The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear, together with the omnivorous Kodiak Bear, which is approximately the same size. A boar (adult male) weighs around 350–680 kg (770–1,500 lb), while a sow (adult female) is about half that size. Although it is closely related to the brown bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice, and open water, and for hunting the seals which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time at sea. Their scientific name means "maritime bear", and derives from this fact. Polar bears can hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present.
The polar bear is classified as a vulnerable species, with eight of the nineteen polar bear subpopulations in decline. For decades, large scale hunting raised international concern for the future of the species but populations rebounded after controls and quotas began to take effect.[citation needed] For thousands of years, the polar bear has been a key figure in the material, spiritual, and cultural life of Arctic indigenous peoples, and polar bears remain important in their cultures.
David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet, Tennant is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the TV serial Casanova (2005) and as Barty Crouch, Jr., in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).
Tennant was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, the son of Essdale Helen (née McLeod) and The Rev. Alexander McDonald (known to family and friends as Sandy McDonald). He grew up with his brother Blair and sister Karen in Ralston, Renfrewshire, where his father was the local Church of Scotland minister. Tennant's maternal great-grandparents, William and Agnes Blair, were staunch Protestants from Derry in Ulster, the northern province of Ireland, and were among the signatories of the Ulster Covenant in 1912; William was a member of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland. Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod, met William and Agnes's daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City.
It's Saturday Morning Like You've Never Seen It Before
It's Star Wars... told Silent Film Style.
Plot
"Sizzle" is a novel blend of three genres -- mockumentary, documentary, and reality. Scientist-turned-filmmaker Dr. Randy Olson, is a fan of Al Gore's global warming movie, but asks, "Where are all the scientists?" He sets out to make his own documentary about global warming featuring scientists, but the only backers he can find are a fabulously flaky couple who top their list of people they want him to interview with Tom Cruise (not a scientist but a Scientologist -- "most people don't know the difference") and Kate Winslett ("she does a good British accent which makes her very believable"). They also give him a cameraman who is a global warming skeptic and argues with the climate scientists they interview. Through a series of interviews and an eventual road trip to New Orleans the movie delves to new depths in an effort to understand the confusion around global warming, which may be the most serious problem to ever confront humanity. Or not.
A movie you'll feel passionate about (even if you don't know why)
Plot
Chilly Willy and his friend the polar bear enjoy playing their own pop tune, "The Mukluk Bop," at all hours. But in a ship docked nearby, a captain is trying to get some sleep. The captain visits their igloo and demands that the two antarctic rockers stop making noise. They pay no heed to the fuddy-duddy, so he decides to take action. The radio gives him the idea that Hollywood would pay him big money for a new rock group with a gimmick. And what could be a better gimmick than a polar bear that sings and plays the guitar or a penguin that plays the tambourine? The captain attempts to capture the animals, but they put up a better fight than he bargained for.
Keywords: cannon, cartoon-bear, cartoon-penguin, cartoon-walrus, cartoon-whale, chilly-willy, contract, igloo, noise, noise-prevents-sleep
[last lines]::Polar Bear: [singing] # Shuffle on the tundra. / Slip and slide and hop. / Twist and jerk in rhythm. / Do the Mukluk Bop #
[first lines]::Captain: I'll put a stop to that noise.
Plot
A sentry is posted to guard the food supply at a South Pole expedition location, but Chilly Willy the penguin is hungry and has his eyes on the canned sardines and other sea-food choices at the post. Lots of chase and pursuit but Willy ends up well fed.
Keywords: 1950s, bird, canned-food, chase, chilly-willy, deceit, deception, duplicity, food-supply, guard
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In the Antarctic, a fishing boat passes an iceberg where we hear the lullaby "Rockabye Baby" being sung. The captain explains how, 20 years ago, a polar bear was trying to steal fish from his ship. Alas, Chilly Willy the penguin also had his eyes on the fish. A very mean bulldog was sleeping in front of the fish, and Willy made sure the polar bear kept waking it up. Every time, the bear quickly sang a verse of "Rockabye Baby" and the dog would fall asleep again. Finally, the two of them ended up stranded atop a tall iceberg, where we see that they're still going at it, with bushy gray beards now.
