document_title: International Tennis Hall of Fame

question_text: who is being inducted into the tennis hall of fame this year

text: International Tennis Hall of Fame

text: History[edit]

text: The hall of fame and museum are located in the Newport Casino, which was commissioned in 1879 by James Gordon Bennett, Jr. as an exclusive resort for wealthy Newport summer residents, and was designed by Charles McKim along with Stanford White, who did the interiors. In 1881, the Real Tennis Court (housing the National Tennis Club) and the Casino Theatre were constructed at the east end of the campus. The club was opened on July 1, 1880 after just a six month construction period and quickly became a fashionable venue for Newport Summer residents. The United States Lawn Tennis Association had held its first championships at the Newport Casino in 1881, an event that would continue through 1914, by which time tennis had become the key attraction at the resort.

text: However, by the 1950s, the retreat was struggling financially and was in danger of being demolished for modern retail space, but the building was purchased and saved by Jimmy Van Alen, a wealthy Newport summer resident and sportsman, and his wife Candy. In 1954, Jimmy Van Alen established the Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum in the Casino.[1][2] The combination of tennis matches and the museum allowed the building to be saved. It is an example of Victorian Shingle Style architecture.[3]

text: Van Alen intended the facility to be "a shrine to the ideals of the game", and was elected president of the hall in 1957.[2] The International Tennis Hall of Fame was officially sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association on its foundation in 1954, and recognized by the International Tennis Federation in 1986. The first Hall of Fame members were inducted in 1955; as of 2017, there are 252 inductees from 23 countries[4].

text: Martina Hingis became the first Global Ambassador for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2015.[5]

text: The current Board of Governors includes former professional tennis players Todd Martin, Stan Smith and Katrina Adams.[6]

text: Collection[edit]

text: The museum houses a vast collection of artifacts and memorabilia – including videos, photographs, audio recordings, tennis equipment and apparel, trophies, and art – highlighting the history of tennis from its origins up through the modern era. The collection is displayed year-round in the museum's 13,000 square feet (1,200 m2) of exhibit space.[7]

text: Awards[edit]

text:
Chairman's Award
Davis Cup Award of Excellence
Eugene L. Scott Award
Fed Cup Award of Excellence
Golden Achievement Award
Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Award
Samuel Hardy Award
Tennis Educational Merit Award

text: Hall of Fame Tennis Championships[edit]

text: The Hall of Fame hosts several tournaments, including the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. Part of the men's ATP World Tour, the tournament is the only grass court event in North America. Top male players come to Newport directly from Wimbledon to compete for the Van Alen Cup at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Past champions include Americans John Isner, and Mardy Fish, as well as two-time champion Fabrice Santoro of France.

text: Members[edit]

text: Player category[edit]

text:
Name
Nationality
Category
Year inducted
Ref

Agassi, Andre
United States
Recent Player
2011
[10]

Akhurst, Daphne
Australia
Master Player
2013
[11]

Anderson, James
Australia
Master Player
2013
[12]

Alexander, Frederick "Fred"
United States
Player
1961
[13]

Allison, Wilmer
United States
Player
1963
[14]

Alonso, Manuel
Spain
Master Player
1977
[15]

Anderson, Malcolm
Australia
Master Player
2000
[16]

Ashe, Arthur
United States
Recent Player
1985
[17]

Atkinson, Juliette
United States
Player
1974
[18]

Austin, Henry "Bunny"
Great Britain
Master Player
1997
[19]

Austin, Tracy
United States
Recent Player
1992
[20]

Baddeley, Wilfred
Great Britain
Master Player
2013
[21]

Barger-Wallach, Maud
United States
Player
1958
[22]

Becker, Boris
Germany
Recent Player
2003
[23]

Behr, Karl
United States
Player
1969
[24]

Betz Addie, Pauline
United States
Player
1965
[25]

Bingley Hillyard, Blanche
Great Britain
Master Player
2013
[26]

Bjurstedt Mallory, Molla
Norway/United States
Player
1958
[27]

Borg, Björn
Sweden
Recent Player
1987
[28]

Borotra, Jean
France
Master Player
1976
[29]

Bromwich, John
Australia
Master Player
1984
[30]

Brookes, Norman
Australia
Master Player
1977
[31]

Brough Clapp, Louise
United States
Player
1967
[32]

Browne, Mary K.
United States
Player
1957
[33]

Brugnon, Jacques
France
Master Player
1976
[34]

Budge, John Donald "Don"
United States
Player
1964
[35]

Bueno, Maria Esther
Brazil
Recent Player
1978
[36]

Bundy Cheney, Dorothy
United States
Master Player
2004
[37]

Cahill, Mabel
Ireland
Player
1976
[38]

Campbell, Oliver
United States
Player
1955
[39]

Capriati, Jennifer
United States
Recent Player
2012
[40]

Casals, Rosemary
United States
Recent Player
1996
[41]

Chance, Malcolm
United States
Player
1961
[42]

Chang, Michael
United States
Recent Player
2008
[43]

Clark, Clarence
United States
Master Player
1983
[44]

Clark, Joseph
United States
Player
1955
[45]

Clijsters, Kim
Belgium
Recent Player
2017
[46]

Clothier, William
United States
Player
1956
[47]

Cochet, Henri
France
Master Player
1976
[48]

Connolly Brinker, Maureen
United States
Player
1968
[49]

Connors, James "Jimmy"
United States
Recent Player
1998
[50]

Cooper, Ashley
Australia
Master Player
1991
[51]

Cooper Sterry, Charlotte
Great Britain
Master Player
2013
[52]

Courier, Jim
United States
Recent Player
2005
[53]

Coyne Long, Thelma
Australia
Master Player
2013
[54]

Crawford, Jack
Australia
Master Player
1979
[55]

Davenport, Lindsay
United States
Recent Player
2014
[56]

Davidson, Owen
Australia
Master Player
2010
[57]

Davidson, Sven
Sweden
Master Player
2007
[58]

Davis, Dwight F.
United States
Player
1956
[59]

Dod, Charlotte "Lottie"
Great Britain
Player
1983
[60]

Doeg, John
United States
Player
1962
[61]

Doherty, Laurence
Great Britain
Player
1980
[62]

Doherty, Reginald
Great Britain
Player
1980
[63]

Douglass Chambers, Dorothea
Great Britain
Player
1981
[64]

Drobný, Jaroslav
Egypt
Master Player
1983
[65]

Dürr, Françoise
France
Master Player
2003
[66]

Dwight, James
United States
Player
1955
[67]

Edberg, Stefan
Sweden
Recent Player
2004
[68]

Emerson, Roy
Australia
Recent Player
1982
[69]

Etchebaster, Pierre
France
Court Tennis Player
1978
[70]

Evert, Christine "Chris"
United States
Recent Player
1995
[71]

Falkenburg, Robert "Bob"
United States/Brazil
Player
1974
[72]

Fernández, Beatriz "Gigi"
United States (Puerto Rico)
Recent Player
2010
[73]

Fraser, Neale
Australia
Master Player
1984
[74]

Fry-Irvin, Shirley
United States
Player
1970
[75]

Garland, Chuck
United States
Master Player
1969
[76]

Gibson, Althea
United States
Player
1971
[77]

Gimeno, Andres
Spain
Master Player
2009
[78]

Gonzalez, Richard "Pancho"
United States
Player
1968
[79]

Goolagong Cawley, Evonne
Australia
Recent Player
1988
[80]

Gore, Arthur
Great Britain
Master Player
2006
[81]

Graf, Stefanie "Steffi"
Germany
Recent Player
2004
[82]

Grant, Bryan "Bitsy"
United States
Master Player
1972
[83]

Hackett, Harold
United States
Player
1961
[84]

Hall, David
Australia
Recent Player
2015
[85]

Hansell, Ellen
United States
Player
1965
[86]

Hard, Darlene
United States
Player
1973
[87]

Hart, Doris
United States
Player
1969
[88]

Haydon Jones, Ann
Great Britain
Player
1985
[89]

Henin, Justine
Belgium
Recent Player
2016
[90]

Hingis, Martina
Switzerland
Recent Player
2013
[91]

Hoad, Lewis "Lew"
Australia
Master Player
1980
[92]

Hopman, Harry
Australia
Master Player
1978
[93]

Hotchkiss Wightman, Hazel
United States
Player
1957
[94]

Hovey, Frederick
United States
Master Player
1974
[95]

Hunt, Joseph "Joe"
United States
Player
1966
[96]

Hunter, Frank
United States
Player
1961
[97]

Hull Jacobs, Helen
United States
Player
1962
[98]

Johnston, William "Bill"
United States
Player
1958
[99]

Jones Farquhar, Marion
United States
Master Player
2006
[100]

King, Billie Jean Moffitt
United States
Recent Player
1987
[101]

Kalkman-Van Den Bosch, Monique
Netherlands
Recent Player
2017
[102]

Kodeš, Jan
Czechoslovakia
Recent Player
1990
[103]

Koželuh, Karel
Czechoslovakia
Master Player
2006
[104]

