Larson's next prominent series was Knight Rider, which featured science-fiction elements with a light-hearted action-adventure scenario and limited violence.

Several of their books have won the Eisner Award including: Bryan Lee O ' Malley's Scott Pilgrim, Rick Spear & Chuck BB's Black Metal, Hope Larson's Grey Horses, and Greg Rucka's Whiteout: Melt and Queen & Country, with many more receiving nominations.

The article has been cited as a reference used for background on Scientology in books which take a critical look at cults such as Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality and Insane Therapy: Portrait of a Psychotherapy Cult, those that analyze new religious movements including Understanding New Religious Movements and The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements, and in a work that includes researchers from both schools of thought, Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field.

Larson's major military decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Navy Distinguished Service Medal ( 7 awards ), Legion of Merit ( 3 awards ), the Bronze Star, Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal.

Larson's civilian awards include:

Productions in which he has participated include Gary Larson's Tales from the Far Side, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Winnie the Pooh, Mucha Lucha, Yakkity Yak, and The Ren and Stimpy Show.

The All-New Press Your Luck, featuring the two runners-up from the show, host Tomarken and Michael Larson's brother James ( Michael had died of throat cancer in 1999 ).

The All-New Press Your Luck which reunited the two contestants who competed against Michael Larson with Larson's brother, James, for a grudge match ( Michael Larson had died in February 1999 of throat cancer ).

* Larson's Book of Spiritual Warfare ( Nelson, 1999 ) ISBN 0-7852-6985-1

Larson's brother, James, competed in the 2003 episode against Litras and Long as Michael had died of throat cancer in 1999.

( 1960 ), Frank Loesser's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ( 1962 ), Marvin Hamlisch, Ed Kleban, James Kirkwood, and Nicholas Dante's A Chorus Line ( 1976 ), Stephen Sondheim's and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park with George ( 1985 ), Jonathan Larson's Rent ( 1996 ), and Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt's Next to Normal ( 2010 ).

Most of the series was rerun by the USA Network ; the exceptions were September 1983, April 10 – June 11, 1984 ( as promotion began of the first home player game, and the home player game included Larson's run ), December 16, 1985 – January 3, 1986 ( promoted its time slot change ), and September 1986.

The set was released in two volumes ( 1980 – 1986 and 1987 – 1994 ), with a foreword by Steve Martin and an introduction by Larson's long-time editor Jake Morrisey.

Hatch then gained his first starring role in Glen A. Larson's sci-fi series, Battlestar Galactica ( 1978 ), though this too proved to be for only a single season as the series was cancelled in 1979.

However, a former vice president of BLM ( Bob Larson Ministries ), Lori Boespflug, claimed that much of Dead Air, though presented as Larson's work, is actually her own.

The Prehistory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit is a book chronicling the origin and evolution of The Far Side ( including cartoonist Gary Larson's first strip, Nature's Way ), giving inside information about the cartooning process and featuring a gallery of Larson's favorite Far Side cartoons from the 1980s.

Production began in 1978, however, the pilot for Larson's other sci-fi series, Battlestar Galactica ( 1978 ), had been released theatrically in some countries and in key locations in North America, and had done well at the box office.

Larson's appearance in a touring production of the C & W musical Pump Boys and Dinettes garnered enough positive reaction for MCA Nashville to sign her in 1983: the Nashville music community was so enthused about Larson's C & W cross-over that the Academy of Country Music named her the Best New Female Vocalist in 1984 before she'd had any MCA Nashville releases.

Larson's first newspaper job was with The Bucks County Courier Times in Levittown, Pennsylvania, where he wrote about murder, witches, environmental poisons, and other " equally pleasant " things.

MGA immediately filed an appeal, seeking appeal of the 2008 judgement, claiming numerous errors on Larson's part during the initial trial.

Later, McKee's grieving fiance ' confirmed that it was Larson's compassionate response to her call that allowed her to keep her emotions in check during that first difficult hour after Tim's passing.

The East Village is the setting for Jonathan Larson's musical Rent, which captures the neighborhood in the early 1990s ; it opened at the New York Theater Workshop in February 1996.

The noted sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison once referred to him as " Glen Larceny " for the notorious similarities between Larson's shows and cinema blockbusters, for example, Alias Smith and Jones was taken from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ; McCloud from Coogan's Bluff ; Battlestar Galactica from Star Wars ; BJ & The Bear from Every Which Way But Loose ; Automan from Tron ; The Fall Guy from Hooper ; and Buck Rogers was simply a remake of the original comic book and film serial character.

