"""Climax!"". Starr co-created the sitcom ""Silver Spoons"", helped develop ""The Facts of Life"", and was a regular screenwriter for the popular series ""Mister Ed"" and ""All in the Family"". He also wrote for such comedies as ""Chico and the Man"", ""Maude"", ""The Andy Griffith Show"", ""Petticoat Junction"" and ""The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"". He is notably credited for writing ""The Brady Bunch"" episode ""The Personality Kid"" in which Peter Brady (Christopher Knight) delivers his Humphrey Bogart impersonation of ""pork chops and applesauce"". Starr also penned the ""Diff'rent Strokes"" line ""What are you talking about, Willis?"", in which Gary Coleman"
"signing with members of the gay and transgender community. In one episode, the cast works at a local retro diner under the management, Vanilla Ice hoists Gary Coleman above the deep-fryer, and insists on having the former child star say his catchphrase, ""What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?"" in public after Coleman's ""Strokes"" co-star Todd Bridges shows up. These acts led the former sitcom star to ""fire"" Ice and then quit. The season also introduced ""Dirty Laundry"", the ""Surreal Life"" talk show hosted by Sally Jessy Raphael. Raphael focused on Cannatella, making several unflattering remarks about her drinking problem including that she"
"War, but Michael mistakes it for a reference to the country itself and says he has heard it is a nice place. During one scene, Michael said to David Wallace, ""What'chu talking 'bout, Wallace?"" in the style of Gary Coleman's catchphrase ""What'chu talking 'bout, Willis?"" from the sitcom ""Diff'rent Strokes"". While discussing Hilary Swank, Kevin said he finds her so unattractive that he expected her to have a real penis in ""Boys Don't Cry"", the 1999 drama film in which Swank played a transgender man. When Angela votes that Hilary Swank is hot, she declares her ""a female Boris Becker"","
"in the ""Lie to Me"" episode ""The Canary's Song"" as a coal miner. He was also a guest star in two episodes of ""It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"" in 2010, and one in 2013. In 2011, he began playing Gary Miller, the ex-husband of Nikki Miller and father of manipulative daughter Mackenzie, in the Fox television sitcom ""I Hate My Teenage Daughter"". From late 2012 to early 2015, Coleman played Tyreese on AMC's post-apocalyptic horror series ""The Walking Dead"". In the third season, Tyreese was a recurring character. Coleman was upgraded to series regular and main cast member at the"
"with pancreatic cancer. His death was reported by his co-host, Bill Wills, on WTAM's ""Wills and Coleman"" show the morning of his death. He is survived by his wife Mary and daughters Chelsea and Kayla Coleman. Casey Coleman Kenneth R. ""Casey"" Coleman Jr. (March 24, 1951 – November 27, 2006) was a sportscaster and radio personality in the Cleveland area for nearly 30 years. Coleman was born in Cleveland in 1951 to legendary play-by-play announcer Ken Coleman. The elder Coleman called Cleveland Browns games in the late 1950s and early 1960s, as well as the televised games of the Cleveland"
"Chad Coleman Chad L. Coleman (born September 6, 1974) is an American actor. He became known by portraying Dennis ""Cutty"" Wise on the HBO crime drama series ""The Wire"" (2004–2008), voicing Coach in the video game ""Left 4 Dead 2"", and portraying Tyreese Williams on the AMC post-apocalyptic horror series ""The Walking Dead"" (2012–2015). He currently stars in the Syfy series ""The Expanse"" as Fred Johnson, a.k.a. ""The Butcher of Anderson Station"", and starred in the History Channel's 2016 re-imagining of the miniseries ""Roots"". Coleman was raised in a foster home in Richmond, Virginia. As a youth, he participated in"
"Gray in Baltimore. Chad Coleman Chad L. Coleman (born September 6, 1974) is an American actor. He became known by portraying Dennis ""Cutty"" Wise on the HBO crime drama series ""The Wire"" (2004–2008), voicing Coach in the video game ""Left 4 Dead 2"", and portraying Tyreese Williams on the AMC post-apocalyptic horror series ""The Walking Dead"" (2012–2015). He currently stars in the Syfy series ""The Expanse"" as Fred Johnson, a.k.a. ""The Butcher of Anderson Station"", and starred in the History Channel's 2016 re-imagining of the miniseries ""Roots"". Coleman was raised in a foster home in Richmond, Virginia. As a youth,"
"She covered for Carol Vorderman after she broke her nose in April 2013. In 2013, Willis guest presented an episode of ""The Paul O'Grady Show"", while O'Grady was away. In 2013, Willis co-presented the ITV game show ""Prize Island"" with Alexander Armstrong. In 2015, Willis was a team captain on the six-part ITV2 comedy panel show ""Reality Bites"", hosted by Stephen Mulhern. On 2 July 2015, it was announced that Willis would present a new three-part series for ITV called ""What Would Be Your Miracle"", about modern miracles. The series began on 28 April 2016. In January 2017, ""The Voice"
