__NOTOC__ 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year that started on a Thursday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 1998th year of Anno Domini; the 998th year of the 2nd millennium; the 98th year of the 20th century; and the 9th of the 1990s. The year 1998 was designated: ''International Year of the Ocean'' by UNESCO.

Events

January

January 2 – Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.

January 4 – Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998 in Algeria: Over 170 are killed in 3 remote villages.

January 6 – The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.

January 8 – Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the first World Trade Center bombing.

January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.

January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.

January 20 – Nepalese police intercept a shipment of 272 human skulls in Kathmandu.

January 22 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty, and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

January 28 – Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours, at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.

February

The United States Senate passes Resolution 71, urging U.S. President Bill Clinton to "take all necessary and appropriate actions to respond to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."

February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States Military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying plane severs the cable of a cable-car.

February 4 – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000 people.

February 7–February 22 – The 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano, Japan.

February 16 – China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, killing 202 people (all 196 on board and 6 on the ground).

February 20 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein negotiates a deal with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, allowing weapons inspectors to return to Baghdad, preventing military action by the United States and Britain.

March

March 2

* Data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.

* Natascha Kampusch is abducted by Wolfgang Priklopil (she will remain in his captivity until August 2006).

March 5 – NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.

March 11 – Danish parliamentary election, 1998: Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen is re-elected.

March 23 – 70th Academy Awards ceremony held in Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California.

March 26 – Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.

April

April 5 – In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.

April 6 – Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.

April 10 – Good Friday: 1 hour after the end of the talks deadline, the Belfast Agreement is signed between the Irish and British governments and most Northern Ireland political parties, with the notable exception of the Democratic Unionist Party.

May

May 8 – On the same day that the film ''Twister'' is released, CBS telecasts ''The Wizard of Oz'' for the last time. Beginning in 1999, ''The Wizard of Oz'' will be shown on cable, and in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 it will be telecast by the WB Television Network in addition to its cable showings.

May 11

* India conducts 3 underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including 1 thermonuclear device.

* The first euro coins are minted in Pessac, France. Because the final specifications for the coins were not finished in 1998, they will have to be melted and minted again in 1999.

May 13–May 14 – Riots directed against Chinese Indonesians break out in Indonesia. Indonesian natives destroy and burn Chinese Indonesian-owned properties and kill and rape more than 1,000 Chinese Indonesians.

May 19 – The Galaxy IV communications satellite fails, leaving 80–90% of the world's pagers without service.

May 21 – Suharto resigns, after 32 years as President of Indonesia and his 7th consecutive re-election by the Indonesian Parliament (MPR). Suharto's hand-picked Vice President, B. J. Habibie, becomes Indonesia's third president.

May 26 – Bear Grylls, 23, becomes the youngest British climber to scale Mount Everest.

May 28 – Nuclear testing: In response to a series of Indian nuclear tests, Pakistan explodes 5 nuclear devices of its own in the Chaghai hills of Baluchistan; codenamed ''Chagai-I'', prompting the United States, Japan and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.

May 30

* A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.

* The second nuclear test — Codename ''Chagai-II'' — was conducted and supervised by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in May 30, 1998.

June

June 2 – The CIH virus is discovered in Taiwan.

June 3 – Eschede train disaster: An InterCityExpress high speed train derails between Hannover and Hamburg, Germany, causing 101 deaths.

June 7 – Former Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané seizes control over military barracks in Bissau, marking the beginning of the Guinea-Bissau Civil War (1998–99).

June 12 – Centennial Celebration of Independence of the Philippines from Spain

June 30 – Philippine Vice President Joseph Estrada was sworn in as the 13th President of the Philippines.

July

July 5 – Japan launches a probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as an outer space-exploring nation.

July 6 – The new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok opens, while the historic Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport closes.

July 12 – France beats Brazil 3–0 in the World Cup final.

July 17

* At a conference in Rome, 120 countries vote to create a permanent International Criminal Court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

* In Saint Petersburg, Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel, 80 years after he and his family were killed by Bolsheviks.

* A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea, killing an estimated 1,500, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.

* Biologists report in the journal ''Science'' how they sequenced the genome of the bacterium that causes syphilis, ''Treponema pallidum''.

August

August 2 – Second Congo War begins. 3,900,000 people are killed before it ends in 2003, making it the bloodiest war, to date, since World War II.

August 7

* Yangtze River Floods: In China the Yangtze River breaks through the main bank; before this, from August 1–5, peripheral levees collapsed consecutively in Jiayu County Baizhou Bay. The death toll exceeds 12,000, with many thousands more injured.

August 7 – 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: The bombings of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to terrorist Osama Bin Laden, an exile of Saudi Arabia.

August 15 – Omagh bombing, A terrorist bombing carried out in Northern Ireland by the Real IRA.

August 24 – The first RFID human implantation is tested in the United Kingdom.

September

September 2

* A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner (Swissair Flight 111) crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia, after taking off from New York City en-route to Geneva; all 229 people on board are killed.

* A United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide, marking the first time that the 1948 law banning genocide is enforced.

September 4 – Google, Inc. is founded in Menlo Park, California, by Stanford University PhD candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

October

October 14 – Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with four bombings (including the 1996 Olympic bombing) in Atlanta, Georgia.

October 16 – British police place General Augusto Pinochet under house arrest during his medical treatment in the UK.

October 17 – A pipeline explosion in Jesse, Nigeria results in 1,082 deaths.

October 29 – Hurricane Mitch makes landfall in Central America, killing an estimated 18,000 people.

November

November 20 – A Russian Proton rocket is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first segment of the International Space Station, the 21 ton Zarya Module.

December

December 6 – Hugo Chávez, politician and former member of the Venezuelan military, is elected President of Venezuela.

December 16–19 – Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President Bill Clinton orders airstrikes on Iraq. UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors from Iraq.

December 29 – Khmer Rouge leaders apologize for the genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million in the 1970s.

December 31 – The first leap second since June 30, 1997, occurs. In the eurozone, the currency rates of this day are fixed permanently.

Date unknown

Ibrahim Hanna, the last native speaker of Mlahsô, dies in Qamishli, Syria, making the language effectively extinct. In that same year, the last native speaker of related Bijil Neo-Aramaic dies in Jerusalem.

Births

January 28 – Ariel Winter, American actress

February 15 – Zachary Gordon, American actor

April 6 – Peyton Roi List, American actress

April 9 – Elle Fanning, American actress

April 24 – Ryan Newman, American actress

July 8 – Jaden Smith, American actor

July 22 – Madison Pettis, American actress

July 31 – Rico Rodriguez, American actor

August 25 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer

October 23 – Amandla Stenberg, American actor

November 23 – Bradley Steven Perry, American actor and singer

December 22 – G. Hannelius, American actress

Deaths

January

January 1 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (b. 1905)

January 4 – Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)

January 5 – Sonny Bono, American singer, actor, and politician (b. 1935)

January 7 – Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1906)

January 8 – Michael Tippett, English composer (b. 1905)

January 9 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

January 11

* Ellis Rabb, American director and actor (b. 1930)

* Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)

January 15 – Junior Wells, American harmonica player (b. 1934)

January 16

* Emil Sitka, American actor (b. 1914)

* Hermann Wedekind, artistic director Festspiele Balver Höhle (b. 1910)

January 18 – Monica Edwards, British writer (b. 1912)

January 19 – Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932)

January 21 – Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)

January 23 – Alfredo Ormando, Italian writer (b. 1958)

January 28 – Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese Manga artist, "Father of Henshin heroes" (b. 1938)

February

February 3 – Karla Faye Tucker, Texas murderer (b. 1959)

February 6

* Falco, Austrian musician (b. 1957)

* Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (b. 1946)

February 7

* Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920)

* Roger Nicholas Angleton, American murderer (b. 1942)

February 8

* Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

* Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)

February 17 – Ernst Jünger, German writer (b. 1895)

February 18 – Harry Caray, American television and radio broadcaster (b. 1917)

February 22

* Red Reeder, U.S. Army officer and author (b. 1902)

* Abraham Alexander Ribicoff, American Democratic Party politician (b. 1910)

* Athol Rowan, South African cricketer (b. 1921)

February 23

* Raman Lamba, Indian cricketer (b. 1960)

* Sean A. Moore, American writer (b. 1965)

February 24 – Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (b. 1906)

February 26 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

February 27

* George H. Hitchings, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1905)

* J. T. Walsh, American actor (b. 1943)

February 28

* Todd Duncan, American opera singer (b. 1903)

* Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (b. 1952)

March

March 2 – Darcy O'Brien, American author (b. 1939)

March 3 – Fred W. Friendly, American television journalist and executive (b. 1915)

March 7 – Bernarr Rainbow, historian of music education, organist, and choir master, (b. 1914)

March 8 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)

March 10 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)

March 12

* Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)

* Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (b. 1893)

* Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (''The Shop on Main Street'') (b. 1924)

March 13

* Bill Reid, Canadian artist (b. 1920)

* Risen Star, American racehorse (b. 1985)

March 15 – Benjamin Spock, American athlete, pediatrician, and author (b. 1903)

March 16 – Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

March 20 – George Howard, American jazz saxophone musician (b. 1956)

March 25 – Daniel Massey, English actor (b. 1933)

March 27 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Austrian auto designer and businessman (b. 1909)

March 31 – Bella Abzug, American politician (b. 1920)

April

April 1

* Gene Evans, American actor (b. 1920)

* Rozz Williams, American singer (b. 1963)

April 2 – Rob Pilatus, member of the pop group Milli Vanilli (b. 1965)

April 3 – Charles Lang, American cinematographer (b. 1901)

April 5 – Cozy Powell, English rock drummer (b. 1947)

April 6

* Wendy O. Williams, American singer (b. 1949)

* Tammy Wynette, American singer (b. 1942)

April 11 – Rodney Harvey, American actor and model (b. 1967)

April 13 – Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (b. 1960)

April 15

* Rose Maddox, American singer (b. 1925)

* Pol Pot, Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader (b. 1925)

April 16

* Marie-Louise Meilleur, oldest living person at the time of her death (b. 1880)

* Fred Davis, English snooker player (b. 1913)

April 17

* Linda McCartney, American photographer and musician and wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney. (b. 1941)

* Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy, Egyptian Muslim jurist (b. 1911)

April 19 – Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)

April 21

* Peter Lind Hayes, American entertainer (b. 1915)

* Irene Vernon, American actress (b. 1922)

April 22 – Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)

April 23

* Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907)

* James Earl Ray, American assassin (b. 1928)

April 25

* Wright Morris, American photographer and writer (b. 1910)

* Christian Mortensen, American supercentenarian and oldest living man at his death. (b. 1882)

April 26 – Joan Mary Wayne Brown, British author who the pseudonyms Mary Gervaise, Hilary Wayne and Bellamy Brown (b. 1906)

April 27

* Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author (b. 1925)

* Anne Desclos, French writer (b. 1907)

May

May 1 – Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (b. 1935)

May 2

* Kevin Lloyd, British actor (b. 1949)

* Justin Fashanu, British footballer (b. 1961)

* hide, Japanese musician (b. 1964)

* Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)

May 7

* Allan McLeod Cormack, South African–born physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1924)

* Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)

May 9 – Alice Faye, American entertainer (b. 1915)

May 14

* Frank Sinatra, American entertainer (b. 1915)

* Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (b. 1890)

May 15 – Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)

May 19 – Sosuke Uno, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)

