" Favreau insisted on having Downey as he repeatedly claimed that Downey would be to Iron Man what Johnny Depp is to the Pirates of the Caribbean series, a lead actor that could both elevate the quality of the film and increase the public's interest in it.

In 1964, the Cuban impresario Angel Guinea insisted on Johnny Ventura to create his own orchestra, the " Combo Show " which is known as an important part of the history of popular Dominican music.

The studio preferred Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson sing the theme song, but the director, Penelope Spheeris, insisted Scoggins get the job, which he did.

Although Johnny bitterly attempted to drive her away, Sheila insisted on telling him that a much better job might soon be his for the taking.

While Johnny made himself comfortable on the couch, I'd play the tunes for him.

Hmpf But on to the frothier side Johnny Weissmuller, the only real Tarzan, telephoned Maureen O'Sullivan, his first `` Jane '' ( now at Drury Lane ) and muttered, `` Me Tarzan, this Jane ''??

Johnny Leighton picked up some new numbers out in Texas which he's springing on the ringsiders in the Rum House at Galt Ocean Mile Hotel.

For subtle swinging rhythms, I could admire intensely Mulligan's version of `` Weep '', and the fireworks went on display in `` 18 Carrots For Robert '', a sax tribute to Johnny Hodges.

Johnny Cash recorded it on his 1975 album Sings Precious Memories, dedicating it to his older brother Jack, who had been killed in a mill accident when they were boys in Dyess, Arkansas.

Based on internal textual references, " Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye " apparently dates from the early 1820s, while When Johnny Comes Marching Home was first published in 1863.

His frequent appearances on NBC's The Tonight Show spanned three emcees ( Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson ), from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Brooks led a new generation of self-reflective baby-boomer comics appearing on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Rock " and " Rocky the Rockin ' Rabbit " for Sally Starr on Arcade, and "( Ya Gotta ) Sing For The Ladies " and " Butterfly Love " for Ginger Shannon and Johnny Montana in 1960 on Arcade as well as the unissued " I'm Shook " in 1958.

Modern musicians such as Little Richard, Mark Farner, Dan Peek, Donna Summer, Bob Dylan, Kerry Livgren, Dave Hope, Dave Mustaine, Nicko McBrain, Roger McGuinn, Ted Nugent, Kanye West, Carrie Underwood, Johnny Cash, Brian Welch, Keith Farley, Cliff Richard, Charlie Daniels, Randy Travis, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, and Lou Gramm were artists whose born again conversions had an impact on modern culture.

* He appeared on an episode of Johnny Bravo.

The stand on Stevenage Road celebrated its centenary in the 2005 – 2006 season and, following the death of Fulham FC's favourite son, former England captain Johnny Haynes, in a car accident in October 2005 the Stevenage Road Stand was renamed the Johnny Haynes Stand after the club sought the opinions of Fulham supporters.

Shortly after the untimely passing of Fulham's greatest player Johnny Haynes ; on 27 November 2005 it was renamed the Johnny Haynes Stand.

Kuenn, on the other hand, would play only one season for the Indians before departing for San Francisco in a trade for an aging Johnny Antonelli and Willie Kirkland.

** Mine Exploder T8 ( Johnny Walker ): Steel plungers on a pivot frame designed to pound on the ground.

In 1955 the publication of Rudolf Flesch's Why Johnny Can ’ t Read leveled criticism of reading programs at the progressive emphasis on reading in context.

MicMac Records, who as one of the pioneer record labels in freestyle brought artists such as Johnny O, Cynthia, Nyasia, Tiana, Soave and Clear Touch to the scene, relaunched in 2004 and released new freestyle music on the successful Then and Now CDs.

After returning to Los Angeles the group recorded " The Train Song ", written during an increasingly infrequent songwriting session on the train and produced by 1950s R & B legends Larry Williams and Johnny " Guitar " Watson.

Before the networks agreed to put a stop to censorship and bias in the news division, Segal went on to disrupt The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Barbara Walters on The Today Show.

* In the HBO television series, The Sopranos, in season 6 episode " Johnny Cakes ", " That's Amore " is heard when Vito Spatafore is cooking.

The name TinCaps was chosen following the 2008 season, alluding to John Chapman, better known as the cooking pot-wearing Johnny Appleseed.

Episode two takes place in Count Chuck's underground lair and begins in the cooking pot where Johnny Dash was transported following his battle with a Cyclops.

As they surmounted the edge of a wash near the springs, they stumbled upon Brocius, Pony Diehl, Johnny Barnes, Frank Patterson, Milt Hicks, Bill Hicks, Bill Johnson, Ed Lyle, and Johnny Lyle, cooking a meal alongside the spring.

Other recent partners have included Cold Stone Creamery, Johnny Rockets, Tyson Foods ( chicken ), Chrysler, and Nintendo, which added testing stations in several parks to show off its Wii console.

