* Stretch Armstrong ( 2014 )

* Stretch Armstrong

All the artists involved with the project were regulars on WKCR's Stretch Armstrong radio show in the early ' 90s, of which Bobbito was co-host.

In February 2009, Universal Pictures announced that Steve Oedekerk would be penning a film adaptation of the Stretch Armstrong superhero doll.

* Stretch Armstrong ( 2012 )

Stretch Armstrong was in the shape of a small well-muscled blonde man wearing a pair of underwear.

The original Stretch Armstrong figure was conceived and developed by Bill Armasmith, and was in production from 1976 until 1980 when production was stopped.

Stretch Armstrong is made of latex rubber filled with gelled corn syrup, which allows it to retain shape for a short time before shrinking to its original shape.

An estimated 67 different versions from Japan, Germany, Italy, France, Australia, and other countries released Stretch Armstrong variations between 1976 and the 1990s.

* Harbert Sport Mister Muscolo, 1977 Italian version of Stretch Armstrong

* Lili Ledy El Hombre Elastic, Mexican version of Stretch Armstrong

* Tsukuda Mr. X, Japanese version of Stretch Armstrong

* Cap Toys Fetch Armstrong, Stretch Armstrong's pliable canine counterpart, released in the early 1990s

Stretch Armstrong was reissued in the 1990s with a canine sidekick, " Fetch Armstrong ".

Wretch Armstrong seems to be a redesigned, smaller remake of Stretch X-Ray but in reality looks nothing like the 1970s version Evil X-ray Wretch Armstrong is only 7 inches tall whereas Stretch X-ray was over 12 inches tall.

Grazer states " Stretch Armstrong is a character I have wanted to see on screen for a long time ... It ’ s a story about a guy stretching ... the limits of what is possible to become all that he can be.

On January 30, 2012 Relativity Media picked up the Stretch Armstrong Live-Action film, after Universal Studios dropped the film.

On April 23, 2012 Relativity Media and Hasbro have hired The Manchurian Candidate writer Dean Georgaris to write Stretch Armstrong for them.

On July 10, 2012, it was reported that Relativity and Hasbro are in talks with Breck Eisner to direct Stretch Armstrong.

On July 19, 2012, Relativity confirmed that Breck Eisner will direct Stretch Armstrong.

The term byte was coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz in July 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM Stretch computer.

Furthermore, a group impersonating Fleetwood Mac ( which later became Stretch ) was touring the United States with encouragement from the band's manager, Clifford Davis.

The IBM 7030, also known as Stretch, was IBM's first transistorized supercomputer.

In January 1956, Project Stretch was formally initiated.

What Archie did not know was that Stretch was Jewish, evident only after Stretch died and Archie went to the funeral.

According to tap dancer Howard “ Stretch ” Johnson, whose sister was one of the featured dancers at the Cotton Club in the early 1930s, the Shim-Sham or Shimmy was invented by chorus line dancers at the 101 Ranch on 140th Street in Harlem.

A tribute to the band, titled Our Impact Will Be Felt, was released on April 24, 2007, and includes covers from artists such as Bane, Bleeding Through, The Bouncing Souls, Ignite, Comeback Kid, Hatebreed, Himsa, Madball, Most Precious Blood, Napalm Death, Pennywise, Rise Against, Sepultura, Stretch Arm Strong, The Suicide Machines, Unearth, and Walls of Jericho.

Like the IBM Stretch computer, ILLIAC II was designed using " future transistors " that had not yet been invented.

* The ILLIAC II project was proposed before, and competed with IBM's Stretch project, and several ILLIAC designers felt that Stretch borrowed many of its ideas from ILLIAC II, whose design and documentation were published openly as University of Illinois Tech Reports.

* The ILLIAC II was one of the first pipelined computers, along with IBM's Stretch Computer.

Originally called current-steering logic, it was used in the Stretch, IBM 7090, and IBM 7094 computers.

The exhibition was unsuccessful ; and the artist's difficulties increased to such an extent that, whilst employed on his last grand effort, Alfred and the Trial by Jury, overcome by debts of over £ 3000. 0, disappointment and ingratitude, he wrote " Stretch me no longer on this rough world ," and committed suicide by shooting himself, at sixty-one years of age.

The final episode of Porridge, " Final Stretch ", was broadcast on 25 March 1977.

While preparing to leave for the night, Stretch finds Chop Top ( Bill Moseley ) ( who was stationed in Vietnam during the first film and is the twin of the Hitchhiker from the first film ), waiting in the lobby.

Eubank would defend the title successfully against Dan Sherry ( in a fight cut short by a headbutt, for which Eubank was penalised 2 points but still won on points over the 9 completed rounds ), fellow Briton Gary Stretch and finally in an excellent match with another fellow Briton, Michael Watson, fighting him to a narrow 12-round majority decision in Eubank's favour.

Misprediction recovery was provided by the lookahead unit on Stretch, and part of Stretch's reputation for less-than-stellar performance was blamed on the time required for misprediction recovery.

The IBM 7950, also known as Harvest, was a one-of-a-kind adjunct to the Stretch computer which was installed at the US National Security Agency ( NSA ).

In April 1958, the final design for the NSA-customized version of IBM's Stretch computer had been approved, and the machine was installed in February 1962.

* On the outskirts of Friedberg is the Friedberger Stretch ( Size: 450 x 430 m, surface water: about 18 ha ) with water skiing, parking, large lawns, beach volleyball, children's beach, toilets, restaurant, kiosk and lifeguard station are available.

When Stewie attempts to asphyxiate himself in the supermarket, he was originally meant to state " Either I was a C-section or you ’ re Stretch Vagstrong ", which would have been a reference to the Stretch Armstrong action figure, but broadcasting standards prohibited them to show it.

The figure keeps best at room temperature so thirty years later, collectors are still using Stretch.