Aykroyd regularly began his reply with " Jane, you ignorant slut ", which became another of the many SNL catch phrases ( Curtin frequently began her reply with " Dan, you pompous ass ").

After some success as a screenwriter — notably the Mel Brooks comedies Silent Movie ( 1976 ) and High Anxiety ( 1977 ) ( in which he played a bellboy ) and the Oscar-nominated script ( co-written by then-wife Valerie Curtin ) … And Justice for All ( 1979 ) — Levinson began his career as a director with Diner ( 1982 ), for which he had also written the script and which earned him a Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.

University of New Brunswick College, Singapore, Queen Margaret University, Asia Campus, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Asia began operations in Singapore between 2007 and 2008, with the Curtin University of Technology Singapore Campus & University of Wales Institute, Cardiff: Asia Campus due to join them in December 2008.

Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the title roles when the series began in 1942.

The film co-stars Billy Green Bush, Diane Ladd, Valerie Curtin, Lelia Goldoni, Lane Bradbury, Vic Tayback, Jodie Foster ( in one of her earliest movie appearances ), and Harvey Keitel.

When Curtin would try to calm him down, Belushi would promptly raise a fist at her and scream, " DON ' T PUSH ME, CURTIN!

Radner's Litella character was apt to misinterpreting stories and not being aware of it until Curtin would correct her, at which promptly, Litella would cheerfully say, " Never mind ... bitch!

After other film ventures failed to establish her, she returned to television, appearing in the comedy series Kate & Allie opposite Jane Curtin from 1984 until 1989.

Curtin made her Metropolitan Opera debut on November 4, 1961 as Fiordiligi to the Ferrando of George Shirley, Dorabella of Rosalind Elias, Guglielmo of Theodor Uppman, Despina of Roberta Peters, and Don Alfonso of Frank Guarrera.

During her career at the Met, Chookasian sang with many great singers like Carlo Bergonzi, Richard Cassilly, Franco Corelli, Phyllis Curtin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, William Dooley, Plácido Domingo, Reri Grist, Anna Moffo, Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, Gail Robinson, Leonie Rysanek, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, and Richard Tucker among others.

She has been slowly returning to directing work: in May 1995, she wrote and directed a benefit reading, On Stage — featuring Jill Clayburgh, Joe Pacheco, and Jane Curtin — for Sharon Stage in Connecticut ; in November 2005, and again in November 2007 she presented songs from Philadelphia Chickens, Dog Train, and Blue Moo at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage ; and in November 2006, she directed her son Keith in his own play, The Quotable Assassin, Off-Off-Broadway at Alternate Stages.

The show stars Susan Saint James as the free-spirited Kate McArdle and Jane Curtin as her more traditional childhood friend, Allie Lowell.

She starred in the series from 1996 to 2001 along with John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, French Stewart, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the role earned her two Emmy Awards for best supporting actress in a comedy series.

Later Worth heard that Johnny Curtin, who was supposed to have taken care of his wife, had seduced and abandoned her.

" Curtin would then ask her what her comments had to do with the question.

' " So Jane Curtin asked her what this had to do with anything.

She was also a pioneer of creative writing teaching in Australia, counting many well-known writers such as Tim Winton among her students at Curtin University

From the late 1970s, she taught writing at the Western Australian Institute of Technology, later Curtin University, and one of her students was another Australian novelist, Tim Winton.

A lecture theatre at Curtin University is named after her and since 1991 the University has held an annual lecture series in her name.

On 8 February 2008, Curtin University Library launched the online Elizabeth Jolley Research Collection, a virtual research centre for scholars interested in studying her and her work.

She continued her tertiary education at Curtin University of Technology where she completed a BA ( SocSc ) majoring in economics and also Graduate Diplomas in Education and Education Administration.

Born in Western Australia, she did her undergraduate studies at Curtin University in Perth and later studied a Postgraduate Certificate of Arts in Writing, Editing and Publishing at the University of Queensland.

Curtin and her then-husband Barry Levinson were nominated for an Academy Award ( in the category of Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen ) for ... And Justice for All ( 1979 ) starring Al Pacino.

However, Curtin would return for a syndicated version of 9 to 5 ( 1986 – 1988 ), reprising her earlier role ; the new version was successful.

