This was commissioned by, and first performed at, the Metropolitan Opera in New York on 10 December 1910 with Met stars Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn for whom Puccini created the leading roles of Dick Johnson and Minnie.

Other luminaries include Keith Johnstone, the British teacher and writer – author of Impro, who founded the Theatre Machine and whose teachings form the foundation of the popular shortform Theatresports format, Dick Chudnow, founder of ComedySportz which evolved its family-friendly show format from Johnstone's Theatersports, Stan Wells, creator of the " Clap-In " longform style and founder of The Empty Stage Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles, and Bill Johnson, creator / director of The Magic Meathands, who pioneered the concept of " Commun-edy Outreach " by tailoring performances to non-traditional audiences, such as the homeless and foster children.

It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and featured, at various times, Chelsea Brown, Johnny Brown, Ruth Buzzi, Judy Carne, Richard Dawson, Henry Gibson, Arte Johnson, Goldie Hawn, Larry Hovis, Jeremy Lloyd, Dave Madden, Pigmeat Markham, Gary Owens, Pamela Rodgers, Barbara Sharma, Alan Sues, Lily Tomlin and Jo Anne Worley.

* Season 2 ( 1968 – 1969 ): Judy Carne, Henry Gibson, Goldie Hawn, Arte Johnson, Jo Anne Worley, Alan Sues, Charlie Brill and Mitzi McCall (" The Fun Couple "), Chelsea Brown, Dave Madden, Pigmeat Markham, Dick " Sweet Brother " Whittington, Byron Gilliam ( uncredited ),

As the train was pulling away from the station, Johnson yelled out a phrase that would become a battle cry of the campaign: " What did Dick Nixon ever do for Culpeper?!

As a result, original members Verdine White, Ralph Johnson and Andrew Woofolk returned to the band with new members guitarist / vocalist Sheldon Reynolds, lead guitarist Dick Smith, and drummer Sonny Emory.

A few weeks later, WABC tried again with Good Morning New York, hosted originally by Spencer Christian and Andrea Kirby ; Kirby would eventually be replaced by Judy Licht, and Christian was followed by the likes of Dick Wolfsie and longtime Eyewitness News reporter and anchor Doug Johnson.

In 1981, he organized a new Artie Shaw Band with clarinetist Dick Johnson as bandleader and soloist.

* The most famous Ford number in the V8 Supercar championship, Driven by Dick Johnson to bring 5 Australian Touring Car Championships to his name.

Most of the male supporting cast ( Peter the Purser, Johnson the bartender, Dick the guardrobe attendant, Wang the galley server, Bob Bitt the artist ) are named after popular euphemisms for the male reproductive organ or are in some way related to it ( Bob Bitt, for instance, is named after John Wayne Bobbitt ; the character also shares the same first name and bears a passing resemblance to fellow artist Bob Ross ).

However, the race was called complete after 143 laps giving Richards the win, and not to crowd favourite Dick Johnson ( who took the lead following Richards ' crash ).

Samples of interviewed persons are: Ray Johnson, Dick Higgins, Ken Friedman, Anna Banana, Mark Bloch, Patricia Tavenner, Michael Leigh, Alison Knowles and Guy Bleus.

His final race was with Dick Johnson Racing, driving into a seventh placed finish at the 2002 Bathurst 1000.

Sven-Göran Eriksson, David Dimbleby, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Charles Kennedy, Iain Duncan Smith, Mark Lawson, David Starkey, Des Lynam, Michael Howard, Harry Potter, James Naughtie, Kenneth Clarke, Andrew Marr, Bill Oddie, Michael Palin, Andrew Neil, Adrian Chiles, President Josiah Bartlet, Boris Johnson, John Simpson ( on radio ), Rev.

Following the 1969 season in which Rojas hit only. 228 and hot prospect Denny Doyle tore through AAA with a. 310 average, the Phillies decided to include him in the blockbuster trade that sent slugging first baseman ( and known malcontent ) Dick Allen and right-handed pitcher Jerry Johnson to the St. Louis Cardinals for centerfielder Curt Flood, catcher Tim McCarver, outfielder Byron Browne, and left-handed pitcher Joe Hoerner, the trade that led ultimately to Major League baseball free agency.

* Richard Johnson ( radio host ), also known as Sunshine Dick Johnson, radio host on CBC Radio 3

* Dick Johnson ( disambiguation )

He also notably portrayed the role of Dick Johnson in a highly celebrated performance of La fanciulla del West at La Scala in 1956, opposite Gigliola Frazzoni and Tito Gobbi, which was broadcast live on Italian radio.

* Competition Philosophy by Dick Johnson, from the Proceedings of the 1972 Soaring Symposium

Harkin ( in addition to U. S. Senators Dick Lugar, Tim Johnson, Byron Dorgan, Joe Biden and Barack Obama ), introduced the BioFuels Security Act ( S. 2817 / 109th ) on March 16, 2006.

