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National Lampoon's Class Reunion
''Class Reunion'' is a 1982 American black comedy film produced by '' National Lampoon'' as the third film from the magazine. It was the second film released; although ''National Lampoon Goes To The Movies'' was filmed in 1981, it was delayed and not released until 1982. Plot Lizzie Borden High's class of 1972 is getting ready to go through the motions at their 10-year reunion when a deranged alumnus named Walter Baylor, who was driven insane by a horrible, sadistic, senior-year prank, escapes from the mental institution and decides to crash the party at his high school reunion. Guests start to disappear and are found dead; the other alumni, including the high class snooty yacht salesman Bob Spinnaker, class tease Bunny Packard, and the class zero Gary Nash, spring into action as they try to uncover the culprit and put an end to the nightmare that has become their class reunion. Cast Production John Hughes claimed he had been fired from the film. "They didn't even want me around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hughes (filmmaker)
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker. Hughes began his career in 1970 as an author of humorous essays and stories for the '' National Lampoon'' magazine. He went on to Hollywood to write, produce and sometimes direct some of the most successful live-action comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s such as ''National Lampoon's Vacation''; ''Mr. Mom''; ''Sixteen Candles''; '' Weird Science''; ''The Breakfast Club''; ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''; ''Pretty in Pink''; '' Some Kind of Wonderful''; ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles''; ''She's Having a Baby''; ''Uncle Buck''; ''Home Alone''; ''Dutch''; ''Beethoven'' (co-written under the pseudonym Edmond Dantès); '' Dennis the Menace''; and ''Baby's Day Out''. Most of Hughes's work is set in the Chicago metropolitan area. He is best known for his coming-of-age teen comedy films with honest depictions of suburban teenage life. Many of his most enduring characters from these years were written f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Lampoon (magazine)
''National Lampoon'' was an American humor magazine that ran from 1970 to 1998. The magazine started out as a Spin-off (media), spinoff from the ''Harvard Lampoon''. ''National Lampoon'' magazine reached its height of popularity and critical acclaim during the 1970s, when it had a far-reaching effect on American humor and comedy. The magazine spawned National Lampoon's Vacation (film series), films, The National Lampoon Radio Hour, radio, live theater, various sound recordings, and print products including books. Many members of the creative staff from the magazine subsequently went on to contribute creatively to successful media of all types. During the magazine's most successful years, parody of every kind was a mainstay; surrealist content was also central to its appeal. Almost all the issues included long text pieces, shorter written pieces, a section of actual news items (dubbed "True Facts"), cartoons and comic strips. Most issues also included "Foto Funnies" or Photonove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dell Publishing
Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (approx. $145,000 in 2021), two employees and one magazine title, ''I Confess'', and soon began turning out dozens of pulp magazines, which included penny-a-word detective stories, articles about films, and romance books (or "smoochies" as they were known in the slang of the day). During the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, Dell was one of the largest publishers of magazines, including pulp magazines. Their line of humor magazines included '' 1000 Jokes'', launched in 1938. From 1929 to 1974, they published comics under the Dell Comics line, the bulk of which (1938–68) was done in partnership with Western Publishing. In 1943, Dell entered into paperback book publishing with Dell Paperbacks. They also used the book imprints of Dial Press, Delacorte Books, Delacorte Press, Yearling Books, and Laurel Leaf Library. Dell was acqui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Ramsey
Angelina Anne Ramsey-Mobley (March 27, 1929 – August 11, 1988) was an American actress. She is best known for her film roles as Mama Fratelli in ''The Goonies'' (1985) and as Mrs. Lift in ''Throw Momma from the Train'' (1987), the latter of which earned her nominations for an Academy Awards, Academy Award and a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award. Early life Ramsey was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Eleanor (née Smith), the former national treasurer of the Girl Scouts of the USA, and Nathan Mobley, an insurance executive. Her mother was a descendant of Pilgrim (Plymouth Colony), the Pilgrims (William Brewster (pilgrim), William Brewster), and her uncle was U.S. Ambassador David S. Smith. Ramsey was raised in Great Neck, New York and Greenwich, Connecticut. She attended Bennington College where she became interested in theatre. She performed in several Broadway productions in the 1950s and married actor Logan Ramsey in 1954. They moved to Philadelphia where they f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph Powell
Randolph Powell (born April 14, 1950) is an American actor, best known for his roles on television. He was a leading cast member of the science fiction series ''Logan's Run'' also being known for the role of Alan Beam in the soap opera ''Dallas''. Life and career Born in Iowa City, Iowa, Powell was raised in nearby Mason City, Iowa. As a youth, Powell acted in plays in junior high as well as high school before landing the role of Tommy Djilas in a production of "The Music Man" in 1968 at age 17 at the Mason City Community Theatre. In 2005, he returned to Mason City to help spearhead the conversion of a former sporting goods store in the theatre's new facility, serving as honorary chairman for the fund-raising campaign to convert the former Decker Sporting Goods building into the now present MCCT facility. After graduating from high school im Mason City, Powell attended the University of Denver, where he was in the theater program. After doing summer stock on Cape Cod and in Ill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marla Pennington
