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20 unusual facts about Brian


Arvo Ojala

Among the TV and film stars that Ojala taught to shoot included James Arness, Robert Culp, James Garner, Kevin Kline, Paul Newman, Hugh O'Brian, Clint Walker, and Thomas F. Wilson.

Brian: Portrait of a Dog

Another reference comes after Brian is freed, he drinks from a drinking fountain in a defiant manner, a reference to the 1974 television movie, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

During his parole hearing, he references the court case Plessy v. Ferguson, but unfortunately for him, the council believe that it's stupid to listen to a dog.

While arguing his case before the city council, Brian tries to reference the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, before being cut off.

Brian's Hunt

While Brian does not miss human contact, he finds his thoughts frequently turning to Kay-gwa-daush (also known as Susan), the teenage daughter of the Cree family who rescued him at the end of Brian's Winter.

Brian, using skills he had learned in past books like Hatchet and Brian's Winter, searches for the bear that killed his friends.

Brian's Play

As they leave the theater, Stewie admires New York and professes a desire to live there one day until they are snatched by a Pterodactyl.

Brian's Return

--DO NOT add The River here. This section is for publishing order, not chronological order.-->Brian's Winter

Brian's Time

At age four, Brian's Time raced five times and managed three third place finishes in the grade two Nassau County Handicap at seven furlongs at Belmont Park, the grade two Bernard Baruch Handicap at 1 1/8 miles on the turf at Saratoga Race Course, and the grade one Ben Ali Handicap at Keeneland.

Calabar angwantibo

The Calabar angwantibo, along with its close relative the potto, makes an appearance in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels.

Don Haggerty

Haggerty appeared as a regular, Marsh Murdock, in twenty-one episodes on ABC western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955-1961), starring Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

Jack O'Brian

The House probe, led by Congressional investigator Richard N. Goodwin, resulted in the dramatic admission by the man who had defeated Herb Stempel on Twenty-One, Charles Van Doren, that the program was fixed.

John Milford

From 1959 to 1960, Milford was cast in ten episodes as the historical Ike Clanton on the ABC/Desilu series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp.

John O'Brian

In an editorial written for The New Criterion, Hilton Kramer expressed admiration for Greenberg’s criticism but distaste for O’Brian’s politicization of it.

Magen Ellis

She is the second Miss Texas USA to win the title in a similar timeframe, following Nicole O'Brian who was Miss Texas Teen USA 2000 and Miss Texas USA 2003.

Michael John O'Brian

O'Brian was one of the senior military officials who eye-witnessed the first cold test of a nuclear device.

Nellie Cashman

The 1959-1960 season of the ABC television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian starring as Wyatt Earp, featured a fictional character based on Nellie Cashman and played by actress Randy Stuart.

Noir Island

Cape Noir plays a role in a dramatic episode in Patrick O'Brian's novel The Golden Ocean, which is based on the historical events of Commodore George Anson's circumnavigation of the world.

Robert Harland

He appeared too in 1961 as Corporal Clay Taylor in an episode of NBC's Wagon Train, and as Phil Davies in "The Convict's Revenge" episode of ABC's The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp with Hugh O'Brian.

Uí Fiachrach

Uí Fiachrach Aidhne was bounded on the north and east by the powerful independent kingdom of Hy-Many or Ui Maine; to the west by Lough Lurgan (Galway Bay) and the Corco Mo Druad (Corcomroe); and to the south by Déisi Tuisceart (later the Dál gCais, later still the O'Brian's of Thomond).


Advanced Squad Leader

"to develop, produce, and distribute games and other products for Avalon Hill's Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) game system." MMP is a gaming company founded in 1994 by Perry Cocke and Brian Youse, and later co-partner Curt Schilling, to preserve ASL and other Avalon Hill games.

Art Edwards

They added Brian Blush, formerly of August Red, later in 1993 to round out their sound, and played their first gig in January 1994 leading off for Flathead at Long Wong's.

Australia II

The crew of Australia II for the America's Cup races was John Bertrand (Skipper), Colin Beashel, Will Baillieu, Peter Costello, Damian Fewster, Ken Judge, Skip Lissiman, John Longley, Brian Richardson, Phil Smidmore, Grant Simmer, Hugh Treharne.

Blue Lightning

The game was one of the first games for the Atari Lynx, released in 1989 and was programmed by Epyx, headed by lead programmer, Brian Bowhay, (who also developed the Lynx).

Brett Fancy

Born and raised in Portsmouth, he is the son of Brian Fancy, a HMNB Portsmouth dockyard worker, and is the grandson of Ralph Newson, who was a designer on the WWII Horsa Glider.

Brian Denman

Brian John Denman (born February 12, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1982 season.

