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1961 Rose Bowl

As seen by an estimated 30 million television viewers, students from nearby Caltech altered the plans for the Washington card stunts, which spelled "CALTECH" instead of "HUSKIES" and showed the Caltech Beaver mascot instead of the Washington Husky.

Ahmed Jibril

Samuel Katz's Israel vs. Jibril distinguishes the PFLP-GC and Jibril's strategy from the rest of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) by its emphasis on military training and equipment, and not on declarations and publicity stunts.

Ben Dark

In 1994, Dark started at Brisbane radio station B105 and worked for two-and-a-half years conducting on-air stunts under the pseudonym The Bush Pig.

Blood and Bone

Kam Williams of News Blaze gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, calling it "a decent, low-budget splatter affair for folks who care more about body counts and orchestrated martial arts stunts than a coherent storyline. Michael Jai White (Spawn) makes a convincing case here that he deserves future consideration as an action star on the order of a Vin Diesel or a Sylvester Stallone".

Bluesmobile

In the documentary "Stories Behind the Making of the Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd (Elwood) stated that the Bluesmobile would get charged from the substation, which would explain how it would be able to do impressive stunts.

Bob Guccione, Jr.

The magazine established itself with several publishing stunts such as publishing a nude photo of Women's football celebrity Brandi Chastain.

Brad Sykes

Growing up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Sykes made eight features on video (many of which involved Karo syrup, red food coloring and "stunts" of dubious safety) while still in high school.

Butch Brickell

Brickell got his start performing Hollywood stunts in 1993, first working in the Mr. Nanny and The Specialist.

Caney Fork

(This area was used for a considerable number of exterior shots and stunts in the Sylvester Stallone film, The Specialist.)

Charles Starrett

The Durango Kid films combined vigorous action sequences – often with sped up camera work and spectacular stunts performed by Jock Mahoney – and western music.

Colin Winkelmann

He attempted dangerous stunts such as jumping 116 feet over 13 Ford Explorer sport utility vehicles, for which he earned an entry into the Guinness Book of Records.

Crescent City Connection

Both spans were briefly closed on April 9, 2006 to allow filming with stunts and pyrotechnics for the Denzel Washington film Déjà Vu, released in the US on November 22, 2006.

Dorothy Davenport

Davenport was a horsewoman of distinction, and did many of her own stunts in films.

Double the Fist

The show parodies many things about popular culture, primarily being a spoof of shows such as Jackass; whereas they perform stunts designed to injure and/or humiliate an individual, the Fist team do things that would obviously kill them.

Ehren McGhehey

There he filmed some of his ideas and stunts on a small scale; he was soon spotted by Jackass director Jeff Tremaine, who put him on the Jackass team.

Emilien De Falco

After getting a strong traditional base he also trained acrobatics, Stunts, Parkour and fitness, willing to increase his flexibility, explosivity and muscularity.

Ernst Kunwald

A Stokowski detractor, J. Herman Thuman, wrote a review in the The Cincinnati Enquirer that Kunwald “…does not find it necessary to resort to vaudeville stunts to gain the acclaim of the crowd”.

Fred Haggerty

He never played a major role, but appeared in few well-known films, including From Russia with Love (1963), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) and did stunts in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).

Game for a Laugh

Jeremy Fox also brought to the show a wealth of stunts from Truth or Consequences, a show created by Ralph Edwards Productions in Hollywood from whom LWT bought the rights.

High Green

At the end of another song, "All My Own Stunts," Josh Homme from the Queens of the Stone Age shouts "Because I'm from High Green, I'm from High Green!"

Ikke gjør dette hjemme

The Swedish version, produced by OTW for Viasat is airing in April 2013, and sees the format's first female host, Lena Sahlberg who performs experiments and stunts with co-host Mark Boham

Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing

On February 2, 2009 several University of British Columbia engineering students were arrested while attempting to suspend the shell of a Volkswagen Beetle under the bridge as part of an "Engineering Week" tradition.

Jackie Chan Stunt Team

Anthony Carpio (Go Shut-Fung) – Armour of God, Project A Part II, Police Story 2 Miracles, Twin Dragons, Drunken Master II, Thunderbolt, Jackie Chan: My Stunts, The Accidental Spy, The Medallion, New Police Story, Rob-B-Hood

Jacob Davis Productions

Card stunts have been used in stadiums and arenas to honor famous athletes, celebrate memorable games or events, and patriotic displays or shows of Support for American combat troops overseas.

