Sam Gibbon, CTW's third alumni, had also initially declined joining any children's programming.

Sam finds himself in the past as a supersonic jet test pilot, appearing to others and himself in the mirror as another person, but initially attributes this to his amnesia.

When Sam invites her on a date to a baseball game, Tess inadvertently breaks the " men only " atmosphere of the press box, and is initially confused and unfamiliar with the rules of the sport, before enjoying herself and befriending other spectators.

When Sam initially believes Tess is pregnant with their child, he is thrilled, but upon meeting Chris, he is at first unconvinced about taking on an unrelated orphan with whom he cannot even communicate.

But the acclaimed cast of the show — including Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Dulé Hill, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen ( whose President Bartlet was initially scripted as a small role ) and Stockard Channing ( whose First Lady was initially scripted as a guest role )— meant that Sam Seaborn could no longer be considered the lead character.

Its basic ideas were initially established by Hall of Fame coach Sam Barry at the University of Southern California.

They also posed a major obstacle to the development of the Oregon Trail ; initially, pioneers would gather at The Dalles to await small boats to carry them to the Willamette Valley ; in 1845, Sam Barlow and his associates built a road around the south side of Mount Hood, which allowed travelers along the Trail to bypass the rapids on the last leg of their journeys.

Cable revealed that he had chosen Sam to lead the New Mutants initially because he suspected Cannonball to be an External-a particularly rare type of mutant who is virtually immortal.

Although the Autobots initially make a poor first impression with the authorities, the US government is eventually convinced by Sam Witwicky that they are allies against the true threat of the Decepticons and cooperate to help them in the battle to keep the AllSpark away from the enemy.

Cannon first sought the Tennessee governorship in 1827 in a field that initially included Sam Houston, former governor Willie Blount, Felix Grundy, and aging frontiersman John Rhea.

The role of Sam Seaborn was initially offered to actor Bradley Whitford, who had auditioned for the part of Josh Lyman.

Although initially hesitant because he is again engaged, Sam agrees to accept Josh's offer, on the condition that Josh take a much-needed vacation.

Sam initially agrees but later changed his mind when he discovered that Julie is not in love with him.

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, written by Don Chin and originally illustrated by Patrick Parsons ( under the name Parsonavich ) and Chris Walker, and later by Sam Kieth, initially published by Eclipse Comics and later on by Parody Press and then Dynamite Entertainment, was the first unofficial spoof of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

It was one of many theaters built by the Shubert Theatre Corporation, and was initially named the Sam S. Shubert Theater.

The titles were initially inspired by Sam Cooke's song " Wonderful World ", with the lyrics, " Don't know much about history " or " geography ," etc.

Her complex and initially hostile / eventually close relationship with Sam McPherson is one of the cornerstones of the series.

She initially has a rocky relationship with her superior Jack McCoy ( Sam Waterston ) because his penchant for bending trial rules goes against her liberal idealism and sense of legal ethics.

Born the son of a Bible Christian Church preacher, Sam Pollard initially aimed for a career in the civil service.

The band was initially composed of singer Tim Kinsella, guitarist Sam Zurick, bassist Bobby Burg, and drummer / keyboardist Nate Kinsella.

Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas sponsored both United States Senate bills ; Senators Joe Lieberman ( D-Conn .), Lindsey Graham ( R-S. C .), Rick Santorum ( R-Pa .), George Allen ( R-Va .) initially co-sponsored the bill at its reintroduction in January 26, 2005.

Though initially uncomfortable with Luka's involvement with Alex, Sam eventually accepts it and becomes good friends with Luka.

Their first gig, a school dance, goes well and Loretta is a big hit with band and the audience, except for Sam, who is jealous of Loretta's " perfection " and suspects that Roscoe likes Loretta more than her.

Beth suspects that this boy who lives with his " father " two blocks away is in fact her lost son, and while Sam mows the lawn, she takes photographs of him to show to her husband and teenage son, who then says that he suspected the boy's true identity all along.

Shocked by this, Bree welcomes Sam into her life but finds herself at odds with Andrew, who suspects Sam has an ulterior motive.

Bree agrees to do so and then says she feels sorry for Sam for losing his chance to be part of a family and suspects no one will ever truly care for the man.

Sam asks Korda about a man who deals in stolen jewellery, because Sam suspects that some of the dealer's jewels came from Korda, who is a professional jewel thief.

