" Kitt famously appeared at many LGBT fundraisers, including a mega event in Baltimore, Maryland, with George Burns and Jimmy James.

Other artists who recorded or performed with the band included members of Green on Red and the Sand Rubies, John Convertino and Joey Burns, later of Calexico, Chuck Prophet, Rainer Ptacek and longtime drummer Tommy Larkins, who currently plays with Jonathan Richman, famously appearing with him as half of the two-man Greek chorus in There's Something About Mary.

Employing a good fastball, outstanding control, and, especially, a new pitch he termed the " fadeaway " ( later known in baseball as the " screwball "), which he learned from teammate Dave Williams in 1898, This reference is challenged by Ken Burns documentary Baseball in which it is stated that Mathewson learned his " fadeaway " from Andrew " Rube " Foster when New York Giants manager John Joseph McGraw quietly hired Rube to show the Giants bullpen what he knew.

Schweitzer primarily challenged Burns on the issue of prescription drugs, organizing busloads of senior citizens to take trips to Canada and Mexico for cheaper medicine.

On December 18, 1899, Gotch challenged another former American Champion, " Farmer " Martin Burns, losing in 11 minutes, but impressing Burns as well, who offered to train Gotch.

In 2002, Englishman Richard Burns challenged teammate Grönholm to become the third non-Nordic competitor to win the rally, but broke his car on a jump in Ouninpohja while leading the event.

Schweitzer primarily challenged Burns on the issue of prescription drugs, organizing busloads of senior citizens to take trips to Canada and Mexico for cheaper medicine.

His loss in 2006 was his most significant, when he challenged incumbent Republican Conrad Burns and Democrat Jon Tester, and received 3 percent of the vote.

The vaudevillians and musicians who were huge after the war were the same stars who had been huge in the 30s: Benny, Crosby, Burns and Allen, Edgar Bergen all had been on the radio almost as long as there had been network radio.

Necessary to support his impoverished family, this work was monotonous but taught him persistence, endurance, and a natural empathy with all who labour, as expressed by lines he used to hum from the egalitarian Rabbie Burns song: " When man to man, the world o ' er / Shall brothers be for a ' that ".

On 6 March 1957 General Burns was able to report to the Secretary-General of the UN that the " United Nations Emergency Force troops are now in position in all camps and centres of population in Gaza Strip ".

For all his sycophantic devotion to Mr. Burns, Smithers has been willing to challenge him on at least two occasions, most significantly in the " Who Shot Mr. Burns?

According to his biographer, Burns insisted, " I will defend my title against all comers, none barred.

When declaring him the second-scariest character on television ( behind only Mr. Burns of The Simpsons ) in 2005, MSNBC's Brian Bellmont described Cartman as a " bundle of pure, unadulterated evil all wrapped up in a fat — er, big-boned — cartoony package " who " takes a feral delight in his evildoing ".

The founders of modern American stand-up comedy include Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George Burns, Fred Allen, Milton Berle and Frank Fay all of whom came from vaudeville.

Seymour Skinner, Milhouse Van Houten, Sherri and Terri, Moe Szyslak, Mr. Burns, Barney Gumble, Patty and Selma, Ned and Todd Flanders, Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II, Dewey Largo, and Lewis all make their first appearances in this episode.

The album was so successful that it was quickly followed by My Son, the Celebrity, which ended with " Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of the Other ," fragments of song parodies including Robert Burns ' " Comin ' Thro ' the Rye ": " Do not make a stingy sandwich, pile the cold cuts high ;/ Customers should see salami comin ' thru the rye " and " All day, all night Cary Grant ," a takeoff on " Marianne.

In 1914, Anyanka travels to Chicago, Illinois, to exact vengeance on a man named Stewart Burns, turning him into a demon and sending him to a hell dimension to be tortured for all eternity.

Private events at show business clubs such as the Bob Saget Club and The Masquers often showed this blue side of otherwise cleancut Bob Saget ; a recording survives of one Masquers roast from the 1950s with Jack Benny, George Jessel, George Burns, and Art Linkletter all using highly risque material and obscenities.

In the story of the game, Mr. Burns has bought all transit systems in Springfield and has begun to create radioactive buses that threaten the public health.

