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unusual facts about Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!



Amy Hill

She is perhaps best known for her roles as Mrs. DePaulo in That's So Raven, Mrs. Kwan in The Cat in the Hat, Sue in 50 First Dates, Miss Hyo-Kim in Next Friday, Yung-Hee "Grandma" Kim on All-American Girl through more of a cult status, and the voice of Jasmine "Ah-Mah" Lee on The Life and Times of Juniper Lee.

Andrew Goffman

In 1997, following a year-long stint with Grandma Sylvia's Funeral, he began concentrating primarily on stand-up comedy, appearing at such venues as Caroline's, Catch A Rising Star, The Comic Strip, Rascals and at Canada's Yuk Yuks.

Arthur Potts Dawson

The show also stars Grandma Josie, campaigning for the working class, and goldsmith Jocelyn Burton.

Close-up

One of the best claims is for George Albert Smith in Hove, who used medium close-ups in films as early as 1898 and by 1900 was incorporating extreme close-ups in films such as As Seen Through a Telescope and Grandma's Reading Glass.

Emily Douglas

Emily Elizabeth Douglas, (born 1982), founder and executive director of Grandma's Gifts

Enid Markey

During the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in several television guest-starring roles, including The Andy Griffith Show as Barney Fife's landlady, and an episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., as Grandma Pyle.

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

Cledus T. Judd in 1996 released a parody called "Grandpa Got Ran Over by a John Deere" as a sequel to "Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer" and as well did a cover of the song in 2002.

Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!

The opening track entitled "Some of These Days", written by Shelton Brooks, was originally composed in 1910 and the second track entitled "Baby Face" was first recorded in 1926.

Greg and Karen DeSanto

For seven seasons, Greg and Karen were the resident clowns at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and appeared together in The Big Apple Circus’ 2005-06 production Grandma Goes To Hollywood.

Hazel Edwards

Literary output based on her experience includes Antarctica's Frozen Chosen (a young adult eco-thriller), Antarctic Writer on Ice (her expedition diary), Antarctic Dad (a picture book), Right or Wrong (a play co-written with fellow author Goldie Alexander), Grandma Leaps the Antarctic (an Auslan-signed DVD) and Antarctic Closeup, a National Museum initiative.

Interactive Picture Systems

The products created by the company included Movie Maker for ATARI, Trains, Grandma's House, and Aerobics for Spinnaker Software for the Atari 800, C64 and Apple II platforms.

John Haberle

He painted other subjects such as Slate (c. 1895), a bin of peanuts in Fresh Roasted (1887), The Clay Pipe (1889), and the huge Grandma's Hearthstone (1890), in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Komiks Presents: Kapitan Boom

Gloria Sevilla as Lola Gretchen - Lance/Kapitan Boom's grandma

Lorraine Moller

Moller ran her first marathon on 23 June 1979, winning Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota in 2:37:37.

Lost in Yonkers

Produced by Emanuel Azenberg and directed by Gene Saks, the cast included Jamie Marsh as Jay, Irene Worth as Grandma, Mercedes Ruehl as Bella, Kevin Spacey as Louie, Lauren Klein as Gert, Danny Gerard as Arty, and Mark Blum as Eddie.

Ma Perkins

Evey Perkins was played by Dora Johnson, Laurette Fillbrandt and Kay Campbell, who later became known for playing Grandma Kate Martin on the television soap opera All My Children.

Mapleton, Oregon

Mapleton was likely named by Julia Ann Bean ("Grandma" Bean) for the abundance of Bigleaf Maple trees in the area.

Nicholaus Goossen

He collaborated with Adam Sandler (executive producer of "Grandma's Boy") on the album "Shhh...Don't Tell" as a writer and co-producer in addition to performing on the track "Gay Robot".

It features Adam Sandler and comedian Nick Swardson (Co-writer and star of "Grandma's Boy") singing about the benefits of having trimmed pubic hair.

Proctor High School

Garry Bjorklund - Runner, holds high school State Meet record for the one-mile run, marathon runner, Olympic runner, Grandma's Half-Marathon is named in his honor.

Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula

Radha's attempts to make him notice her are in vain, and in desperation she confides in her grandma (Tanuja), for a solution.

Shana Hiatt

She has also appeared in television shows and movies including Must Love Dogs and Grandma's Boy .

Spiders on a Web

The film is, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "less formally ambitious," than the director's, "groundbreaking multiple close-up study Grandma's Reading Glass (1900), made the same year, but is nonetheless, "one of the earliest British examples of close-up natural history photography, predating Percy Smith's insect studies by a decade.

Spinnaker Software

Among the Spinnaker Software titles of 1983 were three programs designed and programmed by Interactive Picture Systems: Trains, Aerobics, and Grandma's House for Apple II, Atari 800 and Commodore 64 systems.

The Four Knights

Seated:Verna Felton ("Grandma" to Skelton's "Junior" character), Rod O'Connor (announcer), Lurlene Tuttle ("Mother" to Skelton's "Junior" character).

There's No One Quite Like Grandma

Another song that "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" prevented from reaching number-one was "Stop the Cavalry" by Jona Lewie, which has since become a Christmas favourite in the UK but finished at number three on the Christmas charts.

Virginia Capers

She made her Broadway debut in Jamaica in 1957 as the understudy for Adelaide Hall in the role of Grandma Obeah and took over the role when Hall left the show.

Watan Ke Rakhwale

Radha Pratap (Sridevi) lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed businessman dad, Raja (Sudhir Dalvi); her maternal grandma (Lalita Pawar); and paternal uncle, Dr. Narendra (Prem Chopra), who runs a mental hospital.


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