One-armed, gruff, frugally honest, Governor Pope had been the ideal man to assume office in Arkansas after the disgraceful antics of political bosses like Crittenden, and he ruled the state with an iron fist, tolerating no nonsense.

The spill-over into mainstream culture, occurred with catsuits being worn by strong female protagonists in popular 1960s TV programs like The Avengers, and in the comic super-heroines such as Catwoman, in which the catsuit represented the independent woman capable of " kick-ass " moves and antics, enabling complete freedom of movement.

Most readers preferred the slapstick antics of such strips as Katzenjammer Kids, Happy Hooligan, and Buster Brown to the surreal fantasy of Nemo, and other comic strips like Krazy Kat.

Nicks has said that her vocal style and performance antics evolved from female singers like Grace Slick and Janis Joplin.

Writer Patrick Ferris said he has " a mass appeal in the sense that any audience between the age of 2 and 102 are captivated by his vaudeville antics, hilarious lyrics and animated guitar playing ... His voice is a cross between Popeye the Sailor and a Didgeridoo and the plinkity plink of his VERY worn National steel guitar, sounds like a wind up jack in the box.

Anthony is known for his stage antics, his effects-laden live solos, his number of custom-made bass guitars including a Jack Daniel's model shaped like a whiskey bottle, and his background vocals in Van Halen.

Later in the war, however, Snafu's antics became more like those of fellow Warner alum Bugs Bunny, a savvy hero facing the enemy head-on.

Their " look " – a mixture of the weird and the whimsical – drew on influences like the circus, music hall, gothic horror, Expressionist cinema, pantomime, psychedelia, surrealism and modern art – all filtered through the band's bizarre demeanour and crazed on-stage antics.

* King Gussie Everybody laughs to see the antics of His Majesty-a short strip about a king ; like strips such as Desperate Dan, this surreally combined historical and modern day elements.

But even without such antics, recordings by groups like Los Toros Band, Rubby Pérez, Alex Bueno, Sergio Vargas, and the ever-popular Los Hermanos Rosario continue to sell well.

Raven is also a master of disguise, which fits in with her trouble-making antics and passion for becoming a fashion designer, like her idol, Donna Cabonna, whom she worked for as an intern.

Much like Homer Simpson, Ryo-san's antics appeal to children who can laugh at an old buffoon and to men fearing that they are becoming old buffoons themselves and also because it often subtly mock the latest fads and trends.

* Met diva Geraldine Farrar said Chaliapin had a voice like " melodious thunder " but warned of his unannounced antics to hog the limelight onstage.

Time spent in the New Orleans area while recording Limbo in 1996 at Daniel Lanois ' Kingsway Studio had similarly influenced songs like " Ruthie's Knocking ", inspired by Ruthie the Duck Girl, an offbeat character well known to locals for her antics in the French Quarter.

Most cartoons with Spike in it have a system ; usually Spike is trying to accomplish something ( such as building a dog house or sleeping ) when Tom and Jerry's antics stop him from doing it, Spike then ( presumably due to prejudice ) singles out Tom as the culprit and threatens him that if it ever happens again, he will do " something horrible " to him ( effectively forcing Tom to take the blame of anyone else ) while Jerry overhears, afterwards Jerry usually does anything he can to interrupt whatever Spike is doing while Tom barely manages to stop him ( usually getting injured in the process ), usually Jerry does eventually wreck whatever Spike is doing in spectacular fashion and leaving Tom to take the blame, forcing him to flee from Spike and inevitably lose ( usually due to the fact that Tom is usually framed by Jerry and that Spike just doesn't like Tom ) off-screen, Spike does something to Tom and finally Tom is generally shown injured or in a bad situation while Jerry smugly cuddles up to Spike unscathed.