Rocketship also produced TV commercials, promos, and network ID's for clients like MTV, YTV, YTV Jr., Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., the Children's Television Workshop, Lifetime, MuchMusic and Locomotion, pilots for series, and two longer films ; Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side ( 1994 ) and a sequel in 1996.

As detailed in Erik Larson's popular history The Devil in the White City, extraordinary effort was required to accomplish the exposition, and much of it was unfinished on opening day.

In Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, Olmsted is featured as one of the most important figures participating in the design of the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.

Interest in Holmes's crimes was revived in 2003 by Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, a best-selling non-fiction book that juxtaposed an account of the planning and staging of the World's Fair with Holmes's story.

Monroe was a member of the Eagle's Nest Art Colony in Ogle County, Illinois, and is mentioned in Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City.

Prendergast's story is one of the sub-plots in Erik Larson's book The Devil in the White City.

While some specialists, including paleoanthropologist Russell Ciochon of the University of Iowa, supported the conclusion, others, including Eric Delson of Lehman College, City University of New York, pointed out that the recent sample of H. floresiensis individuals is too small and that Larson's research was based just on one shoulder bone.

The interlocking frame we built at the model railroader workshop and then installed on Paul Larson's railroad follows the Fig. 1 scheme and is shown beginning in Fig. 7, page 65, and in the photos.

Larson's detachment arrived at Pearl Harbor the day after Hornet sailed for Midway.

Larson's detachment of VT-8 that remained at Pearl Harbor was loaded aboard USS Saratoga when she was sent to reinforce the forces at Midway.

In the spring of 1977 Larson was at Ronstadt's Malibu home when neighbor Neil Young phoned to ask Ronstadt if she could recommend a female vocal accompanist, and Ronstadt suggested Larson, becoming the fifth person that day to put Larson's name forward to Young.

The following week Ronstadt and Larson cut their vocals for Young's American Stars ' n Bars album at Young's La Honda ranch — the two women were billed on the album as the Saddlebags — and in November 1977 Young invited Larson to Nashville to sing on the sessions for his Comes a Time album, an assignment which led to Larson's being signed to Warner Brothers, an affiliate of Young's home label Reprise.

Larson's " Lotta Love " peaked at No. 8 the week of 10 February 1979, the same week the single off Comes a Time: " Four Strong Winds " a duet with an unbilled ( on the single ) Larson, debuted on the Hot 100 on its way to a No. 61 peak.

Like Maria Muldaur, Larson would be unable to consolidate the commercial success augured by her debut: the second single off Nicolette, " Rhumba Girl "< sup > 1 </ sup > just missed becoming a major hit for Larson at No. 48 and her second album In the Nick of Time released November 1979 failed to showcase Larson's voice attractively.

She earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Drama at New York University prior to being cast in Jonathan Larson's rock musical Rent.

Larson's motion picture plans have no connection to the 2008 TV series by NBC.

These basic elements characterized much of Larson's output throughout the 1980s with Automan, Manimal, and The Highwayman, though all of these series were unsuccessful and none lasted more than a single season.

Following several guest roles in episodic television, including two separate roles in Glen A. Larson's series Battlestar Galactica and a role on his series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Ortiz auditioned for the role of spoiled, selfish vineyard heiress Melissa Agretti on Falcon Crest as a replacement for actress Delores Cantú who had played Melissa for one episode in early 1982.

* Gary Larson's " The Far Side " series features women who almost exclusively wear the beehive.

Night Man is also one of the few series to cross over with characters from Larson's previous series: in the episode " Manimal ", Johnny allies with Professor Jonathan Chase, the star of the short-lived 1980s ' series Manimal.

The Searcher, which displayed the Latin motto " Per ardua ad astra " (" through adversity to the stars ") on its side, had a mission to seek out the lost " tribes " of humanity who had scattered in the centuries since Earth's 20th century nuclear war ( which is a theme present in Glen A. Larson's previous science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica ).

As well as its parallels to Larson's previous television series Battlestar Galactica, the second season is similar in theme to Star Trek, with the Searcher roaming through space much like the Starship Enterprise, Buck being the maverick explorer true to the style of Captain James T. Kirk, and the serious, rather stoic Hawk being a revamped version of Mr. Spock.