May 22

* John Derek, American actor and film director (b. 1926)

* José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910)

May 28 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-born American artist, writer, actor, and comedian (b. 1948)

May 29 – Barry Goldwater, American politician (b. 1909)

June

June 1 – Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)

June 2

* Junkyard Dog, American pro wrestler (b. 1952)

* Dorothy Stickney, American actress (b. 1896)

June 3 – Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. 1922)

June 5 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)

June 8

* President Sani Abacha of Nigeria (b. 1943)

* Jackie McGlew, South African cricketer (b. 1929)

June 10 – Hammond Innes, English author (b. 1914)

June 11 – Catherine Cookson, English author (b. 1906)

June 12 – Theresa Merritt, American actress (b. 1924)

June 13 – Birger Ruud, Norwegian athlete (b. 1911)

June 20 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (b. 1942)

June 22 – Benny Green, British writer, radio broadcaster and saxophonist (b. 1927)

June 23 – Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b. 1911)

June 25 – Lounès Matoub, Berber Kabyle singer (b. 1956)

July

July 3 – Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (b. 1949)

July 5 – Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)

July 6 – Roy Rogers, American singer and actor (b. 1911)

July 17 – Joseph Maher, Irish actor (b. 1933)

July 19 – Elmer Valo, Slovak Major League Baseball player (b. 1921)

July 21

* Alan Shepard, American astronaut (b. 1923)

* Robert Young, American actor (b. 1907)

July 22 – Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)

July 27 – Binnie Barnes, English actress (b. 1903)

July 29 – Jerome Robbins, American choreographer and director (b. 1918)

July 30

* Buffalo Bob Smith, American children's television host (b. 1917)

* Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (b. 1932)

August

August 1 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian actress (b. 1927)

August 2 – Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist (b. 1933)

August 3 – Alfred Schnittke, Russian-born composer (b. 1934)

August 4 – Yuri Artyukhin, cosmonaut (b. 1930)

August 5 – Todor Zhivkov, former president of Bulgaria (b. 1911)

August 6 – André Weil, French mathematician (b. 1906)

August 9 – Frankie Ruiz, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1958)

August 13 – Julien Green, French-born American writer (b. 1900)

August 24 – E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)

August 25 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1907)

August 26 – Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

September

September 1 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)

September 2

* Jackie Blanchflower, Irish footballer (b. 1933)

* Allen Drury, American writer (b. 1918)

September 5

* Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor (b. 1946)

* Leo Penn, American actor and director (b. 1921)

September 6 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese screenwriter, producer, and director (b. 1910)

September 8 – Leonid Kinskey, Russian-born actor (b. 1903)

September 9 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (b. 1943)

September 10 – Carl Forgione, British actor (b. 1944)

September 11 – Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1912)

September 13 – George Wallace, American politician (b. 1919)

September 14

* Johnny Adams, American musician (b. 1932)

* Yang Shangkun, former President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)

September 17 – Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (b. 1907)

September 20 – Muriel Humphrey, Wife of Vice President Hubert Humphrey (b. 1912)

September 21 – Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith-Joyner, American runner (b. 1959)

September 23 – Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)

September 26 – Betty Carter, American jazz singer (b. 1929)

September 27 – Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)

September 30

* Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (b. 1953)

* Bruno Munari, Italian-born industrial designer (b. 1907)

* Pavel Štěpán, Czech pianist (b. 1925)

* Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (b. 1912)

October

October 2

* Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and sports team owner (b. 1907)

* Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (b. 1924)

October 3 – Roddy McDowall, British actor (b. 1928)

October 6 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)

October 8 – Zhang Chongren, Chinese artist (b. 1907)

October 9 – Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer (b. 1917)

October 10 – Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler (b. 1957)

October 11 – Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)

October 12 – Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)

October 13 – General Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault, Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff (b. 1932)

October 14 – Frankie Yankovic, American musician (b. 1916)

October 16 – Jon Postel, American Internet pioneer (b. 1943)

October 17

* Joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906)

* Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist (b. 1920)

October 22 – Eric Ambler, British writer (b. 1909)

October 28

* Ghulam Ahmed, Indian former cricket captain (b. 1922)

* James Goldman, American writer (b. 1927)

October 29 – Ted Hughes, English poet (b. 1930)

November

November 3 – Bob Kane, American comic book creator (b. 1915)

November 8 – Jean Marais, French actor (b. 1913)

November 10

* Hal Newhouser, baseball player (b. 1921)

* Mary Millar, British actress (b. 1936)

November 13

* Valerie Hobson, English actress (b. 1917)

* Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)

* Doug Wright, English cricketer (b. 1914)

November 17

* Kenneth McDuff, American serial killer (b. 1946)

* Esther Rolle, American actress (b. 1920)

November 19 – Alan J. Pakula, American film director (b. 1928)

November 22 – Stu Unger, professional poker player (b. 1953)

November 25 – Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)

November 28 – Kerry Wendell Thornley, American counterculture figure and writer (b. 1938)

November 29

* Martin Ruane, British wrestler best known as Giant Haystacks and later, The Loch Ness Monster (b. 1947)

* Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)

December

December 1 – Freddie Young, American cinematographer (b. 1902)

December 2

* Mikio Oda, Japanese athlete (b. 1905)

* Brian Stonehouse, English painter and World War II secret agent (b. 1918)

December 5 – Hazel Bishop, American Chemist and inventor of Lipstick (b. 1906)

December 6 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (b. 1921)

December 7

* Michael Craze, British actor (b. 1942)

* Martin Rodbell, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1925)

December 11 – Lynn Strait, vocalist for band Snot (b. 1968)

December 12 – Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida (b. 1930)

December 13 – Lew Grade, British impresario (b. 1906)

December 14

* Norman Fell, American actor (b. 1924)

* Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. 1924)

December 16 – William Gaddis, American writer (b. 1922)

December 17 – Claudia Benton, Peruvian-born child psychologist (b. 1959)

December 18 – Lev Demin, cosmonaut (b. 1926)

December 20

* Irene Hervey, American actress (b. 1910)

* Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, British scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1914)

December 21 – Roger Avon, British actor (b. 1914)

December 22 – Michelle Thomas, American actress (b. 1969)

December 23 – David Manners, Canadian-American actor (b. 1900)

December 25 – John Pulman, English snooker player (b. 1923)

December 26 – Hurd Hatfield, American actor (b. 1917)

December 28 – Robert Rosen, American biologist (b. 1934)

December 30

* Keisuke Kinoshita, Japanese film director (b. 1912)

* George Webb, British actor (b. 1911)

Nobel Prizes

Physics – Robert B. Laughlin, Horst L. Störmer, Daniel Chee Tsui

Chemistry – Walter Kohn, John Pople

Medicine – Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro, Ferid Murad

Literature – José Saramago

Peace – John Hume and David Trimble

Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Amartya Sen

Templeton Prize

Sir Sigmund Sternberg

Fields Medal

Richard Ewen Borcherds, William Timothy Gowers, Maxim Kontsevich, Curtis T. McMullen

Setting in fiction

The Japanese horror novel ''Another'' is set in the fictional town of Yomiyama, Japan during 1998.

The novel ''Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years'' takes place from April 30, 1997 to May 2, 1998.

The video games ''Resident Evil 0'', ''Resident Evil'', ''Resident Evil 2'', ''Resident Evil 3: Nemesis'', ''Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City'', and ''Resident Evil Code: Veronica'' all take place in 1998, July for the first two, September for the next three, and December CV.

External links

1998 Year in Review - CNN/Sports Illustrated

References

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name	Binary Finary
background	group_or_band
current members	Matt Laws, Stuart Matheson, and Sasha Vatoff
origin	United Kingdom
genre	Epic trance
years active	1997–present
website	http://www.binary-finary.com }}

Binary Finary are a British trance act originally comprising Matt Laws and Stuart Matheson, who were later joined by Sasha Vatoff who acts as DJ and live performer. They are best known for the dance hit single "1998", especially for the Paul Van Dyk and Gouryella remixes, which charted in many countries. The song was remixed numerous times under the title of the year the remix was produced ("1999" and "2000" etc.), many of which were popular. In the UK, "1998" reached a peak position of #24 in the UK Singles Chart whereas "1999" just missed the Top 10, stalling at #11.

On 1 May 2006, they released a collection of 16 tracks written over their eight years sabbatical under the general title ''The Lost Tracks''. This album is available only for download.

Binary Finary are also featured in a Shiny Toy Guns song, When Did This Storm Begin?

Stuart also appeared in the Bafta nominated Channel 4 reality TV series called Faking it (Series 4, 2002) in the episode from 'Web Surfer To Wave Surfer'.

On New Year's Eve 2009/2010 at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, they launched the 'Binary Finary LIVE' show, using original material and re-makes of classic dance tracks.

In 2009 Stuart officially joined the US based electronica group 'Spanking Machine'.

In 2009 Stuart remixed Aria Award Winning Bertie Blackman, on her track 'Byrds of Prey'.

On 26 April 2010, Binary Finary re-released a '2010' remix package of their track '1998' through Armada Music.

References

External links

Official Binary Finary website

Official Facebook site

Official Binary Finary Twitter site

Official Binary Finary Myspace site

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Name	Dana International (דנה אינטרנשיונל)
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Yaron Cohen
Birth date	February 02, 1972
Birth place	Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Instrument	Vocals
Genre	Dance, Pop, World, Trance
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1992–present
Label	Hed Arzi Music
Website	www.DanaInternational.co.il }}

Sharon Cohen (), professionally known as Dana International (; born Yaron Cohen ; February 2, 1972) is an Israeli pop singer of Yemenite Jewish ancestry. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Israel's most successful musical acts ever. She is most famous for having won the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Diva".

Born male, Dana discovered that she was a transsexual at an early age, coming out when she was 13. Undergoing sex reassignment surgery in 1993, it was that year that she released her first album, ''Danna International'', upon which she based her stage name. Consolidating her initial commercial success with the albums ''Umpatampa'' (1994) and ''Maganuna'' (1996), in 1998 she was selected to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Diva"; subsequently winning the international competition, Dana came to public attention throughout Europe. She would come back to Eurovision in 2011, but lost out in the semi-finals.

Following this up with the albums ''Free'' (1999), ''Yoter VeYoter'' (2001), ''HaHalom HaEfshari'' (2002) and ''Hakol Ze Letova'' (2008), in 2011 she once more represented Israel in Eurovision, this time with the song "Ding Dong", although failed to make it into the final. That same year she also became a judge on the Israeli television music talent contest ''Kokhav Nolad''.

Dana International has been credited with being one of the world's best known transsexuals. In 2005, a poll by the Israeli news website ''Ynet'' to list those perceived as the 200 Greatest Israelis saw Dana voted the 47th-greatest Israeli of all time.

Early life

Yaron Cohen was born in Tel Aviv to a Jewish family of Yemenite and Romanian descent. In an interview, she said her grandfather originated from Transylvania (Romania). Her paternal grandparents lived in Petah Tikva. She was the youngest of three children, and was named after an uncle who had been killed during a terrorist attack.

Though born male, she identified as a female from a very young age. She wanted to become a singer since the age of eight, when she watched legendary Israeli singer Ofra Haza perform her song "Chai" in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. Although the family was quite poor, her mother worked to pay for her music lessons, and she claims that her childhood was happy. She came out as transsexual at the age of 13.

