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Summer School (1987 Film)
''Summer School'' is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and starring Mark Harmon as a high school gym teacher who is forced to teach a remedial English class during the summer. The film co-stars Kirstie Alley and Courtney Thorne-Smith. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and produced by George Shapiro and Howard West. The original music score was composed by Danny Elfman. Plot At a Los Angeles area beach city high school, on the last day of school before summer vacation, physical education teacher Freddy Shoop is preparing for a vacation to Hawaii with his girlfriend, Kim. Vice principal Phil Gills hands out paper slips informing several underachievers that they must attend summer school for remedial English. Among the students are easily distracted Pam House; "nocturnal" Larry Kazamias, a male stripper; football jock Kevin Winchester; pregnant Rhonda Altobello; geeky Alan Eakian; dyslexic Denise Green; intimidating Jerome Watkins; and two horror film-obse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American actor, author, comedian, director and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. He was the List of awards and nominations received by Carl Reiner, recipient of many awards and honors, including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999. During the early years of television comedy from 1950 to 1957, he acted on and contributed sketch material for ''Your Show of Shows'' and ''Caesar's Hour'', starring Sid Caesar, writing alongside Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Woody Allen. Reiner teamed up with Brooks and together they released several iconic comedy albums beginning with ''2000 Year Old Man, 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks'' (1960). Reiner was also the creator of ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', which ran from 1961 to 1966 and which Reiner also produced, frequently scripted, and acted in.Van Dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Summer School
Summer school (or summer university) is a school, or a program generally sponsored by a school or a school district, or provided by a private company, that provides lessons and activities during the summer vacation. Participation in summer schools has been shown to have substantial beneficial effects on education. In North America In elementary and middle school, summer school programs are often used for remedial instruction, though some non-academic day camp programs call themselves summer school. In high school, college or university, students can enroll in classes for credit to be taken into account in their grade point average or their transcript. In high school, summer school is usually used for remediation purposes. However, in colleges and universities, it has historically been used as advancement in credit hours for the purpose of professionalization and career development. Many universities offer shorter and more intensive summer courses to attract both local and int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shawnee Smith
Shawnee Smith (born July 3, 1969) is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career at a young age, making her feature film debut at age 11 in '' Annie'' (1982). A few years later, she made her stage debut in '' To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday'' (1984) and won a Drama-League Critics Award. In the late 1980s, she was cast in smaller roles before getting roles in '' The Blob'' (1988) and '' Who's Harry Crumb?'' (1989). She made guest appearances on ''Murder, She Wrote'' and ''The X-Files'' across the 1990s, before being cast in a main role of the sitcom '' Becker'' (1998–2004). She played Amanda Young in ''Saw'' (2004) and reprised her role in the sequels ''Saw II'' (2005), '' Saw III'' (2006), '' Saw VI'' (2009) and ''Saw X'' (2023). She also had a supporting role in '' The Grudge 3'' (2009). Smith hosted season one of the VH1 acting competition ''Scream Queens'' (2008) and played Jennifer Goodson in ''Anger Management'' (2012–2014). Early life Smith was born on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kelly Jo Minter
Kelly Jo Minter (born September 24, 1966) is an American actress. Minter made her acting debut as "The Pilot" in an after-school short movie of the same name in 1984. She made her film debut as Lorrie in ''Mask'' (1985). She subsequently portrayed Denise Green in ''Summer School'' (1987), Maria in '' The Lost Boys'' (1987), Charlotta in '' Miracle Mile'' (1988), Yvonne Miller in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child'' (1989), LaDonna in ''House Party'' (1990), Cheryl in ''Popcorn'' (1991), and Ruby Williams in ''The People Under the Stairs'' (1991). Outside of film, Minter has made guest appearances on a variety of television series including ''Hill Street Blues'' (1987), ''A Different World'' (1988), ''Martin'' (1993), '' ER'' (1996), '' Providence'' (2001), and ''Strong Medicine'' (2002). In 2010, she appeared as herself in the documentary '' Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy''. Early life Minter was the youngest of nine children in a middle-class, Catholic ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Patrick Labyorteaux
Patrick Francis Labyorteaux (born July 22, 1965) is an American actor. In many of his earlier credits, his last name is spelled as "Laborteaux". He is best known for his roles of Andrew "Andy" Garvey on the NBC series ''Little House on the Prairie'' as well as Bud Roberts on the CBS series '' JAG'' and ''NCIS''. Early life Labyorteaux was born on July 22, 1965, in Los Angeles, California to unknown biological parents. He was adopted at the age of nine months by Ronald "Ron" Labyorteaux (1930–1992), a talent agent, and Frances Mae "Frankie" Labyorteaux (1927–2012), an actress who used the stage name Frances Marshall. Little is known of his personal life before he was adopted, though his adoptive mother commented that when they first met Labyorteaux, he was suffering from malnutrition and had been labeled "unadoptable" by social workers. His brother, Matthew Labyorteaux, was adopted by Ronald and Frances in 1967, when he was 10 months old, and his sister, Jane Labyorteaux, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gary Riley
