McKean said that Labyrinth provided something of a starting point for the project, and that he liked the " human element of that film ," but that ultimately the story of MirrorMask was something that he and Gaiman came up with on their own.

After the 1957 fire, the chapel was rescued by Hugh McKean, a former art student in 1930 at Laurelton Hall, and his wife Jeannette Genius McKean, and now occupies an entire wing of the Morse Museum which they founded.

Lander's partnership with McKean began during their acting classes at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where they developed the characters of Lenny and Squiggy.

It is designed and directed by Dave McKean, written by Neil Gaiman from a story they developed together.

McKean described Brighton as " more bohemian, so that fits with the whole circus thing, with Helena ’ s family ", and that he liked the specific apartment building-Embassy Court-that they used because " it ’ s very distinctive, imposing, it does have this character, but it also represents Helena ’ s collapse and her disintegration into this other world and it ’ s a potent symbol for her mother.

Since they had a tight budget, McKean designed creatures who were comparatively simple.

" McKean says that one example of the spirit of the film is that they only had one peach during the filming of the scene where Valentine eats the future fruit.

When Morris Fletcher ( Michael McKean ) approaches agents Monica Reyes ( Annabeth Gish ) and John Doggett ( Robert Patrick ) with information related to the super-soldiers they turn to The Lone Gunmen.

To publicise the film, Guest, McKean and Shearer appeared as the Folksmen on a number of television programs, in which they performed songs and were interviewed in character.

He was conspicuous in the Whiskey Insurrection and having been prominent in some of the meetings of the insurgents, his arrest was ordered but in the meantime before any action could be taken he appeared November 6, 1794, before Thomas McKean, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and in the presence of William Bradford, Attorney General of the United States, voluntarily entered into recognizance to the United States for his appearance before the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States at the next special session of the Circuit Court held for the district of Pennsylvania " then and there to answer such charges of treasonable and seditious practices and such other matters of misdemeanor as shall be alleged against him in behalf of the United States and that he will not depart that court without license.

Thus Dave McKean ( the artist ) portrays him as being atrophied and feeble, restricted to a wheelchair, but still wielding a latent amount of power which could not be ignored ( though he was mentioned as needing eye contact with a victim to disable them ).

Shearer, Guest and McKean have since worked on several projects as their Spinal Tap characters.

McKean proposed the voting procedure that the Continental Congress later adopted: that each colony, regardless of size or population, have one vote.

The following counties have been formed from land that was once part of Lycoming County: Armstrong, Bradford, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Indiana, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga, Venango, Warren, Forest, Elk and Cameron.

Notable cover artists have included Dave McKean ( who designed the first run of the series ' covers ), Tim Bradstreet ( who designed the most ), Glenn Fabry, Kent Williams, David Lloyd, and Sean Phillips.

These decorative umlauts have been parodied in film and fiction ; in the mockumentary film This Is Spın ̈ al Tap ( spelled with an umlaut mark over the n and a dotless i ), fictional rocker David St. Hubbins ( Michael McKean ) says, " It's like a pair of eyes.

There have been two adaptations of the graphic novel into other media: in 1996, Gaiman adapted his own story for a BBC radio broadcast, with music by McKean ; and in 1999, a stage adaptation written by Marc Rosenbush and Robert Toombs was mounted in Chicago with Gaiman's cooperation.

Though limited by the $ 4 million budget, McKean viewed this as a good thing, saying " It's very good to have a box to fight against, and to know where your limitations are, because it immediately implies a certain kind of thing ... a certain kind of shape ... a certain approach to things.

" He went on to say that he " had an idea of a girl who was part of a traveling theatre and her mother getting sick and having to go off the road ", and mentioned that McKean preferred to have a circus over a theatre " because it was more interesting visually.

The initial intention was to have McKean direct the film with Froud doing the designs, but Polis stated that it " made more sense " to have McKean do the designs seeing as he was the one directing the film.

