** " The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft " by Nick Mamatas and Tim Pratt

He spun humorous tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by " square " names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as " Nathan Detroit ," " Benny Southstreet ," " Big Jule ," " Harry the Horse ," " Good Time Charley ," " Dave the Dude ," or " The Seldom Seen Kid.

He refers to The Dude dismissively as " a bum " and a " deadbeat ," and is obsessed with " achievement.

" Dude ranches ", to which wealthy Easterners came to experience the " cowboy life ," began to appear in the American West in the early 20th century.

* 1959 – Howard Hawks's film Rio Bravo has Dean Martin as " Dude ," the drunk deputy to John Wayne.

If a long series of stunts are completed before landing you can receive a message saying ," Dude!

Chocolate and Cheese followed in 1994, featuring tracks influenced by 70s pop / rock and soul, such as " Freedom of ' 76 " and " Voodoo Lady ," the latter of which appeared on the Road Trip and Dude, Where's My Car?

In Harry Podder: Dude Where's My Wand ?, a play by Desert Star Theater in Utah, written by sisters Laura J., Amy K. and Anna M. Lewis, Voldemort appears as evil wizard Voldie.

In 2005, Bridges, known as " The Dude " in the film Big Lebowski, showed up at a Lebowski Fest in Los Angeles singing and playing the film's theme song written by Bob Dylan, " Man in Me ".

The single " Right Now ", written by Mitch Allan, would go on to appear in over a dozen films including Loser, Dude, Where's My Car ?, and American Pie.

" Stretch Dude & Clobber Girl "' s theme song was written by Long and composed by Alf Clausen.

Nuestra Señora de los Vampiros is a black and white one-shot published in 1999 by Spanish comic publisher Dude Comics based on the story by Sheridan Le Fanu, but with a modern twist.

Jeff " The Dude " Lebowski returns home only to be roughed up by two thugs claiming to be collecting money that Lebowski's wife owes a man named Jackie Treehorn.

She agrees with The Dude's suspicion that Bunny kidnapped herself and asks The Dude to recover the ransom, as it was illegally withdrawn by her father from a charity.

The Big Lebowski angrily confronts The Dude over his failure to hand over the money, and hands The Dude an envelope sent to him by the kidnappers which contains a severed toe, presumably Bunny's.

The Dude is greeted by Maude Lebowski, who seduces him.

The affair apparently over, The Dude and his bowling teammates are suddenly confronted by the nihilists, who have set The Dude's car on fire.

The Dude is mostly inspired by Jeff Dowd, a member of the anti-war radical group the Seattle Liberation Front ( The Dude tells Maude Lebowski during the film that he was one of the Seattle Seven, who were members of the SLF ).

The Dude is mostly inspired by Jeff Dowd, a man the Coen brothers met while they were trying to find distribution for the feature film, Blood Simple.

The British equivalent, inspired by Lebowski Fest, is known as The Dude Abides and is held in London.

In 2005, journalist Oliver Benjamin founded The Church of Latter-Day Dude, a website-philosophy and mock religion inspired by the character " the Dude ", a former hippie, in the 1998 movie The Big Lebowski.

Dude then gets retribution on the patron who threw the dollar coin in the spittoon by making him go get it.

After Colorado visits the jail to tell Chance the meaning of the song Nathan is playing, Chance gives Dude his guns back ( the ones he had before he left town, sold by Dude but bought by Chance ) as well as some clothes he left behind.

Dude, frustrated by his performance and recovering from his extended drunkenness, resigns as deputy.

Dude and Chance go to the hotel to round up additional supplies, but Carlos and Consuela are captured by Burdette men, and trick Chance into charging down the stairs, falling over a trip-wire.

Prominent Metropolitan players included Tim Keefe, Dave Orr, Chief Roseman, Jack Lynch, Candy Nelson and Dude Esterbrook.

R. E. M., The Ramones, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Mr. Bungle, Sonic Youth, Godsmack, Soundgarden, Weezer, Tina Turner, Mudvayne, Blues Traveler, Butthole Surfers, Keith Urban, L7, Nonpoint, Devin the Dude, Iron & Wine, Dillinger Escape Plan, EOTO, Aesop Rock, The Books, Staind, AFI, Sleater-Kinney, KRS-One, The Black Lips, The Donnas, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bun B, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job !, Os Mutantes, Foals, Tomahawk, Big Boi, Dresden Dolls, Warpaint, Del the Funky Homosapien, Man Man, Uh Huh Her, The Raveonettes, Pansy Division, Fantômas, Yelle, Prince Paul, OK Go, The Walkmen, Andy Dick, The Misfits, UK Subs, Death, Lucero, Man or Astroman ?, Theophilus London, The Jesus Lizard, Daniel Johnston, Cracker, The Sword, MC Chris, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Peelander-Z, Toro y Moi, CocoRosie, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, The Oh Sees, Yann Tiersen, Anamanaguchi, The Drums, Delicious Milk, Oh, Nostalgia, and hundreds of other now nationally recognized rock, country, hip-hop, and blues artists have all had their turn on the stages of Fitzgerald's.

Under a country format the station sported DJs, including Jim Bonnett as " Big Jim " and was the station manager until 1966, Roger Price as " Pistol Pete " and P. D. 1962-1966, Johnny Dauro as " Lonesome John " and manager 1966-1970, George Lubgate as " Tiny Tim ", Ron Kitchen as " Ron the Dude " and P. D. 1966, Lowell Thomas ( Not the famous newscaster ) as " L. T.

In a flash, The Dude unravels the whole scheme: when the Big Lebowski heard that Bunny was kidnapped, he used it as a pretense for an embezzlement scheme, in which he withdrew the ransom money from the family charity to keep for himself.

He gave an empty briefcase to The Dude ( who would be the fall guy on whom he pinned the theft ), and was content to let the kidnappers kill Bunny.

Dowd had been a member of the Seattle Seven, liked to drink White Russians, and was known as " The Dude.

" The Dude was also partly based on a friend of the Coen brothers, Peter Exline ( now a member of the faculty at USC's School of Cinematic Arts ), a Vietnam War veteran who reportedly lived in a dump of an apartment and was proud of a little rug that " tied the room together.

According to Ethan, " the movie was conceived as pivoting around that relationship between the Dude and Walter ", which sprang from the scenes between Barton Fink and Charlie Meadows in Barton Fink.

I lived in a little place like that and did drugs, although I think I was a little more creative than the Dude ".

According to Joel, the only time they ever directed Bridges " was when he would come over at the beginning of each scene and ask, ' Do you think the Dude burned one on the way over?

" USA Today gave the film three out of four stars and felt that the Dude was " too passive a hero to sustain interest ", but that there was " enough startling brilliance here to suggest that, just like the Dude, those smarty-pants Coens will abide.

Dude and Chance patrol the town, when Carlos stops the sheriff, saying Wheeler was talking too much about Chance needing help.

Wheeler and Chance also discuss Dude ; about three years earlier Dude was a top-notch gunman until he " met a girl on the stage " who was no good and they left together.

Colorado agrees to join Chance as deputy and then Dude reconsiders quitting after hearing the Deguello song, reminding him why he was there.

The Gulf Hills Inn was revitalized by renaming it Gulf Hills Dude Ranch and creating a western atmosphere.

The town was the fictional hometown of Cactus Jack and Dude Love, two of the several professional wrestling personas of Mick Foley.

Martin was acclaimed for his performance as Dude in Rio Bravo ( 1959 ), directed by Howard Hawks and also starring John Wayne and singer Ricky Nelson.

The incident was mentioned in Michael Moore's book Dude, Where's My Country?