Altman felt it would have been an amusing one-time gag, but by employing it each week, it became contrived.

Kay Reindl, a friend of Mark A. Altman and Robert Meyer Burnett, and a television writer on Millennium and The Twilight Zone, felt that they could make a film out of their clique's obsession with Star Trek.

Having lived primarily in the United States since departing Montreal to attend MIT in 1958, Altman became a U. S. citizen in 1984, maintaining dual citizenship as a Canadian citizen as well.

Altman countered that since those were the only scenes left to film, it was best to start since there was nothing else to do.

Altman didn't expect to be able to procure rights for Cohen's music since McCabe was a Warner Brothers film and Cohen's album was released through Columbia Records.

Kerman and Carl have joined The GrooveBarbers on stage on more than one occasion, and since 2008 have reunited with Altman and Keyes on three occasions, billing themselves as XRP.

On the third day of the conference Professor Dennis Altman of Melbourne, a leading figure in the arena of international HIV / AIDS politics since the 1980s, delivered the Jonathan Mann Memorial Lecture.

Cox ( renamed Cort, since the name Wally Cox was already taken ) was discovered in a revue by director Robert Altman, who subsequently cast him in two of his movies, MASH and Brewster McCloud, in which he played the title role.

Because Mie and Kei were commuting back and forth to Japan to appear in sold-out concerts, their time on the set was spent memorizing lines and routines, so the brunt of the comedy skits were carried by Altman and ensemble players Jim Varney, Cheri Steinkellner and Anna Mathias.

In the United States, Robert Altman carried the nonlinear motif in his films, including McCabe & Mrs. Miller ( 1971 ), Nashville ( 1975 ), The Player ( 1992 ), Short Cuts ( 1993 ), and Gosford Park ( 2001 ).

Robert Altman directed the film, which is a fictional representation of behind-the-scenes activities on a long-running radio show that has unexpectedly been canceled.

David Letterman, then still unknown, was a writer and regular on the show, which also featured Mark Russell, Jeff Altman, and Proctor and Bergman.

Rockapella first appeared on the half-hour game show in September 1991 and continued to appear daily for five seasons, catapulting the four members ( five during its fifth season ) into mid-level television celebrity status and making the Rockapella-performed theme song ( penned by Altman and his childhood friend David Yazbek ) one of the best known television themes in history.

However, XRP got together for a third show on April 17, 2009 and sang a song written by Carl and Altman on the Schoolhouse Rock!

The show is most commonly referred to by the title Pink Lady and Jeff, which refers to co-star Jeff Altman.

Comedian Jeff Altman had a contract with NBC, and, on that basis, he was offered work hosting the show to compensate for the fact that the leads were un-versed in English.

Altman also had a starring role as the host of the short-lived NBC variety show Pink Lady and Jeff in 1980 which TV Guide later ranked 35 on its " 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time " list.

Altman's ancestry was German, English and Irish ; his paternal grandfather, Frank Altman, Sr., anglicized the spelling of the family name from " Altmann " to " Altman ".

The radio program inspired a 2006 film of the same name, written by Keillor, directed by Robert Altman and featuring Keillor, Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, and Woody Harrelson.

The Avanti model name, tooling, and plant space were sold off to Leo Newman and Nate Altman, who owned a Studebaker dealership in South Bend.

Disagreements among the Militant faction led it to shatter into three rival groups, a Right Wing headed by Jack Altman, a Center group called " Clarity " headed by Herbert Zam and Gus Tyler, and a Trotskyist revolutionary Left Wing faction called the " Appeal " group after the name of their factional newspaper.

Composer William Bolcom wrote his most recent opera for Lyric, A Wedding, based on the 1978 film of the same name directed by Robert Altman.

The Avanti name, tooling and plant space were sold to two South Bend, Indiana, Studebaker dealers, Nate Altman and Leo Newman, the first of a succession of entrepreneurs to manufacture small numbers of Avanti replica and new design cars through 2006.

In March 2005, Scott moved from Brooklyn, New York to Amelia Island, Florida, to care for her ailing elder sister Carol Anne, a producer who worked on many Robert Altman films and who went by the name Scott " Scotty " Bushnell.

There was one particular incident where Altman was ready to shoot a scene in which Laughlin was supposed to appear physically exhausted, and Laughlin excused himself with, “ I've got to get in the mood now ”.

Altman is a drummer, and a longtime fan of Buddy Rich, whom he once enticed to appear at Hopkins for one of his classes.

So, in the spring of 1956, he raised $ 63, 000 with the help of other local businessmen in Kansas City, decided his first teen film would be about troubled teens, thought up a title for it and nothing else, and hired local filmmaker Robert Altman ( who knew Rhoden Jr. casually and had been directing industrial films and documentaries for the local Calvin Company ) to write and direct the film.

