Well, the first question I'd have for you is, "What is it about the series that makes you invaluable to it's creation?" Networks, studios, producers - they all have deals with people who have created other shows for them, or have at least written on other shows that have been successes. The amount of money spent on these things would dictate they go with people with a track record.

Marmite is so ingrained in the British culture that many comedians and TV series contain references to it. It is not widely known outside Britain, so the question "What is Marmite?" appears quite often.

There used to be a list of credits for the cast, but that became unwieldy. If you're reading the HTML version of this FAQ, simply scroll to the character biography section and click on the names of the actors to get to their bios on the Internet Movie Database.

This is more than just another Usenet group to many of us - it's a way of gathering important knowledge regarding our profession. You wouldn't think of wading into a medical group and telling doctors how full of shit they are and offering your own diagnoses, yet you think it's okay to do it here because it's "just comedy.

He or she is going to be investing x number of dollars and expecting a decent return on investment (ROI). Your whole sales pitch needs to be focused on that point. Show him/her what you can do to make the night successful. You'll find that most venues are already busy on the weekends anyway and don't want to pony up budget for a night that's already working. Fri/Sat are the hard sells for that reason.

In my mind you have to be one of the first to do a joke, and one of the first to get it out of your act. If you were the first person with the best Bobbit joke, that's great... but two weeks later, everybody was doing a variant on it, so it was time to move on. Plus, you have to say it in a way that Letterman, Leno, Conan, Stewart and everybody else isn't... because that's what they do every day. Assume your comedy club audience watches at least one of those shows because..

Try submitting a Nitpick through the Submission form first to make sure your movie isn't listed. Only movies which already have Nitpicks posted on them are listed on the Movie Index page. The database actually contains several thousand movies which haven't been Nitpicked yet, your's might be one of them (about 80% of the title suggestions we get are for movies already in the database).

No. While the writers may draw on classic detectives such as Sherlock Holmes for inspiration, Monk and all of the characters in the series are original creations. Monk is not affiliated with "Monk" as used by James Crotty and Michael Lane, also known as "The Monks" or the "Mad Monks."

Swamp Thing is a cable TV show that ran between 1990 and 1993. It first aired on the USA Network (on Fridays at 10.30 pm, and repeated Saturdays at 5.30 pm), and is now re-run on the Sci Fi Channel. The series revolved predominantly around the creature known as Swamp Thing and his evil nemesis, Dr. Anton Arcane; as well as other characters created for the series.

There is currently no Usenet group specifically for comedy writing. Comedy writers are encouraged to use alt.comedy.standup for that purpose. Since there is a huge overlap in the two venues (stand-ups usually write their own material) comedy writing is often discussed in the newsgroup. You're either new to the group or not a comic. People who peruse the group the first time often have no idea what's going on.

No, although many shows do have some stand-up comedy elements in them. Also, many of our cast members are stand-up comics. The biggest difference between an imrpov show and stand-up comedy is that in improv you get an entire team/cast of improvisors working to make you laugh as opposed to one lone comic. The up side is that improv, in my opinion, has a much broader appeal because of the multiple actor's senses of humor ganging up on you.

As soon as you install a compatible TV tuner card and hook up an antenna or cable TV. Web TV® for Windows and TV Viewer are included in Windows 98, as is Program Guide, which you can use to find out when programs are on and set reminders to tune in. Windows 98 lets you watch TV full screen, in a window, or on a second monitor as you work in another application.

After his very long and ardurous experience on the Canadian miniseries Chasing Rainbows, Paul jokingly said the experience left him with a pathological fear of TV series. However, "That's not to say television can't be brilliant. I've seen stuff that has just blown me away, The Singing Detective, A Very British Coup - now that's when TV can really sail. I thought Barney Miller was a brilliantly written, even though you could predict the outcome of every single story two lines into it.

You can download an MP3 version of it HERE for starters, though I'm not really sure it's the original.

Astronauts Allen, Hudson and Franklin are launched from Earth in the NASA vessel "Venturer" Artistic license? Lack of really good communication between the animators and the original creators? Who knows, but in the first episode of the animated series, "The Flames of Doom", we zoom in on the logo on the side of the "Venturer" and it clearly states "NASA" instead of "ANSA".