Editors have included Harry Miller, Richard Landry, Eric Knorr, Phil Lemmons, Cathryn Baskin, Kevin McKean, and Harry McCracken.

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS McKean, in honor of William McKean.

The group disbanded in 1976, but the members have had occasion to work together since — notably the pairings of McKean and Lander as Lenny and Squiggy on the situation comedy Laverne & Shirley ( recording an album in character as " Lenny and the Squigtones ") and Shearer and McKean as members of the mock-rock band Spinal Tap.

Ellen Cleghorne happily quit ( if not for her contract, she would have left after season 19 ) as did Kevin Nealon, Chris Elliott, and Michael McKean.

' McKean notes that economists often make a distinction between technological and pecuniary effects, which may have been true at the time but is not the case today.

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer appeared in full regalia and stayed in character for a three hour visit.

When Simon Snyder followed McKean as governor of Pennsylvania, he fired Ellicott in 1809 due to political differences.

Dusty's wife Joy McKean penned several of his most popular songs.

Before MirrorMask, McKean directed a number of television intros and music videos as well as several short films, such as The Week Before ( 1998 ) and N ( 2002 ), which are included in the compilation DVD of McKean's work Keanoshow from Allen Spiegel Fine Arts.

McKean wrote several of Dusty's most popular songs, including: " Walk A Country Mile ", " Indian Pacific ", " Kelly's Offsider ", " The Angel Of Goulburn Hill " and " The Biggest Disappointment ".

McKean completed his degree program while training at Crossroads and afterward served as campus minister at several other mainline Churches of Christ locations.

Protests against his being buried at Laurel Hill were made by the families of several famous people, such as General George Meade, Thomas McKean ( Signer of the Declaration of Independence ) and Admiral John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren.

Slim Dusty's wife Joy McKean penned several of his most popular songs including “ Indian Pacific ”, “ The Biggest Disappointment ” and “ Lights on the Hill ”.

In 1951 Dusty married singer-songwriter Joy McKean and, with her help, achieved great success around Australia.

Dusty married singer-songwriter Joy McKean in 1951 and went on to become Australia's biggest selling domestic music artist with more than 7 million record sales.

McKean is also an accomplished jazz pianist, and founded the record label Feral Records with saxophonist Iain Ballamy.

Joy McKean, Australian country music singer-songwriter, is known as the " grand lady " of Australian country music.

Words & music by Richard Adler ; in 2006, Hines ( Michael McKean ) performed the new number, " The Three of Us " at show's end with Gladys ( Megan Lawrence ).

* Australian country music matriarch Joy McKean was born in Singleton in 1930.

Hosts included B. Mitchel Reed, Steven Segal ( aka " The Obscene Steven Clean ;" not related to the similarly named actor ), Susan Carter ( aka " Outrageous Nevada "), Barbara Birdfeather, Jeff Gonzer ( aka " Bonzo " Gonzer ), Tom Donahue, Program Director and deejay Les Carter, novelty music historian Dr. Demento, Charles Laquidara, Ted Alvy ( aka " Cosmos Topper "), Elliot Mintz ( whose late-night Sunday show played everything from Baba Ram Dass lectures to listener-created recordings ), blues archivist Johnny Otis and comedy troupes The Credibility Gap ( featuring Harry Shearer, Richard Beebe, David L. Lander, and Michael McKean ), and The Firesign Theatre.

The pioneers of Australian country music Slim Dusty, Joy McKean, Barry Thornton, " Smiling " Billy Blinkhorn, Smoky Dawson, Shirley Thoms and Buddy Bishop all featured in the concert which contributed to a revival of interest in Australian country music which had struggled for airplay since the arrival of rock and roll in Australia.

The Folksmen are a fictitious American folk music trio, conceived and performed by actors / comedians / musicians Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer.

In 2005, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a one hour radio adaptation of the The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch, adapted by Gaiman with music by McKean and Ashley Slater.