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Rounder(s) or The Rounder(s) may refer to: Film and television * ''The Rounders'' (1914 film), a comedy short * ''The Rounder'' (1930 film), a comedy short * ''The Rounders'' (1965 film), a western comedy * ''Rounders'' (film), a 1998 poker film * ''The Rounders'' (TV series), a 1966-67 American series based on the 1965 film Music * The Rounders (band), an American rock group * Rounder Records, a record company * The Holy Modal Rounders or simply The Rounders, an American folk music duo Sports and games * Rounders, a ball game * Rounder, a poker term * Rounder, a type of bet offered by UK bookmakers See also * The Rounder Girls The Rounder Girls represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song " All To You" where they reached 14th place. The Rounder Girls consisted of three women: Tini Kainrath, Kim Cooper and Lynne Kieran, who are from Vienna, New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rounders (1914 Film)
''The Rounders'' is a 1914 comedy short starring Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle. The film involves two drunks who get into trouble with their wives, and was written and directed by Chaplin. Plot A drunk reveller, Mr. Full, returns home to a scolding from his wife. Then his equally inebriated neighbor, Mr. Fuller, comes home and starts a fight with his wife. When Mrs. Full hears the physical altercation across the hall (Mr. Fuller starts strangling his wife after she hits him), she sends her husband to investigate. The two wives begin arguing, while Mr. Full and Mr. Fuller seize the opportunity to steal their wives’ money and flee together to a cafe, where they also cause trouble. When their spouses find them, they escape to a leaky rowboat on a pond. Safely out of reach of their wives and the victims of the commotion they caused, they fall asleep, oblivious to the rising water into which they eventually disappear. Cast * Charlie Chaplin as Mr. Full * Roscoe Arbuckle as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Benny Filmography
This is a list of films featuring comedian Jack Benny. Benny's career lasted from the early 20thj century until his death in 1974. In Jack Benny's first film he starred along with Conrad Nagel as master of ceremonies in ''The Hollywood Revue of 1929 ''The Hollywood Revue of 1929'', or simply ''The Hollywood Revue'', is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was the studio's second feature-length musical, and one of their earliest sound films. Produce ...'', which was a big role for Jack at the time. Benny wouldn't start getting well known until his own radio program in 1934. ''The Hollywood Revue'' is also the oldest known form of Jack Benny in color with the last sequence being filmed originally in color, which was common for a musical in 1929. References {{reflist Benny, Jack Benny, Jack Jack Benny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rounders (1965 Film)
''The Rounders'' is a 1965 American Western comedy film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda. It is based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Max Evans. Plot Ben Jones and Marion "Howdy" Lewis are two easygoing, modern-day cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer is Jim Ed Love, a shrewd businessman who always gets the better of them. After they bring him a string of tamed horses and spend the winter rounding up stray cows, he talks them into taking a nondescript roan horse in lieu of some of their wages. To his great and frequent discomfort, Ben finds that the horse is unrideable. Rather than turning the horse into soap or dog food, he decides to take it to a rodeo and bet other cowhands that they cannot ride it, thereby doubling his and Howdy's earnings. Along the way, the duo stop to help two dimwitted strippers, Mary and Sister, with their car, which has broken down. Not knowing much about cars, they giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rounders (film)
''Rounders'' is a 1998 American drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. The story follows two friends who need to win at high-stakes poker to quickly pay off a large debt. The term ''rounder'' refers to a person traveling around from city to city seeking high-stakes card games. ''Rounders'' opened to mixed reviews and was moderately successful at the box office. Following the poker boom in the early 2000s, the film became a cult hit. Plot New York City law student and gifted poker player Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) dreams of winning the World Series of Poker. At an underground Texas hold 'em game run by Russian mobster Teddy "KGB" (John Malkovich), an overconfident Mike loses his entire $30,000 bankroll in a single hand. Shaken, he promises his girlfriend and fellow student Jo (Gretchen Mol) he has quit poker, and concentrates on law school. His mentor Joey Knish (John Turturro) offers to st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rounders (TV Series)
''The Rounders'' was an American Western-style sitcom about two cowboys on the fictitious J.L. Ranch in Texas. Cast *Ron Hayes as Ben Jones *Chill Wills as Jim Ed Love *Patrick Wayne Patrick John Morrison (born July 15, 1939), better known by his stage name Patrick Wayne, is an American actor. He is the second son of movie star John Wayne and his first wife, Josephine Alicia Saenz. He made over 40 films, including eleven w ... as Howdy Lewis Episodes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rounders (Tv Series), The 1960s Western (genre) television series American Broadcasting Company original programming 1960s American sitcoms 1966 American television series debuts 1967 American television series endings Television shows set in Texas Live action television shows based on films English-language television shows Television series by MGM Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rounders (band)
