He achieved his greatest popularity in the U. S. in this role, becoming the subject of many parodies, including " Alistair Cookie " in Sesame Street & No. 39's " Monsterpiece Theater " (" Alistair Cookie " was also the name of a clay animated cookie-headed spoof character created by Will Vinton as the host of a video trailer for The Little Prince and Friends ); Alistair Quince, from The Carol Burnett Show, introducing the " The Family " sketches, which eventually became Mama's Family ; and, arguably, Leonard Pinth-Garnell, in Saturday Night Live & No. 39's " Bad Conceptual Theatre ".

During the Great Depression, Pepsi gained popularity following the introduction in 1936 of a 12-ounce bottle.

A current issue for the association is the decreasing support for cork as a bottle seal, as the popularity of plastic and other stoppers rises.

Club Whisky became very popular and American distillers petitioned for the inclusion of the word “ Canada ” on the bottle to distinguish it from their competing whiskies, thinking it would halt the popularity of Walker ’ s.

Still, because we do not have much information about what occurred while Eleanor was in Poitiers, all that can be taken from this episode is that her court there was most likely a catalyst for the increased popularity of courtly love literature in the Western European regions.

Its popularity made this decision hard to justify, however, since even repeats sometimes received ratings of as many as five million viewers per episode.

The popularity of the episode led to a film adaptation, Sorry, Wrong Number ( 1948 ), starring Barbara Stanwyck.

Due to the high popularity of the episode and the music itself the score has received several releases on CD in its original film version in monoaural sound and two re-recordings in stereo as well, one done by Joel McNeely with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( the only complete version ) and the other by William Stromberg conducting the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.

* There are two references in the episode " Wayne the Zebra ": A Chicken Run-style chicken is rejected during the auditions ( with Bad Bob making a comment regarding the recent popularity of chickens, referring to the film's success ), and Bad Bob consults the Aardman book Cracking Animation ( ISBN 0-500-28168-8, published in the US as Creating 3-D Animation ).

" Alternative Roots ", an episode of the BBC comedy series The Goodies, spoofed the popularity of The Black and White Minstrel Show, suggesting that any programme could double its viewing figures by being performed in blackface, and mentioning that a series of The Black and White Minstrel Show had been tried without make up.

Yet the New Year's Day 2006 episode of The Mystery of the Blue Train attracted a high 30 percent audience rating ( 7. 4 million viewers ), and the show's enduring popularity was shown once again in August 2008, when a repeat received 3. 2 million viewers and a 16 percent of the viewing population.

" Fox also points to not only the success of the episode itself (" a huge hit " with over 30 million viewers ), but also to the continued popularity of the series.

The series ' popularity and critical acclaim built over the course of its second and third seasons, and saw it earning its first Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama and breaking the record for highest price paid by a network for rights to air re-runs, fetching $ 600, 000 per episode from Fox's sister network FX.

The episode in which Peepers married Nancy was, for 1954, a blockbuster ratings event, but it also marked the beginning of the series ' slide in popularity.

In an early episode, Johnny's new persona and his immediate popularity earn him a job offer from another station in L. A. -- the biggest competitor of the station that fired him.

The role of Tiffany grew as did McCutcheon's popularity and 22 million viewers tuned in to see her final scenes in Albert Square in 1998 when her character was killed in a special episode screened on New Year's Eve.

One " documentary " episode spoofed John Lennon's 1966 infamous comment that The Beatles had become " more popular than Jesus ", by recalling how the Chipmunks had fallen in popularity after Alvin boasted they were " bigger than Mickey Mouse !".

Due to its popularity, the manga has been adopted into two live action movies ( released in 1995 and 1997 ), and a 26 episode anime series which aired in Japan in the fall of 2005.

Usui was so impressed by Shin-Chan's popularity he decided to thank his Spanish followers by making an episode that takes place in Barcelona.

At the height of the show's popularity, she had a starring role in an episode of Starsky & Hutch.

Also, in spite of the episode's popularity among fans, Parker and Stone openly admitted in the Season 8 commentary track that they didn't think it was a very good episode.

At the height of its popularity, it would bring in an average of at least 15 million viewers per episode.

For example, in one episode they're employed by the government to increase the popularity of the European Union, while also being employed by the Eurosceptic newspaper The Sun to increase sales.

At the height of its popularity it ran in two or three episode blocks.

Helix experienced a slight resurgence in popularity at this point thanks to a third-season episode of the Trailer Park Boys TV show (" Closer To The Heart "), in which Bubbles and Ricky discuss the merits of Helix compared to Rush.

