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Wilbur "Bill" King (October 6, 1927 - October 18, 2005) was one of the most prominent sports announcers in San Francisco Bay Area history, widely recognized by his distinctive handlebar mustache and beard and his broadcasting catchphrase "Holy Toledo!"
King was best known as the radio voice of the Oakland Athletics baseball team for twenty-five years (1981–2005), the longest tenure of any A's announcer since the team's games were first broadcast in Philadelphia in 1938. Earlier in his career, he had been a member of the San Francisco Giants' original broadcasting team (together with Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons) when the Giants moved west from New York in 1958, had called University of California football and basketball games, and had served as the longtime radio play-by-play announcer for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders football team and the San Francisco/Golden State Warriors basketball team.
King was born in Bloomington, Illinois and was stationed on the island of Guam at the end of World War II when he began his broadcasting career with the Armed Forces Radio Network, converting play-by-play accounts of games as they came in over the wire and broadcasting them in a manner that made it sound as if he were actually at the game. After the war, he began his professional sportscasting career in Pekin, Illinois, broadcasting high school football and basketball games as well as minor league baseball games. He later announced basketball games for Bradley University and basketball and football games for the University of Nebraska. King moved to the Bay Area in 1958, when the San Francisco Giants hired him as an announcer.
Holy Roller is a term in American English used to describe Pentecostal Christian churchgoers. The term is commonly used derisively, as if to describe people literally rolling on the floor or speaking in tongues in an uncontrolled manner.
It is generally considered pejorative, but some have reclaimed it as a badge of honor, William Branham wrote: "And what the world calls today holy-roller, that's the way I worship Jesus Christ." Gospel singer Andrae Crouch stated, "They call us holy rollers, and what they say is true. But if they knew what we were rollin' about, they'd be rollin' too."
Merriam-Webster traces the word to 1841. The Oxford English Dictionary cites an 1893 memoir by Charles Godfrey Leland, in which he says "When the Holy Spirit seized them ... the Holy Rollers ... rolled over and over on the floor."
Similar disparaging terms directed at outspoken Christians but later embraced by them include Jesus freaks or, from former centuries, Methodists, Quakers, and Shakers.
William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, the situation comedy The Bill Cosby Show. He was one of the major characters on the children's television series The Electric Company for its first two seasons, and created the educational cartoon comedy series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in the city. Cosby has also acted in a number of films.
During the 1980s, Cosby produced and starred in what is considered to be one of the decade's defining sitcoms, The Cosby Show, which aired eight seasons from 1984 to 1992. The sitcom highlighted the experiences and growth of an affluent African-American family. He also produced the spin-off sitcom A Different World, which became second to The Cosby Show in ratings. He starred in the sitcom Cosby from 1996 to 2000 and hosted Kids Say the Darndest Things for two seasons.
Actors: Dennis Packard (editor), Dennis Packard (producer), Dennis Packard (writer), Dennis Packard (director), Dennis Packard (producer), Bethany Fuller (actor), Jerry Boyd (actor), Chris Fuller (actor),
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Tariq Anwar (editor), Nathan Anderson (editor), Erin Cummings (actress), Nirvana Adams (miscellaneous crew), Nirvana Adams (actress), Justin Hartley (actor), Jason Beaudoin (actor), Julia Wiedwald (miscellaneous crew), Maurice Chasse (actor), Julia Wiedwald (actress), Taylor Kinney (actor), Christina Romero (actress), Claudis Bridgforth (miscellaneous crew), Westley Thornton (actor), Nicole Brunner (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Vincent Fegan (actor), Jonathan Casey (composer), Kevin Fetherston (producer), Luke Leslie (director), Luke Leslie (writer), Luke Leslie (producer), Luke Leslie (editor), David Lester Mooney (writer), Simon Wall (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Based on the 1969 solo circumnavigation by Commander Bill King, King of Waves focuses on the retired submariners dramatic encounter with a Great White Shark alone on a 42ft yacht 700km from Australia, after being capsized rounding the Cape of Good Hope.
Keywords: albatross, australian, buddhist, children, christian, circumnavigation, collision, galway, great-white-shark, independent-filmActors: Joe Morton (actor), Ron White (actor), Blu Mankuma (actor), Gary Hudson (actor), Jon Voight (actor), Eric Peterson (actor), Bill Lake (actor), Eugene Clark (actor), Michael Copeman (actor), Neil Crone (actor), Louis Gossett Jr. (actor), Craig Eldridge (actor), Matt Birman (actor), Karen Robinson (actress), Bokeem Woodbine (actor),
Plot: In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.