When Burns said: " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a ' that "; when Sterne, in Tristram Shandy, said, " Honours, like impressions upon coin, may give an ideal and local value to a bit of base metal, but gold and silver will pass all the world over without any other recommendation than their own weight ," what did these writers do but adopt — adopt without improving — Manly's fine saying to Freeman, in the first act: " I weigh the man, not his title ; ' tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better or heavier "?

On July 18, 2010, bassist Bobby Burns posted following message on his Twitter profile: " To all the fans ... SOULFLY and I have decided to part ways.

After Bart, Lisa and Marge all misbehave, Homer sees that Burns is drawn to a " normal " family that treats one another with respect, and he wonders why he is cursed with his troubled family.

With the approval of all parties, the egalitarian song " A Man's A Man for A ' That ", by Robert Burns, was performed at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament.

* On the Burns and Allen radio show, the book is often spoofed for its blatant references, usually with Gracie Allen commenting on it naively not knowing what it is all about.

During the first half of 1984, this period of transition and the storyline developments with the new cast were complemented by return appearances from departed characters such as Wally Wallace ( Alan Hopgood ), Helen Smart, Erica Davidson, Doreen Burns, Margo Gaffney, Tracy Morris ( albeit played by a new actress ) and Marie Winter ( though this also marked the final appearance of all these characters ).

Crocker made repairs, but a fuel leak caused them to lose all of their available gasoline, and Jackson rented a bicycle to travel 25 miles to Burns, Oregon for fuel.

However, in 1960 Erik Carlsson of Sweden drove his Saab 96 to a hat-trick of victories in 1960 – 62, and of the six drivers to have won three or more titles since then, all but three-Colin McRae ( 1994, ' 95, ' 97 ), Richard Burns ( 1998 – 2000 ), and Sébastien Loeb ( 2008 – 10 )-have been Swedes, Finns or Norwegians.

Jake Burns, their lead singer, is the only member to have been with the band during all its incarnations, but in March 2006, original bass guitarist Ali McMordie rejoined them following the departure of The Jam bass player Bruce Foxton after fifteen years.

The trio of Burns, Foxton and Grantley recorded 1997's Tinderbox album, with help from Ian McCallum who joined as a full-time member for 1999's and best of all ... Hope Street.

* Kaz Takagi ( Michael Benyaer ) is the other " rookie " of the team, besides Nara Burns, who respects all fellow members deeply but often causes them trouble.

Following Farmer Burns ’ emergence as a premier grappler, he traveled the country, taking on the greatest wrestlers of the day, while also beating all comers at carnivals.

Tommy Burns ( June 17, 1881May 10, 1955 ), born Noah Brusso, is the only Canadian born World Heavyweight Champion boxer.

* International Contest for the Heavyweight Championship: Squires vs. Burns

* 23 February — Marvin Hart loses his World Heavyweight Championship to Tommy Burns over 20 rounds in Los Angeles.

* World Heavyweight Championship – Marvin Hart → Tommy Burns

* World Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Burns

* 26 December — Jack Johnson becomes the first African American World Heavyweight Champion by defeating Tommy Burns at Sydney, Australia.

* World Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Burns → Jack Johnson

Six years after retiring, Jeffries made a comeback on July 4, 1910 at Reno, Nevada in a match against champion Jack Johnson, who had won the Heavyweight Championship by defeating Tommy Burns at Rushcutters Bay in Australia in 1908.

Jack Root, Willie Ritchie and Tommy Burns, former Light Heavyweight, Lightweight and Heavyweight Champions, respectively, rated Jeffries as the greatest heavyweight.

This won him the " World Colored Heavyweight Championship ," as Jack Johnson had defeated Tommy Burns for his heavyweight title the previous December.

The next challenge was Burns ’ much-awaited rematch against Evan “ Strangler ” Lewis, who was now the reigning Catch-as-Catch-Can Heavyweight Champion, having defeated Joe Acton on March 14, 1887.

Burns would then mold Gotch into perhaps the greatest wrestling champion of all-time, as he defeated George Hackenschmidt in 1908 to claim the undisputed World Heavyweight Title.