Stan and Hilda Ogden were often at the centre of overtly funny storylines, with other comic characters including Eddie Yeats ( Geoffrey Hughes ), Fred Gee ( Fred Feast ) and Jack Duckworth ( William Tarmey ) all making their first appearances during the decade.

In 1983, antihero Len Fairclough ( Peter Adamson ), one of the show's central male characters since 1961, was killed off, and in 1984, Stan Ogden ( Bernard Youens ) died.

Consequently, the show has a long tradition of psychologically abused husbands, most famously Stan Ogden and Jack Duckworth, husbands of Hilda and Vera, respectively.

Other recurring archetypes include the war veteran ( Albert Tatlock, Percy Sugden ), the bumbling retail manager ( Leonard Swindley, Reg Holdsworth, Norris Cole ), and the perennial losers ( Stan and Hilda Ogden, Jack and Vera Duckworth, and Les Battersby-Brown ).

Over the next nine years he became, with Stan Ogden ( Bernard Youens ), a foil to Stan's long-suffering wife Hilda ( Jean Alexander ).

Rimmer also appeared in Doctor Who in 1966, and in Coronation Street as two characters: Joe Donnelli ( 1968 – 1970 ), who held the character of Stan Ogden hostage before committing suicide, and Malcolm Reid ( 1988 ), father of Audrey Roberts ' son, Stephen.

Critic Grace Dent has likened Dot and Jim to Coronation Streets Hilda and Stan Ogden, comparing a scene in EastEnders where Dot nags Jim and he prays for a quiet life to a similar one from Coronation Street, that aired decades before.

In 2002, Hilda and Stan Ogden were voted Britain's top romantic TV couple, in a poll of more than 5, 000 people carried out by NTL: Home.

Hilda and her husband Stan were voted Britain's top romantic TV couple in 2002.

The Ogdens, Hilda and her husband Stan ( Bernard Youens ) – or " the Oggies " as they were affectionately dubbed – have been hailed as one of Coronation Street's favourite couples.

Hilda and her husband Stan were first featured in Coronation Street in 1964.

Hilda worked as a char, cleaning the Rovers Return, Mike Baldwin's factory and private homes, while Stan cleaned windows.

Hilda and Stan had four children.

Trevor eventually married and gave Hilda and Stan a grandson, but was ashamed of the life his parents led and only made the occasional visit.

Lodging with the Ogdens from 1980 to 1983 was Eddie Yeats, their surrogate son, and, after Stan died in late 1984 – just a few years after celebrating their ruby wedding – Hilda got extra money by allowing Kevin and Sally Webster to live in one of her vacant rooms.

A storyline involving Hilda and her husband Stan once resulted in monetary claims to the council of an increase of 200 %.

Charlton was related to several professional footballers on his mother's side of the family: his uncles were Jack Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ), George Milburn ( Leeds United and Chesterfield ), Jim Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ) and Stan Milburn ( Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale ), and legendary Newcastle United and England footballer Jackie Milburn, was his mother's cousin.

Sitch has claimed that none of the characters were directly based on a single person, and indeed the character of Moore was a combination of well-known characteristics of several high-profile television figures, including A Current Affair host Ray Martin, Martin's predecessor Mike Willesee, and Real Life host Stan Grant.

Portions of the film were shot in Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, USA, and non-humanoid creatures were created by Stan Winston Studio from designs by Jordu Schell.

Its approach was described by Dave Kehr in The New York Times: " Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding on the radio, Ernie Kovacs on television, Stan Freberg on records, Harvey Kurtzman in the early issues of Mad: all of those pioneering humorists and many others realized that the real world mattered less to people than the sea of sounds and images that the ever more powerful mass media were pumping into American lives.

Sosa wore the iconic # 21 with the Cubs in honor of his childhood idol Roberto Clemente Also in 1998, Sosa's 416 total bases were the most in a single season since Stan Musial's 429 in.

In the autumn of 1984, Twain's talents were noticed by Toronto DJ Stan Campbell who wrote about her in a Country Music News article: " Eilleen possesses a powerful voice with an impressive range.

Also in that league were Joe DiMaggio, Joe Gordon, and Stan Musial.

They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men # 1 ( September 1963 ).

Among the many baseball players ( including well known stars ) who served during World War II were Moe Berg, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial ( in 1945 ), Warren Spahn, and Ted Williams.

