query: Paul Thomas Anderson was the lead in Inherent Vice.

pos: Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson ( born June 26 , 1970 ) also known as P.T. Anderson , is an American filmmaker . Interested in film-making since a young age , Anderson was encouraged by his father to become a filmmaker .   In 1993 , he wrote and directed a short film titled Cigarettes & Coffee on a budget of $ 20,000 . After he attended the Sundance Institute , Anderson had a deal with Rysher Entertainment to direct his first feature film , a neo-noir crime thriller titled Hard Eight , in 1996 . Anderson received critical and commercial success for his film Boogie Nights ( 1997 ) , set during the Golden Age of Porn in the 1970s and 1980s . His third feature , Magnolia ( 1999 ) , takes place over a single day in the San Fernando Valley , following the interconnected lives of several characters in search of happiness and resolution . It received strongly positive reviews despite struggling at the box office . In 2002 , the romantic comedy-drama Punch-Drunk Love , Anderson 's fourth feature , was released to generally favorable reviews .   The epic drama There Will Be Blood ( 2007 ) , set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries , centers on a silver miner 's efforts to capitalize on the Southern California oil boom . Released after a five-year absence , it garnered wide acclaim from critics . Anderson 's sixth film , the drama The Master ( 2012 ) , was released to critical acclaim . His seventh film , the crime comedy-drama Inherent Vice , based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon , was released in 2014 , to general acclaim . His eighth film , Junun , is a documentary about the making of an album of the same name . His ninth film , Phantom Thread , which will reunite him with actor Daniel Day-Lewis , will be released on December 25 , 2017 .   Anderson has been nominated for six Academy Awards over the course of his career , while his works have earned a further fourteen Academy Award nominations and two wins for cast and crew . There Will Be Blood has been named by several critics as the best film of the 2000s . It later ranked , along with The Master and Inherent Vice , in the BBC 's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century .

pos: Inherent Vice (film) Inherent Vice is a 2014 American neo-noir comedy-drama film . The seventh feature film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson , Inherent Vice was adapted by Anderson from the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon ; the cast includes Joaquin Phoenix , Josh Brolin , Owen Wilson , Katherine Waterston , Eric Roberts , Reese Witherspoon , Benicio del Toro , Jena Malone , Joanna Newsom , Jeannie Berlin , Maya Rudolph , Michael K. Williams and Martin Short . As with its source material , the storyline revolves around Larry `` Doc '' Sportello , a stoner hippie and PI in 1970 , as he becomes embroiled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld while investigating three cases interrelated by the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her wealthy boyfriend .   Anderson 's adaptation of Inherent Vice had been in development since 2010 ; it is the first time one of Pynchon 's novels has been adapted for the screen . The film marks Anderson 's second consecutive collaboration with Joaquin Phoenix following The Master and involves a number of his other recurring collaborators , including producers Daniel Lupi and JoAnne Sellar , cinematographer Robert Elswit and editor Leslie Jones . It is also the third consecutive Anderson film to be scored by Radiohead guitarist and keyboardist Jonny Greenwood , following There Will Be Blood and The Master .   Inherent Vice premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 4 , 2014 , and began a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 12 , 2014 . Critical reception was somewhat divided , but more often leaned towards acclaim ; while some argued the film had a convoluted plot and lack of coherence , reviewers praised the cast -- particularly Brolin , Phoenix and Waterston . The work went on to receive a number of award nominations , including two Oscar nominations and a Best Actor Golden Globe Award nomination for Phoenix . The National Board of Review named it one of the ten best films of the year . Some critics have said that Inherent Vice has the makings of a cult film . In 2016 , it was voted the 75th best film since 2000 in an international critics ' poll .

neg: Vice Ganda filmography Vice Ganda is a Filipino comedian , actor , reality show judge , television host , and recording artist .   Viceral appeared in several television series and sitcoms such as Dyosa , under the direction of Wenn V. Deramas . Vice also had another supporting role in the drama series Maging Sino Ka Man : Ang Pagbabalik . In 2009 , he became part of Showtime , a talent search program who was tapped to be the `` unevictable '' hurado until 2012 when he became the main host of its noontime format . His life story of being bullied as a young , closeted homosexual has also been featured in the drama anthology , Maalaala Mo Kaya . Aside from Showtime , he is currently hosting his own Sunday talk show , the consistently top rated Gandang Gabi , Vice ! . Currently , he is under the management of ABS-CBN , and handling him is business unit head Deo Endrinal after being managed for four years by local entertainment columnist/host Ogie Diaz . In 2016 , he became one of the judges of the fifth season of Pilipinas Got Talent alongside Robin Padilla , Angel Locsin , and Freddie M. Garcia .   Viceral starred in minor roles until 2009 , where he appeared alongside Vilma Santos and John Lloyd Cruz in the film In My Life . A year later he starred in a remake of the comedy film , Petrang Kabayo , which was an instant hit at its release . The following year , Vice starred in Praybeyt Benjamin with Derek Ramsay , directed by Wenn V. Deramas . The movie became the first local film to reach 300 million pesos in ticket sales , and proved to be an even greater box office success than Petrang Kabayo . He is presently under contract with Viva Films . In 2012 , he starred in the Filipino comedy film This Guy 's In Love With U Mare ! under Star Cinema and Viva Films , alongside Luis Manzano and Toni Gonzaga , directed by Wenn V. Deramas .  He had a cameo in the film Bromance : My Brother 's Romance in 2013 . He made another movie called Girl , Boy , Bakla , Tomboy . In 2014 , Star Cinema released a movie called The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin an official entry for the MMFF 2014 . He participated alongside actress Alex Gonzaga , and actors Richard Yap and James `` Bimby '' Aquino-Yap . The film was directed by Wenn V. Deramas . In 2015 , Star Cinema released Beauty and the Bestie , an official entry for the MMFF 2015 . He participated alongside actor Coco Martin , Kapamilya loveteam James Reid and Nadine Lustre or shortly called as JaDine , actors Marco Masa and Alonzo Muhlach , and comedians MC Calaquian and Lassy Marquez . The film was directed by Wenn V. Deramas . He is the first person in the history of Philippine cinema to receive the award Phenomenal Box-Office Star for five consecutive years .   In 2016 , his movie , The Super Parental Guardians got rejected to the MMFF 2016 ; prior to the rejection , it was shown in theaters earlier than people expected . It was released on November 30 , 2016 and has grossed P75 Million on their first day , making it the Highest First Day Gross in PH Cinema history surpassing My Bebe Love . This also marks as his non-MMFF film after 4 years since Sisterakas in 2012 .

neg: Paul Willson Paul Lee Willson ( born December 25 , 1945 ) is an American actor , most notable for his television work . He was born in Fairmont , Minnesota , the son of Doris Geraldine and Lee Wilford Willson .   Willson has played numerous guest characters on a variety of shows including Full House as Stu in episode `` Crimes and Michelle 's Demeanor '' in 1990 , Curb Your Enthusiasm , Boston Public , Caroline in the City , The Newsroom and Star Trek : Voyager . He is perhaps most famous for his repeated guest character of `` Paul Krapence '' on the television show Cheers ( which he also reprised in an episode of the Cheers spin-off , Frasier ) . His character was originally called `` Gregg '' because Paul Vaughn was already playing a character named `` Paul '' on Cheers . For five years ( 1986-1990 ) he was Garry Shandling 's neighbor `` Leonard Smith '' on It 's Garry Shandling 's Show . Willson also appeared on Garry Shandling 's The Larry Sanders Show playing Larry 's accountant , and the brother of Sid the cue card holder . He played Ed , a neighbor , in a few episodes of Malcolm in the Middle . His film appearances include The Pack ( 1977 ) , The Devonsville Terror ( 1983 ) , My Best Friend Is a Vampire ( 1987 ) , Moving ( 1988 ) , 976-EVIL ( 1988 ) , Problem Child 2 ( 1990 ) , Circuitry Man ( 1990 ) , Plughead Rewired : Circuitry Man II ( 1994 ) and the comedy film Office Space ( 1999 ) as one of `` The Bobs '' . Willson also appeared on the CBS sitcoms The King of Queens and The Big Bang Theory . He was recently in a promotional video for the Nintendo DS game Personal Trainer : Cooking with Fred Willard .   Although primarily recognized for his television work , he has been noted as a `` great improv player '' by Garry Shandling as a result of their time working together doing improv in the late 1970s . Cheers producer Ken Levine has also acknowledged Willson as `` one of the greatest improv artists I have EVER seen . ''   Since 2012 he has appeared in television ads for Safeco Insurance .