Krahwinkel Sperling, Hilde
Germany/Denmark
Master Player
2013
[105]

Kramer, John Albert "Jack"
United States
Player
1968
[106]

Kuerten, Gustavo "Guga"
Brazil
Recent Player
2012
[107]

Lacoste, René
France
Master Player
1976
[108]

Larned, William "Bill"
United States
Player
1956
[109]

Larsen, Arthur "Art"
United States
Player
1969
[110]

Laver, Rodney "Rod"
Australia
Recent Player
1981
[111]

Lawford, Herbert
Great Britain
Master Player
2006
[112]

Lendl, Ivan
Czechoslovakia/United States
Recent Player
2001
[113]

Lenglen, Suzanne
France
Master Player
1978
[114]

Lott, George
United States
Player
1964
[115]

Mako, Constantine "Gene"
United States
Master Player
1973
[116]

Mandlíková, Hana
Czechoslovakia/Australia
Recent Player
1994
[117]

Marble, Alice
United States
Player
1964
[118]

Mathieu, Simonne
France
Master Player
2006
[119]

Mauresmo, Amélie
France
Recent Player
2015
[120]

McEnroe, John
United States
Recent Player
1999
[121]

McGregor, Kenneth "Ken"
Australia
Master Player
1999
[122]

McKane Godfree, Kathleen "Kitty"
Great Britain
Master Player
1978
[123]

McKinley, Charles Robert "Chuck"
United States
Recent Player
1986
[124]

McLoughlin, Maurice
United States
Player
1957
[125]

McMillan, Frew
South Africa
Recent Player
1992
[126]

McNeill, Don
United States
Recent Player
1965
[127]

Moore, Elisabeth
United States
Master Player
1971
[128]

Mortimer Barrett, Angela
Great Britain
Master Player
1993
[129]

Mulloy, Gardnar
United States
Recent Player
1972
[130]

Murray, R. Lindley
United States
Master Player
1958
[131]

Năstase, Ilie
Romania
Recent Player
1991
[132]

Navratilova, Martina
Czechoslovakia/United States
Recent Player
2000
[133]

Newcombe, John
Australia
Recent Player
1986
[134]

Noah, Yannick
France
Recent Player
2005
[135]

Novotná, Jana
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
Recent Player
2005
[136]

Nüsslein, Hans
Germany
Master Player
2006
[137]

Nuthall Shoemaker, Betty
Great Britain
Master Player
1977
[138]

Olmedo, Alex
Peru/United States
Master Player
1987
[139]

Orantes, Manuel
Spain
Master Player
2012
[140]

Osborne duPont, Margaret
United States
Recent Player
1967
[141]

Osuna, Rafael
Mexico
Recent Player
1979
[142]

Palfrey Danzig, Sarah
United States
Player
1963
[143]

Parker, Frank
United States
Player
1966
[144]

Patterson, Gerald
Australia
Master Player
1989
[145]

Patty, John Edward "Budge"
United States
Recent Player
1977
[146]

Pell, Theodore
United States
Master Player
1966
[147]

Perry, Frederick "Fred"
Great Britain
Master Player
1975
[148]

Pettitt, Tom
Great Britain
Court Tennis Player
1982
[149]

Pietrangeli, Nicola
Italy
Recent Player
1986
[150]

Quist, Adrian
Australia
Master Player
1984
[151]

Rafter, Patrick "Pat"
Australia
Recent Player
2006
[152]

Ralston, Dennis
United States
Recent Player
1987
[153]

Renshaw, Ernest
Great Britain
Master Player
1983
[154]

Renshaw, William
Great Britain
Master Player
1983
[155]

Richards, Vincent
United States
Player
1961
[156]

Richey, Nancy
United States
Master Player
2003
[157]

Riggs, Robert "Bobby"
United States
Player
1967
[158]

Roche, Anthony "Tony"
Australia
Recent Player
1986
[159]

Roddick, Andy
United States
Recent Player
2017
[160]

Roosevelt, Ellen
United States
Master Player
1975
[161]

Rose, Mervyn
Australia
Master Player
2001
[162]

Rosewall, Kenneth "Ken"
Australia
Recent Player
1980
[163]

Round Little, Dorothy
Great Britain
Master Player
1986
[164]

Ryan, Elizabeth
United States
Master Player
1972
[165]

Sabatini, Gabriela
Argentina
Recent Player
2006
[166]

Safin, Marat
Russia
Recent Player
2016
[167]

Sampras, Pete
United States
Recent Player
2007
[168]

Sánchez Vicario, Arantxa
Spain
Recent Player
2007
[169]

Santana, Manuel
Spain
Recent Player
1984
[170]

Savitt, Richard "Dick"
United States
Recent Player
1976
[171]

Schroeder, Frederick "Ted"
United States
Player
1966
[172]

Sears, Eleonora
United States
Master Player
1968
[173]

Sears, Richard
United States
Player
1955
[174]

Sedgman, Frank
Australia
Master Player
1979
[175]

Segura, Pancho
Ecuador
Master Player
1984
[176]

Seixas, Elias Victor "Vic"
United States
Recent Player
1971
[177]

Seles, Monica
Yugoslavia/United States
Recent Player
2009
[178]

Shields, Frank
United States
Player
1964
[179]

Shriver, Pamela "Pam"
United States
Recent Player
2002
[180]

Slocum, Henry
United States
Player
1955
[181]

Smith, Stanley "Stan"
United States
Recent Player
1987
[182]

Smith Court, Margaret
Australia
Recent Player
1979
[183]

Snow, Randy
United States
Recent Player
2012
[184]

Stich, Michael
Germany
Recent Player
2018
[185]

Stolle, Frederick "Fred"
Australia
Recent Player
1985
[186]

Suková, Helena
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
Recent Player
2018
[187]

Sutton Bundy, May
United States
Player
1956
[188]

Talbert, William "Bill"
United States
Player
1967
[189]

Tilden, William "Bill"
United States
Player
1959
[190]

Townsend Toulmin, Bertha
United States
Master Player
1974
[191]

Trabert, Anthony "Tony"
United States
Recent Player
1970
[192]

Turner Bowrey, Lesley
Australia
Master Player
1997
[193]

Van Ryn, John
United States
Player
1963
[194]

Vandierendonck, Chantal
Netherlands
Recent Player
2014
[195]

Vilas, Guillermo
Argentina
Recent Player
1991
[196]

Vines, Henry Ellsworth
United States
Player
1962
[197]

von Cramm, Gottfried
Germany
Master Player
1977
[198]

Wade, Virginia
Great Britain
Recent Player
1989
[199]

Wagner, Marie
United States
Master Player
1969
[200]

Ward, Holcombe
United States
Player
1956
[201]

Washburn, Watson
United States
Player
1965
[202]

Whitman, Malcolm
United States
Player
1955
[203]

Wilander, Mats
Sweden
Recent Player
2002
[204]

Wilding, Anthony "Tony"
New Zealand
Master Player
1978
[205]

Williams, Richard
United States
Player
1957
[206]

Wills Moody Roark, Helen
United States
Player
1959
[207]

Wood, Sidney
United States
Player
1964
[208]

Woodbridge, Todd
Australia
Recent Player
2010
[209]

Woodforde, Mark
Australia
Recent Player
2010
[210]

Wrenn, Robert "Bob"
United States
Player
1955
[211]

Wright, Beals
United States
Player
1956
[212]

Wynne Bolton, Nancye
Australia
Master Player
2006
[213]

Zvereva, Natalya "Natasha"
Belarus
Recent Player
2010
[214]

text: note -  Bob Hewitt of South Africa was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1992, but he was suspended indefinitely in 2012 and expelled from the Hall in 2016 after being convicted of child sexual offences.[215][216]

text: Contributor category[edit]

text:
Name
Life span
Nationality
Year inducted
Ref

Adams, Russ
1930–2017
United States
2007
[217]

Adee, George
1874–1948
United States
1964
[218]

Baker, Lawrence
1890–1980
United States
1975
[219]

Barrett, John
1931–
Great Britain
2014
[220]

Bollettieri, Nick
1931–
United States
2014
[221]

Braden, Vic
1929–2014
United States
2017
[222]

Brown Grimes, Jane
1941–
United States
2014
[223]

Buchholz, Jr., Earl
1940–
United States
2005
[224]

Chatrier, Philippe
1926–2000
France
1992
[225]

Clerici, Gianni
1930–
Italy
2006
[226]

Collins, Arthur "Bud"
1929–2016
United States
1994
[227]

Cullman III, Joseph
1912–2004
United States
1990
[228]

Danzig, Allison
1898–1987
United States
1968
[229]

Davies, Michael
1936–
Wales
2012
[230]

David, Herman
1905–1974
Great Britain
1998
[231]

Dell, Donald
1937–
United States
2009
[232]

Drysdale, Cliff
1941–
South Africa
2013
[233]

Flink, Steve
1952–
United States
2017
[234]

Gray, David
1927–1983
Great Britain
1985
[235]

Griffin, Clarence
1888–1973
United States
1970
[236]

