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Joker's Wild (other)
Joker's Wild or Jokers Wild may refer to: *Joker (playing card), when used as a Wild card * ''Joker's Wild'' (film), an American 2016 horror thriller film starring Eric Roberts *''The Joker's Wild'', an American TV game show * ''Jokers Wild'' (TV series), a British comedy panel show * "Joker's Wild" (''Batman: The Animated Series''), a 1992 episode of ''Batman: The Animated Series'' * ''Jokers Wild'' (novel), a 1987 novel in the Wild Cards series by George R. R. Martin *Jokers Wild (band), a 1960s British blues-rock band *Joker's Wild (quartet), an American barbershop quartet *"The Joker's Wild", a song by Insane Clown Posse from ''Riddle Box'' *Jokers Wild Casino, a casino in Henderson, Nevada, U.S. *Joker's Wild, a wrestling tournament promoted by TNA One Night Only *''The Joker Is Wild'' 1957 film directed by Charles Vidor See also *Jokers in Solitaire *Joker (other) Joker(s) or The Joker(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Jester, a person employed to tell jokes and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joker (playing Card)
The Joker is a playing card found in most modern French-suited playing cards, French-suited card decks, as an addition to the standard four Playing card suit, suits (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades). Since the second half of the 20th century, they have also been found in Spanish-suited playing cards, Spanish- and Italian playing cards, Italian-suited decks, excluding stripped decks. The Joker originated in the United States during the American Civil War, Civil War, and was created as a Trump (card games), trump card for the game of Euchre. It has since been adopted into many other card games, where it often acts as a Wild card (cards), wild card, but may have other functions such as the top trump, a skip card (forcing another player to miss a turn), the lowest-ranking card, the highest-value card, or a card of a different value from the rest of the pack (see e.g. Zwicker (card game), Zwicker which has six Jokers with this function). By contrast, a wild card is any card that m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joker's Wild (quartet)
Joker's Wild is a world champion barbershop quartet formed in 1990 by Dave Kindinger and Mark Green from Columbus, Ohio, and Steve Legters and Stephen Iannacchione from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Coached by Lance Heilmann, after winning the Johnny Appleseed District of the SPEBSQSA competition that fall, they went on to the SPEBSQSA's International contests, earning 10th place, 5th, 2nd, and finally the International Championship in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ... in 1994. Jon Clunies replaced Mark Green as the lead singer in 1996. They have toured widely, performing all over the world before they went on hiatus in June 2001. Discography * ''Right From The Start'' ( Cassette, CD; 1993) * ''Chasing a Dream'' (Cassette, CD; 1996) * ''More of the Diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jokers In Solitaire
The Joker is a playing card found in most modern French-suited card decks, as an addition to the standard four suits (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades). Since the second half of the 20th century, they have also been found in Spanish- and Italian-suited decks, excluding stripped decks. The Joker originated in the United States during the Civil War, and was created as a trump card for the game of Euchre. It has since been adopted into many other card games, where it often acts as a wild card, but may have other functions such as the top trump, a skip card (forcing another player to miss a turn), the lowest-ranking card, the highest-value card, or a card of a different value from the rest of the pack (see e.g. Zwicker which has six Jokers with this function). By contrast, a wild card is any card that may be used to represent another card or cardsit does not need be a Joker. Origin The game of Euchre is credited with the introduction of the Joker into card games. However, Euc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Vidor
Charles Vidor (born Károly Vidor; July 27, 1899June 4, 1959) was a Hungary, Hungarian film director. Among his film successes are ''The Bridge'' (1929), ''Double_Door_(film), Double Door ''(1934), ''The Tuttles of Tahiti'' (1942), ''The Desperadoes'' (1943), ''Cover Girl (film), Cover Girl'' (1944), ''Together Again (film), Together Again'' (1944), ''A Song to Remember'' (1945), ''Over 21'' (1945), ''Gilda (film), Gilda'' (1946), ''The Loves of Carmen (1948 film), The Loves of Carmen'' (1948), ''Rhapsody (film), Rhapsody'' (1954), ''Love Me or Leave Me (film), Love Me or Leave Me'' (1955), ''The Swan (1956 film), The Swan'' (1956), ''The Joker Is Wild'' (1957), and ''A Farewell to Arms (1957 film), A Farewell to Arms'' (1957). Life and career Born Károly Vidor in Budapest, Hungary, he served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. He first came to prominence during the final years of the silent film era, working with Alex Korda among others. Contrary to common belie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Joker Is Wild
''The Joker Is Wild'' is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The VistaVision film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular singer and comedian who was a major attraction in nightclubs from the 1920s to the early 1950s. Plot In 1929, Joe E. Lewis is a successful nightclub singer in Chicago while working for the Mob during the Prohibition era. His decision to work elsewhere displeases his Mob employer, who has his thugs assault him by slashing his face and throat, preventing him from continuing his career as a singer. After many years, he eventually recovers and turns his acerbic and witty sense of humor into an act, when given a break as a stand-up comedian from singer Sophie Tucker. Soon, Lewis makes a career as a comic, but heavy drinking and self-destructive behavior lead him to question what his life has become and how he has hurt the people arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TNA One Night Only