Tell your ISP to go to hell!!!!! Just kidding, most of the time, if you download one TV show at a time they might not care much about that. a whole season, they might care about that, thatâ??s just greedy!!!! Most users need to be careful on this one, because there are laws on this one that can help you. There are laws that allow you to record a TV show if you have cable and record it when you are away, and watch it later sometime down the road, then that is legal.

The rights to The Saint are currently under option to producer William J. Macdonald and his partner Geoffrey Moore. They are developing a script for a 90min TV pilot which they hope to shoot in Spring 2007. For more news on this as and when it happens, keep checking www.lesliecharteris.com and www.saint.org

I myself have never seen the series but from what I've heard it's pretty crappy. Apparently Parker Lewis Can't Lose is a much better program, and I highly enjoy that show. This means you may need to install the necessary codec for your system to be able to play the super compressed wav files. See this page for further details.

Apparently John Hughes disapproved of it and tried to fight it's production. But he failed and it was produced by Maysh, Ltd. Productions in association with Paramount Television.

Here is a picture of some of the TV series cast (left to right Ami Dolenz as Sloane Peterson, Charlie Schlatter as Ferris Bueller and Jennifer Aniston as Jeanie Bueller) And here is the cast listing, the most notable one being Jennifer Aniston in the role of Jeanie Bueller.

I’ve always loved Jack Dee’s ability to take everyday topics like his family or rail travel or buying a car and make the audience laugh when they realise we all share the same experiences. That’s something I aim for. And if something, or someone, has pissed me off during the day - I’ll try and get that off my chest. ldquo;Best-known for her legendary one-woman shows, Jo Caulfield is definitely the rising star of women’s comedy.

In the event I ever have definite news on this subject, believe me you people who visit this Website will be the first to know. But to talk about movies is a mistake, the kiss of death. There are plenty of writers (nice guys, people I like) who've shouted this and that is going to happen ... only to watch it all go up in smoke. Necroscope is now optioned for a movie, but I'm not keeping my fingers crossed.

My Favorite Husband, a CBS radio show that ran from 1948-1951, and starred Lucy as Liz Cugat and Richard Denning as her banker husband, George Cugat. No. Several little tykes played Little Ricky. James J. Ganzer played Baby Ricky in the January 19, 1953 episode "Lucy Goes to the Hospital"; Richard and Ron Simmons played Baby Ricky in the second season Episode #57, "No Children Allowed" ; twins Joseph and Michael Mayer played him the third through the fifth season.

I honestly don’t know how fast I pitch, I’ve never seen myself in a game! Speed is not the most important thing, I’d take movement anytime. Yes it’s nice to be able to reach back for a little extra but, that will only take someone so far. After that, they’d better have something else. It’s important to be able to throw it past a hitter, just to keep them honest but changing of speeds is even more important. Velocity will improve with mechanics.

You can place an order for the books and request they be sent to a friend's computer or someone who can download files.

Many of the inconsistencies listed below have been explained in the series, especially the pilot episode ("Children of the Gods"). The following list should be relatively complete. The original movie was created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich under Centropolis Entertainment, but they have no involvement in the series -- and are actually rather upsetat the way it has been developed.

Most animated TV series are syndicated. They may or may not be available in your area. I'm sure there are some series that you can see that I can't and vice versa. The best example would be Sailor Moon, a staple of YTV which for over a year couldn't be widely seen outside Canada. In the States, ol' Moonie gets bounced from the USA Network to various Fox affiliates and now to the Cartoon Network, all with wildly varying timeslots and schedules.

In Japan, there is a very large direct to video market (more so than here in the US, though that is slowly changing). Many Anime series start life as an OVA, or Original Video Animation, and are released directly to the home video market. Sometimes it works the other way when a popular TV series will be followed on or continued by a shorter OVA release. Tenchi Muyo is a great example of a series that has seen production in every format.

This comes up often. If the series has had an official release in your country, your best bet is to try a video shop. You may have more luck trying a specialist science fiction shop - a majority have been to stock some anime, and since Eva is one of the best-selling anime series to be released outside of Japan, there is a high chance they'll stock them. If they do not appear to stock them, the store may be able to order them for if you ask.

The Abbott and Costello TV theme is available on the CD "Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4---Black & White Classics." It retails for $19.95.