The first tragedy in Dana International's life was the death of her best friend Daniel, who died in a car accident. She asserts that Daniel had prophesied that she would someday have a successful singing career, and claims that Daniel's prediction is what pushed her to become the singer she wanted to be. The stage name she adopted, Dana or Danna, is the feminine version of Daniel's abbreviated name, Dan or Danny.

Career

1990–93: Dana International

At 18 years of age, Cohen (still legally male) earned a living as Israel's first drag queen parodying many famous female singers. During one of her performances, she was discovered by Offer Nissim, a well-known Israeli DJ, who produced her debut single "Saida Sultana" ("My Name is Not Saida"), a satirical version of Whitney Houston's song "My Name Is Not Susan". The song received considerable exposure and helped launch her career as a professional singer.

In 1993, Dana International flew to London for male-to-female sex reassignment surgery and legally changed her name to Yaron Cohen. Returning home with her new name, that same year Cohen released her first album, entitled ''Danna International'' in Israel. Soon after, the album was also released in several other countries including Greece, Jordan, and Egypt (In Jordan and Egypt the album sold illegally). Yaron's stage name Dana International comes from the title track of the album, and was originally spelled with two n:s. ''Danna International'' soon became a gold record in Israel.

1994: Umpatampa and Best Female Artist

In 1994 Dana released her second, Trance-influenced album ''Umpatampa'', which built on the success of her debut and provided further hit singles. The album went platinum in Israel and has sold more than 50,000 copies to date. Because of her popularity and the success of this album, she won the award for ''Best Female Artist of the Year'' in Israel.

1995: Eurovision song contest

In 1995, Dana attempted to fulfill her childhood dream of performing in the Eurovision Song Contest. She entered the Eurovision qualifying contest in Israel with a song entitled "Layla Tov, Eropa" ("Good Night Europe") which finished second in the pre-selections, but became another hit single.

In late 1995, Dana released an E.P. called ''E.P. Tampa'' with three new songs and four remixes and special versions of her earlier songs.

1996–97: Consolidating popularity

In 1996, Dana released her third album, ''Maganuna''. Although this album was less successful than her previous efforts, it still reached gold record sales in Israel and included the hits "Don Quixote," "Waving," and the club smash "Cinque Milla." In 1997, Dana collaborated with the Israeli artist Eran Zur on his album ''Ata Havera Sheli,'' and together they sang the duet "Shir Kdam-Shnati (Sex Acher)" ("Pre-Bed Song (A Different Kind of Sex)") which became a huge hit.

1998: ''Diva'' and mainstream spotlight

Dana was chosen to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Diva". Orthodox Jews and others with conservative views were opposed to her appointment and attempted to void her participation in the contest. However, in May 1998, Dana performed "Diva" at the Eurovision final and won the contest with 174 points. She became an international superstar, and was interviewed by CNN, BBC, Sky News, and MTV among others mostly focusing on her life as a transsexual person before winning the contest. Dana's own words ''"the message of reconciliation"'' were; ''"My victory proves God is on my side. I want to send my critics a message of forgiveness and say to them: try to accept me and the kind of life I lead. I am what I am and this does not mean I don't believe in God, and I am part of the Jewish Nation."''

Dana released "Diva" as a single in Europe and it became a hit, reaching number 11 in the UK charts and the top ten in Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, and the Netherlands.

1999–2001: Stage falling, Streisand cover and new albums

In 1999, Dana released ''Woman In Love'', a Barbra Streisand cover, but it was not the hit that "Diva" had been. In May 1999, Dana again participated in the Eurovision Song Contest held in Jerusalem. Dana was a part of the interval act and sang the Stevie Wonder song "Free". She also presented the award to the winners of the contest but accidentally managed to steal their thunder. Whilst she was carrying the heavy trophy, one of the composers of the winning Swedish entry by mistake stepped on the long trail of her dress and she fell over on stage – in front of a television audience estimated be to one billion or more, arguably making it one of the most memorable moments in the 50-year-long history of the contest.

She released her next album ''Free'' in Europe in 1999, which enjoyed moderate success. A few months later Dana moved back to Israel and started to work on different projects. Israeli and Japanese editions of ''Free'' were released in 2000. That same year, an Israeli documentary film was made about Dana called ''Lady D''.

In 2001, after a break, Dana released her seventh album ''Yoter Ve Yoter'' (''More and More''). The album put her career in Israel back on track and provided two hits called "I Won" and "After All", which eventually both went gold.

2002–06: Fading from the scene and Sony incident

Dana was about to sign with a major label, Sony/BMG, for an international recording contract but, something went wrong in negotiations. These were disagreements that led to Sony cancelling the deal before it was completed. In 2002, she released another album, ''HaHalom HaEfshari'' (''The Possible Dream''), which was a minor chart success. In 2003, she released an exclusive 8 CD box set, containing all singles from ''The Possible Dream'' and a new house version of the hit single "Cinque Milla", titled ''A.lo.ra.lo.la''. A few years later, in 2005, Dana participated in the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision song contest, held in Copenhagen, after "Diva" was selected as one of fourteen songs considered to be the best Eurovision songs. The song did not make it into the final top five but, Dana got the chance to perform both "Diva" and an old Eurovision favourite of hers; Baccara's 1978 entry "Parlez-Vous Francais?". She also recorded the song "Lola" (sung in French), to which she released a video. This video can be found on the CD ''Hakol Ze Letova'', released in 2007 as a bonus CD-rom video.

In 2005, Dana was voted the 47th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website ''Ynet'', to determine who the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis. It also gained a respectable place on the airplay of the Greek radio station FLY FM 89,7. The following album, also titled ''Hakol Ze Letova'', was released on August 15, 2007. "At Muhana" was the third single and "Seret Hodi" (feat. ''Idan Yaniv'') the fourth to be released from the album, which became a bestseller in many online stores. The next single released from the album was "Yom Huledet".

On February 26, 2008, Dana gained an additional achievement when the song "Ke'ilu Kan" written and composed by her and performed by Boaz Mauda, was chosen on Kdam Eurovision to represent Israel at Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. It came 5th in the semi-final and gained 9th place in the final rank.

Currently, Dana International is in the studio putting the finishing touches on her next album. Dana has also recorded a song called "Mifrats Ha Ahava" ("The Love Bay") for an Israeli version of the TV-show "Paradise Hotel". She recently collaborated with the Ukrainian duo NeAngely (Not Angels). They recorded the song "I Need Your Love" together and released a video. In 2009 Dana starred in a mock reality show called ''Dana Kama/Nama'' for cellphone provider Cellcom

Dana campaigned for Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni shortly before 2009 legislative elections in Israel. At a women's political rally in Jerusalem Dana performed a bouncy disco song right beside Livni onstage. Dana announced, "I now formally invite you to the diva sisterhood."

In April 2009 Dana performed in the opening concert of Tel Aviv-Yafo Centennial Year. She performed a cover version of Danny Robas' song "Lo nirdemet Tel Aviv" (Tel Aviv doesn't fall asleep) in front of 250,000 people.

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On May 18, 2009, Dana International shut down her current website in hopes of launching her new website promoting her new album.

Also in 2009, Dana International joined the 7th season of "Kokhav Nolad" (the Israeli version of ''Pop Idol'') as a judge and joined the 8th one as well in 2010.

Dana made a guest appearance, as herself, in an episode of the second series of UK sitcom Beautiful People, which was set around her Eurovision appearance. She is currently working on her next studio album, which is due to be released later in 2011.

Early in February, it was announced by IBA that Dana was preparing for a comeback in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany with the self-penned song Ding Dong and would compete in the Israeli National Final for 2011. On March 8 Dana International won the final and represented Israel at Eurovision for a second time. However, she did not make it into the final, she was the first Eurovision winner not to do so.

Discography

1993 ''Danna International (Offer Nissim Presents)'', IMP Dance

1994 ''Umpatampa'', IMP Dance

1995 ''E.P.Tampa (Offer Nissim Featuring)'', IMP Dance

1996 ''Maganuna'' (Crazy), Helicon/Big Foot

1998 ''Diva - The Hits'', IMP Dance

1998 ''Dana International The Album'', Helicon/Big Foot/PolyGram

1999 ''Free'', (European edition), CNR Music

2000 ''Free'', (Israeli edition), NMC

2000 ''Free'', (Japanese edition), NXCA

2001 ''Yoter Ve Yoter'' (More and more), NMC

2002 ''HaHalom HaEfshari'' (The possible dream), IMP Dance

2003 ''The CDs collection'', IMP Dance

2007 ''Hakol Ze Letova'' (It's all for the best), Hed Arzi Ltd.

2011 ''Ding Dong

References

External links

Dana International – Discover The Queen Of The Levant

Dana International Fan Website

Dana International Official Website

Unofficial Dana International fansite

Dana International – A Star Online; Website & Forum

Dana Photo Gallery

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team name	Detroit Red Wings
current	2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season
bg color	#EC2024
text color	#FFF
logo image	Detroit Red Wings logo.svg|340px
conference	Western
division	Central
founded	1926
history	Detroit Cougars1926–30Detroit Falcons1930–32Detroit Red Wings1932–present
arena	Joe Louis Arena
city	Detroit, Michigan
uniform image	WCC-Uniform-DET.png
team colors	Red, white
media affiliates	Fox Sports DetroitTalk Radio WXYT (1270 AM)The Ticket (97.1 FM)
head coach	Mike Babcock
general manager	Ken Holland
Owner	Ilitch Holdings(Mike Ilitch, chairman)
captain	Nicklas Lidstrom
minor league affiliates	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
stanley cups	11 (1935–36, 1936–37, 1942–43, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2007–08)
conf titles	6 (1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98,2001–02, 2007–08, 2008–09)
presidents' trophies	6 (1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08)
division titles	19 (1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11) }}

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL), and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and Chicago Blackhawks.

, the Red Wings have won the most Stanley Cup championships (11) of any NHL franchise based in the United States, and are third overall in total NHL championships, behind the Montreal Canadiens (24) and Toronto Maple Leafs (13). They currently play home games in the 20,066 capacity Joe Louis Arena after having spent over 40 years playing in Olympia Stadium. The Red Wings are one of the most popular franchises in the NHL, and fans and commentators refer to Detroit and its surrounding areas as "Hockeytown".

Between the 1933–34 and 1965–66 seasons, the Red Wings missed the playoffs only four times. More recently, the Red Wings have made the playoffs in 26 of the last 28 seasons, including the last 21 in a row (1991–2012). This is the longest current streak of post-season appearances in all of North American professional sports.

Franchise history

1926–49: Early years

Following the 1926 Stanley Cup playoffs, during which the Western Hockey League was widely reported to be on the verge of folding, the NHL held a meeting on April 17 to consider applications for expansion franchises, at which it was reported that five different groups sought a team for Detroit. During a subsequent meeting on May 15, the league approved a franchise to the Townsend-Seyburn group of Detroit and named Charles A. Hughes as governor. Frank and Lester Patrick, the owners of the WHL, made a deal to sell the league's players to the NHL and cease league operations. The new Detroit franchise purchased the players of the folded Victoria Cougars WHL club to play for the team. The new Detroit franchise also adopted the Cougars' nickname in honor of the folded franchise.

Since no arena in Detroit was ready at the time, the Cougars played their first season in Windsor, Ontario at the Border Cities Arena. For the 1927–28 season, the Cougars moved into the new Detroit Olympia, which would be their home rink until December 27, 1979. This was also the first season behind the bench for Jack Adams, who would be the face of the franchise the next 36 years as either coach or general manager.