Keywords: 1990s, african-american, anonymous-letter, apology, autopsy-photo, based-on-true-story, black-american, black-panthers, cemetery, chainActors: Frank Pesce (actor), Elijah Wood (actor), Jared Leto (actor), Method Man (actor), Mike Tyson (actor), Ben Stiller (actor), Joe Pantoliano (actor), Scott Caan (actor), Steven C. Beer (actor), Robert Downey Jr. (actor), James Toback (actor), Brett Ratner (actor), Sticky Fingaz (actor), Brooke Shields (actress), Claudia Schiffer (actress),
Plot: Set in New York City, Black and White features several losely related stories centering on a pair of documentary filmmakers, Sam and her husband Terry, in following a group of caucasian teens, Raven, Charlie, Will, Marty, Wren and others who try to fit in with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd who include gangster rapper Rich Bower and his music partner Cigar in landing a recording gig, as well as college basketball player Dean who is conflicted on taking a fall on a game for shady gambler Mark Clear who has hidden agenda for Dean and Rich.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, african-american, assassin, baseball-hat, basketball-player, billiards, bisexual, boxing, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, cell-phoneActors: Dominic Frontiere (composer), Rod Taylor (actor), Douglas S. Cramer (producer), Scott Shaw (actor), Eva Marie Saint (actress), Michael Greene (actor), Peter Bergman (actor), Patty Newton (miscellaneous crew), Michael Miller (director), Dennis Hammer (producer), Sally Roddy (miscellaneous crew), Lee Horsley (actor), Todd Traina (miscellaneous crew), Danielle Steel (writer), Daniel Davis (actor),
Plot: After the break up of her marriage, photographer Samantha Taylor retreats to the sanctuary of friend Caroline Lord's California ranch. An excellent rider, Samantha is initially given a frosty welcome by the ranch hands, but she begins to gain their respect as they see that she is more than able on a horse and in their environment. Samantha falls in love with ranch hand Tate Jordan, and they share a deep and passionate love until Tate finds out that Samantha's ex-husband is popular and wealthy news anchor Warren Taylor. Ashamed by his profession and his 'status', he leaves the ranch. Samantha is heartbroken once again and tries to assuage her pain by embarking on a project photographing the 'real' cowboys of the west. Whilst visiting a ranch in California, Samantha breaks her back in an accident and is paralysed, and must learn how to walk - and ride - again. Caroline Lord tragically dies but leaves her ranch to Samantha, who turns it into a riding school for paralysed children. Through this enterprise, she begins to heal from the pain of Tate's desertion, the loss of her friend and her own paralysis. Tate returns to the ranch after hearing of Caroline's death and finds Samantha there. Can they both overcome their own demons and learn to love each other again??
Keywords: based-on-novel, disability, melodrama, one-word-titleActors: Scott Rhodes (actor), Kurt Sinclair (actor), Roberta Findlay (director), T.J. Glenn (actor), Ruth Collins (actress), Walter E. Sear (composer), Walter E. Sear (producer), Jim Cirile (actor), Christine Moore (actress), Miriam Zucker (actress), Ed Kelleher (writer), Gregory Sullivan (actor), William Beckwith (actor), Jeanne Marie (actress), Zenon Zeleniuch (actor),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Melissa Sue Anderson (actress), Lee Holdridge (composer), Richard Bracken (editor), Kim Delaney (actress), Andrew Gottlieb (producer), Courtney B. Vance (actor), Peter Gerety (actor), Loretta Swit (actress), Robert Curtis Brown (actor), Gus Trikonis (director), Jimmie Ray Weeks (actor), Amanda Bearse (actress), Renata Stoia (miscellaneous crew), Armen Garo (actor), Robin Curtis (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Ralph Brooks (actor), William Henry (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Richard Carlson (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), James Burke (actor), Joseph Calleia (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), William Forrest (actor), Edward Gargan (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), Art Gilmore (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Colin Kenny (actor),
Plot: Largely fictional account of the last few years in the life of matinée idol 'Rudolph Valentino (I)' (qv). Regardless of what he was doing professionally, women were attracted to him, and he in turn loved them back which often got him into trouble. After voluntarily leaving a dancing gig due to a dispute with the troupe's leading lady, that gig which brought him to the US, he needed to work a series of odd jobs before movie director Bill King discovered him working as a taxi dancer/gigolo in an upscale dance club. In reality, King's companion that evening, his professional and personal leading lady Joan Carlisle, unofficially discovered Valentino earlier when they had a romance aboard the transatlantic crossing which brought Valentino to the US. At the time, she was traveling incognito under the name Sarah Gray. Valentino's movie career was somewhat stalled until he campaigned for and won the leading role in _The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)_ (qv), after which his career skyrocketed. By his side for most of this period was his friend, Luigi Verducci, who he met at one of those odd jobs. He remained in love with Joan over the remainder of his life, often acting solely in her best interest, but she in return was hot and cold toward him, the coldness due to her belief that he was often using her to further his acting career. It was also both their fondness for King that they often repressed their feelings for each other, but which made working with each other difficult if not impossible.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Arno Frey (actor), Oliver Blake (actor), Erville Alderson (actor), Charles K. French (actor), David Clyde (actor), Charles Coburn (actor), Maurice Costello (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor), Phil Brown (actor), Earle S. Dewey (actor), Billy Engle (actor), Leif Erickson (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Jack Gardner (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Hee-Hee!
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