"tells Gaby that his dying wish is to see her and Wayne get together as a couple. The episode featuring Bert's revelation about his terminal cancer was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Episode in a Television Drama Serial in 1993. During a feature on ""Neighbours"", Anna Pickard of ""The Guardian"" tried to choose the characters she would be most starstruck by if she met them. She said ""It would have to be the Willis family. All of them. Pam, Doug, Adam, Gaby, Brad and Cody"". Willis family The Willis family are a fictional family from the"
"on Adult Swim in the Fall of 2001. In 2005, he co-created the show ""Squidbillies"". His works mostly fall into the genre of surreal humour. In 2010, Willis created ""Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge"", a new television pilot for Adult Swim. The pilot aired on March 29, 2010, and was not picked up for a full series. In 2010, Willis co-wrote ""New Kidney in Town"", an episode of ""Family Guy"". Willis was born in Wichita Falls, Texas and was raised mostly in Conyers, Georgia. He graduated from Wake Forest University and was station manager"
"many commercials of the German automaker BMW. In the January 26th, 2014 episode of ""The Simpsons,"" ""Specs and the City"", Lyman spoofed his ""Frontline"" voiceovers. More recently he provided the narration for the 2018 documentary ""Trump's Showdown."" Will Lyman William “Will” Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American voice-over artist and actor. Perhaps best known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series ""Frontline"" since its second season in 1984 and plays William Tell in the action/adventure television series ""Crossbow."" Lyman was born in Burlington, Vermont, the son of Mabry (née Remington), an editor and educator,"
"Marlene Willis Marlene Willis (January 13, 1942 - March 29, 1982) was an American actress, born in Harris County, Texas, who appeared mainly as a guest star in various narrative television series in the 1950s and '60s, such as ""The Andy Griffith Show"" (in the 12th episode, ""Stranger in Town""); ""Maverick"" (in the 4th season episode entitled ""Flood's Folly"" with Roger Moore); ""Bourbon Street Beat""; ""Wagon Train""; ""Laramie""; ""The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis""; ""The Dick Powell Theatre""; and ""The Loretta Young Show"". She also appeared in the theatrical features ""Rockabilly Baby"" (1957) and ""Attack of the Puppet People"" (1958)."
"old.) Hall of Famer Robert Parish, who – at age 43 – played 43 games with the Chicago Bulls in 1996–97, previously held many of Willis’ longevity and age-based records. Willis ended his playing career after the 2007 season, returning to his clothing business, Willis & Walker. The Atlanta-based company, which specializes in custom wear for big and tall men, was founded in 1988 by Willis and his former Michigan State teammate Ralph Walker. In 2007, Willis made three appearances on the Spike TV reality show, ""Pros vs Joes"". Kevin Willis Kevin Alvin Willis (born September 6, 1962) is an"
"(season 1, episode 22), and ""Parlez-Vous English"" (season 2, episode 11) – directly adapted by Shulman from his original Dobie Gillis short stories. During its fourth season, the show, by then known as ""Max Shulman's Dobie Gillis"", suffered both from competition with NBC's color Western ""The Virginian"" and from the growing inattention from Max Shulman. Shulman began spending increasing amounts of time at his home in Westport, Connecticut while the show was in active production, ceding his role as show runner to associate producers Joel Kane and Guy Scarpitta. CBS decided not to renew ""Dobie Gillis"" after production had concluded"
"Will Lyman William “Will” Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American voice-over artist and actor. Perhaps best known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series ""Frontline"" since its second season in 1984 and plays William Tell in the action/adventure television series ""Crossbow."" Lyman was born in Burlington, Vermont, the son of Mabry (née Remington), an editor and educator, and Edward Phelps Lyman, an educator. He is a 1971 graduate of Boston University's School of Fine Arts. Lyman married the former Anastasia Sylvester and they have one daughter, Georgia. Lyman has made a successful career in"
"on the show, Willis stages elaborate jokes, such as wearing a day-glo orange suit in honor of the Central Park gates, having one side of his face made up with simulated buckshot wounds after the Harry Whittington shooting, or trying to break a record (parody of David Blaine) of staying underwater for only twenty seconds. On April 12, 2007, he appeared again, this time wearing a Sanjaya Malakar wig. On his June 25, 2007, appearance, he wore a mini-turban on his head to accompany a joke about his own fictional documentary titled ""An Unappealing Hunch"" (a wordplay on ""An Inconvenient"
