"and financial success, the second most profitable film of 1982, and was nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Picture. Lange was the only winner, for Best Supporting Actress. In 1998, the Library of Congress deemed the film ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. The theme song, ""It Might Be You"", was performed by Stephen Bishop, with music by Dave Grusin and lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. It was a Top 40 hit in the United States and hit 1 on the adult contemporary chart. Michael Dorsey is a respected"
"Tootsie's in 1987. and has since become an internationally known country superstar with hits such as Better Things to Do, and the Warren Zevon cover, Poor Poor Pitiful Me. Originally named Mom's, Tootsie Bess (Hattie Louise Bess) bought the future honky tonk in 1960. The name however, came later when to her surprise a painter painted the lounge purple. Subsequently, the name was changed to Tootsie's Orchid Lounge and to date, the exterior of the lounge is still painted the same color. Tootsie was known to slip 5's and 10's into the pockets of luckless writers and pickers. It was"
"Tootsie Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Dustin Hoffman, with a supporting cast that includes Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Geena Davis, Doris Belack and Pollack. The film tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a woman in order to land a job. The film was adapted by Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson (uncredited), Elaine May (uncredited), and Murray Schisgal from a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. The film was a major critical"
"at this point in time it was only distributed in selected international territories such as Germany and Japan. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD as part of The Criterion Collection on December 16, 2014. Tootsie Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Dustin Hoffman, with a supporting cast that includes Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Geena Davis, Doris Belack and Pollack. The film tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a woman"
"renamed ""Tootsie."" Before Hoffman officially got involved, his role was previously offered to Peter Sellers and Michael Caine. The film remained in development for an additional year as producers waited on a revised script. As pre-production began, the film ran into additional delays when Richards left the role of director due to ""creative differences"". He assumed the role of producer instead, being replaced as director by Hal Ashby. Ashby was subsequently forced to leave the project by Columbia Pictures because of the threat of legal action if his post-production commitments on ""Lookin' to Get Out"" were not fulfilled. In November"
"Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!) Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!) is a 1922 song with music and lyrics by Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman and Danny Russo, per the credits on the original sheet music cover. Some other sources also credit Ted Fio Rito and Robert King to the song, but make no mention of Dan Russo. It debuted on the Broadway musical ""Bombo"", where it was a major hit. It was first recorded by Al Jolson with Frank Crumit's orchestra for Columbia Records. It was further popularised by Eddie Cantor, nicknamed 'Banjo Eyes'. This song has become associated with the"
"Kung Fu Tootsie Kung Fu Tootsie (Thai: ตั๊ดสู้ฟุด or ""Tat soo foot"") is a 2007 Thai action-comedy film written and directed by Jaturong Mokjok. The English title of the film is an allusion to the 1982 American comedy film ""Tootsie"". A Thai slang term for transvestite or effeminate man, ""toot"" (ตุ๊ด), comes from the first syllable of ""Tootsie"". The Thai name of the film, ""Tat soo foot"" is a Thai spoonerism for ""toot soo fat"", which translates roughly as ""butt-kicking sissy"". ""Kung Fu Tootsie"" is set in Hong Kong, the story of Tien and Tao, twins separated at birth. When"
"Tootsie (musical) Tootsie is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Robert Horn. The musical is based on the 1982 American comedy film of the same name written by Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson (uncredited), Elaine May (uncredited) and Murray Schisgal from the story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. The musical made its world premiere try-out at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago in September 2018. Like the film, the musical tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a"
"Tao, living with his wealthy mafioso father, Ma Yong Hai, is mutilated by a rival gang, Ma must find his lost son Tien, living in poverty with his mother, to become the next head of the family. Antics ensue, however, when Tien turns out to be more 'Sonny and Cher' than 'Sonny Corleone'. Kung Fu Tootsie Kung Fu Tootsie (Thai: ตั๊ดสู้ฟุด or ""Tat soo foot"") is a 2007 Thai action-comedy film written and directed by Jaturong Mokjok. The English title of the film is an allusion to the 1982 American comedy film ""Tootsie"". A Thai slang term for transvestite or"
