* ( with Mel Watkins ), African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today ( Library of Black America )

Its leaders were university professors Mel Watkins, James Laxer and Robert Laxer.

University of Toronto professor Mel Watkins, lost his vice-president position, but managed to get elected to the party's federal council.

In 1969, Laxer, along with his father Robert Laxer and Mel Watkins, founded the Waffle, a radical left wing group influenced by the New Left, the anti-Vietnam War movement and Canadian economic nationalism, that tried to win control of the New Democratic Party ( NDP ).

He continued to argue for economic nationalist causes and in 1968, along with Peter C. Newman of the Toronto Star ; economist Abraham Rotstein ; and University of Toronto professor Mel Watkins, founded the Committee for an Independent Canada.

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In 1969, he joined his son, James Laxer, and Mel Watkins to form the Waffle, a socialist group within the New Democratic Party.

Mel Watkins writing in The New York Times Book Review praised Gardner for adding " a touch of the plot subtlety of less insistently action-oriented thrillers.

Mel Watkins ( born May 15, 1932 ) is a Canadian political economist and activist.

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Peck and Hepburn were close friends until her death ; Peck even introduced her to her first husband, Mel Ferrer.

Though not owning the broadcasting rights to show first-run movies from 20th Century Fox, Showtime has been able to show independent films the studio owns the home video rights to, even if they did not release them theatrically, most notably being Mel Gibson's 2004 film, The Passion of the Christ.

In his autobiography, That's Not All Folks !, voice actor Mel Blanc stated that Sylvester's voice is based on that of Daffy Duck, plus the even more slobbery lisp, and minus the post-production speed-up that was done with Daffy's.

* Mel Hurtig-First political guest on the TV show ; as leader of the newly formed and almost unheard of National Party of Canada, he appeared in a game show where the contestants couldn't identify the man, even after he tells them who he is.

While production times and costs were undeniably higher with animated programming, the cost of talent was far less ( voice actors Daws Butler, Don Messick, Mel Blanc and in later years Frank Welker and Rob Paulsen became known for their ability to hold several roles at once, sometimes even on the same show ) and networks could rerun children's animated programming more frequently than most live-action series, negating the financial disadvantages.

Positioned as a comedy series which was neither Monty Pythons Flying Circus or The Two Ronnies, even after the original pilot was pulled from the schedules he was retained for the first full series, billed equally with the then unknown Mel Smith, Pamela Stephenson and Rowan Atkinson.

Some episodes are a vehicle to introduce a new character into the storyline, while others are parodies of cultural phenomena, such as Hello Kitty, Japanese karate and ninja movies, ' 80s anti-drug documentaries, Michael Moore's documentary film Fahrenheit 9 / 11, Kill Bill, the crime drama CSI: Miami, the iPod " silhouette " ad campaign, the MTV show Pimp My Ride, the game show Krypton Factor, Mel Brooks ' History of the World, the video game Portal, Final Fantasy VII, the Academy Awards and even retailers such as PC World (' Pissy Werld ' in the show ), IKEA ( or ' PIKEA ') and Matalan (' Catalan ').

However, even though she views Yakko and Wakko's behavior around beautiful girls repugnant, she has reacted similarly to attractive men, most notably Mel Gibson ( She said she would " marry that man ").

Like Red Barber and Mel Allen in the 1940s, Scully retained his credentials in football even as his baseball career blossomed.

The eclectic Born to Laugh at Tornadoes ( 1983 ) had even more guest musicians, including Ozzy Osbourne rapping over electro, Mitch Ryder belting out a techno-rockabilly number, Mel Tormé crooning an odd ballad about asphyxiation, and an abstract funk piece called " Man vs. the Empire Brain Building ".

The events of Vervoids are shown as part of a Matrix projection of future events being shown by the Sixth Doctor to the court, so from his point of view, he is seeing an adventure he will have with Mel even before he meets her in his own timeline.

69 Smith Street featured work from Benja, Mark Bareald, Gary Campbell, J. Kristensen, Piepke, Mel Simpson and Rat Simpson and explored concepts ranging from identity, relationship and material assumptions through photography, and even playful work which portraying women ’ s relationships with each other and the open road.

Unusually for an action star of the time ( as in heroes played by Seagal, Willis or Mel Gibson ), this Saint refrained from killing and even the main villains live to stand trial.

NRG Krysys even performed at the screening of Mel Stuart's documentary Wattstax during a festival in Richmond.

He tells Mel that the world she was on was an illusion that he created ; he had done so much damage to the web of time that he became too scared to even move.

The Doctor's companion Mel, hardened by many years of dark experience, eventually tracks him down with a view to assassinating the Valeyard after confirming that there is nothing of the Doctor left in him, but finds that he has become the victim of his own time meddling, having unintentionally twisted his own past so much-such as accidentally killing the Fourth Doctor, or planning to kill the First Doctor's companion Dodo Chaplet to stop the Doctor visiting a planet for a holiday at the same time as the Valeyard destroyed it-due to his lack of the Doctor's compassion and knowledge of when not to take certain actions, that he has trapped himself in the TARDIS, terrified even to move in case he makes things worse, the TARDIS having diverted all its power to keeping the Valeyard and Mel in stasis, only able to move enough to talk.

He provided the voices of various characters for Disney ( Black Pete and the Big Bad Wolf in Three Little Pigs and its spin-offs ), MGM ( Spike the Bulldog and in some occasions even Tom, in Tom and Jerry ), and Warner Bros. ( many characters, most notably the Papa Bear of Chuck Jones ' The Three Bears after Mel Blanc had performed the role in the initial entry ).

