Its iconic characters such as Dennis the Menace, Roger the Dodger, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, Calamity James, Ball Boy, Ivy the Terrible and Billy Whizz have become known to generations of British children.

The top five longest running Beano comic strips are, in descending order, Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Bash Street Kids, Roger the Dodger, then the last holder of the title before Dennis, Lord Snooty.

As a celebration, in partnership with the CLIC Sargent charity, 2 August 2008 was Gnashional Menace Day, where children were sponsored to behave like Dennis.

The daily Peanuts is a strip, and the daily Dennis the Menace is a single panel.

Dennis the Menace may refer to separate UK and U. S. comic strip characters that both appeared in March 1951 in their respective readership areas, and are still published as of 2012.

* Dennis the Menace ( U. S. comics ), a daily US syndicated newspaper comic strip since March 12, 1951.

*** Dennis the Menace ( 1959 TV series ), a CBS network live action television show

*** Dennis the Menace ( 1986 TV series ), An animated TV series

*** Dennis the Menace ( 1987 film ), a made-for-television live action film released in 1987 ; aka Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter

*** All-New Dennis the Menace, a 1993 animated television series

*** Dennis the Menace ( film ), A live-action film released in 1993

**** Dennis the Menace ( video game ), based on the 1993 film

*** Dennis the Menace Strikes Again, a 1998 direct-to-video sequel of the 1993 film

* Dennis the Menace ( UK comics ), the original title of a British comic strip which first appeared in " The Beano ", dated March 17, 1951 ; now published as Dennis and Gnasher

** Dennis the Menace Annual, now known as the Dennis and Gnasher Annual, a compilation of the comics plus new material

*** Dennis the Menace ( 1996 TV series ), an animated television series based on the Beano comic strip, known internationally as Dennis and Gnasher.

Dennis the Menace is also the nickname of the drummer in the band Macabre ( band ).

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Gooshie ( Dennis Wolfberg ), the project's head programmer and described in the pilot episode by Sam as having an issue with bad breath, appears in five episodes including both the pilot and the finale.

He appeared in June Allyson's CBS anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson in the episode " Child Lost "; in the The Twilight Zone episode " Walking Distance "; a few episodes of the first season of the sitcom Dennis the Menace, as Stewart, one of Dennis's friends ; and in the 24th episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

Various versions of the show were broadcast, specifically those hosted by Barker, Bill Cullen, and Tom Kennedy ( plus one episode sub-hosted by 1972-1977 nighttime host Dennis James, aired on the day of his death in 1997 ).

* In an episode of Family Guy, Dennis DeYoung calls a fan-based Kiss public-access television cable TV show to bad mouth the group, when the show's host recognizes him, and dares him to compare " Detroit Rock City " to " Come Sail Away.

Movie swashbuckler Errol Flynn was a guest on one episode, and this real-life occurrence inspired Dennis Palumbo's largely fictional screenplay.

The theme of the album, as Dennis DeYoung explained on In the Studio with Redbeard which devoted an entire episode to Pieces of Eight, was about " not giving up your dreams just for the pursuit of money and material possessions ".

In the show's final episode, Wesley does battle with the warlock Cyvus Vail ( Dennis Christopher ) and is mortally wounded.

Each episode except the first featured a re-cap of the previous episode's events in a voiceover from Dennis, a feature not continued in the fourth series.

In the pilot episode, Ironside shows his strength of character and gets himself appointed a " special department consultant " by his good friend, Police Commissioner Dennis Randall.

* The book is referred to on multiple episodes of many radio shows including The Jack Benny Program, Bob Hope Show, A Day in the Life of Dennis Day, The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show, The Fred Allen Show, It Pays to Be Ignorant, The Great Gildersleeve and The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show and Fibber McGee & Molly on the episode from 2 / 19 / 1952.

* On the debut episode of the radio show A Day In The Life Of Dennis Day, Dennis Day dresses up as the female lead character from Forever Amber for a costume party because the costume is deemed too sexy for his girlfriend to wear.

In the episode " The Bizarro Jerry ", George can be seen styling his hair based on an Andy Sipowicz ( Dennis Franz ) poster.

Besides his regular television work, Dennis is a panellist on Mock The Week and has appeared in every episode since its inception.

Minder was devised as a vehicle for Dennis Waterman after his success in The Sweeney, with George Cole's wheeler-dealer character being almost a secondary character, with the plot concept of Arthur assigning Terry a new " minding " job each episode.

During the Dennis Waterman era, the closing credits consisted of a number of black and white ( with blue tint ) still photographs of the Arthur and Terry together outside famous London landmarks, and a few hinting of ( unseen ) previous escapades typical of a standard episode plot.

* Dennis Hopper, as Jon Castille, episode 16

Dennis Price returned for a guest appearance in the fourth series episode A Hole Lieutenant.

This was later adapted for an episode of the 1960s TV series Journey to the Unknown, retitled " Eve ", which starred Dennis Waterman and Carol Lynley.

" In 1965, Martin appeared in the episode " Most Precious Gold " of the NBC comedy / drama series Kentucky Jones, starring Dennis Weaver.

Dennis Waterman plays Detective Sergeant George Carter who comes from south London ; and Regan seeks him out in the pilot episode because of his knowledge of the South London area.

* Dennis Waterman was cast after his performance in the Special Branch episode ' Stand and Deliver '.

He also appeared in at least one episode of Gunsmoke opposite Dennis Weaver, also appeared a few times on the western TV series The Rifleman.

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CM2 was a ' Topical News & Drama ', two-camera vehicle equipped with Philips LDK-14 cameras connected to LDK-5 CCUs ( Camera Control Unit ) and based on a Dennis TK chassis.