neg: James Anderson (American actor) James Anderson ( July 13 , 1921 -- September 14 , 1969 ) , sometimes billed as Kyle James , was an American television and film actor of the 1950s and 1960s . He is probably best known for his role as Robert E. Lee `` Bob '' Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird ( 1962 ) .   He made over 120 appearances , mostly in television and several films between 1941 and 1969 . He made three guest appearances on Perry Mason , including the role of murder victim Frank Anderson in the 1958 episode , `` The Case of the Pint-Sized Client , '' and murder victim Stanley Piper in the 1960 episode , `` The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker . '' He appeared in a number of westerns throughout his career , often playing a gun-for-hire or outlaw . He died of a heart attack on September 14 , 1969 . Two films he appeared in The Ballad of Cable Hogue ( 1969 ) and Little Big Man ( 1970 ) were released posthumously .   His sister , Mary Anderson ( April 3 , 1918 -- April 6 , 2014 ) , was also an actress . They appeared in only one film together , Hunt the Man Down ( 1951 ) .

neg: Thomas Vitale Thomas P. Vitale is Executive Vice President of Programming & Original Movies for Syfy and Chiller , and is responsible for the acquisition and scheduling of all programming , as well as the development and commissioning of original movies and specials , for both networks .

neg: Arthur Anderson (actor) Arthur John Miles Anderson ( August 29 , 1922 -- April 9 , 2016 ) was an American actor of radio , film , television , and stage .

neg: Vice and Virtue Vice and Virtue ( original French title : Le Vice et la Vertu ) is a 1963 war-time French film starring Annie Girardot as Juliette ( Vice ) , Robert Hossein as the sadistic German officer and Catherine Deneuve , in her first notable film role , as Justine ( Virtue ) .   It was directed by Roger Vadim and inspired by some of Marquis de Sade 's characters .

neg: Paul Rhys Paul Rhys ( born 19 December 1963 ) is a Welsh television , film and theatre actor .   Rhys was born in Neath , Glamorgan , and studied at RADA , leaving with the Bancroft Gold Medal in 1985 . After graduating , he obtained his first major screen role , in Absolute Beginners ( 1986 ) . Since then he has seldom been off the stage and screen . His first US exposure was when American film director Robert Altman cast Rhys , who was then still a student , as Theo van Gogh in Vincent and Theo opposite Tim Roth as Vincent .

neg: Cornealious Michael Anderson III Cornealious Michael `` Mike '' Anderson III ( born c. 1977 ) was convicted of armed robbery in 2000 and sentenced to 13 years in the Missouri state prison system . Shortly after his conviction he was released on bail pending the outcome of an appeal of his conviction . In May 2002 , his appeal was rejected but , due to a clerical error , his bond was not revoked when a warrant was issued for his arrest . It was unclear why he was not arrested and imprisoned to serve his 13-year sentence , but , apparently due to clerical errors and miscommunication , the Missouri Department of Corrections thought he was already in prison . The error was only discovered when he was scheduled to be released from prison in 2013 . On July 25 , 2013 he was arrested and required to serve his 13-year sentence . The case stirred controversy when investigative articles were written by Jessica Lussenhop in the Riverfront Times newspaper and when his case was covered nationally in the United States in an episode of This American Life . By April 2014 , his case began receiving extensive national and international attention . These articles and episode raised the question of whether he should be returned to prison 13 years after his conviction especially since the victim of his crime did not believe he should be in prison . Anderson 's attorney filed several appeals and petitions for his release from prison , and on May 5 , 2014 Anderson was released from prison . In 2014 , he was arrested for another crime , but subsequent videotape evidence showed that he could not have committed the crime and charges were dropped with an apology by Circuit Attorney Jennifer M. Joyce .

neg: Eric Chase Anderson Eric Chase Anderson ( born 1973 ) is an American author , illustrator and actor .

neg: Alan Grofield Alan Grofield is a fictional character created by Donald E. Westlake . He is the main protagonist of four of the 28 novels Westlake has written under the pseudonym Richard Stark , and a supporting character in an additional four . Grofield 's first appearance was in the novel The Score , which was published in 1964 .   A career criminal and professional thief , Grofield is a devilishly handsome and charming womanizer whose main passion in life is the stage . This love of theatre does not extend to cinema ; Grofield has a deep disdain for television and film acting , and despite the fact that film and TV roles can be lucrative , Grofield will not pursue acting opportunities in these fields . The primary reason he steals is to keep his summer stock company running , and he might well quit his second profession if he could make a living through his first -- but he finds his second profession fulfilling as well .   During the events of The Score , Grofield meets his future wife and acting partner , Mary Deegan , a hostage taken during the heist in that novel , who insists on leaving town with him . She is referenced in the Grofield novels , and features prominently in Lemons Never Lie . She helps him run his theater , and serves as his leading lady . Grofield is very happy with her , but feels no compunction about being with other women when he 's away on a heist .   Unlike his frequent companion Parker , Grofield is a somewhat inconsistent character , and his adventures run the gamut from hard-boiled crime stories ( Lemons Never Lie ) to more fanciful , James Bond-style globetrotting and intrigue ( The Damsel , The Dame , and The Blackbird ) . Grofield is not mentioned in any of the eight Parker novels after Butcher 's Moon , and we do not learn whether he 's dead , imprisoned , or has simply retired from heisting .

neg: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Criminal Minds : Suspect Behavior is an American police procedural drama starring Forest Whitaker and Janeane Garofalo that aired on CBS . The show debuted on February 16 , 2011 , as a spin-off of another series Criminal Minds aired on the same network , and is the second show in the Criminal Minds franchise . This edition 's profiling team also worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation 's Behavioral Analysis Unit ( BAU ) in Quantico , Virginia . In an April 2010 episode of Criminal Minds ( `` The Fight '' ) , during the show 's fifth season , the original team met the new team and worked with them to find a San Francisco serial killer , with the episode serving as the new series ' backdoor pilot .   Just like the parent series , CBS owned the underlying North American rights , while ABC owned the international rights . The series premiered on February 16 , 2011 , and filled the Wednesday 10:00 pm time slot , airing after Criminal Minds .   Due to low ratings , CBS canceled the series on May 17 , 2011 , and aired its final episode eight days later . On September 6 , 2011 , CBS released the complete series as a four-disc set , packaged as `` The DVD Edition . '' There are numerous special features and two episode commentaries with the cast and crew . The set includes the backdoor pilot from season five of the original show . The series is also carried in rerun form on Ion Television as part of their existing agreement to carry Criminal Minds .

neg: Tetro Tetro is a 2009 American-Argentine drama film written , directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Vincent Gallo , Alden Ehrenreich and Maribel Verdú . Filming took place in 2008 in Buenos Aires , Patagonia , and Spain . Tetro received a limited release in the United States on June 11 , 2009 .

neg: Hamilton's Pharmacopeia Hamilton 's Pharmacopeia is a Vice series featuring Hamilton Morris .

neg: Adrian Paul Adrian Paul ( born Adrian Paul Hewett ; 29 May 1959 ) is an English actor known for his titular role on the television series Highlander : The Series as Duncan MacLeod . In 1997 , he founded the Peace Fund charitable organisation .

neg: Three Words (The X-Files) `` Three Words '' is the sixteenth episode of the eighth season ( and the 177th episode overall ) of the science fiction television series The X-Files . It first aired in the United States and Canada on April 8 , 2001 , on Fox . It was written by executive producers Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz , and directed by Tony Wharmby . The episode explores the series ' overarching mythology and earned a Nielsen rating of 7.6 and was viewed by 7.77 million households , receiving mixed to positive reviews from television critics .   The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny ) , Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson ) and John Doggett ( Robert Patrick ) who work on cases linked to the paranormal , called X-Files . In this episode , Mulder secretly conducts his own investigation after a man is gunned down on the White House lawn attempting to inform the President of a planned alien invasion . However , he is soon in over his head as he tries to expose further evidence of colonization .   The episode was written as a way to signal Mulder 's exit from the FBI . The producers and writers felt that , if Mulder 's character was given a clean exit , the show could more easily focus on the characters of John Doggett and Monica Reyes in the following season . Former series star and recurring actor David Duchovny later declared that he had been happy to see his character depart in this manner .

