Encyclopedia - Vaudeville: Encyclopedia - Vaudeville
Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. An evening's "bill" (or sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hello Nurse: Encyclopedia Ii - Hello Nurse - Vaudeville
"Hello, nurse!" was a popular catcall used during the heyday of vaudeville. One of many running gags used in many vaudeville shows was th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaudeville: Encyclopedia Ii - Vaudeville - History
Vaudeville - Origin. Though often confused with variety, its generically distinct predecessor (c. 1860s-1881), mature vaudeville distin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia - Accordion
An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1880: Encyclopedia - 1880
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Hall - Origins
Music Hall in London had its beginnings in the entertainments provided at summer fairs such as the Bartholomew Fair from the 17th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Female Singers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Female Singers - Pop
List of female singers - A-F. Paula Abdul Christina Aguilera Vanessa Amorosi Tori Amos Ann-Margret Fiona Apple Tina Arena Erykah Badu ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roaring Twenties: Encyclopedia Ii - Roaring Twenties - Economy Of The 1920s
The Roaring Twenties were traditionally viewed as an era of great economic prosperity driven by the introduction of a wide array of new c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whistling: Encyclopedia - Whistling
Whistling is the production of sound by means of a constant breath of air from the mouth. The air is moderated by the tongue, lips, teeth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery: Encyclopedia - Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virginia Mayo: Encyclopedia - Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo (November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American film actress. Born in St. Louis, Missouri as Virginia Clara Jones...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Effect: Encyclopedia - Sound Effect
For the album, see Sound Affects. Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comedy: Encyclopedia - Comedy
Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. A re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Variety: Encyclopedia - Variety
Variety. Variety (linguistics) is a concept that includes for instance dialects, standard language and jargon. Variety (biology) is a r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joke: Encyclopedia - Joke
A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the list...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Murray Singer: Encyclopedia - Billy Murray Singer
Billy Murray (25 May 1877 - 17 August 1954) was one of the most popular singers in the United States in the early decades of the 20th cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ziegfeld Follies: Encyclopedia - Ziegfeld Follies
The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. Inspired by t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Hall - History Of The Songs
The musical forms most associated with Music Hall evolved from traditional folk song, becoming by the 1850s a distinct musical style. Sub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Hall - Music Hall In Literature Drama And Screen
The Victorian era was celebrated by the 1944 film Champagne Charlie while J. B. Priestley's 1965 novel Lost Empires evokes the world of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Hall - The Two Eras
Music Hall entertainment is sometimes divided by era into Victorian Music Hall and Edwardian Music Hall. Toward the end of its heyday the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ventriloquism: Encyclopedia - Ventriloquism
Ventriloquism is an act of deception in which a person (ventriloquist) manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Hall - Surviving Music Halls
Many of the above buildings can be seen as part of the annual London Open House event. Outside London, music halls include the following ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Campbell California: Encyclopedia Ii - Campbell California - Housing And Businesses
There are few large shopping centers or business complexes in the city, as Campbell is primarily a suburban residential area. Fry's Elect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hersheypark: Encyclopedia Ii - Hersheypark - History
Milton S. Hershey, founder of the Hershey chocolate company, wanted to create a park for Hershey employees to relax when they weren't on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tap Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Tap Dance - Steps In Tap Dancing
The simplest step is the toe tap, using the ball of your foot to make a sound. The same sound can come from the heel, although often it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joke: Encyclopedia Ii - Joke - Types Of Jokes
Jokes often depend for humour on the unexpected, the mildly taboo (which can include the distasteful or socially improper), or the playin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Goldwyn: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Goldwyn - Biography
Born Schmuel Gelbfisz to a Polish Jewish family, at age 16 he left his native Warsaw penniless and on foot. He made his way to Birmingham...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Extraordinary Machine: Encyclopedia Ii - Extraordinary Machine - Background And Production
Following the tour of her 1999 album When the Pawn in 2000, Fiona Apple relocated to Los Angeles. "The first couple of years [after Pawn]...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Goldwyn: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Goldwyn - Biography
Born Schmuel Gelbfisz to a Polish Jewish family, at age 16 he left his native Warsaw penniless and on foot. He made his way to Birmingham...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantomime Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantomime Theatre - Today
Today British, pantomime is a popular form of theatre, incorporating song, dance, buffoonery, sexual innuendo and satire, traditionally p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ben Turpin: Encyclopedia Ii - Ben Turpin - Film
Ben Turpin first appeared on film in 1907 for Essanay Studios in Chicago in various small parts and comic bits; in addition to his on-scr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of People From New York State: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of People From New York State - Entertainment
List of people from New York State - Film/Theater. Woody Allen (1935-), actor, director and writer Frances Bavier (1902 - 1989), actre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - History
The accordion is one of several European inventions of the early 19th century that used free reeds driven by a bellows; notable among the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fatty Arbuckle: Encyclopedia Ii - Fatty Arbuckle - Scandal
At the height of his career, Arbuckle was under contract to Paramount Studios for $1 million a year, the first such official salary paid ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lindy Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Lindy Hop - History
Lindy Hop is a fusion of American dances that emerged in the late 1920s, and continues evolving today. In the 1920s and 1930s, ballrooms ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Film - History Of Film
Mechanisms for producing artificialy created, two-dimensional images in motion were demonstrated as early as the 1860's, including the zo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Juggling: Encyclopedia Ii - Juggling - Origins And History To 1947 A.d.
