'' is ranked as the first by circulation on the list of newspapers in the United States. It has been shown to maintain a generally center-left audience, in regards to political persuasion. ''USA Today'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Jones (voice Actor)
Richard Jones (born c. 1957) is a Canadian voice actor, voice director, writer and content developer. Since 1982, he has worked with Fox, Disney, Universal, Hanna-Barbera, Alphanim, Cinar and Nelvana. Jones has been nominated for a Gemini Award twice in 1988 and 2003. Bio During his early years, Rick obtained an undergraduate degree in biology. Whilst he was working on a geology thesis, a friend from Carleton University working at the school radio station asked him to do a voice for an ad, which helped start Rick's career. His first work was in the special '' The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings''. Filmography Voice work - series and games * '' The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings'' (1983) - Tender Heart Bear/Good Luck Bear/Birthday Bear * '' The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'' (1984) - Tender Heart Bear/Good Luck Bear/Birthday Bear * '' The Velveteen Rabbit'' (1985) - Rabbit 1/Rabbit 2 * '' The Raccoons'' (1985–1992) - Sidekick/Delivery Ape/Master of Cere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Lemieux
Julie Lemieux (born December 4, 1962) is a Canadian voice actress. Career Lemieux has provided the voice for characters such as Sammy Tsukino in ''Sailor Moon'', young Darien Shields in '' Sailor Moon R: The Movie'', and Peruru in '' Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie''. She has also played Funshine Bear in '' Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot'' and ''The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie''. She was also the voice of Dumpty in '' Polka Dot Shorts'' and Rupert Bear in the animated TV series of the same name. Lemieux also acted as Warren in '' Monster by Mistake'' and Toby of the new anime production ''Pandalian''. She has recently worked on the television series '' What It's Like Being Alone''; She has voiced Hunter Steele in the English version of ''Spider Riders'', Ikki in '' Medabots Spirits'', and Wilbur the Calf in ''Wilbur''. She is also the voice for Renee in the TV series ''Jacob Two-Two'', Mariah Wong in the English anime version of ''Beyblade'', Runo in '' Bakugan Battle Brawl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Bernstein
Karen Bernstein is a Canadian retired voice actress. She is best known to many in North America as the original voice of Sailor Mercury in the Canadian dubbing of the first two seasons of '' Sailor Moon''. She was replaced by Liza Balkan. Bernstein is also known for voicing Hello Kitty in the mid-nineties, and for portraying Tara Belle and Jett in ''Beverly Hills Teens'' in the eighties. Filmography Film * '' Why Shoot the Teacher?'' (1977) – Violet Sinclair * ''Pippi Longstocking'' (1997) – Mrs. Settergren * '' Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose'' (2000) – Sailor Mercury * '' Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice'' (2000) – Sailor Mercury * '' Sailor Moon Supers the Movie: Black Dream Hole'' (2000) – Sailor Mercury Television * ''Beverly Hills Teens'' (1987) – Tara Belle, Jett * ''Tales from the Cryptkeeper'' (1993–1994) – The Weeping Woman, The Vampire, The Sleeping Beauty * '' Hello Kitty and Friends'' (1994) – Hello Kitty * '' Sailor Moon'' (1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Wiggins
Christopher John Wiggins (January 13, 1931 – February 19, 2017) was an English-born Canadian actor. Career He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952. Wiggins is probably best recognized for his role as Jack Marshak, the benevolent, resourceful expert on the occult in the syndicated television horror show '' Friday the 13th: The Series'', and which ran from 1987 to 1990. Another well known role was Johann Robinson (Father) on ''Swiss Family Robinson''. He won a Canadian Film Award in 1969 for Genie Award for Best Actor (Non-Feature) for his role in ''The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar''. In addition to his television and film work, Wiggins was also a very popular radio actor, making over 1,200 appearances in various series over the years, particularly on CBC Radio. One of his most popular roles was that of Dante, the insufferably brilliant (and insufferably arrogant) computer that ran the Alep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Carlson
Len Carlson (September 2, 1937 – January 26, 2006) was a Canadian voice actor who has voiced various characters on many animated television series from the 1960s onward, an occasional live-action TV actor, and a Kraft Canada TV pitchman during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a native of Edmonton and a former professional athlete. Career He was the voice of Big Boss, Sundown and Mace on '' C.O.P.S.'', Senator Robert Kelly (and the Supreme Intelligence) on ''X-Men'' (1992), Bert Raccoon and Pigs Two and Three in ''The Raccoons'' (and a voice director for the show from 1990 onwards), Putter from ''Popples'', Mr. Frumble, Mr. Gronkle, and Mayor Fox in ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'', Professor Coldheart in ''Care Bears'' (1985), and '' Rocket Robin Hood'' in some of the third-season episodes. He was also the voice of Allo and Quackpot on the TV series, ''Dinosaucers'' and he was the original voice of the Green Goblin in '' Spider-Man the original series'' (1967) and the voice o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
