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Little Toot
''Little Toot'' is a 1939 children's picture book written and illustrated by Hardie Gramatky. It features Little Toot, a small young tugboat in New York Harbor who does not want to tug. Instead, he would rather play, making figure eights in the harbor and thus being a nuisance to all the other tugboats. But when he ends up all alone on the open ocean as a storm is rolling in, it is up to him to save a grounded ocean liner. Publication history *1939, USA, G. P. Putnam's Sons (93 unpaginated pages) *2007, USA, G. P. Putnam's Sons (86 unpaginated pages) The book (G. P. Putnam's Sons first children's book) has been continually in print since 1939. In 2007, in honor of what would have been Gramatky's 100th birthday, Penguin Putnam publishers rescanned the original artwork, added nine original full-color sketches by the illustrator, and brought back detailed endpapers so the book has been restored to its first-edition colors and vibrancy. Reception ''Kirkus Reviews'' gave ''Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardie Gramatky
Bernhard August "Hardie" Gramatky, Jr. (April 12, 1907 – April 29, 1979) was an American painter, writer, animator, and illustrator. In a 2006 article in ''Watercolor Magazine'', Andrew Wyeth named him as one of America's 20 greatest watercolorists. He wrote and illustrated several children's books, most notably ''Little Toot''. Early life Hardie Gramatky was born in Dallas, Texas, the second of three sons born to Bernhard Gramatky and Blanche Gunner Gramatky. Ten years later, following the death of his father, his mother moved the family to the Wilmar – South San Gabriel area, a then semi-rural suburb a few miles east of Los Angeles. Gramatky attended local schools in Wilmar, and then Alhambra High School in nearby Alhambra. Displaying a precocious artistic talent, he began submitting his sketches to a "young folks section" published in the ''Los Angeles Times'', and by the early 1920s had earned a reputation as the section's leading artist. Education After high school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (July 6, 1911 – May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (January 3, 1916 – October 21, 1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia "Patty" Marie Andrews (February 16, 1918 – January 30, 2013). The sisters have sold an estimated 80 million records. Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early example of jump blues. Other songs closely associated with the Andrews Sisters include their first major hit, " Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Means That You're Grand)" (1937), "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" (1939), "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (1940), " Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)" (1942), and "Rum and Coca Cola" (1945), which helped introduce American audiences to calypso. The Andrews Sisters' harmonies and songs are still influential today, and have been cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Ships
This list of fictional ships lists all manner of artificial vehicles supported by water, which are either the subject of, or an important element of, a notable work of fiction. Anime and manga * ''Advenna Avis'' – ''Baccano!'' * ''Alexandria'' – aircraft carrier in ''Genocyber'' * SS ''Anne'' – ocean liner in ''Pokémon'' * ''Argo'' (made from the wreck of the Japanese battleship Yamato) - space battleship in ''Star Blazers'' * ''Argonaut'' – '' Heroic Age'' *''Arcadia'' – Harlock's ship from the Japanese series ''Harlock Saga'' * ''Asuka II'' (CVN-99) – United Nations (formerly with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force) aircraft carrier from ''Macross Zero'' * ''Bebop'' – '' Cowboy Bebop'' * ''Blue'' – ''Blue Drop'' * ''Blue 6'', ''Shang 9'' – '' Blue Submarine No. 6'' * RMS ''Campania'' – (In anime, the ship is based on the real-life ocean liners the RMS Titanic and the RMS Majestic, but in the manga, the sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Picture Books
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tugboats In Fiction
A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, such as in crowded harbour or narrow canals, or cannot move at all, such as barges, disabled ships, log rafts, or oil platforms. Some are ocean-going, some are icebreakers or salvage tugs. Early models were powered by steam engines, long ago superseded by diesel engines. Many have deluge gun water jets, which help in firefighting, especially in harbours. Types Seagoing Seagoing tugs (deep-sea tugs or ocean tugboats) fall into four basic categories: #The standard seagoing tug with model bow that tows almost exclusively by way of a wire cable. In some rare cases, such as some USN fleet tugs, a synthetic rope hawser may be used for the tow in the belief that the line can be pulled aboard a disabled ship by the crew owing to its lightness com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Vincent (voice Actor)
Sam Vincent is a Canadian voice actor working for Ocean Productions. He is best known for his roles as Krypto in ''Krypto the Superdog'', Edd "Double D" in ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'', Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck & Tweety in ''Baby Looney Tunes'', and Jordan C. Wilde in ''Ōban Star-Racers''. He is also known for portraying Dr. Maurice in the 2005 sitcom, Hot Properties. Career Vincent's notable roles in English dubs of anime include Athrun Zala in ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' and its sequel ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'', Hikaru Shindo in ''Hikaru no Go'', Julian Star in ''Cardcaptors'', and Tieria Erde in ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00''. Other roles include Martin and Billy in ''Martin Mystery''; Forge in '' X-Men: Evolution''; Baby Bugs, Baby Tweety, and Baby Daffy in ''Baby Looney Tunes''; Sideswipe in '' Transformers: Armada''; Smiling Finn in '' The Deep''; Eli Shane in Slugterra; Russell Ferguson in Littlest Pet Shop, and Aerrow and Dark Ace in ''Storm Hawks''. Since 2018, Vincent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Adventures Of Little Toot