"found that the robes of China were easier to hide the bowls he produced than the Japanese kimono he previously wore. Already known as Okito, he kept the name, so he was forever known as a Chinese magician with a Japanese name. Tobias’ nickname was Toby and his new wife Lily didn’t like it. In her home country of England, Toby was a nickname for dogs. She didn’t want her husband being whistled at, so he changed his first name to a good English name, Theodore. Theo traveled the world as Okito and performed many fine effects like his improved"
"the nickname of his daughter, Clara ""Tootsie"" Hirshfield. By this point, the company had expanded to a five-storey factory. In 1917, the name of the company was changed to The Sweets Company of America. The business, which had forced Hirshfield out by this point (leading to his eventual suicide), became a listed company in 1922. In 1931, the Tootsie Pop — a hard-candy lollipop with Tootsie Roll filling — was invented, and quickly became popular with Dust Bowl refugees during the Depression era because of its low price. During World War II, Tootsie Rolls became a standard part of American"
"15, 2012. In August 2012 Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sanders agreed to mount stage productions of Sony films and announced that Tootsie, the 1982 comedy starring Dustin Hoffman, would be the first project. In September 2016, Sanders was named creative head of global entertainment for Westfield Corporation, which confirmed its acquisition of Scott Sanders Productions. Sanders had read Walker's book and wanted to produce it as a musical. The project took over eight years to realize, partly due to the reluctance of Pulitzer Prize-winner Walker to give permission for the adaptation of her novel. Walker was eventually won over by"
"might lose any airlifted supplies was too great, so they had to wait. After two days of waiting, all the mortar sections ran out of rounds. At this point they accidentally ordered hundreds of crates of Tootsie Roll candies instead of mortar rounds. This was because some elements of the United States military had used ""tootsie rolls"" as code for mortar rounds. Captain Tootsie is an advertisement comic strip created for Tootsie Rolls in 1943 by C C Beck, Peter Costanza and Bill Schreider (1950 onwards). It featured the title character Captain Tootsie and his sidekick, a boy named Rollo"
"proclaiming at the beginning of each show, ""Who is the boy who is full of zip and joy? He's Rootie Kazootie!"" A regular feature was the ""Quiz-a-Rootie"" in which audience members received prizes for themselves and home viewers for answering simple questions. The show first aired locally as ""The Rootie Tootie Club"" on the New York NBC affiliate WNBT on October 14, 1950. Since the title character regularly used a magical kazoo, which he called his ""Magic Kazootie,"" the kids began calling him ""Rootie Kazootie."" Following the kids' lead, the names of the show and the character quickly were changed"
"boss him around and she puts him in a makeshift prison tower (quickly populated by other ""Beano"" characters and the rest of the kids). She loves music, often pulling a ""boogie box"" (a CD player) behind her or listening to her headphones instead of Teacher. Although Toots enjoys the boys' company, she sometimes exhibits disdain, naivete or exasperation at their more boyish behaviour. In the academy makeover, she wears a frilly dress and her hair and face are made up. Wilfrid, whose real name is Wilfrid John Wimble is the smallest and quietest of the Bash Street Kids, and has"
"Tootsie Pop Tootsie Pops are hard candy lollipops filled with chocolate-flavored chewy Tootsie Roll. They were invented in 1931 by Lukas R. ""Luke"" Weisgram, an employee of The Sweets Company of America. The company changed its name to Tootsie Roll Industries in 1969. The candy debuted in 1931. In addition to chocolate (the original flavor), Tootsie Pops come in cherry, orange, caramel, grape, raspberry, strawberry, watermelon, blue raspberry, candy cane (seasonal), and now, pomegranate, banana, blueberry, lemon, and green apple flavors. Another release of Tootsie Roll Pops, named ""Tropical Stormz"", features six swirl-textured flavors: orange, lemon lime, strawberry banana, apple"
"Cyril Watters) playing in the background. The question still stands unanswered. The dialogue is as follows: After the commercial, Mr. Oliver Owl became the mascot for Tootsie Roll Pops, appearing in marketing campaigns and on the packaging. In the 1990s, a new commercial was made featuring a boy asking a robot and a dragon how many licks it takes to get to the center, with the Tootsie Pops known for the catch phrase ""How many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop?"", rather than ""How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a"