The act of juggling pre-dates any recorded history so the exact origins will never be known. The earliest known record of juggling, from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peoria Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Peoria Illinois - Famous Connections To Peoria
Peoria Illinois - People born or raised in Peoria. Bill Ballance, radio host Jack Brickhouse, announcer: voice of the Chicago Cubs Mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnny Carson: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnny Carson - The Tonight Show
Carson became the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in October 1962. His co-host was Ed McMahon throughout his entire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrew Marshall Writer: Encyclopedia Ii - Andrew Marshall Writer - Career
Born in Lowestoft, he passed the eleven plus exam somewhat early, due to being placed in a school year several years ahead of his age and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bevo Mascot: Encyclopedia Ii - Bevo Mascot - History
The idea to use a live longhorn as the university's mascot is attributed to UT alumnus Stephen Pinckney in 1916. Pinckney gathered $124 f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Aristocrats: Encyclopedia Ii - The Aristocrats - The Joke
The Aristocrats - Three parts. This joke almost always has these elements — alternate versions may change this form, but such version...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tin Pan Alley: Encyclopedia Ii - Tin Pan Alley - Origins
In the mid 19th century copyright control on melodies was poorly regulated in the United States, and many competing publishers would ofte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Film Industry: Encyclopedia Ii - Film Industry - History Of Film
Mechanisms for producing artificialy created, two-dimensional images in motion were demonstrated as early as the 1860's, including the zo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edison Records: Encyclopedia Ii - Edison Records - Mass Produced Cylinders
A notable technological triumph of the Edison Laboratories was devising a method to mass produce pre-recorded phonograph cylinders in mol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Film Industry: Encyclopedia Ii - Film Industry - History Of Film
Mechanisms for producing artificialy created, two-dimensional images in motion were demonstrated as early as the 1860's, including the zo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Effect: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Effect - Recording Effects
The best sound effects originate from original sources; the best sounds of machine-gun fire are original recordings of actual machine gun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Editor: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Editor - History
Sound editor - Early Talkies. The first sound process to substantially displace silent films in the moviegoing market was the Vitaphone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - History
The accordion is one of several European inventions of the early 19th century that used free reeds driven by a bellows; notable among the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Original Dixieland Jass Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Original Dixieland Jass Band - Later History Of The Band
After their initial recording for Victor, they recorded for Columbia (after the first Victor session, not before as has sometimes been sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1880: Encyclopedia Ii - 1880 - Events
1880 - May - August. May 13 - In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. June 29 - Fran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom Waits: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom Waits - Early Career
Born in Pomona, California to parents of Scottish, Irish, and Norwegian descent, Tom Waits began his recording career in 1971, after he r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery: Encyclopedia Ii - Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery - List
(Note this is a partial list.) Use the following alphabetical links to find someone. Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milledgeville Georgia: Encyclopedia Ii - Milledgeville Georgia - History
Milledgeville was named after Georgia governor John Milledge, and was laid out at the start of the 19th century to be the new centrally l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huntington West Virginia: Encyclopedia Ii - Huntington West Virginia - Features / Points Of Interest
As a well-planned small city, Huntington fills the roughly three-mile wide flood plain of the Ohio River for sixty blocks and beyond this...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Comedy - Derivation
The word "comedy" is derived from the Greek κωμοιδια, which is a compound either of κωμος (revel) and ωιδος (singer), o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joke: Encyclopedia Ii - Joke - Types Of Jokes
Jokes often depend for humour on the unexpected, the mildly taboo (which can include the distasteful or socially improper), or the playin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lou Costello: Encyclopedia Ii - Lou Costello - Hollywood
In 1938 they received national exposure for the first time by performing on the Kate Smith radio show, which led to the duo signing with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theater In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Theater In The United States - History