Langford fought heavyweight Sam McVea fifteen times, drawing in the first via points, losing the second by decision, winning the third and fourth by decision, winning the fifth by technical knockout ( McVey claimed a foul.

* Weah cries foul in Liberia's presidential play-off, Sam Knight and agencies, The Sunday Times Online, November 10, 2005

Sam is a large, headstrong man with a penchant for foul language and gruff behavior.

In the late 1990s, the musical play Love, Janis was created with input from Janis's younger sister Laura plus Big Brother guitarist Sam Andrew, with an aim to take it to Off Broadway.

Lines from the play are quoted at the end of Cross of Iron, a 1977 drama war film directed by Sam Peckinpah:

Hauer went on to play the adventurer courting Gene Hackman's daughter ( Theresa Russell ) in Nicolas Roeg's poorly received Eureka ( 1983 ); the investigative reporter opposite John Hurt in Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 ); the hardened Landsknecht mercenary Martin in Flesh & Blood ( 1985 ); and the knight paired with Michelle Pfeiffer in the Medieval romance Ladyhawke ( 1985 ).

Alec Guinness had previously played Lawrence in the play Ross, and was briefly considered for the part, but David Lean and Sam Spiegel thought him too old.

Sam Spiegel grew furious and unsuccessfully attempted to have the play suppressed, furore at which helped to gain publicity for the film.

* Action ( play ), a 1975 play by Sam Shepard

He began acting in Off Broadway productions, including The Young Master Dante by Werner Liepolt and a play by Sam Shepard, and also did some photo shoot modeling for National Lampoon, before moving on to film.

* The superhero / trickster figure of Uncle Sam in Robert Coover's The Public Burning ( 1977, New York, Grove Books ) is described in the following terms ( p. 7 ): " American Autolycus, they called him in the Gospels, referring to his cunning powers of conjuration, transmutation, and magical consumption ( he can play the shell game, not with a mere pea, but with whole tin mines, forests, oil fields, mountain ranges, and just before Thanksgiving this past year made an entire island disappear!

In the fall of 1980, after all original SNL cast members departed from the show, Radner starred opposite Sam Waterston in the Jean Kerr play, Lunch Hour, as a pair whose spouses are having an affair, and in response invent one of their own, consisting of trysts on their lunch hour.

Sam Shepard's play The Late Henry Moss is set " on the outskirts of " Bernalillo.

Film historian Eric Reade claims the Taits themselves owned the stage rights to a Kelly play, while actors Sam Crewe and John Forde later also claimed to have thought of the idea of a making a film of the Kelly Gang's exploits, inspired by the success of stage plays.

In January 2010 Hawke directed his second play, A Lie of the Mind, by Sam Shepard on the New York stage.

Stephen Rea's friendship with American playwright and actor Sam Shepard dates back to the early 1970s, and he starred in Shepard's directorial debut of his play " Geography of a Horse Dreamer " at the Royal Court Theatre in 1974.

By 1995 Sean had formed the band IMA ( with Sam Koppelman and Timo Ellis ) to play alongside his mother on her album Rising.

The film was adapted for the screen by John Grey, Allen McNeil, and Sam Taylor from the play by George Abbott and Ann Preston Bridgers, and was directed by Sam Taylor.

He moved to New York City in 1980 to appear in a Steppenwolf production of the Sam Shepard play True West for which he won an Obie Award.

His first play was produced at the Okada House dormitory at Stanford and he briefly studied playwriting with Sam Shepard and María Irene Fornés.

Sam Shepard refers to Nerval in his play " Cowboy Mouth.

In the Sam Shepard and Patti Smith play Cowboy Mouth, the character Cavale is obsessed with Nerval, making numerous references to him and claiming that Nerval hanged himself on birthday.

Later sequels included Henry James Byron's Dundreary Married and Done For, and John Oxenford's Brother Sam ( 1862 ; revived in 1865 ), a play about Dundreary's brother.

* Part of a Felix cartoon was played in the 2002 film 100 Women, by a projector that Sam was using to play the cartoon on Hope's building.

In its a Wild and Woolly Hare Sam and Bugs play " Chicken " in two locomotives going toward one another-Sam doesn't crash into Bugs but still ends up losing.

* Chicago, 1965 play by Sam Shepard