''The New Adventures of Little Toot'' is a 1992 animated feature film directed by Doug Parker. It is based on the children's book character ''Little Toot'', and follows an episode of ''Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories'' made by the same team in 1992. Plot The movie starts with three dogs in a storm. The father sends his children to a lifeboat while he stays on his ship. In the morning, Salty the Seagull and Echo the Dolphin notice the pups and bring them aboard the deck. Echo goes looking for Captain Dogwood, the father of the pups. The pups introduce themselves as Andy and Tina. Salty agrees to help find their father because he knows him. The only way to get to him is with Little Toot, a tugboat who used to be the busiest and proudest until the boats no longer needed him and he sat in the docks feeling sorry for himself until he grew dirty and messy and became the home for three cats, who make anything miserable. They plan to dispose of the cats by scaring them, since cats are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Moranis
Frederick Allan Moranis (; born April 18, 1953) is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, songwriter, writer and producer. He appeared in the sketch comedy series ''Second City Television'' (''SCTV'') in the 1980s and several Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood films, including ''Strange Brew'' (1983), ''Ghostbusters'' (1984) and ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989),'' Little Shop of Horrors (film), Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986), ''Spaceballs'' (1987), ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' (1989, and its Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, 1992 and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, 1997 sequels), ''Parenthood (1989 film), Parenthood'' (1989), ''My Blue Heaven (1990 film), My Blue Heaven'' (1990), and ''The Flintstones (film), The Flintstones'' (1994). In 1997, Moranis began a long break from acting to dedicate his time to his two children as a widower. He did not appear in a live-action film for over 20 years, although he provided voice-over work for a few animated films, including Walt Disney Animation Studios, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Livingston
Alan Wendell Livingston (born Alan Wendell Levison; October 15, 1917 – March 13, 2009) was an American businessman best known for his tenures at Capitol Records, first as a writer/producer best known for creating Bozo the Clown for a series of record-album and illustrative read-along children's book sets. As Vice-President in charge of Programming at NBC, in 1959 he oversaw the development and launch of the network's most successful television series, '' Bonanza''. Early years Livingston was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of McDonald, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1917. He was the youngest of three children, whose mother encouraged reading books and playing musical instruments. He had an older sister, Vera, and an older brother, Jay Livingston (1915–2001), who wrote or co-wrote many popular songs for films and television, including "Buttons and Bows", "Mona Lisa", "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)", as well as the popular Christmas song " Silver Bells". Alan Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Charts
The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in '' Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The two most important charts are the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for songs and ''Billboard'' 200 for albums, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot 100 song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales. The weekly sales and streams charts are monitored on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle since July 2015; previously it was on a Monday-to-Sunday cycle. Radio airplay song charts, however, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note in the United States in 1942 by Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, and Glenn E. Wallichs. Capitol was acquired by British music conglomerate EMI as its North American subsidiary in 1955. EMI was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012, and was merged with the company a year later, making Capitol and the Capitol Music Group both distributed by UMG. The label's circular headquarters building is a recognized landmark of Hollywood, California. Both the label itself and its famous building are sometimes referred to as "The House That Nat Built." This refers to one of Capitol's most famous artists, Nat King Cole. Capitol is also well known as the U.S. record label of the Beatles, especially during the years of Beatlemania in America from 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney's Comics And Stories
''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'', sometimes abbreviated ''WDC&S'', is an American Comics anthology, anthology comic book series featuring characters from The Walt Disney Company's films and shorts, including Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey Mouse, Chip 'n Dale, Li'l Bad Wolf, Scamp (comics), Scamp, Bucky Bug, Grandma Duck, Brer Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, and others. With more than 700 issues, ''Walt Disney's Comics & Stories'' is the longest-running Disney comics, Disney comic book in the United States, making it the flagship title, and is one of the best-selling comic books of all time. The book was originally published by Dell Comics (1940–1962), and there have been many revivals over the years, continuing the same legacy numbering. The revivals have been published by Gold Key Comics (1962–1984), Gladstone Publishing (1986–1990), Disney Comics (publishing), Disney Comics (1990–1993), back to Gladstone Publishing (1993–1999), Gemstone Publishing (2003–2008), Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
