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unusual facts about Edward & Mrs. Simpson


Cynthia Harris

Harris is perhaps best recognized to television viewers for her guest roles on Three's Company, L.A. Law (1986), the TV adaptation of the Broadway play Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978), Mad About You (1992).


1849 in archaeology

James H. Simpson leads the Washington Expedition, a military reconnaissance team which surveys Navajo lands and records cultural sites in Chaco Canyon.

1974 New England Patriots season

The Patriots and Bills squared off in another hard-fought affair as Joe Ferguson threw for 247 yards and a touchdown to Ahmad Rashad while O.J. Simpson was held in check until late in the first half with a touchdown.

1993–94 Houston Rockets season

During Game 5 (June 17, 1994) most NBC affiliates (with the noted exception being WNBC-TV out of New York) split the coverage of the game between NFL Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson's slow speed freeway chase with the LAPD.

Ain't That a Kick in the Head?

The song is also sung by a wedding band in the season six episode "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...."

Aviva Kempner

In 2009, she released Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, a 90-minute documentary on Gertrude Berg, one of America's favorite radio and television personalities.

Bessie Love

At the time, she was living comfortably in a flat overlooking London’s Clapham Common and had recently appeared in a television account of the abdication of King Edward VIII.

Butters' Very Own Episode

Meanwhile, Butters' parents join Gary Condit and O. J. Simpson in lying to the press about who murdered Butters.

As the media centers in on the "missing child" case, the pair are inducted into a club of infamous, highly publicized characters whose loved ones have also been "taken from them by Some Puerto Rican Guy", including Gary Condit, O. J. Simpson, and John and Patricia Ramsey.

Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington

Her brother, Edward "Ned" Pakenham, served under Wellesley throughout the Peninsular War and Wellesley's regard for him helped to smooth his relations with Kitty, until Ned Pakenham's death at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

Celebrity bond

The securitization of the collections of other artists, such as James Brown, Ashford & Simpson and the Isley Brothers, later followed.

Chuck Barnes

Initially representing racing greats Mario Andretti, Jimmy Clark, A.J. Foyt and Rodger Ward, Barnes expanded into professional football and basketball, signing Johnny Unitas, O.J. Simpson, Calvin Hill and Pat Hayden, among others.

Colin M. Simpson

An uncle, Pete Simpson, served in the Wyoming House and is a retired administrator at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

David K. Colapinto

He also helped obtain whistleblower protection for Federal Bureau of Investigation employees and helped force the F.B.I. crime lab to obtain accreditation, the latter development involving him in the O.J. Simpson Trial.

Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion

A third edition, with another slight title revision (now known as Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) was published in the UK by Titan Books in June 2002, and contains further additional material, this time by M. J. Simpson (ISBN 1-84023-501-2).

Dr. Freud Will See You Now, Mrs. Hitler

The play was broadcast on 31 March 2007 in cut-down form by the BBC on Radio 4 as part of The Saturday Play.

Edward Aburrow

Edward "Curry" Aburrow (1747–1835), English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club

Efren Ramirez

Ramirez has starred in a number of films, including Napoleon Dynamite as Pedro Sánchez, Employee of the Month with Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, and Dax Shepard, Crank and Crank: High Voltage with Jason Statham, Searching for Mickey Fish with Daniel Baldwin, All You've Got with Ciara, and HBO's Walkout and made cameos in Nacho Libre and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Elevator music

This style of music is sometimes used to comedic effect in mass media such as film, where intense or dramatic scenes may be interrupted or interspersed with such anodyne music while characters use an elevator (e.g. The Blues Brothers, Dawn of the Dead, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra and Spider-Man 2).

English Rebel Songs 1381–1984

Many of the songs are still performed by modern English folk bands such as The Houghton Weavers and Coope, Boys & Simpson.

Erling Lorentzen

He is thus the brother-in-law of King Harald V and Princess Astrid of Norway.

Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald

Barely able to speak English, she is thrust into questioning by David Lifton (Robert Picardo).

For a Few Paintballs More

The episode also spoofed a number of gun-wielding action movies such as The Wild Bunch, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Wanted.

George Washington University Student Association

Some SA alumni have been successful after college, such as former SA president Edward "Skip" Gnehm, who was the Ambassador to Kuwait during the Gulf War and received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award and two Presidential Meritorious Service Awards.

