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Daniel Flannery
Daniel Flannery (born 1952) is an American artist, creative producer, theatre director, scenographer, film/television director, director of photography and lighting designer. Career Stage spectacles ''Illusion'' was a grand opera scale live production show in Changzhou, China. Flannery was commissioned in 2013 to create this show incorporating 3D stereoscopic scenography as a featured element of the show. The stage and house was wrapped with LED walls upon which 3D stereoscopic CGI completed the scenography. The audience wore active 3D glasses and the effect was true immersion. The production featured an international cast of 100 performers. Flannery directed ''Xayron in 2010'', which was filmed in Budapest. Overseas Chinese Town Limited engaged Flannery in 2009 to create a western style production show. The show was ''"E" Elements Show''. The production featured a variety of dancers, acrobats, synchronized swimmers, singers, musicians, magicians, and puppets. The show ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Island, New York
Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the 18th-most populous in the world. The island begins at New York Harbor approximately east of Manhattan Island and extends eastward about into the Atlantic Ocean and 23 miles wide at its most distant points. The island comprises four counties: Kings and Queens counties (the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, respectively) and Nassau County share the western third of the island, while Suffolk County occupies the eastern two thirds of the island. More than half of New York City's residents (58.4%) lived on Long Island as of 2020, in Brooklyn and in Queens. Culturally, many people in the New York metropolitan area colloquially use the term "Long Island" (or "the Island") to refer exclusively to Nassau and Suffolk counties, and conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Becomes Her
''Death Becomes Her'' is a 1992 American satirical black comedy fantasy film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis. Written by David Koepp and Martin Donovan, it stars Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn as rivals who fight for the affections of the same man (Bruce Willis) and drink a magic potion that promises eternal youth, but causes unpleasant side effects. Filming began in December 1991 and concluded in April 1992, and was shot entirely in Los Angeles. Released on July 31, 1992, to mixed reviews from critics, ''Death Becomes Her'' was a commercial success, grossing $149 million worldwide on $55 million budget. The film was a pioneer in the use of computer-generated effects; it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Plot In 1978, narcissistic actress Madeline Ashton performs in the poorly received Broadway musical ''Songbird!''. She invites long-time frenemy Helen Sharp, an aspiring writer, backstage along with Helen's fiancé, plastic surgeon Ern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woops!
''Woops!'' is an American postapocalyptic sitcom that aired on the Fox network from September 27 to December 6, 1992. The series was created by Gary Jacobs, and produced by Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Touchstone Television. Synopsis The series centered around the six survivors of a world nuclear holocaust. They live together in an abandoned farm house while trying to survive and re-establish civilization. Thirteen episodes were made, but only 10 were aired before Fox cancelled the series. In July 2002, ''TV Guide'' named ''Woops!'' the 42nd-worst TV show of all time, and referred to as a "post-apocalyptic '' Gilligan's Island''". Characters * Mark Braddock (Evan Handler), formerly a schoolteacher, is the narrator of the show by writing in his journal. The pilot episode focuses on Mark, showing him finishing his classes and making a deposit at a drive-up window at the bank when a flash of light (the nuclear attack) occurs, and everything is turned to ruins except ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davis Rules
''Davis Rules'' is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC in 1991 and on CBS in 1992. The series was produced by Carsey-Werner Productions. Synopsis The series stars Randy Quaid as Dwight Davis, a widowed elementary school principal who is raising his three sons (Robbie, Charlie, and Ben) with the help of his wacky father Gunny Davis (Jonathan Winters). Cast * Randy Quaid as Dwight Davis * Jonathan Winters as Gunny Davis * Trevor Bullock as Robbie Davis (season 1) * Luke Edwards as Charlie Davis * Nathan Watt as Ben Davis * Patricia Clarkson as Cosmo Yeargin (season 1) * Rigoberto Jimenez as Rigo Cordona (season 1) * Tamayo Otsuki as Mrs. Elaine Yamagami * Debra Mooney as Mrs. Rush * Debra Jo Rupp as Ms. Higgins (season 1) * Vonni Ribisi as Skinner Buckley (season 2) * Bonnie Hunt as Gwen Davis (season 2) Production ''Davis Rules'' was canceled by ABC after less than one season despite having premiered after Super Bowl XXV. ABC retained the rights to the series and planned to use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaky Ground
Shaky Ground is an American sitcom, created by Bob Keyes, Chip Keyes, and Doug Keyes, which starred Matt Frewer as Bob Moody, a hapless but supportive and caring father. Robin Riker played his wife and Matthew Brooks, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Bradley Pierce played their children. The show aired on Fox from December 27, 1992 to May 23, 1993. Theme Bob Moody was mid-life, mid-career, middle-management and middle-class. He worked as a quality-control inspector for United General Technologies. He loved his family and worked hard to support them, but in ways was struggling with adulthood as well. Episodes often focused on Bob's thwarted ambitions at work, or the fact that he was not a traditional husband and father at home. Bob managed to get by as a result of finding the confidence to accept himself. Some episodes were surrealistic in nature, such as Bob trying an experimental hair-restoration product that slowly turned him into a werewolf. In another episode he takes up "Dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down The Shore
''Down the Shore'' is an American sitcom television series created by Alan Kirschenbaum, which aired on Fox from June 21, 1992, to May 27, 1993. Synopsis The series revolves around three childhood friends, Aldo, Zack, and Eddie. In hopes of meeting women at the Jersey Shore over the summer, they decided to get a beach house in Belmar, New Jersey. To cover expenses, they share the beach house with three female co-workers, Donna, Miranda, and Arden. At the start of the second season, Miranda was written out of the series by having a job that was too demanding, and the new female occupant of the beach house was a woman named Sammy, whom Aldo once had a fling with. Although the show was largely comedic in nature, it did have one notable episode where Aldo, a noted Lothario, had been briefly hospitalized and was awaiting the result of an AIDS test. This made all the renters of the beach home, while supportive of Aldo awaiting the results, mull over the fact that casual sex can come wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe's Life
