This series of work began with the film This Is Spinal Tap, where his character introduces the phrase " but this ones goes up to eleven ".

Guest's biggest role of the first two decades of his career is likely that of Nigel Tufnel in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap.

Shearer co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, a satirical rockumentary about a band called Spinal Tap.

In 1984, while promoting the film This Is Spinal Tap, Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean had a performance on Saturday Night Live.

Shearer co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in Rob Reiner's 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap.

They released three albums: This Is Spinal Tap ( 1984 ), Break Like the Wind ( 1992 ) and Back From The Dead ( 2009 ).< ref >

This Is Spinal Tap and other mockumentary films of director Christopher Guest are created with a mix of scripted and unscripted material and Blue in the Face is a 1995 comedy directed by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster created in part by the improvisations filmed during the production of their movie Smoke.

In the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, Spontaneous Human Combustion is included as the cause of death of one of the band's numerous former drummers.

All You Need Is Cash was one of the first of its kind, inspiration for the Rob Reiner comedy film This Is Spinal Tap in 1984.

The term " mockumentary " is thought to have been popularized in the mid-1980s when This Is Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner used it in interviews to describe that film.

* While touring across the United States, the band members in the rock music " mockumentary " This Is Spinal Tap gather around Elvis Presley's grave at Graceland and sing a verse of " Heartbreak Hotel a capella in three-part harmony.

In 2002, This Is Spinal Tap was deemed " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant " by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation by the United States National Film Registry.

This Is Spinal Tap was only a modest success upon its initial release.

Since its release, This Is Spinal Tap has received universal acclaim from critics and is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1984.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 4 stars out of 4 and wrote " This Is Spinal Tap is one of the funniest, most intelligent, most original films of the year.

In 2002, This Is Spinal Tap was deemed " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant " by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

* This Is Spinal Tap ( 1984 ) ( also writer )

* 2001 – DVD Exclusive Award Winner: Best DVD Audio Commentary-This Is Spinal Tap-( shared with Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer )

In 1984, Carvey had a small role in Rob Reiner's film This Is Spinal Tap, in which he played a mime, with fellow comedian Billy Crystal ( who tells him " Mime is money !").

The 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap features the fictional band members Derek Smalls, David St. Hubbins, and Nigel Tufnel attempting a version of the song at Presley's grave.

In 1984, the company name was parodied in the rockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap ( whose soundtrack album was distributed by Polydor ), where ' Polymer Records ' was the band's record company.

These decorative umlauts have been parodied in film and fiction ; in the mockumentary film This Is Spın ̈ al Tap ( spelled with an umlaut mark over the n and a dotless i ), fictional rocker David St. Hubbins ( Michael McKean ) says, " It's like a pair of eyes.

`` Is it so the cannery is going to close ''??

-- Is this, perhaps, one of the things that is wrong with our country??

It is extremely important for each American to realize that the theme `` The United Nations Is Your Business '' applies to him personally.

His first thought is about the question itself: Is there a question here for American foreign policy, and, if so, what is it??

Here I do not speak of military power where our advantage is obvious and overwhelming but of political power -- of influence, if you will -- about which the relevant questions are: Is Soviet influence throughout the world greater or less than it was ten years ago??

Is there some underlying unity to aesthetic judgment and is there some way to articulate the similarities of a beautiful house, beautiful proof, and beautiful sunset?

The chief Biblical text concerning the rite is: " Is any among you sick?

The slogan of the WSF is " Another World Is Possible ".

" The words " Is, or Bee, or Are, and the like " add no meaning to an argument nor do derived words such as " Entity, Essence, Essentially, Essentiality ", which " are the names of nothing " but are mere " Signes " connecting " one name or attribute to another: as when we say, A man, is, a living body, wee mean not that the Man is one thing, the Living Body another, and the Is, or Being another: but that the Man, and the Living Body, is the same thing ;...." " Metaphysiques ," Hobbes says, is " far from the possibility of being understood " and is " repugnant to naturall Reason.

Is X a Banach space, the space B ( X ) = B ( X, X ) forms a unital Banach algebra ; the multiplication operation is given by the composition of linear maps.

Kernighan is also known as a coiner of the expression " What You See Is All You Get ( WYSIAYG )", which is a sarcastic variant of the original " What You See Is What You Get " ( WYSIWYG ).

; Pulseless ventricular tachycardia: Pulseless ventricular tachycardia ( VT ) Is one classification of VT such that no pulse is felt because of an ineffective cardiac output which causes cardiac arrest.

The Council on National Defense of the American Medical Association contributed a brief article to each issue entitled, `` This Is Your A.M.A. ''.

Is public education in this American democracy of such importance that no child should be denied public education??

American TV was the setting for the first dramatic portrayal of Miss Marple with Gracie Fields, the legendary British actress, playing her in a 1956 episode of Goodyear TV Playhouse based on A Murder Is Announced, the 1950 Christie novel.

* 1981 – Alex Suarez, American bassist ( Cobra Starship and This Is Ivy League )

* 1969 – Warren Defever, American musician and composer ( His Name Is Alive )

* Scientific American Strange but True: Whale Waste Is Extremely Valuable

Kane was a regular on the 1986 NBC series All Is Forgiven, a regular on the 1990 – 1991 NBC series American Dreamer, guest-starred on a 1994 episode of Seinfeld and had a supporting role in the short-lived 1996 – 1997 sitcom Pearl, which starred Rhea Perlman.

" Yip " Harburg ( performed by Judy Garland in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz ), " White Christmas " written by Irving Berlin ( best-known performance by Bing Crosby ), " This Land Is Your Land " written and performed by Woody Guthrie, " Respect " written by Otis Redding ( best-known performance by Aretha Franklin ), and " American Pie ".

Is also a member of many regional groups, including the Rio Group, the Latin American Economic System, the Latin American Energy Organization, the Latin American Integration Association, and the Andean Pact.

* 1985 – William Beckett, American singer ( The Academy Is ...)

The study, ' Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive and Well?

Generally speaking, he tended to use tap and other popular dance idioms to express joy and exuberance – as in the title song from Singin ' in the Rain or " I Got Rhythm " from An American in Paris, whereas pensive or romantic feelings were more often expressed via ballet or modern dance, as in " Heather on the Hill " from Brigadoon or " Our Love Is Here to Stay " from An American in Paris.

*" Jump Around " is used in many television and cinema productions, such as in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire, the 1996 film Happy Gilmore, Black Hawk Down, the TV series My Name Is Earl, and American Dad.

* 1988 – Austin Thornton, American drummer ( Woe, Is Me and Of Machines )

* 1983 – Andrew Mrotek, American singer and drummer ( The Academy Is ...)

* 1982 – Ryland Blackinton, American guitarist ( Cobra Starship and This Is Ivy League )

In addition to film, Raimi has worked in television, producing such series as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spin off Xena: Warrior Princess, both featuring his younger brother Ted Raimi and long-time friend Bruce Campbell, American Gothic, Cleopatra 2525, M. A. N. T. I. S., 13: Fear Is Real, Young Hercules, and Jack of All Trades.

* Jessica Care Moore, The Alphabet Verses the Ghetto, The Words Don't Fit in My Mouth, and God Is Not an American

He has stated in interviews that Il mio nome è Nessuno ( My Name Is Nobody, 1973 ), in which he co-starred with the American Henry Fonda, is his personal favorite of all his films.

Is this any longer an English Parliament, if with more ships in your harbours than in all the navies of Europe ; with above two millions of people in your American colonies, you will bear to hear of the expediency of receiving from Spain an insecure, unsatisfactory, dishonourable Convention?