My hero, PG Wodehouse ", remarks on the popularity of the work, especially the prize-giving episode:

For several years afterward, the character was retired out of deference to Henson's memory as he was both the first Muppet to achieve popularity and, according to some sources, the character closest to Jim Henson's personality, with his son Brian saying in the introduction to episode 117 of The Muppet Show " Kermit was my father's best known character, but a lot of people think he was more like Rowlf in real life except he couldn't play the piano as well.

* Clarke, initially, was only meant to act in a few episodes, but due to the popularity of her character, she ( along with Summer Roberts ) were added as regulars from episode 13 onward.

This episode revolved around the fading popularity of local ice cream vans.

One of the attributes of ANOVA which ensured its early popularity was

A young mountain bongo grazes. One of the reasons often cited for the popularity of the bongo as a prized hunting target was a highly-publicized hunting trip taken by Maurice Stans, an official in Richard Nixon's cabinet, to Uganda.

One reason for the popularity of the dissociation constant in biochemistry and pharmacology is that in the frequently encountered case where x = y = 1, K < sub > d </ sub > has a simple physical interpretation: when = K < sub > d </ sub >, = or equivalently /(+)= 1 / 2.

The popularity of the instrument is documented in Leopold Mozart's second edition of his Violinschule, where he writes " One can bring forth difficult passages easier with the five-string violone, and I heard unusually beautiful performances of concertos, trios, solos, etc.

During the late 1950s, high-stakes games such as Twenty One and The $ 64, 000 Question began a rapid rise in popularity.

One reason often cited for the books ' popularity is the quick pacing and action.

One of the main features of the industry, Weta Digital can be credited with the popularity of Media Studies in NZ.

He initially gained popularity for recreating the role as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), a Tennessee Williams play that had established him as a Broadway star during its 1947-49 stage run ; and for his Academy Award-winning performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront ( 1954 ), as well as for his iconic portrayal of the rebel motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in The Wild One ( 1953 ), which is considered to be one of the most famous images in pop culture.

One track on the latter exemplified both the scene's close-knit character and the popularity of heroin within it: " Chinese Rocks "— the title refers to a strong form of the drug — was written by Dee Dee Ramone and Hell, both users, as were the Heartbreakers ' Thunders and Nolan.

One popular favorite involves a baked potato with cheddar cheese ( or sour cream and chives ) on top, and in New England " smashed potatoes " ( a chunkier variation on mashed potatoes, retaining the peel ) have great popularity.

Facebook has gained nationwide popularity and has become the birthplace of many civil movements against narcoterrorism such as " Colombia Soy Yo " ( I am Colombia ) or " Fundación Un Millón de Voces " ( One Million Voices Foundation ), responsible for the international protests against illegal groups during the last years.

* One author, noting that references are all but nonexistent before 1907 but frequently seen thereafter, has argued that its popularity derives from the publication that year of Thomas W. Lawson's popular novel Friday, the Thirteenth, in which an unscrupulous broker takes advantage of the superstition to create a Wall Street panic on a Friday the 13th.

One reason for the increased popularity of expensive engagement rings is its relationship to human sexuality and the woman's marriage prospects.

* A Hole in One, a 2004 movie about a young lady who wants an ice pick lobotomy during the height of its popularity.

One reason for this popularity is the myth's primary religious meaning, which implies that any dead person can reach a pleasant afterlife.

One theory of the advent of the unicycle stems from the popularity of the penny-farthing ( or " Ordinary ") during the late 19th century.

One contributing factor in the popularity of the game in Europe was that although the Catholic Church forbade many forms of recreation on the sabbath, they made no objection to puzzle games such as the tangram.

One of the reasons for its resounding popularity was the public infatuation with aviation in the wake of Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight.

One reason for the continued popularity of bloodletting ( and purging ) was that, while anatomical knowledge, surgical and diagnostic skills increased tremendously in Europe from the 17th century, the key to curing disease remained elusive, and the underlying belief was that it was better to give any treatment than nothing at all.

In the mid-1960s, Karloff gained a late-career surge of American popularity when he narrated the made-for-television animated film of Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and also provided the voice of the Grinch, although the song, " You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch " was sung by American voice actor Thurl Ravenscroft.

One of the main reasons the 469 has enjoyed such popularity is its deliberately simple design, which allows for easy maintenance and repairs.

* Ali Hisham, One of the great writers and bloggers in egypt, he appeared and gained popularity during the 25th revolution though his young age.

One theory, of sufficient popularity to serve as an example of folk etymology, is that the term horse latitudes originates from when the Spanish transported horses by ship to their colonies in the West Indies and Americas.

Folklorist Linda Degh suggests that writer-director Peter Hyams's 1978 film Capricorn One, which shows a hoaxed journey to Mars in a spacecraft that looks identical to the Apollo craft, may have given a boost to the hoax theory's popularity in the post-Vietnam War era.

During its brief period of popularity, One Nation had a major impact on Australian politics.