Comedy Central

Comedy Central began on April Fool's Day 1991, after Home Box Office, owned by Time Warner, merged its Comedy Channel with MTV Networks' HA! comedy channel, owned by Viacom. Viacom bought Time Warner's half in April 2003 for $1.225 billion. When the merged channel first aired, it was known as Comedy TV or CTV for short, but copyright issues with the Canadian network CTV forced the name change to Comedy Central. With the exception of cult favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000, the channel had a relatively sm ...

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Comedy Central, Comedy Central - History, Comedy Central - Notable original programming, Comedy Central - Current, Comedy Central - Past, Comedy Central - Notable non-original programming, Comedy Central - External link

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Comedy Central is a cable television channel in the United States. As its name implies, the channel carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and syndicated. While once a small cable network that few watched, in recent years it has grown to be one of the most popular cable channels, earning the praise of many entertainment-based media along the way. Comedy Central - History. Comedy Central began on April Fool's Day 1991, after Home Box Office, owned by Time Warner, merged its Comedy Channel wi ...

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• Comedy Central - History
• Comedy Central - Notable original programming
• Comedy Central - Current
• Comedy Central - Past
• Comedy Central - Notable non-original programming
• Comedy Central - External link

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CC is 200 in Roman numerals. CC can also refer to: CC (cat), the world's first cloned pet CC (or variants) as a code can refer to: Membership in the Order of Canada, as the post-nominal letters "CC" Air Atlanta Icelandic, as the IATA airline designator Cocos (Keeling) Islands, as the ISO 3166 digram for the Australian territory Cocos (Keeling) Islands, as ".cc", the Internet top-level d ...

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The term camp—normally used as an adjective, even though earliest recorded uses employed it mainly as a verb—refers to the deliberate and sophisticated use of kitsch, mawkish or corny themes and styles in art, clothing or conversation. A part of the anti-academic defense of popular culture in the sixties, camp came to academic prominence in the eighties with the widespread adoption of the Postmodern views on art and culture. Today, camp falls into two distinct categories: intentional camp and unintentional camp. Inte ...

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Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting (via ...

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• Cable television - History of U.S. cable television and its regulation
• Cable television - The birth of public access television
• Cable television - Programming
• Cable television - United States
• Cable television - Cable television fees and programming lineups
• Cable television - Mexico
• Cable television - United Kingdom
• Cable television - Republic of Ireland
• Cable television - Hong Kong
• Cable television - Singapore
• Cable television - Australia
• Cable television - Other cable-based services

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Cappadonna" Cappadonna The Wu-Tang Clan is a pioneering hip hop group, originally from Staten Island, New York, USA (Staten Island is referred to as "Shaolin" in their lyrics). The crew is composed of ten MCs (now reduced to nine with the death of Ol' Dirty Bastard in 2004). All of the nine members have released solo albums, and the group has spawned many affiliate groups. This was the plan from the group's inception: Wu-Tang was designed to become an empire, to take over the hip hop c ...

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• Wu-Tang Clan - Foundation
• Wu-Tang Clan - Solo Careers
• Wu-Tang Clan - Expansion
• Wu-Tang Clan - Recent History
• Wu-Tang Clan - TV & Film Appearances
• Wu-Tang Clan - Discography
• Wu-Tang Clan - Albums
• Wu-Tang Clan - Singles
• Wu-Tang Clan - Appear On

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"Wing" is episode 903 of the Comedy Central cartoon South Park and originally aired March 23, 2005. It was named after and featured the New Zealand singer Wing, in an eponymous part vaguely based on her. Wing South Park - Plot summary. Upon hearing that Token has won a contest that will allow him to sing at a beauty pageant and receive $200, Stan, Cartman, Kyle, and Kenny decide to mooch off of his talent by becoming his agents. They lose him to another talent agency, however, only to land a singer ...

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Virgin Mobile plc is a mobile phone service provider operating in the UK, Australia and Canada, and the US. The company was the world's first Mobile Virtual Network Operator, launched in the UK in 1999. It does not maintain its own network, and instead has contracts to use the existing network(s) of other providers. In the UK, Virgin Mobile uses the T-Mobile network. In the US, the Sprint network is the carrier. In Australia, Virgin Mobile operates on the Optus network. In Canada, it uses the Bell Mobility network. These networks use different technology (GSM in ...

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• Virgin Mobile - Virgin Mobile UK
• Virgin Mobile - Costs
• Virgin Mobile - Virgin Mobile USA
• Virgin Mobile - Costs
• Virgin Mobile - Text messages
• Virgin Mobile - Wireless data
• Virgin Mobile - List of phones
• Virgin Mobile - Virgin Mobile Australia
• Virgin Mobile - Costs
• Virgin Mobile - Virgin Mobile Canada
• Virgin Mobile - Costs
• Virgin Mobile - Wireless data
• Virgin Mobile - List of phones

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A cabal is a number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in a church, state, or other community by intrigue. Cabals are secret organizations composed of a few designing persons; a political cabal is often called a junta. The term can also be used to refer to the designs of such persons. The term also holds a general meaning of intrigue and conspiracy. Its usage carries strong connotations of shadowy corners and insidious influence; a cabal is more evil and selective than, say, a ...

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Cheap Trick are an American rock and roll band from Rockford, Illinois that gained popularity in the late 1970s. The band members are Rick Nielsen (guitarist and main songwriter), Bun E. Carlos (born Brad Carlson) (drums), Robin Zander (vocals and guitars), and Tom Petersson (bass guitar). Nielsen and Petersson formed the band after their former band called Fuse broke up shortly after they had released their debut album Fuse in 1969. The band was signed to Epic Records and released Cheap Trick in 1977. Cheap Trick's most famous album is At Budokan, which was recorded at Tokyo's famous Ni ...