''Joe's Life'' is an American sitcom which aired on ABC from September 29, 1993, until December 15, 1993. The series was created by Bob Myer, and produced by a.k.a. Productions and Bob Myer Productions in association with Buena Vista Television. Synopsis The series starred Peter Onorati as Joe Gennaro, a big lug of a husband to Sandy (Mary Page Keller) and father of three who had just been laid off from his executive position at an aircraft factory. Joe was understandably miffed, as he had recently worked his way up to the position after starting out on the assembly line years earlier. His untold period of unemployment brought him the duty of being a domestic 24 hours a day, something he faced with great apprehension. In order to help the family through tough times, Sandy was forced to initially take a day and night job, leaving her away most of the time. Joe did the best he could in his new household responsibilities, but with three growing kids, it was often a wild ride. Fourtee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someone Like Me (TV Series)
''Someone Like Me'' is an American sitcom television series created by Bruce Helford, that aired on NBC from March 14 until April 25, 1994. Premise The values of an 11-year-old clash with those of her baby boomer mom. Cast *Gaby Hoffmann as Gaby Stepjak *Patricia Heaton Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work on sitcoms, having played Debra Barone on ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2005) as well as Frances "Frankie" Heck on '' The Middl ... as Jean Stepjak * Anthony Tyler Quinn as Steven Stepjak * Nikki Cox as Samantha Stepjak *Joseph Tello as Evan Stepjak *Jane Morris as Dorie Schmidt *Raegan Kotz as Jane Schmidt *Matthew Thomas Carey as Neal Schmidt *Krystin Moore as Marla Episodes References External links * * *{{epguides, SomeoneLikeMe 1994 American television series debuts 1994 American television series endings 1990s American sitcoms English-language television shows NBC original pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Under Fire
''Grace Under Fire'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 29, 1993, to February 17, 1998. The show starred Brett Butler as a single mother learning how to cope with raising her three children alone after finally divorcing her abusive husband. The series was created by Chuck Lorre and produced by Carsey-Werner Productions. Premise ''Grace Under Fire'', produced by Carsey-Werner, was part of a wave of shows in the late 1980s and 1990s that were built around a comedian (and in some cases, closely based on his or her comedy routine). Many of Carsey-Werner's shows were based on nontraditional, non-nuclear families. ''Grace Under Fire'' followed a similar formula, set in the small fictitious town of Victory, Missouri; Butler starred as Grace Kelly, a divorced single mother and recovering alcoholic. The show begins after the main character divorces her abusive alcoholic husband of eight years in an attempt to start life anew and prevent her children from making t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me And The Boys (TV Series)
''Me and the Boys'' is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC network from September 20, 1994 until February 28, 1995. The series features comedian Steve Harvey, who also served as a writer, in his first starring role. The series was created by Bob Myer, Rob Dames and Lenny Ripps, and produced by a.k.a. Productions and Bob Myer Productions in association with ABC Productions. Synopsis Set in Dallas, ''Me and the Boys'' stars Steve Harvey as Steve Tower, a widower with three sons who ran a video store called The Video Depot. Madge Sinclair (in her last acting role before her death in December 1995) co-starred as Steve's mother-in-law, Mary Cook; and Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Wayne Collins, Jr., and Benjamin LeVert played Steve's sons Artis, William, and Andrew, respectively. The series was scheduled on Tuesdays following ''Full House'' (which co-creators Dames and Ripps had previously written and produced on) and preceding ''Home Improvement''. Despite ranking #20 in the ratings, AB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-American Girl (1994 TV Series)
''All-American Girl'' is a 1994 American sitcom starring Margaret Cho. The series aired on ABC from September 14, 1994, to March 15, 1995. Cho starred as Margaret Kim, the rebellious daughter of Korean American bookstore owners in San Francisco, whose American attitude often comes into conflict with her more traditional parents (Jodi Long and Clyde Kusatsu). Among her co-stars were BD Wong as Cho's brother, and Amy Hill as her eccentric grandmother. The series is notable for being both groundbreaking and infamous. The series was the first prime time sitcom to feature an Asian American family as its focus; however, it received criticism for its stereotypical characters. ABC's attempts to reform the show resulted in the show having a lack of direction and led viewers away from the series. After the first season, ABC wished to revamp ''All-American Girl'' into an ensemble series, but these plans were unrealized. Creation and summary ''All-American Girl'' was created by ABC to capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reunited (American TV Series)
''Reunited'' is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from October 27 until December 29, 1998. At the time, it was one of the lowest-rated programs ever tabulated, with an average 0.9 Nielsen rating, which meant only around 885,000 viewers watched it every week. Premise Nicki meets the daughter she gave up for adoption 20 years earlier. Cast *Julie Hagerty as Nicki Beck *Cliff Bemis as Gary Beck *Kelly DeMartino as Joanne *Renee Olstead Renee Olstead (born June 18, 1989) is an American actress and singer. Active since childhood as an actress, she is best known for her roles on the CBS sitcom '' Still Standing'' and on the ABC Family drama ''The Secret Life of the American Teena ... as Ami Beck *Jamie Marsh as Roy Episodes References External links * * {{UPN 1998 American television series debuts 1998 American television series endings 1990s American sitcoms English-language television shows UPN original programming Television series by Warner Bros. Television St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
