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Gung Ho (TV Series)
''Gung Ho'' is an American sitcom based on the 1986 film of the same name. The series aired for one season on ABC from December 5, 1986 to February 9, 1987. Synopsis Just like in the movie, the TV series follows the exploits of Hunt Stevenson (here, played by Scott Bakula as opposed to Michael Keaton in the movie), a laid-back American employee liaison of a Japanese car company (Assan Motors) in the fictional city of Hadleyville, Pennsylvania. Much of the humor arises from the abounding clashes between Hunt and the new Japanese plant manager, Kaz Kazuhiro (Gedde Watanabe, reprising his role from the movie) while looking for ways to bridge the culture gap between one another. Cast Besides Watanabe, many of the other Japanese actors from the movie also reprised their roles for the series. Clint Howard (brother of ''Gung Ho'' movie director Ron Howard) was the only Caucasian actor from the film to also appear in the TV series. *Scott Atari as Kenji *Scott Bakula as Hunt Stevenson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lee (actor)
Stephen Lee (November 11, 1955 – August 14, 2014) was an American actor from Englewood, New Jersey. Early life Lee was born in Englewood, New Jersey. He was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He studied at Avila College. Biography Lee appeared in over 90 different television shows, including playing the role of the annoying cabinet installer on ''Seinfeld'', a criminal informant in ''Nash Bridges'', and a foreign diplomat on the 1980s television show ''Night Court'' (season 9, episode 3), as well as several episodes of '' Dark Angel'' where he played Dan Vogelsang, a private investigator; and a bomb maker in '' CSI'' (season 1, episode 13). He had parts in fourteen movies, including '' La Bamba'', ''Dolls'', ''WarGames'', ''RoboCop 2'', ''The Negotiator ''The Negotiator'' is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray. It stars Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey as two expert hostage negotiators and Chicago police lieutenants. The film was released in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Dielhenn
Art Dielhenn is an American television director. Primarily working in sitcoms, some of his directing credits include ''The Cosby Show'', ''A Different World'', ''Punky Brewster'', '' Free Spirit'', '' Sister, Sister'', ''Silver Spoons'', ''Designing Women'', '' Brotherly Love'', ''Head of the Class'' and ''The Jamie Foxx Show''. He began his career as an associate director on such shows as ''The Jeffersons'' and ''Diff'rent Strokes''. An alumnus of University of Wisconsin A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ..., after 1999, Dielhenn retired from the entertainment industry and has since been working as a career coach. References External links * * 1946 births Living people American television directors University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Place of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Boen
Earl Boen () is an American retired film, television and voice actor, best known as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in ''The Terminator'' (1984), '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991), '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' (2003) and '' Terminator: Dark Fate'' (2019, archive footage only). He is the only actor besides Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in each of the first three ''Terminator'' films. Boen is also very active in the voice-over field. He is known for voicing characters such as Mr. Bleakman in ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', Police Chief Kanifky in '' Bonkers'', the Narrator in ''World of Warcraft'', Señor Senior, Senior in ''Kim Possible'', and Captain LeChuck in the ''Monkey Island'' series. Early life Having started acting in the mid-1950s, Boen played roles on the stage with several repertory companies between 1965 and 1976 before moving to Hollywood. Career Boen is known to many TV viewers as the Harper family's pastor, the Rev. Lloyd Meechum on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Martin (comedian)
Thomas Richard Martin (January 30, 1922 – May 24, 2008), known professionally as Dick Martin, was an American comedian and director. He was known for his role as the co-host of the sketch comedy program ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' from 1968 to 1973. Early life and career Martin was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, to William, a salesman, and Ethel Martin, a homemaker. In the early 1930s, the family moved to Detroit, where his teenage years included a bout with tuberculosis, which kept him out of the military. Early in his career, Martin was a staff writer for ''Duffy's Tavern'', a radio situation comedy. He and Dan Rowan formed the comedy team Rowan and Martin in 1952 and played in nightclubs throughout the United States and overseas. Martin played a drunk heckling a Shakespearean performer, a mainstay of their act for years. They could frequently be seen as host-performers on NBC's ''Colgate Comedy Hour,'' alternating with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and other more estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lerner
David Lerner (November 23, 1951 – July 1, 1997) was an American outlaw poet who helped lead the influential poetry group the Babarians at Cafe Babar in San Francisco. Life Lerner was born in New York City and came from a family of Russian-Jewish renegades, growing up as a so-called " red-diaper baby". Lerner later moved to San Francisco and worked as a journalist, but left that career to live a bohemian life''The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry'' by Alan Kaufman, Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 1999, pages 218-19. because journalism interfered with his poetry."About David Lerner" by Bruce Isaacson, ''Spirit Caller Magazine'', Vol 01 Issue 01, Dangerous Insect Media, July 15, 2013, page 57-9. In the mid-Eighties he became involved with poetry readings at Cafe Babar in San Francisco's Mission District, with the group of poets there being called the Babarians.''O Powerful Western Star: Poetry & Art in California'' by Jack Foley, Pantograph Press, 2000, page 211. Described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Ferber
