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Complete Savages
''Complete Savages'' is an American sitcom that was broadcast on ABC from September 24, 2004 to June 17, 2005. It was part of ABC's final '' TGIF'' comedy line-up. The show was created by Mike Scully and Julie Thacker and executive produced by Mel Gibson. It was cancelled after its first season due to low ratings. Synopsis The series focuses on single dad Nick Savage struggling to raise his five unruly sons (Jack, Chris, Sam, Kyle, and T.J.) alone, following the abandonment of their mother 10 years previously, while working on call day and night as a firefighter with his brother, Jimmy. The boys constantly stir up trouble and create unpredictable circumstances for the entire family to somehow resolve. The theme song was composed and performed by Joseph Interlande, and appears at the beginning of each episode as a jam session amongst the whole Savage family. Cast and characters Main cast * Keith Carradine as Nick Savage – the irritable patriarch of the Savage family. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Situation Comedy
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience, depending on the program's production format. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. Critics disagree over the utility of the term "sitcom" in classifying shows that have come into existence since the turn of the century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use the single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, thus often resembling the dramedy shows of the 1980s and 1990s rather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jam Session
A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp over tunes, drones, songs, and chord progressions. To "jam" is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also called "free flow sessions," are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. Both styles can be used simply as a social gathering and communal practice session. Jam sessions may be based upon existing songs or forms, may be loosely based on an agreed chord progression or chart suggested by one participant, or may be wholly improvisational. Jam sessions can range from very loose gatherings of amateurs to evenings where a jam session coordinator or host acts as a " gatekeeper" so that appropriate-level performers take the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robby Benson
Robby Benson (born Robin David Segal; January 21, 1956) is an American actor and director. He rose to prominence as a teen idol in the late 1970s, appearing in the sports films '' One on One'' (1977) and '' Ice Castles'' (1978). He subsequently garnered more fame for portraying the voice of Beast in the Disney animated film ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1991) and its numerous sequels and spin-offs. He later directed television, including six episodes of the sitcom ''Friends''. In addition to acting and directing, Benson is an activist in the field of heart research, having undergone four open-heart surgeries since age 28 to correct congenital aortic valve defects and related damage. In 2012, he published a memoir recounting his medical journey and numerous surgeries. Early life Benson was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Freda Ann (''née'' Benson), a singer, actor, and business promotions manager, and Jerry Segal, a writer. His family is Jewish. When Benson was five years old, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Molaro
Steven Molaro (born February 16, 1972) is an American television producer and writer. He has worked on such productions as '' Freddie'', '' The Class'', ''Complete Savages'', Nickelodeon's ''All That'', '' The Amanda Show'', ''Drake & Josh'', ''Zoey 101'' and ''iCarly'' and The WB's '' What I Like About You''. From 2007 to 2019, he was a producer/writer on the sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory''. Molaro also co-created its prequel spinoff, ''Young Sheldon'', with Chuck Lorre. In 2007, he created a troll pizza delivery order, the " None Pizza with Left Beef". He is a native of Queens, New York. Molaro has been nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series two times along with fellow writers Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady William Scott Prady (born June 7, 1960) is an American television writer and producer who has worked on American sitcoms and variety programs, including '' Married... with Children'', '' Dream On'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', ''Dharma & Greg'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Halvorson
Gary S. Halvorson is an American director of television shows, series and film, best known for directing and producing the show, ''Friends''. Directing He was trained as a classical pianist at but is primarily noted as the director of situation comedies such as ''Friends'' (of which he directed 56 episodes) and ''The Drew Carey Show''. He also made his film directorial debut ''The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland'' (1999), a children's film. For the New York Metropolitan Opera, he directed high-definition theater simulcasts of ''The Magic Flute'' (30 Dec 2006), ''I Puritani'' (6 Jan 2007), Il Barbiere di Siviglia (24 Mar 2007), ''Il Tabarro'' (28 Apr 2007), '' Roméo et Juliette'' (15 Dec 2007), Macbeth (11 Jan 2008), Peter Grimes (15 Mar 2008), La Bohème (5 Apr 2008), La fille du régiment (26 Avr 2008), the 2008-09 opening night gala starring Renée Fleming (22 Sep 2008), Doctor Atomic (8 Nov 2008), Thaïs (20 Dec 2008), Lucia di Lammermoor (7 Feb 2009), Madama Butterfly (7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Scully
Brian Scully (born August 10, 1953 in West Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American television writer and producer. Scully initially worked as a TV salesman before eventually getting a job writing on '' Out of This World''. After the show was canceled, Scully was unemployed for over a year but a residual payment of $20,000 for ''Out of This World'' reruns helped pay his health insurance costs after his wife gave birth to their premature child. He has written episodes for ''The Simpsons'' (such as " Lost Our Lisa") and ''Complete Savages''. He has produced ''The Drew Carey Show'' and ''The Pitts''. He is the older brother of long-time ''The Simpsons'' writer and showrunner Mike Scully, and has a second brother called Neil. He currently works on ''Family Guy'' as a writer and consulting producer. ''The Simpsons'' episodes Brian Scully wrote the following episodes for ''The Simpsons'': * " Lost Our Lisa" - May 10, 1998 * "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" (co-written with Tom Martin, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty White