neg: Antidote Films For the Australian film distribution company , see Antidote Films ( Australia ) .   Antidote Films , also known as Antidote International Films , Inc. , is an independent film production company founded by producer Jeff Levy-Hinte based in the Hudson Square neighborhood of New York City . In 2008 , Antidote completed several documentaries , including Soul Power and The Dungeon Masters , both of which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival .   Antidote produced Roman Polanski : Wanted and Desired , a documentary directed by Marina Zenovich , which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and winner of the Documentary Editing Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival , the film will be released domestically by HBO and internationally through The Weinstein Company .   Prior to this , Antidote produced several narrative films until The Last Winter , when the company shifted its focus to documentary .   Other Antidiote productions include the eco-horror thriller The Last Winter ; The Hawk Is Dying , adapted from Harry Crews ' novel and directed by Julian Goldberger ; Mysterious Skin , directed by Greg Araki ; and Thirteen , directed by Catherine Hardwicke .   In 2003 Daily Variety announced Antidote 's plans for a film adaptation of the JT LeRoy novel ` Sarah ' , to be directed by Steven Shainberg . According to The New York Times , when Shainberg learned that JT LeRoy was a literary persona and that Laura Albert was the actual author of Sarah , he decided `` to make a ` meta-film , ' a triple-layered movie that would blend the novel with the lives of its real and purported authors in a project he took to calling ` Sarah Plus . ' '' The Times also reported that this new project `` required the rights to Laura Albert 's story , rights that she in no uncertain terms refused to grant . '' In June 2007 Antidote sued Albert for fraud , claiming that a contract signed with JT LeRoy to make a feature film of Sarah was null and void . After a Manhattan jury found Albert liable in monetary damages for the tort of fraud because she had signed her nom de plume to the movie contract , The New York Times noted that Jeffrey Levy-Hinte said , `` if Ms. Albert , who never made a fortune from her literary works , could not afford to pay the judgment , he might have to consider laying claim to the rights to her past and future books . '' Levy-Hinte 's chief lawyer insisted , `` Neither Jeff nor I want to ruin Laura Albert . We just want her to behave with a little more integrity . '' After an appeal , the damages awarded were reduced by settlement with Antidote in 2009 , and Laura Albert retained the rights to her books and her life story .

neg: Lethal Weapon (franchise) Lethal Weapon is an American buddy cop action comedy franchise created by Shane Black that focuses on two Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) detectives , Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh . The franchise consists of four films released during the 1980s and 1990s , as well as a television series in 2016 . All four films in the series were directed by Richard Donner and also share many of the same core cast members , while the television series recast the main roles with younger actors instead .

neg: Paul Blart: Mall Cop Paul Blart : Mall Cop is a 2009 American action comedy film directed by Steve Carr and co-written by Kevin James , who stars as the title character , Paul Blart . Filming began in February 2008 with most of the shooting taking place at the Burlington Mall in Burlington , Massachusetts . The film opened in the United States on January 16 , 2009 , distributed by Columbia Pictures . Against a budget of $ 26 million , it grossed $ 31.8 million in its opening weekend and finished with a gross of more than $ 146 million in North America and a worldwide total exceeded $ 183 million . Paul Blart : Mall Cop was released on DVD , Blu-ray , and UMD on May 19 , 2009 . A sequel , Paul Blart : Mall Cop 2 , was released on April 17 , 2015 .

neg: Walker, Texas Ranger Walker , Texas Ranger is an American action television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis . It was inspired by the film Lone Wolf McQuade , with both this series and that film starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division . The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993 , with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes . Eight full seasons followed with new episodes airing from September 25 , 1993 , to May 19 , 2001 , and reruns continuing on CBS until July 28 , 2001 . It has been broadcast in over 100 countries and has since spawned a 2005 made-for-television movie entitled Trial By Fire . The movie ended on a cliffhanger , which was never resolved . DVD sets of all seasons have been released ( with the three pilots packaged with the first regular season ) . At various times since 1997 , reruns of the show have aired , in syndication , on the USA Network and Action in Canada . Reruns can currently be seen on CBS Action , WGN America , INSP and Grit .   The series was noted for its moralistic style . The characters refrained from the use of drugs , and they participated in community service . Martial arts were displayed prominently as the primary tool of law enforcement and occasionally as a tool for Walker and company to reach out to the community .

neg: Unrequited (The X-Files) `` Unrequited '' is the sixteenth episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files . It was written by Howard Gordon and series creator Chris Carter , and directed by Michael Lange . It originally aired in the United States on February 23 , 1997 on the Fox network . The episode is a `` Monster-of-the-Week '' story , a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the series ' wider mythology . This episode earned a Nielsen rating of 10.9 and was seen by 16.56 million viewers upon its initial broadcast . `` Unrequited '' received mixed to negative reviews from television critics .   The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny ) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson ) who work on cases linked to the paranormal , called X-Files . In this episode , the murder of a U.S. Army Lieutenant General has Mulder and Scully struggling to stop a seemingly invisible assassin . The two agents soon learn that they are doomed to failure from the start , as the U.S. government is attempting to cover up the existence of American POWs still being kept in Vietnam .   Gordon was inspired to write the episode after viewing an installment of the news series 60 Minutes that dealt with American secret agents the CIA left behind during the Vietnam War . The eventual concept that the assassin could create blind spots came after the writer spoke with his ophthalmologist brother . The entry featured a finished replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial , and various Canadian locales substituted for various locations in Washington , D.C.


query: Colin Quinn is from the United States and is also a stand-up comedian.

pos: Colin Quinn Colin Edward Quinn ( born June 6 , 1959 ) is an American stand-up comedian , actor , and writer . On television , he is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live , where he anchored Weekend Update , on MTV 's 1980s game show Remote Control , where he served as the announcer/sidekick , and as host of Comedy Central 's late-night panel show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn . Notable film work includes his role as Dooey in A Night at the Roxbury , Dickey Bailey in the Grown Ups films and playing Amy Schumer 's father in the film Trainwreck . Comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld and Dave Attell cite him as the quintessential New York comedian .   Quinn has also become known for his comedic one-man shows that offer his unique takes on history and growing up in New York City . As of 2015 , he has written and starred in five shows : Irish Wake , My Two Cents , Long Story Short , Unconstitutional , and The New York Story , two of which he collaborated on with Seinfeld as director . Long Story Short was filmed as an HBO special that aired on April 9 , 2011 and Unconstitutional and The New York Story were released as Netflix specials .

neg: Blaine Capatch Blaine Capatch ( born September 19 , 1965 ) is an American stand-up comedian and writer who is best known for hosting Season 2 of the Comedy Central game show Beat the Geeks .   Capatch was born in York , Pennsylvania to Jean and Harold Capatch . He grew up in the small town of Dallastown , Pennsylvania where his father owned and operated a barber shop . He is a 1983 graduate of Dallastown Area High School . After high school he attended York College of Pennsylvania . He began his stand-up career in Baltimore , Maryland at the Charm City comedy club .   Capatch and then-comedy partner Patton Oswalt worked as sketch writers in the early years of MADtv . He also wrote for The Martin Short Show , Blue Collar TV , The Jamie Kennedy Experiment , Mind of Mencia , Web Soup , and Comedy Central 's Roast of Roseanne Barr , amongst others .   He hosted a comedic quiz show on the Comedy Channel from 2001 -- 2002 , called Beat the Geeks . The program reached 130 episodes , and saw international broadcast in Canada and New Zealand after its original run .   Since 2002 , he has hosted the live burlesque/Mexican wrestling show Lucha VaVOOM in Los Angeles , California .   Since 2005 , he has been a live announcer for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls , one of the most famous banked track roller derby leagues in the country .   In 2007 , Capatch appeared in the `` Comedians of Comedy : Live at the Troubador '' .   Since 2008 , he has hosted the weekly comedy show , What 's Up Tiger Lily ? , created by Maria Bamford and Melinda Hill in Los Angeles , California .   Since November 28 , 2012 , he has participated in a podcast called Nerd Poker hosted by Brian Posehn .   Capatch currently writes on Comedy Central 's @Midnight hosted by Chris Hardwick .

neg: Chris Hogan Christopher `` Chris '' Hogan is an American stand-up comedian , actor , and comedian , most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on MADtv and for the character of Aubrey Pitman , one of Dick Solomon 's students , on 3rd Rock from the Sun .

