It was pioneered by such artists as Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, Grover Washington, Jr., Spyro Gyra ( with songs such as " Morning Dance "), George Benson, Chuck Mangione, Sérgio Mendes, David Sanborn, Tom Scott, Dave and Don Grusin, Bob James and Joe Sample.

* Bob Mendes ( born 1928 ), Belgian accountant and writer of detective stories

Sekkou Zouha, Zhen-Lin Zhang, Bruno P. Zehnder, Marinos Yeroulanos, Worldwide Fund for Nature, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Paul Winter, Wildlife Clubs of Kenya, Joe Walulya-Mukasa, Aminata Wade, Lily Venizelos, Tsitsi Vangili, UNEPCOM, George H. Tomlinson, Anitra Thorhaug, Peter S. Thacher, Maurice Strong, Marion Stoddart, Stichting Werkgroep Behoud Tropisch Regenwoud, Chodchoy Sophonpanich, Ben Soans, Ully Sigar, Jill Sheppard, Philip Shabecoff, Sahabat Alam, Omda Sabil, Margaret Robertson, Robert Redford, Peter Raven, Gabor Racz, Carlos Pizani, Claiborne Pell, Bernard Lédéa Ouédraogo, The Nature Conservancy, National Geographic Society, Wlodzimierz Michajlow, Chico Mendes, Igor Mann, George Livanos, Guy Lionnet, Geoffrey Lean, Thomas Landgren, King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation, Sophia Wambui Kiarie, Mugamir Eisa Khalifa, Mohamed Kassas, Mr. G. V. and Mrs. K. Karlekar, Abdullahi Karani, Petar Jovanovic, Instituto Forestal Latinoamericano, Satu Huttunen, Soichiro Honda, Sir Edmund Hillary, Rene Daniel Haller, Grupo de los Cien, Green Great Wall Group, Green Belt Movement ( Wangari Maathai ), Juan Grau, Joseph Glascott, Grigory Galazii, Fundación para la Defensa de la Naturaleza, Fundación para la Defensa del Ambiente ( FUNAM ), Fundación Natura, Vladimir Flint, Environmental Management Journal, Diario El Comercio, Bedrettin Dalan, Luc Cuyvers, Herman Contraries Manfredi, College of African Wildlife Management, Brian Clark, China Environmental News ( CEN ), Caribbean Conservation Association, Charles Caccia, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Bob Brown, Lester R. Brown, Francis Boateng, Chandiprasad Bhatt, Bellerive Foundation, Bamburi Portland Cement Ltd., David Attenborough, Asociación Peruana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, George W. Archibald, Arab Office for Youth and Environment ( AOYE ), Azaria Alon, Anil Agarwal

* 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor and writer

A New York writer sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma in late 1940 / early 1941 noted an "... Oklahoma version of shag done to the Western Swing music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys at the Cain's Dancing Academy in Tulsa.

This 64-page story was adapted by Donald Duck comic strip writer Bob Karp from an unproduced feature, and published in October 1942 in Four Color Comics # 9.

* 1949 – Bob Hartman, Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter ( Petra )

* 1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and writer ( d. 2003 )

* 1918 – Bob Broeg, American sports writer ( d. 2005 )

" Giants ' beat writer Bob Stevens was moved to proclaim: " The catch had to rank with the greatest of all time, as well as one of the most frightening to watch and painful to make.

* March 18 – Bob Broeg, American sports writer ( d. 2005 )

* December 31 – Bob Shaw, Irish writer ( d. 1996 )

* February 12 – Bob Shaw, Irish writer ( b. 1931 )

** Bob Kane, American comic book artist / writer, creator of Batman ( d. 1998 )

The board is composed of economics consultant Arthur Laffer, economics writer Stephen Moore, public law policy expert Victor Schwartz, economics professor Richard Vedder, and public policy activist Bob Williams.

The applications built into Bob are represented by matching decorations – for example, clicking on a clock opens the calendar, while a pen and paper represent the letter writer.

According to comic book writer and editor Bob Budiansky, The Transformers character Shockwave was inspired by Spock.

And, a New York writer sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma in late 1940 / early 1941 noted an " Oklahoma version of shag " done to the Western Swing music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys at the Cain's Dancing Academy in Tulsa.

Kevin Patrick Smith ( born August 2, 1970 ) is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian / raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob.

