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Walker Edmiston
Walker Robert Edmiston (February 6, 1926 – February 15, 2007) was an American actor and puppeteer. Early years Walker Edmiston was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 6, 1926, to William Sherman Edmiston (1894–1976) and Anna Edmiston (née Anderson, 1887–1967). Edmiston participated in local theater productions during his high school years. He later studied at the Pasadena Playhouse. Career In the 1950s, Edmiston worked on puppet shows on KTLA-TV in Los Angeles. His voice was heard on the puppet programs ''The Buffalo Billy Show'' and ''Time for Beany'' and on '' Dumbo's Circus'', which included live action and animation. He was also a member of the cast of ''Lidsville'' and voiced characters on '' Pandamonium''. He appeared in character roles on several TV programs during the 1950s through the '70s, including the ''Star Trek'' episode The Corbomite Maneuver as the voice of Balok. He also appeared in ''Gunsmoke'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''Knots Landing'', ''Adam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. At 1.5 billion years old, the St. Francois Mountains are among the oldest in the world. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center and into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With over six million residents, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 19th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Springfield, Missouri, Springfield, and Columbia, Missouri, Columbia. The Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maverick (TV Series)
''Maverick'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series with Comedy, comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins and originally starring James Garner as an adroitly articulate poker player plying his trade on riverboats and in saloons while traveling incessantly through the 19th-century American frontier. The show ran for five seasons from September 22, 1957, to July 8, 1962 on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Overview ''Maverick'' initially starred James Garner as poker player Bret Maverick. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly (actor), Jack Kelly as his brother Bart Maverick, and for the remainder of the first three seasons, Garner and Kelly alternated leads from week to week, sometimes teaming up for the occasional two-brother episode. The Maverick brothers were both poker players from Texas who traveled the American Old West by horseback and stagecoach, and on Mississippi River, Mississippi riverboats, constantly getting into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Of The Lost (1974 TV Series)
''Land of the Lost'' is a children's adventure television series created (though uncredited) by David Gerrold and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft, who co-developed the series with Allan Foshko. It is a live-action show mixed with stop-motion animated dinosaurs, originally aired on Saturday mornings from 1974 to 1976, on the NBC television network. CBS used it as a summer replacement series from June 22 to December 28, 1985, and June 2 to September 5, 1987. It has since become a 1970s American cult classic. Krofft Productions remade the series in 1991, and adapted it into a feature film in 2009. Overview ''Land of the Lost'' details the adventures of the Marshall family (father Rick and his children Will and Holly), who are trapped in an alternate universe or time warp inhabited by dinosaurs, a primate-like people called Pakuni, and aggressive humanoid/lizard creatures (described as similar to insects) called Sleestak. The episode storylines focus on the family's efforts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid And Marty Krofft
Sid Krofft (born July 30, 1929) and Marty Krofft (April 9, 1937 – November 25, 2023), known as The Krofft Brothers and born as Cydus and Moshopopoulos Yolas, were a Canadian sibling team of television creators, writers and puppeteers. Through their production company, Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures, they made numerous children's television and variety show programs in the U.S., particularly in the 1970s, including '' H.R. Pufnstuf'', '' Land of the Lost'', and '' Sigmund and the Sea Monsters''. Their fantasy programs often featured large-headed puppets, high-concept plots, and extensive use of low-budget special effects. Early years The Krofft brothers, Sid and Marty, were both born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 30, 1929, and April 9, 1937 respectively. They are of Greek and Hungarian descent, with their original surname being Yolas. For years, they claimed to have been the fifth generation of puppeteers in their family but revealed in 2008 that this story had been invent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bugaloos
''The Bugaloos'' is an American children's television series, produced by brothers Sid and Marty Krofft, that aired on NBC on Saturday mornings from 1970 to 1972. Reruns of the show aired in daily syndication from 1978 to 1985 as part of the "Krofft Superstars" package with six other Krofft series. The show features a musical group composed of four British teenagers in insect-themed outfits, constantly beset by the evil machinations of the talent-challenged Benita Bizarre, played by comedian Martha Raye.CD liner notes: Saturday Mornings: Cartoons’ Greatest Hits, 1995 MCA Records Premise The show takes place in the fantasy setting of Tranquility Forest. The central characters are four British teenage musicians who've formed a pop band named the Bugaloos. The foursome are evidently fictional human-bug hybrids (they appear as mostly human with antennae and actual wings). While occasionally seen air-surfing on leaves, they more usually fly unaided. On the ground, the Bugaloos are som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keebler Company