"also provided the voice of Rootie’s girl friend, Polka Dottie. Frank Milano provided both the actions and voices for their spotted canine companion Gala Poochie Pup and for arch-villain Poison Zoomack who constantly tried to steal Polka Dottie's polka dots and Rootie's magic kazootie. Life-sized human characters included host and ""chief rooter"" Todd (""Big Todd"") Russell, and the non-speaking policeman Mr. Deetle Dootle, initially played in 1950 by John Schoeopperle, and thereafter by John Vee. The show was performed live in front of a studio audience of schoolchildren who also were active participants. They joined in singing the theme song,"
"main characters. Transvestites and gays are also known as ""tdoot"", originated from the title of the 1982 American film ""Tootsie"". One of the first was Youngyooth Thongkonthun's ""Iron Ladies"", or ""Satree lek"", based on a true story about a transsexual/transvestite gay men's volleyball team that won a national championship in 1996. It was a huge hit on the international festival circuit. The 2000 comedy spawned a sequel in 2003, ""The Iron Ladies 2"" ""(Satree lek 2)"". More loosely based on a true incident was the 2002 film ""Saving Private Tootsie"", which tells the story of a group of gay and"
"three times in the space of one year with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir where he met the cast of ""Sesame Street"". Fontana also joined the cast of the CW romantic musical comedy-drama ""Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"" that same year. On November 11, 2016, it was announced that Fontana was leaving the TV series after his one-year contract with the CW. He stars as Michael Dorsey in the stage musical adaptation of the film ""Tootsie"", which premiered in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre from September 11 to October 14, 2018. The musical is expected to open on Broadway on April 23, 2019."
"showed a malicious side. Bob Clampett created the character that would become Tweety in the 1942 short ""A Tale of Two Kitties"", pitting him against two hungry cats named Babbit and Catstello (based on the famous comedians Abbott and Costello). On the original model sheet, Tweety was named Orson which was based on the model sheets in the early 40s (which was also the name of a bird character from an earlier Clampett cartoon ""Wacky Blackout""). Tweety was created not as a domestic canary, but as a generic (and wild) baby bird in an outdoors nest: naked (pink), jowly, and"
"Ossie Ostrich Ossie Ostrich (full name: Oswald Q Ostrich) is an Australian television character, firstly on the ""Tarax Show"", and then on the long-running program ""Hey Hey It's Saturday"" which started as a Saturday morning cartoon show for children in 1971. In 1984, he also hosted an after-school children's show called ""The Ossie Ostrich Video Show"", with co-host Jacki MacDonald. In October 2009, Ossie appeared on the second ""Hey Hey It's Saturday"" reunion special and made regular appearances during the show's 2010 revival series. Ossie is a good-natured pink ostrich puppet that sported a light blue mohawk hairstyle. Ossie formed"
"character drunkenly singing the song in the saloon. It is also prominently featured in ""The Picnic"", an early Mickey Mouse cartoon from 1930. The chorus is used with a slight twist in the ""baby mine"" lyric before resuming to the ""tootsie-wootsie"" lyric in a commercial for Off! bug spray that aired during the summer of 1975. The song appeared in the episode titled ""Tipping the scales"" of the hit PBS show Arthur, and featured in the 1930 Laurel and Hardy short ""Below Zero"" in ironical terms, sung during a snowstorm. The song was sung during a wedding in the opening"
"gift from Torg, has somehow become attached to Zoë, and now manifests only as a tattoo based on its original shape. The presence of this necklace causes her to be transformed into a camel on the magic word ""Shupid"" and restored on the word ""Kwi"". Zoë has found constant work in radio, most recently as an intern on KBLAM's ""Broadman and Midget Show"". Put on the air as Leslie Bean (her real last name was later revealed to be Bean), ""The Flakey Intern"", her appearances brought in high ratings as she began talking about her bizarre home-life situations on air,"
"For many years prior to his death, her husband, Melvin Gordon, was Chairman and CEO from 1962 to 2015. In 1966, the company adopted its current name of ""Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc."" The company has acquired several famous brands of confections such as The Candy Corporation of America's Mason Division (1972), Cella's Confections (1985), The Charms Company (1988), Warner-Lambert's candy division (1993; excluding gum and mints), Andes Candies (2000), and Concord Confections (2004). The company's headquarters is located on the South side of Chicago, in a portion of the former Dodge Chicago Plant which produces the majority of its candy."