In Pep Comics # 22, December 1941, writer Vic Bloom and artist Bob Montana published Archie Andrews ' first adventure, beginning with " Chick " showing off for his new neighbor, Betty Cooper.

The science fiction writer Bob Shaw's 1984 novel Fire Pattern deals with spontaneous human combustion.

One story, The Two-Bit Dictator of Twin Mills, drawn by Batman co-creator Bob Kane, featured a hitman called Jojo who was, according to writer Al Schwartz, made to look like Lorre.

After writer Ken Keeler was assigned to write an episode featuring Sideshow Bob, he drew inspiration from episodes of Frasier.

" " The Italian Bob " and its writer John Frink won a Writers Guild of America Award in 2007 in the animation category.

In early 1967, a group of six investors ( among them attorney Richard Tinkham, John DeVoe, Chuck DeVoe, sports agent Chuck Barnes and Indianapolis Star sports writer Bob Collins ) pooled their resources to purchase a franchise in the proposed American Basketball Association.

An untold story from Crisis on Infinite Earths was published in February 1999 as a special in Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths # 1, written by Crisis writer Marv Wolfman, with art by Paul Ryan and Bob McLeod.

In July, 1939, just two issues after the characters ' debut by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, Fox wrote the first of his several tales of the Batman, introducing an early villain in " The Batman Meets Doctor Death ".

The writer will again be Stoppard and he will be joined by director Jack O ' Brien and designer Bob Crowley, who worked with Stoppard on his Coast of Utopia trilogy and The Invention of Love.

During the late-1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Robert Abbett, also credited as Bob Abbett, illustrated book covers for war novels, detective novels, thrillers, historical fiction and science fiction.

After requesting permission to use the name from his old director friend, Bob Chinn, Holmes reprised the detective role for the 1986 Penguin Production: The Return of Johnny Wadd.

The new Johnny Dollar was Bob Bailey, who had just come off another network detective series, Let George Do It.

* Bob Marley as Detective Greenly, a Boston Police Department detective assigned to the gang murders.

In early 2000, Vic and Bob headed the cast in revival of sixties private detective drama, Randall and Hopkirk ( Deceased ).

He has had great commercial success in memorable roles such as the executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance ( 1972 ), Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville ( 1975 ), general attorney Dardis in All the President's Men ( 1976 ), Bob Sweet in Silver Streak ( 1976 ), the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic ( 1977 ), Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman ( 1978 ) and Superman II ( 1980 ), Bates ' right hand man Sydney Morehouse in The Toy ( 1982 ), Borisov and Pavel Petrovic in The Fourth Protocol ( 1987 ), TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed ( 1990 ), Rudy Ruettiger's father in Rudy ( 1993 ), detective McNair in Just Cause ( 1995 ), Dexter Wilkins in Life ( 1999 ), the simple sheriff in Where the Red Fern Grows ( 2003 ), the corrupt Senator Charles F. Meachum in Shooter ( 2007 ), United States Congressman Doc Long in Charlie Wilson's War ( 2007 ) and the voice of antagonist Lots-O '- Huggin ' Bear in Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ).

Bob Giebelhouse ( Season 1 – 3 ): Seattle detective with a cynical view of humanity and a penchant for gallows humor.

" A tough private detective named Bob Brannom is willing to back Emmerich's betrayal for a 50-50 split.

Upon further investigation, Tony discovers that a contract killer named Rupert Stiltskin ( alias " the Dwarf ") was under investigation by an undercover detective named Bob " Scotty " Scott, who had received a tip that a major assassination would take place in the city on a certain night.

Jasper Carrott and Robert Powell play the bumbling detective constables Bob Louis and David Briggs.

The series was created by executive producer Philip DeGuere, who credited his inspirations as being a request from a CBS executive to create something like a modern " Butch and Sundance " and a spec pilot DeGuere had recently read about a divorced husband and wife detective team that was written by Bob Shayne who DeGuere hired to write several of " Simon's " first two seasons ' episodes.

Jeff Randall is a fictional character played by Mike Pratt in the original private detective series, Randall and Hopkirk ( Deceased ) from 1969 to 1971 and by Bob Mortimer in the BBC remake.

First was the cynical Dutch detective Van der Valk and second was serial killer Bob Rusk in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy.

As Emily begins dating detective Bob Luffrono ( Cortese ), Andrea overflows with jealousy, spying on Hollander through her own window.