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The English Patient (Seinfeld)
"The English Patient" is the 151st episode of the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld''. It was the 17th episode for the eighth season and aired on March 13, 1997. ''The English Patient'', central to Elaine's storyline in this episode, won Best Picture at the 69th Academy Awards, eleven days after this episode aired. Plot At Monk's Café, a beautiful woman, Danielle, mistakes George for her boyfriend Neil. George becomes obsessed with the notion that he is so similar to Neil that, with only one minor change, he too could be dating women like Danielle. He repeatedly goes out with Danielle so he can press her for more information about Neil. Elaine and her date, Blaine, go to the movies. She wants to see the comedy ''Sack Lunch'' but Blaine prefers ''The English Patient.'' When ''Sack Lunch'' gets sold out, they go see ''The English Patient''. After the movie, Elaine finds it boring and stupid. Her dislike for ''The English Patient'' alienates her from everyone and Blaine subsequently dumps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Seinfeld
''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. Its ensemble cast stars Seinfeld as a Jerry Seinfeld (character), fictionalized version of himself and focuses on his personal life with three of his friends: best friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander), former girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and neighbor from across the hall Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards). ''Seinfeld'' is set mostly in and around the titular character's apartment in Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City. It has been described as "a show about nothing", often focusing on the slice of life, minutiae of daily life. Interspersed in all episodes of the first seven seasons are moments of stand-up comedy from the fictional Jerry Seinfeld, frequently related to the episode's events. As a rising comedian in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jill Talley
Jill Talley is an American actress and comedian. She is a main cast member on the animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', in which she voices Karen Plankton. Her other voice roles include Sarah Dubois on Adult Swim's ''The Boondocks'' and Rita Loud on ''The Loud House''. She is married to Tom Kenny, a co-star from ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. Early life Talley was born in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Kennedy High School in 1981. Career In her twenties, Talley performed improv comedy in Chicago at the Improv Institute and The Second City. Talley and her husband, Tom Kenny, were both cast members of the cult short-lived FOX Network sketch comedy show ''The Edge'' from 1992 to 1993 and sketch comedy show '' Mr. Show'' from 1995 to 1998. They also appeared together in the May 1996 video for " Tonight, Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins as a married couple who take a honeymoon on the moon. Since 1999, Jill Talley has played Karen Plankton on ''SpongeBob SquarePants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Academy Award For Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible to submit a nomination and vote on the final ballot. The Best Picture category is traditionally the final award of the night and is widely considered the most prestigious honor of the ceremony. The Grand Staircase columns at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award's inception. There have been 611 films nominated for Best Picture and 97 winners. History Category name changes At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony held in 1929 (for films made in 1927 and 1928), there were two categories of awards that were each considered the top award of the ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The English Patient (film)
''The English Patient'' is a 1996 Epic film, epic Romance film, romantic war drama film directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the The English Patient, 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje, and produced by Saul Zaentz. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas alongside Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Colin Firth in supporting roles. The eponymous protagonist, a man burned beyond recognition who speaks with an Received Pronunciation, English accent, recalls his history in a series of flashbacks, revealing to the audience his true identity and the love affair in which he was involved before the war. The film ends with a definitive onscreen statement that it is a highly fictionalized account of László Almásy (died 1951) and other historical figures and events. The film received widespread critical acclaim and emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office. The film received twelve nominations at the 69th Academy Awards, winning nine, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media In mass communication, digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operates in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital content can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, an ... company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. In 2008, the company sold its founding product, the '' TV Guide'' magazine and the entire print magazine division, to a private buyout firm operated by Andrew Nikou, who then set up the print operation as TV Guide Magazine LLC. Corporate history Prototype The prototype of what would become '' TV Guide'' magazine was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), who was the circulation director of Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications, MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Seinfeld Season 8
