"Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) debuted in this series in October 1965. The name of the character derived from a comment by writers, during development, that they wanted a character with ""man appeal"". In an early attempt to incorporate this concept into the character's name, she was called ""Samantha Peel"" shortened to the awkward ""Mantha Peel"". Eventually the writers began referring to the idea by the verbal shorthand ""M. Appeal"" which gave rise to the character's ultimate name. Emma Peel, whose husband went missing while flying over the Amazon, retained the self-assuredness of Gale, combined with superior fighting skills, intelligence, and"
"called Dave. Both Barry and Dave are played by actor Alex Lowe. Varinder or Vinny is a caller who used to be obsessed with Iain's show but has now turned into Iain's personal friend. During his very first call to the show, he asked a number of questions to Iain that were recorded and are regularly played out by Iain to confuse intoxicated callers. G-Man A wannabe gangster. Rob Burnett The most rebellious regular, who called in and makes fun of Iain and has created his own 'Top 50 List', which Lee's wife and producer joined. Mr. Naughty A caller"
"John McGiver John Irwin McGiver (November 5, 1913 – September 9, 1975) was an American character actor who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975. The owl-faced, portly character actor with his mid-Atlantic accent and precise diction, was often cast as pompous Englishmen and other stuffy, aristocratic and bureaucratic types. He was known for his performances in such films as ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961); ""The Manchurian Candidate"" (1962); and ""Who's Minding the Store?"" (1963). He appeared on many television shows and commercials during the 1960s and early 1970s,"
"Mass Appeal (film) Mass Appeal is a 1984 American dramedy film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Jack Lemmon. The screenplay by Bill C. Davis is based on his 1980 play of the same name. For years, as pastor of an affluent, suburban Catholic parish, Father Tim Farley has maintained a close relationship with his congregation by delivering folksy homilies filled with practical advice and adhering to clerical policies without waver. One Sunday, his sermon is interrupted by seminarian Mark Dolson, who questions Farley's position on the ordination of women. The older priest charmingly sidesteps the young man but is"
"Mass Appeal (play) Mass Appeal is a two-character play by Bill C. Davis. The comedy-drama focuses on the conflict between a complacent Roman Catholic pastor and the idealistic young deacon who is assigned to his affluent, suburban parish. Father Tim Farley is highly popular with his parishioners due to his charm, wit, easy-going manner, and entertaining (but unchallenging) sermons. One Sunday, seminarian Mark Dolson interrupts Farley's sermon to challenge his stance on the ordination of women. The pastor is outraged yet intrigued by the young man, and asks to have him assigned to work with him. Dolson is a firebrand"
"Wayne Rogers, John Rubinstein, Roy Scheider, Tom Skerritt, Peter Strauss, Vic Tayback, Malachi Throne, Ronne Troup, Joan Van Ark, Vincent Van Patten, John Vernon, Jessica Walter, Jess Walton, Cindy Williams, William Windom, Dana Wynter, and Anthony Zerbe. In an era before cell phone use, Cannon was using a ""mobile phone"" in his car, which was very rare at the time. (TV detectives Richard Diamond and Peter Gunn each had one in the late 1950s as did ""Mannix"" and ""Burke's Law"" in the 1960s.) Cannon would begin by asking the mobile operator to dial a call for him. Phones of this"
"regular telephone caller ""Alex from Manchester"" (Sir Alex Ferguson). Wayne and José often enjoy mocking Liverpool F.C. on the show. Unlike the other characters on the show, Wayne's voice is not an impersonation, but high-pitched and childish, and with an exaggerated Scouse accent. He uses many Scouse aphorisms, such as finishing sentences with the word ""like"" and loudly exclaiming ""This is ""mint!"""" when excited. AKA ""Cabbageman"" or simply ""Cabbage"". Fabio Capello was a caller towards the end of the season in series one, calling to comment in his native Italian language. In season two, episode four was interrupted by an"
"Paul Winchell Paul Winchell (born Paul Wilchinsky; December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, voice artist, humanitarian, and inventor whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950 to 1954, he hosted ""The Paul Winchell Show"", which also used two other titles during its prime time run on NBC, ""The Speidel Show"", and ""What's My Name?"". From 1965–1968, Winchell hosted the children's television series, ""Winchell-Mahoney Time"". Winchell made guest appearances on Emmy Award-winning television series from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s, such as ""Perry Mason"", ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"", ""McMillan"