Lance decided to stay in Nashville to work on sessions and writing and was no longer available for all Orleans ' gigs, so bassist Jim Curtin joined to be Lance's sub, as needed, between 1989 and 1994.

He married his writing collaborator Valerie Curtin in 1975.

Phyllis Curtin ( née Smith, on December 3, 1921 ) is an American classical soprano who had an active career in operas and concerts from the early 1950s through the 1980s.

In the early 1970s, drivers traveling into Clarksburg on U. S. Route 50, were greeted by a sign, " Welcome to Clarksburg, the Home of Phyllis Curtin.

His father was a police officer of Irish descent ; Curtin attended school until the age of 14 when he started working for a newspaper in Creswick.

Curtin formed a close working relationship with the Allied Supreme Commander in the South West Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur.

Curtin was very active during the Gettysburg Campaign, working with Major General Darius N. Couch and Major Granville O. Haller to delay Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and prevent it from crossing the Susquehanna River.

While Brett considered that he was on " very friendly terms " with Curtin, Brett felt that Curtin was " more interested in keeping the party line on wages, hours and working conditions than in the threat posed by the Japanese.

The government depended on support from two independents, who two months later voted against Fadden's budget and brought the government down, paving the way for John Curtin to be appointed as Labor prime minister.

Curtin agreed instead to take a seat on a newly created Advisory War Council in October 1940.

With the Pacific on the brink of war, Opposition leader John Curtin offered friendship and co-operation to Fadden, but refused to join in an all-party wartime national government.

Gowrie then duly swore Curtin in as Prime Minister on 7 October 1941.

The Smurfs featured music based on classical themes, re-arranged by Curtin.

Hoyt Curtin retired circa 1986 and his successors moved away from his jazz-oriented style to concentrate more on synthesized music.

Elliott appeared on a number of other television programs, including Happy Days ; Newhart ; and Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda in 1979 ( with Goulding, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner ).

Curtin Village and Harmony Forge Mansion are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Philip D. Curtin a former professor at Johns Hopkins University and historian on the Africa and Atlantic slave trade, though born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, grew up in Webster Springs.

Meade was promoted from captain to brigadier general of volunteers on August 31, 1861, a few months after the start of the Civil War, based on the strong recommendation of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin.

Unable to convince Curtin to join in a War Cabinet and facing growing pressure within his own party, Menzies resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the UAP on 29 August 1941.

The independents, under prodding from Governor-General Lord Gowrie, then threw their support to Opposition Leader John Curtin, who was sworn in as Prime Minister on 7 October 1941.

In addition to his stance on labour rights, Curtin was also a strong advocate for the rights of women and children.

In 1927, the Federal Government convened a Royal Commission on Child Endowment Curtin was appointed as member of that commission.

Watson retired in 1928, and Curtin ran again, winning on the second count.

United Australia Party challenger Frederick Lee appeared to have won the seat on the second count after most of independent Guildford Clarke's preferences flowed to him, and it was not until final counting of preferential votes that Curtin knew he had won the seat.

The independents agreed, and Curtin was sworn in on 7 October, aged 56.

Curtin addressed the nation on the radio: " Men and women of Australia.

Curtin cabled Roosevelt and Churchill on 23 December: " The fall of Singapore would mean the isolation of the Philippines, the fall of the Netherlands East Indies and attempts to smother all other bases. It is in your power to meet the situation ... we would gladly accept United States commander in Pacific area.

Governor General of Australia | Governor General Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie | The Earl Gowrie signing the declaration of War against Japan with Curtin looking on

At the 1943 election, Curtin led Labor to its greatest election victory, winning two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives on a two-party preferred vote of 58. 2 percent.

In 1942, uniform taxation was imposed on the various states, which enabled the Curtin Government to set up a far-reaching, federally administered range of social services.

Successive Labor leaders, particularly Bob Hawke and Kim Beazley, have sought to build on the Curtin tradition of " patriotic Laborism ".

Curtin is commemorated by the Canberra suburb of Curtin, Curtin University in Perth, John Curtin College of the Arts in Fremantle, the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Canberra, the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, Curtin Avenue in Perth's western suburbs, and the John Curtin Hotel on Lygon St, Carlton, Melbourne.