"with the Banff New Media Institute and Culture Canada. Martha Ladly Martha Jane Ladly is a Canadian academic, designer and musician. She is professor of design at OCAD University. Ladly also has had a long career as a musician and achieved international fame as part of rock band Martha and the Muffins. She had a solo career in the mid-1980s and then worked in design and education. A student at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Ontario, Ladly was invited to join new wave band Martha and the Muffins in 1978. She became one of two vocalists and keyboard"
"2015 with a tour and the new charity single ""Promised Land"" which was a collaboration with Marc Mysterio following up his remix of ""Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"". The origin of the Crash Test Dummies is tied to the history of two Winnipeg nightspots, the Spectrum Cabaret and the Blue Note Cafe, owned by Curtis Riddell. In the mid-1980s, Riddell joined with Brad Roberts to form the decidedly less-than-serious bar band Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs. Over time, the band evolved into the Crash Test Dummies, a name suggested by a friend of the band who was"
"Recording Arts and Sciences. Crash Test Dummies won the 1992 Juno for Group of the Year and received an additional 10 nominations. Crash Test Dummies The Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice. The band members have fluctuated over the years, but its best known line-up consisted of Roberts, Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keyboards), Brad's brother Dan Roberts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin), and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion). The band is best known internationally for their 1993 single ""Mmm"
"many more. The Children’s puzzles and games licenses consist of Peppa Pig, Everything's Rosie, Little Kingdom, Fireman Sam, Disney and many more. Jumbo Games Jumbo Games is a Dutch founded jigsaw puzzle and games company which was established in 1853 and is owned by M&R de Monchy N.V. Jumbo Games produce and manufacture all of their jigsaw puzzles and cardboard based games in their own factory that is based in the Netherlands. The Jumbo head office is located in the Netherlands and there are also offices in the UK, Germany and Belgium. Previous to being known as Jumbo games in"
"title Crash! Bang! Splat! on the Discovery Family Channel. The show is broadcast in overseas markets including: ""Backyard Science"" has also been sold to broadcasters in these countries: Russia, Serbia, USA, Latin America, Colombia, Canada, France, Italy, Malta, Finland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brunei, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, South Africa, the Middle East, and Israel. The program featured Australian actress Sophie Lowe, Daniela Marie and her brother John, comedian Genevieve Fricker, and twins Lucas Hejtmanek and Priscilla Hejtmanek. Backyard Science Backyard Science is an Australian educational children's television show based on the Dorling"
"in the United States, Canada, Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, and United Kingdom since 1987. Argentina and Brazil were included in 2013 as well as Ireland in 2016. From 2003-2009, Best Buy was involved in the U.S. version, and later in the Canadian version. Like many merchants, McDonald's offered sweepstakes to draw customers into its restaurants. Laws generally forbid a company from administering its own contests, in order to prevent fraud and to ensure that all prizes are given away. McDonald's had a relationship with"
"of Manhattan. Rotolo, at the time, was the girlfriend and muse of Bob Dylan and was the inspiration for the songs ""Suze (The Cough Song)"", ""Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"", ""Tomorrow Is a Long Time"", ""One Too Many Mornings"", and ""Boots of Spanish Leather"". Bread and Puppet Theater The Bread and Puppet Theater (often known simply as Bread & Puppet) is a politically radical puppet theater, active since the 1960s, currently based in Glover, Vermont. Its founder and director is Peter Schumann. The name Bread & Puppet is derived from the theater's practice of sharing its own fresh bread, served"
"Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and probably other countries. Donald Duck happens to enter a lecture held by a charlatan named professor Batty, who claims that flipism — the philosophy of using coin flipping to make all decisions in life — is the solution to everyone's problems. The professor persuades a confused Donald to buy a membership of the ""Great Society of Flippists"" as well as book introducing the ""methods and benefits of Flipism"". Reading the book, Donald quickly becomes a devoted flippist. When"
"Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam"" on a Rhodesian farm in 1978. It was later nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2008. Liebenberg drew upon some of her own experiences as a child growing up in war-torn Rhodesia. Alexander McCall Smith, who was born and brought up in Southern Rhodesia, has also enjoyed success. In particular he is known as the creator of the Africa-inspired series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency set in neighbouring Botswana. In particular patriotic folk songs were popular amongst the white community during the Rhodesian Bush War. A leading musical figure was"
"Rainmaker Studios Rainmaker Studios, alongside its television production division Mainframe Studios, previously known as Rainmaker Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Mainframe Entertainment Inc.), is a Canadian computer animation and design company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They are best known for producing the world's first ever entirely-CGI animated TV series, ""ReBoot"", the Transformers spin-offs, """" and """", and for producing the majority of the entries in the Barbie film series for Mattel. Rainmaker has released two feature films - ""Escape from Planet Earth"" and ""Ratchet & Clank"" (based on the PlayStation franchise of the same name). Rainmaker Income Fund announced on August"
"Fanny Rush Fanny Rush is a London-based portrait painter, best known for her portrait of US Ambassador Robert Tuttle for the American Embassy, London 2015. Based in Chelsea, London, Fanny Rush is a portrait painter, the daughter of two artists, Peter Rush and Caroline Lucas and sister of the sculptor Joe Rush. She is also the granddaughter of the author Mary Norton best known for the Children's classics Bedknobs and Broomsticks and The Borrowers. Norton won the 1952 Carnegie Medal and for the 70th anniversary of the medal in 2007 it was named one of the top ten winning works."
"by ITV Studios and has been licensed globally to countries including the United States, Germany, France, Hungary, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Romania, Australia and India. The UK, German and the 2003 US versions of the series take place in New South Wales, Australia, at a permanently-built up camp in Dungay near Murwillumbah. However the first UK series of the show was filmed on a smaller site at King Ranch, near Tully, Queensland, in Australia. The Australian series is filmed in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Other versions of the show have been filmed in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Suriname, Indonesia"
"reprints (often from all over the world) may be found for any story. A large number of Disney comics publications are indexed for the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Italy, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and United States. Among countries with a significant Disney comics tradition, indexes for Mexico, United Kingdom and (ex-)Yugoslavia are still very incomplete. Inducks integrates previous studies and research works, with permission of the authors, as well as its own research. Thanks to contacts with creators, it provides credits to anonymous (or wrongly-credited) stories. In particular, most Disney comics weren't given"
"in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, the Philippines and South Africa. ""Cupcake Wars"" is a Food Network reality-based competition show hosted by Justin Willman based on creating unique and professional-style cupcakes that began airing in June 2010. The show was similar to ""Chopped"" in that it started with four contestants who are eliminated one by one in three rounds. During seasons 1–3, the show's time-slot was Tuesdays at 8 pm, EST, but at the beginning of the 4th season, the time-slot changed to Sundays at 8PM EST."
"The Incredible Crash Dummies The Incredible Crash Dummies is a line of action figures designed by David McDonald and Jim Byrne, styled after the eponymous crash test dummy popularized in a public service advertising campaign of the late 1980s, to educate people on the safety of wearing seat belts. The toys were first released by Tyco Toys in the early 1990s and discontinued in 1994. From 2004 on, a new series of animated shorts involving the crash dummies was produced and the action figures subsequently revived under the Hot Wheels brand, another subdivision of Mattel. The Crash Dummies are anthropomorphic"
"both countries. It also reached number one on the Modern Rock Chart in the United States and in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. In Canada, the song was a comparative flop. While the Crash Test Dummies had six singles reach the Canadian top ten, ""Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"" was not one of them. In Canada, the single stalled at number 14. CD maxi 7"" single US single Cassette single Features cardboard picture liner Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ""Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"" is a song by the Canadian folk rock group Crash Test Dummies, It was released on"