''One Night Only'' was a series of professional wrestling events held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) launched in April 2013. The concept was announced on January 11, 2013 by then-Total Nonstop Action (TNA) President Dixie Carter (wrestling), Dixie Carter as a part of a change to their pay-per-view programming. Prior to the change, the company held live pay-per-view events monthly. The series consists of events that are taped and released later periodically on pay-per-view, typically on the first Friday of every month, except for the months that featured one of the company's List of TNA pay-per-view events, main pay-per-view events. Promoted as individual "specials", the One Night Only series — unlike the live pay-per-view events — were not initially connected to the storylines featured on Impact's Impact! (TV series), flagship television show, nor to each other or the mainline pay-per-view events. From 2015, storylines from ''Impact!'' would be incorporated into futur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jokers Wild Casino
Boyd Gaming Corporation is an American gambling, gaming and Hospitality industry, hospitality company based in Paradise, Nevada. The company continues to be run by founder Sam Boyd's family under the management of Sam's granddaughter, Marianne Boyd-Johnson, who currently serves as the company's executive chairman after her father, Bill, was appointed Chairman Emeritus in May 2023. As of 2021, Boyd operates 28 properties with a total of 10,751 hotel rooms and of casino space with 31,635 slot machines and 686 table games. Gross gaming revenue, Gaming revenue is 80% of total gross revenue. History Boyd Gaming's history dates to 1941, when founder Sam Boyd first arrived in Las Vegas with his family. After being hired as a dealer, Sam Boyd worked his way up through the ranks of the Las Vegas casino industry, first to pit boss, then shift boss. He eventually saved enough to buy a small interest in the Sahara Hotel and Casino; later, Sam Boyd left the Sahara to become general manager a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riddle Box
''Riddle Box'' is the third studio album by the American hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse, released in 1995 on Battery Records and Island Records in association with Psychopathic Records. It is the third Joker's Card in the group's Dark Carnival mythology. It was released a second time by Battery Records and Jive Records. In 2008 it was re-released on a Riddle Box vinyl record. The album was the first Insane Clown Posse album in which the group worked with studio vocalist and guitarist Rich Murrell, who would work with the group throughout much of their career under the name Legz Diamond. It was released in four different versions, and earned a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2008, ''Riddle Box'' was re-released on vinyl double LP format. In 2015, Psychopathic Records reissued the album in a 20th anniversary edition, featuring bonus tracks. Conception Background In 1995, Insane Clown Posse signed a contract with the short-lived J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jokers Wild (band)
Jokers Wild were a British rock band formed in Cambridge, England, in 1964. The group were active until 1967, and are best known for launching the career of guitarist David Gilmour, who went on to join Pink Floyd. Career Jokers Wild formed in late 1963 in Cambridge, and first performed in February 1964. The original musicians were Dave Altham (piano, saxophone and vocals), a student at Trinity College, Tony Sainty (bass guitar and vocals), previously with The Redcaps and before that a St John's College choirboy, Johnny Gordon (rhythm guitar and vocals) and Clive Welham (drums and vocals), both from the Ramblers, and David Gilmour (lead guitar and vocals), previously with the Newcomers. Two part-timers joined them for some gigs: Jeff Whittaker (congas and vocals) was a regular at Les Jeux Interdits (below), and Marilyn Minns (vocals) sang Françoise Hardy and Marianne Faithfull songs at parties. Jokers Wild was conceived as an all-singing band, a move towards the Beatles/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (card Games)
A wild card in card games is one that may be used to represent any other playing card, sometimes with certain restrictions. Jokers are often used as wild cards, but other cards may be designated as wild by the rules or by agreement. In addition to their use in card games played with a standard pack, wild cards may also exist in dedicated deck card games, such as the 'Master' card in Lexicon. Use A wild card is one that may be used to represent any natural card, its holder usually designating its rank and suit. Jokers are frequently used as wild cards, for example in games of the Rummy family. Jokers, however, may also have other uses, such as being a permanent top trump in games like Euchre or 500, the odd one out in Old Maid, or high-value matching cards in Zwicker. In many games, ordinary cards may be designated as wild, for example, the and in Classic Brag or the "deuces wild" in Poker. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jokers Wild (novel)
Joker's Wild or Jokers Wild may refer to: *Joker (playing card), when used as a Wild card * ''Joker's Wild'' (film), an American 2016 horror thriller film starring Eric Roberts *''The Joker's Wild'', an American TV game show * ''Jokers Wild'' (TV series), a British comedy panel show * "Joker's Wild" (''Batman: The Animated Series''), a 1992 episode of ''Batman: The Animated Series'' * ''Jokers Wild'' (novel), a 1987 novel in the Wild Cards series by George R. R. Martin *Jokers Wild (band), a 1960s British blues-rock band *Joker's Wild (quartet), an American barbershop quartet *"The Joker's Wild", a song by Insane Clown Posse from ''Riddle Box'' *Jokers Wild Casino, a casino in Henderson, Nevada, U.S. *Joker's Wild, a wrestling tournament promoted by TNA One Night Only *''The Joker Is Wild'' 1957 film directed by Charles Vidor See also *Jokers in Solitaire *Joker (other) Joker(s) or The Joker(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Jester, a person employed to tell jokes and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