The Cougars made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 1929 with Carson Cooper leading the team in scoring. The Cougars were outscored 7–2 in the two-game series with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 1930, the Cougars were renamed the Falcons, but their woes continued, as they usually finished near the bottom of the standings, even though they made the playoffs again in 1932.

In 1932, the NHL let grain merchant James E. Norris, who had made two previous unsuccessful bids to buy an NHL team, purchase the Falcons. Norris' first act was to choose a new name for the team – the Red Wings. Earlier in the century, Norris had played on one of hockey's early powers, the Montreal HC, nicknamed the "Winged Wheelers." Norris transformed the club's logo into the first version of the Red Wings logo as it is known today. Norris also placed coach Jack Adams on a one-year probation for the 1932–33 NHL season. Adams managed to pass his probationary period by leading the renamed franchise to first ever playoff series victory over the Montreal Maroons. Despite this success, the team lost in the semi-finals to the New York Rangers.

In 1934 the Wings made the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time, with John Sorrell scoring 21 goals over 47 games and Larry Aurie leading the team in scoring. However, the Chicago Black Hawks defeated Detroit in the finals, winning the best-of-five series in four games and winning their own first title.

The Red Wings won their first Stanley Cup in 1936, defeating Toronto in four games. Detroit repeated as Stanley Cup champions in 1937, winning over the Rangers in the full five games.

In 1938, the Wings and the Montreal Canadiens became the first NHL teams to play in Europe, playing in Paris and London. The Wings played nine games against the Canadiens and went 3-5-1; they did not play in Europe again until the preseason and start of the 2009-10 NHL season in Sweden against the St. Louis Blues.

The Wings made the Stanley Cup Finals in three consecutive years during the early 1940s. In 1941 they were swept by the Boston Bruins, and in 1942 they lost a seven-game series to Toronto after winning the first three games. However, in 1943, with Syd Howe and Mud Bruneteau scoring 20 goals apiece, Detroit won their third Cup by sweeping the Bruins. Through the rest of the decade, the team made the playoffs every year, and reached the Finals three more times.

In 1946, one of the greatest players in hockey history came into the NHL with the Red Wings. Gordie Howe, a right-winger from Floral, Saskatchewan, only scored seven goals and 15 assists in his first season and would not reach his prime for a few more years. It was also the last season as head coach for Adams, who stepped down after the season to concentrate on his duties as general manager. He was succeeded by minor league coach Tommy Ivan.

By his second season, Howe was paired with Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay to form what would become one of the great lines in NHL history – the "Production Line". Lindsay's 33 goals propelled the Wings to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they were swept by the Maple Leafs. Detroit reached the Finals again the following season, only to be swept again by Toronto.

1950–66: The Gordie Howe era

The Wings won the Stanley Cup again in 1950, with Pete Babando scoring the game winner in double overtime of Game 7 to beat the Rangers in the Finals. After the game, Lindsay skated around the Olympia ice with the Cup, beginning a tradition that continues today.

After being upset by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1951 semifinals, Detroit won its fifth Cup in 1952, sweeping both the Leafs and the Canadiens, with the Production Line of Howe, Abel and Lindsay joined by second-year goalie Terry Sawchuk. Detroit would become the first team in 17 years to go undefeated in the playoffs. They also scored 24 playoff goals, compared to Toronto and Montreal's combined total of 5. Abel left the Wings for Chicago following the season, and his spot on the roster was replaced by Alex Delvecchio.

James E. Norris died in December 1952. He was succeeded as team president by his daughter, Marguerite, the first (and as of the 2006–07 season, only) woman to head an NHL franchise. She made no secret of her dislike for Adams. While she could have summarily fired him, since he was still without a contract, she chose not to do so.

Following another playoff upset in 1953 at the hands of the Bruins, the Red Wings won back to back Stanley Cups in 1954 (over Montreal, when Habs defenseman Doug Harvey redirected a Tony Leswick shot into his own net) and 1955 (also over Montreal in the full seven games). The 1954–55 season ended a run of eight straight regular season titles, an NHL record.

Also during the 1955 off-season, Marguerite Norris lost an intra-family power struggle, and was forced to turn over the Wings to her younger brother Bruce, who had inherited his father's grain business. Detroit and Montreal once again met in the 1956 finals, but this time the Canadiens won the Cup, their first of five in a row.

In 1957 Ted Lindsay, who scored 30 goals and led the league in assists with 55, teamed up with Harvey to help start the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) . As a result he, along with outspoken young goaltender Glenn Hall, was promptly traded to Chicago (which was owned by James D. Norris, Bruce's elder brother) after his most productive year.

The Lindsay deal was one of several questionable trades made by Adams in the late 1950s. For example, a year earlier, he had traded Sawchuk to Boston; while he managed to get Sawchuk back two years later, he had to trade up-and-coming Johnny Bucyk to do it. It was one of the most one-sided trades in hockey history – Bucyk went on to play 21 more years with the Bruins. The Wings lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Bruins. In 1959 the Red Wings missed the playoffs for the first time in 21 years.

Within a couple of years, Detroit was rejuvenated and made the Finals for four of the next six years between 1961 and 1966. However, despite having Howe, Delvecchio, Norm Ullman, and Parker MacDonald as consistent goal-scorers, Lindsay's sudden one-year comeback in 1964–65, and Sawchuk and later Roger Crozier between the pipes, the Wings came away empty-handed. Adams was fired as general manager in 1963. He had coached for 15 years and served as general manager for 31 years on a handshake, and his 36–year tenure as general manager is still the longest for any general manager in NHL history.

1967–82: The "Dead Wings" era

Only a year after making the Finals, the Red Wings finished a distant fifth, 24 points out of the playoffs. It was the beginning of a slump from which they would not emerge for almost 20 years. Between 1967 and 1983, Detroit only made the playoffs twice, winning one series. From 1968 to 1982, the Wings had 14 head coaches (not counting interim coaches), with none lasting more than three seasons. In contrast, their first six full-time coaches – Art Duncan, Adams, Ivan, Jimmy Skinner and Abel – covered a 42–year period. During this dark era in franchise history, the team was derisively known as the "Dead Wings" or "Dead Things".

One factor in the Red Wings' decline was the end of the old "development" system, which allowed Adams to get young prospects to commit to playing for Detroit as early as their 16th birthday. Another factor was Ned Harkness, who was hired as coach in 1970 and was promoted to general manager midway through the season. A successful college hockey coach, Harkness tried to force his two-way style of play on a veteran Red Wings team resistant to change. The Wings chafed under his rule in which he demanded short hair, no smoking, and put other rules in place regarding drinking and phone calls. Harkness was forced to resign in 1973 ending the period colloquially referred to as, "Darkness with Harkness."

In the "expansion season" of 1967–68, the Red Wings also acquired longtime star left-winger Frank Mahovlich from the defending Cup champs in Toronto. Mahovlich would go on a line with Howe and Delvecchio, and in 1968–69, he scored a career-high 49 goals and had two All-Star seasons in Detroit.

But this could not last. Mahovlich was traded to Montreal in 1970, and Howe retired after the 1970–71 season. Howe returned to pro hockey shortly after to play with his two sons Mark and Marty Howe (Mark would later join the Red Wings at the end of his career) in the upstart World Hockey Association in 1972. Through the decade, with Mickey Redmond having two 50–goal seasons and Marcel Dionne starting to reach his prime (which he did not attain until he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings), a lack of defensive and goaltending ability continually hampered the Wings.

During 1979–80, the Wings left the Olympia for Joe Louis Arena. In 1982, after 50 years of family ownership, Bruce Norris sold the Red Wings to Mike Ilitch, founder of Little Caesars Pizza.

1983–93: The early Yzerman era

In 1983 the Wings drafted Steve Yzerman, a center from the Peterborough Petes with their first-round pick. He led the team in scoring in his rookie year and started the Wings' climb back to the top. That season, with John Ogrodnick scoring 42 times and Ivan Boldirev and Ron Duguay also with 30–goal seasons, Detroit made the playoffs for the first time in six years. Defenseman Brad Park, acquired from the Boston Bruins in the 1983 free-agent market, also helped the Wings reach the postseason and ended up winning the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy the same season.

Later Park was asked to coach the Wings, but was sacked after 45 games in 1985–86. He admitted, “I took over a last-place team, and I kept them there.” They did indeed end up in the basement with a 17–57–6 record for only 40 points. This was the same year that the Wings added enforcer Bob Probert, one of the most familiar faces of the Wings in the 1980s and 1990s.

By 1987, with Yzerman, now the captain following the departure of Danny Gare, joined by Petr Klima, Adam Oates, Gerard Gallant, defenseman Darren Veitch and new head coach Jacques Demers, the Wings won a playoff series for only the second time in the modern era. They made it all the way to the conference finals against the powerful and eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers, but lost in five games. In 1988 they won their first division title in 23 years (since 1964–65, when they finished first in a one-division league). They did so, however, in a relatively weak division; no other team in the Norris finished above .500. As was the case in the previous season, they made it to the conference finals only to lose again to the eventual cup champion Oilers in five games.

In 1989, Yzerman scored a career-best 65 goals, but Detroit was upset in the first round by the Chicago Blackhawks. The following season Yzerman scored 62 goals, but the team missed the playoffs (which as of 2012 is the most recent time they did so). Rumors spread that maybe "Stevie Wonder" should be traded.

But it was Demers, not Yzerman, who got the pink slip. New coach Bryan Murray was unable to get them back over .500, but they returned to the playoffs. Yzerman was joined by Sergei Fedorov, who would be an award-winner and frequent all-star for the team in the 1990s. In 1992, the team acquired Ray Sheppard, who had a career-best 52 goals two years later; and in '93, top defenseman Paul Coffey. Also joining the Red Wings around this time were draft picks like Slava Kozlov, Darren McCarty, Vladimir Konstantinov, and Nicklas Lidstrom.

1994–98: The Russian Five

Former Montreal Canadiens coach Scotty Bowman got behind the Motown bench in 1993. In his second season, the lockout-shortened 1994–95 NHL season. Bowman guided Detroit to its first Finals appearance in 29 years, only to be swept by the New Jersey Devils.

The Wings kept adding more star power, picking up Slava Fetisov, Igor Larionov, and goaltender Mike Vernon in trades and winning an NHL record 62 games in 1996. After defeating the St. Louis Blues in seven games the Wings would fall in the Western Conference Finals to the eventual champion Colorado Avalanche.

The following year, Detroit, joined by Brendan Shanahan and Larry Murphy during the season, once again reached the Finals in 1997. After defeating the St. Louis Blues, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Colorado Avalanche in the first three rounds, the Wings went on to beat the Philadelphia Flyers in four straight games in the Stanley Cup Finals. It was the Wings' first Stanley Cup since 1955, breaking the longest drought (42 years long) in the league at that time. Mike Vernon accepted the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in 1997 playoffs.

Misfortune befell the Wings six days after their championship; defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov, one of the Wings' "Russian Five", suffered a brain injury in a limousine accident, and his career came to an abrupt end. The Red Wings dedicated the 1997–98 season, which also ended in a Stanley Cup victory, to Konstantinov, who came out onto the ice in his wheelchair on victory night to touch the Cup. The Wings won the Cup finals in another sweep, this time over the Washington Capitals. Despite his Conn Smythe Trophy in the 1997 playoffs, Mike Vernon had been replaced as the regular Wings goaltender during the season with the younger Chris Osgood.