Gustav V of Sweden
1858–1950
Sweden
1980
[237]

Hardwick, Derek
1921–1987
Great Britain
2010
[238]

Heldman, Gladys
1922–2003
United States
1979
[239]

Hester, William
1912–1993
United States
1981
[240]

Hunt, Lamar
1932–2006
United States
1993
[241]

Jeffett, Nancy
1928–2017
United States
2015
[242]

Johnson, Robert
1899–1971
United States
2009
[243]

Jones, Perry
1890–1970
United States
1970
[244]

Kelleher, Robert
1913–2012
United States
2000
[245]

Kellmeyer, Fern "Peachy"
1944–
United States
2011
[246]

Laney, Al
1895–1988
United States
1979
[247]

Martin, Alastair
1915–2010
United States
1973
[248]

Maskell, Dan
1908–1992
Great Britain
1996
[249]

McChesney Martin, William
1906–1998
United States
1982
[250]

McCormack, Mark
1930–2003
United States
2008
[251]

Myrick, Julian
1880–1969
United States
1963
[252]

Nielsen, Arthur
1923–1980
United States
1971
[253]

Outerbridge, Mary
1852–1886
United States
1979
[254]

Parks, Brad
1957–
United States
2010
[255]

Pasarell, Charlie
1944–
United States
2013
[256]

Scott, Eugene "Gene"
1937–2006
United States
2008
[257]

Tingay, Lance
1915–1990
Great Britain
1982
[258]

Tinling, Ted
1910–1990
Great Britain
1986
[259]

Ţiriac, Ion
1939–
Romania
2013
[260]

Tobin, Brian
1930–
Australia
2003
[261]

Van Alen, James
1902–1991
United States
1965
[262]

Wingfield, Walter Clopton
1833–1912
Great Britain
1997
[263]

text: Global Ambassador category[edit]

text:
Name
Nationality
Year appointed
Ref

Hingis, Martina
Switzerland
2015
[264]

Kuerten, Gustavo
Brazil
2016
[265]

text: Nationalities[edit]

text:
Country

# of members

 United States

134

 Australia

32

 Great Britain

29

 France

11

 Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic

6

 Sweden

5

 Spain

 Germany

 Netherlands

3

 Argentina

2

 Belgium

 Brazil

 Italy

 South Africa

 Romania

 Belarus

1

 Ecuador

 Egypt

 Ireland

 Mexico

 New Zealand

 Norway

 Peru

 Puerto Rico

  Switzerland

//Yugoslavia


document_title: Longest NCAA Division I football winning streaks

question_text: who has the longest winning streak in college football

root

text: In American college football the longest NCAA Division I winning streak is held by the University of Oklahoma Sooners, who won 47 consecutive games between 1953 and 1957. The longest FCS winning streak is held by the North Dakota State Bison who won 33 consecutive games between 2012 and 2014.

tag: p

text: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision

text: The following is a list of the longest winning streaks in NCAA Division I FBS of 25 games or more through the 2017 season.[1]

text:
#

Team

Streak

Spoiler

Seasons

1.
Oklahoma
47
Notre Dame
1953–1957

2.
Washington^
40
Oregon State†
1908–1914

3.
Yale
37
Princeton
1887–1889

Yale
37
Princeton
1890–1893

5.
Toledo
35
Tampa
1969–1971

6.
Penn
34
Lafayette
1894–1896

Miami (FL)
34
Ohio State‡
2000–2003

8.
Penn
31
Harvard
1896–1898

Pittsburgh
31
Cleveland Naval Reserve
1914–1918

Oklahoma
31
Kentucky‡
1948–1950

11.
Texas
30
Notre Dame‡
1968–1970

12.
Michigan
29
Minnesota†
1901–1903

Miami (FL)
29
Alabama‡
1990–1993

Florida State
29
Oregon‡
2012–2014

15.
Michigan State
28
Purdue
1950–1953

Oklahoma
28
Kansas
1973–1975

Alabama
28
Mississippi State
1978–1980

18.
Michigan
26
Chicago
1903–1905

Cornell
26
Williams
1921–1924

Nebraska
26
Arizona State
1994–1996

Alabama
26
Clemson#
2015–2016

22.
USC
25
Oregon State†
1931–1933

Army
25
Notre Dame†
1944–1946

Michigan
25
Army
1946–1949

San Diego State
25
Utah State
1965–1967

BYU
25
UCLA
1983–1985

tag: table

text:
^ Streak was part of Division I's longest unbeaten streak of 64 games (60–0–4) between 1907 and 1917.[2][3]
† Indicates a streak ended by a tie.
‡ Indicates a streak ended in a bowl game.
# Indicates a streak ended in CFP National Championship.

text: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision

text: The following is a list of the longest winning streaks in NCAA Division I FCS through the 2016 season. Only schools that have been FCS members for five years are eligible for inclusion.[4]

text:
#

Teams

Streak

Spoiler

Season(s)

1.
North Dakota State
33
Northern Iowa
2012–2014

2.
James Madison
26
North Dakota State
2016–2017

3.

Penn
24
Columbia
1992–1995

Montana
24
Eastern Washington
2001–2002

4.
Harvard
22
Penn
2013–2015

5.

Montana
21
Marshall
1995–1996

Colgate
21
Delaware
2002–2003

7.

Holy Cross
20
Army
1990–1992

Dayton
20
Cal Poly
1996–1997

9.
Duquesne
19
Robert Morris
1995–1996

10.

Eastern Kentucky
18
Western Kentucky†
1982–1983

Davidson
18
Jacksonville
1999–2001

San Diego
18
UC Davis
2005–2006

13.

Robert Morris
17
Buffalo
1999–2000

Penn
17
Villanova
2002–2004

Appalachian State
17
Wofford
2006–2007

Richmond
17
Villanova
2008–2009

17.

Georgia Southern
16
Middle Tennessee
1989–1990

Sam Houston State
16
North Dakota State
2010–2011

19.

Marshall
15
moved to FBS
1996

Dartmouth
15
Lehigh
1996–1997

21

Delaware

14

Lehigh

1979–1980

Youngstown State

14

Kent State

1994

Georgia Southern

14

Massachusetts

1998

Charleston Southern

14

Liberty

2005–2006

Montana

14

Villanova

2009

North Dakota State

14

South Dakota St.

2015–2016

text: † Indicates a tie ended the winning streak.


document_title: Major (musician)

question_text: who sings the song this is why i love you

text: Major (musician)

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text:
MAJOR.

Background information

Birth name
Major R. Johnson Finley

Born
(1984-03-10) March 10, 1984 (age 34)
Denton, Texas, U.S.

Genres

Soul
Pop
R&B

Occupation(s)

singer-songwriter
actor
vocal producer
stage performance coach

Instruments
Vocals

Years active
1995–present

Labels
Independent BOE Music Group

Associated acts

Major Crooner
Major Choirboy
Sounds of Creation

Website
www.nowthatsmajor.com

text: Major R. Johnson Finley (born March 10, 1984), professionally known by his stage name Major (stylized: MAJOR.), is an American pop soul musician, singer-songwriter, actor, vocal producer, and stage performance coach.

text: Early life[edit]

text: Born in Denton, Texas and raised in Houston, Texas, in a blended-family household of 10 siblings (13 total), MAJOR. began making music at a young age and performed in various musical venues in his hometown and abroad throughout his childhood. He graduated from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, received intensive classical training from Professor Steve Smith of The Juilliard School and Houston Grand Opera High School Voice Studio. He then attended the Berklee College of Music,[1] serving as Student Body President, and after graduating, moved to Los Angeles to pursue an entertainment career.

text: Career[edit]

text: After parting ways with Malibu-based Star Club Entertainment where he generated viral success via YouTube, MAJOR. then entered a production/recording relationship with B.O.E. Music Group in partnership with UK producer Harmony Samuels in early 2014. MAJOR. attributes finding his truest sound to his musical partnership with Samuels.[2]

text: MAJOR. is highly regarded for his powerful live show experiences including 2 sold-out shows at the historic Troubadour (Santa Monica), World Arts (Culver City), Hotel Cafe (Hollywood), Barclays Arena (Brooklyn).[3]

text: MAJOR. has released an EP (i am MAJOR.) which features 2 singles and 2 music videos: "Why I Love You"[4] and "Keep On",[2] with over 20 million combined views on YouTube.[5] Stevie Wonder described "Why I Love You" as "the wedding song of the year".[6] The song has also reached Top 5 on the Adult R&B Billboard charts.[7]

text: Freelance journalist, Billy Johnson, Jr., credited MAJOR. as being the "Hope-Dealer" of mainstream music in a Yahoo! Music article feature published in 2015.[1]


question_text: what we've got here is failure to communicate guns and roses

question_tokens: what we 've got here is failure to communicate guns and roses

text:
"What we've got here is failure to communicate"

The Captain (Strother Martin) delivers the quote.