In 1967, she learned that her ex-band mates Andy Silvester and Stan Webb were forming a blues band, Chicken Shack, and were looking for a pianist.

Those in attendance were: Ulam, von Neumann, Metropolis, Teller, Stan Frankel, and others.

Narrations by Stan Lee were added to the first season episodes at this time so that the series seemed cohesive.

Only some of the Stan Lee narrations were in the third season.

Other key players in this period were Neil Harris, Stan Seymour and Frank Hudspeth.

Heels such as Ivan Koloff and Stan Stasiak were used to transition the title from one babyface to another ; " Superstar " Billy Graham enjoyed a nine and a half month reign as a heel champion, as McMahon felt he would need this much time to build up Bob Backlund as championship material.

Ketcham had half of the comic book rights purchased by Stan Lee and Marvel Comics, so they were able to produce a new series of Dennis the Menace comic books.

They were written by Stan Nicholls and Ian Edginton and published by Boxtree.

Finally, in July 2000, the Avalanche, Nuggets and Pepsi Center were finally bought by real estate entrepreneur Stan Kroenke in a $ 450 million deal.

But they were ousted in six games by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2011 NBA Playoffs, the first time head coach Stan Van Gundy was eliminated early in the playoffs.

The Magic were also the only NBA team to wear black sneakers and socks in all their games, a tradition that began upon the hiring of Stan Van Gundy in 2007 ; however they wore white sneakers and socks at home in all of the 2008 – 09 season and early in the 2009 – 10 season before switching back to black sneakers and socks.

Finally, in July 2000, the Avalanche, Nuggets and Pepsi Center were bought by real estate entrepreneur Stan Kroenke in a $ 450 million deal.

Later in Fantastic Four # 53 ( August 1966 ), by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, a newly debuted variation of vibranium was introduced in the isolated nation of Wakanda.

At Cameo, producer Stan Watson introduced them to producer Thom Bell, then working with Chubby Checker.

He introduced a new generation to the manic big-band parodies of Spike Jones, the musical black humor of Tom Lehrer, and the many novelty records recorded by satirist Stan Freberg in the 1950s.

Ned Leeds is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe, part of the supporting cast of Spider-Man, first introduced in 1964 in The Amazing Spider-Man # 18, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.

The Herald concept was introduced in Fantastic Four # 48 ( March 1966 )-with the character the Silver Surfer-by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Williams introduced the song by speaking with duct tape over his mouth so that his speech resembled that of Kenny McCormick, then tearing it off and finally saying Stan Marsh's trademark line, " Oh my god!

After were introduced as an administrative division in Stockholm in 1996, Maria-Gamla Stan grew when it merged with the former borough of Hornstull in 1999, so that it comprised the whole western half of Södermalm and the island districts of Gamla Stan, Långholmen, Reimersholme and Riddarholmen.

There he prominently introduced bossa nova to the US through recordings such as “ The Girl from Ipanema ” with Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz.

It is probably best known in the United States for the advertising campaign created by the New York-based agency Amalgamated, introduced in late 2005, with a futuristic " spokesbot " designed by Stan Winston.

Ego the Living Planet was initially introduced in the title Thor issue # 132 ( Sept. 1966 ), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.

In the scene very Pip is introduced, Stan asks Pip about his peculiar name, but Cartman interrupts Pip during his answer.

Cheryl Crane, Turner and Stephen's daughter, wrote that Leeds first tried marijuana with members of Stan Kenton's orchestra and that she was introduced to heroin while in jail.

The championship was introduced in November 1980 when Georgia Tag Team Champions the Fabulous Freebirds ( Michael Hayes, Buddy Roberts, and Terry Gordy ) won a tournament to determine the first champions, defeating Stan Frazier and Robert Fuller in the final.

The Mad Thinker was introduced by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Fantastic Four # 15 ( June 1963 ).

The PDC introduced a new version of the World Matchplay in 1994 ( see main article Stan James World Matchplay )

The pilot introduced Richie Ryan ( Stan Kirsch ) as a thief who entered Duncan's shop and witnessed the confrontation between Duncan, evil Immortal Slan Quince ( Richard Moll ) and Duncan's fellow clansman Connor MacLeod, the hero from the movies.