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Hard Knocks
Hard Knocks may refer to: Films * ''Hard Knocks'' (1924), a comedy short by James Parrott * ''Hard Knocks'' (1979 film), a 1979 American film * ''Hard Knocks'' (1980 film), a 1980 Australian film starring Tracy Mann * '' Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story'', a DVD about the professional wrestler Music * ''Hard Knocks'' (album), a 2010 album by Joe Cocker * Hard Knocks, a hip hop group on Wild Pitch Records * "Hardknock", a song by Joey Badass from ''1999'' Television * ''Hard Knocks'' (1987 TV series), an American sitcom featuring Bill Maher * ''Hard Knocks'' (2001 TV series), an American football documentary program produced by NFL Films for HBO * "Hard Knocks" (''Fantastic Four'' episode) See also * School of Hard Knocks, an idiomatic phrase for the education one gets from life * The Choir of Hard Knocks In 2005 FremantleMedia Australia producer Jason Stephens brought the idea of a television series called the Choir of Hard Knocks to the Australian Broadcasting Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Parrott
James Parrott (August 2, 1897 – May 10, 1939) was an American actor and film director; and the younger brother of film comedian Charley Chase. Biography Early years James Gibbons Parrott was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Charles and Blanche Thompson Parrott. In 1903, his father died from a heart attack, leaving the family in bad financial shape, which forced them to move in with a relative. Charley Jr. quit school, so he could go to work, in order to support his mother and brother. Eventually the call of the stage beckoned him, and Charley Jr. left home at age 16 to travel the vaudeville circuit as a singer and comedic performer. By the time James had reached his teens, he too, had quit school, and became involved with the street gangs of Baltimore. Later, Charley's connections in the film industry helped his younger brother to become established in movies, and he would appear during the 1920s in a series of relatively successful comedies for producer Hal Roach. He was bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Knocks (1979 Film)
''Hard Knocks'' (also known as ''Mid-Knight Rider'' and ''Hollywood Knight'') is a 1979 American film starring Michael Christian and directed by David Worth. Plot Guy, a young male prostitute, comes to Hollywood and encounters much more than he bargained for. Cast *Michael Christian - Guy *Josette Banzet - Cherie *Keenan Wynn - Jed *Donna Wilkes Donna Consuelo Wilkes (born 1958–1961) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actor in commercials before making her feature film debut in ''Jaws 2'' (1978). She subsequently had a supporting role in ''Almost Summer'' (1978), ... - Chris * John Crawford - Josh * Henry Brandon - Curley References External links *Film review 1979 films Films about male prostitution in the United States Films directed by David Worth (cinematographer) 1970s English-language films American drama films 1970s American films {{1970s-action-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Knocks (1980 Film)
''Hard Knocks'' is a 1980 Australian film directed by Don McLennan Don McLennan (born 1950) is an Australian film director, scriptwriter and producer. He was born in Leeton, NSW, Australia. He grew up on an island and was educated at Marist College, a boarding school in Tasmania. After he graduated he went to .... Production Director Don McLennan got the idea to make the film from a story in the newspaper about an ex-prisoner who becomes a model. He wrote a script and got the money to make a 50-minute film but decided to turn it into a feature. It was made for $35,000 and Trevor Lucas of Andromeda Films paid for post production. Soundtrack References External links *''Hard Knocks''at Oz Movies Australian drama films 1980 films 1980s English-language films Films directed by Don McLennan 1980s Australian films {{1980s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chris Benoit Story
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Hard Knocks (album)
''Hard Knocks'' is the twenty-first and penultimate studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 1 October 2010 by Columbia Records in Europe. It features nine new songs produced by Matt Serletic plus Cocker's version of the Dixie Chicks number "I Hope", which was produced by Tony Brown. Apart from a regular CD release, the album was also released on vinyl. The album reached number 1 on ''Billboard''s Independent Albums chart and number 2 on the same magazine's European Albums chart. A ''Limited Live Edition'' (CD/DVD) version of the album was released in December 2010 in Europe with live tracks off the album recorded at Le Zenith in Paris in 2010. Track listing # "Hard Knocks" (Marc Broussard, Maxwell Aaron Ramsey, Shannon Sanders) – 3:24 # "Get On" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Stephanie Bentley) – 3:28 # "Unforgiven" (Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, Nick Lachey, Dave Hodges) – 4:14 # "The Fall" (Matt Serletic, Danny Myrick, Aimée Proal) – 3:49 # "So It Goes" (Matt Serle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Pitch Records
Wild Pitch Records was an American hip hop record label, started in 1987 by Stuart Fine, that was eventually distributed by EMI. Artists who released records on the label included Main Source, Lord Finesse, Ultramagnetic MCs, Chill Rob G, Gang Starr, UMC's, O.C., Broken English, Klik, Jamose, Hard Knocks, female rapper N-Tyce, Super Lover Cee and Casanova Rud, and The Coup. Together, Fine and Howard re-established and released the label's catalogue, while also releasing records by Mary Lees Corvette, BigMouth, Mighty Purple, the Wallmans, and Chico Hamilton under its All Points Jazz label. The hip hop catalogue was eventually acquired by Jay Faires, who tried to reactivate it as part of his short-lived JCOR Entertainment label. As the majority of its albums were released in the early 1990s and went out of print, Faires re-released the label's catalog on April 22, 2008, through Fontana Distribution Fontana Distribution was a division of San Francisco-based Isolation Network ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 (mixtape)