Theater in the United States - Early history. The birth of professional theater in America is usually thought to have begun with the Le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lon Chaney Sr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Lon Chaney Sr. - Biography
Lon Chaney was born Leonidas Frank Chaney in Colorado Springs, Colorado to deaf parents Frank Chaney (who was of English and French desce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Aristocrats: Encyclopedia Ii - The Aristocrats - Early References
The Aristocrats appears on page 987 of Gershon Legman's Rationale of the Dirty Joke, Vol. 2, published in 1975 [1]. Legman retells the jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roaring Twenties: Encyclopedia Ii - Roaring Twenties - End Of The Roaring Twenties
Roaring Twenties - Black Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Stock Index had continued its upward move for weeks, and coupled with height...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom Waits: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom Waits - Discography
Tom Waits - Major releases. Tom Waits - Collections. 1983 Anthology of Tom Waits (Elektra) 1984 The Asylum Years 1991 The Early Year...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roaring Twenties: Encyclopedia Ii - Roaring Twenties - American Politics During The Roaring Twenties
Roaring Twenties - Warren G. Harding. Warren G. Harding ran on a promise to "Return to Normalcy", a term he coined, which reflected thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roaring Twenties: Encyclopedia Ii - Roaring Twenties - Life During The Roaring Twenties
Roaring Twenties - Immigration laws. The United States, and to a lesser degree Canada, became more isolationist during the Roaring Twen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fatty Arbuckle: Encyclopedia Ii - Fatty Arbuckle - Size And Skill
Despite his size, Arbuckle was physically adept and surprisingly agile. His comedies are known for being rollicking, fast-paced, full of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roaring Twenties: Encyclopedia Ii - Roaring Twenties - Culture Of The Roaring Twenties
Roaring Twenties - The Lost Generation. The Lost Generation were young people who came out of World War I disillusioned and cynical abo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tap Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - Tap Dance - History
Tap dance began in the 1830s in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City as a fusion of the African Shuffle and Irish, Scottish, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Campbell California: Encyclopedia Ii - Campbell California - History
Campbell was founded by Benjamin Campbell, after whom the city was named. He came to California in 1846 with his father, William Campbell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Juggling: Encyclopedia Ii - Juggling - Professional Performers
During the early growth of movies, radio and television, juggling, as a form of popular entertainment, suffered more than other variety a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milledgeville Georgia: Encyclopedia Ii - Milledgeville Georgia - Geography
Milledgeville is located at 33°5'16" North, 83°14'0" West (33.087755, -83.233401)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Juggling: Encyclopedia Ii - Juggling - Juggling World Records
Juggling - Solo Records. Currently, juggling world records are tracked by the Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Jugglin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Juggling: Encyclopedia Ii - Juggling - Popular Forms Of Juggling
Juggling - Solo Juggling. Most jugglers concentrate on three main props. These are balls, clubs and rings. Many of the same tricks and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huntington West Virginia: Encyclopedia Ii - Huntington West Virginia - History
The city was named for Collis P. Huntington, who founded it in 1870 as a headquarters for his Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Huntington was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huntington West Virginia: Encyclopedia Ii - Huntington West Virginia - Demographics
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 46.6 km² (18.0 mi²). 41.2 km² (15.9 mi²) of it is land and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Film Industry: Encyclopedia Ii - Film Industry - Stages Of Filmmaking
The nature of the film determines the size and type of crew required during filmmaking. Many Hollywood adventure films need computer gene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Film Industry: Encyclopedia Ii - Film Industry - Independent Filmmaking
Filmmaking also takes place outside of the Hollywood studio system, and is commonly called independent filmmaking. An independent film (o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tin Pan Alley: Encyclopedia Ii - Tin Pan Alley - Prime
The music houses in lower Manhattan were lively places, with a steady stream of songwriters, Vaudeville and Broadway performers, musician...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tin Pan Alley: Encyclopedia Ii - Tin Pan Alley - Influence On Law And Business