Character
The Captain
Luke

Actor
Strother Martin
Paul Newman

First used in
Cool Hand Luke

Voted No. 11 in AFI's 100 Movie Quotes poll

text: The phrase "What we've got here is failure to communicate"[1] is a quotation from the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, spoken in the movie first by Strother Martin (as the Captain, a prison warden) and later, abridged, by Paul Newman (as Luke, a stubborn prisoner).

text: The context of the first delivery of the line is:

text: The Captain's line is often misquoted as "What we have here is a failure to communicate".[2]

text: Towards the end of the movie, Luke takes a final stab at freedom – stealing a dump truck and taking flight. After his dramatic escape from the Florida chain gang prison, Luke abandons the truck and enters a church, only to be surrounded by police moments later. Feeling that his life is no longer worth living, he walks to a window facing the police and mocks the Captain by repeating the first part of his speech ("What we got here is a failure to communicate.").[2] He is immediately shot in the neck by Boss Godfrey.

text: The phrase ranks at number 11 on the American Film Institute list, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes.[1]

text: In popular culture[edit]

text:
When Strother Martin hosted Saturday Night Live on April 19, 1980 (his last television appearance before his death that August) Martin, in one of the skits, played the strict owner of a French language camp for children, parodying his Cool Hand Luke role, Cool Hand Luke. He paraphrased his line from the movie as, "What we have here is failure to communicate BI-LINGUALLY!"
Guns N' Roses included the quotation, sampled from Martin's speech in the film, in the opening of their song "Civil War" (1990), and later remixed it in "Madagascar" (2008).[3][4][5]
The quote has been used in many movies, TV shows and other media due to its lasting popularity.

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document_title: Publishers Clearing House

question_text: where does publishing clearing house get their money

text: Publishers Clearing House

text: History[edit]

text: Early history[edit]

text: Publishers Clearing House was founded in 1953 in Port Washington, New York, by Harold Mertz,[4][5] a former manager of a door-to-door sales team for magazine subscriptions.[6] The company started in Mertz's basement with help from his wife LuEsther and daughter Joyce.[7][8] Its first mailings were of 10,000 envelopes from Mertz's home in Long Island, New York, and offered 20 magazine subscriptions. 100 orders were received. Within a few years the company moved out of Mertz's basement into an office building and started hiring staff. When PCH moved its headquarters in 1969, its prior location was donated to the city and renamed the Harold E. Mertz community center.[8] The company revenue had grown to US$50 million by 1981, and $100 million by 1988.[6]

text: In 1967 PCH started its first sweepstakes as a way to increase subscription sales,[9] based on the sweepstakes held by Reader's Digest.[4] The first prizes ranged from 25 cents to $10 and entrants had a 1 in 10 chance of winning. After the sweepstakes increased response rates to mailings, prizes of[8] $5,000[6] and eventually $250,000 were offered.[10] PCH began advertising the sweepstakes on TV in 1974.[7][11] It was the only major multi-magazine subscription business until 1977. Former client Time Inc. and several other publishers formed American Family Publishers (AFP) to compete with PCH after the company refused repeated requests by Time for a larger share of sales revenue from magazine subscriptions.[4][8]

text: AFP and PCH competed for exclusive rights to magazines and for the better promotion and prize ideas. When AFP increased their jackpot to $1 million,[10] then to $10 million in 1985, PCH raised its prizes to match.[4] $7 million in prizes were distributed by 1979,[12] $40 million by 1991[5] and $137 million by 2000.[9] In 1989 two members of its advertising team, Dave Sayer and Todd Sloane, started the Prize Patrol, a publicized event where winners are surprised with a check at their home. The idea was inspired by the 1950s television series "The Millionaire".[4][13][14]

text: In 1992 thousands of discarded sweepstakes entries from contestants who had not bought magazine subscriptions were found in the trash by city employees,[4][15] reinforcing beliefs that the company favored those who made purchases in selecting a sweepstakes winner.[4] PCH said this was done by a disgruntled employee at their mail processing vendor.[8] A class action ensued, which PCH settled by giving discarded entrants a second chance to win.[4][15][16]

text: Government regulation[edit]

text: In the 1990s PCH and its primary competitor, AFP, experienced a series of legal troubles due to concerns that their mailings misled consumers about their odds of winning and implied that magazine purchases increased their chances.[4][10] This led to the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2000, which regulates direct mail businesses.[4] At the senate hearings regarding this Act, PCH said most consumers were not confused about their chances of winning or that purchases did not increase their chances. The company said less than five percent of participants spend more than $300.[8] Government officials from California said 5,000 local consumers paid more than $2,500 each in magazine purchases under the false belief that they were increasing their odds of winning the sweepstakes.[17]

text: Industry sources estimated PCH's response rates decreased by 7-12 percent and its sales volume by 22 to 30 percent in response to the bad publicity from the lawsuits.[6][18] In 2000, PCH laid off a quarter of its 800-person work force.[18]

text: Lawsuits[edit]

text: In 1994 PCH sent mailings telling recipients they were all "finalists", which led to[10] a lawsuit involving the attorneys general of 14 US states.[19][20][21] Later that year, PCH denied wrongdoing, but agreed to pay a settlement of $490,000 and to change their practices.[20] Under the agreement, PCH said it would define terms like "finalist" and disclose the chances of winning.[22]

text: In 1997, a contestant of competitor AFP flew to Tampa, Florida, thinking he had won, though he had not. The resulting publicity caused more lawsuits for both companies.[6] PCH reached a $30 million national settlement in 1999.[8][23] In 2000, another $18 million settlement was reached with 24 states, after the company sent mass mailings that said "You are a winner!" and used mock personalized checks.[17][24] PCH agreed to avoid similar mailings in the future, and add a "sweepstakes fact box" to mailings.[17][24]

text: State attorneys spoke out against the national settlement from 2000 and additional lawsuits were filed by individual states.[8] Another $34 million settlement was reached in 2001 in a lawsuit involving 25 states, bringing the total settlements since 1999 to $82 million.[1][25] As part of the settlement, PCH was required to avoid terms like "Guaranteed Winner," add disclaimers to mailings saying that the recipient has not won and that purchasing merchandise won't increase their chances.[26][25][27] PCH reached settlements with all fifty states and agreed to work with a "compliance counsel."[6] PCH apologized in the settlement and said it would contact customers who had spent more than $1,000 on merchandise the prior year".[27]

text: PCH also reached an agreement with Iowa in 2007.[28] In 2010 the company paid $3.5 million to the Attorneys General of 32 states and the District of Columbia to settle possible contempt charges that it had violated the terms of the 2001 agreement. The company denied wrongdoing, but agreed to work with both an ombudsman and a compliance counsel who would review its mailings quarterly.[29][30][31][32]

text: In April 2014, an investigation by the Senate Special Committee on Aging concluded that PCH had "pushed the limits" of prior agreements and that additional legislation may be needed.[33]

text: Online development[edit]

text: PCH began selling merchandise in 1985[7] with two products. After a Hershey's Chocolate Cookbook and a diet cookbook sold more than other products, the company began expanding into jewelry, media, collectibles, household products and others.[8] The company also shifted its focus online.[1][34] It began selling magazine subscriptions and merchandise on PCH.com in 1996.[35] In 2006, it acquired Blingo Inc., an ad-supported metasearch engine that was later re-branded as PCH Search and Win.[13][36] PCH ran contests on Twitter, Facebook and Myspace. iPhone apps for slot games and trivia were developed. The company created online play-and-win sites like PCH Games (formerly Candystand) and PCHQuiz4Cash, with air-hockey and video poker games.[1]

text: In December 2010, PCH acquired Funtank and its online gaming site Candystand.com.[37] In 2011, PCH promoted a "$5,000 every week for life" sweepstakes in TV ads and the front page of AOL.com.[11][26] The following year the company acquired a mobile marketing company, Liquid Wireless.[38] The company utilized, then stopped then started again utilizing coregistration (through other websites) to expand its customer base.[39]

text: In 2008, a PCH spokesperson said the digital properties were intended to attract younger consumers. By 2013, the internet had become PCH's primary channel of interaction with consumers.[7] The New York Times described the digital transition as "part of an overall effort to collect information on Web users, show them advertisements and use the registration information for PCH’s mailing lists."[1]

text: Products[edit]

text: PCH is a direct-marketing company that sells merchandise, magazine subscriptions and operates several prize-based websites.[11] While best known for the sweepstakes and Prize Patrol it uses to promote its magazine subscriptions,[1][13][35] the majority of the company's revenue now comes from merchandise.[11] The company has been selling books, media, jewelry and other consumer items[4] since the 1980s.[8] PCH operates eight websites, including PCH Search and Win, PCH Lotto, PCH Games, PCH Save and Win, and Candystand.[1][11]

text: The company also sells magazine subscriptions at a discount and advertises subscriptions along with its sweepstakes.[40] It's estimated that companies like PCH keep 75-90 percent of the fees from the original subscription, while publishers use the increased distribution to improve circulation numbers and revenue from renewals.[10][41] PCH popularized the idea of using sweepstakes to sell magazine subscriptions in the direct-marketing market and became known by detractors as a producer of junk-mail for advertising through mass-mailings.[5][40] Documents filed with the New York State Department in 1993 said that year the company mailed 220 million envelopes. Frequent buyers can receive 30-40 mailings a year.[42]

text: Sweepstakes[edit]

text: Although PCH advertises its sweepstakes along with magazine subscriptions, no purchase is necessary to enter or win.[10][42][43] In 1995, PCH began the tradition of announcing winners of its $10 million prize just after the Super Bowl.[44] As of 2012, $225 million in prizes have been distributed.[8] Some of its larger prizes are for $5,000 a week for life,[45] or $10 million.[46] Prizes can also range from $1 Amazon gift cards to $2,500, $1 million or $3 million.[47] The larger cash prizes are paid in installments, typically with a balloon payment at 30 years,[48] reducing the present value of prizes to much less than their nominal values.

