It was in the spring of the year when he took to his bed and Tessie and Alfred found out that they didn't know each other.

Tessie, everybody thought, was a strong woman, but she was only strong because she had Alfred to lean on.

And when Alfred was forced into his bed, Tessie left the front porch of the store and sat at home, rocking in her rocker in the living room, staring out the window -- the rose still in her hair.

The production was directed by Mr. Freedman, and it starred Ivor Emmanuel, Tessie O ' Shea, Shani Wallis, and Laurence Naismith.

The feature programme of the night was TWW's penultimate production, All Good Things, a late night variety special presented by Bernard Braden and featuring amongst others, Tessie O ' Shea, Stan Stennett, Ivor Emmanuel, Manfred Mann, Clifford Evans, Anita Harris and Morecambe & Wise.

The Banana Splits ' bubblegum pop rock and roll was provided by studio professionals, including Joey Levine (" I Enjoy Being a Boy ", " It's a Good Day for a Parade "); Al Kooper (" You're the Lovin ' End "); Barry White (" Doin ' the Banana Split "); Gene Pitney (" Two Ton Tessie ") and Jimmy Radcliffe provided his songs (" I'm Gonna Find A Cave ", " Soul ", " Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl ", " Adam Had ' Em " and " The Show Must Go On ") but did not contribute vocals to Splits recordings.

This activity was preceded by Internet ventriloquism using two MySpace profiles as Mister Trippy and a ventriloquist doll called Tessie ( who often claimed to be pregnant and became very angry when Home suggested dolls can't become pregnant ).

When he lived in the US, he was involved with Tessie O ' Conner, an American woman of Mexican and Irish descendence, but she eventually left him because he could not tell her what he was doing half of his time.

Hamilton's college sweetheart, Tessie O ' Connor, came to Sweden after learning the truth about who Hamilton was, and he divorced to marry her.

Noddy felt he was unable to have Bumpy Dog live with him, so Tessie Bear offered to keep him.

Rossi was given a back-story — that of a barber who was deeply traumatized when one of his customers, and a young co-worker, a manicurist named Tessie DiGiovanna, were machine-gunned by mobsters.

Early in the first season, the cast was rounded out with Tessie Santiago as Lucia ( Gavin's co-host ), and Brooke Dillman, who played the station's weather-nun, Sister Brenda.

" Tessie " was used in the major motion picture Fever Pitch and was included on the EA Sports MVP Baseball 2005 soundtrack.

The original " Tessie " was from the 1902 Broadway musical The Silver Slipper.

The original version of " Tessie ( You Are the Only, Only, Only )" was written by Will R. Anderson and was featured in the Broadway musical The Silver Slipper, which ran for 160 performances between October 27, 1902 and March 14, 1903.

The song was about a woman singing to her beloved parakeet " Tessie ".

The Boston fans remembered " Tessie " fondly through the years ; Burt Mustin, who decades later became a prolific " old man " character actor in movies and television, was still regaling audiences with " Tessie " stories while in his nineties.

The Red Sox won the World Series in 1918 but then endured an 86-year drought before winning again in 2004, the same year a re-release of " Tessie " was issued by the Dropkick Murphys.

On October 21, 2007, the band played on a small stage in Fenway Park prior to Game 7 of the 2007 American League Championship Series and on October 30, 2007, the band performed on a flatbed truck during the Boston Red Sox rolling rally to celebrate their 2007 World Series Championship, playing " I'm Shipping Up to Boston ", " Dirty Water ", " Tessie ", " The State of Massachusetts ", " For Boston ", and " Sunshine Highway ", to celebrate.

" Tessie " is the second of three songs played after every Red Sox win at Fenway Park, the first being " Dirty Water " by The Standells.

Trot Nixon used " Tessie " as his at-bat intro music when he played for the Red Sox.

" She also guest-starred on an episode of the Watch Your Mouth, and played a fictional character, a super diva with an attitude, " Tessie Bright ," to the hilt.

She played wrestler " Terrible Tessie " in the first season Starsky & Hutch episode " The Omaha Tiger ", and " Cousin Alice ", the slow-witted but well-meaning relation of an old acquaintance of the Duke family in the first season Dukes of Hazzard episode " Swamp Molly ".

Alfred, leaning on Meltzer, stopped for a minute to look at Tessie.

Beginning in the mid-1940s, he worked for several years with Stan Lee on comic books at Timely Comics ( now known as Marvel Comics ), ranging from Combat Kelly and The Ringo Kid to Tessie the Typist.

She first appeared on the New York stage at age 10 as Tessie in the New York City Center revival of The Most Happy Fella ( 1959 ).

* Tessie ( Form 2 ) The Twins at St. Clare's to Summer Term at St. Clare ' sTessie is a cheerful and kind girl.

Pittsburgh outfielder Tommy Leach credited at least part of Boston's win to " that damn ' Tessie ' song.

Writer Ernest Kinoy expanded the plot to include scenes at various characters ' homes before the lottery and a conversation between Bill and Tessie Hutchinson ( Bill suggests leaving town before the lottery happens, but Tessie refuses because she wants to go shopping at Floyd Summers's store after the lottery is over ).

The Rooters sang " Tessie " at games to encourage their Sox, while simultaneously distracting and frustrating the other team.

A synthesized version of " Tessie " is used by Red Sox ticketing, as the signal a customer has been selected from the team's virtual waiting room to purchase tickets during busy periods.

I became fifteen, sixteen, then twenty, and still Tessie Alpert sat on the porch with a rose in her hair, and Alfred got richer and sicker with diabetes.

Tessie could do nothing for Alfred.

I sat down to wait, and I watched Tessie Alpert, who hadn't moved or said a word but kept staring out of the window.

They steal an old sedan from Muriel Everett ( Doro Merande ), the postmistress ; she calls Alice Foss ( Tessie O ' Shea ), the gossipy telephone switchboard operator, and before long, wild rumors throw the entire island into confusion.

Authorities identified the victims as Pinelake residents Tessie Garner, 75 ; Lillian Dunn, 89 ; Jesse Musser, 88 ; Bessie Hedrick, 78 ; John Goldston, 78 ; Margaret Johnson, 89 ; Louise DeKler, 98 ; and nurse Jerry Avant, 39.

He is also taking care of his best friend's widow, Tessie, and her dying father, Mendel.

The programme, produced in association with ITN, featured appearances from Sir Ralph Richardson, Stanley Baker ( later a founder of TWW's successors, Harlech Television ), Naunton Wayne, Donald Sinden, Tessie O ' Shea, Donald Houston, Petula Clark, Tommy Cooper and Ralph Reader.

One by one, his ex-wife: Eva-Britt, wife: Tessie, children: Johanna Louise and Ian Carlos and even his mother were killed.

* Erica ( Form 2, is asked to leave ) Erica is a spiteful girl who plays beastly tricks on Pat and Tessie, and then is asked to leave.

* Winnie ( Form 2 ) Winnie is a kind girl who is good friends with Tessie.

Noddy's best friends are Big Ears, Tessie Bear, Bumpy Dog and the Tubby Bears.