Lord and Lady Mountbatten with Muhammad Ali JinnahNotwithstanding the self-promotion of his own part in Indian independence — notably in the television series The Life and Times of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten of Burma, produced by his son-in-law Lord Brabourne and Dominique Lapierre, and Larry Collins's Freedom at Midnight ( of which he was the main quoted source ) — his record is seen as very mixed ; one common view is that he hastened the independence process unduly and recklessly, foreseeing vast disruption and loss of life and not wanting this to occur on the British watch, but thereby actually causing it to occur, especially in Punjab and Bengal.

Harry Shearer appeared in the series 2 episode Changing the Face of Current Affairs where he played the character of Larry Hadges.

" Flash Crowd " is a 1973 English language novella by science fiction author Larry Niven, one of a series about the social consequence of inventing an instant, practically free transfer booth that could take one anywhere on Earth in milliseconds.

Improv comedy techniques have also been used in television and stand-up comedy, in hit shows such as the recent HBO television show Curb Your Enthusiasm created by Larry David, the UK Channel 4 and ABC television series Whose Line Is It Anyway ( and its spinoffs Drew Carey's Green Screen Show and Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza ), Nick Cannon's improv comedy show Wild ' N Out, and Thank God You're Here.

Carson appears as a supporting character in the The Berrybender Narratives ( 2002 – 2004 ), a series of four novels by Larry McMurtry.

In creating their improvisational comedy series On the Campaign Trail with Larry & Lenny Lumberjack and talk show Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will, the ILL Clan blended real and virtual performance by creating the works on-stage and interacting with a live audience.

Other works filmed using puppetry are the ILL Clan's improvisational comedy series On the Campaign Trail with Larry & Lenny Lumberjack and Rooster Teeth Productions ' Red vs. Blue.

" Known Space " ( also the commonly used title for Larry Niven's future history science fiction series ) is about 80 light years in diameter with 10, 000 stars, including Human Space ( 40 light years diameter, 524 stars in 357 systems, 30 billion humans, ⅔ on Earth ), as well as neighbouring Alien civilisations.

In 1996, under new owner John Moores ( a software tycoon who purchased controlling ownership in the team in 1994 from Tom Werner, who subsequently formed a syndicate that purchased the Boston Red Sox ) and team president Larry Lucchino, and with a team managed by former Padres catcher Bruce Bochy ( a member of the 1984 NL championship squad ), the team won the NL West in an exciting race, sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in the final series of the regular season.

The final season and the complete series set included a 2007 reunion of the four main cast members and Larry David.

The game was inspired by such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest Saga series by E. C. Tubb, the Foundation stories of Isaac Asimov, H. Beam Piper's Space Viking, Larry Niven's Known Space, Jerry Pournelle's CoDominium, Poul Anderson's Polesotechnic League and several other works of science fiction literature.

Rather than end the series, Marvel hired writer Peter David and illustrator Larry Stroman to recreate X-Factor with new members, all of whom were already allies of the X-Men, and three of whom were involved in the Muir Island Saga.

On January 9, 1970, during production of the pilot, Larry suffered a paralyzing stroke, ending his acting career, as well as plans for the television series.

The Bussard ramjet is a theoretical method of spacecraft propulsion proposed in 1960 by the physicist Robert W. Bussard, popularized by Poul Andersons novel Tau Zero, Larry Niven in his Known Space series of books, Vernor Vinge in his Zones of Thought series, and referred to by Carl Sagan in the television series and book Cosmos.

Leisure Suit Larry is a series of adventure games written by Al Lowe and published by Sierra from 1987 to 2009.

Originally stemmed from ideas of Sierra's adventure game Softporn Adventure created by designer Chuck Benton, the " Larry " games were one of Sierra's most popular game series during the genre's heyday when it was first released in the mid 1980s.

Things began to become racier again toward the end of the series, particularly in the ( original ) final installment, Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail !.

In June 2011, Replay Games announced on their blog that they had acquired a license for the Leisure Suit Larry series.

* Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies ( This non-existent 4th game was skipped and is an often jokingly referenced in-game for the series.

* Woodrow F. Call, a Texas Ranger who appears in all four books of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove series

* Larry Niven's Known Space series

Aykroyd wrote the introduction and accompanied his father on a series of promotional activities, including launches in New York City and Toronto, an appearance on Larry King Live and various other public relations initiatives.

* January 23 – Larry Hughes, American basketball player

The act regained momentum throughout the 1960s as popular kiddie fare until Larry Fine's paralyzing stroke in January 1970 effectively marked the end of the act proper.

Also available commercially is a kinescope of Moe, Larry, and Shemp's appearance on The Frank Sinatra Show, broadcast live over CBS-TV on January 1, 1952.

During a research trip into the cave on January 15, 2005, Park Ranger Amy Wallace, History Professor Joe Douglas, local historian Billyfrank Morrison, and Geologist Larry E. Matthews, discovered Indian Glyphs on the walls of the cave.

* 19 January: The LVF claimed responsibility for shooting dead Catholic taxi driver Larry Brennan ( 52 ) as he sat in his car on Ormeau Road, Belfast.

Larry Brown, who had been fired by the San Antonio Spurs earlier, was hired as the team's head coach in late January 1992.

At the end of July 2007 Larry recorded a song called " Ya Gotta Be Saved " with The Crosstones, which was released in January 2010.

Snyder's Tomorrow re-runs continued until Thursday, January 28, 1982 and four days later on Monday, February 1, Late Night premiered with a cold opening featuring Larry " Bud " Melman delivering lines as an homage to the prologue of Boris Karloff's Frankenstein, followed by Letterman coming out on stage behind a group of female dancers – the peacock girls.

* Larry Arnhart, writer and scholar, born January 13, 1949.

* January 7 – At the age of 44, songwriter Larry Williams is found dead in his Los Angeles, California home of a gunshot wound to the head.

On 5 January 2006 he interviewed Larry David in a one-off special, Ricky Gervais Meets ... Larry David.

* January 24 – Larry Fine, 72, American comic actor ( Three Stooges )

Orleans was formed in Woodstock, New York in January 1972 by vocalist / guitarist / songwriter John Hall, vocalist / guitarist Larry Hoppen and drummer / percussionist Wells Kelly.

Hall encouraged Kelly to call Larry Hoppen, who accepted the invitation to join the new group, christened Orleans by Wells, in late January 1972 and for months they would play as a trio, often switching instruments during the show.

Guitarist Larry " Rhino " Reinhardt died on January 2, 2012, at the age of 63, due to cirrhosis of the liver.

In January 1988, he came back to fight Bryan Grant on the undercard of Mike Tyson's title defence against Larry Holmes.

In a return to Scofieldesque " straight ahead " jazz, he went to the studio in January 2011 with pianist / organist Larry Goldings, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade, laying the tracks for a ballads album scheduled for a May 2011 release on EmArcy Records.

Lawrence Donald " Larry " Clark ( born January 19, 1943 ) is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for the movie Kids and his photography book Tulsa.

* Larry James Harper ( September 10, 1963, Danville, Illinois – January 22, 2001, Woodland Park, Colorado ), 37 at the time of the escape, 37 at the time of death via suicide and was not captured by law enforcement,

* Larry King Live, July 13, 2007 and January 24, 2008

One of the most emotional feuds of Sammartino's career started on January 22, 1980, when his former student Larry Zbyszko violently turned against him during a scientific wrestling exhibition, broadcast on the World Wrestling Federation's Championship Wrestling show.

* January 22-Mike Tyson retains his undisputed world Heavyweight championship with a fourth round knockout win against former world champion Larry Holmes in Atlantic City.