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Chinese Jump Rope
Submitted by Elizabeth W
From Wikipedia:
Chinese jump rope (Chinese: 跳皮筋; pinyin: tiàopíjīn) is a Chinese game resembling the western game of hopscotch.
The game is typically played by three players (although more can participate) with a rope (or, more frequently, a string of rubber bands) of about 5-6 meters in length that has been tied into a circle. Two of the participants (holders) face each other about 3 meters apart, with their feet together, and position the rope around their ankles so that it is taut. The third player (the jumper) then stands between the two sides of the rope and must accomplish a specific series of moves without making an error or pausing.
CatDog is an American animated television series which was first broadcast on October 4, 1998 with the last show airing on July 24, 2004. The series was created for Nickelodeon and created by Peter Hannan. It was also shown as a sneak peek in theaters with The Rugrats Movie. The series depicts the life of conjoined un-identical brothers with one half being a Cat while the other a Dog. It is often rated: TV-Y in the United States.
Jack of All Trades is a half-hour long syndicated comedy/action television series which ran for two seasons in 2000. With Cleopatra 2525, it formed the Back2Back Action Hour and both shows were notable for being the first American non-animated action series to be produced in the half-hour format since the 1970s. The show was canceled in the middle of its second season.
This series introduced us to Duncan McCloud of the Clan McCloud. Unlike the movies, there are still many immortals living during Duncan’s time, each with his or her own rich history. Also a bonus was the beautiful soundtrack by Queen. There Can Be Only One.
Out Of This World is a children’s television comedy series about a teenage girl who is half alien, which gives her unique supernatural powers. It first aired in U.S. syndication on September 17, 1987 and ended on May 25, 1991. It was first broadcast in the UK on the ITV network on April 9, 1990, usually at 10am on weekday mornings.
The Gnome-Mobile is a 1967 Disney musical film, directed by Robert Stevenson.
It was based on a 1936 book by Upton Sinclair entitled The Gnomobile. Walter Brennan gives a fine, highly amusing double performance as D.J. Mulrooney, the kind-hearted Lumber Tycoon of Irish descent; and as the irascible yet loveable 943 year-old gnome Knobby. The children, Elizabeth and Rodney, were played by Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber, familiar from their roles as Jane and Michael Banks in Mary Poppins, (as well as their excellent performances as Mary MacDhui and Geordie MacNab in the 1964 film The Three Lives of Thomasina). Tom Lowell who plays the young gnome Jasper in this movie, also appeared in the 1965 Disney film That Darn Cat as Canoe, the befuddled surfer boy-friend of Hayley Mills. The title song, a.k.a. ‘”The Gnome-Mobile Song”, was written by the Sherman Brothers, who were also the songwriters of the songs in Mary Poppins. Ed Wynn, of course, has appeared in several other Disney films, (Mary Poppins and That Darn Cat, among others).
Mark Anthony “Baz” Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962) is a Golden Globe and Academy award-nominated Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy.
Total Recall is a 1990 American science fiction action film. The film features Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone, based on the Philip K. Dick story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”. The film was directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Jon Povill, and Gary Goldman. It won an Academy Special Achievement Award for its visual effects.