Guy Padgett

He reportedly enjoyed great popularity among his constituents, including support from prominent Republican Party politicians such as Alan K. Simpson.

Icelolly.com

Icelolly.com are regular contributors of holiday prizes to a number of prime time TV shows including Deal or No Deal, All Star Family Fortunes, All Star Mr & Mrs, Peter Andre’s Bad Boyfriend Club, Red and Black, Ant & Decs Takeaway, Keith Lemon’s Lemonaid and Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

James Simpson

James B. Simpson (died 2002), American journalist and Episcopal priest, known for Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

John A. Simpson

During the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal, he remained loyal to the government of Premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford in the face of a rebellion from Liberal insurgents.

Kings Domain, Melbourne

A statue of Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop is made from bronze, granite and metal spikes from the Burma-Thailand Railway in 1995 by Peter Corlett.

KOZL-TV

The station was one of many Fox affiliates that planned to decline O. J. Simpson's two-night interview special with Judith Regan on November 27 and 29, 2006 called If I Did It.

Lucia A. Simpson

Lucia A. Simpson was built in 1875 by Rand & Burger in Manitowoc, Wisconsin for Simpson & Co. of Milwaukee.

Maree Cheatham

She has also appeared in movies, such as Beetlejuice (1988) (where she developed a cult following), Rumor Has It..., Mr. & Mrs. Smith, America's Sweethearts, and a notable cameo in The Wedding Singer, in which she innocently asked Billy Idol what the "mile high club" was.

Minnesota Youth Symphonies

Full orchestral pieces were commissioned from composers Stephen Paulus, Shelley Hanson and MYS alumnus Edward (Teddy) Niedermaier.

Mrs. Simpson

Wallis Warfield Simpson, who subsequently married the former King Edward VIII and became known as Her Grace the Duchess of Windsor.

Nicholas Grabowsky

In June 1995, Carol went missing from her adult education services school, and Nicholas devoted his time to search for her, along with local news media, a host of volunteer searchers, and the assistance of such celebrity personalities as Charlotte Blasier, wife of O. J. Simpson defense attorney Bob Blasier.

Patrick Keohane

Served with Edward "Teddy" Evans on HMS Talbot.

RAF Tangmere

In September 1946, a world air speed record of 616 mph (991 km/h) was set by Group Captain Edward "Teddy" Mortlock Donaldson in a Gloster Meteor; after his death in 1992, he was buried in St Andrews Church.

Rhys Millen

Besides racing, Millen is also a stunt driver for films such as The Dukes of Hazzard, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale

The scale was developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Bob (Robert) Simpson, who at the time was director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Scouting in Wyoming

While detained in the camp, Mineta, a Boy Scout, met fellow Scout Alan K. Simpson, future U.S. Senator from Wyoming, who often visited the Scouts in the internment camp with his troop.

Seattle Marine Aquarium

The aquarium was created in 1962 and was initially owned and operated by Ted Griffin.

The Big Salad

In the last scene of the episode, Kramer leads police in a slow-speed chase on the New Jersey Turnpike while driving a white Bronco in a spoof of the slow-speed chase led by O.J. Simpson on the morning of June 17, 1994, a few months before this episode aired.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

From 1968 to 1970, a TV sitcom entitled The Ghost & Mrs. Muir starring Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare aired on NBC and ABC with the same premise as the book and film, but with a contemporary American setting.

The Latymer School

Edward Latymer was the founder of the school and Anne Wyatt was a generous patron of the school.

The Saturday Night Armistice

Along with sketches, there were also a number of humorous set-ups, such as Armando tricking O. J. Simpson into autographing a folded piece of paper stating "I DID IT" or sending a bus of Princess Diana-lookalikes to take photographs of News International journalists leaving their office.

Tug Wilson

Edward "Tug" Wilson (1921-2009), British Army colonel and founder and first commander of the Abu Dhabi Defence Force

Washington, Louisiana

Washington was the birthplace of Louisiana Governor Oramel H. Simpson, who served from 1926 until his defeat by the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr. in the 1928 Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

She also includes interview statements by non-celebrities, and celebrities, including All Things Considered anchor Susan Stamberg, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, television sitcom producer Norman Lear and Mary Tyler Moore Show actor Ed Asner.


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