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Do You Believe In Magic
Do You Believe in Magic may refer to: *''Do You Believe in Magic'', a 1990 children's book by Saviour Pirotta * ''Do You Believe in Magic?'' (book), a 2013 book by Paul Offit about alternative medicine * ''Do You Believe in Magic'' (film), a 2008 documentary film * ''Do You Believe in Magic'' (album), an album by the Lovin' Spoonful *''Do You Believe in Magic?'', 1980 album by Japanese singer Susan Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ... * "Do You Believe in Magic" (song), by the Lovin' Spoonful 1965, covered by several artists * "Do You Believe in Magic" (''Modern Family''), a 2017 television episode * "Do You Believe In Magic" (episode), a 1990 live-action ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode See also * Do You Believe (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Believe In Magic (song)
"Do You Believe in Magic" is a song by American rock band the Lovin' Spoonful, written by John Sebastian in 1965. The single peaked at number 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. In 1978, Shaun Cassidy reached the Top 40 with his cover version. The Lovin' Spoonful version In 1965, The Lovin' Spoonful originally recorded and released the song as the first single from their debut studio album '' Do You Believe in Magic''. The single was well received by the public and became a top ten hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 9. According to the lyrics, the magic referenced in the title is the power of music to supply happiness and freedom to both those who make it and those who listen to it. Session drummer Gary Chester played tambourine on the track. The Lovin' Spoonful's version was ranked number 216 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. ''Billboard'' said of the original single release that the "pulsating folk-flavored rhythm number serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saviour Pirotta
Saviour Pirotta is a Maltese-born British author and playwright who resides in England. He is mostly known for the bestselling The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths, an adaptation of the Russian folktale, Firebird, and the Ancient Greek Mysteries Series for Bloomsbury. His books are particularly successful in the UK, Greece, Italy and South Korea. Childhood The second of five brothers, Pirotta grew up speaking both English and Maltese. He attended Naxxar Primary School (now Maria Regina College) and later won a scholarship to St Aloysius' College, one of the most prestigious schools on the island. He developed a love of literature early on in life when he discovered the Narnia books by C.S. Lewis, Ian Serraillier's ''The Silver Sword'' and R.L. Stevenson's ''Treasure Island''. The author's parents, both extremely devout Catholics, discouraged his general interest in the arts and censored most television programmes but Pirotta cites as visual influences on his writing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Believe In Magic? (book)
''Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine'' – called ''Killing Us Softly: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine'' in the United Kingdom – is a 2013 book about alternative medicine by Paul Offit, an American expert of infectious diseases and vaccines. It was published in the United States by HarperCollins (255 pages) and in the UK by Fourth Estate (20 June 2013, 336 pages). Content The book criticizes alternative medical treatments as ineffective, particularly vitamins and dietary supplements. Among the supplements of which Offit is critical in the book is the use of Vitamin C to treat the common cold, which also leads him to criticize Linus Pauling for promoting vitamin C for this purpose. In the book, Offit also attributes much of alternative medicine's effectiveness to the placebo effect, which is the subject of one of the book's chapters. He also notes that alternative medical treatments can have serious side effects, such as paraly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Believe In Magic (film)
''Do You Believe in Magic?'' is a 2008 American documentary on Magic Johnson, which received the Best Documentary award at the 4th Africa Movie Academy Awards. References External links Do You Believe in Magic?on Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... Best Documentary Africa Movie Academy Award winners American sports documentary films 2008 films 2008 documentary films Documentary films about sportspeople Magic Johnson Documentary films about basketball 2000s American films {{bio-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Believe In Magic (album)
''Do You Believe in Magic'' is the debut album by the folk rock group the Lovin' Spoonful. It was released in November 1965, on the Kama Sutra label. The album features the hits " Do You Believe in Magic" (U.S. No. 9) and " Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" (U.S. No. 2). ''Do You Believe in Magic'' was re-released on CD in 2002 with five bonus tracks. Reception In his AllMusic review, music critic William Ruhlmann wrote "The album elaborated upon Sebastian's gentle, winning songwriting style... The album also revealed the group's jug band roots in its arrangements of traditional songs... The Spoonful would be remembered as a vehicle for Sebastian's songwriting, but ''Do You Believe in Magic'' was a well-rounded collection that demonstrated their effectiveness as a group." Track listing Personnel *John Sebastian – vocals, guitar, autoharp, harmonica, organ *Steve Boone – bass, vocals *Joe Butler – drums, percussion, vocals *Zal Yanovsky – electric and acoustic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan (Japanese Singer)
Susan was a pop singer who recorded in Japan in the early 1980s. She is half- French and half-Japanese. Her music is technopop in style, mainly featuring synthesisers and drum machines. Biography Susan had records released by CBS in the UK, though no single ever reached the top 40. In Japan, Epic Sony released her music. She was known to collaborate with various members of Yellow Magic Orchestra and other Japanese producers of the time such as Kazuhiko Katoh, Yukihiro Takahashi, Hajime Tachibana and Keiichi Suzuki. Though all her releases refer to her as Susan (or Suzan if directly taken from the Japanese katakana transliteration of her name, ), the CDDB refers to her as being "Susan. E" when the "Complete Susan CD" is played in Winamp or RealPlayer. Aside from singing, she has also done some work as a model for clothing company Miho Matsuda and cosmetics company Shiseido Co. Ltd. Since 2005, Susan has been playing live dates in Tokyo featuring re-arranged versions of her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Believe In Magic (Modern Family)
"Do You Believe in Magic" is the twelfth episode of the Modern Family season 8, eighth season of the American sitcom ''Modern Family'', and the series' 178th episode overall. It aired on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on February 8, 2017. The episode was written by Jon Pollack, and directed by Gail Mancuso. Plot summary Claire decides to hire a magician who could help her and Phil bring some mystery on Valentine's Day. Cam and Mitch teach Haley and Sal (Elizabeth Banks) to stand up against their men with unexpected results. As Jay has developed the habit to prefer Joe over Manny, Alex discovers that Ben, Claire's assistant, has a crush on her. Reception Ratings In its original U.S. broadcast, "Do You Believe in Magic" was watched by 7.34 million people; down by 0.73 from the previous episode. Reviews Kyle Fowle of ''The A.V. Club'' gave episode a B+, saying "“Do You Believe In Magic” isn’t a perfect episode, but it does hit a rewarding sweet spot be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Believe In Magic? (episode)
This list of ''Mario'' television episodes covers three television series based upon Nintendo's ''Mario'' series of video games. The three series were produced by DIC Entertainment: ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' (1989) is based upon ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''; ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' (1990) is based upon '' Super Mario Bros. 3''; and ''Super Mario World'' (1991) is loosely based upon ''Super Mario World''. All except ''Club Mario'' focus on the characters of Mario and Luigi assisting Princess Toadstool in thwarting the plots and schemes of King Koopa. Each series episodes is listed in order of airdate. The names "Princess Toadstool" and "King Koopa" are primarily used prior to the release of ''Super Mario 64'', which define them as "Princess Peach" and "Bowser" respectively. The Koopalings are defined with different names and personalities in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' before the American names were decided by Nintend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