Betty Marion White (January 17, 1922December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of Golden Age of Television, early television, with a television career spanning almost seven decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry and being one of the first women to work both in front of and behind the camera. She was the first woman to produce a sitcom, ''Life with Elizabeth'' (19531955). After making the transition from radio to television, White became a staple panelist of American game shows, including ''Password (American game show), Password'', ''Match Game'', ''Tattletales'', ''To Tell the Truth'', ''The Hollywood Squares'', and ''Pyramid (game show), The $25,000 Pyramid''. Dubbed "the first lady of game shows", White became the first woman to receive the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host for the show ''Just Men!'' in 1983. She was also known for her appearances on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', ''Boston Legal' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Kita
Candace Kita (born December 27, 1967) is an American actress. Career Acting Kita's first role was as a news anchor in the 1991 movie ''Stealth Hunters''. Kita's first recurring television role was in Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox's ''Masked Rider (TV series), Masked Rider'', from 1995 to 1996. She appeared as a series regular lead in all 40 episodes. Kita also portrayed a frantic stewardess in a music video directed by Mark Pellington for the British group, Catherine Wheel (band), Catherine Wheel, titled, "Waydown" in 1995. In 1996, Kita also appeared in the film ''Barb Wire (1996 film), Barb Wire'' (1996) and guest starred on ''The Wayans Bros.''. She also guest starred in ''Miriam Teitelbaum: Homicide'' with ''Saturday Night Live'' alumni Nora Dunn, ''Wall To Wall Records'' with Jordan Bridges, ''Even Stevens'', ''Felicity (TV series), Felicity'' with Keri Russell, ''V.I.P. (American TV series), V.I.P.'' with Pamela Anderson, ''Girlfriends (U.S. TV series), Girlfriends'', ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halloween
Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints' Day. It begins the observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints ( hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed. One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan roots. Some go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallow's Day, along with its eve, by the early Church. Other academics believe Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallow's Day. Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish immigrants took many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century,Brunvand, Jan (editor). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn Reeser
Autumn Reeser (born September 21, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Taylor Townsend on the Fox series '' The O.C.'', Lizzie Grant on HBO's '' Entourage'', Katie Andrews on ABC's ''No Ordinary Family'', and Leslie Bellcamp on E!'s '' The Arrangement''. She has appeared in the films '' The Girl Next Door'' (2004), '' So Undercover'' (2012), '' Sully'' (2016), and in ten Hallmark Channel television films in leading roles. Early life Reeser was born on September 21, 1980, in La Jolla, California, to Tom and Kim Reeser. During her childhood, she played a wide variety of characters in local musical theater productions, from the age of seven until seventeen. Reeser graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1998. After high school, she moved to Los Angeles and enrolled in UCLA's competitive theater program, where she studied theater history, acting technique, dance, voice and movement. She also studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Career Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conscience
Conscience is a cognitive process that elicits emotion and rational associations based on an individual's moral philosophy or value system. Conscience stands in contrast to elicited emotion or thought due to associations based on immediate sensory perceptions and reflexive responses, as in sympathetic central nervous system responses. In common terms, conscience is often described as leading to feelings of remorse when a person commits an act that conflicts with their moral values. The extent to which conscience informs moral judgment before an action and whether such moral judgments are or should be based on reason has occasioned debate through much of modern history between theories of basics in ethic of human life in juxtaposition to the theories of romanticism and other reactionary movements after the end of the Middle Ages. Religious views of conscience usually see it as linked to a morality inherent in all humans, to a beneficent universe and/or to divinity. The diverse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Sheep
In the English language, black sheep is an idiom that describes a member of a group who is different from the rest, especially a family member who does not fit in. The term stems from sheep whose fleece is colored black rather than the more common white; these sheep stand out in the flock and their wool is worth less as it will not dye. The term has typically been given negative implications, implying waywardness. In psychology, "black sheep effect" refers to the tendency of group members to judge likeable ingroup members more positively and deviant ingroup members more negatively than comparable outgroup members. Origin In most sheep, a white fleece is not caused by albinism but by a common dominant gene that switches color production off, thus obscuring any other color that may be present. A black fleece is caused by a recessive gene, so if a white ram and a white ewe are each heterozygous for black, about one in four of their lambs will be black. In most white sheep bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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