So it was that New Castle lawyer Thomas McKean denounced the Stamp Act in the strongest terms, and Kent County native John Dickinson became the " Penman of the Revolution.

From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group that included David Lander, Richard Beebe and Michael McKean.

The show, which starred Christopher Guest, Tom Leopold and McKean, was not picked up.

Published in May 2005, the second edition was edited by Erin McKean.

He held the latter office until December 17, 1799, when he was succeeded by Thomas McKean.

Thomas McKean ( March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817 ) was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

McKean was born in New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of William McKean and Letitia Finney.

Sarah Armitage was McKean ’ s second wife.

McKean was the epitome of the Country party politician and was, as much as anyone, its leader.

" McKean then disputed his use of the word " conscience " so loudly and so long that a challenge was given by Ruggles and accepted in the presence of the congress.

Delaware cast no vote because the delegation was split between Thomas McKean ( who voted yes ) and George Read ( who voted no ).

The film was directed by Jonathan Lynn, who collaborated on the script with John Landis, and stars Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Madeline Kahn, Colleen Camp, and Lee Ving.

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.

The county was named in honor of former Pennsylvania Governor and Declaration of Independence signer Thomas McKean.

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.

Elk County was created on April 18, 1843, from parts of Jefferson, Clearfield and McKean Counties, and is named for the Eastern elk that historically inhabited the region.

Cameron County was created on March 29, 1860, from parts of Clinton, Elk, McKean, and Potter Counties.

McKean was born in New York City, New York, the son of Ruth and Gilbert McKean.

McKean was part of an ensemble cast in the short-lived television series Grand on NBC which aired in 1990.

On March 22, 2006, while Harry Shearer was being interviewed on the Opie and Anthony Radio Show about Spinal Tap, he stated the following: " Well, Michael McKean had been in a band called ' The Left Banke '.

McKean was cast in the pilot episode of a remake of the British series The Thick of It as the chief of staff.

Jack also featured Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher and Michael McKean in supporting roles.

" Guest also accepted the offer while McKean rejected it, although he would join the cast in 1993.

McKean also played his character in an episode of Happy Days.

Lander and McKean also appeared together in the 1979 Steven Spielberg comedy 1941, the 1980 Kurt Russell film Used Cars.

McKean and Lander also appeared as Lenny & Squiggy on Fernwood Tonight, the satirical late night talk show hosted by Martin Mull and Fred Willard.

McKean has also created a few books documenting his travels using only illustrations.

McKean has also directed The Gospel of Us, a film of the National Theatre Wales's Passion play in Port Talbot which stars Michael Sheen.

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

McKean also played Perry White, the reporter, and later boyfriend, of O ' Toole's character Martha Kent on Smallville.

While he was in the House, Snyder also sought the governorship as a Jeffersonian Democrat in 1805 but was defeated by governor Thomas McKean ( McKean was also a Jeffersonian Democrat, but he had was not as well liked as Snyder ).

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.

A book containing the film's complete storyboard and script as well as some photographs and archival text by Gaiman and McKean, titled The Alchemy of MirrorMask, was also published by HarperCollins in November 2005.

The Northern Tier also often includes McKean and Potter Counties, the two counties to the west that border New York, though the term Northern Pennsylvania is more commonly used there.

As with many of Gaiman's other works ( most notably The Sandman ) Violent Cases is a story about stories, and its themes of early childhood perception and the nature of memory are visited again in 1994's Mr. Punch ( also with Dave McKean ).

He was advised by Norbert Wiener, the founder of cybernetics, and Henry P. McKean, Jr. As a student, he also worked with Warren McCulloch, the co-inventor of the artificial neural network and finite-state machine.

Michael McKean also played Perry White in a Superman spoof on Saturday Night Live.

The notion of a ' pecuniary spillover ' is also introduced by ' McKean, Roland ( 1958 ) Efficiency in Government through Systems Analysis: With Emphasis on Water Resources Development ( John Wiley: New York ).

On the series, Glick is joined by long-suffering, heavily made-up announcer and band leader, Adrian Van Voorhees ( Michael McKean ), who also resembles Lawrence Welk from the Lawrence Welk Show.

She also aided in the creation of the Vertigo Tarot Deck with illustrator Dave McKean and author Neil Gaiman, and she wrote a book to accompany it.

Thomas Wayne McKean II ( born May 31, 1954 ) ( aka Kip ) is a former minister of the International Churches of Christ, and is a current minister of the City of Angels International Christian Church, also known as the " Portland / Sold-Out Discipling Movement ".

Everything seems all well and good to Nick, who's also got a good girlfriend ( Emily Longstreth ) by his side and his best friend ( Michael McKean ) always there to lend a hand.