"a weekly half-hour program titled ""Your Bottom Line"", which focused on ways to save Americans money and the economy's effects on personal finance. Before CNN, she worked at Smart Money magazine as the senior financial correspondent. She joined the Fox Business Network in March 2010, appearing across all programming on the network. Willis is the author of two business books, ""The Smart Money Guide to Real Estate Investing"" and ""Home Rich."" She was also the winner of the Excellence in Retirement Savings Reporting award in 2001, which is bestowed by the American University School of Communication and the Investment Company"
"Willis focuses on the way a television show (""Clutch Cargo"") marks the beginning of, and plays on through, the scene between young Butch and his father's comrade-in-arms. The Vietnam War veteran is played by Christopher Walken, whose presence in the role evokes his performance as a traumatized G.I. in the Vietnam War movie ""The Deer Hunter"" (1978). Willis writes that ""when Captain Koons enters the living room, we see Walken in his function as an image retrieved from a repertoire of 1970s television and movie versions of ruined masculinity in search of rehabilitation ... [T]he gray light of the television"
"1999, Maryland Correctional officials transferred Wise to an Arizona prison in Yuma because he was allegedly leading an influential prison gang. Wise wrote a novel called ""The Wolf Trap"" while in prison. Dennis ""Cutty"" Wise Dennis ""Cutty"" Wise is a fictional character on the HBO drama ""The Wire"", played by actor Chad Coleman. Wise is a reformed criminal who sets up a boxing gym for neighborhood children. The name ""Dennis Wise"" was taken from an actual Baltimore contract killer who is serving a life sentence in prison. The nickname ""Cutty"" originates from the character serving time in the Maryland State"
"retired in 2001, and the morning shows' title was shortened to ""Wills and Coleman""). Glenn Beck replaced Dr. Laura Schlessinger in the 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. daypart, which she aired from 1997 to 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Then, Beck was replaced in March 2005 with Jerry Springer's mid-morning show. On March 2006, WTAM replaced Springer with a local program hosted by Bob Frantz, coming over from Clear Channel sister station WSPD in Toledo. Beck's show was then brought back on November 3, 2008, bumping Frantz to evenings (Frantz has since left the station). Studios for all of"
"Clear Channel's Cleveland stations, including WTAM, were consolidated into a new facility in Independence, Ohio by July 2002. WTAM canceled its fifteen-year affiliation with ABC Radio in August 2005, picking up Fox News Radio in a nationwide deal that involved other Clear Channel talk stations, but continued to run ABC Radio's Paul Harvey until August 12, 2006. On November 27, 2006, Casey Coleman, who was co-host of the popular ""Wills and Coleman"" morning show, and sideline reporter on the station's coverage of the Cleveland Browns, died following a fifteen-month bout with pancreatic cancer at the age of 55. Sports director"
"""Sabrina the Teenage Witch"" (episode: ""Good Will Haunting""; Season 3, Episode 6) as ""Guy Who Thinks He's Gary Owens"". In 2004, Owens co-wrote a book titled ""How to Make a Million Dollars With Your Voice (Or Lose Your Tonsils Trying)"". In his last years, Owens was the promotional announcing voice for Antenna TV, an over-the-air digital network dedicated to classic shows of the past, like ""Three's Company"", ""The Monkees"", ""Adam-12"" and ""Gidget"". He was married to his wife Arleta for 47 years. Owens died on February 12, 2015, at age 80 from complications due to type 1 diabetes, a condition"
"law. Following an arrest in 2006, he was given probation and ordered into rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic. In 2007, following treatment, Willis made his first statement to the press in more than 25 years, saying, ""The nightmare of drug abuse is being lifted from my life... now that the haze of drugs are gone, I'm thinking and seeing clearer now than I have in years... I'm looking forward to living the second part of my life drug-free."" From 1978 until 1982, Willis was married to Phylicia Ayers-Allen (now Phylicia Rashad), whom he met during the run of ""The"
"three siblings moved in with his parental guardians, Willis' high school basketball coach, Chris Finley, and his wife, Julie. Willis's brother, Detris, drowned in 2006 while swimming with his friends. His uncle, Arthur Willis, was a professional super middleweight boxer who later fought future world champion James Toney to a split decision. He holds a degree in criminal justice and envisions a future in law enforcement. Willis is a Christian. Willis says his grandmother told him about Jesus. Willis talks about his faith when he plays saying, ""No matter the outcome of a game, my No.1 goal is to glorify"
"as the chairman of the Ohio Youth Commission. He remained in that position until his death in 2007. Willis was inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame in the 1970s. He married Odessa Porter and had three sons, William, Jr., Clement and Dan. Willis was born in Georgia, the son of Clement and Williana ""Anna"" Willis. The family moved to Columbus, Ohio about 1922. His father died of pneumonia on April 10, 1923, and he was raised by his grandfather and mother amid the financial hardships of the Great Depression. He ran"