He used over 73 microprocessors, which was cutting edge 1980s remote control robotic technology in that day, at a cost around £ 10, 000 to manufacture – which was a small fortune in those days – to control Dusty and Garbage, and in 151 shows, some of Dusty's & Garbage's antics included dressing up as a caveman and dinosaur, bull fighting as a matador and bull, dressing up as a baby, driving into the studio in a Ford Model T, juggling balls like a clown, playing the piano like Elton John, flying round the studio with a James Bond jetpack, escaping from chains like Harry Houdini, riding a bike, spraying Ted Rogers with paint and even driving a tank into the studio, to bomb the audience with confetti.

It is important to distinguish between the on-stage antics fueled by alcohol and those which, however bizarre ( like the performance with a mouse ), were deliberate.

While typically a calm little dog, they are well known for performing many enjoyable antics such as the " Chin Spin ", in which they turn around in rapid circles ; dancing on their hind legs while pawing their front feet, clasped together, in the air ; and, some even " sing ", a noise that can range from a low trill to a higher, almost operatic quality noise, and which sounds much like " woooo ".

For starters, bands like Los Siete Delfines and Peligrosos Gorriones, with their more artistic antics, fell out of favor.

He also points out a sexy female neighbor, Gloria Revelle ( Miss USA 1970 Deborah Shelton ), whose seemingly exhibitionistic antics can be viewed by telescope ; she is a wealthy and beautiful woman who evidently performs a remarkable erotic dance at her window, nightly according to Sam, " just like clockwork.

But the fact that I ’ m going to school or that someone takes a picture of me sleeping is like, ' We ’ re gonna jump on that and criticize him for his antics.

At the zoo on 28 March he had his first sight of an ape, and was impressed at the orang-utan's antics " just like a naughty child " when the keeper held back an apple.

Reviews varied at the time and since but whatever the critique, the play represents Cocteau's state of mind and feelings towards his actors at the time: on the one hand, he wanted to spoil and please them ; on the other, he was fed up by their diva antics and was ready for revenge.

The band members were as well known for their backstage groupie antics, outrageous clothing, extreme high-heeled boots, heavily applied make-up, and seemingly endless abuse of alcohol and drugs as for their recordings.

Brando earned a " bad boy " reputation for his public outbursts and antics.

During the 1960s, Screaming Lord Sutch was known for his horror-themed stage show, dressing as Jack the Ripper, pre-dating the shock rock antics of Alice Cooper.

They were known for the operatic voice and theatrical antics of singer Billy Mackenzie, who committed suicide in 1997.

Oliver Postgate provided the narration throughout each episode, for the most part in a soft, melodic voice, describing and accounting for the curious antics of the little blue planet's knitted pink inhabitants, and providing a " translation ", as it were, for much of their whistled dialogue.

Some theaters, restaurants and other businesses shut down for the hour or closed for the evening so their customers would not miss Berle's antics.

" At the following year's ceremony, when he read the nominees for Best Actress ( won by Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry ), host Billy Crystal playfully appeared behind him with a large net to restrain Benigni if he got excessive with his antics again.

Things were heated between the ladies for some time, with Thomas speaking out against Lopes, calling her antics " selfish ", " evil ", and " heartless.

The Frenchman seemed to be taking some unnecessary risks outside his penalty area, and his antics began to have consequences that allowed unneeded goals for opposing teams.

This time he was booked for his antics, and so he then he took his place between the posts and made it work again by saving Steed Malbranque's spot kick.

He is known for his technical skill and for his live antics, including using knives to wedge down specific keys of his Hammond organ during solos, playing the organ upside down while having it lie over him and backwards while standing behind it, and has cited guitarist Jimi Hendrix and English organist Don Shinn as his chief theatrical influences.

He then addresses the idle rich, expressing his contempt for their antics.

His publicity-seeking antics at the Party Conference ( e. g. feeding his newborn baby in public, and allowing his supporters to distribute " Q " ( for Quintin ) badges ) were considered vulgar at the time, so in the end Macmillan did not encourage senior party members to choose Hogg as his successor.

Livy is the sole source for identifying Inuus as the form of Faunus for whom the Lupercalia was celebrated: " naked young men would run around venerating Lycaean Pan, whom the Romans then called Inuus, with antics and lewd behavior.