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Charles Phillips is President of Oracle Corporation and a member of the company's Board of Directors. Phillips' responsibilities encompass global field operations including consulting, marketing, sales, alliances and channels, and customer programs, as well as corporate strategy. Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Phillips was a Managing Director with Morgan Stanley in its technology group. Prior to his career on Wall Street, Mr. Ph ...

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A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom. Like sitcoms in most other countries, they tend to be based around a family, workplace or other institution where a group of contrasting characters can be brought together. A common factor is the exploration of social mores, often with a healthy dollop of satire or bathos, in contrast to the sometimes uplifting sentiments of many American sitcoms. British comedies are typically produced in series of six episodes each. British sitcom - Charact ...

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• British sitcom - Characteristics
• British sitcom - History
• British sitcom - British sitcoms overseas
• British sitcom - United States
• British sitcom - Australia
• British sitcom - Canada
• British sitcom - Some popular British sitcoms

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Action was a short-lived comedy series about a Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon, who is trying to recover from his last box-office failure. The series was critically praised for its irreverent, almost hostile, look at Hollywood culture but was a ratings failure. Thirteen episodes were produced but only ten episodes ran on the Fox Channel in 1999 before being cancelled. The remaining three episodes were event ...

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• Action TV series - Celebrity cameos
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Scientology was presented by L. Ron Hubbard at a lecture in 1952. His definition included, "Scientology would be a study of knowledge." In 1954 today's Church of Scientology (often abbreviated CoS) was established. It presents itself as an "applied religious philosophy," and has been established as a recognized religion in more than 100 countries. The term Scientology is a trademark of the Religious Technology Center, which licenses its use and use of the copyrighted works of Hubbard to the Church of Scientology. The Chu ...

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• Scientology - Beliefs and practices
• Scientology - Auditing
• Scientology - The ARC Triangle
• Scientology - The tone scale
• Scientology - Past lives
• Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident
• Scientology - Scientology and other religions
• Scientology - Origins
• Scientology - The Church of Scientology
• Scientology - Independent Scientology groups
• Scientology - Controversy and criticism
• Scientology - Official Status as a Religion
• Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry
• Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet
• Scientology - Scientology in popular culture
• Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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This is a list of television-related events in 1997. 1996 in film 1997 in film 1998 in film 1996 in home video 1997 in home video 1998 in home video 1996 in television 1997 in television 1998 in television 1997 in television - Events. January 1 - The U.S. television networks adopt ratings systems for their programming, similar to those used for motion ...

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• 1997 in television - Debuts
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• 1997 in television - Ending this year
• 1997 in television - Changes of Network Affiliation
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The Reverend Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is a minister, a political and civil rights activist and film actor. A Pentecostal, Sharpton was a major black presidential candidate, running for the Democratic Party nomination in 2004. Al Sharpton - Early years. Al Sharpton was born in 1954 to a middle class family in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a boxer and landlord. Until the age of ten, he lived a comfortable life in Queens. He preached his first sermon at the age of four, and ...

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• Al Sharpton - Assassination Attempt
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• Al Sharpton - Tawana Brawley
• Al Sharpton - Accusations of racism
• Al Sharpton - Freddie's Fashion Mart
• Al Sharpton - Alleged Drug Trafficking
• Al Sharpton - LoanMax Spokesman
• Al Sharpton - Celebrity status
• Al Sharpton - Quotes
• Al Sharpton - Works

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Randomness has many uses in gambling, divination, statistics, cryptography, art, etc. Note that these uses may have different requirements when it comes to statistical randomness or unpredictability, which in turn leads to different randomization methods. For example, applications in cryptography have strict requirements, whereas other uses (such as generating a "quote of the day") don't need more than "shallow" randomness. Applications of randomness - Early uses. Applications of randomness - ...

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• Applications of randomness - Games
• Applications of randomness - Divination
• Applications of randomness - Science
• Applications of randomness - Statistical sampling
• Applications of randomness - Analysis
• Applications of randomness - Simulation
• Applications of randomness - Cryptography
• Applications of randomness - Literature music and art
• Applications of randomness - Other uses

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Clerks. is a 1994 film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks and Jeff Anderson as Randal Graves. It presents a day in the lives of two shop clerks and their acquaintances. Clerks. - History. Clerks. was Smith's first film, and introduces several characters, notably Jay and Silent Bob, who reappear in his later films. The film is in black-and-white and roughly edited due to a budget of less than $30,000 (mainly consisting of credit cards, the worth of ...

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William Melvin Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994), better known as Bill Hicks was an American stand-up comedian, satirist, and social critic. Hicks is often compared to Lenny Bruce and Sam Kinison (the latter a contemporary and friend), and characterized his own performances as "Chomsky with dick jokes." [1] Bill Hicks - Early life. Born in Valdosta, Georgia, Bill was the son of Jim and Mary Hicks, and had two elder siblings, Steve and Lynn. The family lived in Florida, Alabama, and New ...

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• Bill Hicks - Early life
• Bill Hicks - 1980s
• Bill Hicks - 1990s
• Bill Hicks - Quotations
• Bill Hicks - Legacy
• Bill Hicks - Discography
• Bill Hicks - Audio
• Bill Hicks - Video

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August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. August 13 - Events. 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury corollation, the Maya calendar starts. 523 - John succeeds Hormisdas as Pope. 1099 - Paschal II elected Pope. 1315 - Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou. 1326 - Aradia de Toscano, according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult, subsequently founds th ...

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