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Christmas elf

A team of elves features prominently in the Rankin-Bass 1964 special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, including a "misfit" elf named Hermey who does not desire to make toys and instead wants to pursue a career in dentistry.

Christmasville

* These are covers from the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which were written by Albert Hague (music) and Dr. Seuss (lyrics).

Horton Hears a Who!

Horton Hears a Who! was adapted into a half-hour animated TV special by MGM Animation/Visual Arts in 1970, directed by Chuck Jones (who also directed the television version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas), produced by Theodor Geisel, and with narration by Hans Conried, who also voiced Horton.

If I Ran the Zoo

Some of the animals featured in "If I Ran the Zoo" have been featured in a segment of The Hoober-Bloob Highway, a 1975 CBS TV Special.

Karyl Geld Miller

Her Emmy was for Best Writing for the TV special Lily, starring Lily Tomlin and featuring Richard Pryor (1974).

Maury Laws

His most widely known work may be an adaptation of Johnny Marks' score for the well-known Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, first aired in 1964.

MGM Animation/Visual Arts

The first was a 1966 adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which has become a mainstay of the holiday season.

It is noted for productions such as the last series of Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts, the TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and the feature film The Phantom Tollbooth, all released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown

She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown is the 19th prime-time animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz.

The Third Wave

The events of the experiment were adapted into a 1981 TV special, The Wave, and a young-adult novelization by Todd Strasser, who used the pen name Morton Rhue to write it.


see also

Almost in Love

Tracks include 1968's "A Little Less Conversation" (a re-recording of this song by Elvis for his 1968 TV Special would later be remixed by Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL and become a hit in 2002) and "Rubberneckin", a 1969 single from the film Change of Habit recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis during the 1969 recording sessions that had produced From Elvis in Memphis and Elvis Back in Memphis.

Archaeogenetics of the Near East

It was reported in the PBS description of the National Geographic TV Special on this study entitled "Quest for the Phoenicians" that ancient DNA was included in this study as extracted from the tooth of a 2500 year-old Phoenician mummy.

Bunnicula

A 1982 animated TV special (from Ruby-Spears) by the same name was created based on the first book and aired on the ABC Weekend Special.

Carlo Fassi

He was such an icon in the sport that when the comic character Snoopy adopted an alter ego as a figure skating coach (appearing, for example, in the 1980 TV special She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown), it was clearly modelled upon Fassi.

Celebrity Bowling

The weekly series was a by-product of The Celebrity Bowling Classic, a 90-minute TV special produced in 1969 for the Metromedia-owned stations, benefitting the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation.

Elise Lindsay

More recently she coordinated an extensive six week Fitness TV special titled Hi Impact Aerobics and appeared on the Cyber coach dance system.

Ellwood P. Cubberley High School

Cubberley was the scene of the Third Wave experiment by teacher Ron Jones, which was later portrayed in a film and TV special.

Et je t'aime encore

On October 1, 2003 Céline Dion taped the 1 fille & 4 types TV special at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where she performed this song among others.

Fotia

:The 3rd single, the music video for the single was filmed in Morocco for a TV-special aired by Mega Channel in early 1990.

Gặp nhau cuối năm

Gặp nhau cuối năm (or Táo Quân) is a Vietnam's annual TV special that airs on New Year's Eve on VTV.

I Gotta Get Out of This Town

It was the opening song and in the 1967 TV special: Movin' With Nancy, starring Nancy Sinatra, released to home video in 2000.

Interstellar ark

Hitchhiker's Guide author Douglas Adams had first proposed these plot elements for a TV special that was to have featured Ringo Starr, but the show was never produced.

Jack Handey

For several years Handey worked on other television projects: the Canadian sketch series Bizarre in 1980; the 1980 TV special Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty; and Lorne Michaels' short-lived sketch show on NBC called The New Show in 1984.

Jason Latimer's Perfect Picture

As performed on the BBC One’s TV special “The Magicians, Episode 3,” Latimer levitated former Pussy Cat Dolls and Got to Dance Host’s Kimberly Wyatt then the entire scene rotates, stage, girl in the air, rotate 360 degrees to give the visual effect of Bullet Time on stage.

Je lui dirai

On October 1, 2003 Céline Dion taped the 1 fille & 4 types TV special at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where she performed this song among others.