The eighth season of ''Seinfeld'', an American comedy television series began airing on September 19, 1996, and concluded on May 15, 1997, on NBC. The eighth season marked a turning point in the series. It is the first season where Seinfeld himself took creative control of the show after co-creator Larry David left. It also marks the beginning—other than a few episodes from the sixth and seventh seasons, such as " The Understudy"—of the use of cold opens for the episodes, which would continue through most of the ninth season. Seinfeld states that this is because he was too busy writing episodes to create additional stand-up material. As a result, the show began to remove itself from the 'show about nothing' format it had begun life as, and took a far more absurdist, surreal stylistic turn. Production ''Seinfeld'' was produced by Castle Rock Entertainment and aired on NBC in the United States. The executive producers were Jerry Seinfeld, George Shapiro, and Howard Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Situation Comedy
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Seinfeld Episodes
''Seinfeld'' is an American television sitcom created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. ''Seinfeld'' has been described by some as a "show about nothing", similar to the self-parodying "show within a show" of fourth-season episode " The Pilot". Jerry Seinfeld is the lead character and played as a fictionalized version of himself. Set predominantly in an apartment block on New York City's Upper West Side, the show features a host of Jerry's friends and acquaintances, which include George Costanza, Elaine Benes, and Cosmo Kramer, who are portrayed by Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards, respectively. The series debuted on July 5, 1989, on NBC, as '' The Seinfeld Chronicles''. The pilot episode was met with poor reviews, and as a result, NBC passed on the show. However, NBC executive Rick Ludwin believed the series had potential and therefore gave ''Seinfeld'' a budget to create four more episodes, which formed the rest of season 1 and began airing on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Nap
"The Nap" is the 152nd episode of the sitcom ''Seinfeld''. This was the 18th episode for the eighth season. It aired on NBC on April 10, 1997. In this episode, Elaine's boyfriend gets her an ergonomic mattress, Jerry has his kitchen redesigned by a contractor who annoys him by asking for his preference on every aspect, and George takes naps under his desk at work. Larry David returned as recurring character George Steinbrenner, whom he would play in two other episodes near the end of this season and in the show's final episode. Plot Kramer takes up swimming. Finding the local pool too crowded, he begins swimming in the East River. On their first date, Hal tells Elaine he has been very careful about his back since injuring it. Later, he sends her an ergonomic mattress. Assuming he got it for himself, she is offended at the presumption of sex after one date and gives the mattress to Kramer. When she confronts Hal, he tells her that he meant the mattress for her use and even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Pothole
"The Pothole" is the 150th episode of the sitcom ''Seinfeld''. This was the 16th episode for the eighth season. It aired on NBC on February 20, 1997. In the episode, Jerry is unwilling to kiss his girlfriend after she unknowingly brushes her teeth with a toothbrush that fell in the toilet, George tries to recover his keys from a paved-over pothole, Kramer adopts a highway and handles the maintenance work himself, and Elaine moves into a janitor's closet so that she can get delivery from a favorite Chinese restaurant. This episode earned Andy Ackerman an Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction. Jerry Seinfeld, in an appearance on '' The Tonight Show'' the night before the episode aired, declared "The Pothole" to be one of the best episodes of the series. Plot Jerry accidentally knocks his girlfriend Jenna's toothbrush into the toilet, and she uses it before he can tell her. Since she is as fastidious about cleanliness as him, he is afraid to tell her afterwards. He directs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jeff Miller (actor)
Jeff Miller may refer to: *Jeff Miller (California politician) (born 1963), member of the California State Assembly *Jeff Miller (Florida politician) (born 1959), U.S. representative from Florida's 1st congressional district *Jeff Miller (American businessman) (born 1964), CEO and chairman of the board of Halliburton *Jeff Miller (Tennessee politician) (born 1962), Republican member of the Tennessee Senate *Jeff Miller (rugby union) (born 1962), Australian rugby union player *Jeff Miller (writer) (born 1979), Canadian zine publisher and writer See also *Jeff Millar (1942–2012), American cartoonist and film critic *Jeffrey Miller (other) Jeffrey Miller may refer to: * Jeffrey Miller (shooting victim) (1950–1970), American student at Kent State University, shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen * Jeffrey B. Miller, former commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police *J. C. P. ... * Geoffrey Miller (other) {{Hndis, Miller, Jeff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Juan Garcia (actor)
Juan Garcia may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Juan García de Zéspedes (c. 1619–1678), Mexican composer * Juan García de Salazar (c. 1639–1710), Spanish composer * Juan Francisco García (composer) (1892–1974), Dominican Merengue musician * Juan García (Mexican actor) (1905–1973), Mexican actor and screenwriter * Juan García Esquivel (1918–2002), Mexican band leader * Juan García Larrondo (born 1965), Spanish playwright * Juan Garcia (guitarist) (born 1966), American musician, guitarist for Los Angeles thrash-metallers Agent Steel and Evildead * Juan Carlos García (actor) (born 1971), Venezuelan actor and model * Juan Garcia (poet), 1990 Prix Alain-Grandbois * Juan Garcia (actor), see the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episode " Lineage" * Juan García Cortes, fictional character in ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' Law and politics * Juan García Gruber (1904–1997), Venezuelan writer and diplomat * Juan García Ducós (fl. 1917–1928), Puerto Rican politician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
