Nevertheless, he continues to employ his secretary, Miss Lemon, at the time of the cases retold in Hickory Dickory Dock and Dead Man's Folly, which take place in the mid-1950s.

He appeared again as Poirot in three made-for-television movies: Thirteen at Dinner ( 1985 ), Dead Man's Folly ( 1986 ), and Murder in Three Acts ( 1986 ).

The tidal currents would carry the discarded immigrants ' bodies to San Juan Island to the north and west of the pass and many ended up in what became known as Dead Man's Bay.

Four of the top seven highest-grossing films worldwide of all time have some British historical, cultural or creative dimensions: Titanic, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, the special effects crew was instructed to watch the giant octopus scene to get reference for the Kraken.

" Dead Man's Curve ", which reached No. 8 on the Billboard charts in 1964, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.

Subsequent top 10 hits included " Drag City " (# 10, 1964 ), the eerily portentious " Dead Man's Curve " (# 8, 1964 ), and " The Little Old Lady from Pasadena " (# 3, 1964 ).

On April 12, 1966, Berry received severe head injuries in an automobile accident just a short distance from Dead Man's Curve in Los Angeles, California, two years after the song had become a hit.

" Dead Man's Curve " b / w " The New Girl In School " ( Liberty 55672 )-BB No. 8, CB No. 9 / BB No. 37, CB No. 26-( JB )

Dead Man's Curve / The New Girl in School ( Liberty LRP-3361 / LST-7361 )-BB No. 80, CB Mono chart No. 42-( JB )

* The 20 highest-grossing films of the decade are ( in order from highest to lowest grossing ): Avatar, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Spider-Man 3, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Finding Nemo, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Shrek the Third.

* Buffy Summers, after she returns from running away in " Dead Man's Party "

In 963 he reputedly killed his rival in love, Earl Æthelwald, near present-day Longparish, Hampshire, an event commemorated in 1825 by the erection of Dead Man's Plack.

Edward Augustus Freeman in 1875 debunked the Æthelwald story as a " tissue of romance " in his Historic Essays, but his arguments were in turn rebutted by the naturalist William Henry Hudson in his 1920 book Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn.

Owain is a recurring character in the Brother Cadfael series of novels by Ellis Peters, often referred to, and appearing in the novels Dead Man's Ransom and The Summer of the Danes.

Familiar examples of sac fungi include morels, truffles, brewer's yeast and baker's yeast, Dead Man's Fingers, and cup fungi.

*" Dead Man's Shoes "

* The Fame of a Dead Man's Deeds: An Up-Close Portrait of White Nationalist William Pierce by Robert S. Griffin ( Authorhouse, 2001, ISBN 0-7596-0933-0 )

Before Pierce died, he allowed Robert S. Griffin to live with him for a month, with the result being the self-published work The Fame of a Dead Man's Deeds ( 2001 ).

The film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was criticised by the National Garifuna Council for portraying the Carib people as cannibals.

He also enjoys a platonic relationship with the equally worldly Benedictine nun, Sister Magdalen ( formerly Avice of Thornbury ) of the nunnery close by at Godric's Ford ( The Leper of St. Giles, Dead Man's Ransom, The Rose Rent.

Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was originally a psychopomp, charged to ferry souls of the dead to the Netherworld by the sea goddess Calypso.

Two further books in the series, Jaws of Death and Dead Man's Bay, will be released in April 2011 and 2012 respectively.

The concept of Exile Island was also explored in the first season of Survivor South Africa, when eliminated contestants were exiled to " Dead Man's Island " and later given a chance to come back into the game.

" Dead Man's Island " was known for its tough conditions and atmosphere of despair, as contestants had to survive there without real purpose until near the end of the game.

* 1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey (" A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion " by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly ).

* January 15 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (" A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion " by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly ).

While his demeanor is typically mild and polite, Giles is not above using raw violence to solve a problem, such as physically threatening Principal Snyder into readmitting Buffy to school after her expulsion (" Dead Man's Party "), pummeling Angelus senseless with a flaming baseball bat and burning down his hideout upon discovering that he had killed Jenny Calendar (" Passion "), manhandling Spike while ordering him to get over his feelings for Buffy (" I Was Made to Love You "), forcing Glory's minion Slook to talk by inflicting a painful-sounding injury offscreen (" Tough Love "), severely beating up Ethan Rayne for information (" Halloween "), and suffocating a critically injured Ben with his bare hands to keep Glory from awakening in his body.

He is also shown to be able to quickly hotwire a car in the episode " Dead Man's Party ".

Their best-known song, " Weird Science ", was written for the John Hughes film of the same name, and was later included on their 1985 album Dead Man's Party.

Later, the band made an appearance playing their hit " Dead Man's Party " on stage in the film Back to School.

Four more songs from the album Dead Man's Party were used in soundtracks: " No One Lives Forever " was featured in Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, " Stay " ( in the Boingo Alive version ) was used as the theme music for the Brazilian soap opera Top Model, " Same Man I Was Before " was used in My Best Friend Is a Vampire and " Just Another Day " opened the 1985 film adaptation of S. E. Hinton's That Was Then, This Is Now.

There is an Oingo Boingo cover band in Southern California called Dead Man's Party.

* Dead Man's Party ( 1985 )

The three Fugees reunited and performed on September 18, 2004 at the concert in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn featured in the film Dave Chappelle's Block Party ( 2004 ), headlining a star-studded bill that included Kanye West, Mos Def, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Common, Big Daddy Kane, Dead Prez, Cody ChestnuTT and John Legend.

* Season 3 ( 1998, 1999 ) – " Dead Man's Party "; " Faith, Hope & Trick "; " Band Candy "; " Gingerbread "; " Doppelgangland "; " Choices "; " Graduation Day, Part One "; " Graduation Day, Part Two "

In 1985, a new, heavier version of " Party Time " was featured on the soundtrack to the film Return of the Living Dead along with tracks by bands such as T. S. O. L.

Former Dead Kennedys vocalist and Green Party member Jello Biafra has used the term during interviews as well.

Joyce and Buffy are at first very ill at ease with each other during the next episode " Dead Man's Party ", while Buffy starts to understand how difficult Joyce's time has been without her.

The overt conflict of " Dead Man's Party " has Joyce bringing home a cursed mask that calls zombies to the house while a party is occurring, killing several people.

" Dead Man's Party " is episode 2 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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* May 21 – The Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM airs the 13th Annual Weenie Roast show with Alkaline Trio, Audioslave, Bloc Party, The Bravery, The Dead 60s, Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, The Killers, The Mars Volta, Mötley Crüe, MxPx, My Chemical Romance, Queens of the Stone Age and The Transplants.

* Monster Party 2000 ( MuSick Recordings, 2000 )-" Billy's Dead "

* " Stay ", by Oingo Boingo from Dead Man's Party

Rapper M-1 of the group Dead Prez endorsed the use of the phrase and the accompanying hand sign in the film Dave Chappelle's Block Party.

Other recordings by Brownsville Station include ," The Martian Boogie ", " I Get So Excited ", " Hey Little Girl ", " Mama Don't Allow No Parkin '", " I Got It Bad For You ", " Kings Of The Party ", " I'm The Leader Of The Gang ", " Let Your Yeah Be Yeah " ( title taken from Matthew 5: 37 ), " Wanted ( Dead Or Alive )", and " Barefootin.

In addition to more serious material on his primary albums, folk musician Geoff Berner — who has also run for political office as a candidate of the Rhinoceros Party — frequently releases pointedly satirical songs, such as " Official Theme Song for the 2010 Vancouver / Whistler Olympic Games ( The Dead Children Were Worth It!