1999–2004: Superstar acquisitions and more success

The following season, the Wings looked poised to "three-peat" for the first time in franchise history, acquiring three-time top blueliner Chris Chelios from his hometown Chicago Blackhawks in March 1999, but they would end up losing the Western Conference Semifinals to Colorado in six games.

The Wings had built up a fierce rivalry with the Avalanche. With Colorado beating Detroit in the third round in 1996, in the second round of both 1999 and 2000, and the Red Wings beating the Avs in the third round in 1997, the battles between these two teams had become one of the fiercest in the league. During a notorious game on March 26, 1997, a brawl ensued between Colorado goalie Patrick Roy and his Detroit counterpart Mike Vernon.

In 2001, Detroit, the league's second-best team in the regular season, were upset in the playoffs by the Los Angeles Kings. During the summer that followed, they acquired goalie Dominik Hasek (the defending Vezina Trophy winner) and forwards Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull. Russian prospect Pavel Datsyuk also joined the team. The Wings posted the league's best record in the 2001-02 regular season and defeated Colorado in seven games in the Western Conference Finals after beating the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues in rounds one and two. The Red Wings went on to capture another Stanley Cup in five games over the Carolina Hurricanes, with Nicklas Lidstrom winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs' MVP. Bowman and Hasek both retired after the season.

The 2003 season saw the Red Wings promote associate coach Dave Lewis to the head coach position after Bowman's retirement. Needing a new starting goaltender after Hasek's retirement, the Red wings signed Curtis Joseph from the Toronto Maple Leafs to a three year, $24 million deal. Also new to the lineup was highly touted Swedish prospect Henrik Zetterberg. The Red Wings finished the season second in the Western Conference and third overall in the NHL. The Red Wings were favored in their first round matchup against the 7th seeded Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. But the Ducks shocked the hockey world by sweeping the Red Wings in four games.

Longtime Wing Sergei Fedorov signed with the Mighty Ducks as a free agent during the offseason after a long contract dispute. Furthermore, Dominik Hasek decided to come out of retirement and joined the Wings for the 2003–04 season. Joseph, despite being one of the highest-paid players in the NHL, spent part of the season in the minor leagues, but after Hasek was sidelined for the season with an injury, Joseph led the team to the top of the Central Division and the league standings. The Red Wings eliminated the Nashville Predators in six games in the first round of the playoffs, which led to a second round matchup with the Calgary Flames. The teams split the first four games, and headed to Detroit for a pivotal Game 5. The Red Wings lost that game 1–0, and were eliminated two nights later in Calgary by the same score in overtime.

During the 2004 offseason, the Wings focused on keeping players they already had instead of being active on the free agent market, resigning several players before the 2004–05 NHL lockout canceled the season.

2005–present: The Nick Lidstrom era

On July 15, 2005, Mike Babcock, former head coach in Anaheim, became the new head coach for the Wings. During a November 21, 2005, game against the Nashville Predators, defenseman Jiri Fischer suffered a heart arrhythmia and collapsed on the bench. The game was canceled because of his injury, and was made up on January 23, 2006. This was the first time in NHL history a game had been postponed by injury. The game was played for the full 60 minutes; however, the Predators were allowed to maintain their 1–0 lead from the original game and won, 3–2. The Red Wings won the Presidents' Trophy with a 58–16–8 record, earning them 124 points.(NHL Standings), and secured home ice advantage for the entire playoffs. The Wings opened the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers with a 3–2 overtime victory at Joe Louis Arena. However, the Oilers won 4 of the next 5 games to take the series.

Continuing the shakeup of the Red Wings roster, the offseason saw the departure of Brendan Shanahan and the return of Dominik Hasek, while Steve Yzerman announced his retirement after a 23-season Hall of Fame career with the Wings, having played the third most games in history (behind fellow Wings Alex Delvecchio and Nicklas Lidstrom) all with a single team. Yzerman retired with the additional distinction of having been the longest-serving team captain in NHL history.

The Red Wings opened the 2006–07 season with Nicklas Lidstrom as the new captain. The team retired Steve Yzerman's jersey number 19 on January 2. The Wings finished first in the Western Conference and tied for first in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres, but the Sabres were awarded the Presidents' Trophy by virtue of having the greater number of wins. They advanced to the third round of the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs after defeating the Calgary Flames and San Jose Sharks both in six games, coming back three straight after the Sharks' 2–1 series lead. The Red Wings lost to the eventual Stanley Cup winning team - the Anaheim Ducks, in the Western Conference Finals four games to two.

To start the 2007–08 campaign, Henrik Zetterberg recorded at least a point in each of Detroit's first 16 games, setting a club record. The Wings cruised to the playoffs, where they faced the Nashville Predators. After goalie Dominik Hasek played poorly in Games 3 and 4 of the series, both losses, head coach Mike Babcock replaced him with Chris Osgood. Osgood had departed the Wings earlier in the decade, only to be re-acquired as a backup in 2005. Osgood never left the net for the remainder of the playoffs, as the Red Wings came back in that series on their way to winning their 11th Stanley Cup. The final victory came on June 4, 2008, against the Pittsburgh Penguins, by a score of 3-2. This was the Wings' fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years. Zetterberg scored the winning goal in the decisive Game 6, and was also named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. It was the first time a team captained by a non-North American player (Nicklas Lidstrom) won the Stanley Cup.

On July 2, 2008, the Detroit Red Wings announced the signing of Marian Hossa. From the beginning of the 2008–09 season to New Year's Day, the Wings enjoyed success. Although they finished second in the conference to the San Jose Sharks, the Wings became the first team in NHL history to top 100 points in nine straight seasons. On January 1, 2009, the Red Wings played the Chicago Blackhawks in the third NHL Winter Classic at Chicago's Wrigley Field, beating them 6-4. The Wings entered the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the second overall seed in the Western Conference. The Red Wings handily swept the Columbus Blue Jackets, then beat the 8th-seeded Anaheim Ducks in a hard fought seven-game series. They took on the vastly improved Chicago Blackhawks in the Conference Finals, winning in five games. The Red Wings would face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Finals for a second consecutive year, but this series would feature a different outcome. Pittsburgh defeated the Red Wings in seven games, Detroit becoming only the second NHL team to lose the Cup at home in Game 7.

The Red Wings began the 2009-10 NHL Season in Stockholm, Sweden, falling in both games to the St. Louis Blues by scores of 4-3 and 5-3, respectively. They were plagued by injuries throughout the season and lost the second most man-games to injury, with only the last place Edmonton Oilers losing more. The beginning of the season was a struggle for the Wings, with key players out of the lineup including Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Holmstrom, Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula, and Niklas Kronwall. After the Olympic break, Detroit posted a record of 13-2-2 and earned 28 points, the most by any team in the NHL in the month of March. This run helped them secure the fifth playoff seed in the Western Conference. Detroit won their first-round playoff series over the Phoenix Coyotes in seven games. In the second round, they fell behind the San Jose Sharks three games to one, before being knocked out of the playoffs in five games. All four games that the Red Wings lost that series were decided by one goal. The lone game that they won ended with a final score of 7-1.

A healthier Red Wings team finished the 2010–11 NHL season with a 47-25-10 record and 104 points to win the Central Division title. They earned the #3 seed in the Western Conference for the Stanley Cup playoffs (extending their professional sports record of post-season appearances to 20 seasons), finishing behind the Vancouver Canucks (117) and San Jose Sharks (105). The Wings again faced the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round of the playoffs, this time sweeping them 4–0—making them the only team in the 2010-2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs to sweep the first round—and again moved on to play the Sharks in Round 2. After losing the first three games of the series against the Sharks, the Red Wings won three consecutive games to force a Game 7, becoming just the eighth team in NHL history to accomplish the feat (the Chicago Blackhawks became the seventh team to do so earlier in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, against the Vancouver Canucks). The Red Wings lost Game 7 to the Sharks by a score of 3-2, and were eliminated.

During the 2011 offseason, Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski retired, citing injuries as the main reason behind his decision. Detroit soon signed free-agent defenseman Ian White to take his place. Long time Red Wings Kris Draper and Chris Osgood also announced their retirement from hockey, with both soon taking positions within the club. Detroit signed goaltender Ty Conklin for his second tour of duty with the team. Tragedy struck the organization and the rest of the National Hockey League upon the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, which claimed the lives of former Red Wings assistant coach Brad McCrimmon and defenseman Ruslan Salei, who had joined the KHL team during the summer. Stefan Liv, a former Red Wings goaltending prospect, was also among the fatalities. The Red Wings then added a patch to the left arm of their uniforms with the trio's initials.

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, the Red Wings set the NHL record for most consecutive wins at home in a single season by winning their 21st home game with a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars, and on Sunday, February 19, 2012, defeated the San Jose Sharks to record their 23rd consecutive home victory, breaking the overall record previously held by the Boston Bruins over two seasons from 1929-1930.

Team information

Uniforms

The Red Wings, like all NHL teams, updated their jerseys (traditionally known in hockey as "sweaters") to the new Rbk Edge standard for the 2007–08 NHL season. The Red Wings kept their design as close as possible, with a few exceptions: On the road (white) jersey, there is more red on the sleeves as the color panel begins closer to the shoulder. The white sleeve numbers on both jerseys were also moved up a bit, creating more red space between the bottom of the number and the wraparound white trim. The letters of the captain and alternate captains were moved to the player's right shoulder; Detroit is the only team in the league that made this change (the change was necessitated by the stitching of the sweater), although the 2008 NHL All Star jerseys featured this as well, and the Captain and Alternate Captain's letters have switched back to the left shoulder as of the 2011–12 NHL Season. All teams now have an NHL shield panel on the front of the jersey near the collar, and a rounded hemline at the bottom of the jersey which goes up at the hips, providing more mobility.

The Red Wings have not used any alternate logos or uniforms since the trend became popular in the 1990s, the sole exceptions were select games of the 1991–92 season commemorating the league's 75th Anniversary, and for a commemorative game in 1994 at Chicago Stadium. Those jerseys were based on the uniforms worn by the team (then the Detroit Cougars) in 1927–28. The throwbacks are primarily white with five red horizontal stripes on the body, the broadest middle stripe bearing "DETROIT" in bold letters, and three red stripes on the sleeves.

The striped throwbacks have been a popular design, as replicas continue to be marketed by the NHL. This jersey was also a basis for the uniforms worn by Wayne Gretzky's team of NHLPA All-Stars, nicknamed the "99ers", for their exhibition tour in Europe during the 1994–95 NHL lockout; a picture of Gretzky in this jersey was used for the cover art of a video game bearing his name.

Alternate jerseys for the RBK Edge system were made for 2008–2009 and continues today, but Detroit has thus far opted not to use alternates.

The Red Wings wore alternative "Retro" jerseys for the 2009 NHL Winter Classic in Chicago. The one-time jerseys were based on the uniforms worn by the then-Detroit Cougars during their inaugural season of 1926–27. These jerseys were white, with a single bold red stripe on the sleeves and chest, and a uniquely-styled white Old English "D" (a Detroit sports tradition, but formerly used by the Wings, Detroit Lions, and the University of Detroit Titans) centered on the chest stripe, but not to be confused with the Old English "D" used by the Detroit Tigers. These jerseys were also worn for their final 2009 regular season home game, again against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Fan traditions

The "Legend of the Octopus" is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings playoff games, in which an octopus is thrown onto the ice surface for good luck.