The Keebler Company is an American cookie and former cracker manufacturer. Founded in 1853, it has produced numerous baked snacks, advertised with the Keebler Elves. Keebler had marketed its brands such as Cheez-It (which bear the Sunshine Biscuits brand), Chips Deluxe, Club Crackers, E.L. Fudge Cookies, Famous Amos, Fudge Shoppe Cookies, Murray cookies, Austin, Plantation, Vienna Fingers, Town House Crackers, Wheatables, Sandie's Shortbread, Pizzarias, Pizzarias Pizza Chips, Chachos and Zesta Crackers, among others. Keebler slogans have included "Uncommonly Good" and "a little elfin magic goes a long way". Tom Shutter and Leo Burnett wrote the familiar jingle. The cookie and cracker lines were separated when Kellogg's sold the cookie line and the rights of the Keebler name to Ferrero SpA in 2019. The cracker lines are now marketed under the Kellogg's or Sunshine names. Company history Godfrey Keebler, of German descent, opened a bakery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1853 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Advertisement
A television advertisement (also called a commercial, spot, break, advert, or ad) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization. It conveys a message promoting, and aiming to market, a product, service or idea. advertising, Advertisers and marketing, marketers may refer to television commercials as TVCs. Advertising revenue provides a significant portion of the funding for most privately owned television networks. During the 2010s, the number of commercials has grown steadily, though the length of each commercial has diminished. Advertisements of this type have promoted a wide variety of goods, services, and ideas ever since the early days of the history of television. The viewership of television programming, as measured by companies such as Nielsen Media Research in the United States, or Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, BARB in the UK, is often used as a metric for television advertisement placement, and consequently, for the rates which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chill Wills
Theodore Childress "Chill" Wills (July 18, 1902 – December 15, 1978) was an American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys quartet. Early life Wills was born in Seagoville, Texas, on July 18, 1902. Career Wills was a performer from early childhood, forming and leading the Avalon Boys singing group in the 1930s. He provided the deep voice for Stan Laurel's performance of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" in ''Way Out West (1937 film), Way Out West'' (1937), in which the Avalon Boys Quartet appeared. After appearing in a few western film, Westerns, he disbanded the group in 1938, and struck out on a solo acting career. During the 1940s, Wills was a contract player for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, appearing in Westerns. Wills was also cast in a number of dramatic roles, including as "the City of Chicago" as personified by a phantom police sergeant in the film noir ''City That Never Sleeps'' (1953), and that of Uncle Bawley in ''Giant (1956 film), Giant'' (1956), which also features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wayne
Patrick John Morrison (born July 15, 1939), known professionally as Patrick Wayne, is an American actor. He is best known as the second son of the actor John Wayne. Early life Patrick John Morrison was born in Los Angeles, California on July 15, 1939, as the second child to John Wayne, an actor, and his first wife, Josephine Alicia (née Saenz), the daughter of Panama's Consul General to the United States. He had three siblings: Michael Wayne, Mary Antonia "Toni" Wayne LaCava, and Melinda Ann Wayne Munoz, and three half-siblings; Aissa Maria Wayne, John Ethan Wayne, and Marisa Carmela Wayne, from his father's marriage to his stepmother, Pilar Pallete, a Peruvian former actress. His godfather was John Ford, a film director. Wayne attended Loyola Marymount University, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity. He graduated in 1961. From 1961 to 1965, he served a tour of duty with the United States Coast Guard. Career Wayne made his debut at the age of 11, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Hayes
Ronald G. Hayes (February 26, 1929 – October 1, 2004) was an American television actor, who as an activist in the environmental movement, worked for the establishment of the first Earth Day, observed on April 22, 1970. He was a member of the Sierra Club and a founder of the ecological interest group Wilderness World. On television, Hayes guest-starred in ''Bat Masterson'', in a recurring role as Wyatt Earp (1959 to 1961) and again as Jeremy French (1960). Hayes played Owens in "Rawhide" S2 E8 "Incident of the Haunted Hills" which aired 11/5/1959. He played the doomed suitor Paul Bradley in "Wanted: Dead or Alive" S2 E10 "Reckless" which aired 11/6/1959. Hayes was a regularly seen face, in various characters showing a wide range of acting skill, on ''Gunsmoke''. He also played a blinded U.S. Army captain in an episode of '' Don't Call Me Charlie!'' (1962), and he also co-starred in the ABC Western comedy '' The Rounders'' (1966) and portrayed Lincoln Vail in the syndica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rounders (TV Series)
''The Rounders'' is an American Western-style sitcom about two cowboys on the fictitious J.L. Ranch in Texas. Cast * Ron Hayes as Ben Jones *Chill Wills Theodore Childress "Chill" Wills (July 18, 1902 – December 15, 1978) was an American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys quartet. Early life Wills was born in Seagoville, Texas, on July 18, 1902. Career Wills was a performer from early c ... as Jim Ed Love * Patrick Wayne as Howdy Lewis Episodes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rounders (Tv Series), The 1960s Western (genre) television series 1960s American sitcoms 1966 American television series debuts 1967 American television series endings Television shows set in Texas Live action television shows based on films American English-language television shows Television series by MGM Television American Broadcasting Company sitcoms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of fiction typically Setting (narrative), set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with Americana (culture), folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. The frontier is depicted in Western media as a sparsely populated hostile region patrolled by cowboys, Outlaw (stock character), outlaws, sheriffs, and numerous other Stock character, stock Gunfighter, gunslinger characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice, freedom, rugged individualism, manifest destiny, and the national history and identity of the United States. Native Americans in the United States, Native American populations were often portrayed as averse foes or Savage ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