text: Odds of Winning[edit]

text: According to the official rules, as of 2018, the odds of winning “$7000 a Week for Life” in Giveaway 11000 are 1 in 6.2 billion. [49] The odds of winning a PCH sweepstakes vary depending on the number of entries and what prize or sweepstakes is involved. Smaller prizes have better odds that may vary from one in 223 to one in 80,000, depending on the prize.[47]

text: Prize Patrol[edit]

text: The Prize Patrol surprises sweepstakes winners at their homes, work or other locations with cash prizes and captures the event on video.[7] Since their introduction in 1989, these reality TV-style videos of prize-winners surprised at their doorstep with checks for $1,000 to $10 million have been used in widely broadcast television commercials, and, more recently, in the company's online acquisition efforts, websites and social media communications.[7][11][26][50] In 2013, a $5 million television campaign modified the traditional prize patrol commercial by digitally altering video from classic sitcoms like The Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island to show the prize patrol visiting characters in the show.[50]

text: The Prize Patrol has made in-person appearances or delivered prizes on TV programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show[51] and The Price Is Right.[52][53] Their surprise winning moments have been spoofed by Jay Leno,[54] Conan O'Brien[55] and the cast of Saturday Night Live;[56] woven into the plots of movies such as Let's Go to Prison,[57][58] The Sentinel[59] and Knight and Day;[60][61] and the subject of cartoons.[8]


document_title: Ron Hale

question_text: who plays mike sonnys father on general hospital

text: Ron Hale

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text:
Ron Hale

Born
(1946-01-02) January 2, 1946 (age 72)
Grand Rapids, Michigan[1]

text: Ron Hale (born January 2, 1946) is an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Roger Coleridge on the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope for its entire run (1975–1989). He played the recurring role of Mike Corbin, the father of mobster Sonny Corinthos in the ABC soap opera General Hospital.

text: Filmography[edit]

text:
Search for Tomorrow (1951, TV Series) - Walt Driscoll (1969)
A Lovely Way To Die (1968) - (uncredited)
Me, Natalie (1969) - Stanley Dexter
Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1973, TV Series) - Dr. Jim Abbott
All the President's Men (1976) - Frank Sturgis
Ryan's Hope (1975-1989, TV Series) - Dr. Roger Coleridge
Matlock (1989, TV Series) - Eldon Williams
MacGyver (1990, TV Series) - Mike Travers
Original Intent (1992) - Dr. Johnson
Trial by Jury (1994) - Bailiff
The Dark Mist (1996) - Pentakis
Port Charles (1997, TV Series) - Mike Corbin
The Brothers Flub (1999) - Squish (voice)
Sunstorm (2001) - Jack
Intimate Portrait (2003, TV Series, Vanessa Marcil) - Himself
General Hospital (1996-2010, TV Series) - Mike Corbin
The Ghost and The Whale (2017) - Father Reinhart


document_title: Robin Hood (1973 film)

question_text: where does robin hood live in disney movie

text: Robin Hood (1973 film)

text: Plot

text: Alan-a-Dale introduces the story of Robin Hood and Little John, two outlaws living in the Sherwood Forest, where they rob from the rich and give to the poor townsfolk of Nottingham, despite the efforts of the Sheriff of Nottingham to stop them. Meanwhile, Prince John and his assistant Sir Hiss arrive in Nottingham on a tour of the kingdom. Knowing the royal coach is laden with riches, Robin and Little John rob Prince John by disguising themselves as fortune tellers. The embarrassed Prince John then puts a bounty on their heads and makes the Sheriff his personal tax collector, who takes pleasure in collecting funds from the townsfolk, including hidden money from the crippled blacksmith Otto and a single farthing from a young rabbit, Skippy, who had just received it as a birthday present. However, Robin Hood, disguised as a beggar, sneaks in and gives back some money to the family, as well as his hat and a bow to Skippy in honor of his birthday.

text: Skippy and his friends test out the bow, but Skippy fires an arrow into the grounds of Maid Marian's castle. The children sneak inside, meeting Maid Marian and her attendant Lady Kluck. Skippy "rescues" Marian from Lady Kluck, who pretends to be a pompous Prince John. Later, when she is alone with Kluck, Maid Marian reveals she and Robin were childhood sweethearts, but they have not seen one another for years; Kluck consoles her not to give up on her love for Robin. Meanwhile, Friar Tuck visits Robin and Little John, explaining that Prince John is hosting an archery tournament, and the winner will receive a kiss from Maid Marian. Robin decides to participate in the tournament disguised as a stork whilst Little John disguises himself as the Duke of Chutney to get near Prince John. Robin wins the tournament, but Prince John exposes him and has him arrested for execution despite Maid Marian's pleas. Little John threatens Prince John in order to release Robin, which leads to a fight between Prince John's soldiers and the townsfolk, all of whom escape to Sherwood Forest.

text: As Robin and Maid Marian fall in love again, the townsfolk have a troubadour festival spoofing Prince John, describing him as the "Phony King of England", and the song soon becomes popular with John's soldiers. Enraged by the insult, Prince John triples the taxes, imprisoning most of the townsfolk who cannot pay. A paltry coin gets deposited into the poor box at Friar Tuck's church, which gets seized by the Sheriff. Enraged that government has meddled in his church, Friar Tuck lashes out at the Sheriff, for which he is quickly arrested. Prince John orders Friar Tuck hung, knowing Robin Hood will come out of hiding to rescue his friend and give the potential for Robin to be caught.

text: Robin and Little John learn of the plot and sneak in during the night, with Little John managing to free all of the prisoners whilst Robin steals Prince John's taxes, but Sir Hiss awakens to find Robin fleeing. Chaos follows as Robin and the others try to escape to Sherwood Forest. The Sheriff corners Robin after he is forced to return to rescue Tagalong, Skippy's little sister. During the chase, Prince John's castle catches fire and Robin jumps into the moat, where he is seemingly skewered by the soldiers' arrows. Little John and Skippy fear Robin is lost, but he surfaces safely after using a reed as a breathing tube. Later, King Richard returns to England, placing his brother, Sir Hiss and the Sheriff under arrest and allows his niece Maid Marian to marry Robin Hood.

text: Cast

text:
Brian Bedford as Robin Hood (a fox)
Monica Evans as Maid Marian (a vixen)
Phil Harris as Little John (a bear)
Roger Miller as Alan-a-Dale (a rooster)
Andy Devine as Friar Tuck (a badger)
Peter Ustinov as Prince John and King Richard (lions)
Terry-Thomas as Sir Hiss (a snake)
Carole Shelley as Lady Kluck (a chicken)
Pat Buttram as The Sheriff of Nottingham (a wolf)
George Lindsey and Ken Curtis as Trigger and Nutsy, respectively (vultures)
John Fiedler and Barbara Luddy as Friar Tuck's Sexton and his wife, respectively (church mice)
Billy Whitaker, Dana Laurita and Dori Whitaker as Skippy, Sis, and Tagalong, respectively (rabbits)
Richie Sanders as Toby (a turtle)
Barbara Luddy as Mother Rabbit (a rabbit)
Candy Candido as the Captain of the Guard (a crocodile)
J. Pat O'Malley as Otto (a dog)

text: Production

text:
"As director of story and character concepts, I knew right off that sly Robin Hood must be a fox. From there it was logical that Maid Marian should be a pretty vixen. Little John, legendarily known for his size, was easily a big overgrown bear. Friar Tuck is great as a badger, but he was also great as a pig, as I had originally planned. Then I thought the symbol of a pig might be offensive to the Church, so we changed him. Richard the Lion-hearted, of course, had to be a regal, proud, strong lion; and his pathetic cousin [historically, and in the movie, his brother] Prince John, the weak villain, also had to be a lion, but we made him scrawny and childish. I originally thought of a snake as a member of the poor townspeople but one of the other men here suggested that a snake would be perfect as a slithering consort [Sir Hiss] to mean Prince John."