Bruce Ferber is an American novelist and television writer/producer. Career Ferber's first novel, ''Elevating Overman'' was published to much acclaim in May, 2012. His second novel, ''Cascade Falls'', was published in April 2015, and received equally stellar reviews. It won the 2015 Indie Awards Gold Prize for Humor, adult fiction, and the Bronze prize for General, adult fiction. In July 2019, the non-fiction anthology, ''The Way We Work: On the Job in Hollywood'' was published, with Ferber serving as editor, and also contributing an essay to this overview of the entertainment business. Among the list of fellow contributors—JJ Abrams, Robert Towne, Chris Rock, Gabrielle Union, John McNaughton, David Kukoff, Nancy Nigrosh, Seth Freeman, Billy Van Zandt, and Rocky Lang. The positive response to the compilation was reflected in Midwest Book Review's assertion that "No media studies collection should be without this revealing guide, which is at once entertaining and educational." Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bowab
John Bowab (born October 22, 1933) is an American director and producer of television and theatre. Career Bowab began his career in theatre, directing a number of stage productions, such as ''Mame (musical), Mame'' (1983), ''The Night of the Hunter (novel)#Screen and stage adaptations, The Night of the Hunter'' (2003), and most recently ''70, Girls, 70'' (2010). by Lee Melville, September 20, 2010 of ''LA Stage Times''.com In the late 1970s, he moved on to television, amassing a number of directing credits. Some of these include ''The Cosby Show'', ''Benson (TV series), Benson'', ''Bosom Buddies'', ''Gimme a Break!'', ''Small Wonder (TV series), Small Wonder'', ''It's a Living (1980 TV series), Making a Living'', ''Ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babaloo Mandel
Marc "Babaloo" Mandel (born October 13, 1949) is an American screenwriter. He first wrote episodic television comedy, then later began writing feature films. He and long-time writing partner Lowell Ganz penned numerous high-profile films including ''Splash'' (1984), '' Parenthood'' (1989), ''City Slickers'' (1991) and ''A League of Their Own'' (1992). Biography Mandel was born in New York City, the son of a taxi driver. He attended Queens College, City University of New York, before leaving for Hollywood in 1972. There he met Ganz. It was Ganz who gave him the nickname "Babaloo", after the character Babaloo Mandel in Philip Roth's novel ''Portnoy's Complaint''. Mandel and Ganz were featured in ''The Dialogue'' interview series. In the 90-minute interview with producer Mike DeLuca, they discussed their 40-year partnership as it evolved from television to feature films. Both men worked on the television series ''Happy Days'', Mandel as a creative consultant, Ganz as supervising p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowell Ganz
Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948 in New York City) is an American screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel. Ganz grew up in Queens, New York, attending Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village. He dropped out of college and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career writing for sitcoms, starting with ''The Odd Couple''. From there, he moved on to writing for the TV series ''Happy Days'' and created two of its spin-off series, ''Laverne and Shirley'' and ''Joanie Loves Chachi''. In 1982, Ganz and Mandel teamed up with ''Happy Days'' actors Ron Howard and Henry Winkler to make their first film, the low-budget comedy '' Night Shift'', which was also actor Michael Keaton's first film; Howard signed on because he wanted to start directing while Winkler wanted to move away from his image as the Fonz. Ganz's second film outing, ''Splash'', made stars of Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah and earned him an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Kuroda
Emily Keiko Kuroda (born October 30, 1952) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Mrs. Kim on TV's ''Gilmore Girls'', but she has had a long career on stage and screen and is a veteran of East West Players, Los Angeles's premier Asian American theater group. Early life and education Kuroda, a Japanese-American, was born in Fresno, California, the daughter of Kay and William Kuroda. She began acting and directing in high school and majored in drama at California State University, Fresno before launching her career on stage and screen. Career Kuroda has performed in numerous plays including Luis Alfaro's ''Straight as a Line'' at Playwrights' Arena, directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera, Chay Yew's ''Red'' at East West Players, ''Winter People'' at the Boston Court, and Ken Narasaki's ''Innocent When You Dream'' at the Electric Lodge, which was directed by her husband, Alberto Isaac. She appeared in Narasaki's ''No-No Boy'' at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Schaal
Wendy Schaal (born July 2, 1954) is an American actress known for her work in Joe Dante films such as '' Innerspace'', ''The 'Burbs'', and '' Small Soldiers''. Her other film credits include starring in films such as ''Where the Boys Are '84'', '' Creature'', ''Going Under'', and '' Munchies''. She had many guest roles in television series of the mid-1980s, most notably as Marilyn Kelsy in ''Airwolf''. Since 2005 she has primarily worked in voice acting, most notably voicing Francine Smith in the animated comedy television series ''American Dad!'' Early years Schaal was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Lois Schaal ( Treacy) and actor Richard Schaal. She is the former stepdaughter of actress Valerie Harper. From birth until she was five, Schaal lived with her parents in Crete, Illinois, at which time she moved with her mother to Newport Beach, California after her parents divorced. Schaal studied acting with Viola Spolin in Chicago when she was nine years old, later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