Tigger's antics continue to annoy Rabbit and make trouble for him, while Rabbit's harsh attitude and attempts to teach Tigger a lesson still come off as unkind.

Often the music was overtly sexual in nature, as in the case of Elvis Presley, who became controversial and massively popular partly for his suggestive stage antics and dancing.

Letterman easily adapted to these restrictions for his CBS show: the Viewer Mail segment was continued under the name CBS Mailbag, and the actor playing Larry " Bud " Melman continued his antics under his real name, Calvert DeForest.

In " Days of Wine and D ' oh ' ses ", after watching a video of his drunken antics at his birthday party, Barney resolves to get sober.

In the series ' final episode " The Last Episode Ever ", Jay is revealed to be the show's animator, as he constantly re-draws the physical forms of Dante and Randal ( similar to one of Bugs Bunny's antics in Looney Tunes ) toward the end of the episode.

Their stories include animal trickster tales about the antics of " Brer Rabbit ", " Brer Fox " and " Brer Bear ", " Brer Wolf ", etc.

During the early 1970s, Divine and Waters used to attend the balls in Washington, D. C. that were predominantly frequented by African-American members of the gay community, where Waters encouraged his drag persona to become even more outrageous in her outfits and antics, exposing her overweight stomach and carrying weapons ; he would later comment that he wanted Divine to become " the Godzilla of drag queens ", a direct confrontation with the majority of Euro-American drag queens who wanted to be Miss America.

* Hell Hollow – Also known as " The Perry District ", named by a former schoolteacher in response to the antics of his students.

In the early 1970s, Blassie " turned face ", or became a good guy, since so many fans were cheering his famous antics.

The Tubes put their creativity and art skills mainly into their live performances, in which songs could be full fledged production numbers, from a beach movie parody for " Sushi Girl ", to leather clad S & M hijinks in " Mondo Bondage ", to the game show antics of " What Do You Want from Life?

There, he turned face and was given a gimmick that saw him proclaim that he was " Just a Regular Guy ", for which he was featured in vignettes and backstage segments showing him in normal situations that were then augmented by " disgusting " antics such as brushing his teeth and his dogs teeth with the same brush and eating food from the floor.

Jay was visibly uncomfortable during both segments, repeatedly telling Howard " it will all be edited out ", and hastily trying to conduct the Siskel & Ebert interview while the crowd was going wild at Howard's antics.

Many critics expressed concern with what they saw as bigotry, with Newsweek describing the film as " a right-wing fantasy ", Variety as " a specious, phony glorification of the police and police brutality with a superhero whose antics become almost satire " and a raging review by Pauline Kael of The New Yorker who accused Eastwood of a " single-minded attack against liberal values ".

In later appearances, she would alternate between being irritated by their antics and finding their stupidity to be amusing: in " Sprout ", she specifically came over to watch them fail at planting seeds, and in " Walkathon " she got them to unwittingly pledge $ 100 apiece on a charity walkathon.

The series follows the antics of dim-witted superhero " Thermoman ", portrayed by Ardal O ' Hanlon in series one through five and James Dreyfus in the final series.

His characteristic face mask earned him the sobriquet " Eddie the Eagle ", and some of his quirks and off-ice antics earned him the nickname " Crazy Eddie ".

Barnum theme when Denham, who evolved into Carl Denham in the Rose and Creelman treatment, refers to Kong as " the eighth wonder of the world ", clearly mimicking Barnum's antics of hyping acts.

At this time the band were known for outlandish onstage antics and elaborate props employed by the onstage " Spectral Roadies ", such as carrots grated into their hair during performance of the song " Ginger ".

Seau quickly became one of the most popular players on the Chargers, receiving the nickname " Tasmanian Devil ", after the wild antics of the cartoon character.

It is revealed in numerous episodes such as " Big Brother ", " The Long Legs of the Law ", and " A Royal Flush " that Rodney is embarrassed about Del's antics, including lying to girls they want to date.