Ken Anderson[3]

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text: Around the time of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, Walt Disney became interested in adapting the twelfth-century legend of Reynard the Fox.[3] However, the project languished due to Walt's concern that Reynard was an unsuitable choice for a hero.[4] In a meeting held on February 12, 1938, Disney commented "I see swell possibilities in 'Reynard', but is it smart to make it? We have such a terrific kid audience...parents and kids together. That's the trouble – too sophisticated. We'll take a nosedive doing it with animals."[5] For Treasure Island, Walt seriously considered three animated sections, each one of the Reynard tales, to be told by Long John Silver to Jim Hawkins as moral fables. Ultimately, the idea was nixed as Treasure Island would become the studio's first fully live-action film. Over the years, the studio decided to make Reynard the villain of a musical feature film named Chanticleer and Reynard (based on Edmond Rostand's Chanticleer) but the production was scrapped in the early 1960s in favor of The Sword in the Stone (1963).[3]

text: While The Aristocats was in production, Ken Anderson began exploring possibilities for the next film. Studio executives favored a "classic" tale as the subject for the next film, in which Anderson suggested the tale of Robin Hood, which was received enthusiastically.[6] He blended his ideas of Robin Hood by incorporating that the fox character could be slick but still use his skills to protect the community.[7] Additionally, Anderson wanted to set the film in the Deep South desiring to recapture the spirit of Song of the South. However, the executives were wary of the reputation of Song of the South which was followed by Wolfgang Reitherman's decision to set the film in its traditional English location inspired by The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men.[8] Veteran writer Larry Clemmons came on board the project by writing a script with dialogue that was later storyboarded by other writers.[7]

text: As production went further along, Robin Allan wrote in his book Walt Disney and Europe, that "Ken Anderson wept when he saw how his character concepts had been processed into stereotypes for the animation on Robin Hood."[9] According to Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, one such casualty was the concept of making the Sheriff of Nottingham a goat as an artistic experiment to try different animals for a villain, only to be overruled by the director who wanted to keep to the villainous stereotype of a wolf instead.[10] Additionally, Anderson wanted to include the Merry Men into the film, which was again overridden by Reitherman because he wanted a "buddy picture" reminiscent of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, so Little John was the only Merry Man who remained in the film, whle Friar Tuck was put as a friend of Robin's who lived in Nottingham, and Alan-a-Dale was turned into the narrator.[11] Because of the time spent on developing several settings and auditioning actors to voice Robin Hood, production fell behind schedule.[8] In order to meet its deadline, the animators decided to recycle dance sequences from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Jungle Book, and The Aristocats.[12]

text: Casting

text: By October 1970, most of the voice actors were confirmed, with the exception of Tommy Steele cast in the title role.[13] Steele himself was chosen because of his performance in The Happiest Millionaire while Peter Ustinov was cast because Reitherman enjoyed his presence on the set of Blackbeard's Ghost. However, Steele was unable to make his character sound more heroic,[8] and his replacement came down to final two candidates which were Bernard Fox and Brian Bedford,[14] with the latter being chosen. Meanwhile, Louis Prima was so angered by not being considered for a role that he personally paid the recording expenses for the subsequent album, Let's "Hear" it For Robin Hood, which he sold to Disneyland Records.[15]

text: Release

text: The film premiered at the Radio City Music Hall on November 9, 1973.[16] The film was re-released on March 26, 1982. It was released to videocassette on December 4, 1984 becoming the first installment of the Walt Disney Classics home video label.[17] Disney thought the idea of releasing any of its animated classics (known as the "untouchables") might threaten future theatrical reissue revenue. However, Robin Hood was viewed as the first choice since it was not held in such high esteem as some of the other titles, and was less likely to get another theatrical release as its 1982 reissue proved to be disappointing.[18] It was later re-released becoming the first 1991 (as part of Walt Disney Classics Collection), 1994, and 1998 (as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection). It was first released on UK VHS in 1987 followed by a 1989 re-issue. It was re-released in 1992.

text: In January 2000, Walt Disney Home Video launched the Gold Classic Collection, with Robin Hood re-issued on VHS and DVD on July 4, 2000.[19] The DVD contained the film in its 1.33:1 aspect ratio, and was accompanied with special features including a trivia game and the cartoon short "Ye Olden Days".[20] The remastered "Most Wanted Edition" DVD ("Special Edition" in the UK) was released in 2006 and featured a deleted scene/alternate ending, as well as a 16:9 matted transfer to represent its original theatrical screen ratio. On August 6, 2013, the film was released as the 40th Anniversary Edition on a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack.

text: Reception

text: Critical reaction

text: Robin Hood has received mixed to positive reviews from film critics.[21] Praise went to the characters, action scenes and music, while criticism was aimed at the recycled scenes of animation.[22] Judith Crist said it was "nicely tongue-in-cheek without insult to the intelligence of either child or adult." She also stated that it "has class – in the fine cast that gives both voice and personality to the characters, in the bright and brisk dialogue, in its overall concept."[23] Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that it "should ... be a good deal of fun for toddlers whose minds have not yet shriveled into orthodoxy" and he called the visual style "charmingly conventional".[24] The Montreal Gazette said that when "Disney cartoon films ... are good, they are very good" and that "there are not many films around these days which an entire family can attend and enjoy. Robin Hood is one of them."[25] New York magazine called it "a sweet, funny, slam-bang, good-hearted Walt Disney feature cartoon with a fine cast" and said it was "a feast for the eyes for kiddies and Disney nostalgics."[26]

text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received a 52% approval rating with an average rating of 5.4/10 based on 25 reviews. The website's consensus states that "One of the weaker Disney adaptations, Robin Hood is cute and colorful but lacks the majesty and excitement of the studio's earlier efforts."[27]

text: Box office

text: On its initial release, Robin Hood grossed $9 million in the United States.[28] However, it has been reported that the film grossed $35 million during its initial release.[29][30]

text: Awards and honors

text: The song "Love" was nominated for Best Original Song at the 46th Academy Awards but lost to "The Way We Were" from the film of the same name.

text: The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

text:
2008: AFI's 10 Top 10:

Nominated Animation Film

text: Soundtrack

text:
Robin Hood

Studio album by Various artists

Released
1973

Recorded
1972–73

Genre
Children's, Classical

Label
Disneyland Records

text:
"Whistle-Stop" written and sung by Roger Miller
"Oo-De-Lally" written and sung by Roger Miller
"Love" written by Floyd Huddleston and George Bruns and sung by Nancy Adams
"The Phony King of England" written by Johnny Mercer and sung by Phil Harris
"The Phony King of England Reprise" sung by Terry-Thomas and Pat Buttram
"Not in Nottingham" written and sung by Roger Miller
"Love"/"Oo-De-Lally Reprise" sung by Chorus

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text: The music played in the background while Lady Kluck fights off Prince John's soldiers in an American football manner, following the archery tournament, is an arrangement of "Fight On" and "On, Wisconsin", the respective fight songs of the University of Southern California and the University of Wisconsin.

text: A record of the film was made at the time of its release in 1973, which included its songs, score, narration, and dialogue. Both "Oo-De-Lally" and "Love" appear on the CD collection, Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic. The full soundtrack of the film was released to the general public on August 4, 2017 as part of the Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection series on compact disc and digital, and was a timed exclusive to the 2017 D23 Expo.[31]

text: The song "Love" is featured in the 2009 feature film Fantastic Mr. Fox.[32] The song "Whistle-Stop" was sped up and used in the Hampster Dance, one of the earliest internet memes,[33] and later used at normal speed in the Super Bowl XLVIII commercial for T-Mobile.[34] The song "Oo De Lally" is featured in a 2015 commercial for Android which shows animals of different species playing together.[35]

text: Live-action remake

text: In December 2014, it was announced that Disney had bought a spec script for a live-action film titled Nottingham & Hood with hopes that it would spawn a new film franchise. The tone is said to be similar to the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.[36]


document_title: The Legend of Bagger Vance

question_text: who wins in the legend of bagger vance

question_tokens: who wins in the legend of bagger vance

text: The Legend of Bagger Vance

text: Plot[edit]

text: As an old man having his sixth heart attack while playing golf, Hardy Greaves (Jack Lemmon), contemplates how his wife used to ask him (before her passing) why he insisted on playing "a game that seems destined to kill[4]" him. Explaining his love for the game, he begins the story of his childhood idol: Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon).

text: Junuh is the favorite son of Savannah, Georgia: a noteworthy golfer from a wealthy family, he and his beautiful girlfriend named Adele Invergordon (Charlize Theron) seem to have it all. While serving as a captain in the US Army during World War I, Junuh is traumatized when his entire company is wiped out in battle. Though he earns the Medal of Honor, he disappears after the war, returning to Georgia years later as a broken-down alcoholic.

text: At the start of the Great Depression (circa 1930[5]), Adele is trying to recover her family's lost fortune by holding a four-round, two-day exhibition match between Bobby Jones (Joel Gretsch) and Walter Hagen (Bruce McGill), the best golfers of the era, with a grand prize of $10,000, at a golf resort her father opened as the Depression struck. However, she needs a local participant to generate local interest. The young Greaves (J. Michael Moncrief) speaks up for his hero, Junuh, prompting Adele to ask her estranged lover to play.