During the playoffs, Joe Louis Arena is generally adorned with a giant octopus with red eyes, nicknamed "Al" after Joe Louis Arena head ice manager Al Sobotka.

The 1952 playoffs featured the start of the tradition—the octopus throw. The owner of a local fish market, Peter Cusimano, threw one from the stands onto the ice. The eight legs are symbolic of the eight wins it took to win the Stanley Cup at the time. The Red Wings went on to sweep both of their opponents that year en route to a Stanley Cup championship. The NHL has, at various times, tried to eliminate this tradition but it continues to this day.

Al Sobotka is the man responsible for removing the thrown creatures from the ice. He is known for swinging the tossed octopi above his head when walking off the ice. On April 19, 2008, NHL director of hockey operations Colin Campbell sent a memo to the Detroit Red Wings organization that forbids Zamboni drivers from cleaning up any octopi thrown onto the ice and that violating the mandate would result in a $10,000 fine. Instead, it will be the linesmen who will perform this duty. In an email to the ''Detroit Free Press'', NHL spokesman Frank Brown justified the ban because "matter flies off the octopus and gets on the ice" when Al Sobotka does it. This ban, however, was later loosened to allow for the octopus twirling to take place at the zamboni entrance.

Typically during the last minute or two of games that the Red Wings are winning, especially around the end of the season and during the playoffs, the fans at Joe Louis Arena are known to start singing along to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'". The song is played over the PA system and continues until it is muted while the crowd sings the words "Born and raised in South Detroit," then the song resumes over the speakers in the arena.

Home attendance at Joe Louis Arena

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Broadcasters

The Red Wings' flagship radio stations are Detroit sister stations WXYT-AM 1270 and WXYT-FM 97.1. Games are carried on both stations unless there is a conflict with Detroit Lions football, Detroit Pistons basketball or Detroit Tigers baseball. There are several affiliate stations throughout Michigan, Northwestern Ohio, and Southwestern Ontario.

The Red Wings' exclusive local television rights are held by Fox Sports Detroit.

Announcers:

Ken Daniels: Television Play by Play

Mickey Redmond: Television Color Commentator (Home Games and select away games)

John Keating: Television pre-game and post game show host

Larry Murphy: Television Color Commentator / reporter

Ken Kal: Radio Play by Play

Paul Woods: Radio Analyst

Trevor Thompson, Mickey York: TV pre-game and post-game show hosts / reporters

Jeff Riger: Primary radio intermission and post-game host.

During many home games on FS Detroit where Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond are in the booth, Larry Murphy also provides analysis "between the benches" during games. During road games which Mickey Redmond cannot attend, Murphy provides commentary alongside Daniels in the booth.

Hall of Fame broadcasters

Three members of the Red Wings organization have received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award:

Budd Lynch: TV and Radio Play by Play and Color - 1949-1975 (awarded 1985)

Bruce Martyn: Radio Play by Play - 1964-1995 (awarded 1991)

Mickey Redmond: TV color commentary - 1979-1981, 1986–present (awarded 2011)

Lynch called the first locally televised game at Olympia for the original WWJ-TV in 1949. He has remained with the organization for over 60 years, serving as Director of Publicity from 1975–1982, and public address announcer since 1982. Since 2008, John Fossen has joined Lynch in performing PA duties.

Season-by-season record

''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Red Wings. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Detroit Red Wings seasons''

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against''

Records as of April 10, 2011.

GP 82 82 82 82 82

Season	|	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2007–08 NHL season	2007–08	|	54	21	7	115	257	184	1st, Central	2008 Stanley Cup Finals
[[2008-09 NHL season	2008–09	|	51	21	10	112	295	244	1st, Central	Finals, 3–4 (Pittsburgh Penguins>Penguins)
2009–10 NHL season	2009–10	|	44	24	14	102	229	216	2nd, Central	San Jose Sharks>Sharks)
2010-11 NHL season	2010–11	|	47	25	10	104	261	241	1st, Central	San Jose Sharks>Sharks)
2011-12 NHL season	2011–12	|	48	28	6	102	248	203	3rd, Central	Nashville Predators>Predators)

Players

Current roster

Team captains

All the players who have served as team captain with the Detroit franchise.

Honored members

''Hall of Famers'': Players

Builders

Jack Adams, Head coach, 1927–1947, inducted 1959

Al Arbour, played for Detroit 1953–1954 & 1956–1958, inducted 1996

Scotty Bowman, Head coach, 1993–2002, inducted in 1991

Murray Costello, played for Detroit 1955–1956, inducted 2005

Jim Devellano, Executive, 1982–''present'', inducted 2010

Mike Ilitch, Owner, 1982–''present'', inducted 2003

Tommy Ivan, Head coach, 1947–1954, inducted 1974

Bruce Norris, Owner, 1955–1982, inducted 1969

James E. Norris, Owner, 1932–1952, inducted 1958

James D. Norris, Executive, 1932–1966, inducted 1962

Bud Poile, played for Detroit 1948–1949, inducted 1990

Carl Voss, played for Detroit 1932–1933, inducted 1974

John A. Ziegler Jr., Owner, inducted 1987

Numbers out of circulation

''Retired jerseys'':

1 Terry Sawchuk, G, 1949–55, 1957–64 & 1968–69, number retired March 6, 1994

7 Ted Lindsay, LW, 1944–57 & 1964–65, number retired November 10, 1991

9 Gordie Howe, RW, 1946–71, number retired March 12, 1972

10 Alex Delvecchio, C, 1950–73, number retired November 10, 1991

12 Sid Abel, LW, 1938–52, number retired April 29, 1995

19 Steve Yzerman, C, 1983–2006, number retired January 2, 2007 (the banner features the captain "C" to honor his tenure as the longest serving captain in NHL history)

''Not available for issue'': 6 Larry Aurie, RW, 1927–1939, following his retirement from the NHL. This was the first number ever retired by the Detroit Red Wings; however, Aurie does not have a banner hanging in Joe Louis Arena. The NHL's official information publication, the Official NHL Guide And Record Book, listed the number as being retired from 1975 until 2000 when reference to it was removed at the request of the Red Wings organization. The team no longer considers the number to be retired, although it is not available for use.

16 Vladimir Konstantinov, D, 1991–97, following a career-ending vehicular accident.

99 Wayne Gretzky, Although he was never a member of the Red Wings, his number was retired league-wide February 6, 2000

First-round draft picks

Franchise scoring leaders

These players rank in the top ten in franchise history for goals, assists, and/or points as of the end of the 2011-12 season. Since it is possible to rank in one category but not others there are more than ten players listed in each table. Figures are updated after each completed NHL season.

''Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Red Wings player''

Regular season

RW C C D C C LW C LW C D LW

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
align="left">Gordie Howe	|	1687	786	1023	1809	1.07
align="left"	Steve Yzerman	|	1514	692	1063	1755	1.16
align="left"	Alex Delvecchio	|	1549	456	825	1281	0.83
align="left"	Nicklas Lidstrom*	|	1564	264	878	1142	0.73
align="left"	Sergei Fedorov	|	908	400	554	954	1.05
align="left"	Norm Ullman	|	875	324	434	758	0.87
align="left"	Ted Lindsay	|	862	335	393	728	0.84
align="left"	Pavel Datsyuk*	|	732	240	478	718	0.98
align="left"	Brendan Shanahan	|	716	309	324	633	0.88
align="left"	Henrik Zetterberg*	|	668	252	372	624	0.93
align="left"	Reed Larson	|	708	188	382	570	0.80
align="left"	John Ogrodnick	|	558	265	281	546	0.98

Playoffs

C D C RW C C LW C LW LW C RW

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
align="left">Steve Yzerman	|	196	70	115	185	0.94
align="left"	Nicklas Lidstrom*	|	263	54	129	183	0.70
align="left"	Sergei Fedorov	|	162	50	113	163	1.01
align="left"	Gordie Howe	|	154	67	91	158	1.03
align="left"	Alex Delvecchio	|	121	35	69	104	0.86
align="left"	Henrik Zetterberg*	|	109	51	51	102	0.94
align="left"	Tomas Holmstrom*	|	180	46	51	97	0.54
align="left"	Pavel Datsyuk*	|	126	33	61	94	0.75
align="left"	Ted Lindsay	|	123	44	44	88	0.72
align="left"	Slava Kozlov	|	114	42	37	79	0.69
align="left"	Norm Ullman	|	80	27	47	74	0.93
align="left"	Johan Franzen*	|	88	38	35	73	0.83

NHL awards and trophies

Stanley Cup

1935–36, 1936–37, 1942–43, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2007–08

Presidents' Trophy

1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2008–09

Prince of Wales Trophy

1935–36, 1936–37, 1942–43, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1964–65

O'Brien Trophy

1940-41, 1941-42, 1944-45, 1947-48, 1948-49

Art Ross Trophy

Ted Lindsay: 1949–50

Gordie Howe: 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1962–63

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Brad Park: 1983–84

Steve Yzerman: 2003–04

Calder Memorial Trophy

Jim McFadden: 1947–48

Terry Sawchuk: 1950–51

Glenn Hall: 1955–56

Roger Crozier: 1964–65

Conn Smythe Trophy

Roger Crozier: 1965–66

Mike Vernon: 1996–97

Steve Yzerman: 1997–98

Nicklas Lidstrom: 2001–02

Henrik Zetterberg: 2007–08

Frank J. Selke Trophy

Sergei Fedorov: 1993–94, 1995–96

Steve Yzerman: 1999–2000

Kris Draper: 2003–04

Pavel Datsyuk: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009-10

Hart Memorial Trophy

Ebbie Goodfellow: 1939–40

Sid Abel: 1948–49

Gordie Howe: 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1962–63

Sergei Fedorov: 1993–94

James Norris Memorial Trophy

Red Kelly: 1953–54

Paul Coffey: 1994–95

Nicklas Lidstrom: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11

Jack Adams Award

Bobby Kromm: 1977–78

Jacques Demers: 1986–87, 1987–88

Scotty Bowman: 1995–96

King Clancy Memorial Trophy

Brendan Shanahan: 2002–03

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Marty Barry: 1936–37

Bill Quackenbush: 1948–49

Red Kelly: 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54

Earl Reibel: 1955–56

Alex Delvecchio: 1958–59, 1965–66, 1968–69

Marcel Dionne: 1974–75

Pavel Datsyuk: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09

Lester B. Pearson Award

Steve Yzerman: 1988–89

Sergei Fedorov: 1993–94

Lester Patrick Trophy

Jack Adams: 1965–66

Gordie Howe: 1966–67

Terry Sawchuk: 1970–71

Alex Delvecchio: 1973–74

Tommy Ivan and Bruce Norris: 1974–75

Mike Ilitch: 1990–91

Scotty Bowman: 2000–01

Marcel Dionne: 2006–07

Reed Larson: 2006–07

Steve Yzerman: 2006–07

NHL Plus/Minus Award

Paul Ysebaert: 1991–92

Vladimir Konstantinov: 1995–96

Chris Chelios: 2001–02

Pavel Datsyuk: 2007–08

Vezina Trophy

Normie Smith: 1936–37

Johnny Mowers: 1942–43

Terry Sawchuk: 1951–52, 1952–53, 1954–55

William M. Jennings Trophy

Chris Osgood and Mike Vernon: 1995–96

Chris Osgood and Dominik Hasek: 2007–08

Mark Messier Leadership Award

Chris Chelios: 2006–07

NHL All-Rookie Team

1984: Steve Yzerman

1991: Sergei Fedorov

1992: Nicklas Lidstrom and Vladimir Konstantinov

2003: Henrik Zetterberg

2010: Jimmy Howard

Franchise individual records

''This is a partial list. For the more franchise records, see List of Detroit Red Wings records''