neg: The New Americans The New Americans is a seven-hour American documentary , produced by Kartemquin Films , that was originally broadcast on American television over three nights on the Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) in late March 2004 .   The observational documentary , which includes minimal voice-over narration and very little direct interviewing of its subjects ( and none in which the interviewer 's voice is heard ) , follows the lives of a series of immigrants to the United States over the course of four years . The series was filmed between 1998 and 2001 , although not all of its subjects were filmed during that entire length of time . The immigrants were filmed both in their countries of origin before immigrating as well as in the United States . The filming during this period was extensive and occurred in the subjects ' homes , at their places of work , in government offices , and in a number of other situations , many of them quite intimate . As a result , The New Americans offers an unusually personal and comprehensive look at the people it profiles .   The immigrants profiled and filmed in The New Americans include a group of baseball players from the Dominican Republic hoping to secure a career in Major League Baseball ; a computer programmer from India and his wife ; a family with six children from a farming community in the state of Guanajuato , Mexico ; a family of Ogoni refugees from Nigeria ; and a woman from Palestine who moves to the United States to be with her new husband , a first-generation Palestinian-American who grew up in Chicago .   The locations shown in the documentary include not only each of the immigrants ' countries of origin , but also many places in the United States where the immigrants settled or traveled , including Chicago ( the Palestinian and Nigerian immigrants ) , the Silicon Valley of California ( the Indian immigrants ) , Garden City , Kansas and Mecca , California ( the Mexican immigrants ) , and Florida , Georgia and Montana ( the Dominican immigrants ) .   The New Americans was executive produced by Steve James ( who also produced the acclaimed 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams ) and Gordon Quinn , both of Kartemquin Films . It was broadcast on PBS as part of the series Independent Lens , in association with the Independent Television Service ( ITVS ) . The program was also broadcast in the United Kingdom on the cable network BBC Four in early April 2004 .   Steve James on the making of the New Americans , `` From the beginning , we knew we wanted to tell multiple stories , because every immigrant I 've met has a very rich and varied story to tell about where they come from . We also were excited about the idea of telling these people 's stories before they left their countries so that we could begin to understand these people in their own country before they gave it all up to come here . They 're all facing different problems different dreams , so there 's that diversity too . They 're a nice collection of stories because their differences and similarities . ''   Primary funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ( CPB ) . Additional major funding was provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation , the Annie E. Casey Foundation and PBS . Additional funding also came from the National Endowment of the Arts , BBC , Nick Fraser , SBS , TV Australia , and VPRO , The Netherlands . The New Americans is a presentation of ITVS in association with Latino Public Broadcasting ( LPB ) and Asian Women United/National Asian American Telecommunications Association ( NAATA ) .   The New Americans won a variety of awards including : The Chicago Award for Best Chicago or Illinois Production , Chicago International Television Competition ( 2004 ) ; Gold Hugo for Best Overall Production , Chicago International Television Competition 2004 -RSB- ; Best Limited Series , Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards , International Documentary Association ( IDA ) ( 2004 ) ; and the Christopher Award , TV/Cable Category , ( 2005 ) .

neg: Charlie Manna Charlie Manna ( October 6 , 1920 -- November 9 , 1971 ) was an Italian American standup comedian , active in the 1960s . He was a New York resident , who stated that he came from the Bronx , and who had studied opera for five years before turning to comedy . He first appeared at the Green Mansions resort , in the Adirondacks near the Catskills resort area . He appeared on many theatrical and television variety shows of the era , including the Sunday Night At The London Palladium , The Ed Sullivan Show , The Tonight Show , The Steve Allen Show , Jackie Gleason 's Stage Show , the Jack Paar Show , Perry Como 's Kraft Music Hall and The Garry Moore Show . He performed at local venues like the Radio City Music Hall , the Bon Soir supper club , the Blue Angel , the Copacabana and Montreal 's El Morocco . He appeared in theatrical performances , including Michael Stewart 's Shoestring '57 and Hermione Gingold 's Sticks and Stones .   He was well known for conceptual homor , based on incongruity , such as the routine in which an astronaut balks at being launched until someone finds his box of crayons , containing `` a green , an orange and two blacks '' ; as well using his musical training in a routine , such as `` Alcatraz - the Musical , '' and `` La Bonanza , '' a parody of an opera based on a popular TV Western , which he performed on The Johnny Cash Show .   Veteran comedian Phyllis Diller credited Manna with helping improve her standup routine when she was starting in the business , `` It was at New York 's Bon Soir nightclub during the early sixties that the comic Charlie Manna gave me the greatest advice about how to get on : quickly tell five of your hottest jokes and then run with them . Get the audience laughing for real , do n't make it a phony deal . '' Manna was quoted as saying , `` There are two varieties of comedy : funny and not funny . ''   He recorded two comedy albums in performance at clubs . The first was ' ` Manna Live !! ; the second was Manna Overboard !! '' , ( Decca Records , 1961 ) , produced by Michael Ross , written by Ross and Bruce Howard , recorded at the Village Vanguard , New York .   He died in 1971 from cancer at age 51 .

neg: Tony Camin Tony Camin is an American standup comedian and television writer living in New York City .

neg: Prop comedy Prop comedy is a comedy genre in which performers use humorous objects , or conventional objects in humorous ways . The stages and films term `` prop '' , an abbreviation of `` property '' , refers to any object an actor handles in the course of a performance . Though some form of prop comedy has likely existed as long as there have been comedians , the genre reached its zenith in the vaudeville era . The vaudeville team Olsen and Johnson used prop comedy extensively in their long running Broadway revue Hellzapoppin .   A prop comic is a comedian who uses prop comedy . Prop comics are sometimes looked down upon by other comedians , and the term is sometimes used derisively . However , some , such as Tommy Cooper , rose to critical acclaim as their props revolved around a gimmick ( such as Cooper 's magic ) and the comedian 's character around that gimmick .

neg: List of Saturday Night Live incidents As a live sketch comedy show , NBC 's Saturday Night Live ( officially abbreviated SNL ) has had a number of technical problems , performer mishaps , and controversial content . Several hosts and musical guests have received negative press due to their appearances on the program , including musician Sinéad O'Connor , comedian Andrew Dice Clay , then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump , and the bands Rage Against the Machine and Fear . In the course of the show 's forty-plus-year history , several technical issues have occurred live on air , most notably with singer Ashlee Simpson . Other times , controversial content has been edited out of syndicated reruns and online-distributed editions of the show , including coarse language . The show has `` banned '' certain hosts , and has also been accused of plagiarism .

neg: Dapper Laughs David Daniel O'Reilly , better known by his stage name Dapper Laughs , is a British stand up comedian , pick-up artist and social media participant from Clapham Common , London .   Dapper Laughs became known on the social networking sites Facebook and Vine , where he has around 2,407,000 and 575,000 followers respectively . In addition to this , he is active on social media sites such as Snapchat , Twitter and YouTube .

neg: History of Saturday Night Live (1995–2000) Saturday Night Live is an American sketch comedy series created and produced by Lorne Michaels for most of the show 's run . The show has aired on NBC since 1975 .   After a disastrous 1994 -- 95 season featuring a mix of old and new characters , Michaels decided to once again revamp the cast , keeping only five cast members and hiring six . The 1995 -- 96 season once again saved the show from cancellation , introducing a new era of Saturday Night Live characters and sketches that were highly popular with audiences .   This cast stayed mostly stable until the 1998 -- 99 season , which added cast members such as Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz . These two would pave the way for the next era of Saturday Night Live in the early 2000s .

neg: Bobby Collins (comedian) Bobby Collins is an American stand-up comedian and film actor .

neg: Quinneys (play) Quinneys is a comedy-drama play by the British writer Horace Annesley Vachell , which was first staged in 1914 . It was a major hit on its release and went on to become one of the author 's most successful plays . However , despite its popularity in London the play met with a lukewarm reception when it opened in New York City in 1915 . It focuses on Joseph Quinney the endearing but stubborn head of a family firm of antiques dealers whose firm views cause problems for his relatives and friends .   The play 's success led Vachell to write a series of novels following on the adventures of the family .

neg: Michael Kent (comedian) Michael Kent ( born January 14 , 1979 ) is an American Comedian and Magician from Columbus , Ohio . He tours internationally , primarily performing a stand-up comedy-style magic show in American Colleges and Universities , cruise ships and on overseas military bases .

neg: List of Saturday Night Live episodes Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels . It premiered on NBC , a terrestrial television network , on October 11 , 1975 under the title NBC 's Saturday Night . The show often satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics . Saturday Night Live features a two-tiered cast : the repertory members , also known as the `` Not Ready for Prime-Time Players , '' and newer cast members , known as `` Featured Players . '' Each week , the show features a host , often a well-known celebrity , who delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast . A musical guest is also invited to perform several sets ( usually two , and occasionally more ) . Every so often a host or musical guest will fill both roles , such as was the case with Britney Spears in 2000 and 2002 , Jennifer Lopez in 2001 and 2010 , Justin Timberlake in 2003 , 2006 and 2013 , Taylor Swift in 2009 , Bruno Mars in 2012 , Lady Gaga in 2013 , Miley Cyrus in 2013 and 2015 , Drake in 2014 and 2016 , Blake Shelton in 2015 , and Ariana Grande in 2016 . With the exception of Season 7 and several other rare cases , the show has begun with a cold open that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming `` Live from New York , it 's Saturday Night ! ''   Saturday Night Live is one of the longest running network programs in American television history , with over 800 episodes broadcast over the span of 42 seasons . A number of the show 's sketches have been developed into feature films , including The Blues Brothers , Wayne 's World , A Night at the Roxbury , Superstar , Coneheads , and MacGruber .   Seasons 1 through 5 are available on DVD in Region 1 . Various Saturday Night Live sketches are available in several new media formats , including streaming on Hulu and Netflix . Selected sketches and segments are also available for purchase at the iTunes Store to download and playback on home computers and certain iPod and iPhone models .