"and a rotating roster of session musicians. One of the biggest influences for Brad Roberts was the band XTC and Andy Partridge in particular. The band even went on to cover two of XTC's songs: ""The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"" for the soundtrack to the film ""Dumb and Dumber"", and ""All You Pretty Girls"" for the XTC tribute album """". The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Crash Test Dummies received three nominations. The Juno Awards is a Canadian awards ceremony presented annually by the Canadian Academy of"
"Kingdom-based produced company, Twenty Twenty, which airs on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Bulgaria, the Nordic region, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Chile, United States and the Middle East. ""Ultimate Challenge"" is a trivia show that tasks children with answering questions about all three series. ""Ultimate Challenge"" is produced by Mandy Morris and executive produced by Daniel Marlowe. The game features famous and notable Cartoon Network characters in robot-type form. Big Chill, Swampfire, a DNAlien, Kevin, Vilgax, Rath, Armodrillo, Ultimate Humongousaur, Ultimate Echo Echo, and Ultimate Big Chill appear as playable characters. To promote the"
"Ford, Honda, Castrol, Michelin and Goodyear that aired on ESPN for 7 years and sold in 17 countries and are now available for sale and downloads on Amazon. For Vic Olesen and Partners, he produced, directed and wrote the syndicated “Pacific Sportsworld” weekly series for 3 years sponsored by Chevrolet, United Airlines and ""The Wall Street Journal Asia"". He produced and Francis Megahy directed and wrote “Hong Kong Havoc” and “Desert Duel” simulator thrill rides for Showscan Entertainment. Born in Newport, Wales and brought up near Abergavenny, Rowlands attended Monmouth School. He moved to London in the early 1960s, where"
"a contribution with his puppet Emu. In the 1960s, Hull presented a children's breakfast television programme in Australia. Snuff Puppets is one of Australia's modern puppet theatre troupes. Based in Melbourne, their work is full of wild black humour, political and sexual satire and a hand made visually aesthetic. Snuff Puppets has performed in over 15 countries, including tours to major festivals in Asia, South America and Europe. There is an annual winter festival of puppets at the City of Melbourne's ArtPlay and at Federation Square in Melbourne. From early in the 19th century, puppetry began to inspire artists from"
"Crash (The Primitives song) ""Crash"" is a song written by The Primitives band members Paul Court, Steve Dullaghan and Tracy Spencer. The song was first recorded by The Primitives for their 1988 debut album ""Lovely"". This version of the song was released as a single and a cassette in February 1988 and peaked at number five on United Kingdom singles chart and number three on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks. In 1994, the song was featured on the ""Dumb & Dumber"" movie soundtrack as ""Crash (The '95 Mix)"". This remix included additional guitars, percussion, organ and backing vocals - none"
"United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Hungary, and New Zealand. """"When Geoffrey McSkimming was a boy he found an old motion-picture projector and a tin containing a dusty home movie in his grandmother's attic. He screened the film and was transfixed by the flickering image of a man in a jaunty pith helmet, baggy Sahara shorts and special desert sun-spectacles. The man had an imposing macaw and a clever looking camel, and Geoffrey Mcskimming was mesmerised by their activities in black-and-white Egypt, Peru, Greece, Mexico, Sumatra, Turkey, Italy and other exotic locations."" ""Years later he discovered the"
"in Finland than in the country of its origin, the United States (where Disney is better known for its cartoons and films than comics). The US Donald Duck cartoonist Don Rosa is exceptionally popular in Finland, and he has acknowledged this by creating ""The Quest for Kalevala"", a Donald Duck story specifically set in Finland. There is a popular urban legend that Donald Duck was once banned in Finland for not wearing pants. This myth was sparked by an incident in 1977, when Helsinki councilman Markku Holopainen proposed discontinuing the use of city funds to subscribe to ""Aku Ankka"" comics"
"dates that follow are when the episodes were initially developed and released in Singapore and not when they debuted in Canada, which was over 3 years later. The series was originally going to be called ""Gizmo"". The series was produced by Decode Entertainment, Agogo Entertainment, and Singapore animation studio Scrawl Studios. DHX Media is the distributor. Clang Invasion Clang Invasion is a Canadian-Singaporean-Australian animated television series produced in 2007 for Canadian children's programming channel YTV. Three alien robots, Rivet, Widgit and Socket, accidentally crashed their spaceship on a backyard tree in Earth. Human twins Robin and Daisy Harrison, and their"
"of Fast Track countries is as follows: -AF: Mauritius, Seychelles -EUR: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom -EAP: Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Kiribati, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu -WHA: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba and Netherlands Antilles, The Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay, Trinidad and Tobago. The U.S. government rarely publicizes decisions"
