Elvis Presley was a fan of Hee Haw and wanted to appear as a guest on the program in the 1970s, but his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, would not allow him to do so.

Comanche braves, c. 1867-1874. Quanah Parker, the last major chief of the Comanche Indians clasping a peyote feather fan.

Ted Parker ( Graham Kennedy )-club president and owner of a pie factory, Parker is just a fan with a lot of money that the club want a share of.

Barry is also a big fan of Mary Parker Follett's Creative Experience.

Buscema grew up a fan of and of commercial illustrators such has Robert Fawcett, Al Parker, and Norman Rockwell, and called his artist brother John " greatly responsible for me pursuing drawing.

In September 1978, shortly after the first anniversary of Presley's death, Parker arranged a fan festival, Always Elvis, where he, Vernon, and Presley's ex-wife Priscilla, dedicated a bronze statue of him in the lobby of the Las Vegas Hilton.

About three years later he began to study the music of Charlie Parker ( of whom his father was a fan ), Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and other masters of this music tradition.

Clooney was a vocal South Park fan and was largely responsible for generating news about " The Spirit of Christmas ", a 1995 animated short film by Parker and Stone that served as a precursor to South Park.

Jerry Seinfeld, comedian and star of the popular sitcom Seinfeld, contacted Parker and Stone and asked if he could record a guest voice performance because he was a fan of the show.

Robert Smith ( musician ) | Robert Smith ( pictured ), who appeared in " Mecha-Streisand " as himself, was cast because South Park co-creator Trey Parker was a fan of his music.

Parker said Kricfalusi eventually contacted the South Park creators: " He wrote a letter back saying, ' Oh, OK, I see how it could just be a coincidence, but you should just admit to the press that you're a big Ren and Stimpy fan.

In February 2006, Weiss attended a benefit with his former Pretender co-stars Andrea Parker and James Denton for Cure Autism Now.

In February 2006, Parker attended a benefit with former Pretender co-stars Michael T. Weiss and James Denton for Cure Autism Now.

The vast industrial interests caught up in the Selden suit, as well as the complex character of the automotive art, encouraged both sides to exploit `` every possible chance '' for or against the patent, said Parker.

We have to tell ourselves that when Parker spoke in this vein, he believed what he said, because he could continue, `` But the truth, which cost me bitter tears to say, I must speak, though it cost other tears hotter than fire ''.

" I saw it, but still hardly can believe it ," Lions coach Buddy Parker said after the game.

None of its primary exponents can be said to be famous amongst the general public ; however, in experimental circles, a number of free musicians are well known, including saxophonists Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton and Peter Brötzmann, trombonist George Lewis, guitarist Derek Bailey, and the improvising groups The Art Ensemble of Chicago and AMM.

Supported by Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton and Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt, Bob Parker said that increased cooperation and the forming of a new South Island-wide mayoral forum were essential to representing the island's interests in Wellington and countering the new Auckland Council.

He is also said to have had an illegitimate son, John, who became the Parker of Shotwick in Cheshire in 1476, but was unrecognised in official pedigrees.

Stone has said that when fans recognize him or Parker, the fans will usually do their imitation of Cartman, or, in Parker's case, request that he do Cartman's voice.

In response to the focus on elements of satire in South Park, Parker has said that the main goal of the show is to portray Cartman and his friends as " kids just being kids " as a means of accurately showcasing " what it's like to be in school in America ".

Dorothy Parker is often said to have referred to Bow when she wrote, " It, hell ; she had Those.

Parker came up with a list of instructions and conditions and after hearing the demands Sullivan said, ' Give Elvis my best — and my sympathy ,' and he hung up.

Parker once said, “ I wish I could play like Tatum ’ s right hand !”

In March 2006, Perry said that while her relationship with Pauline Parker was obsessive, they were not lesbians.

When Presley's manager, Tom Parker heard that the theatre was offering Presley 28, 000 dollars, he reportedly said " That's fine for me, now how much can you get for Elvis?

In response to the focus on elements of satire in South Park, Parker has said the main goal of the show is to portray Kyle and his friends as " kids just being kids " as a means of accurately showcasing " what it's like to be in school in America ".

In response to the focus on elements of satire in South Park, Parker has said that the main goal of the show is to portray Stan and his friends as " kids just being kids " as a means of accurately showcasing " what it's like to be in school in America ".