neg: Jim Barber (ventriloquist) Jim Barber is an American ventriloquist , comedian and singer who performs Internationally .

neg: Jeff Ross Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz ( born September 13 , 1965 ) , known professionally as Jeff Ross , is an American stand-up comedian , writer , and actor . His skill in doing high-profile celebrity roasts and his appearances in Comedy Central 's Roasts , have led him to be dubbed `` The Roastmaster General . '' He has appeared in various film , television , and cartoon projects . He has made appearances at events for U.S. soldiers and directed a documentary film covering his experiences touring U.S. bases in Iraq .

neg: Matt Kirshen Matt Kirshen ( born 1980 ) is a British comedian .   Kirshen has performed around the world , including Singapore , Dubai , the Netherlands , Germany , and France . In 2007 , he enjoyed a successful run in NBC 's Last Comic Standing . Initially known for jokes poking fun at his young appearance , he has since turned his attention to more general , real world , and topical subjects , with a tightly-written style involving multiple `` taglines '' for every joke . He is an alumnus of Clare College , Cambridge .

neg: Panel show A panel show or panel game is a radio or television game show in which a panel of celebrities participates . Participants may compete with each other , such as on The News Quiz ; facilitate play by non-celebrity contestants , such as on Match Game/Blankety Blank ; or do both , such as on Wait Wait Do n't Tell Me . The genre can be traced to 1938 , when Information Please debuted on U.S. radio . The earliest known television panel show is Play the Game , a charades show in 1946 . The modern trend of comedy panel shows can find early roots with Stop Me If You 've Heard This One in 1939 and Can You Top This ? in 1940 . While panel shows were more popular in the past in the U.S. , they are still very common in the United Kingdom .

neg: Brian Quinn Brian Quinn may refer to :   Brian Quinn ( economist ) ( born 1936 ) , Scottish economist and former Celtic F.C. chairman  Brian Quinn ( soccer ) ( born 2002 ) , Irish-American soccer player  Brian `` Q '' Quinn , member of American comedy troupe The Tenderloins

neg: Jim Turner (comedian) Jim Turner ( born 1952 ) is an American actor and comedian .

neg: Tom Quinn (Spooks) Tom Quinn is a fictional character in the BBC espionage television series Spooks ( called MI-5 in the United States ) , which follows the exploits of Section D , a counter-terrorism division of MI5 . He is portrayed by British actor Matthew Macfadyen . In the first two series , Tom is the chief of Section D . The character was in the first and second episode of the third series but was decommissioned as a result of sabotaging an operation .   Series creator David Wolstencroft believed that writing Tom was the most fun , yet hardest to work on . During the second series , the producers were unsure whether Macfadyen would return for the third ; because of this , Tom was originally killed in the second series finale . However , when Macfadyen decided to appear in the first two episodes of the third series , series writer Howard Brenton had to `` unkill him . '' Reaction towards the character by fans were positive , though critics were mixed about Macfadyen 's portrayal . Tom Quinn would later appear again as a cameo on the final episode of Spooks ; his brief return was met with generally positive reactions .


query: John Hartford can play the banjo as an instrument.

pos: John Hartford John Cowan Hartford ( December 30 , 1937 -- June 4 , 2001 ) was an American folk , country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo , as well as for his witty lyrics , unique vocal style , and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore . His most successful song is `` Gentle on My Mind '' which won three Grammy Awards and was listed in `` BMI 's Top 100 Songs of the Century '' . Hartford performed with a variety of ensembles throughout his career , and is perhaps best known for his solo performances where he would interchange the guitar , banjo , and fiddle from song to song . He also invented his own shuffle tap dance move , and clogged on an amplified piece of plywood while he played and sang .

pos: Banjo The banjo is a four - , five - or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator , called the head . The membrane , or head , is typically made of plastic , although animal skin is still occasionally but rarely used , and the frame is typically circular . Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by Africans in America , adapted from African instruments of similar design .   The banjo is frequently associated with country , folk , Irish traditional and bluegrass music . Historically , the banjo occupied a central place in African American traditional music , before becoming popular in the minstrel shows of the 19th century . The banjo , with the fiddle , is a mainstay of American old-time music . It is also very frequently used in Traditional ( `` Trad '' ) Jazz .

neg: David Hartford David Hartford ( 1873 -- 1932 ) was an American actor and film director best known for directing the movie Back to God 's Country ( 1919 ) .

neg: The Comedians (1971 TV series) The Comedians is a British television show of the 1970s ( later reprised in the mid-1980s and early 1990s ) produced by Johnnie Hamp of Granada Television . The show gave a stage to nightclub and working men 's club comedians of the era , including Russ Abbot , Lennie Bennett , Stan Boardman , Jim Bowen , Jimmy Bright , Duggie Brown , Mike Burton , Dave Butler , Brian Carroll , Frank Carson , Mike Coyne , Jimmy Cricket , Colin Crompton , Pauline Daniels , Charlie Daze , Vince Earl , Steve Faye , Eddie Flanagan , Stu Francis , Ken Goodwin , Jackie Hamilton , Jerry Harris , George King , Bobby Knutt , Bernard Manning , Mike McCabe , Paul Melba , Mick Miller , Hal Nolan , Tom O'Connor , Tom Pepper , Bryn Phillips , Mike Reid , George Roper , Harry Scott , Sammy Thomas , Johnny Wager , Roy Walker , Charlie Williams , Lee Wilson and Lenny Windsor .   Also featured on the TV show , were Shep 's Banjo Boys , a 7-piece band comprising ( for the first 5 series ) Charlie Bentley ( tenor banjo ) , John Drury ( sousaphone ) , Andy Holdorf ( trombone ) , John Orchard ( piano ) , John Rollings ( drums ) , Graham Shepherd ( banjo ) and Howard Shepherd ( lead banjo ) . In 1973 , the line up was Mike Dexter ( banjo ) , Tony `` Tosh '' Kennedy ( sousaphone ) , Ged Martin ( drums ) , Tony Pritchard ( trombone ) , Graham Shepherd ( banjo ) and Howard `` Shep '' Shepherd ( lead banjo ) .   The Comedians began as an experiment for Granada TV . Filmed before a live audience in Manchester , comics each performed 20-minute sets , which were then edited together into half-hour shows . Each edition featured up to ten stand-up comics .   Working men 's clubs are numerous in Britain , especially in North East England and have been a useful training ground for artists , especially comedians . Most of these clubs are affiliated to the CIU ( Working Men 's Club and Institute Union ) founded in 1862 by the Rev. Henry Solly . There are also political clubs , as well as Servicemen 's Clubs affiliated to the Royal British Legion .   It was remarkably popular during the earlier series . An LP recording of the show reached the best-seller charts , several sell-out national tours followed , including a season at the London Palladium , and the programme won the Critics ' circle Award .   The comedy frequently took the form of anecdotes or jokes and often involved racist or sexist stereotypes . Like other British comedy successes of the day , notably , Love Thy Neighbour , this kind of entertainment was acceptable on British television during this period but would not be so today . Viewing the series in retrospect it stands as a major social document of the times .   In recent years , the series has been repeated on the ( now defunct ) British satellite television channel Plus , and can now be bought on DVD , having been released by Network .