"agent tasked with the mission of retrieving a sizeable stash of cheese from the villainous Tom Thrush (portrayed by Tom). References to the show in popular culture began during its original broadcast when it was parodied in an episode of ""The Dick Van Dyke Show,"" fittingly titled ""The Man from My Uncle"". References in other television shows have continued over the years, including a 2010 episode of ""Mad Men"" called ""The Chrysanthemum and the Sword"". It has also been referenced in other television shows including ""Get Smart,"" ""Angry Beavers,"" and ""Laugh-In."" The TV show ""My Favorite Martian"" (1963–1966) also used"
"The noble Penny always strove to help characters such as a foul mouthed runaway scarecrow, a Dickensian rat-catcher chasing a giant rat called Lord Ironside, and Chips - a Geordie space pilot dog in a story that borrowed from the plot of the 1968 film, ""Planet of the Apes"". Indeed, the show’s running catchphrase ""This is a mad house, a mad house!"" was taken directly from the film and was uttered once in every episode. The humour was a surreal blend of slapstick and intelligent dialogue with Pythonesque self-contained stories, sub plots and throwaway vignettes. The show's cast boasted a"
"quotations of a fictional character named Cyril, and would begin ""Cyril said..."" with the quotation recited by Kennedy in a stereotypical gay male voice (Cyril was Kennedy's middle name). Another recurring character in the questions was Dumb Dora – a joke borrowed from ""Match Game"". A recurring comedy skit between Kennedy and Gray involved discussion about a man named ""Dick"", leading to ""Did Dick?"", ""Dick did!"" exchanges between Kennedy and Ugly Dave Gray. Kennedy's risque brand of humour often nudged the boundaries of contemporary Australian broadcasting standards. Peter Hough was the crew member behind the show's sets pulling the lever"
"career singing with the Chico Marx Orchestra. Through the 1950s, Chico occasionally appeared on a variety of television anthology shows and some television commercials, most memorably with Harpo in ""The Incredible Jewelry Robbery"", a pantomime episode of ""General Electric Theater"" in 1959. His nickname (acquired during a card game in Chicago in 1915) was originally spelled Chicko. A typesetter accidentally dropped the ""k"" in his name and it became Chico. It was still pronounced ""Chick-oh"" although those who were unaware of its origin tended to pronounce it ""Cheek-oh"". Numerous radio recordings from the 1940s exist where announcers and fellow actors"
"life. Request Ex: Top Secret Request Possible endings: 1 Client: Unknown Request 1: The Betrayer's Retribution Target: Major Lawless Streich, ""Masked Man"" ""Voiced by: Kazuya Ichijō"" A blond-haired military man. He never shows his emotions and for that has attained his nickname, the ""Masked Man"". Ever since his current commander, Lieutenant General Michard, got him transferred to the Military Police, Lawless has been sexually abused by Michard to pay his debt for him. Lawless had the rank of Brigadier General, but was demoted to Major when he transferred to the Military Police from the First Armored Division. Possible endings: 4"
"episode, the phrase ""Mad men"" was a slang term coined in the 1950s by advertisers working on Madison Avenue to refer to themselves, a claim that has since been disputed. The plot focuses on the business of the agencies as well as the personal lives of the characters, regularly depicting the changing moods and social mores of the United States in the 1960s. The series begins in March 1960 and ends November 1970 by the conclusion of season seven. Don Draper (Jon Hamm) is the focus in the series, initially as the talented creative director at Sterling Cooper and later"
"wall: In one episode, as one of Robin's men (Renaldo) was being interrogated, with an accuser (Little John) asking, ""Are you ready to tell that to your maker?"", Renaldo turns his head, looks off-camera, and says, ""Mel! I'm innocent!"" Much of the humour was anachronistic, such as the occasion where Marian's ladies-in-waiting burst into the 1960s Supremes hit ""Stop! In the Name of Love""; when the Rock of Gibraltar had been destroyed, and a messenger brings Prince John the remaining chunk, to be told ""I always wanted a piece of the rock,"" a reference to Prudential Insurance's successful slogan, ""Get"
"Mr. Ivanek, beginning on a note of intelligence and severity, later has moments of surprisingly callowness, even petulance. But the stars work together very effectively, making the story's progress believable as each of their characters evolves into a better man. ""Mass Appeal"" doesn't have to tug too hard at the audience's heartstrings to arrive at its simple and satisfying resolution."" Mass Appeal (film) Mass Appeal is a 1984 American dramedy film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Jack Lemmon. The screenplay by Bill C. Davis is based on his 1980 play of the same name. For years, as pastor of"
