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Captain Obvious '', an American YouTube web series
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Captain Obvious is part of an American expression demonstrating a lapalissade It may also refer to: * Captain Obvious (advertising character), a fictional character in Hotels.com advertisements *Captain Obvious, a character on '' The Shebang'', an Australian radio show *Captain Obvious, an episode of ''Mr Inbetween'', an Australian TV show *Captain Obvious, a character in ''Annoying Orange ''Annoying Orange'' is an American live-action/ animated comedy web series created by Dane Boedigheimer (known online as DaneBoe). The series follows an anthropomorphic orange who annoys fruits, vegetables, and various other objects by tell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapalissade
A lapalissade is an obvious truth—i.e. a truism or tautology—which produces a comical effect. It is derived from the name Jacques de la Palice, and the word is used in several languages.Georges Lebouc, ''2500 noms propres devenus communs''p. 389/ref> Origin La Palice's epitaph readsMichel Chabanne (14 June 2007), comment oEncyclopédie des Expressions: Une vérité de La Palice / Une lapalissade. Accessed 15 April 2009. :''"Ci-gît le Seigneur de La Palice: s'il n'était pas mort, il ferait encore envie."'' :("Here lies the Seigneur de La Palice: If he weren't dead, he would still be envied.") These words were misread (accidentally or intentionally) as "''...il ſerait eraitencore en vie''" ("...he would still be alive"), where the long s aids in the confusion. In the 16th century this misreading was incorporated into a popular satirical song, and in time many other variants developed, including "''... que deux jours avant sa mort / il était encore en vie''" ("... t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Obvious (advertising Character)
Hotels.com is a website for booking hotel rooms online and by telephone. The company has 85 websites in 34 languages, and lists over 325,000 hotels in approximately 19,000 locations. Its inventory includes hotels and B&Bs, and some condos and other types of commercial lodging. Hotels.com was established in 1991 as the Hotel Reservations Network (HRN). In 2001, it became part of Expedia, Inc. and in 2002, changed its name to Hotels.com. The company is operated by Hotels.com LP, a limited partnership subsidiary located in Dallas, Texas, in the United States. History Hotels.com was established in 1991 by David Litman and Robert Diener as the Hotel Reservations Network (HRN), providing hotel booking via a toll-free phone number in the United States. In 2001, the company was acquired by USA Networks Inc (USAI) which also acquired a controlling interest in Expedia, the online travel booking company. After buying the domain name for approximately US$11m, HRN changed its name in 2002 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shebang
''The Shebang'' was a radio show broadcast weekday mornings from 6 am to 9 am AEST in Sydney, Australia, on Triple M. It was hosted by Marty Sheargold, Fifi Box and Paul Murray with Anthony Maroon as the show anchor. The producer, Anna, was often chastised for her many mistakes. The show mainly worked around observational humour, derived from various media sources. Formerly Triple M's main syndicated drive-time show, Austereo announced on 14 December 2006 that ''The Shebang'' would move to the breakfast shift for Triple M Sydney in 2007. ''The Shebang'' commenced the breakfast shift in Sydney on 29 January 2007. On 6 August 2008, Triple M announced that ''The Shebang'' would not be continuing in 2009 as host Fifi Box was leaving the station to appear on the Seven Network's ''Sunrise'' program, while Marty Sheargold said he would not continue at Triple M once the show finished. Unbeknown to anyone listening, without any warning, ''The Shebang'' cast announced their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mr Inbetween
''Mr Inbetween'' is an Australian black comedy-crime drama television series which premiered on FX on 25 September 2018 in the United States, followed by Fox Showcase in Australia on 1 October 2018. The series is a serialisation of the 2005 feature film '' The Magician'', which was created, written by and starred Scott Ryan. Ryan reprises his lead role and is also the writer for the series. The program was originally commissioned for FX Australia as its first original drama production, but instead launched in Australia on Showcase following the closure of FX Australia between commission and premiere. Filming took place in various locations in Sydney. On 9 October 2018, FX and Foxtel renewed the series for a second season which premiered on 12 September 2019. On 26 May 2020, the series was renewed for a third and final season which premiered on 25 May 2021. The series concluded on 13 July 2021, after three seasons and 26 episodes. Premise Set within the suburbs of Sydney, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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