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Tricky Dicky (other)
Tricky Dicky may refer to one of the following: *US President Richard Nixon, as a derogatory nickname with origins in the 1950 United States Senate election in California (also "Tricky Dick") ** A song about Richard Nixon by Country Joe McDonald *"Tricky Dicky", a 1962 song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, recorded by Richie Barrett and The Searchers among others * Tricky Dicky (''Cor!''), a British comic strip by Cyril Gwyn Price, which appeared in the magazine ''Cor!!'' from 1970 to 1973 * Tricky Dicky (''Topper''), a British comic strip by John Dalles which appeared in the magazine ''The Topper'' and ''The Beano'', from 1977 on *Richard Hillman, in the ''Coronation Street'' TV series * Richard Cole (''EastEnders''), in the ''EastEnders'' TV series * Tricky Dicky's Mission Impossible, a character from the children's television show, ''ZZZap!'' *''Man Called Invincible'', a 1973 western comedy film also known as ''Tricky Dicky'' See also *"Tricky Dick", the 3rd episode of the 3rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His five years in the White House saw reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the first manned Moon landings, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early, when he became the only president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal. Nixon was born into a poor family of Quakers in a small town in Southern California. He graduated from Duke Law School in 1937, practiced law in California, then moved with his wife Pat to Washington in 1942 to work for the federal government. After active duty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 United States Senate Election In California
The 1950 United States Senate election in California was held on November 7 of that year, following a campaign characterized by accusations and name-calling. Republican Representative and future President Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, after Democratic incumbent Sheridan Downey withdrew during the primary election campaign. Douglas and Nixon each gave up their congressional seats to run against Downey; no other representatives were willing to risk the contest. Both Douglas and Nixon announced their candidacies in late 1949. In March 1950, Downey withdrew from a vicious primary battle with Douglas by announcing his retirement, after which Los Angeles ''Daily News'' publisher Manchester Boddy joined the race. Boddy attacked Douglas as a leftist and was the first to compare her to New York Representative Vito Marcantonio, who was accused of being a communist. Boddy, Nixon, and Douglas each entered both party primaries, a practice known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Joe McDonald
Joseph Allen "Country Joe" McDonald (born January 1, 1942) is an American musician who was the lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish.Richard Brenneman"Country Joe McDonald Revives Anti-War Anthem", ''Berkeley Daily Planet'', April 16, 2004, accessed July 18, 2007. Early life and early career McDonald was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in El Monte, California, where he was student conductor and president of his high school marching band. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the United States Navy for three years and was stationed in Japan. After his enlistment, he attended Los Angeles City College for a year. In the early 1960s, he began busking on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California. His father, Worden McDonald, from Oklahoma, was of Scottish Presbyterian heritage (the son of a minister) and worked for a telephone company. His mother, Florence Plotnick, was the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants and served for many years on the Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Leiber And Mike Stoller
Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such crossover hit songs as " Hound Dog" (1952) and "Kansas City" (1952). Later in the 1950s, particularly through their work with The Coasters, they created a string of ground-breaking hits—including " Young Blood" (1957), " Searchin'" (1957), and "Yakety Yak" (1958)—that used the humorous vernacular of teenagers sung in a style that was openly theatrical rather than personal. Leiber and Stoller wrote hits for Elvis Presley, including " Love Me" (1956), " Jailhouse Rock" (1957), " Loving You", " Don't", and " King Creole". They also collaborated with other writers on such songs as " On Broadway", written with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil; " Stand By Me", written with Ben E. King; "Young Blood", written with Doc Pomus; and "Spanish Harlem", co-written by Leiber and Phil Spect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricky Dicky (Cor!!)
''Tricky Dicky'' was a British comic strip which originally ran in the British comics magazine ''Cor!!''. It debuted in 1970, drawn by Cyril Gwyn Price (1905-1970). It ran until September 29, 1973. After Price's death other comic strip artists continued the series. Concept Similar to Roger the Dodger in ''The Beano ''The Beano'' (formerly ''The Beano Comic'', also known as ''Beano'') is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938, and it became the world's longest-runn ...'', the strip was about a boy of the same name (Dicky), who would 'trick' his way out of things like washing the car or carrying heavy cases. Unlike Roger, however, his schemes would usually backfire on him. Dicky was a blond boy with a large quiff, who was a teenage boy during his first appearances, but gradually was remodelled into a younger boy as the series went on. Similarities with other comics There is another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricky Dicky (Topper)
''Tricky Dicky'' is a British comic strip which debuted in the magazine '' Topper'' in December 1976''Topper Tales'' A Complete Index by Ray Moore. A CJ Publication and was drawn by John Dallas. From 1979 to 1986 he was the cover star of the comic, succeeding Danny's Tranny and preceding Beryl the Peril. The strip survived the merger with the Beezer in 1990 and continued in The combined Beezer and Topper comic til it ended in 1993.''The Book of the Beezer'' by Ray Moore The character later reappeared in The Beano. Concept The comic strip was a gag-a-day strip starring a young boy named Dicky, who plays practical jokes on people, but they usually managed to get the last laugh. From 1999 to 2000 he re-appeared as a 'Guest Star' in ''The Beano'', again drawn by Dallas, running against The Three Bears, Inspector Horse and Jocky and Gordon Bennett to be voted into the comic by readers, though The Three Bears was the winner. The basic premise of the strip was expanded to include th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hillman