"going, I said, 'Chuck, why don't you write me a tune? And he did. He wrote, Oh What a Dream.'"" Jerry Wexler said Willis would bring a full set of lyrics into the studio and then work out the arrangements with the band. Zenas Sears said, ""[N]o one helped him with his songs. He always wrote a great deal."" Willis had suffered from stomach ulcers for many years. He was known to drink a lot. During surgery in Chicago, Willis died of peritonitis on April 10, 1958 at the age of 32. His untimely death occurred while at the peak"
"and even though the hours are long we all work really well and the hours just fly by."" Among Woo's credits for the show was a first-season episode that was notable for the ""AIDS burger"" monologue made famous by the late actor Nelsan Ellis. ""In the hands and the mouth of Nelsan, he made that piece of dialogue sing,"" Woo told NPR after Ellis' death. He has also written episodes of ""Manhattan"", ""Sleeper Cell"", ""LAX"" and ""Wonderfalls"", and co-wrote HBO's adaptation of ""The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"". He was developing a series about Civil Rights in Birmingham, Alabama with"
"in Colorado, and other longer-form news features. He has also served as a regular guest presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'Americana.' Willis lives in Silver Lake, California, with his wife Caroline and is currently working on a book, a humorous account of his journey at attempting stardom, and a tongue-in-cheek look at how easy—or difficult—it is to break into Hollywood. He drew inspiration from his six-month sabbatical from the BBC in 2006, during which he tried to become a successful thespian. In an article he said, “Although I won't be giving up the day job any time soon,"
"changed to a ""walrus."" Subsequent productions used whichever version was appropriate to the actor playing Willy; Dustin Hoffman, for example, used the original. Loman's Brooklyn accent is part of the challenge of the role. In 1950, Miller described Loman as a man who upon hearing society's ""thundering command to succeed"" found himself staring at a failure in the mirror. The Amazon.com editorial review by Ali Davis states that ""Willy Loman is a salesman desperately hustling for a living even as he slides into old age."" Rovi Corporation's Matthew Tobey describes him as an everyman who has to cope with the"
"read a living will, and begins making endorsements for ""Mrs. Pell's Fish Sticks"" instead, eating them and declaring that ""they're even better raw"". He even appears later as a ghostly apparition to Margo Sherman to continue promoting and eating the fish sticks, declaring that ""they're even better when you're dead"". Another parody of the tape appeared in a skit on the Canadian television sketch comedy show ""SCTV"", where Welles, played by John Candy, is hired by Liberace, played by Dave Thomas, for a Christmas storytelling. Welles is frequently distracted by the TV crew and finally, he gets up and walks"
"today - a successful, caring human being who should be an example for every struggling, young American who may've felt he wasn't dealt the right cards going into the world."" ""Political columnist George Will, a baseball fanatic of the first order, pens the foreword to Padres announcer Jerry Coleman's memoir, An American Journey (Triumph Books). Writes Will of Coleman, who played on eight pennant-winning Yankees teams and was a combat hero in WWII and Korea: ""No broadcaster has earned a more affectionate following than Jerry. When you read this memoir, you will not only know why, you will join his"
"on its fourth season. The theme song ""Dobie"" was written by 20th Century-Fox musical director Lionel Newman, with lyrics by Shulman. The theme was sung by Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, with music conducted by Newman. Session singer Gloria Wood of the Rhythmaires provided the scat singing used as incidental score during the first two seasons. Dwayne Hickman, at the time the breakout star on ""The Bob Cummings Show"" (also known as ""Love That Bob"") as nephew Chuck MacDonald, won the part of Dobie Gillis over several other candidates, including Michael Landon. Despite being cast as a 17-year-old, Hickman was 24 when"
"in a later series in ""Last of the Time Lords"" (2007), where Professor Docherty expresses a keen fondness for the show and how it ""hasn't been the same since Des took over—Both Deses"". In the 2002 film ""About a Boy"", protagonist Will Freeman is a regular viewer of ""Countdown"". Fairport Convention guitarist Simon Nicol named one of his solo records ""Consonant Please, Carol"", echoing one of the show's catchphrases. ""Countdown"" has also generated a number of widely-viewed outtakes, with the letters occasionally producing a word that was deemed unsuitable for the original broadcast. A round in which Dictionary Corner offered"