"Adam Adamant Lives! Adam Adamant Lives! is a British television series that ran from 1966 to 1967 on BBC 1, starring Gerald Harper in the title role. Proposing that an adventurer born in 1867 had been revived from hibernation in 1966, the show was a comedy adventure that took a satirical look at life in the 1960s through the eyes of an Edwardian (Adamant vanished in 1902, when Edward VII had been on the throne just one year). The main character originally went through a number of possible names: ""Cornelius Chance"", ""Rupert De'Ath"", ""Dick Daring"", ""Dexter Noble"", ""Aurelian Winton"", ""Magnus"
"Alister Williamson Alister Williamson (17 June 1918 – 19 May 1999) was an Australian-born character actor, who appeared in many British films and television series of the 1960s and 1970s. A big, craggy-faced man, he would usually be found playing gruff police inspectors or henchmen in adventure series and police dramas of the period. He was also notable as a supporting player in a number of classic British horror films. He would typically be found in television series such as ""Adam Adamant Lives!"", ""The Avengers"", ""Paul Temple"", ""Police Surgeon"", ""Public Eye"", ""The Saint"", ""Softly, Softly"", ""Special Branch"", ""The Third Man"""
"narrator inviting people experiencing problems to either call him on 36-24-36, an actual phone number in Australia in the 1960s, or visit him at his home, at which point he will perform assorted unsavoury acts to resolve said problems. Situations in which he offers assistance include those involving lewd high school headmasters and significant others who are either adulterous or who persistently find fault with their partners. The term ""Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"" is an homage to the cartoon ""Beany and Cecil"", which Angus watched when he was a child. One of the cartoon's characters was named Dishonest John,"
"The Man and the Challenge The Man and the Challenge is a 36-segment half-hour television adventure/science fiction series which ran new episodes on NBC from September 12, 1959, to June 11, 1960. It starred George Nader as Dr. Glenn Barton, a research scientist for the Institute of Human Factors, an agency that conducted experiments designed to measure human endurance for the United States government. The series was produced by Ivan Tors. Nader's costars included Jack Ging as Dan Wright, Michael Masters as Bill Locke, the Canadian-born Joyce Meadows as Lynn Allen, and Michael Keith as Matt Adams. The episodes focused"
"previous six series is shown. As the sequence ends, Ken wakes up in his arm chair and gives his famous smile at the camera. According to Jim Hill (co-creator), the name 'Boon' was derived as follows: """"Originally called 'Anything Legal Considered', we fell foul of the vogue of the main character's name being all or part of the title. Boon had been derived from an American TV series from the 1950s that Bill Stair and I both watched and liked. It was called 'Have Gun – Will Travel' (1957) – a troubleshooting cowboy answered distress calls. He was called Paladin"
"wife, Catherine, his son Jim, his daughter Carol, and a granddaughter. Lee Vines Lee Vines (April 11, 1919 – July 9, 2011) was a Canadian-born American radio and television announcer and actor. He was best known to television audiences in the 1950s as the announcer on the ""What's My Line?"" game show. He also was the announcer for other television shows including ""The Big Surprise"", ""Celebrity Talent Scouts"", ""Down You Go"", ""Fractured Phrases"", ""The Funny Side"", ""Make the Connection"", ""Medic"", ""Picture This"" ""Robert Q's Matinee"", ""The Name's the Same"", ""Password All-Stars"" and ""Hallmark Hall of Fame"". His acting and voice-over"
"the series came from silent films, the sound track was removed as if to imply that it too was a silent film. It has since been released on DVD in its correct format. This film contains a classic example of Hollywood's use of an African American in a comic ""shiftless and slow"" stereotyped role. In the original release, while hanging outside of a skyscraper window, Lloyd's character attempts to obtain the assistance of a janitor played by Willie Best (billed in this film under the moniker ""Sleep 'n' Eat"") whom he nicknames on the spot as ""Charcoal."" In the 1960s"
"Nipsey Russell Julius ""Nipsey"" Russell (September 15, 1918 – October 2, 2005) was an American comedian, poet, and dancer best known for his appearances as a guest panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, including ""Match Game"", ""Password"", ""Hollywood Squares"", ""To Tell the Truth"" and ""Pyramid"". His appearances were frequently distinguished in part by the short, humorous poems he would recite during the broadcast. These lyrics became so closely associated with Russell that Dick Clark, Bill Cullen, Betty White, and others regularly referred to him as ""the poet laureate of television."" He also had a leading role"
"1993. Performances of ""Desire"" were accompanied by images of Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher, Paul Gascoigne, and Jimmy Swaggart, and were meant as a criticism of greed; cash rained the stage and Bono portrayed Mirror Ball Man as an interpretation of the greedy preacher described in the song's lyrics. Bono often made a crank call from the stage as his persona of the time. Such calls included dialing a phone sex line, calling a taxi cab, ordering 10,000 pizzas (the Detroit pizza parlor delivered 100 pizzas during the show), or calling a local politician. Bono regularly called the White House in"