Jägermeister Music Tour

Beginning with the Spring 2003 tour, the event has been hosted by The Lizardman who appears onstage throughout the night performing sideshow stunts, stand-up, and introducing the bands.

Jayne Mansfield's leopard spot bikini

Jayne Mansfield's leopard spot bikini was regular wardrobe for actress and blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield in her publicity stunts.

Jesse James Is a Dead Man

Jesse James is a Dead Man is an American TV series features motorcycle customizer Jesse James doing ostensibly death-defying stunts.

John Safran's Music Jamboree

It screened in 2002, and consisted of sketches and outlandish public stunts, typical of Safran's work.

Kentucky Colonels

They were equally famous for publicity stunts, their most famous coming in 1968 when Penny Ann Early, the first licensed female horse racing jockey, was signed to appear in an ABA game (albeit for a few seconds).

Koichi Sakamoto

In 2008, Sakamoto and the Alpha Stunts team provided stunt training for the reality TV series Tankboy TV.

Lost Arrow Spire

While Steve Roper called this "one of the greatest rope stunts ever pulled off in climbing history" many climbers did not recognize this "rope trick" as a true ascent.

Matthew Pritchard

In 2006 Pritchard, Dainton, Locke, and Dan Joyce traveled around the globe doing stunts and pranks that related to the seven deadly sins for Dirty Sanchez: The Movie.

Max Valier

For von Opel, these were publicity stunts for the Opel company, and for Valier, a way of further raising interest in rocketry amongst the general population.

Minimum Security

In one storyline, Nikko was accepted to appear in the television series Fear Factor, only to humiliate himself when he got sick trying to perform one of his stunts (licking the ears of Jesse Helms).

Mulawin: The Movie

Wong choreographed stunts in the highly successful movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle, Rush Hour 2 and Bulletproof Monk.

Paul Stader

After his acting roles ended, Stader continued performing stunts into the 1980s, having worked on such other films as Repossessed, Demetrius and the Gladiators, Giant, Our Man Flint, Tobruk, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Blazing Saddles, The Great Waldo Pepper, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, and a 1985 television movie of Alice in Wonderland.

Proper Education

The music video for this song includes teenagers (Daniel Ilabaca) escaping school while doing parkour stunts and other various actions, like jumping from building to building.

Rapier

The television series Queen of Swords features the use of the rapier in the mysterious circle, Destreza style favoured by the first swordmaster of the series Anthony De Longis who studied the Spanish sword fighting technique and wanted a unique style for the heroine.

Rémy Julienne

Notable large film projects in which he has arranged stunts, consulted or manufactured special stunt cars include The Italian Job and six James Bond films, five of which were directed by John Glen and three with his sons Dominique and Michel.

Roslyn Walker

You will see amazing tricks on a single wheel from World champion unicyclist Kaleigh Grainger; comedy, juggling and high-wire walking from Harley the Clown; as well as Walker's own daring feats of escapology and classic sideshow stunts all accompanied by live music from fiddler Ed Wright and guitarist Stu Dench

Russ Swift

Swift's driving skills were memorably put to the test in 1987, when he performed stunts in a crowded parking lot in an Austin Montego for a television advertisement.

Scottsboro, Alabama

In 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh performed stunts in his famous plane the Spirit of St. Louis.

Soul Divider

In one episode of the American stunt show Viva La BamSouldivider's "Anymore" is being played while skate stunts are being performed.

Stunt Silva

In 2007 Silva introduced as an Action Director ( Silva Stunts ) for the movie Yamadonga direct by S. S. Rajamouli

That's Life!

Presenters often left the confines of the studio for various stunts; Esther was arrested during one vox pop for apparently obstructing the pavement.

The Great Santini

Believing that the film's title - giving the perception that it was about circus stunts - would be the problem, it was tested as Sons and Heroes in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as Reaching Out in Rockford, Illinois, and The Ace in Peoria, Illinois.

Wan Kuok-koi

One of his most outrageous stunts was to close down the Macau-Taipa Bridge for some hours to allow filming of a crucial scene in the movie.


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