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ProStars
''ProStars'' is a cartoon television show featured on Saturday morning cartoon that aired on NBC from September 14 to December 7, 1991. Three professional athletes from that era appear in the show in live action and as fictional super hero characters: Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, and Bo Jackson. The series was produced by DIC Animation City and Reteitalia, S.p.A., in association with Spanish network Telecinco. Overview Synopsis Originally intended to air on ESPN, the show centers on Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson and Wayne Gretzky fighting crime, helping children, and often protecting the environment as well. These three were chosen to represent the pinnacle of all four major American professional sports in the early 1990s. While Jordan and Gretzky are broadly associated with their respective sports, Jackson was included since he could represent both football and baseball and was a high-profile celebrity off the field as well. A reference to his " Bo Knows" Nike ad-campaign wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Allen Booth
Sir Douglas Allen Booth, 3rd Baronet (born 2 December 1949), is an Anglo-American screen writer and television producer. Early life He is the elder son of Sir Philip Booth (1907–1960),''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 427 and Ethel (''née'' Greenfield; 1914–2018), a pioneering broadcaster. He was educated at Beverly Hills High School, California, before going up to Harvard to read American History and Literature, graduating Bachelor of Arts ''magna cum laude''. Upon his father's death in 1960, he succeeded to the baronetcy. Career As a television producer In 1985, Booth worked as an associate producer for fifty-five episodes of the television series '' G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' and '' Robotix''. In 1986, he was co-producer for ''Potato Head Kids'' and ''The Glo Friends''. From 1992 to 1994, he was producer for 65 episodes of '' Conan the Adventurer''. As a television wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Fennoy
Dave Fennoy is an American voice actor. His video game roles have included Lee Everett in '' The Walking Dead'', Bluebeard in ''The Wolf Among Us'', Finch in ''Tales from the Borderlands'', Gabriel the Warrior in '' Minecraft: Story Mode'', Lucius Fox in '' Batman: Arkham Knight'' and '' Batman: The Telltale Series'' and Rodin in ''Bayonetta''. He also voiced "JP Dumund" in the Vendettas mode in '' The Darkness 2'', as well as Satan in '' Afterparty''. Early life Fennoy grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and was a child actor at the Karamu House. In his senior year of high school, he was president of the theater club and directed as well as performed in several plays, before attending Macalester College in St Paul Minnesota as a theater major. Fennoy left college when he began touring as a professional musician. He later returned and graduated from Howard University with a degree in jazz studies and a guitar minor. Career Fennoy started as a DJ in the San Francisco bay area when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Allaman
Eric Allaman is an American composer who has worked in film, television, theater and ballet. His career began when he co-composed the score to Ridley Scott's ''Legend'' with the German electronic group Tangerine Dream. That opportunity led to Eric re-scoring the silent classic, ''Battleship Potemkin'' which was re-released in Europe and featured at the Berlin Film Festival. Life and career Born in Springfield, Missouri, Allaman's family moved around the Midwest and eventually settled in Dana Point, California. Allaman began studying the piano at age 7, the guitar at age 16, and continued his studies at UCLA with an emphasis on music and theater. Shortly after graduating, Allaman moved to Paris, France and ultimately West Berlin, Germany to further his musical career. Allaman hooked up with Reinhard Scheuregger and the two became Berlin Game. The duo scored four films, ''Legend (1985 film), Battleship Potemkin, Down Twisted, Angel III: The Final Chapter'', and released one alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Jackson
Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former professional baseball and American football, football player. He is the only professional athlete in history to be named an All-star#Sports, All-Star in Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, two major North American sports. Jackson's achievements at the elite levels of multiple sports have given him a reputation as one of the greatest athletes of all time. Jackson played college baseball as an outfielder and college football as a running back for the Auburn Tigers football, Auburn Tigers, and won the Heisman Trophy in 1985. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Raiders and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and California Angels. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. In 1989 and 1990, Jackson's name became known beyond just sports through the "Bo Knows" advertising campaign, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One", he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by the NHL based on surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. Gretzky is the leading career Point (ice hockey), point scorer and Assist (ice hockey), assist producer in NHL history and has more assists than any other player has total career points. He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season, a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, Gretzky tallied over 100 points in 15 professional seasons. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he List of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky, held 61 NHL records: 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and 6 NHL All-Star Game, All-Star records.For his titles, see * Regarded as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorian Harewood
Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950) is an American actor, best known for playing Jesse Owens in '' The Jesse Owens Story'' (1984), Det. Paul Strobber on '' Strike Force'' (1981–1982), and Rev. Morgan Hamilton in '' 7th Heaven'' (1996–2003). Early years Harewood was born on August 6, 1950, in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Emerson Macaulay and Estelle Olivia Harewood. His father was a high school teacher and post office clerk. He graduated from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati in 1972. Career Harewood got his start in musical theater. On Broadway, he performed in '' Two Gentlemen of Verona'', '' Streamers'', and ''The Mighty Gents''. For his role in ''Don't Call Back'', Harewood received a Theatre World Award for Most Promising Actor. While in a stage production with Bette Davis, she encouraged Harewood to continue acting in dramatic roles, and credits her as his mentor. He made his film debut in ''Foster and Laurie'' (1975). Harewood portrayed Simo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townsend Coleman
Townsend Putnam Coleman III (born May 28, 1954) is an American voice actor who has performed in many animated series and TV commercials beginning in the early 1980s. Among his most notable roles are Michaelangelo from ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', Wayne Gretzky on '' ProStars'', Jason Whittaker in '' Adventures in Odyssey'' and the title characters in '' Where's Wally?'' and '' The Tick''. Early life Townsend Putnam Coleman III was born in New York City, New York, but his family relocated to Denver, Colorado in 1955. Career Early work Coleman was a disc jockey for WGCL in Cleveland, Ohio in the late 1970s. This included the weekend of July 7–8, 1979, when that radio station presented his own take on ''American Top 40'' after the station's refusal to air the "Top 40 Disco Songs" special for that weekend. In the same period, Coleman appeared in several plays through Jerry Leonard's Heights Youth Theater ensemble. The plays were staged at Wiley Junior High School in U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Barrows
Diana Barrows is an American film and television actress, singer and dancer. Filmography * ''Rags to Riches'' (1987) (TV series) – (''1 episode'') * ''Addicted to His Love'' (1988) (TV) – Marcy Brennan * '' Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood'' (1988) – Maddy Paulson * ''Charles in Charge'' (1988) (TV series) – Pushy Co-ed (''1 episode'') * ''Freddy's Nightmares'' (1988) (TV series) – Diane (''1 episode'') * ''She's Out of Control'' (1989) – Lisa * '' My Mom's a Werewolf'' (1989) – Stacey Pubah * '' The Favorite'' (1989) – Fanny * ''Knots Landing'' (1989) (TV series) – Lisa (''1 episode'') * ''Empty Nest'' (1990) (TV series) – Student No. 1 (''1 episode'') * ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'' (1990) – Sorority Girl * '' The End of Innocence'' (1990) – Arlene * ''ProStars ''ProStars'' is a cartoon television show featured on Saturday morning cartoon that aired on NBC from September 14 to December 7, 1991. Three professional athletes from that era ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Knows
"Bo Knows" was an advertising campaign for Nike cross-training shoes that ran in 1989 and 1990 and featured professional baseball and American football player Bo Jackson. It was also used as an advertising campaign for EA Sports' '' Madden NFL 22''. Jackson was the first athlete in the modern era to play professional baseball and football in the same year. He was a suitable spokesman for Nike's shoe geared toward an athlete engaged in more than one sport or with little time between activities to switch to sport-specific footwear. Original ad The original "Bo Knows" ad was a television commercial by firm Wieden & Kennedy. The spot opens with a shot of Jackson playing baseball and fellow ballplayer Kirk Gibson saying, "Bo knows baseball." The next scene shows Jackson on the gridiron, with quarterback Jim Everett explaining, "Bo knows football." Jackson then plays basketball, tennis, ice hockey, and goes running, with Michael Jordan, John McEnroe, and Joan Benoit vouching for Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Morning Cartoon
"Saturday-morning cartoon" is a colloquial term for the original animated series and live-action programming that was typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three" television networks. The genre was a tradition from broadly the mid-1960s to mid-2010s; over time its popularity declined, in the face of changing cultural norms, increased competition from formats available at all times, and heavier media regulations. In the last years of the genre's existence, Saturday-morning and Sunday-morning cartoons were primarily created and aired on major networks to meet "educational and informational" (E/I) requirements. Minor television networks, in addition to the non-commercial PBS in some markets, continued to air animated programming on Saturday and Sunday while partially meeting those mandates. In the United States, the generally accepted times for these and other children's programs to air on Saturday mornings were from 8:00 a.m. to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animation
Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animation has been recognised as an artistic medium, specifically within the entertainment industry. Many animations are either traditional animations or computer animations made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Stop motion animation, in particular claymation, has continued to exist alongside these other forms. Animation is contrasted with live action, although the two do not exist in isolation. Many moviemakers have produced films that are a hybrid of the two. As CGI increasingly approximates photographic imagery, filmmakers can easily composite 3D animations into their film rather than using practical effects for showy visual effects (VFX). General overview Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Actor
Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, off-stage, off-screen, or non-visible characters in various works such as films, dubbing, dubbed foreign films, anime, television shows, video games, cartoons, Documentary film, documentaries, commercials, audiobooks, radio dramas and Radio comedy, comedies, amusement rides, theater productions, puppet shows, and audio games. The role of a voice actor may involve singing, most often when playing a fictional character, although a separate performer is sometimes enlisted as the character's singing voice. A voice actor may also simultaneously undertake motion-capture acting. Non-fictional voice acting is heard through pre-recorded and automated announcements that are a part of everyday modern life in areas such as stores, elevators, waiting r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
