He began in stage revue and wrote many skits and gags for the satirical comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show, before joining the cast as a regular member in 1966, in various roles including the character Ocker and Frazer is credited with neologising the Australian slang term " ocker ".

Other recurring bits on the show include fictional commercials, including those for The Catchup Advisory Board ( its name a compromise between the two common spellings for the condiment: " catsup " and " ketchup "), which proclaims the good news about the condiment's " natural mellowing agents " after a short skit of the sufferings of Jim and Barb, a middle-aged couple ; the American Duct Tape Council ; Marvin and Mavis Smiley seasonal bluegrass albums ; Fred Farrell Animal Calls ; the Professional Organization of English Majors ( P. O. E. M.

In 1971 Howerd recorded, with June Whitfield, a comedy version of the song " Je t ' aime ", made famous by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, in which she featured as " Mavis " alongside Howerd's " Frank ", and a third unexplained sleeping partner named " Arthur ".

In 1971 Whitfield recorded, with Frankie Howerd, a comedy version of the song " Je t ' aime, originally made famous by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, in which she featured as " Mavis ".

Some portages involve very little elevation change, such as the very short Mavis Grind in Shetland, which crosses an isthmus.

* Mavis the Magic Mirror ( performed by Sandra Shamas )-Mavis is a magical mirror which Red and Cotterpin encounter in " Mirror, Mirror.

Curtom went on to release most of Mayfield's landmark 1970s records, as well as records by the Impressions, Leroy Hutson, The Staple Singers, Mavis Staples, and Baby Huey and the Babysitters, a group which at the time included Chaka Khan.

Cooder produced and performed on an album for Mavis Staples entitled We'll Never Turn Back, which was released on April 24, 2007.

The Smiths chose to open their 1986 album, The Queen Is Dead, with a sound sample from this film — taken from the scene at the house in London during the Christmas season, in which Mavis leads her fellow Brits abroad through an off-key chorus of " Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty ".

Crawford Productions ' Melbourne-based police drama Homicide premiered on 20 October 1964 on HSV-7, soon followed on 11 November by the ATN-7 satirical sketch comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show ( which at its peak drew an unprecedented 59 % of the audience ), the rural soap opera Bellbird on the ABC ( 1967 ), and for interstate viewers Graham Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight or the Graham Kennedy Channel Nine Show.

Their supporters decided to raise money for the defence fund with a benefit concert, which was held at the Sydney University Theatre on 15 November 1964, featuring legendary Sydney garage-punk band The Missing Links, members of the popular satirical TV sketch series The Mavis Bramston Show and actor Leonard Teale ( then starring in the popular TV police drama Homicide ), who recited a " surfie " parody of Clancy of the Overflow.

Mavis Enderby had a peal of bells named after it, called The Brides of Enderby, which is mentioned in Jean Ingelow's poem " High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire 1571 ".

* Gnomes, one of which Mavis takes a liking to.

The opening scene of each episode showed " Mavis ", now brought to life as a parodic character, arriving at Sydney airport to be greeted by the waiting press ; the irony was that although the show was called The Mavis Bramston Show, this was the only scene in which she appeared.

The name " Mavis Bramston " was suggested by Jon Finlayson, who cited an old Melbourne theatre tradition in which " an actress who's really daggy or over the top, or up herself " was nicknamed a " Mavis Bramston ".

The show opened with a heavily made-up Noeline Brown ( as Mavis ) in a mock interview with Jon Finlayson after which she performed a ( deliberately awful ) song-and-dance routine.

The appearance of Richard Walsh is notable because it established an explicit link between Mavis and the Sydney satirical magazine Oz, which at that time was the subject of a highly publicized censorship controversy.

When Mavis premiered the " Oz Three " were preparing their appeal against the verdict ( which was ultimately quashed ).