Marla Lynn Pennington (born March 5, 1954) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Joan Anderson Lawson on ''Small Wonder'', her last acting role to date. Her other television credits include ''Soap'', ''Diff'rent Strokes'', ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''Charlie's Angels'', ''Happy Days'', ''The Incredible Hulk'', and ''General Hospital''. Pennington's film credits include ''National Lampoon's Class Reunion'', and ''The Day of the Locust''. While ''Small Wonder'' was her last acting role, she appeared in a brief reunion with her co-stars on ''The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet'' on January 14, 2009. She provided commentary to the ''Small Wonder'' season 1 DVD set, released in February 2010. In 2015, she talked about the show's 30th anniversary and explained that she had left acting after ''Small Wonder'' to have her son, Dan, and daughter, Kat, with her husband, entertainment lawyer Tom Rowan, son of comedian Dan Rowan (of Rowan and Martin ''Rowan & Martin's La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Evans (actor)
Arthur James Evans (born March 27, 1942) is an American actor who has made multiple film and television program appearances over three decades. Evans was born in Berkeley, California. His acting career, spanning almost 40 years, started with Frank Silvera's Theater of Being in Los Angeles. He took a starring role in ''The Amen Corner'' which transferred to Broadway in 1965. His first uncredited acting performance in film was ''Claudine'' in 1974. His first credited role was in ''Chico and the Man'' as Bubba in the episode "Too Many Crooks" which aired in 1976, and his talents for many instruments came in handy when playing Blind Lemon Jefferson in the movie ''Leadbelly'' (1976). One of Evans's early roles was the first victim in the John Carpenter film ''Christine'', based on the novel by Stephen King; Evans played a Detroit auto worker found dead on the assembly line after daring to flick cigar ash on Christine's upholstery. In 1984, Evans co-starred in the all-star African-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Diamond
Barry Diamond (born November 14, 1951) is an American comedian who released one album, ''Fighter Pilot'', on IRS Records in 1983. He continues to perform stand-up comedy today. He has had bit parts in several films and television sitcoms. He played a comedian in an episode of '' Seinfeld'' - "The Movie", a part in '' Friends'' season 2 episode 7 “The One Where Ross Finds Out”, and a major role in 1984's ''Bachelor Party'', which starred Tom Hanks. As a stand-up comedian he was a regular on ABC's ''The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour'' c. 1983. ''Fighter Pilot'' ''Fighter Pilot'' was released on IRS Records in June 1983 after Diamond was discovered by IRS's Miles Copeland III Miles Axe Copeland III (born May 2, 1944) is an American music and entertainment executive and former manager of The Police. Copeland later managed Sting's musical and acting career. In 1979, Copeland founded the I.R.S. Records label, producin .... It was released on vinyl LP (SP-70035) and cassette tap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacklyn Zeman
Jacklyn Zeman (born March 6, 1953) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Barbara "Bobbie" Spencer on '' General Hospital''. She is sometimes credited as Jackie Zeman. Early life and education Zeman was born in Englewood, New Jersey, to a family of Jewish descent. Her parents are Rita Zeman-Rohlman, a magazine supervisor, and Richard S. Zeman, a systems engineer. She grew up in Bergenfield, New Jersey and completed her high school studies at age 15, at Bergenfield High School, after which she studied dance on a scholarship at New York University. She was a Playboy Bunny at the Playboy Club in 1972. Career outside of acting In the 1990s, Zeman was the spokeswoman for Excedrin aspirin. She currently works with the Home Shopping Network, designing and presenting a signature line of jewelry. Personal life Zeman has been married three times. Her first marriage, to Murray Kaufman, a popular DJ known as Murray the K, lasted from September 16, 1979 to 1981. Her secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zane Buzby
Zane Buzby is an American director, actress, and philanthropist. Life and career Zane Buzby grew up in East Meadow, New York, and graduated with honors from Hofstra University with degrees in performance and dramatic literature. She began her show business career as an assistant film editor working for The Beatles' Apple Films on ''The Concert for Bangladesh'' and '' The Holy Mountain'' by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Her first major acting credit was in the Carl Reiner film '' Oh, God!'' (1977). She appeared in the films '' Up in Smoke'' (1978) (opposite Cheech & Chong), '' Americathon'' (1979) (opposite John Ritter), ''National Lampoon's Class Reunion'' (1982) scripted by John Hughes), Jerry Lewis' film '' Cracking Up'' (1983), and the Rob Reiner film '' This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984). She also co-starred in and directed the feature film comedy '' Last Resort'' (1986), starring Charles Grodin. Buzby became a television director (mentored by James Burrows and producer Edgar J. Scheri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mews Small
Mews Small (born Mary Edith Wilard Small; March 20, 1942 in Pasadena, California) is an American actress and singer. She was known professionally as Marya Small during the 1970s and has also been credited as Merrya Small, Mary Small Rusk, and Mary Small. Acting career Small got her acting start in a 1966 theatre production of ''The Sound of Music'' in Stowe, Vermont. She has since acted in numerous feature films and television shows. Small originated the role of Frenchy in the original Broadway production of the musical '' Grease'', with a cast including Barry Bostwick and Adrienne Barbeau. She was later joined by cast members John Travolta, Patrick Swayze, Treat Williams, and Marilu Henner. Small is best known for her roles as Candy in the film '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' and Dr. Nero in Woody Allen's film '' Sleeper''. She also portrayed the Janis Joplin-inspired role of Frankie in the animated rotoscope film ''American Pop''. Small appeared in the first episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackie Dammett
Anthony Kiedis ( ; born November 1, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. He is a founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis and his fellow band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his mother, and then moved shortly before his twelfth birthday to live with his father in Hollywood. While attending Fairfax High School, Kiedis befriended students Flea and Hillel Slovak, who were members of a band called Anthym. After high school, Kiedis began taking classes at UCLA but dropped out in his sophomore year. When Kiedis received an offer to be the opening act for a local band, he enlisted Flea, Slovak, and drummer Jack Irons. After a show under the name Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, the band progressed and the line-up eventually became the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has recorded thirteen studio albums with the Red Hot Chili Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