text: Junuh is approached by a mysterious traveler carrying a suitcase, who appears while Junuh is trying to hit golf balls into the dark void of night. The man identifies himself as Bagger Vance (Will Smith) and says he will be Junuh's caddie. With Greaves as assistant caddie, Bagger helps Junuh come to grips with his personal demons and play golf again.

text: When the match starts, Jones and Hagen each play well in their distinctive ways, but the disengaged Junuh plays poorly and is far behind after the first round. With Bagger caddying for him and giving advice, Junuh rediscovers his "authentic swing" in the second round and makes up some ground. In the third round, he closes the gap even more, hitting a hole in one in the process. Meanwhile, Junuh and Adele rekindle their romance.

text: Late in the final round, Junuh disregards Bagger's advice at a crucial point and after that plays poorly. He hits a ball into a forest, where he has a traumatic World War I flashback, but Bagger's words help him to focus on the game. Junuh pulls back to a tie with Jones and Hagen, then has a chance to win on the final hole, but has the integrity to call a penalty on himself when his ball moves after he tries to remove a loose impediment.

text: Seeing Junuh has grown and matured, Bagger decides his golfer doesn't need him any more. With the 18th hole left unfinished, Bagger gives the position of caddie to Greaves, and leaves Junuh as mysteriously as he came.

text: Though losing a chance to win because of the penalty, Junuh sinks an improbable putt and the match ends in a gentlemanly three-way tie. The three golfers shake hands with all of Savannah cheering. Junuh and Adele get back together.

text: The old Greaves wakes up and sees an unaged Bagger Vance beckoning him from a distance. Hardy follows, presumably to the afterlife.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Will Smith as Bagger Vance
Matt Damon as Rannulph Junuh
Charlize Theron as Adele Invergordon
Bruce McGill as Walter Hagen
Joel Gretsch as Bobby Jones
J. Michael Moncrief as Hardy Greaves
Lane Smith as Grantland Rice
Peter Gerety as Neskaloosa
Wilbur Fitzgerald as Roy
Jack Lemmon (uncredited) as Narrator / Old Hardy Greaves

text: Production notes [edit]

text: Similarities to the Hindu epic Mahabharata[edit]

text: The plot is loosely based on the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita, where the Warrior/Hero Arjuna (R. Junuh) refuses to fight. The god Krishna appears as Bhagavan (Bagger Vance) to help him to follow his path as the warrior and hero that he was meant to be. This relationship was fully explained by Steven J. Rosen in his book Gita on the Green, for which Steven Pressfield wrote the foreword.[6]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Portions of the exhibition match were set at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina, United States, considered one of the toughest in the country. The scene in which Greaves has a heart attack was shot on No. 11 of the resort's Cougar Point golf course. The final hole in the film was temporary, so the filming did not interfere with the club activities, and cost US $200,000 to build. However, most of the golf scenes were filmed at Colleton River Plantation,[7] just off Hilton Head Island.[8] Certain segments of this film were also filmed in Savannah and Jekyll Island, Georgia.[9]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response [edit]

text: Reaction from the movie critics was mixed. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 43% based on 129 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Despite the talent involved in The Legend of Bagger Vance, performances are hindered by an inadequate screenplay full of flat characters and bad dialogue. Also, not much happens, and some critics are offended by how the film glosses over issues of racism."[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[11]

text: Film critic Roger Ebert, who gave it 3½ stars, said, "It handles a sports movie the way Billie Holiday handled a trashy song, by finding the love and pain beneath the story. Redford and his writer, Jeremy Leven, starting from a novel by Steven Pressfield, are very clear in their minds about what they want to do. They want to explain why it is possible to devote your life to the love of golf, and they want to hint that golf and life may have a lot in common".[12] The BBC's George Perry called it a "sumptuously photographed film" but added that "in spite of being lovely to look at, it is pretentious piffle, although Will Smith shows skill and subtlety in his ludicrous role".[13]

text: Time called it one of the most "embarrassing" films of recent years for its treatment of African Americans and the use of a "Magical African-American Friend".[3]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The Legend of Bagger Vance opened at #3 at the U.S. box office, grossing $11,516,712 from 2,061 theaters.[14] According to the Internet Movie Database, the film's total gross came to $30,695,227, far short of its estimated $80 million budget.[15]

text: Soundtrack [edit]

text: The now out-of-print soundtrack to The Legend of Bagger Vance was released on November 7, 2000. It was mostly written by Rachel Portman, except for tracks one ("My Best Wishes"), thirteen ("Bluin’ the Blues") and fourteen ("Mood Indigo"), which were written by Fats Waller, Muggsy Spanier and Duke Ellington, respectively.

text:
My Best Wishes (2:27)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2:11)
Savannah Needs a Hero (4:53)
Bagger Offers to Caddy for Junuh (4:07)
Bagger & Hardy Measure the Course at Night (2:32)
The Day of the Match Dawns (3:07)
Birdie (1:46)
Junuh Sees the Field (5:11)
Hole in One (2:30)
Junuh Comes Out of the Woods (3:55)
Bagger Leaves (3:12)
Old Hardy Joins Bagger by the Sea (5:50)
Bluin' the Blues (2:27)
Mood Indigo (3:07)

text: Total soundtrack time: 47:15


document_title: The People's Choice (TV series)

question_text: what tv show had a dog named cleo

question_tokens: what tv show had a dog named cleo

text: The People's Choice (TV series)

text: Overview[edit]

text: In the first season, Sock is an ornithologist and a city council member, who is living in a trailer park with his Aunt Gus (Margaret Irving). Sock is dating Mandy Peoples (Patricia Breslin), the daughter of the mayor (Paul Maxey), who does not entirely approve of the relationship, but he gradually warms to Sock.

text: Later, Sock takes courses (though he is not in law school) to pass the California bar exam in order to become an attorney, so that he can then afford to marry Mandy. In the first season finale, Sock suddenly proposes to Mandy and wants to elope. He is afraid the mayor will want to stage a big wedding, and they won't be able to get married for many months. The couple drives to Nevada for a quickie wedding, intending to return in time for Sock to take his bar exam. On the way back, they are arrested for a traffic violation, and must spend the night in jail. This causes Sock to miss the bar exam. Sock wants to be independent of his father-in-law; so the couple agrees to keep their marriage a secret from the mayor until Sock gets his law license.

text: Most episodes in the second season are about Sock and Mandy trying to be together (as much as this could be depicted in the 1950s), while keeping the mayor from finding out that they are married. At some point during the season, Aunt Gus and the mayor get married, and she learns that Sock and Mandy are married and agrees to keep their secret from the mayor. By the end of the season, Sock has passed the bar, and their marriage is out in the open. Sock's scheming Marine buddy, Rollo "The Hex" Hexley (Dick Wesson), moved in with Sock during the second season and appeared in twenty-seven episodes as well as the original 1955 pilot.[1]

text: In the third season, Sock manages a residential real estate development called "Barkerville Estates." They still return to New City often enough for Mayor Peoples and Aunt Gus to appear regularly.

text: Guest stars[edit]

text:
Nick Adams
Jack Albertson
Lola Albright
Eleanor Audley
Jacqueline Beer
James Best
Mel Blanc
Shirley Bonne
Joe E. Brown
George Chandler
Harry Cheshire
Andy Clyde
Joe Conley
Mike Connors
Jackie Coogan
Ellen Corby
Richard Deacon
Angie Dickinson
King Donovan
John Doucette

Ross Elliott
Yvonne Lime Fedderson
Frank Ferguson
James Flavin
Ned Glass
Charles Lane
Joi Lansing
Nan Leslie
Forrest Lewis
Howard McNear
Jay Novello
Louis Quinn
Addison Richards
Hal J. Smith
Doris Singleton
Olive Sturgess
Ann Tyrrell
Herb Vigran
Gregory Walcott
Frank Wilcox[2]

text: Production notes[edit]

text: The series was created and co-produced by Irving Brecher, who was also the creator of the 1949 sitcom, The Life of Riley. Although The People's Choice never made the top 30 programs, its ratings were respectable enough to warrant a three-year run on NBC. The show later became popular in syndication.

text: In its first season, The People's Choice aired opposite Stop the Music, which concluded its long run on ABC.

text: Spin-off[edit]

text: From The People's Choice, Cleo the talking dog spawned the idea of a talking baby in the 1960-1961 NBC sitcom, Happy starring Ronnie Burns and Yvonne Lime Fedderson, who had also guest starred on The People's Choice.

text: In Spanish the show was known as "Cleo y yo".


document_title: Men's pole vault world record progression

question_text: what is the men's pole vault world record

question_tokens: what is the men 's pole vault world record

text: Record progression[edit]

text:
Record

Athlete

Nation

Venue

Date

#[2]

4.02 m (13 ft 2 1⁄4 in)

Marc Wright

 United States

Cambridge, U.S.