He also has produced: LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Michael McDonald, Natalie Cole, Patti LaBelle, Amy Holland ( he sang a duet with her called " I Still Run To You " which was on Amy's second album On Your Every Word ), Trisha Yearwood, Selena, All-4-One, Bette Midler ( and also sang a duet with her, " I Know You by Heart ," on the Beaches film soundtrack ), Brian Setzer, TLC, Brian McKnight, Little Richard, Patti Austin, Linda Ronstadt, James Ingram, The Pointer Sisters, Mavis Staples, Andrae Crouch, David Benoit, Take 6, Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea, Steve Vai, Tevin Campbell, The Jerky Boys, Paul Rodriguez, Yakov Smirnoff, Def Jeff, Amy Grant, Chet Atkins, Olivia Newton-John, DC Talk, recent Academy Award – winner Jennifer Hudson and CeCe Winans.

This performance, which featured West's mother Donda West, was joined in a sequence with Mavis Staples and John Legend's rendition of " I'll Take You There " and a performance of " I'll Fly Away " by the Blind Boys of Alabama.

Rita and Mavis frequently clashed over the course of the series, leading to many of the conflicts that drove the plot of each episode.

Software bundles usually included ClarisWorks, Quicken, a calendar / contact manager such as Touchbase and Datebook Pro, America Online, Apple's At Ease child-safe interface, educational software such as American Heritage Dictionary, The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Microsoft Bookshelf ( on models equipped with a CD-Rom ), Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, or Mario Teaches Typing, and games such as Spectre Challenger, Super Munchers, and Monopoly, all pre-installed over a slightly customized version of the Macintosh System software, denoted by a P in the version number ( e. g., System 7. 1P5 ).

Rita's dominance over Mavis seems like bullying to outsiders, but she is only thinking of Mavis's best interests.

Devastated, at his funeral Mavis chastises those who mocked her marriage over the years.

Thelma Barlow, who played Derek's wife Mavis, was angered by the sacking of her co-star and resigned, while the production team also lost some of its key writers when Barry Hill, Adele Rose and Julian Roach all resigned.

The Carron Company, became the areas's main employer, building the mining villages of Mavis Valley and Jellyhill to accommodate its workers.

Since its introduction, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing has been the best-selling typing software.

Mavis Matladi was elected as its leader on 29 January 2011 after the expulsion of Mangope.

The tremendous impact that The Mavis Bramston Show had in Australia in the mid-1960s was heightened because of its unique place in the history of the Australian TV industry.

The popularity of The Mavis Bramston Show quickly became the stuff of legend – it is said that QANTAS pilots tried to re-arrange their schedules to be home on Wednesdays for the weekly broadcast, and in the national capital Canberra local businesses reputedly contacted Seven, asking them to reschedule the show, because it clashed with late-night shopping and revenues were falling as a result of its popularity.

Mavis almost immediately attracted controversy, but this only served to heighten its notoriety.

* May 20 – Mavis Hutchinson, 53, becomes the first woman to run across the U. S .; her trek took 69 days.

In 1973 Mavis became the first woman to run the 602 km from Germiston ( near Johannesburg ) to Durban in 1973, following this with the ' up ' run from Durban to Germiston the following year.

In 2003, the right shoulders between Erin Mills Parkway and Mavis Road were widened for GO Transit and Mississauga Transit to run express bus services.

The home farm, run by Morris Moulterd and his daughter Mavis, provides fresh eggs for breakfast, but Mrs Slocombe gets a shock whilst collecting them.

Because of Mavis Beacon's race, some computer software distributors, mostly but not exclusively in the southern United States, were initially reluctant to display the computer software.

The Ride featured artists such as Tom Waits, Mavis Staples, Bobby Womack and Elvis Costello covering Los Lobos music along with the band.

Among the artists who are featured on the album are John Prine, Ron Sexsmith, Alison Krauss, Yo Yo Ma, Roger McGuinn, Mavis Staples, and Suzy Bogguss.

The suite featured Emmylou Harris and, on a remake of " The Weight ," Roebuck and Mavis Staples.

The album featured an eclectic collection of guests including Tom Waits, Solomon Burke, Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Aaron Neville, Shelby Lynne, George Clinton, Mavis Staples and Les McCann.

Also in 2005, The Blind Boys were featured on the Grammy telecast alongside Kanye West, John Legend, and Mavis Staples.