Brian McDaniel

Brian McDaniel is a stand up comedian and television personality best known for his work on the TV show TMZ on TV.

Brian Oge O'Rourke

Brian Oge O'Rourke (Irish: Brian óg na samhthach O Ruairc) (died 28 January 1604) was the penultimate king of West Bréifne, from 1591 until his death in 1604.

Caledon Egerton

Four of their sons were knighted, including Field Marshal Sir Charles Egerton, Sir Reginald Egerton (Private Secretary to the Postmaster-General), Admiral Sir George Egerton, and Sir Brian Egerton (tutor to Ganga Singh, the Maharaja of Bikaner).

Craig Krenzel

Krenzel's brother Brian was also talented in both academics and athletics, playing for the Duke Blue Devils football team before graduating from the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

Cybersonica

Among its participants are Brian Duffy's Modified Toy Orchestra, The Sancho Plan, Martyn Ware, the founding member of Heaven 17 and The Human League, with his 3D sound system from The Illustrious Company, which he runs with Vince Clarke, body>data>space, Future Shorts and others.

Dave Tweedie

In 2002 Tweedie and Bradley formed Chocolate O’Brian Productions, producing records for local bands such as BLVD and tracks for international artists such as Boolfight.

Deep Throats

Brian decides to become a taxicab driver, but soon becomes intent on exposing the corruption of Mayor West to the public after receiving a $400 parking ticket for parking his taxicab on a handicapped zone without permit next to a store where Brian bought some milk for Lois.

Earl Pastko

He has worked extensively in theatre with noted directors Ken McDougall, Paul Bettis, Alexander Hausvater, Brian Quirt, Vikki Anderson and Morris Panych, among others.

Eddy Waller

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Rawhide Geraghty in "The Truth About Rawhide Geraghty" (1959); Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp rides shotgun for the retiring 69-year-old Wells Fargo stagecoach driver Rawhide Geraghty on his last run from Tucumcari, New Mexico Territory, to Amarillo, Texas.

Elmore James

He also influenced many rock guitarists such as The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones (Keith Richards wrote in his book that at the time he met Brian Jones, Brian called himself Elmo Lewis, and that he wanted to be Elmore James), Canned Heat's Alan Wilson and in particular Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer.

Essie Honiball

The high fruit, low fat and all raw diet, which Honiball promotes has been referred to in the writings of health authors including Anne Osborne, Brian R. Clement Ph.D, Dr. Douglas Graham, and Viktoras Kulvinskas.

Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, a 2003 film based upon the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian

George Hendrick

His son, Brian, played college basketball for the California Golden Bears.

Hussein, An Entertainment

After its reprint, David Sexton wrote in the Evening Standard, Here fully thirty years before Master and Commander was published is the unmistakable texture of O'Brian's historical fiction.

Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn

Since the 1980s Fairbairn has performed alongside or with Paul Buckley, Chris Newman, Nick Strutt, Roger Knowles, Michael Chapman, Tony Wilson, Brian Golbey, Alistair Russell, Gordon Tyrall, Hot Pot Belly Band, Witches Bane, Four Horseman, Ray Band, Boxcar Willie, Sons of the Freemen, Scarlet Heights and Aiken's Drum.

If You Leave...

For the recording sessions, McEvoy recruited the talents of Grammy award-winning songwriter Jimmy Smyth on guitar, keyboard player James Delaney, bassists Paul Moore, Eoghan O’Neill, and drummer Des Lacey, with special guests Brian Connor on piano and David Agnew on oboe.

INGENIAS

It has been repeatedly included in relevant surveys and comparisons in the field (according to Google Scholar, Elsevier's Scopus and Thomson ISI's Web of Knowledge), e.g., Brian Henderson-Sellers and Paolo Giorgini (2005) or Beydoun et al. (2009).

John Lascelles

Lassells was the son of Richard, or George, Lassells of Gateford, Nottinghamshire (d. 1520), gentleman, and his wife Dorothy, the daughter of Sir Brian Sandford.

Johnnie Mortimer

Mortimer later wrote series for radio such as Men from the Ministry and Round the Horne, before writing many TV situation comedies including Foreign Affairs, Man About the House, Never the Twain, Robin's Nest and George and Mildred, often working in partnership with Brian Cooke.

Land Force Central Area

At the time of its creation in the early-1990s, it was housed on the grounds of the former base and subsequently moved ca 1993 to the Place Nouveau office tower at Yonge Street north of Finch Avenue; this was controversial as the offices of the Area Commander, Major-General Brian Vernon, were lavishly renovated, attracting political criticism and attention from the Auditor General of Canada.

Madison Young

MSNBC journalist Brian Alexander devoted a chapter of his 2008 book America Unzipped to her work and art, and French film director Virginie Despentes features Young in her forthcoming documentary, Mutantes.