"Twisties Twisties are a type of cheese curl, corn-based snack food product, available mainly in Australia, and other Oceanian countries such as Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji, the Southeast Asian countries Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Brunei, and the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It was launched in 1950 by the General Foods Corporation. The brand name is owned by The Smith's Snackfood Company. While originally an Australian-owned company, Smith's was acquired in August 1998 by Frito-Lay, the second largest producer of snack foods in Australia, which in turn is owned by American multi-national PepsiCo. In"
"show's success Off-Broadway led to a number of productions across the country presented by theatrical producers GFour Productions in Detroit, Chicago, and Los Angeles Boston, Denver, and Las Vegas, where it is currently housed at the Harrah's Las Vegas. International productions have been put up in Australia, Canada, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, the United Kingdom, South Africa, South Korea, and Spain. Local references in the show are customized to the location of the performance; for example, the 'Iowa Housewife' became 'Dubbo Housewife' in Australia and 'Waikato housewife' in New Zealand; America's Bloomingdale's became Smith & Caugheys in New"
"to those committing these acts in Australia. It is unknown as to whether the products have been discontinued. In Norway, the candy company Nidar produced candy with the characters on the outer packaging and pictures of the characters on the packaging of the assorted candy on the inside. These bags also came with ""Cars"" themed tattoos. In the U.S., an animated Walmart truck can be seen on a Walmart advertisements for ""Cars"". In the Walmart TV commercial Mater was talking to the Walmart truck. In South Africa, Italy, and several other countries where Opel is present (or with Opel models"
"in other countries (and vice versa) where the show airs. In Canada, Duncan was aired as the winner as well as in Denmark, Latin America, Norway, the Philippines, and in the United States. Beth is also depicted as the winner in airings from Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Like ""Total Drama Island"", ""Total Drama Action"" was developed and produced by Fresh TV, targeting an age group of 10- to 16-year-olds. Many of the show's settings, as well as"
"Humbug (sweet) Humbugs are a traditional hard boiled sweet available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. They are usually flavoured with peppermint and striped in two different colours (often black and white). Humbugs may be cylinders with rounded ends wrapped in a twist of cellophane, or more traditionally tetrahedral formed from pinched cylinders with a 90-degree turn between one end and the other (shaped like a pyramid with rounded edges) loose in a bag. Records of humbugs exist from as early as the 1820s, and they are referred to in the 1863 book ""Sylvia's"
"jam, custard, cream, sweet mincemeat, chocolate and apple. Common ring toppings are sprinkle-iced and chocolate. In Northern Ireland, ring doughnuts are known as ""gravy rings"", ""gravy"" being an archaic term for hot cooking oil. A ""kurma"" is a small, sweet, fried cube-shaped or rectangular doughnut which originated in Eastern India but is sold in Trinidad and Tobago. A traditional Puntarenas cream-filled doughnut is round and robust, managing to keep the cream inside liquified. They are popular in Costa Rica. The Mexican ""donas"" are similar to doughnuts, including the name; the dona is a fried-dough pastry-based snack, commonly covered with powdered"
"and off-screen narration help propel the story. It was therefore easy to prepare episodes for airing in other countries, and the series has been broadcast in many parts of the world and in many languages. The stories are set in the city of Birmingham, England, since in addition to its onomatopoeic nature of a car engine revving, Brum (as a contraction of ""Brummagem"") is a common colloquial name for Birmingham. Although later series make no direct mention of Birmingham, calling it simply Big Town, many of the city's streets and landmarks can be seen in each episode. The show was"
"MGA Entertainment MGA Entertainment Inc. (stands for Micro-Games America Entertainment) is an American manufacturer of children's toys and entertainment products founded in 1979. Its products include the Bratz fashion doll line, BABY born, Lalaloopsy, Ready2Robot, Num Noms, Moxie Girlz, Gel-a-Peel, Glam Goo, Nail-a-Peel, Smooshins, Squeezoos, Awesome Little Green Men, VIRO Rides, Moj Moj, Crate Creatures Surprise, #SOCIALSTAR, Project Mc, L.O.L. Surprise, and Poopsie Slime Surprise. MGA also owns Little Tikes. MGA is headquartered in the Van Nuys area of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States.. A new headquarters is being built as a mixed use"