neg: Twin Cities Hot Summer Jazz Festival The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is one of the largest free civic events in the upper Midwest , attracting upwards of 30,000 people . Founded in 1999 by festival promoter Steve Heckler , The main events of the festival are held at Mears Park in St. Paul in the Lowertown neighborhood . The festival closes several blocks and has utilized clubs such as the Bulldog , Hat Trick , Black Dog , Station 4 , Artists ' Quarter , Union Depot , Amsterdam , Heartland , Bedlam , SW Craft Bar , and more . For the first time in 2015 , the festival will present music at the newly opened CHS Field with Jack Brass Band opening for headliner Dr. John .   In addition , Media partners have included Jazz 88 radio ( broadcasting live locally and streaming live on the internet internationally ) , WCCO-TV , The Rake , City Pages , Jazz Police , La Prenza and MPLS-St . Paul Magazine . The festival has also received extensive coverage in the Star Tribune , St. Paul Pioneer Press , The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder and Skyway News .   Festival performers have included : Joe Lovano , Chick Corea , Esperanza Spalding , Return to Forever , Dave Brubeck , Clark Terry , Monty Alexander , Gary Burton , Deodato , The Bad Plus with Joshua Redman , Danilo Pérez , Branford Marsalis , David `` Fathead '' Newman , Eric Alexander , Jimmy McGriff , Red Holloway , Jack McDuff , Joey DeFrancesco , Benny Golson , Dr. Lonnie Smith , Dewey Redman , Lew Tabackin , Bettye LaVette , Ira Sullivan , Spyro Gyra , Bernard Purdie , Melvin Rhyne , Ben Sidran , Von Freeman , Frank Morgan , Mose Allison , Butch Thompson , Bill Evans , Chris Michalek , Alicia Renee , Heatin ' System , Howard Levy , Debbie Duncan , Big Walter Smith , Percy Strother , Tiger Okoshi , Peter Schimke , Yellowjackets , Kristin Korb , Hiromi , Phil Hey Quartet , Duke Ellington Orchestra , Henry Johnson 's Organ Express , Nachito Herrera , Salsa del Soul , Bobby Sanabria , George Avaloz , Barbara Morrison , US Air Force Falconaires , Norman Simmons , David Young , Jon Weber , Jerry Weldon , Tony Monaco , Atlantis Quartet , and MN Big Band .

neg: John Beard (tenor) John Beard ( c. 1716 -- 5 February 1791 ) was an English tenor of the 18th century . He is best remembered for creating an extensive number of roles in the operas and oratorios of George Frideric Handel .   His début came in Handel 's 1734 revival of Il pastor fido ( Handel ) , which was a great success . He continued to sing for Handel , creating roles in ten of his operas and performing in every one of Handel 's English-language oratorios , odes , and music dramas , with the sole exception of The Choice of Hercules . He also performed for Thomas Arne , and sang at the Chapel Royal . His marriage , during 1739 , to Lady Henrietta Herbert , only daughter of James Waldegrave , 1st Earl Waldegrave caused much scandal : Lord Egmont commented that `` there is no prudence below the girdle '' . Lady Henrietta died in 1753 and in 1759 he married again , this time to Charlotte Rich , whose father was the proprietor of the opera house in Covent Garden . After he died in 1761 Beard succeeded to the role until 1767 , when deafness forced him to retire , selling Covent Garden 's ownership for # 60,000 . He died at Hampton .   Handel created several heroic leading roles for Beard , a revolution in the heyday of the castrato voice . The title roles in Samson , Judas Maccabeus , and Jeptha call for strength and expressive qualities over agility . He also sang the role of Farmer Hawthorne in the world premiere of Thomas Arne 's Love in a Village . Charles Burney commented that he `` constantly possessed the favour of the public by his superior conduct , knowledge of Music , and intelligence as an actor . '' Burney 's article in Rees 's Cyclopædia noted that Beard , `` an energetic English singer , and an excellent actor , was brought up in the king 's chapel . He knew as much of music as was necessary to sing a single part at sight , and with a voice that was more powerful than sweet , he became the most useful and favourite singer of his time , on the stage , at Ranelagh , at all concerts ; and in Handel 's oratorios he had always a capital part , being by his knowledge of music the most steady support of the choruses , not only of Handel , but in the odes of Green and Boyce '' .

neg: New Hartford, New York New Hartford is a town in Oneida County , New York , United States . As of the 2010 census , the town population was 22,166 . The name of New Hartford was provided by a settler family from Hartford , Connecticut .   The Town of New Hartford contains a village , also named New Hartford . New Hartford is the largest suburb of Utica , New York , which is located directly north of the town and village .

neg: WHCN WHCN ( 105.9 MHz `` The River 105.9 '' ) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Hartford , Connecticut . The station is owned by iHeartMedia , Inc. . Its format is Adult Contemporary in which it blends classic rock and new wave , with current and recent hit songs . It is similar to the `` JACK-FM '' format . `` The River '' brand , shared with many adult contemporary stations nationwide , is a local reference to the Connecticut River .   WHCN 's transmitter operates at 16,000 watts from West Peak State Park in Meriden , New Haven County . Because it is only about 100 miles from New York City , home of 105.9 WQXR-FM , WHCN uses a directional antenna to avoid interference . Studios and offices are on Columbus Boulevard in Hartford .

neg: St. John's Episcopal Church (West Hartford, Connecticut) St. John 's Episcopal Church , West Hartford , Connecticut , is located at 679 Farmington Avenue near the Hartford , Connecticut , city line . The parish was founded in 1841 as St. John 's Episcopal Church ( Hartford , Connecticut ) . The church 's present building , designed by famed architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue , opened in 1909 . It is noted for its reredos designed by Mr. Goodhue and executed by prominent sculptor Lee Lawrie ; its organ , Opus 2761 by Austin Organs , Inc. , with 64 ranks and 3721 pipes ; and its thirty-six stained glass windows by designers/manufacturers such as the Harry Eldredge Goodhue Company of Cambridge , Massachusetts , Wilbur H. Burnham Studios of Boston , Massachusetts , and London , England 's James Powell and Sons .

neg: Louis K. Roth Louis K. Roth was a businessman and civic leader from Connecticut . He was born in 1896 and completed his education at Columbia University and New York University . His involvement with radio and electronics began in 1924 as a distributor of radios . He joined Radio Corporation , Victor Division in 1935 as production manager of their electronic division . In 1944 , he and two partners set up Radio and Appliance Distributors in Hartford , Connecticut ( USA ) , which eventually became one of the largest radio wholesalers in the state .   Mr. Roth was involved in many civic and community organizations . In addition to being a trustee of the Connecticut Opera Association , Mr. Roth was a trustee of the Julius Hart Musical Foundation at the University of Hartford . He also served on various university committees and served on the Board of Regents of the University of Hartford from 1961 to 1967 . A residence hall at the University of Hartford is named for Roth .   The Hartford Times , in a May 1967 editorial said :   `` In the brief span of 23 years Louis K. Roth made an indelible mark on the civic , cultural and business life of this community . He was a man of diverse interests , unbounded energy and willingness to give uncounted hours to non-business activities in which he had a special interest .   `` The list of the social and civic agencies with which he was identified in lengthy . They range from those formed to help needy persons to societies of a musical or other artistic or cultural nature .   `` Mr. Roth took his community responsibilities seriously . He was generous with his money , time and counsel whenever the call came for assistance . Hartford will recall Louis Roth with the warmest recollection as a civic-minded citizen of the highest quality . ''

neg: Uncle Homer Walker John `` Uncle '' Homer Walker ( born February 15 , 1898 or c. 1904 - January 4 , 1980 ) was an American Appalachian banjo player who was popular during the folk revival of the 1960s and 1970s . Prior to his death , he was one of the last musicians to practice the old-time Appalachian style .   Walker was born in Mercer County , Virginia into a musical family : his father , a sharecropper , was a banjo player , two sisters learned the mandolin and guitar , and Walker 's two brothers played guitar . His grandfather , himself a former slave , taught Walker the clawhammer banjo playing style , once a fairly common pre-blues component found in the Appalachian Mountains region . In the 1920s , Walker began performing , sometimes accompanied by a mandolin or fiddle player , at square dances , presenting a repertoire of old-time black spirituals and folk tunes passed along to him from his grandfather like `` Steal Away '' , `` Cripple Creek '' , `` John Henry '' , and `` Old Joe Clark '' . He lived most of his adult life in Glen Lyn working as a laborer and farmhand .   During the folk revival of the 1960s and 1970s , Walker appeared at numerous folk festivals such as John Henry Folk Festival , the Vandalia Gathering in Charleston , the Smithsonian Institution 's Festival of American Folklife . Only during his appearances at these festivals , Walker claimed , did he first start incorporating the blues into his repertoire . In 1977 , Walker was the subject of the documentary film Banjo Man , narrated by bluesman Taj Mahal .   He died in Princeton , West Virginia . Walker 's recordings are featured on the compilation albums Virginia Traditions - Non-Blues Secular Black Music and Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia .

neg: Clarence Ashley Clarence `` Tom '' Ashley ( September 29 , 1895 -- June 2 , 1967 ) was an American musician and singer , who played the clawhammer banjo and the guitar . He began performing at medicine shows in the Southern Appalachian region as early as 1911 , and gained initial fame during the late 1920s as both a solo recording artist and as a member of various string bands . After his `` rediscovery '' during the folk revival of the 1960s , Ashley spent the last years of his life playing at folk music concerts , including appearances at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island .