"and one day my mother called me Potsie."" In the pilot and early seasons, Potsie appeared with best friend Richie in the plots and appeared to be more savvy than him, a character trait that would be dropped by the writers. As the series progressed, and with the breakout character Arthur ""Fonzie"" Fonzarelli becoming close friends with Richie, Potsie became more commonly paired with Ralph in episodes, particularly when the pair rented an apartment together upon leaving high school. Like his friends, Potsie had his share of crushes on members of the opposite sex. His one steady girlfriend was Jennifer"
"energetic and creative. Tommie can write a few words, including his own name, which he is very proud of. He is famous for his own made up exclamations, like ""Poe hee!"" (approximately pronounced as: pooh hey) and ""Hatseflats!"". In the 2005/2006 season, Tommie got his own racing car. Tommie has been around since the beginning in 1976. The first Tommie puppet was made by producer Ton Hasebos from an old fur coat. He was a teddy bear-like creature that walked on fours. Through the years he evolved from a 'teddy bear' kind of creature to a more doglike animal. Tommie's"
"but Tom then reneges. Other times however, Tom does keep his promise to Jerry and the partnerships are not quickly dissolved after the problem is solved. Tom changes his love interest many times. The first love interest is Toots who appears in ""Puss n' Toots"", and calls him ""Tommy"" in ""The Mouse Comes to Dinner"". He is also interested in a cat called Toots in ""The Zoot Cat"" although she has a different appearance to the original Toots. The most frequent love interest of Tom's is Toodles Galore, who never has any dialogue in the cartoons. Despite five shorts ending"
"concluded that he had never regarded ""Tootsie"" as a comedy. Scenes set in the New York City Russian Tea Room were filmed in the actual restaurant, with additional scenes shot at Central Park and in front of Bloomingdale's. Scenes were also filmed in Hurley, New York as well as at the National Video Studios in New York City. Its opening weekend gross in the United States was $5,540,470. Its final gross in the United States was $177,200,000, making it the second-highest-grossing movie of 1982 after ""E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"". It was Columbia's biggest hit of all time. Box Office Mojo estimates"
"age and image of the flapper during the Roaring Twenties. 'Toot, Toot, Tootsie' appeared in the films ""The Jazz Singer"" (1927), ""Rose of Washington Square"" (1939) and ""Remains to Be Seen (film)"" (1953). It was also performed in the fifth episode of ""The Brady Bunch Hour"". Other artists who recorded the song include Bill Murray together with Ed Smalle; Hoosier Hot Shots, Art Mooney, Eddy Howard, Wayne Newton, Brenda Lee and Jack Mudurian. Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!) Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!) is a 1922 song with music and lyrics by Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman and Danny Russo, per"
"woman in order to land a job. The musical had an industry reading in June 2017. Santino Fontana played the lead role of actor Michael, who transforms to ""Dorothy"" to obtain a role. Scott Ellis replaced Casey Nicholaw as director. The stage musical version of ""Tootsie"" premiered in previews at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, beginning September 11, 2018, with an opening at the Palace scheduled for September 29, and a run to October 14, 2018. The musical is expected to start on Broadway on March 29, 2019 in previews at the Marquis Theatre. The musical has music and"
"goblin who hides in the woods and kidnaps passers by before taking them back to his tower to be eaten (he also has a problem with his guard who is deaf and lazy), a lion who stole Sadie's hat, the Nosey Parker a blue creature with a long nose who sniffs at things for no reason and the Alien Invader an alien from outer space who wants to take Towser to a leader and fires chocolate bars from his gun. The series was later spawned into an animated television series narrated by Roy Kinnear and made by British animation studios"
"felt like I was doing two full-time jobs."" His dream and passion was music, so when he got opportunities to do live shows, he decided to leave Google. Hoodie Allen originally was the duo of Steve Markowitz and Obey City (Samuel Obey, a childhood friend) on vocals and production, respectively. The name came about because Steven's nickname growing up was ""Hoodie,"" and he wanted a name that ""would stick in peoples' minds and be a little bit funny and representative of who I am"" so a play off of famed filmmaker Woody Allen was settled on. Steve and Obey's first"