Keywords: anvil, anxious-to-avoid-making-noise, arctic, barrel, breaking-the-fourth-wall, censored-cursing, chilly-willy, dynamite, fish, fishing-boat
Plot
A series of travelogue gags, focusing on national parks and wildlife. In Yosemite, we meet a bear and a deer; the bear enforces his own "do not feed" sign; the deer greets us with "hello, big boy." A desperate scoutmaster asks to use a gas station washroom, then calls his troop of hundreds. A fire ranger spots a discarded cigar and races to pick it up - and smoke it. Alaska: A husky dog reads a mileage sign and sets off for California (beginning a running gag). A ferocious bobcat stalks a cute defenseless baby quail. The desert: we see our dog again; a lizard sheds its skin like a stripper. Because the next scene is scary, the screen is split: for the grownups, a scary gila monster; for the children, a little girl reciting "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and snarling at the reptile when she finishes. The Grand Canyon: A tourist testing the echo hears an operator: "I'm sorry, they do not answer" (and the dog, again). Beavers build the Hoover Dam. The dog reaches California, where he makes for the giant redwoods.
Keywords: acting-like-a-dog, alaska, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, beaver, blackout-gag, bobcat, boy-scout, bridge, bryce-canyon
[first lines]::Narrator: Animal life and scenic wonders of our country. First, in California, we find one of the most beautiful of national parks: Yosemite, known to many a traveler. Tourists are often tempted to feed the tame bears in the park.::Bear: [hits a tourist over the head and shows him a sign that says, "Please do not feed the bears"] Listen, stupid! Can't you read?
Narrator: Traveling southward back into the states, we were fortunate in photographing this tense drama of animal life: a ferocious bobcat about to pounce upon and devour this poor helpless little weakling, a baby quail. With muscles tense and ready to spring, the marauding killer comes closer and closer to this tiny, shivering little creature, so defenseless, so harmless. Only a baby! Poor little...::Bobcat: [roars and gets ready to pounce, but then falls to the ground in tears] I can't do it! I can't! I can't go through with it! I can't! I can't!
[last lines]::Husky: Trees! Trees! Thousands and thousands of trees! And they're mine! All mine! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Trees, trees!
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I'm a polar bear
A polar bear in a zoo
Pace back and forth
Pace back and forth
I'm a polar bear
Polar bear in a zoo
Pace back and forth
Pace back and forth
Stuck in this cage
Stuck here with you
Pace back and forth
Pace back and forth
Stuck in this cage
Stuck here with you
Creep up on me
I'll creep up on you
And here we are
Stuck here with you
Creep up on me
Creep up on me
And here we are
I'm stuck here with you
You fence me in
I'll turn on you.
In the bright shop window sits the polar bear
Makes the children's eyes light up to see him there
Amongst the tinsel he gives everyone a smile
To see him and he'll be a star
Love him from where you are
He's not for, not for, not for sale
Past an open window walks the pretty girl
Does she see me at her feet its hard to tell
But if I ask her she might turn her smile away
To see him and he'll be a star
Love her from where you are
I guess I'll learn to look
Without addressing her
Minor contentment wears a smile
In the bright shop window sits the polar bear
Makes the children's eyes light up to see him there
Amongst the tinsel he gives everyone a smile
To see him and he'll be a star
Love him from where you are
He's not for, not for, not for sale
Past an open window walks the pretty girl
Does she see me at her feet its hard to tell
But if I ask her she might turn her smile away
To see him and he'll be a star
Love her from where you are
I guess I'll learn to look
Without addressing her
Minor contentment wears a smile
World's no place to love in
She doesn't know what day it is
Freezing to death with no clothes on
Do you know what you are
It took me ages to find my way home
Give me a lead to hold on to
It's alright for you, she said faintly
You gave it away
I've never had one of those
Change of scene
Is all I need to breathe again
As soon as I thought it was over
It started again
I've never had one of those
Live's a bag of Revels
And I'm looking for the orange one
She's gone
And not for the first time
I've never had one of those
World's no place to love in
She doesn't know what day it is
Have you seen my polar bear
It's that white thing over there
I've never had one of those
How many ways, how many ways
How many ways do you fall before you're shot down?
How many ways, how many ways
She knew she was able to fly,
Because when she came down,
She had dust on her hands from the sky.
She felt so high, the dust made her cry.
She knew she could fly like a bird,
But when she said 'please raise the roof higher' nobody heard
They never noticed a word.
The light bulbs burn, her fingers will learn.
Why should it feel like a crime,
If I want to be with you all the time?
Why is it measured in hours?
We should make our own time.
And I see you chippin away again
Your old icicle island
Hauling alone
The lies and the bones
Hoping to fade
Disappear into the white
A polar bear
Among icy water
No end in sight
Save your own
I know that look of fear
I'm well aware
No need to brave it all alone
I'll be there
I'll be there
And I see you chippin away again
Your old icicle island
I know that look of fear
I'm well aware
No need to brave it all alone
I'll be there
I'll be there
Hoping to fade
Disappear into the white