Most goals in a season: Steve Yzerman, 65 (1988–89)

Most assists in a season: Steve Yzerman, 90 (1988–89)

Most points in a season: Steve Yzerman, 155 (1988–89)

Most penalty minutes in a season: Bob Probert, 398 (1987–88)

Most points in a season, defenseman: Nicklas Lidstrom, 80 (2005–06)

Most points in a season, rookie: Steve Yzerman, 87 (1983–84)

Most wins in a season: Terry Sawchuk, 44 (1950–51 and 1951–52)

Most shutouts in a season: Terry Sawchuk, 12 (1951–52, 1953–54, and 1954–55)

Most shutouts in post-season: Dominik Hasek, 6 (2002)

Longest home win streak in NHL history: 23 games (November 5, 2011 to February 19, 2012)

See also

Russian Five

The Grind Line

Victoria Cougars

List of NHL players

List of NHL seasons

List of Stanley Cup champions

References

External links

The Official website of the Detroit Red Wings

* List of Detroit Red Wings by number

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Name	Norm Macdonald
Birth date	October 17, 1963
Birth place	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Birth name	Norman Gene Macdonald
Medium	Stand-up, television, film
Nationality	Canadian
Active	1987–present
Genre	Satire, political satire, current events, observational comedy
Subject	American culture, American politics, current events, pop culture, sports, mass media/news media/media criticism
Influences	Don Rickles, Bob Newhart
Spouse	Connie Macdonald (1988-?) (divorced) 1 child
Notable work	Weekend Update anchor on ''Saturday Night Live''Norm Henderson on ''The Norm Show''Lucky in ''Dr. Dolittle''Norm the Genie in ''The Fairly Oddparents''Host of ''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'' }}

Norman Gene "Norm" Macdonald (born October 17, 1963) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor. He is best known for his five seasons as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'', which included anchoring ''Weekend Update'' for three years. Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom ''Roseanne'' and made appearances on shows including ''The Drew Carey Show'' and ''NewsRadio''. He also starred in ''The Norm Show'' from 1999 to 2001. Comedy Central named him #83 on the five-part miniseries ''100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time''. He is noted as one of Conan O'Brien's favorite and most frequent guests on his various talk shows. His brother is Canadian journalist Neil Macdonald, of CBC News' Washington, D.C. bureau.

Starting February 26, 2011, Macdonald became the new host of ''High Stakes Poker'' on Game Show Network. He also hosted ''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'' on Comedy Central, which began airing on April 12, 2011. It was announced on June 7, 2011, that the ''Sports Show'' would not be renewed for a second season, reportedly due to low ratings, even though ''Sports Show'' steadily averaged one-million viewers per episode.

Early life

Macdonald was born and raised in Quebec City. His father was Percy Macdonald, a Scottish-Canadian who served with the Canadian Army during World War II and helped liberate the Netherlands. His mother is Ferns Macdonald (née Mains). Macdonald has two brothers, Leslie and Neil, who are both journalists with the CBC.

In the early 1970s, Macdonald attended grade school where his parents taught at Alexander Wolff School, on Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, outside Quebec City. Macdonald has said that he was a student in his father's class, and that he had to call him "Mr. Macdonald" while in class. His father, often described as a very strict man, was his homeroom teacher for two years (grades 6 and 7). After completing 7th grade, Macdonald attended Quebec High School in Quebec City.

Early career

Macdonald began performing stand-up at clubs in Ottawa. His first big break was at the 1987 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.

''Saturday Night Live''

Macdonald joined the cast of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') television program in 1993, where he performed impressions of Larry King, Burt Reynolds, David Letterman, Charles Kuralt and Bob Dole, among others. Following Kevin Nealon's departure from ''SNL'', Macdonald anchored the segment ''Weekend Update''. Chevy Chase, the first anchor of ''Weekend Update'', has opined that Macdonald was the "best Weekend Update anchor since - well - Chevy Chase".

Macdonald's version of ''Weekend Update'' often included repeated references to prison rape, crack whores and the Germans' love of ''Baywatch'' star David Hasselhoff. Macdonald would occasionally deliver a piece of news, then take out his personal compact tape recorder and leave a "note to self" relevant to what he just discussed. He also commonly and inexplicably used Frank Stallone as a non sequitur punchline. Macdonald repeatedly ridiculed public figures such as Marion Barry, Michael Jackson and O. J. Simpson. Throughout Simpson's trial for murder, Macdonald constantly pilloried the former football star, often heavily implying Simpson was guilty of the brutal slaying of his wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman. In the broadcast following Simpson's acquittal, Macdonald opened ''Weekend Update'' by saying: "Well, it's official: murder is legal in the state of California." During the February 24, 1996 episode, Macdonald made a controversial joke about the sentencing of John Lotter, one of the two men who committed the notorious murder of Teena Brandon: "In Nebraska, a man was sentenced to death for killing a female crossdresser, who accused him of rape, and two of her friends. Excuse me if this sounds harsh, but in my mind, they all deserved to die."

After the announcement that Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley planned to divorce, Macdonald joked about their irreconcilable differences on ''Weekend Update'': "She's more of a stay-at-home type, and he's more of a homosexual pedophile." He followed this up a few episodes later with a report about the singer's recent collapse and hospitalization. Referring to a report of how Jackson had decorated his hospital room with giant photographs of Shirley Temple, Macdonald remarked that viewers should not get the wrong idea, adding, "We'd like to remind you that Michael Jackson is, in fact, a ''homosexual'' pedophile." The joke elicited audible gasps from some audience members. He responded to this by saying, "What? He ''is'' a homosexual pedophile."

Macdonald's time with ''Saturday Night Live'' effectively ended in late 1997, when he was fired from the ''Weekend Update'' segment upon the insistence of NBC West Coast Executive Don Ohlmeyer, who pressured the producers to remove him, explaining that Macdonald was "not funny." Some believe that Don Ohlmeyer's friendship with O.J. Simpson — a celebrity whom Macdonald often antagonized on the show — may have fueled Ohlmeyer's decision, but Macdonald has been quoted as saying that he "finds that thesis 'weird' and takes Ohlmeyer's explanation at face value".

On February 28, 1998, one of his last appearances on ''SNL'' occurred as host of a fictitious TV show called ''Who's More Grizzled?'', who asked questions of "mountain men" played by that night's host Garth Brooks and special guest Robert Duvall. In the sketch, Brooks's character said to Macdonald's character, "I don't much care for you," to which Macdonald replied, "A lot of people don't."

In a ''Late Show with David Letterman'' interview, Macdonald said that after being fired, he could not "do anything else on any competing show."

Macdonald went on the ''Celebrity Jeopardy!'' sketch on the 34th season finale of ''SNL'' when Will Ferrell hosted. Macdonald reprised the impression of Burt Reynolds that he did when he was a regular cast member.

Characters on ''SNL''

Stan Hooper, a cynical man who exploits other people. (The short-lived FOX sitcom ''A Minute With Stan Hooper'' featured a version of this character).

Celebrity impersonations

Al Michaels

Andy Rooney

Allen Funt (as his character Todd Deal)

Barry Scheck

Bill Cosby

Bob Dole

Bob Uecker

Burt Reynolds (Turd Ferguson)

Charles Kuralt

Clint Eastwood

Craig Reid from The Proclaimers

David Letterman

Dr. Jack Kevorkian

Flea

George Burns

John Gray

Juan Peron

Slim Pickens

Larry King

Lou Gehrig

Marv Albert

Michael Richards

Quentin Tarantino

Rod Serling

Rowan Atkinson (as his character Mr. Bean)

Burton Gilliam, though erroneously referred to as Slim Pickens

Tommy Lee

Later work

Soon after leaving ''Saturday Night Live'', Macdonald co-wrote and starred in the "revenge comedy" ''Dirty Work'' (1998), with Jack Warden, Don Rickles, Chevy Chase, Chris Farley, Artie Lange and Adam Sandler. Later that year, Macdonald voiced the character of Lucky the dog in the Eddie Murphy remake of ''Dr. Dolittle.'' He reprised the role in both ''Dr. Dolittle 2'' (2001) and ''Dr. Dolittle 3'' (2006). Macdonald voiced the character of Death on an episode of ''Family Guy''. Due to a conflict with his stand-up comedy schedule, he was unavailable to voice the character for his next appearance; Death has since been voiced by Adam Carolla. In 1999, Macdonald starred in the sitcom ''The Norm Show'' (later renamed ''Norm''), co-starring Laurie Metcalf, Artie Lange and Ian Gomez. It ran for three seasons on ABC. Macdonald voiced Hardee's restaurants' (Carl's Jr. on the U.S. west coast) costumed mascot, the Hardee's star in advertisements. Macdonald also appeared on several Miller Lite commercials that year. He appeared on the September 1999 ''Saturday Night Live'' primetime special celebrating the program's 25th year on the air. Macdonald was one of only three former ''Weekend Update'' anchors to introduce a retrospective on the segment (the others being Chevy Chase and Dennis Miller).

Macdonald returned to ''Saturday Night Live'' to host the October 23, 1999 show. In his opening monologue, he expressed resentment at having been fired, then concluded that the only reason he was asked to host was because "the show has gotten really bad" since he left. The next episode, airing November 6, 1999 and hosted by Dylan McDermott, featured a sketch where Chris Kattan, as the androgynous character Mango, is opening letters from celebrity admirers and, after opening the last one, says "[the letter is from] Norm Macdonald, who is that?" Also in 1999, Macdonald made a cameo appearance in the Andy Kaufman biopic ''Man on the Moon''. When Michael Richards refused to portray himself in the scene re-enacting the famous ''Fridays'' incident where Kaufman throws water in his face, Macdonald stepped in to play Richards, although he is never referred to by name.

On Macdonald's first appearance on ''The Daily Show'' after Jon Stewart took over, he caused controversy when he said "I'm really glad to see you're hosting the show, man. I hated that other guy." In a previous interview, Macdonald retorted: "I hate that . . . [expletive] 'Daily Show.' I know you critics love it, but it just seems like the most obvious type of comedy." After Jon Stewart got the job he explained his previous comments. "I was joking," he contended. "I love 'The Daily Show.' And I love Jon Stewart. But in print, you can't italicize irony, know what I mean? It's all just words. A guy could say right now: 'I hate David Letterman. I really hate him.' And you could print that. But don't print it."

In 2000, Macdonald starred in his second motion picture, ''Screwed'', which, like ''Dirty Work'', fared poorly at the box office.

On November 12, 2000, Macdonald appeared on the Celebrity Edition of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' winning $500,000.00 for Paul Newman's Charity Camp. Macdonald could have won a million dollars, but admitted he was too nervous to go for it. Had he done so, his initial guess at the million dollar question (The Greenbrier) would have been correct. Prior to entering the Hot Seat, he got his own personalized Fastest Finger question, which asked him to "Put the following letters in order to spell a popular man's name", with the four answers being all four letters in his name, spelled out in order as the correct order.