"Eddie Barth Eddie Barth (September 29, 1931 – May 28, 2010; born Edward Michael Bartholetti) was an American actor and voiceover artist. Barth earned the nickname ""Mr. Gravel"" for his raspy vocals in his voiceover work. Barth was born Edward Michael Bartholetti in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Barth portrayed Myron Fowler, the owner of ""Peerless Detectives"", a rival detective agency in 38 episodes of the CBS television series ""Simon & Simon"" between 1981 and 1989. Additionally, Barth portrayed a police lieutenant on the short-lived 1973 CBS series, ""Shaft"". He also appeared in regular roles on ""Night Court""; ""Murder, She Wrote""; ""Civil Wars"""
"film superstar George Clooney appeared in a 1970 episode of ""Uncle Al"" playing a ship's captain in one of the show's skits. By the 1960s, kids who appeared on the show each were given a nametag sticker in the shape of a bow tie modeled after Uncle Al's sartorial trademark. While the kids were told the name tag was a ticket to get in and a souvenir to take home, the primary reason for them was so that Lewis could refer to each child by name. Initially the tags were plain white, but later included the name of the show"
"name was originally spelled ""Mantel"" and accented on the first syllable, but at the beginning of his acting career, Mantell added the extra ""L"" and changed the pronunciation to ""Man-TELL"". On September 29, 2010, Mantell died in Tarzana, California, at the age of 94. Joe Mantell Joe Mantell (né Mantel; December 21, 1915 – September 29, 2010) was an American actor of film and television. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Angie in the 1955 film ""Marty"", which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Mantell appeared in the episode ""Storm"
"Man"" on their album ""Gumbo Pants"", which pays tribute to the late inventor and his most popular invention, the Chicken Nugget. The song humorously explores the career of Baker, lists a few of his other inventions, details the formula for Chicken Nuggets, and the impact of this invention. In the TV series ""The Wire"", three of the street drug dealer characters discuss who may have invented the chicken nugget and what fortune it may have brought him, with D'Angelo Barksdale, the Crew Chief, pointing out that any such person would have been unlikely to have received any great reward but"
"asks his clientele if the person is present, embarrassing himself in the process. However, in the episode ""Flaming Moe's"", Bart's prank call backfires when he calls up asking for a ""Hugh Jass"" (huge ass), only for a man with the same name to answer. And in ""Donnie Fatso"", Fat Tony accidentally calls Moe asking for his business partner, ""Yuri Nator"" (urinator). ""Weird Al"" Yankovic's song ""Phony Calls"" (a parody of ""Waterfalls"" by TLC, featured on his 1996 album ""Bad Hair Day"") deals with prank phone calls. Specifically, it talks about the ""Is your refrigerator running?"" gag and the ""Do you"
"himself 'The Spoonman' on air, and occasionally featured input from the show producers and panel operators, nicknamed 'Garfield' and 'Odie'. The Spoonman's nickname came about as a collaboration between himself and management. Inspiration for the name is claimed from the hit song Spoonman, and also from Brian's character as a ""self-professed 'stirrer'"". Several versions of his on-air name are frequently used by callers, including ""Spoony""/""Spoonie"". It is understood that Garfield's nickname originates from an instance whereby he gave a fellow staff member a copy of the movie 'Garfield' for their child's birthday- Odie received his nickname from the name of"
"one of the few classic radio comedies to completely re-invent itself and regain major fame. The supporting cast during this phase included Mel Blanc as the melancholy, ironically named ""Happy Postman"" (his catchphrase was ""Remember, keep smiling!""); Bea Benaderet (later Cousin Pearl in ""The Beverly Hillbillies"", Kate Bradley in ""Petticoat Junction"" and the voice of Betty Rubble in ""The Flintstones"") and Hal March (later more famous as the host of ""The $64,000 Question"") as neighbors Blanche and Harry Morton; and the various members of Gracie's ladies' club, the Beverly Hills Uplift Society. One running gag during this period, stretching into"
"Arthur Askey Arthur Bowden Askey, CBE (6 June 190016 November 1982) was an English comedian and actor. Askey's humour owed much to the playfulness of the characters he portrayed, his improvisation, and his use of catchphrases, which included ""Hello playmates!"", ""I thank you"" (pronounced ""Ay-Thang-Yaw""), and ""Before your very eyes"". Askey was born at 29 Moses Street, Dingle, Liverpool, the eldest child and only son of Samuel Askey (d. 1958), secretary of the firm Sugar Products of Liverpool, and his wife, Betsy Bowden (d. 1949), of Knutsford, Cheshire. Six months after his birth the family moved to 90 Rosslyn Street,"