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Skippy Martín
Skippy may refer to: People * Skippy (nickname), a list of people Arts and entertainment * ''Skippy'' (comic strip), an American strip published from 1923 to 1945. ** ''Skippy'' (film), based on the comics strip, released in 1931 and starring Jackie Cooper ** ''Skippy'' (radio series), a 1930s children's radio show based on the comic strip * Skippy (dog), who portrayed Asta in ''The Thin Man'' film series (name changed to Asta after the first movie) * Irwin "Skippy" Handelman, a recurring character on the American TV series ''Family Ties'' * Skippy, a character and a segment title in ''Sunday Lovers'', a 1980 anthology film * The title character of ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'', a live-action Australian television series * '' Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown'', animated television series * Skippy, one of the Fun Girls, recurring characters on the American TV series ''The Andy Griffith Show'' * Daniel "Skippy" Juster, the title character of ''Skippy Dies'', a 2010 tragicomic n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skippy (nickname)
Skippy is the nickname of the following people: * Skippy Baxter (1919–2012), American figure skater * Skippy Blair (born 1924), American dance instructor * David Browning (1931–1956), American diver and 1952 Olympic champion * Milt Byrnes (1916–1979), American Major League Baseball player * Skippy Hamahona (born 1975), New Zealand former field hockey player * Geoff Huegill (born 1979), Australian swimmer * Scott Jessop, Scott "Skippy" Jessop (born 1977), American internet personality * Gregory Messam (born 1973), Jamaican football defender * Pat Morley (footballer) (born 1965), Irish former footballer * David Parsons (racing driver) (born 1959), Australian retired racing driver * Pierre Poilievre (born 1979), Canadian politician * Skippy Roberge (1917–1993), American Major League Baseball player * William "Skippy" Rohan (1871–1916), American gangster * Skippy Whitaker (1930–1990), American collegiate basketball player * Skippy Williams (1916–1994), Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fun Girls
The Fun Girls ("Daphne and Skippy") are fictional recurring characters on ''The Andy Griffith Show'', an American TV sitcom from the 1960s. Unlike many of the characters in Mayberry, the Fun Girls were rather lively and more eager to push the envelope when it came to seeking personal pleasure. Overview "The Fun Girls" (sardonically nicknamed by Thelma Lou) were a pair of fun-loving women: the giggly Skippy (played by Joyce Jameson) and the gravel-voiced Daphne (played by Jean Carson). The two hailed from Mount Pilot, the "big city" near the small town of Mayberry. They were flirtatious, they loved dancing, driving fast and to have "fun,"(a potential reference to more inappropriate activity) and their appearance in town almost always meant trouble for Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife (both of whom had steady girlfriends). Skippy was characterized by her high-pitched, grating laugh and was generally attracted to Barney (whom she incessantly called "Bernie"). Daphne was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skippy (X)
Skippy is a window management tool for X11 similar to Mac OS X's Exposé feature. It is a fullscreen task switcher that allows a user to quickly see open windows by two different sets of criteria, or to hide all windows and show the desktop without the need to click through many windows to find a specific target. Skippy-XD is a branch that provides 'live' (and updating) snapshots of the windows. Usage Skippy (and Skippy-XD) usually needs to be compiled and installed from source, although binaries exist for some platforms (e.g., Ubuntu). After it is launched, the default hotkey for activating it is F11. The user can next choose a window with either the keyboard (by using the up, down, left and right keys) or the mouse and activate it by pressing the left mouse button or the return or spacebar key. There are also two or three modifiers you can use with the hotkey: hold Control and Skippy (not used in Skippy-XD) will update the snapshots of all the windows. Hold Mod1 (aka the alt k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skippy (peanut Butter)
Skippy is an American brand of peanut butter manufactured in the United States and China. First sold in 1932, Skippy is currently manufactured by Hormel Foods, which bought the brand from Unilever in 2013. It is the best-selling brand of peanut butter in China and second only to the J.M. Smucker Company's Jif brand worldwide. Brand name The name "Skippy" was trademarked in 1925 by Percy Crosby, creator of the popular "Skippy" comic strip (1923–1945), which had been adapted into the 1929 novel ''Skippy'', the daytime children's radio serial '' Skippy'' (1932–1935), and the Oscar-winning 1931 film '' Skippy''. In 1932, the Alameda, California food packer Joseph L. Rosefield began to sell Skippy. Crosby successfully had the trademark invalidated in 1934. Rosefield persisted using the name and after Crosby was committed to an asylum and after the passage in 1946 of the Lanham Act, Rosefield was granted rights to the trademark. Product In 1955, Rosefield sold the bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelonious Monk Blue Note Sessions