neg: Piano bar A piano bar ( also known as a piano lounge ) consists of a piano or electronic keyboard played by a professional musician , located in a cocktail lounge , bar , hotel lobby , office building lobby , restaurant , or on a cruise ship . Usually the pianist receives a small salary plus tips in a jar or basket on or near the piano , especially from patrons requesting a song traditionally written on a beverage napkin . Some piano bars feature a baby grand or grand piano surrounded by stools for patrons ( or , somewhat humorously , an upright piano covered by a counter that makes it appear to be a grand piano ) . Others have a bar surrounding the piano or keyboard .   Jimmy Durante started as a piano bar player , as did Billy Joel . Joel 's classic hit `` Piano Man '' is based on his experiences as a piano bar player . Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli also played in piano bars to pay for singing lessons .   Theatre historian John Kenrick describes the piano bar as follows :  A piano bar is a hybrid creature : part performance space , part living room , part cruise-a-thon , and part saloon . The bar is there to sell drinks , the pianist is there to perform , and the crowd is there to sing , listen , drink and socialize . All of this means that it 's impossible to predict what a given evening 's chemistry will be , even if most of the people on hand are regular customers ... . While every factor counts , the most important issue is the person at the piano . The pianist determines the type of music , the style of performance , and the general tone of the evening ... . The experienced piano bar player knows how to take genial control of most any situation and generally keep the party going .   The American minimalist composer Terry Riley , who worked as a cocktail pianist when younger , later offered this `` religious '' view of the profession :  Having worked for years as a lounge lizard , I was smitten with the insight that the cocktail pianist is signaled out to conduct his ritual of group urban chanting on the themes of love and existence -- a kind of medicine man at the ever-present altaric piano , surrounded by his boozy tribe sipping sacraments in the circle of our common misery .   The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs presents annually several awards , MAC Awards , for piano bar performers : Piano Bar Instrumentalist , Restaurant/Hotel Lounge Instrumentalist , Piano Bar/Restaurant Singing Entertainer -- male and female .

neg: Intersections (1985–2005) Bruce Hornsby 's Intersections ( 1985 -- 2005 ) is a 4 CD / 1 DVD retrospective boxed set . The tracks are a mixture of previously unreleased live recordings , unreleased studio recordings , and album cuts . The boxed set 's title emphasizes the large number of musical collaborations Hornsby has embarked upon during his career , as evidenced by the list of collaborators below .   The discs are thematically broken into three categories : `` Top 90 Time , '' `` Solo Piano , Tribute Records , Country-Bluegrass , Movie Scores , '' and `` By Request ( Favorites and Best Songs ) '' ( two CDs ) . A full third of the music is previously unreleased ; many familiar tracks are presented as unreleased live versions rather than the original studio recordings , and the majority of the remaining tracks are from single b-sides , collaborations and/or tribute albums and movie soundtracks .   Some noteworthy collaborations include a piano-and-saxophone duet with Ornette Coleman and a performance with Roger Waters of Pink Floyd 's `` Comfortably Numb . '' The set also offers a number of excellent examples of Hornsby 's re-inventiveness with his own compositions , particularly in a live setting , for instance three different versions of `` The Valley Road '' are included -- a live `` bluesy funk '' version with the Noise Makers , a Grammy-winning bluegrass version with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band , and `` a loose and sloppy but totally grooving boogie '' take with the Grateful Dead .  Critics have said that Hornsby 's particular integrations of different musical genres , and his passion for reinventing his own compositions , create a kind of music many might `` never hear '' otherwise as it is `` a kind of music no one else is making . ''   `` Song H '' was a new composition that was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental at the 2007 Grammy Awards .

neg: Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs ( January 6 , 1924 -- March 28 , 2012 ) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style , now called `` Scruggs style '' , that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music . His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the ways the five-string banjo had been historically played . He popularized the instrument in several genres of music and elevated the banjo from its role as a background rhythm instrument , or a comedian 's prop , into featured solo status .   Scruggs ' career began at age 21 when he was hired to play in a group called `` Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys '' . The name `` bluegrass '' stuck and eventually became the eponym for this entire genre of county music . Despite considerable success with Monroe , performing on the Grand Ole Opry and recording classic hits like `` Blue Moon of Kentucky '' , Scruggs gave notice in 1946 that he was quitting the band because of the exhausting touring schedule . Band member Lester Flatt resigned as well , and Flatt and Scruggs later paired up in a new group they called `` Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys '' . Scruggs ' banjo instrumental called `` Foggy Mountain Breakdown '' , released in 1949 , became an enduring hit , and had a rebirth of popularity to a younger generation when it was featured in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde . The song won two Grammy Awards and in 2005 was selected for the Library of Congress ' National Recording Registry of works of unusual merit .   Flatt and Scruggs brought bluegrass music into mainstream popularity in the early 1960s with their country hit , `` The Ballad of Jed Clampett '' . This song was the theme music for the successful network television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies and was the first bluegrass recording to reach number one on the Billboard charts . Over their 20-year association , Flatt and Scruggs recorded over 50 albums and 75 single records . The duo broke up in 1969 , chiefly because Scruggs wanted to progress the music to a more modern sound and Flatt was a traditionalist who did not want to change the style because he thought it would alienate a fan base of bluegrass purists . Each of them formed a new band that matched his own vision , but neither of them ever regained the success they achieved as a team .   Scruggs received four Grammy awards , a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a National Medal of Arts . He became a member of the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and was given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame . In 1985 , Flatt and Scruggs were inducted together into the Country Music Hall of Fame and named number 24 as a duo on CMT 's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music . Scruggs was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts ; the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the US . Four works by Scruggs have been placed in the Grammy Hall of Fame . After Scruggs ' death in 2012 at age 88 , the Earl Scruggs Center was founded near his birthplace in Shelby , North Carolina , with the aid of a federal grant and corporate donors . The center is a $ 5.5 million facility which features the musical contributions of Scruggs and serves as an educational center providing classes and field trips for students .

neg: History of Springfield, Massachusetts The history of Springfield , Massachusetts ( est. 1636 ) springs in large part from its favorable geography , situated on a steep bluff overlooking the Connecticut River 's confluence with three tributaries . It was an ancient Indian crossroad for two major trade routes : Boston-to-Albany and New York City-to-Montreal . Springfield also sits on some of the northeastern United States ' most fertile soil .   Springfield was founded in 1636 as Agawam , the northernmost settlement of the Connecticut Colony . The settlement defected from Connecticut after four years , however , later joining forces with the coastal Massachusetts Bay Colony . The town changed its name to Springfield , and changed the political boundaries among what later became New England States .   Springfield flourished as a trading post and agricultural center until 1675 's King Philip 's War , when a coalition of Indians laid siege to Springfield and later burned it to the ground . Its prosperity waned for the next hundred years but , in 1777 , United States Revolutionary War leaders made it a National Armory to store weapons , and in 1795 it began manufacturing muskets .   Until 1968 , the Armory made small arms . Its first American muskets ( 1794 ) were followed by the famous Springfield rifle and the revolutionary M1 Garand and M14s . The Springfield Armory attracted generations of skilled laborers to the city , making it the United States ' longtime center for precision manufacturing ( comparable to a Silicon Valley of the Industrial Revolution ) . The Armory 's near-capture during Shays Rebellion of 1787 was among the troubles that prompted the U.S. Constitutional Convention later that year .   Innovations in the 19th and 20th centuries include the first American English dictionary ( 1805 , Noah Webster ) , the first use of interchangeable parts and the assembly line in manufacturing ( 1819 , Thomas Blanchard ) , the first American horseless car ( 1825 , again Thomas Blanchard ) , vulcanized rubber ( 1844 , Charles Goodyear ) , the first American gasoline-powered car ( 1893 , Duryea Brothers ) , the first American motorcycle company ( 1901 , `` Indian '' ) , an early commercial radio station ( 1921 , WBZ , and most famously , the world 's third-most-popular sport of basketball ( 1891 , Dr. James Naismith ) .   Throughout the latter half of the 20th century , Springfield endured a protracted decline , accelerated by the decommission of the Springfield Armory in 1969 . Springfield became increasingly like the declining , second tier Northeastern U.S. cities from which it had long been set apart . During the 1980s and 1990s , Springfield developed a new reputation for crime , political corruption , and cronyism . Seeking to overcome its downgrade , the city undertook several large ( but unfinished ) projects , including a $ 1 billion high-speed rail ( New Haven-Hartford-Springfield high-speed rail ) , a proposed $ 1 billion MGM Casino , and others .