Gary Riley (born April 28, 1967) is a former child and teen American character actor with numerous film, made-for-TV films and television credits. Film and television career Riley played Charlie Hogan, one of his best-known roles, in the 1986 film '' Stand by Me'', and also received notice for his portrayal of Dave Frazier in the 1987 comedy ''Summer School''. He made notable appearances as a thief who steals money from Steve Martin's character's wallet in ''Planes, Trains, and Automobiles'' and as a naive metalhead customer whom Ken Kessler (portrayed by Judge Reinhold) cannot bear to rip off after discovering his girlfriend is pregnant in ''Ruthless People''. He also made guest appearances on such TV shows as ''Knots Landing'', ''Growing Pains'', a special hour-long episode of ''Amazing Stories'' directed by Steven Spielberg, and ''Airwolf''. His last role was as a thug in ''Fear'', with Mark Wahlberg. In 1986 he auditioned for the roles of "Bill S. Preston Esquire" and Ted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dean Cameron
Dean Cameron (born Dean Eikleberry; December 25, 1962) is an American television and film actor and musician. He is known for his role as Francis "Chainsaw" Gremp in the 1987 Mark Harmon comedy ''Summer School (1987 film), Summer School''. He also played Dave Marshak in ''Ski School (film), Ski School'' and ''Ski School 2''. Cameron, along with comedian Victor Isaac, tour in a two-person show that Cameron wrote, called ''The Nigerian Spam Scam Scam''. Early life Cameron was born in Morrison, Illinois, Morrison, Illinois, the son of Kay Elizabeth (Kytle) Huff and Burton Robert Eikleberry. He spent his childhood in Oklahoma and summers in Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara, California. Career Cameron's film roles included Francis "Chainsaw" Gremp in the Mark Harmon film ''Summer School (1987 film), Summer School'' (1987), the pizza delivery man in ''Men at Work (1990 film), Men at Work'' (1990), and Dave Marshak in ''Ski School (film), Ski School'' (1991) and ''Ski School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robin Thomas
Robin Thomas is an American film, television and theater actor, and sculptor. Career Thomas' best-known television roles are as Mark Singleton on '' Another World'' (1983–85), and as Geoffrey Wells on ''Who's the Boss?''. He also portrayed Paul Kellogg on '' The Mommies'', Nate's father on ''Life Unexpected'', and had recurring roles on the television series ''Murphy Brown'', ''Hunter'', '' Matlock'', ''Thirtysomething'', ''Baby Boom'', ''The Division'', '' Switched at Birth'', and '' 90210''. He has also appeared on '' Misfits of Science'', ''Midnight Caller'', ''Party of Five'', ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', '' Pacific Blue'', '' Queer as Folk'', ''NCIS'', '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', '' CSI: Miami'', '' CSI: NY'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Franklin & Bash'', ''Castle'', ''Manhattan'', '' Fuller House'', '' Transparent'', ''Blue Bloods'', and ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'', among others. He also appeared in such films as '' Abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chalkboard
A blackboard or a chalkboard is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium sulphate or calcium carbonate, better known as chalk. Blackboards were originally made of smooth, thin sheets of black or dark grey slate stone. Design A blackboard can simply be a board painted with a dark matte (surface), matte paint (usually black, occasionally dark green). Matte black plastic sign material (known as closed-cell PVC foamboard) is also used to create custom chalkboard art. Blackboards on an A-frame are used by restaurants and bars to advertise daily specials. Adhesive chalkboard surface is also available in stores as rolls of textured black plastic shelf covering, which is applied to the desired wall, door or other surface. A more modern variation consists of a coiled sheet of plastic drawn across two parallel rollers, which can be scrolled to create additional writing space while saving what has been written. The highest grade blackboards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' is a 1974 American independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The film stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen. The plot follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead. The film was marketed as being based on true events to attract a wider audience and to act as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate. Although the character of Leatherface and minor story details were inspired by the crimes of murderer Ed Gein, its plot is largely fictional. Hooper produced the film for less than $140,000 ($ adjusted for inflation) and used a cast of relatively unknown actors drawn mainly from central Texas, where the film was shot. Due to the film's violent content, Hooper struggled to find a distributor, but it was eventually acquired by the Bryanston Distributing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
American Football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at each end. The offense (sports), offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped Ball (gridiron football), football, attempts to advance down the field by Rush (gridiron football), running with the ball or Forward pass#Gridiron football, throwing it, while the Defense (sports), defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance the ball at least ten yard, yards in four Down (gridiron football), downs or plays; if they fail, they turnover on downs, turn over the football to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the Glossary of American football#drive, drive. Points are scored primarily b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lamaze
The Lamaze technique, also known as the psychoprophylactic method or simply Lamaze, began as a prepared childbirth technique. As an alternative to medical intervention during childbirth, it was popularized in the 1950s by French obstetrician Fernand Lamaze and based on his observations in the Soviet Union. The goal of Lamaze is to build a mother's confidence in her ability to give birth, through classes that help pregnant women understand how to cope with pain in ways that both facilitate labor and promote comfort, including relaxation techniques, movement, and massage. There is a training and certification program available to practitioners, leading to the Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE) designation. History Fernand Lamaze visited the Soviet Union in the 1950s, and was influenced by birthing techniques which involved breathing and relaxation methods. The Lamaze method gained popularity in the United States after Marjorie Karmel wrote about her experiences in her 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
