Eliot Weisman had already been convicted of skimming, the act of taking money before it has been accounted for taxation purposes, after a series of Sinatra performances at the Westchester Premier Theatre in 1976, eventually being sentenced to six years in prison for the offence.

The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech ( originally named BattleDroids ) by Jordan Weisman and L. Ross Babcock III and has since grown to include numerous expansions to the original game, several computer and video games, a collectible card game, a series of more than 100 novels, an animated television series and more.

Series creator Weisman, a former English teacher, has often cited his goal of ideally incorporating every myth and legend into the series eventually.

Weisman himself did not have any writing credits on the show until the third season — a season which, ironically, Weisman has since disowned.

Weisman still has his unpublished script for the comic, and would eventually use it as issue # 6 of Gargoyles SLG comic.

Weisman also stated that SLG president Dan Vado has not given up on the Gargoyles franchise and hopes to pursue the idea of Gargoyles graphic novels in the future.

Weisman has stated simply, " Volume 1 did not sell enough copies.

He has a fondness for unnecessary visual aids when giving a presentation, once even playing a full drum set to make a point ( actor Weisman is in a rock band ).

Shankland of Chicago, has been over-credited in its design, Winston Weisman noted in 1973.

It has been confirmed by producers Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman that the new Aqualad in the animated series will be Black Manta's son just like the comics.

Mr. Lady Records has sponsored numerous showcases of feminist and lesbian music, including events at the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota ( working with the Queer Student Cultural Center ) and " Mr. Sister ", a showcase at the National Queer Arts Festival in 2003 at the Center for Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Art & Culture in San Francisco.

While the hospital is no longer operational, the application of Gaviotas pump technology in the surrounding region has increased the availability of clean water and is a reportedly effective form of disease prevention as long as the locals maintain the pumps ( Weisman 1999 ).

Jordan Weisman is an American game designer, author, and serial entrepreneur who has founded four major game design companies, each in a different game genre and segment of the industry.

She has been married since 1983 to Steven R. Weisman, also a former White House correspondent, who reported from India and Japan for the New York Times and is now editorial director and public policy fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Weisman also cited the influences of Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears and Hill Street Blues on the series.

Some aspects of the series Bonkers, which Weisman helped develop, also influenced the show to some degree.

* Pandora ( PS006 )-Reference to the zeppelin of the same name from the Crimson Skies universe, also created by Weisman, along with the legend of " Pandora's Box ".

The company focused on miniature figure games that use a combat dial ( also invented by Weisman ) and are easy to learn for younger players.

" All within ear shot also understood that Elvis was playing off the fact that Weisman was a " mad professor " of music and composition.

After Presley's death Weisman composed the symphonic tribute, " The Elvis Concerto ," to honor the musical partner whom he shared so many artistic achievements that were also commercial successes.

The " Mad Professor " as Weisman was nicknamed by Elvis, worked with the King from 1956 (" First in Line ") to 1971 (" Change of Habit ").

According to Steven R. Weisman, however, in a report published in The New York Times, the then-current chair of the committee emphasized that he was not informed at the time of the details or extent of the present and future raises built into the agreement with Riza.

* Marshall Flinkman ( Kevin Weisman ) is a genius who works in tech support at SD-6.

In Lee v. Weisman ( 1992 ), the court prohibited clergy-led prayer at high school graduation ceremonies.

Lee v. Weisman, in turn, was a basis for Santa Fe ISD v. Doe ( 2000 ), in which the Court extended the ban to school sanctioning of student-led prayer at high school football games.

Weisman is a founding member of the Buffalo Nights Theatre Company and appeared in numerous plays at their resident space, the Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica.

Flinkman, portrayed by Kevin Weisman, is the tech geek at SD-6 and then later the CIA.

* Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

When Robert E. Lee, the principal of Nathan Bishop Middle School in Providence, Rhode Island, invited a Jewish rabbi to deliver a prayer at the 1989 graduation ceremony, the parents of student Deborah Weisman requested a temporary restraining order seeking to bar the rabbi from speaking.

* 2004-Several one-off prizes were created for the Pirates Gold auction event at GenCon 2004, including a wooden replica period ship with a Pirates of the Spanish Main plaque, several constructed game pieces signed by Jordan Weisman and Mike Mulvilhill and mounted in shadowboxes, pirate items such as a replica cutlass, and more.

* Mimbres Pottery at the Weisman Art Museum

* Michael Weisman, adjunct professor of law at Yale Law School and attorney for Marie Evans in Evans v. Lorillard Tobacco which resulted in an $ 152 million dollar jury verdict.

Weisman at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2007.

Weisman is a former English composition and writing teacher and received degrees at Stanford University and USC.

Whilst working at Microsoft, Weisman developed the alternative reality game, " The Beast ", to promote the Steven Spielberg film A. I.

This move, widely criticized by the local community and the closing of the only contemporary art museum between San Francisco and La Jolla, led indirectly to the founding of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 1979, a project largely driven by Norton Simon's sister Marcia Weisman.

Fuller went into a collaborative partnership with composer Ben Weisman and co-wrote one song, " Rock-A-Hula Baby ", for the film.

Mort Weisman had been talking of retirement for some years and his confidence in the future of the paper-based games business was low.

Journalist Stuart Weisman observed " Lindsay's congressional career had taught him little of the need for subtle bureaucratic maneuvering, for understanding an opponent's self-interest, or for the great patience required in a sprawling government.

* Jonathan Weisman, Congress correspondent for the The New York Times

Weisman was the drummer for the rock band Trainwreck and loves to play poker, softball and golf.

Weisman was eventually hired to write for the comic, but Marvel cut the deal with Disney before his run could be produced.

Other writers for the series included Cary Bates, Greg Weisman, Paul Dini, Buzz Dixon, Ellen Guon, Steve Mitchell, Michael Reaves, David Wise, Marv Wolfman, Mary Skrenes, Beth Bornstein, Roger Slifer, Richard Merwin, Sandy Fries, Cheri Wilkerson, Misty Stewart-Taggart, George Arthur Bloom, Jina Bacarr, Barbara Petty, Chris Pelzer, Michael Charles Hill, Eric Early, Clare Noto, Carla Conway, and Evelyn A. R. Gabai.

Spiral brought Cable, Shatterstar, Longshot ( who was Shatterstar's ally on Mojoworld ), and the X-Force member Siryn to the Weisman Institute for the Criminally Insane in Rutland, Vermont.

I Love Bees developer, 42 Entertainment, was founded by Jordan Weisman, the former creative director for Microsoft's Xbox division.

A fan of the original Kozure Ōkami films, Weisman had obtained the rights for $ 50, 000 from the American office of Toho Studios.

* Jacob Weisman ( for Tachyon Publications )

* Jacob & Rina Weisman ( for Tachyon Publications )

Greg Weisman, who wrote the episode, planned to use the story for the Gargoyles comic book series.

In 1999 Greg Weisman wrote a story for DC Comics JLA Showcase # 1 80-Page, cover dated February 2000.