''The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk'' is a box set by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk compiling his recordings for Blue Note first released as a limited four-LP box set on Mosaic Records in 1983 before being issued as a four-CD box set by Blue Note for the first time in 1994 as ''The Complete Blue Note Recordings''. Background Recording and production Monk recorded six sessions for Blue Note, all produced by Alfred Lion: October 15 and 24, 1947, November 21, 1947, July 2, 1948, July 23, 1951, and May 30, 1952. All sessions were recorded by Doug Hawkins at WOR Studios, except July 2, 1948, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at his home studio. He also appeared as a sideman on two tracks for '' Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2'' (1954).AllMusic review/ref> Two Thelonious Monk Quartet concerts, featuring John Coltrane and backed by a rhythm section of bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik and drummers Shadow Wilson or Roy Haynes, have also been released on Blue Note: one recorded on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney's Robin Hood
''Robin Hood'' is a 1973 American animated musical adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. Produced and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it is based on the English folktale "Robin Hood". Taking place in a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, the story follows the adventures of Robin Hood, Little John, and the inhabitants of Nottingham as they fight against the excessive taxation of Prince John, and Robin Hood wins the hand of Maid Marian. The film features the voices of Brian Bedford, Phil Harris, Peter Ustinov, Pat Buttram, Monica Evans, Terry-Thomas, Roger Miller, and Carole Shelley. The idea to adapt ''Robin Hood'' into an animated feature was dated back to Walt Disney's interest in the tale of Reynard the Fox following the release of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937). The idea was repeatedly shelved for several decades. In 1968, Ken Anderson pitched a film adaptation of Robin Hood, incorporating i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animaniacs
''Animaniacs'' is an American Animated series, animated Comedy television, comedy Musical film, musical television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Television Animation. It originally aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox's Fox Kids block in 1993, before moving to The WB in 1995, as part of its Kids' WB afternoon programming block, until the series ended on November 14, 1998. ''Animaniacs'' is the second animated series by Warner Bros. Television Animation to be produced in association with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment after ''Tiny Toon Adventures''. It initially ran a total of 99 episodes, along with a feature-length film, ''Wakko's Wish''. Reruns later aired on Cartoon Network from 1997 to 2001, Nickelodeon from 2001 to 2005, Nicktoons (American TV channel), Nicktoons from 2002 to 2005, and Discovery Family (known as The Hub Network at the time) from 2012 to 2014. ''Animaniacs'' is a variety show, with short Sketch comedy, skits featuring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skippy Dies
''Skippy Dies'' is a 2010 tragicomic novel by Paul Murray. It was shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Book Awards, longlisted for the 2010 Booker Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Plot ''Skippy Dies'' follows the lives of a group of students and faculty members at the fictional Seabrook College, a Catholic boarding school in Dublin. The title character, Daniel "Skippy" Juster, dies during a donut-eating contest in the novel's opening scene. The rest of the novel explores the events leading up to Skippy's death, as well as the aftermath within the Seabrook community. Development The novel began as a short story, concerning a pupil and a teacher, but it quickly outgrew this as Murray created further characters. A later draft of the novel ran to a thousand pages, though Murray culled much of this before publication. The Seabrook College of the book is based on Blackrock College, Murray's old secondary school. Reception The book was included in ''Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures In Bushtown
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in order to achieve a greater goal, such as the pursuit of knowledge that can only be obtained by such activities. Motivation Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow (psychology), flow). For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his ''Man's Fate'' (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?" Similarly, Helen Keller stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or wikt:excitement, excitem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