Jewel and Blaire Restaneo

Jewel & Blaire also had the great opportunity of working with Erin Brockovich on ABC's Challenge America TV Special with other Broadway kids, Ashley Rose Orr, Danielle Brown, Jennifer Brown, and Shadoe Brandt.

John W. Bubbles

One of his last being on a musical episode of The Lucy Show, which also guest-starred Mel Torméand a featured performance on Barbra Streisand's 1967 TV special, The Belle of 14th Street, a tribute to the bygone era of vaudeville.

Mad Monster Party?

In 1972, Rankin/Bass produced a "prequel of sorts" with the TV special Mad Mad Mad Monsters which aired on September 23, 1972 as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.

Manxmouse

The Japanese animation studio Nippon Animation adapted this tale into a feature-length TV special in 1979, directed by Hiroshi Saito.

Marion Keene

"I started my television career in 1956 with The Dave King Show, then Jimmy Wheeler, Ted Ray, Norman Wisdom, Dickie Henderson, Stanley Black, Bob Hope TV Special. All the shows I did were series so I was appearing to audiences of 20 million. They were live shows and so exciting. I also did commercials, Frys Turkish Delight, was very popular, also Dreft, Dairy Box and Dove Soap."

Me and I

The song has been performed on TV only once, on the ABBA TV Special, Dick Cavett meets ABBA, when ABBA performed this song live.

Nippon Animation

Sango-shō Densetsu: Aoi Umi no Elfie - TV special, 1986; seemingly inspired heavily by Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa

PG Tips

In 2007, PG Tips reunited Johnny Vegas and the ITV Digital Monkey character puppeteered by Nigel Plaskitt and Susan Beattie, voiced by Ben Miller and made by Paul Jomain, following a holiday TV special about famously bad decisions (ITV Digital's launch) where they featured briefly.

Pie, Pie Blackbird

A clip from the film is included in That's Black Entertainment (1989) and the TV special It's Black Entertainment (2002).

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness

A 21-minute TV special based on the game starring Kurumi Mamiya aired in Japan on September 9, 2007 as a content of the program relating Pokémon, "Pokémon Sunday" produced by TV Tokyo Corporation.

Richard P. Rubinstein

He got his first associate producer credit in the early 1970s for the one-hour TV special A Night with Nicol Williamson, produced by Dore Schary.

S Club Party

The music video was filmed in the Californian desert - in the famous setting of Vasquez Rocks - on the set of the Back to the 50s TV special.

Scott Lochmus

Previously, Mr. Lochmus served as Senior Director at Sony Music Studios, in charge of production, where he directed and produced award-winning videos of every soundtrack recorded by Celine Dion from 1996 to 2008, including her landmark duet with Barbra Streisand, as well as Dion’s “One Year, One Heart” ABC Family TV Special, and two widely acclaimed documentaries, “Let's Talk About Love,” and “Taking Chances,” among others.

Skip Hinnant

In 1977, he voiced the Easter Bunny in the Rankin/Bass made-for-television feature The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town, and in 1980 he provided a voice for the TV special Pogo for President: I Go Pogo.

Steben Twins

Following Vegas, Karyne and Sarah traveled to Italy to act and dance in a European TV special for Rai Uno, hosted by Adriano Celentano.

Stilian Ivanov

A film about Lili Ivanova – “Privately with Lili”, broadcast on the Christmas TV special of BNT.

The Pendragons

They performed at presidential galas for US presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush, including a performance for President Clinton at the Ford's Theater for an ABC TV Special.

The Secret Policeman's Ball

The Secret Policeman's Ball 2006, the 2006 Amnesty benefit show (and the spin-off TV special and DVD)

The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008, the 2008 Amnesty benefit show (and the spin-off TV special)

The Vic Theatre

Jim Gaffigan's Beyond the Pale CD, DVD and TV special were recorded at the Vic in 2006.

True meaning of Christmas

The topic was taken up by satirists such as Stan Freberg and Tom Lehrer during the 1950s and eventually by the influential TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas, first aired in 1965 and repeated every year since.

Ukulele Lady

Bette Midler first performed the song live in the 1997 TV special "Diva Las Vegas" as a tribute to her native Hawaii.

Victoria Beckham: Coming to America

Victoria Beckham: Coming to America was a 2007 one-hour American TV special that featured British former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham moving to the United States where her husband, David Beckham, began his career playing soccer for LA Galaxy of the MLS.

Yoshinori Okada

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (TV Special, 2008) (as Ashiya Shizuki, Ashiya Mizuki's brother)