A group of Tin Pan Alley music houses formed the Music Publishers Association of the United States on June 11, 1895, and successfully lob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Editor: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Editor - Techniques
Sound editor - Equipment. The essential piece of equipment used in modern sound editing is the digital audio workstation, or DAW. A DAW...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Original Dixieland Jass Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Original Dixieland Jass Band - The First Recordings
While a couple of other New Orleans bands had passed through New York City slightly earlier, they were part of Vaudeville acts. The O.D.J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Film Industry: Encyclopedia Ii - Film Industry - Animation
Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photogr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Original Dixieland Jass Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Original Dixieland Jass Band - Origins Of The Original Dixieland Jass Band
In early 1916 a promoter from Chicago, Illinois aproached clarinetist Alcide Nunez and drummer Johnny Stein about bringing a New Orleans ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Extraordinary Machine: Encyclopedia Ii - Extraordinary Machine - Track Listing
All tracks composed by Fiona Apple. ... See also:Extraordinary Machine, Extraordinary Machine - Background and production, Extraord...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Extraordinary Machine: Encyclopedia Ii - Extraordinary Machine - Reception
The album received arguably the most positive reaction from critics Apple had ever received, and the album was placed as the #1 album of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Free Bass Systems
There are various free bass systems in use; most consist of a rotated version or mirror image of one of the melody layouts used in chroma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Related Instruments
Accordion - Squeezeboxes. Concertina Bandoneon Flutina Accordion - Other free-reeds. Harmonica Harmonium Melodica Sheng Khene ....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Stradella Bass System
The Stradella Bass System uses rows of buttons arranged in a circle of fifths; this places the principal major chords of a key in three a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Button Accordions
On button accordions the melody-side keyboard consists of a series of buttons (rather than piano-style keys.) There exists a wide variati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Physical Description
Modern accordions consists of a body in two parts, each generally rectangular in shape, separated by a bellows. On each part of the body ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Piano Accordions
The piano accordion is the instrument most often indicated by the term "accordion", but it is one of the most recent inventions among acc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Free Bass Systems
There are various free bass systems in use; most consist of a rotated version or mirror image of one of the melody layouts used in chroma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Campbell California: Encyclopedia Ii - Campbell California - Geography
Campbell is located at 37°17'2" North, 121°57'18" West (37.283909, -121.955026)GR1. It is bordered on the east and north by San Jose an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Extraordinary Machine: Encyclopedia Ii - Extraordinary Machine - Delays And Leaked Tracks
In late June 2004, the song "Extraordinary" – which had since been retitled as the title track – was leaked onto the internet. Soon a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Extraordinary Machine: Encyclopedia Ii - Extraordinary Machine - Re-recording And Release
Entertainment Weekly reported in its June 24, 2005 issue that Apple was preparing work on a "second third" album with producer Brian Kehe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joke: Encyclopedia Ii - Joke - Psychology Of Jokes
Why we laugh has been the subject of serious academic study, examples being: Sigmund Freud's "Jokes and Their Relationship to the Uncons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Campbell California: Encyclopedia Ii - Campbell California - Layout
Campbell is situated in the southern portion of the Santa Clara Valley, with Highway 17 passing through eastern Campbell and California S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Campbell California: Encyclopedia Ii - Campbell California - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 38,138 people, 15,920 households, and 9,122 families residing in the city. The population density ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom Waits: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom Waits - Lawsuits
Waits has steadfastly refused to allow the use of his songs in commercials and has criticized other artists who do. ("If Michael Jackson ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fatty Arbuckle: Encyclopedia Ii - Fatty Arbuckle - Late Career
Arbuckle tried to return to moviemaking, but the ban on his pictures came too soon after his acquittal to allow for that, and he retreate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantomime Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantomime Theatre - Origin
In both style and content, modern panto has very clear and strong links with Commedia dell'arte — a form of popular theatre that arose ...   » Read the article