Wanake has been one of the premier Church Camps in America, with many Church Camping professionals nationwide having been influenced, and even directly trained, by Mel Moody.

Emanuel wrote, " People in the entertainment community, whether Jew or Gentile, need to demonstrate that they understand how much is at stake in this by professionally shunning Mel Gibson and refusing to work with him, even if it means a sacrifice to their bottom line.

The format continued even after Kaiser finally sold the station, in 1976, but ended with a sale of the station in 1981 after the then-owners, Dan Murphy and Mel Stone, were forced to file bankruptcy for WCAS.

Rae's supporters in caucus were Marion Bryden, Brian Charlton, Dave Cooke, Odoardo Di Santo, Tony Grande, Donald C. MacDonald, Robert Mackenzie, Elie Martel, Ed Philip, George Samis and Mel Swart.

Newspaper syndicates have also distributed single-panel gag cartoons by Mel Calman, Bill Holman, Gary Larson, George Lichty, Fred Neher and others.

In 1990 Franco Zeffirelli, whose Shakespeare films have been described as " sensual rather than cerebral ", cast Mel Gibson — then famous for the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon movies — in the title role of his 1990 version, and Glenn Close — then famous as the psychotic " other woman " in Fatal Attraction — as Gertrude.

Past winners have included Angela Lansbury ( 1988 ), Ray Charles ( 1991 ), Mel Tormé ( 1994 ), Bernadette Peters ( 1995 ), Frank Sinatra ( 2000 ), Stevie Wonder ( 2002 ), k. d.

During their history, the Giants have featured 15 Hall of Fame players, including NFL Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award winners Mel Hein, Frank Gifford, Charlie Conerly, Y.

According to Mel Hein, " If he hadn't been killed, he could have been the greatest tackle who ever played football.

Rakim, Biggie, and Eminem have flipped the flow, but Melle Mel ’ s downbeat on the two, four, kick to snare cadence is still the rhyme foundation all emcees are building on ".

Several filmmakers have paid homage to the comedies of the silent era, including Jacques Tati with his Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot ( 1953 ) and Mel Brooks with Silent Movie ( 1976 ).

One writer ( whom Williams thought was Mel Webb, who Williams called a " grouchy old guy ", although the identity of the writer remains unknown ) completely left Williams off his ballot, who would have tied DiMaggio or won if one writer who had voted Williams as second had voted him first.

Recent visiting artists have included Richard Tuttle, Andrea Fraser, Omer Fast, Rirkrit Tiravanija, DJ Spooky, Kalup Linzy, Elizabeth Peyton, Mel Chin, Thomas Hirschhorn, Raymond Pettibon, Rodney Graham, Isaac Julien, Dave Hickey, Vito Acconci, and many others.

Also, in one scene from Mel Brooks ' Spaceballs, Princess Vespa also appears to have the hairstyle, but reveals that she is actually wearing a large pair of headphones.

On the DVD commentary of Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks cites factors that may have contributed to Feldman's death: thumb " He smoked sometimes six packs of cigarettes daily, drank copious amounts of black coffee, and ate a diet rich in eggs and dairy products ".

" Mel Gibson himself remarked that “ I think I would have made him a slave holder.

Mays is one of five National League players to have had eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, along with Mel Ott, Sammy Sosa, Chipper Jones and Albert Pujols.

As a result of its success, all but two of Mel Brooks movies in Swedish have been given similar titles: " Springtime For Mother-In-Law " ( The Twelve Chairs ); " Springtime For The Sheriff " ( Blazing Saddles ); " Springtime For Frankenstein " ( Young Frankenstein ); " Springtime For The Silent Movies " ( Silent Movie ); " Springtime For The Lunatics " ( High Anxiety ); " Springtime For World History " ( History of the World, Part I ); " Springtime For Space " ( Spaceballs ); and " Springtime For The Slum " ( Life Stinks ).

Mel Brooks's 1974 comedy Blazing Saddles leaves its Western setting when the climactic fight scene breaks out, revealling the setting to have been a set in the Warner Bros studio lot ; the fight spills out onto an adjacent musical set, then into the studio canteen, and finally onto the streets.

Mel and Nancy have just had their first child, and they refuse to name their son until Mel can discover the identity of his biological parents.

They all still have their troubles but Mel and Nancy are happy together.

The practice of hiring singers to " fill in " for voice actors in a singing role has also seen change, as both Jeremy Irons and Mel Gibson have done singing in the respective films The Lion King and Pocahontas, rather than have a singer as substitute ( However, the former did most of his own singing, but due to straining his vocal cords, he didn't finish ; instead, Jim Cummings did his partial singing voice for the rest of the song ).

", although " Ándele arriba " may have been intended as meaning " hurry up ") courtesy of Mel Blanc, Sylvester soon gets his comeuppance.

More recently, singers Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, and Ray Charles have performed.

Malverne's groundhogs, Malverne Mel and Malverne Melissa, have been making weather prognostications every year on Groundhog Day since 1996.

There have also been a number of films telling the passion story, with a prominent recent example being Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

Versions have been recorded by Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Tommy Dorsey, Tex Beneke with The Glenn Miller Orchestra ( Recorded in New York City on February 1, 1947 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalogue number 20-2016B and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue number BD 5968 ), Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Jan Garber, Fumio Nanri, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Mel Tormé, Connie Francis, Jean Sablon, Keely Smith, Terumasa Hino, Harry Connick Jr, Ella Fitzgerald, Olavi Virta, The Peanuts, Django Reinhardt, Barry Manilow, John Coltrane, Earl Grant, Willie Nelson, Billy Ward and His Dominoes, George Benson, Mina, Ken Hirai, Los Hombres Calientes and many others.