The Rounders was an American roots rock/blues rock band, based in Oklahoma City, that formed during the summer of 2000. The original line-up consisted of Brian Whitten (vocals, kazoo), Dave Spindle (guitar), Ryan Taylor (guitar), Adam Enevoldsen (bass), and Stuart Williamson (drums). Their first album, ''Little Bitty Can of Worms'', independently released in 2003, was recorded at Bell Labs Recording Studio in Norman, Oklahoma. The album is an eclectic mix of original jug band music, hokum, alt.country, Chicago style and Mississippi Delta blues. Shortly after the release of ''Little Bitty Can of Worms'', bassist/songwriter Adam Enevoldsen left the band to pursue other musical endeavors. The group subsequently became a four-piece with Dave Spindle taking over the bass duties. 2004 saw the independent release of their second album, ''now-a-day songs''. The title of the album came from a book of poetry, '' Now-A-Day Poems'', by early 20th-century poet Philander Chase Johnson. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rounder Records
Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by Alison Krauss and Union Station, George Thorogood, Tony Rice, and Béla Fleck, in addition to re-releases of seminal albums by artists such as the Carter Family, Jelly Roll Morton, Lead Belly, and Woody Guthrie. "Championing and preserving the music of artists whose music falls outside of the mainstream," Rounder releases have won 54 Grammy Awards representing diverse genres, from bluegrass, folk, reggae, and gospel to pop, rock, Americana, polka and world music. Acquired by Concord in 2010, Rounder is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Beginnings Rounder was founded by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton Levy. Nowlin and Irwin first met in 1962 as incoming freshman at Tufts University in the Boston suburb of Medford, Massachusetts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Holy Modal Rounders
The Holy Modal Rounders was an American folk music group, originally the duo of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber, who began performing together on the Lower East Side of New York City in the early 1960s. Their unique blend of folk music revival and psychedelia gave them a cult-like following from the late 1960s into the 1970s. For a time the group also included the playwright and actor Sam Shepard. Origin of the name Stampfel explained the origin of the name in the webzine '' Perfect Sound Forever'': :We kept changing the name. First it was the Total Quintessence Stomach Pumpers. Then the Temporal Worth High Steppers. Then The Motherfucker Creek Babyrapers. That was just a joke name. He was Rinky-Dink Steve the Tin Horn and I was Fast Lightning Cumquat. He was Teddy Boy Forever and I was Wild Blue Yonder. It kept changing names. Then it was the Total Modal Rounders. Then when we were stoned on pot and someone else, Steve Close maybe, said Holy Modal Rounders by mistake. We kept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rounders
Rounders is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a rounded end wooden, plastic, or metal bat. The players score by running around the four bases on the field.National Rounders Association – History of the Game in an snapshot from 2007 Played in England since , it is referenced in 1744 in the children's book '' |
Glossary Of Poker Terms
The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the glossary of card game terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be a formal dictionary; precise usage details and multiple closely related senses are omitted here in favor of concise treatment of the basics. A ; ace in the hole : One of the hole cards is an ace ; ace-to-five, ace-to-six : Methods of evaluating low hands. See lowball. ; act : To make a play (check, bet, call, raise, or fold) at the required time, compare to '' in turn''. ; acting out of turn : A player in poker that either announces their actions or physically plays before their turn (checks, folds etc.). Sometimes players act out of turn intentionally to get a read out of other players. When done intentionally, this is often referred to as "angle shooting." See angle shooting. ; action : A player's turn to act; a willingness to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Bets Offered By UK Bookmakers
This is a non-exhaustive list of traditional and popular bets offered by bookmakers in the United Kingdom. The 'multiple-selection' bets in particular are most often associated with horse racing selections but since the advent of fixed-odds betting on football matches some punters use these traditional combination bets for football selections as well. Types of bet Win :A bet that produces a return only if the selection comes first in an event (i.e. wins). A win bet may be placed on a single event. Place :A bet that produces a return only if the selection finishes first or within a predetermined number of positions (places) of the winner of an event. The return is often based on a fixed proportion of the win odds of the selection. Each-way :A combination of win and place bets of equal size. Each-way bets may be placed on a single event or on two or more selections in a multiple bet. Each-way multiple bets are settled on a win-to-win and place-to-place basis. Single :A bet on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