June 8, 1912[1]

1

4.09 m (13 ft 5 in)

Frank Foss

 United States

Antwerp, Belgium

August 20, 1920[1]

1

4.12 m (13 ft 6 in)

Charles Hoff

 Norway

Copenhagen, Denmark

September 22, 1922[1]

1

4.21 m (13 ft 9 1⁄2 in)

Charles Hoff

 Norway

Copenhagen, Denmark

July 22, 1923[1]

2

4.23 m (13 ft 10 1⁄2 in)

Charles Hoff

 Norway

Oslo, Norway

August 13, 1925[1]

3

4.25 m (13 ft 11 1⁄4 in)

Charles Hoff

 Norway

Turku, Finland

September 27, 1925[1]

4

4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)

Sabin Carr

 United States

Philadelphia, U.S.

May 27, 1927[1]

1

4.30 m (14 ft 1 1⁄4 in)

Lee Barnes

 United States

Fresno, U.S.

April 28, 1928[1]

1

4.37 m (14 ft 4 in)

William Graber

 United States

Palo Alto, U.S.

July 16, 1932[1]

1

4.39 m (14 ft 4 3⁄4 in)

Keith Brown

 United States

Boston, U.S.

June 1, 1935[1]

1

4.43 m (14 ft 6 1⁄4 in)

George Varoff

 United States

Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.

July 4, 1936[1]

1

4.54 m (14 ft 10 1⁄2 in)

Bill Sefton

 United States

Los Angeles, U.S.

May 29, 1937[1]

1

4.54 m (14 ft 10 1⁄2 in)

Earle Meadows

 United States

Los Angeles, U.S.

May 29, 1937[1]

1

4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)

Cornelius Warmerdam

 United States

Fresno, U.S.

June 29, 1940[1]

1

4.72 m (15 ft 5 3⁄4 in)

Cornelius Warmerdam

 United States

Compton, U.S.

June 26, 1941[1]

2

4.77 m (15 ft 7 3⁄4 in)

Cornelius Warmerdam

 United States

Modesto, U.S.

May 23, 1942[1]

3

4.78 m (15 ft 8 in)

Robert Gutowski

 United States

Palo Alto, U.S.

April 27, 1957[1]

1

4.80 m (15 ft 8 3⁄4 in)

Don Bragg

 United States

Palo Alto, U.S.

July 2, 1960[1]

1

4.83 m (15 ft 10 in)

George Davies

 United States

Boulder, U.S.

May 20, 1961[1]

1

4.89 m (16 ft 1⁄2 in)

John Uelses

 United States

Santa Barbara, U.S.

March 31, 1962[1]

1

4.93 m (16 ft 2 in)

Dave Tork

 United States

Walnut, U.S.

April 28, 1962[1]

1

4.94 m (16 ft 2 1⁄4 in)

Pentti Nikula

 Finland

Kauhava, Finland

June 22, 1962[1]

1

5.00 m (16 ft 4 3⁄4 in)

Brian Sternberg

 United States

Philadelphia, U.S.

April 27, 1963[1]

1

5.08 m (16 ft 8 in)

Brian Sternberg

 United States

Compton, U.S.

June 7, 1963[1]

2

5.13 m (16 ft 9 3⁄4 in)

John Pennel

 United States

London, England

August 5, 1963[1]

1

5.20 m (17 ft 1⁄2 in)

John Pennel

 United States

Coral Gables, U.S.

August 24, 1963[1]

2

5.23 m (17 ft 1 3⁄4 in)

Fred Hansen

 United States

San Diego, U.S.

June 13, 1964[1]

1

5.28 m (17 ft 3 3⁄4 in)

Fred Hansen

 United States

Los Angeles, U.S.

July 25, 1964[1]

2

5.32 m (17 ft 5 1⁄4 in)

Bob Seagren

 United States

Fresno, U.S.

May 14, 1966[1]

1

5.34 m (17 ft 6 in)

John Pennel

 United States

Los Angeles, U.S.

July 23, 1966[1]

3

5.36 m (17 ft 7 in)

Bob Seagren

 United States

San Diego, U.S.

June 10, 1967[1]

2

5.38 m (17 ft 7 3⁄4 in)

Paul Wilson

 United States

Bakersfield, U.S.

June 23, 1967[1]

1

5.41 m (17 ft 8 3⁄4 in) A

Bob Seagren

 United States

Echo Summit, U.S.

September 12, 1968[1]

3

5.44 m (17 ft 10 in)

John Pennel

 United States

Sacramento, U.S.

June 21, 1969[1]

4

5.45 m (17 ft 10 1⁄2 in)

Wolfgang Nordwig

 East Germany

Berlin, Germany

June 17, 1970[1]

1

5.46 m (17 ft 10 3⁄4 in)

Wolfgang Nordwig

 East Germany

Turin, Italy

September 3, 1970[1]

2

5.49 m (18 ft 0 in)

Christos Papanikolaou

 Greece

Athens, Greece

October 24, 1970[1]

1

5.51 m (18 ft 3⁄4 in)

Kjell Isaksson

 Sweden

Austin, U.S.

April 8, 1972[1]

1

5.54 m (18 ft 2 in)

Kjell Isaksson

 Sweden

Los Angeles, U.S.

April 15, 1972[1]

2

5.55 m (18 ft 2 1⁄2 in)

Kjell Isaksson

 Sweden

Helsingborg, Sweden

June 12, 1972[1]

3

5.63 m (18 ft 5 1⁄2 in)

Bob Seagren

 United States

Eugene, U.S.

July 2, 1972[1]

4

5.65 m (18 ft 6 1⁄4 in)

David Roberts

 United States

Gainesville, U.S.

March 28, 1975[1]

1

5.67 m (18 ft 7 in)

Earl Bell

 United States

Wichita, U.S.

May 29, 1976[1]

1

5.70 m (18 ft 8 1⁄4 in)

David Roberts

 United States

Eugene, U.S.

June 22, 1976[1]

2

5.72 m (18 ft 9 in)

Władysław Kozakiewicz

 Poland

Milan, Italy

May 11, 1980[1]

1

5.75 m (18 ft 10 1⁄4 in)

Thierry Vigneron

 France

Paris, France

June 1, 1980[1]

1

5.75 m (18 ft 10 1⁄4 in)

Thierry Vigneron

 France

Lille, France

June 29, 1980[1]

2

5.77 m (18 ft 11 in)

Philippe Houvion

 France

Paris, France

July 17, 1980[1]

1

5.78 m (18 ft 11 1⁄2 in)

Władysław Kozakiewicz

 Poland

Moscow, Soviet Union

July 30, 1980[1]

2

5.80 m (19 ft 1⁄4 in)

Thierry Vigneron

 France

Mâcon, France

June 20, 1981[1]

3

5.81 m (19 ft 1⁄2 in)

Vladimir Polyakov

 Soviet Union

Tbilisi, Soviet Union

June 26, 1981[1]

1

5.82 m (19 ft 1 in)

Pierre Quinon

 France

Cologne, Germany

August 28, 1983[1]

1

5.83 m (19 ft 1 1⁄2 in)

Thierry Vigneron

 France

Rome, Italy

September 1, 1983[1]

4

5.85 m (19 ft 2 1⁄4 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

May 26, 1984[1]

1

5.88 m (19 ft 3 1⁄4 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Paris, France

June 2, 1984[1]

2

5.90 m (19 ft 4 1⁄4 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

London, England

July 13, 1984[1]

3

5.91 m (19 ft 4 1⁄2 in)

Thierry Vigneron

 France

Rome, Italy

August 31, 1984[1]

5

5.94 m (19 ft 5 3⁄4 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Rome, Italy

August 31, 1984[1]

4

6.00 m (19 ft 8 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Paris, France

July 13, 1985[1]

5

6.01 m (19 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Moscow, Soviet Union

June 8, 1986[1]

6

6.03 m (19 ft 9 1⁄4 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Prague, Czechoslovakia

June 23, 1987[1]

7

6.05 m (19 ft 10 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

June 9, 1988[1]

8

6.06 m (19 ft 10 1⁄2 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Nice, France

July 10, 1988[1]

9

6.07 m (19 ft 10 3⁄4 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Shizuoka, Japan

May 6, 1991[1]

10

6.08 m (19 ft 11 1⁄4 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Moscow, Soviet Union

June 9, 1991[1]

11

6.09 m (19 ft 11 3⁄4 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Formia, Italy

July 8, 1991[1]

12

6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Soviet Union

Malmö, Sweden

August 5, 1991[1]

13

6.11 m (20 ft 1⁄2 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Ukraine

Dijon, France

June 13, 1992[1]

14

6.12 m (20 ft 3⁄4 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Ukraine

Padua, Italy

August 30, 1992[1]

15

6.13 m (20 ft 1 1⁄4 in)

Sergey Bubka

 Ukraine

Tokyo, Japan

September 19, 1992[1]

16

6.14 m (20 ft 1 1⁄2 in) A[3]

Sergey Bubka

 Ukraine

Sestriere, Italy

July 31, 1994[1]

17

6.16 m (20 ft 2 1⁄2 in) i[4]

Renaud Lavillenie

 France

Donetsk, Ukraine

February 15, 2014

1

text:
A = mark set at altitude

i = indoor mark