Richard Charles Hillman is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Brian Capron. He first appeared on 20 June 2001 and became the show's main antagonist until his eventual departure on 14 March 2003. The character's story arc began with Richard appearing in Weatherfield for the funeral of his late cousin, Alma Baldwin (Amanda Barrie), following her recent death from cervical cancer a couple days prior. He thereupon meets Alma's closest friend, Gail Platt (Helen Worth), and they proceeded to establish a relationship that ultimately led to the pair getting married a year later on 26 July 2002. From that point, however, it had already transpired that Richard secretly withholds both a homicidal streak and an ongoing financial crisis during the time he occasionally played happy families with Gail along with her two children Sarah-Louise (Tina O'Brien) and David ( Jack P. Shepherd). In the course of events surrounding Richard's plight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cole (EastEnders)
Richard Cole (also known as "Tricky Dicky") is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Ian Reddington between 23 July 1992 and 21 July 1994. Storylines Richard Cole arrives in Walford in 1992 as the new market inspector. He is known as a corrupt man who will pull every trick in the book to make money and he is not well liked by the community. He is also a notorious womaniser who has various brief flings. He briefly dates market trader Rachel Kominski (Jacquetta May) in 1992, but antagonises her later when he decides to give her permanent market pitch to his newly arrived friend, Sanjay Kapoor (Deepak Verma). In 1993, he has a romance with Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), which sours when she discovers that he is taking a cash bribe and allowing a mobile hot dog van to trade in direct competition to her café. Later, he has sex with 17-year-old Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer), and when he dumps her shortly after, she and her friend Natalie (Lucy Spee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Zzzap! Characters
This is a list of characters in the comic from the children's television programme ''Zzzap!''. Aimed for hearing impaired children, the show was broadcast on ITV (later ITV1) and ITV2 (although it was later re-ran on CITV) between 8 January 1993 to 21 September 2001. Cuthbert Lilly (1993–2001) Cuthbert Lilly is a well-meaning, yet clumsy and accident-prone man, played by Richard Waites and voiced by Neil Buchanan from Series 2-9 (Series 1 had no voice acting and was composed entirely of Stock SFX and Music), and then by Richard Waites himself in Series 10. He is aided with the catchphrase "He's Dead Silly", has brown spiky hair and mostly wore a pink lily coloured suit with a yellow shirt, a red and white polka dot bow-tie and red shoes. Cuthbert is one of two characters (the other being The Handymen) to have appeared in every episode from Series 1- 10. His comic sound effect bubbles always appeared pink or lilac coloured from Series 2 onwards, whereas in Series 1, they ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Called Invincible
''Man Called Invincible'' ( it, Lo chiamavano Tresette... giocava sempre col morto, also known as ''They Called Him the Player with the Dead'', ''In the West There Was a Man Named Invincible'' and ''Tricky Dicky'') is a 1973 Italian Spaghetti Western-comedy film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo. Cast * George Hilton: Tresette *Chris Huerta: Bamby * Evelyn Stewart: Miss Marlene *Umberto D'Orsi: McPearson *Tony Norton: Veleno *Nello Pazzafini: Aureola Joe *Rosalba Neri: Concettina *Sal Borgese Sal Borgese (born 5 March 1937, in Rome) is an Italian film actor. He is sometimes credited as Salvatore Borghese or Mark Trevor. He is noted for extensive work in the Italian film industry from the 1960s to present day, and for his work as a s ...: Salvatore Reception The film received mixed reviews. Christian Kessler praised the decor and the cinematography of the film, so that "this crackling-shards-comedy looks relatively good". Achille Valdata was ambivalent: "The name of the vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Rock From The Sun (season 3)
The third season of ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', an American television series, began September 24, 1997, and ended on May 20, 1998. It aired on NBC. The region 1 DVD was released on February 21, 2006. Cast and characters Main cast * John Lithgow as Dick Solomon * Kristen Johnston as Sally Solomon * French Stewart as Harry Solomon * Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tommy Solomon * Jane Curtin as Dr. Mary Albright * Simbi Khali as Nina Campbell * Elmarie Wendel as Mrs. Mamie Dubcek * Wayne Knight as Officer Don Leslie Orville Recurring cast * David DeLuise as Bug Pollone * Ian Lithgow as Leon * Danielle Nicolet as Caryn * Chris Hogan as Aubrey Pitman * Ileen Getz as Dr. Judith Draper * Shay Astar as August Leffler * Jan Hooks as Vicki Dubcek * Ron West as Dr. Vincent Strudwick * John Cleese John Marwood Cleese ( ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricky Dicks
''Tricky Dicks'' is a 1953 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). It is the 147th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The Stooges are detectives who have nearly mastered the game of gin rummy. They are frequently interrupted by a very loudly ringing telephone. Shemp brings in the pickpocket Slick Chick ( Connie Cezan) who manages to talk her way out of the station. Shemp joins the Gin Rummy game before the three of them tangle with a very stubborn filing cabinet. After nearly finishing the game, the Stooges police chief B. A. Copper (Ferris Taylor) has just about had it with their goofing off, and demands that they find the murderer of Slug McGurk within 24 hours. Right from the start, the trio have Chopper (Phil Arnold), a prisoner who attempts to confess to the crime. Unfortun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