During his TV period, though frequently fired for refusing to conform to network mandates, as well as insisting on expressing political subtexts and antiwar sentiments during the Vietnam years, Altman always was able to gain assignments.

and sneaked Foster into the screening ; Foster liked the film and agreed to have Altman direct McCabe ; the two of them agreed to wait until M. A. S. H.

Altman was reportedly reluctant to direct it but later agreed.

The series starred Japanese female singing duo Pink Lady, which comprised two singers, Mitsuyo Nemoto (" Mie ") and Keiko Masuda (" Kei "), and American comedian Jeff Altman.

Afterwards, the duo appeared with comedian Jeff Altman in Pink Lady and Jeff, a mixture of musical numbers and sketch comedy.

Altman employed his friends and Calvin co-workers on the crew, including Reza Badiyi as assistant director / associate producer and his sister Joan as production manager.

Sidney Altman was later to look back on his parents ' lives as an illustration of the value of the work ethic: " It was from them I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.

Jeff Altman went on to co-host Solid Gold and returned to stand-up comedy.

Alumni of WBAI include Margot Adler, Abraham Aig, Jan Albert, Chris Albertson, Nancy Allen, Matt Alperin, Archie Altman, Lindsay Audin, Robbie Barish, Deborah Begel, Olenka Bohachevski, Delphine Blue, Peter Bochan, Bunny Bruce, Janice K. Bryant, Doreen Canto, Pepsi Charles, Frank Coffee, Candy Cohen, Janet Coleman, Neal Conan, Pat Conte, John Corigliano, Deloris Costello, Liza Cowan, Larry Cox, Joe Cumo, Ken Davis, Barbara Day, Ife Dancy, Dick Demenus, Kathy Dobkin, Mike Edl, Barika Taheer Edwards, Matt Edwards, Dick Elman, Bob Fass, Mike Feder, Charlie Finch, Richard Fioravanti, Paul Fischer, John Fisk, Sara Fishko, Joe Frank, Gary Fried, Jim Freund, Paul Gorman, Joanne Grant, Jeff Greenfield, Edward Haber, Doug Henwood, Lex Hixon, Charles Hobson, Milton Hoffman, Mary Houston, Susan Howe, Jimmy Howes, Rob Hunter, Timothy Jerome, Reggie Johnson, Larry Josephson, Sam Julty, Citizen Kafka, Jesse Keyes, Glo Kirby, Robert Knight, Alen Pol Kobryn, Chris Koch, Robert Kuttner, Richard Lamparski, Andy Lanset, Julius Lester, Al Lewis, John Lithgow, Sari Locker, Leonard Lopate, The Mighty G-Man, Ann MacMillan, Marian McPartland, Samori Marksmen, Margaret Mercer, Frank Millspaugh, Dale Minor, Kathy O ' Connell, Andrew Phillips, Betty Pilkington, Charles Pitts, Steve Post, Charles Potter, Robert Potts, David Rapkin, Desiree K. Robinson, David Rothenberg, Jay Rothman ( Zeke ), Charles Ruas, Eric Salzman, Lynn Samuels, Bill Schechner, Baird Searles, Judy Sherman, John J. Simon, Miles Smith, Peter Cedric Rock Smith ( aka: Rocky ), Jay Smooth, Bruce Soloway, A.

Jeff Altman ( born August 13, 1951 ) is an American stand-up comedian who has appeared as a guest on Late Show with David Letterman 40 times, most recently on October 7, 2011.

Notable guest stars in the two specials included Frank Gorshin reprising his role as The Riddler from Batman, Howard Morris as Dr. Sivana, Gabriel Dell as Mordru, Charlie Callas as Sinestro, Jeff Altman as the Weather Wizard, Ruth Buzzi as Aunt Minerva, Mickey Morton as Solomon Grundy, June Gable as Rhoda Rooter, Pat Carroll as Hawkman's mother, A ' leshia Brevard as Giganta, William Schallert playing the Scarlet Cyclone ( more commonly referred to as " Retired Man ") and Brad Sanders as " Ghetto Man ".

Also in the cast were arrogant Dr. Hank Kaplan ( Kip Gilman ), wise-cracking orderly Paco Ortiz ( Carlos Lacamara ) and flaky nurse Greg Vincent ( Jeff Altman ).

* Jeff Altman ( born 1951 ), American comedian

Notable guest stars included Rachel Ticotin, Ray Wise, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Patricia Wettig, Tom Atkins, Kurtwood Smith, Robert Vaughn, Stuart Pankin, Steven Williams, Marcia Strassman, Eugene Roche, Gregg Henry, Lori Petty, Samantha Eggar, Jeff Altman, Shannon Tweed, Dennis Christopher, Doug Savant, Jeff Conaway, Joseph Ruskin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Amos, and Clyde Kusatsu.