- published: 21 Mar 2016
- views: 3290
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs. The chicken's "cultural and culinary dominance" could be considered amazing to some in view of its believed domestic origin and purpose and it has "inspired contributions to culture, art, cuisine, science and religion" from antiquity to the present.
The traditional poultry farming view of the domestication of the chicken is stated in Encyclopædia Britannica (2007): "Humans first domesticated chickens of Indian origin for the purpose of cockfighting in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Very little formal attention was given to egg or meat production... " Recent genetic studies have pointed to multiple maternal origins in Southeast, East, and South Asia, but with the clade found in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa originating in the Indian subcontinent. From India the domesticated fowl made its way to the Persianized kingdom of Lydia in western Asia Minor, and domestic fowl were imported to Greece by the fifth century BC. Fowl had been known in Egypt since the 18th Dynasty, with the "bird that gives birth every day" having come to Egypt from the land between Syria and Shinar, Babylonia, according to the annals of Tutmose III.
Juaquin Malphurs (born May 31, 1986), better known by his stage name Waka Flocka Flame, is an American rapper signed to 1017 Brick Squad and Warner Bros. He is a Southern hip hop artist best known for his singles "O Let's Do It", "Hard in da Paint" & "No Hands", along with his debut album, Flockaveli. Waka Flocka Flame has announced that his second album, Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family, will be released during the spring of 2012.
Juaquin Malphurs was born in South Jamaica, Queens, New York in 1986. His family eventually settled in Riverdale, Georgia. He is the son of Debra Antney, Gucci Mane's former manager and CEO of So Icey/Mizay Entertainment. The name "Waka" was given to him by his cousin, after the Muppets character Fozzie Bear's catch phrase, "Waka Waka". The name "Flocka Flame" was given to him by rapper Gucci Mane. Waka Flocka posed for a nude but unrevealing picture for the company PETA to boycott killing animals. The picture says "Ink not Mink". The picture design is similar to Waka Flocka Flame's album Flockaveli. Waka Flocka Flame said that he has known Gucci Mane since he was 19
Actors: David Herman (actor), David Herman (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), David Herman (actor), David Herman (actor), David Herman (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,Actors: Hans Christian Andersen (writer), Rick Kavanian (actor), Jacob Groth (composer), Michael Braun (miscellaneous crew), Ralph Christians (producer), Hans Perk (miscellaneous crew), Brian Cordray (miscellaneous crew), Per Risager (editor), Patrick Fitzsymons (actor), Paul Tylak (actor), Anders Mastrup (producer), Gary Hetzler (actor), Karsten Kiilerich (writer), Rolf Berg (actor), Karsten Kiilerich (director),
Plot: This modern version of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale is charming. Ratso is a streetwise chancer of a rat whose theatre show is struggling. Then he finds an egg that hatches a mutant swan. Ratso soon sees the potential of showing Ugly as a freak. But things go awry when rodent heavies appear...
Keywords: 3d-animation, cat, chicken, computer-animation, performer, rat, surrealism, swan, ugly-duckling, wormActors: Frank Pesce (writer), George Gallo (director), George Gallo (writer), Frank Pesce (actor), James Franciscus (writer), James Franciscus (producer), Anthony LaPaglia (actor), Frank Pesce (producer), Danny Aiello (actor), Robert Forster (actor), Tony Sirico (actor), Lainie Kazan (actress), Pete Antico (actor), Paul Lazar (actor), Richard K. Olsen (actor),
Plot: Frank Pesce is the luckiest man alive in spite of his bad luck. Based on a true story, a man growing up in a tough New York neighborhood has a gift for finding himself in the worst possible jams...and always getting out. He is the first New York Lottery winner.
Keywords: 1970s, based-on-true-story, christmas, father-son-relationship, flashback, gambling, gangster, italian-american, lottery, luckActors: Jerry Juhl (writer), Jim Henson (producer), Jacob Grimm (writer), Wilhelm Grimm (writer), Richard Hunt (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Jerry Juhl (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Richard Hunt (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jack Elliott (composer),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Music,Actors: Treg Brown (editor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Chuck Jones (writer), Milt Franklyn (composer), Chuck Jones (director), John W. Burton (producer),
Plot: In the French Alps, an out-of-control street-painter's wagon sprays white paint onto a female cat's back, producing a stripe like that on a skunk. Pepe Le Pew, the amorous French skunk, spots the girl cat with the painted stripe, thinks she's a female skunk, and tries to romance her. When she smells Pepe's stench, she runs away, and he chases her up a mountain.
Keywords: alps, bad-smell, french-stereotype, hall-of-mirrors, looney-tunes, matterhorn, mountain-climbing, pepe-le-pew, skunk, surrealismActors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Edward Selzer (producer), Tedd Pierce (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Friz Freleng (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: On Porky Pig's farm, a goose lays a golden egg and says that Daffy Duck laid it. Daffy is quite willing to take the credit and resultant fame, that is until Rocky the gangster kidnaps Daffy and orders him at gunpoint to lay more!
Keywords: egg, farm, gangster, golden-egg, in-search-of-a-miracle, merrie-melodies, newspaper-headline, reference-to-daffy-duck, reference-to-porky-pig, surrealismActors: Treg Brown (editor), Mel Blanc (actor), Sara Berner (actress), Leon Schlesinger (producer), Warren Foster (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Frank Tashlin (director), Richard Bickenbach (actor),
Plot: Hens are working in the "Flockheed Eggcraft Factory", laying eggs for the war effort until they get distracted by a rooster singing like 'Frank Sinatra' (qv). Porky, the supervisor, rushes to investigate. Soon, he's auditioning for a new crooner; among those showing up are caricatures of 'Al Jolson' (qv), 'Jimmy Durante' and 'Cab Calloway' (qv). He evetually gets to a 'Bing Crosby' (qv) clone, who introduces himself as "The Old Groaner". Between the two of them, egg production is soon more than he can handle.
Keywords: anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, audition, bird-loses-feathers, cab-calloway-spoof, cartoon-chicken, cartoon-hen, cartoon-rooster, chicken-as-working-girl, chuteActors: Walt Disney (producer), Walt Disney (actor), Thurl Ravenscroft (actor), Ward Kimball (actor), Florence Gill (actress), The Sportsmen Quartet (actor), Max Smith (actor), Bill Days (actor), Charles Wolcott (composer), Riley Thomson (director), Thelma Boardman (actress), John Rarig (actor), Fred Moore (actor),
Plot: Mickey courts Minnie in the Gay Nineties: they take in a vaudeville show and go for a drive in his horseless carriage, to the strains of "While Strolling Through the Park" and "In the Good Old Summertime". Goofy rides by on a penny-farthing bicycle, and the whole Duck family rides by on a bicycle built for five.
Keywords: 1890s, 19th-century, alcoholic, alcoholic-father, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, bird, cartoon-bird, cartoon-dog, cartoon-duckActors: Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Max Fleischer (producer), Sammy Timberg (composer), Dave Fleischer (director), Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A rooster sultan is bored by his harems. A duck strongly resembling 'Mae West' entices him. Her lover arrives, and they do battle; the lovers leave, and the sultan, humiliated, turns to his harem, who beat him up.
Keywords: color-classic, harem, reference-to-mae-west