neg: It Don't Bother Me It Do n't Bother Me is the second album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch , released in December 1965 . The album was produced by Nathan Joseph and Bill Leader , although Leader was left uncredited .   The album features nine songs composed by Jansch , one by Alex Campbell ( `` So Long ( Been on the Road So Long ) '' ) , and the traditional `` 900 Miles '' . For this last Jansch accompanies himself on the banjo rather than the steel-string acoustic guitar which he uses elsewhere . `` A Man I 'd Rather Be '' features lead vocals by Roy Harper . `` My Lover '' also has Harper playing some additional guitar , while John Renbourn is playing the lead acoustic guitar part . `` Lucky Thirteen '' is a guitar duet with Renbourn , based on a song written by the latter and apparently recorded during the Bert and John session . Finally , `` Tinkers Blues '' and `` The Wheel '' are guitar instrumentals composed and performed by Jansch .

neg: Vega Company The Vega Company was a musical instrument manufacturer that started operations in Boston , Massachusetts in 1881 . The company began under Swedish-born Julius Nelson , his brother Carl , and a group of associates that included John Pahn and John Swenson . The founders had previously worked for a guitar shop run by Pehr Anderberg that made instruments for John C. Haynes , another Boston musical instrument company . Nelson had served as foreman of guitar and mandolin manufacturing at Anderberg 's shop . Subsequently , Julius and Carl Nelson bought out the other founding associates and established the Vega company .   In 1904 , Vega acquired the instrument manufacturing firm ( primarily building banjos ) previously operated by A. C. Fairbanks . Vega also acquired the plectrum instrument division of Boston 's Thompson & Odell Company , which made bowl-back mandolins , guitars , and several types of banjos . The emphasis remained true to Vega 's origins , however , with about 60 % of business centered on stringed instruments and 40 % on brass .   The Vega Company is best known today for its banjos , such as the Vegavox model they co-developed with famous plectrum player Eddie Peabody . Vega continued to build and sell A.C. Fairbanks banjos after it acquired that company . Vega initially labeled these instruments A. C. Fairbanks , then switched to Fairbanks banjo by the Vega Co. , then eventually to just Vega . David L. Day , who had been the chief acoustical designer at Fairbanks , became general manager of the Vega stringed instrument division and continued to develop innovative and successful banjo designs . For example , the Vega Tu-ba-Phone , which first appeared in 1909 , featured a perforated metal tone ring -- a ring-shaped , square-sectioned metal tube that lay between the instrument 's wooden rim and calfskin head . The Tu-ba-Phone tone ring provided a volume and tone still admired by many banjo players .   Another noteworthy Vega instrument line was the cylinder-back mandolin family . This included mandolins , mandolas , mandocellos and a limited amount of acoustic guitars .   Vega also produced a line of brass instruments . In 1909 , Vega purchased the Standard Band Instrument Company of Boston incorporating their line of horns . This company had previously operated under names including Quinby Brothers , Hall & Quinby , Hall Quinby Wright Company , and others . It had been founded in 1861 by David Hall , a band leader , bugle player and instrument maker . The name Wright came from E.G. Wright whose E.G Wright and Company merged with other investors to create the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactury in 1869 . Wright was briefly a partner in the company between 1870 and his death . Vega built brass instruments under the Vega and Standard names well into the 20th century .   Vega also produced high quality guitars . In the 1930s , the company built archtop guitars with backs and tops carved in the manner of violins . These became especially popular with jazz musicians . Eventually they produced electrified versions of these guitars . They also produced a guitar with a longitudinal bulge along its back , like the company 's cylinder-back mandolins , and a similar longitudinal bulge along its top . The top bulge is reminiscent of the design used on Howe-Orme instruments -- from another Boston firm , the Elias Howe Company .   As the 1940s and 1950s unfolded , the quality of Vega instruments declined and it became clear that the company 's most innovative and productive years had passed . In the 1970s , the C. F. Martin Company purchased Vega in the hope of capitalizing on the popularity of Vega 's banjos among folk musicians . Under the Vega name , Martin produced guitars with the Vega logo on their headstocks in a Netherlands guitar factory ( and probably others ) , usually with a label referencing `` C.F. Martin Organization . '' These instruments were produced during most of the 1970s .   Perhaps the most visible Vega instrument in the 1950s and 60s was the long neck 5-string banjo designed and used by folk singer Pete Seeger , and later by several folk groups like the Kingston Trio and The Limeliters .   Martin also used the Vega name for a line of strings . The Vega name was subsequently licensed to a number of American and international companies . In 1989 , the Deering Banjo Company purchased the Vega name . They currently produce Vega banjos reminiscent of the instruments Vega made during the 1960s folk revival .   Vega trumpets and cornets were on par with the highest quality brass horns of their time . Popular with jazz artists as well as later big bands and solo artists such as Miles Davis , who performed on the Vega Power Model before he endorsed the Martin Committee , they enjoyed a comfortable niche in the professional market . However , producing handcrafted professional horns without keeping an eye to increasing demand for student instruments , and with aging artisans retiring , the company dropped horn production to concentrate on stringed instruments .

neg: Johnny Long (musician) Johnny Long ( September 12 , 1914 ( disputed ) -- October 31 , 1972 ) was an American violinist and bandleader , known as `` The Man Who 's Long on Music '' . He was raised on a farm in Newell , North Carolina , currently a subdivision of Charlotte . He started practicing with the violin at the age of six , but injured two fingers on his left hand when he was bitten by a pig . He then learned to use his right hand to play the violin , and continued to do so until his death .

neg: Crosspicking Crosspicking is a technique for playing the mandolin or guitar using a plectrum or flatpick in a rolling , syncopated style across three strings . This style is probably best known as one element of the flatpicking style in bluegrass music , and it closely resembles a banjo roll , the main difference being that the banjo roll is fingerpicked rather than flatpicked .   A typical element of the technique is the use of three pitches played repeatedly within a four-pulse rhythm . This results in a continual shifting of the pitches vis-a-vis the accented pulse . The three pitches are usually played on three adjacent strings -- one per string . The pick direction can vary , depending on the required emphasis and the melody .   Mandolin player Jesse McReynolds used a crosspicking roll of down - up - up / down - up - up ... creating a repeating pattern of notes that expresses the melody . Guitarist George Shuffler used a pick pattern of down - down - up / down - down - up / down - up .   The traditional banjo roll form is down - down - up / down - down - up / down - down - up ... ; this helps to accentuate the `` threes '' nature of the pattern against the `` four '' rhythm .   The other way is using strict alternate picking : down - up - down / up - down - up / down - up - down ... . This may be more comfortable for players who are using alternate picking for most of their playing . In actuality , one ( or more ) of the three pitches may be varied from one repetition of the pattern to the next , for instance the top note could be toggled up and down one step .

neg: James Butler House The James Butler House is a historic house a 239 North Main Street in West Hartford , Connecticut . Built about 1800 , it is a well-preserved example of transitional Georgian-Federal architecture , and one of the town 's older homes . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 10 , 1986 .

neg: Jazz chord Jazz chords refer to chords , chord voicings and chord symbols that jazz musicians commonly use in composition , improvisation , and harmony . In jazz chords and theory , most triads that appear in lead sheets or fake books can have sevenths added to them , using the performer 's discretion and ear . For example , if a tune is in the key of C , if there is a G chord , the chord-playing performer usually `` voices '' this chord as G7 . While in a strict classical music context , the notes of a G7 chord would be G -- B -- D -- F , jazz often omits the fifth of the chord -- and even the root if playing in a group , since the bassist will play it . Omitting the root and fifth gives the improvising chord-playing musician the option to play other notes . Also , if a seventh chord , such as G7 , appears in a lead sheet or fake book , many chord-playing performers add the ninth or thirteenth to the chord , even though the lead sheet does not specify these additional notes .   Jazz players can add these additional , upper notes -- seventh , ninth , eleventh , and thirteenth -- because they are an important part of the jazz sound . Lead sheets and fake books often do not detail how to voice the chord because a lead sheet or fake book is only intended to provide basic guide to the harmony . An experienced `` comping '' performer playing electric guitar or piano adds the extra notes using their ear and taste .   In voicing jazz chords , performers focus first on the seventh and the major or minor third of the chord , with the latter indicating the chord quality , along with added chord extensions ( e.g. , ninths , elevenths , or thirteenths , even if not indicated in the lead sheet or fake book ) to add tone `` colour '' to the chord . As such , a jazz guitarist or jazz piano player might `` voice '' a printed G chord with the notes B -- E -- F -- A , which would be the third , sixth ( thirteenth ) , seventh , and ninth of the chord . Jazz chord-playing musicians may also add altered chord tones ( e.g. , 9 , 9 , 11 , 13 ) and added tones . An example of an altered dominant chord in the key of C , built on a G would be to voice the chord as `` B -- C -- E -- F -- A '' ; this would be G7 ( 911 ) .