On October 7, 1969, the Cardinals traded Flood, Tim McCarver, Byron Browne, and Joe Hoerner to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Allen, Cookie Rojas, and Jerry Johnson.

Kermit Driscoll has recorded and performed with: The American Composers Orchestra, Patti Austin, Chet Baker, Bang-on-a-Can All Stars, Don Byron, John Cale, Dave Douglas, Robert Dick, Buddy Emmons, Michael Feinstein, Erik Friedlander, Bill Frisell ( a band member from 1987 to 1996 ), George Garzone, Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Gordon, Gerry Hemingway, John Hollenbeck, Wayne Horvitz, Stephan Houben, David Johansen, Russ Johnson, Ben E. King, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur, Philharmonia Virtuosi, The Pointer Sisters, Buddy Rich ( bass chair 1981 ), Mick Rossi, Elliott Sharp, Keely Smith, Phoebe Snow, Soldier String Quartet, Toots Thielmans, Mel Torme, Tony Trischka, Emil Viklicky, Kenny Werner and John Zorn.

In 1970, the Cardinals traded away McCarver along with Byron Browne, Curt Flood and Joe Hoerner to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Allen, Jerry Johnson and Cookie Rojas.

They would field eight All-Stars ( manager Dick Williams, Tony Gwynn, Graig Nettles, Rich Gossage, Terry Kennedy, Garry Templeton, Steve Garvey, and La Marr Hoyt ) at the 1985 All-Star Game in Minnesota.

LA-based British screenwriting team Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais were brought in at Connery's request to rewrite his lines, but ended up altering much of the film's dialogue.

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads ?, a sequel to the earlier show, surpassed the original, while the same writers ( Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais ) provided Ronnie Barker with his most successful sitcom vehicle, Porridge ( 1974 – 77 ).

* Frasca, Gabriele, “ Come rimanere rimasti: La trasmigrazione di Timothy Archer ”, Trasmigrazioni: I mondi di Philip K. Dick, eds.

Further highlights of this period included Tom, Dick, and Harry, a 1941 comedy in which she dreams of marrying three different men ; I'll Be Seeing You, with Joseph Cotten ; La Cava's 5th Avenue Girl ( 1939 ), where she played an out-of-work girl sucked into the lives of a wealthy family ; and especially the sharp and highly successful comedies: Bachelor Mother ( 1939 ), with David Niven, in which she played Polly Parrish, a shop girl who is falsely thought to have abandoned her baby ; and Billy Wilder's first Hollywood feature film: The Major and the Minor ( 1942 ), in which she played a woman who masquerades as a 12-year-old to get a cheap train ticket and finds herself obliged to continue the ruse for an extended period.

* Dick La Reno-Courtroom Spectator ( uncredited )

After a tip off from Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, Barker and Corbett opted to move with their families to Sydney, Australia in 1979 for the year in order to exploit a tax loophole and avoid paying the year's income tax.

Two of these pilots, Open All Hours ( written by Roy Clarke ) and Prisoner and Escort ( written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais ) became series.

These classes – later taught by Richard Maxfield – were attended by many artists and musicians who would become involved in Fluxus, including Jackson Mac Low, La Monte Young, George Brecht, Dick Higgins and George Maciunas.

Among its early associates were Joseph Beuys, Dick Higgins, Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell, La Monte Young, Joseph Byrd, and Yoko Ono who explored media ranging from performance art to poetry to experimental music to film.

The Likely Lads is a British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and produced by Dick Clement.

It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

The ensemble playing of Mackay, Barker, Richard Beckinsale and Brian Wilde, and the writing by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, made Porridge one of the most successful comedy series of the 1970s.

Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland.

One of the episodes, " Prisoner and Escort ", written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, was about a newly-convicted criminal, Norman Stanley Fletcher ( Barker ), being escorted to prison by two warders: the timid Mr. Barrowclough ( Brian Wilde ) and the stern Mr. Mackay ( Fulton Mackay ).

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet was created by Franc Roddam, and was mostly written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who also wrote The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

In 1982, Reitel starred in the Further Adventures Of Lucky Jim, a BBC2 sitcom written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

In leading the team to the AL pennant, he became the seventh manager to win pennants in both major leagues, joining Joe McCarthy, Yogi Berra, Alvin Dark, Sparky Anderson, Dick Williams, and Tony La Russa.

The series was set in North-East England, and was written by Dick Clement and locally-born Ian La Frenais.

This had episodes written by Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement, but it was not a success.

Connery was unhappy with some aspects of the work and asked British television writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais to undertake re-writes, although they went uncredited for their efforts because of a restriction by the Writers Guild of America.