Jerked meat, usually chicken or pork, can be purchased along with hard dough bread, deep fried cassava bammy ( flatbread, usually with fish ), Jamaican fried dumplings ( known as Johnny or journey cakes ), and festival, a variation of sweet flavored fried dumplings made with sugar and served as a side ( originally from Trinidad ).

Johnny V's, located in Louisville, Kentucky, sells chicken, pork, and beef spiedies.

On the Sunday of this week, the various towns chosen to host this festival put out the result of their grand preparations ; local foods and drinks such as breadfruit, green fig, plantain, salt fish, king fish, manicou ( opossum ), roast pork, Johnny Cake ( fried bake ) and a famous dish, bouyon ( fish, chicken or meat stewed with dasheen, yams, plantains, banana and dumplings ), lime drinks, guava drinks and more.

Along with Guest, the film stars Catherine O ' Hara and Fred Willard as Ron and Sheila Albertson, a pair of married travel agents ( yet have never traveled outside of Blaine ) who are also regular amateur performers, and give their companions a little too much information at a restaurant dinner ; Parker Posey as the perpetual Dairy Queen employee Libby Mae Brown ; Bob Balaban as Lloyd Miller, the increasingly frustrated musical director who actually possesses some talent ; Lewis Arquette as Clifford Wooley, a " long time Blaineian " and retired taxidermist who is Red, White and Blaines bean-loving narrator ; Matt Keeslar as the handsome and oblivious mechanic Johnny Savage, who Corky goes out of his way to get into the play ; and Eugene Levy as Dr. Alan Pearl, a tragically square dentist determined to discover his inner entertainer.

Johnny soon arrives and takes Hannah out for dinner at which, after a comical routine by the waiter, Johnny reveals that he has fallen in love with Hannah.

At the Great Escape Lodge, The Trapper's restaurant is converted to a Johnny Rockets, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

His former co-star and movie son, Johnny Sheffield, wrote of him, " I can only say that working with Big John was one of the highlights of my life.

Knowing and being with Johnny Weissmuller during my formative years had a lasting influence on my life.

In their conversation, Phillips told Orbison curtly, " Johnny Cash doesn't run my record company!

Eric Erlandson told Rolling Stone, " I still think a lot of Celebrity Skin is my Johnny Thunders influence coming up – which Courtney just fucking hates.

" Johnny Ramone is my hero.

* At their reunion shows, the New York Dolls have been performing " You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory ", with member Sylvain Sylvain singing the lead vocal and sometimes changing the title lyric to " I can't put my arms around you, Johnny.

* On the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds double album, Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus, Johnny Thunders is mentioned in the song " There She Goes my Beautiful World ", singing "... And Johnny Thunders was half alive when he wrote ' Chinese Rocks '"( although Johnny performed and recorded ' Chinese Rocks ' it was written by his friend and fellow punk rocker Dee Dee Ramone ).

JB Beverley and The Wayward Drifters substitute the line, " and another girl to take my pain away ", with, " with my Johnny Thunders records taking all this pain away ".

John Wagner later admitted in Judge Dredd Megazines Thrill Power Overload feature on the history of the comic that " killing off Johnny Alpha was a mistake I'm doing my best to rectify.

" Like I've told you guys plenty of times, I'm more embarrassed to walk into this locker room and look at the faces of my teammates than I am to walk out and see Johnny from Burger King booing me.

Several AIP " beach party " movies of the 1960s include a comic reference to " The Wild One " in the form of Harvey Lembeck's character, the speech-impedimented Eric von Zipper, who dressed like Marlon Brando's Johnny Strabler, claimed that " Marlo Brandon used to be my idol ," and led a small comically inept motorcycle " gang " named The Rats.

" The name for the strip " may have been suggested by my wife, Bobby ", Johnny recalls.

As the two rivals race, Johnny, Lane's persistent paperboy pursues him, repeating that he wants two dollars that are owed ( spawning the catchphrase, " I want my two dollars!

As the term referred to movement forwards, backwards and from side to side, it acquired sexual connotations from early on ; the sea shanty " Johnny Bowker " ( or " Boker "), probably from the early nineteenth century, contains the lines " Oh do, my Johnny Bowker / Come rock and roll me over ".

On an episode of Google Current she suggested ( jokingly ): " Maybe people could update my page and say that I'll be starring opposite Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp in their next big movie ".

* Ms. Smith stopped to reprove Johnny for making faces: " Johnny, when I was small, my mother used to tell me that if I made ugly faces, at some moment it would freeze and stay like that.

And tonight on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, a new phenomenon in the music world — with six million albums to his credit in just two short years, my good friend, here's Johnny!

Holland-drums ( 1960 — 2008 ) ( Johnny Cash himself stated during a performance that Holland was " my drummer since 1959.