Macdonald continued to make appearances on television shows and in films, including ''Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'', ''Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' and ''The Animal'', all of which starred fellow ''Saturday Night Live'' alumnus Rob Schneider and were produced by Adam Sandler. In 2003 he played the title character in the Fox sitcom ''A Minute with Stan Hooper'', which was canceled after six episodes.

In 2005, Macdonald signed a deal with Comedy Central to create a new sketch comedy pilot called ''Back to Norm'', which debuted that May. The pilot was never turned into a series. Its infamous cold opening parodied the suicide of Budd Dwyer, a Pennsylvania politician who, facing decades of incarceration, committed suicide on live television in 1987. Rob Schneider appeared in the pilot. Also in 2005, Macdonald performed as a voice actor, portraying a genie named Norm, on two episodes of the cartoon series ''The Fairly Odd Parents''. But he could not return for the third episode, "Fairy Idol", due to a scheduling conflict. In 2006, Macdonald again performed as a voice actor, this time in a series of commercials for Canadian cellphone services provider Bell Mobility, as the voice of "Frank the Beaver". The campaign had a commercial tie-in with the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and with the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The ads ran heavily on CBC during the Olympics and throughout the National Hockey League's postseason. Due to its success, the campaign was extended throughout 2006, 2007 and into 2008 to promote offerings from other Bell Canada divisions such as Bell Sympatico Internet provider and Bell TV satellite service. In August 2008, the new management at Bell decided that they would go in a different direction with advertising, and would no longer be using the beavers.

In September 2006, Macdonald's sketch comedy album, ''Ridiculous'', was released by Comedy Central Records. It features appearances by Will Ferrell, Jon Lovitz, Tim Meadows, Molly Shannon and Artie Lange. On September 14, 2006, Macdonald appeared on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' to promote ''Ridiculous''. During the appearance, Macdonald made some jokes about the recent death of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter. Stewart, holding back laughter, asked Norm to change the subject, but he kept going and Stewart kept trying to hold back the laughter. Macdonald was a guest character on ''My Name Is Earl'' in the episode "Two Balls, Two Strikes" as "Lil Chubby", the son of "Chubby" (played by Burt Reynolds), similar to Macdonald's portrayals of Reynolds on ''SNL''.

In the 2007 World Series of Poker, he came in 20th place out of 827 entrants in the $3,000 No Limit Texas Hold 'em event, winning $14,608. He also made it to round two of the $5,000 World Championship of Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em. On the comedy website, Super Deluxe, he has created an animated series entitled "The Fake News". Norm has filled in during Dennis Miller's weekly ''O'Reilly Factor'' "Miller Time" segment on January 2, 2008, and guest-hosted Dennis Miller's radio show on January 3, 2008. Norm had also been a regular contributor on Miller's show every Friday, prior to an unexplained absence that left Miller wondering on-air if the show had somehow miffed Norm. Macdonald returned after many months on May 30, 2008, but not before missing a scheduled appearance the day before. He also hosted Miller's radio show for the second time on July 16, 2008, along with friend Stevie Ray Fromstein.

On June 19, 2008, Macdonald was a celebrity panelist on two episodes of a revived version of the popular game show ''Match Game'', which was taped at CBS Television City in Los Angeles. The new version featured the same set used in the early years of the 1970s version and also starred comedienne Sarah Silverman as a fellow celebrity panelist. On August 17, 2008, Norm was a participant in the ''Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget'', performing intentionally cheesy and G-rated material that contrasted greatly with the raunchy performances of the other roasters. In AT&T; commercials around Christmas 2007 and 2008, Macdonald voiced a gingerbread boy wanting a prepaid mobile phone from his dad (voiced by Steve Buscemi), who repeatedly rebuilds his house because "people won't stop eating it". The ad was for AT&T;'s GoPhone. Norm is working on a program for the FX network called ''The Norm Macdonald Reality Show'', in which he plays a fictional, down-on-his-luck version of himself. On the May 16, 2009, episode of ''Saturday Night Live'', Macdonald reappeared as Burt Reynolds on ''Celebrity Jeopardy!''. He also appeared in another sketch later on playing the guitar. On May 31, 2009, he appeared on ''Million Dollar Password''.

Macdonald became a frequent guest on ''The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien'' during its 2009 and 2010 run. Norm was among the first guests on O'Brien's ''Tonight Show'', and appeared also during the show's final week. Initially, ''The Tonight Show'' faced network opposition to bringing Norm on so early in the show's run, and Norm having nothing but local stand-up appearances to promote on-air. Despite this, O'Brien's insistence prevailed and Norm's first and subsequent appearances were highlights of O'Brien's brief ''Tonight Show'' run. Norm was a guest on Conan's new TBS show, ''Conan'' on May 17, 2011. Macdonald has also made frequent appearances on the internet talk show ''Tom Green's House Tonight'', and on May 20, 2010, he guest hosted the show.

In September 2010, it was reported that Macdonald was developing a new series for Comedy Central that he described as a sports version of ''The Daily Show''. As of April 2011, the show was titled ''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'' and premiered on April 12 on Comedy Central. The ''Sports Show'' was not renewed, reportedly due to low ratings, after all nine ordered episodes were broadcast. Macdonald's first stand-up special, ''Me Doing Stand-Up'', aired on Comedy Central on March 26. On May 23, 2011 Comedy Central announced the release an audio CD and DVD of the special on June 14 on Comedy Central Records, and Home Entertainment. The CD will be made available digitally and physically. Both releases will contain uncensored and unseen material from the special, and the DVD features will include the sitcom pilot ''Back To Norm'', an animated featurette ''The Twelve Days Of Christmas'', and Norm's appearance on ''The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget''.

Macdonald is currently the commentator and co-host of the seventh season of ''High Stakes Poker'' on Game Show Network along with Kara Scott.

Politics

Despite referring to himself as apolitical, Macdonald has made controversial references to politically charged issues. At the end of the last ''Weekend Update'' segment before the 1996 presidential election, Norm urged viewers to vote for Bob Dole (of whom Macdonald frequently performed a comic impersonation), though hinting that he had solely said it so that he could continue impersonating him.

On the November 16, 2000 episode of ''The View'' Macdonald said that he thought George W. Bush was "a decent man" and he called Bill Clinton a "murderer" (regarding the Vince Foster case). Macdonald later stated in ''Maxim'' magazine that he is completely apolitical, and that he was joking when he said Clinton "killed a guy" (he further explained on ''The Adam Carolla Show'' that the comments were simply designed to anger Barbara Walters). In a phone interview he later clarified his views on George W. Bush and the Iraq war thusly: "I wish there was another president, a different president engaging the war, since we're in the war because I don't think Bush did a very good job with it. The war itself, you know, if it works it was worth it. But I don't know if it's going to work, so I don't know."

In 2003, Macdonald appeared on Barbara Walters's program ''The View'', publicly renouncing his Canadian citizenship as a joke over his home country's decision not to participate in the Iraq War, stated his belief that Ronald Reagan was the greatest president ever and said that he would be becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States. Later he affirmed that he was joking about renouncing his Canadian citizenship, stating in a telephone interview that "I'm not an American citizen. I'm a Canadian citizen. I just keep renewing my green card... I don't want to be American." He further burnished his apolitical stance in regards to both America and Canada saying that he was not eligible to vote in American elections and never voted in Canadian elections either: "I figured since I never did when I was in Canada... I never voted because I don't want to make a mistake. I'm so uninformed that I don't want that on my hands, you know?"

On the January 2, 2008 episode of ''The O'Reilly Factor'', Macdonald stated that he is "very pro-life, but against the death penalty." His friend Artie Lange would soon afterwards confirm these opinions as sincere on ''The Howard Stern Show''.

Views on comedy

Speaking about Canada's homegrown comedy industry, Macdonald reflected that he would have liked there to have been more opportunity for him to stay in the country early in his career, stating: :"Now I know there's more of, like, an industry there. Like, I was happy that Brent Butt got that show. Because he's a really funny guy. But there wasn't that opportunity when I was there. I remember Mike McDonald had one short-lived series, but that was about it. Otherwise there was nothing to do. But it was great with standup. It was way, way better with standup than in the States. Like, I think the standups are generally much better in Canada. Because, like, when I was in Canada, none of us had any ambition to movies or TV because there were no movies or television. So it was all standup and we just assumed we'd be standups for our whole lives and that was what was fun. And then when I came to the States, I realized, whoa, they don't take their standup very seriously here because they're just trying to do something other than standup and using standup as, like, a springboard to something else that they're generally not as good at."

Reflecting on the state of modern comedy, Macdonald bemoans the influx of dramatic actors into comedy and comedians into dramatic acting: :"What young, handsome person is funny? I remember on ''Saturday Night Live'' hosts would come in. You know, like handsome hosts. They'd be dramatic actors generally. And the publicist would always be like, 'This is a big chance for this guy because he's really a funny guy and people don't know it. He's hilarious!' And then he'd just suck, you know?...I always liked Steve Martin when he was crazy. Because dramatic actors know how to be likeable and stuff. To me, if you've got a guy like Steve Martin or Jim Carrey or something, who are unbelievably funny, I don't know why they'd want to be dramatic actors when they have no chance. They're completely outclassed by actual dramatic actors. How many funny comedy actors are there? There's like a million great dramatic actors. I don't know why they'd want to switch. I guess to get respect or something, I don't know."

Filmography

Year !! Title !! Role
1993	''The Jackie Thomas Show'' (TV series)	Jordan
1993–1998	''Saturday Night Live'' (TV series)
1995	''Billy Madison''
1996	''The People vs. Larry Flynt''
1996	''The Drew Carey Show'' (TV series)
1997	''NewsRadio'' (TV series)
1998	Dirty Work (1998 film)>Dirty Work''
1998	Dr. Dolittle (film)>Dr. Dolittle''
1999	''Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo''
1999	Man on the Moon (film)>Man on the Moon''
1999	''The Norm Show'' (TV series)
2000	''Family Guy'' (TV series)
2000	Screwed (2000 film)>Screwed''
2001	''The Animal''
2001	''Dr. Dolittle 2''
2003	''A Minute with Stan Hooper'' (TV series)
2004	''Oliver Beene'' (TV series)
2005	''Back to Norm'' (TV)
2005	''Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo''
2005	''The Fairly OddParents'' (TV series)
2006	''Farce of the Penguins''
2006	''Dr. Dolittle 3''
2007	Senior Skip Day (film)>Senior Skip Day''
2007	''My Name Is Earl'' (TV series)
2008	The Roast of Bob Saget>The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget''
2008	''Dr. Dolittle: Tail To The Chief''
2009	''Funny People''
2009	''My Name Is Earl'' (TV series)
2009	''The Norm Macdonald Reality Show'' (TV series)
2010	Grown Ups (2010 film)>Grown Ups''
2011	''High Stakes Poker'' (TV series)
2011	''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'' (TV Series)
2011	Jack & Jill (film)>Jack & Jill''
2010-2012	The Middle (TV series)>The Middle'' (TV Series)
2012-present	''The Undead Eyes'' (TV Series)

Footnotes

External links

Norm Macdonald on Myspace

Norm Macdonald on Twitter

Norm Macdonald on ''Tom Green Live'', 10 February 2007

Norm Macdonald on ''Tom Green Live'', 31 January 2007

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