''1999'' is the debut mixtape by American rapper Joey Badass. It was released on June 12, 2012. It features production by Chuck Strangers, Lewis Parker, Lord Finesse, MF DOOM and J Dilla, among others. The mixtape also features guest appearances from members of Pro Era, a hip hop collective of which Joey Badass is a member. The mixtape is based heavily around musical samples. Music videos have been released for "Hardknock", "Survival Tactics", "FromdaTomb$" and "Waves". In May 2022, Joey Badass announced that his next album would be a sequel to ''1999'', named ''2000''. It was released shortly after ''1999s tenth anniversary on July 22, 2022. Release ''1999'' was a free digital download, but after '' B4.Da.$$'' was released, ''1999'' and another mixtape ''Summer Knights'' became available on iTunes for sale. On June 12, 2018, ''1999'' was released on Spotify and TIDAL. The instrumental of track 9 "Funky Ho's" was changed upon the re-release, removing an uncleared sample so that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Knocks (1987 TV Series)
''Hard Knocks'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on the Showtime Network. It featured Bill Maher and Tommy Hinkley as ideologically opposed private detectives looking to make money by solving the problems of their wealthy clients. Synopsis Gower Rhodes and Nick Bronco open a private detective agency in the back of a restaurant to make money by solving cases. However, nothing seems to go their way. Cast Main characters *Bill Maher as Gower Rhodes *Tommy Hinkley as Nick Bronco Recurring and Guest Roles *Judith-Marie Bergan as Maggie * Babette Props as Terry * James Vallely as Silky *Gracie Harrison as Sheila Jesswalters Episodes Reception Critical reception John J. O'Connor of the New York Times called the show "something truly different." The show has also been reviewed in the Spartanburg Herald-Journal as "hard to watch," and in the Chicago Tribune as having woeful writing, unappealing characters, an infantile premise, and as "making programmers at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Knocks (2001 TV Series)
''Hard Knocks'' is a reality sports documentary television series produced by NFL Films and HBO. The show was first broadcast in 2001, and the current 2022 season is the 17th and 18th. Each season, it follows a National Football League (NFL) team through its training camp and covers the team's preparation for the upcoming football season. Starting with the 2021 season there will be an in season version of Hard Knocks following a different team than the training camp version. The series shows the personal and professional lives of the players, coaches and staff, including their family life, position battles, and even inside jokes and pranks. It particularly focuses on rookies' adjustments to playing in the NFL, usually with emphasis on the team's most recent top draft pick. It usually also chooses to focus on undrafted and journeyman players who are attempting to make the team. The NFL and HBO have called ''Hard Knocks'' "the first sports-based reality series" in television hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Knocks (Fantastic Four Episode)
''Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'' is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics' ''Fantastic Four'' comic book series. This is the team's fourth foray into animation. The series is co-produced by American company Marvel Entertainment and French company MoonScoop Group, with the participation of M6 and Cartoon Network Europe, and distributed by Taffy Entertainment. Airing In the United States, the show had an erratic airing schedule on Cartoon Network, having premiered as part of Toonami on September 2, 2006. It ran for only eight of the season's 26 episodes before being pulled. It subsequently returned to the network starting June 9, 2007, shortly before the release of the film '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer''. The second launch of the show aired only nine episodes, leaving nine installments not televised in the USA. The show aired on Boomerang for a brief time before moving to Nicktoons in 2009 for the final episodes. The series was produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Of Hard Knocks
The School of Hard Knocks (also referred to as the University of Life or University of Hard Knocks) is an idiomatic phrase meaning the (sometimes painful) education one gets from life's usually negative experiences, often contrasted with formal education. The term originated in the United States; its earliest documented use was in 1870 in the book ''The Men Who Advertise'': ... his misfortunes were largely owing to the inexperience of youth. Trained, however, in the school of hard knocks, he now had learned the theory of success". It is a phrase which is most typically used by a person to claim a level of wisdom imparted by life experience, which should be considered at least equal in merit to academic knowledge. It is a response that may be given when one is asked about their education, particularly if they do not have an extensive formal education but rather life experiences that should be valued instead. It may also be used facetiously, to suggest that formal education is not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Choir Of Hard Knocks
In 2005 FremantleMedia Australia producer Jason Stephens brought the idea of a television series called the Choir of Hard Knocks to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In an interview on Australian Story by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Stephens said "I'd always been quite fascinated by choirs. Living in Melbourne during that time 2005 the homelessness problem was more obvious, I guess. And I kind of thought it would be interesting to put those two ideas together to see if we could make a choir out of homeless and disadvantaged people." The ABC and Fremantle chose Reclink, a charity that had worked with homeless people in the past, as the charity that would work with the television construct and cast the choir conductor Jonathon Welch. The five-part Australian Broadcasting Corporation documentary TV series of the same name, broadcast weekly from May 2007 and released two albums, ''Choir of Hard Knocks: the Voice of RecLink'' (26 May 2007), which peaked at No.& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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