Michael Yebba

Michael Yebba made his Directorial debut with the Award winning short film Bad Blood (2011) and the recently completed Ordinary Man (2011) starring Ethan Embry, Brian Scannell and Ramiro Torres.

Negin Farsad

Featuring interviews with a diverse cast of everyday citizens, religious leaders and celebrities, such as The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, comedians David Cross, Janeane Garafalo, Colin Quinn, and national news personalities' Rachel Maddow, Soledad O'Brian and Al Velshi among others.

Olyoptics

Founded by Steve Oliff, it has employed many colorists and color separators throughout its history including Ruben Rude, Gloria Vasquez, Abel Mouton, Kiko Taganashi, Kirk Mobert, Marie Saint Clare, Quinn Supplee, Nathan Eyring, Michael Jeremiah, Emrys "Mo" Samson, Brec Blackford, Bill Zindel, Tracey Anderson, Al Callerros, Shawn "Baxter" Hartman, Bay Raitt, Lea Rude, Patti Stratton, Stacy Cox, and Brian "Hoolis" Riehl.

Polocrosse

In 1962 Walcha became the first club team to win the Lennon trophy at the Australian Red Cross championships at Maitland when the four Goodwin brothers, Paul, Maurice, Noel and Brian together with Bob Gill and John Nixon played as the North New England No 1 team.

Rick Blubaugh

Rick Brian Blubaugh (born December 28, 1964, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri) is an American former professional soccer player.

Rocket Science Games

was an unreleased title that was completed before the fall of RSG but was never commercially released; later its creator Jeffrey Ventrella released it for free over the Internet (a new version of Darwin Pond is currently being developed by Ventrella and Brian Dodd, who worked together at RSG; it is currently in a very early stage of development).

Sean Malto

Nearly ten minutes in length, the remixed part is edited to the Justice song "Brian Vision MMXIII" and "Secam" by Mr. Oizo.

Sian Alice Group

59:59 features contributions from Sasha Vine, Douglas Hart (Jesus & Mary Chain), John Coxon (Spring Heel Jack) and Brian DeGraw (Gang Gang Dance).

Sludgeworth

Sludgeworth is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois consisting of Dan Schafer (vocals), Adam White (guitar), Dave McClean (guitar), Mike Hootenstrat (bass), and Brian Vermin (drums).

Sub Arturo plebs

From various political allusions in the text, in connection with what is known about the named musicians, Brian Trowell and Ursula Günther have conjectured that the work was written for a specific historical event, the festivities at Windsor Castle on St. George's Day, 1358, when the knights of the Order of the Garter gathered to celebrate the English victory at the Battle of Poitiers two years earlier.

Tab Benoit

In addition to Benoit and his regular crew, bassist Carl Dufrene and drummer Darryl White, Sea Saint Sessions included guest appearances by Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Cyril Neville, Brian Stoltz and George Porter.

Terry Waldo

Peter Ecklund, Dan Barrett, Howard Alden, Eddy Davis, Brian Nalepka, Chuck Wilson, and Arnie Kinsella, longtime associates, are but a few of the many superlative jazz and ragtime musicians who have been part of the group in its many incarnations over the years.

The Brian Travis Band

The promoter billed the group as “The Brian Travis Band,” and the name stuck as Travis found that Gonzales, Thaddeus Wiseman (drums) and Manny Vega(bass) made for one solid band.

The Tic Tok Men

Dieter and Atian returned to Berlin, Seven surrounded himself in computing and Brian has mysteriously vanished somewhere in the United States.

The Winkies

The Winkies were formed by Canadian-born Philip Rambow with former Holy Rollers guitarist Guy Humphreys, and the rhythm section of Brian Turrington (bass) and Mike Desmaris (drums).

Timbaland Thursday

Every Thursday, beginning on January 13, 2011, Timbaland planned on releasing a new song available for free download on a specially created website managed by Brian Byrd.

Trippy

SV Angel also participated, along with individuals including Rob Solomon, Tim Ferriss, Brian Lee, Gil Ebaz, Brandee Barker, Chase Jarvis, Randi Zuckerberg, Jason Mraz, and Rachel Zoe, as well as others.

Under a Cloud

Under a Cloud is a 1937 British drama film directed by George King and starring Betty Ann Davies, Edward Rigby, Bernard Clifton, Brian Buchel and Peter Gawthorne.

William Babington

William Babbington, fictional Royal Navy captain in the novels of Patrick O'Brian

WROW

In the past, WROW has aired other daily syndicated shows including Brian and the Judge (and its predecessor hosted by Tony Snow), Laura Ingraham, and a simulcast of the WFAN-based Mike and the Mad Dog.