![]() “Sweeney Todd” was originally a 1936 film, and later in 1973 a play, then a 1979 musical and a movie adaptation of the musical in 2007. Lovett’s business in Broadway’s “Sweeney Todd” : PIE SHOP Indeed, one of my favorite recordings of the instructive “Peter and the Wolf” by Prokofiev is conducted and narrated by Bernstein. He gave numerous lectures on the subject on television. Conductor Bernstein : LEONARDĬomposer and conductor Leonard Bernstein was a man who made great strides in bringing classical music to the masses. The Phillies have been based in the same city using the same team name longer than any other team in US professional sports. Philadelphia’s baseball team was founded in 1883 as the Quakers, with the name changing to “Philadelphias” and “Phillies” not long into the team’s history. The term “cherub” ultimately comes from the Hebrew “kerubh” (plural “kerubhim”) meaning “winged angel”. Garden of Eden protector : CHERUBĪ cherub (plural “cherubim”) is an angel. Named for their eerie trill heard mainly during the night, screech owls are about the size of a pint glass. There are over twenty species of screech owls, all of which are native to the Americas. Rather delightfully, Homer referred to Eos as “rosy-fingered dawn” in both “Iliad” and “Odyssey”. Eos would wake each morning to welcome her brother Helios the sun. In Greek mythology, Eos was the goddess of the dawn who lived at the edge of the ocean. However he saw a lot of action in the following conflict as he did fly 85 combat missions in Korea. McMahon was trained as a fighter pilot in WWII, but did not see action. Start of an old late-night intro : HERE’S …Įd McMahon was Johnny Carson’s sidekick on “The Tonight Show” (Here’s Johnny!). Comedian Daniel : TOSHĭaniel Tosh is a stand-up comedian and host of “Tosh.0”, a video clip show on Comedy Central. In 1995, he died due to complications from AIDS when he was only 32 years old. ![]() Eazy-E had a pretty liberal lifestyle, fathering seven children with six different women. “Eazy-E” was the stage name of rapper Eric Lynn Wright. the city was promptly renamed to “New York” in honor of the Duke of York, who was destined to become King James II of England. The city of New Amsterdam was taken over by the English from the Dutch in 1664. The word “tarpaulin” comes from “tar” and “palling”, with “pall” meaning “heavy cloth covering”. Originally, tarpaulins were made from canvas covered in tar that rendered the material waterproof. One may be rolled out in a stadium : TARP The city is called “München” in German, a term that derives from the Old German word for “by the monks’ place”, which is a reference to the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city in 1158. Munich is the capital of the German state of Bavaria, and is the third largest city in the country (after Berlin and Hamburg). “Thank you” translates to “merci” in French, “gracias” in Spanish, and “danke” in German. Because of this, Naomi changed her name to “Mara”, which translates as “bitter”. Naomi’s husband and two sons died, making her very bitter. Woman in the Book of Ruth : NAOMIĪccording to the Bible, Naomi was the mother-in-law of Ruth. The term was also used by Johnny Carson when he was playing the character Carnac the Magnificent. “Sis boom bah” is apparently a popular cheer in American high schools and colleges (I didn’t know that!). The film was directed by James Cameron, and starred Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley from “Alien”. “Aliens” was filmed at Pinewood Studios in England, and at the decommissioned Acton Lane Power Station in London. “Aliens” is a 1986 sequel to the very successful science-fiction movie “Alien” released in 1979. Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) 15. English actress Veronica Cartwright was initially cast as Ripley, but she was recast as navigator Joan Lambert when Weaver was brought on board. Weaver’s casting as Ripley for 1979’s “Alien” marked her first lead role in a film, and indeed her career breakthrough. 15-Across protagonist : RIPLEYĮllen Ripley is the protagonist in the “Alien” movie franchise, and is played by actress Sigourney Weaver. Turing’s life story is told in the 2014 film “The Imitation Game” with Benedict Cumberbatch playing the lead. He agreed to chemical castration, treatment with female hormones, and then two years later he committed suicide by taking cyanide. However, despite his contributions to cracking the German Enigma code and other crucial work, Turing was prosecuted for homosexuality in 1952. He was well-respected for his code-breaking work during WWII at Bletchley Park in England. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies AcrossĪlan Turing was an English mathematician.
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