Parker said, " They did both look as though they had just stepped out of the sun ; their youth was striking.

She said that Parker Posey, Anne Heche and Gwyneth Paltrow were all up for the role.

Ian Parker, on behalf of the local party, said: " In the past few weeks there has been widespread and justified concern expressed over the system of parliamentary allowances and expenses.

Smith appointed Parker as the chief engineer of his 7th Division during the siege of Vicksburg, and later said Parker was a " good engineer ".

" Parker was said to respond, " We are all Americans, sir.

* He is said to have helped found the town of Parker, Arizona.

After returning home from the trials, he received praise from both the Lord Chancellor, who said that " The country owes much to him for vindicating our conceptions of an impartial trial under the rule of law ", and from John Parker, the American alternate judge, who wrote that:

However, in one of the most quoted appraisals of his work, Dorothy Parker reputedly said: " I'd rather flunk my Wasserman test / Than read the poetry of Edgar Guest.

Mike Parker, CEO of BNFL, said: " By the end of 2007 ... there will be little need for the BNFL corporate centre from this time ".

More splenetic was Senator Edward Carmack of Tennessee, a Parker man.

What Parker and his contemporaries -- Gillespie, Davis, Monk, Roach ( Tristano is an anomaly ), etc. -- did was to absorb the musical ornamentation of the older jazz into the basic structure, of which it then became an integral part, and with which it then developed.

Technique pure and simple, rendition, is not of major importance, but it is interesting that Parker, following Lester Young, was one of the leaders of the so-called saxophone revolution.

Miss Betsy Parker was one of the speakers on the panel of the Eastern Women's Liberal Arts College panel on Wednesday evening in the Security Life Bldg..

The Unitarian clergy were an exclusive club of cultivated gentlemen -- as the term was then understood in the Back Bay -- and Parker was definitely not a gentleman, either in theology or in manners.

Parker was never excommunicated.

Actually, the dispute between Parker and the society of his time, both ecclesiastical and social, was a real one, a bitter one.

But Theodore Parker, commencing his mission to the world-at-large, disguised as the minister of a `` twenty-eighth Congregational Church '' which bore no resemblance to the Congregational polities descended from the founders ( among which were still the Unitarian churches ), made explicit from the beginning that the conflict between him and the Hunkerish society was not something which could be evaporated into a genteel difference about clerical decorum.

By reminding ourselves of these factors in the situation, we should, I am sure, come to a fresh realization, however painful it be, that the battle between Parker and his neighbors was fought in earnest.

Parker could weep -- and he wept astonishingly often and on the slightest provocation -- but the psychology of those tears was entirely compatible with a remorseless readiness to massacre his opponents.

Owen was surprised to see Mrs. Gertrude Parker playing the one-arm bandits that were cunningly arranged by the entrance.

When he looked in the back, Mrs. Gertrude Parker was marking keno cards.

In 1972 there was a critically well-received Broadway revival, directed by co-author Burt Shevelove and starring Phil Silvers as Pseudolus ( followed later by Tom Poston in the role ), Lew Parker as Senex and Reginald Owen as Erronius.

This was developed by James Parker in the 1780s, and finally patented in 1796.

In the 2003 – 04 season, Charlton spent much of the campaign challenging for a Champions League place, but a late-season slump in form, combined with the sale of star player Scott Parker to Chelsea, left Charlton in 7th place, which was still the club's highest finish since the 1950s.

2, with the character of Bill noting that Superman was not born into his alter ego ( Spider-Man was " Peter Parker " first, Batman was born " Bruce Wayne "), using the blanket he was wrapped in as his costume, and Clark Kent is a collage of mankind's less impressive traits meant to blend in with other humans ( as well as a device to pursue Lois Lane's affections ).

The town was home to the civil engineer and calculating prodigy George Parker Bidder ( 1806 – 1878 ), who is notable for his work on railways over much of the world, as well as the docks of the East End in the Port of London.

The city was incorporated as a result of a resolution by Iowa Representative Jonathan W. Parker by special charter in the Iowa Territory on January 25, 1839.

Parker was a resident of Davenport and one of six trustees elected to govern the city with Rodolphus Bennet being the first mayor.

Parton was interested until Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, told her, that it was standard procedure for the songwriter to sign over half of the publishing rights to any song Elvis recorded.