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3 unusual facts about Thomas & Friends


Aveling and Porter

Three Aveling and Porter products are found in The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry and the TV series based on the books: George the Steamroller, Trevor the Traction Engine, and Fergus the Railway Traction Engine.

Radio-controlled boat

TUGS, Thomas & Friends and Theodore Tugboat in which they had moving eyes and as for TUGS moving heads.

Shane Acker

In June 2011, Acker was chosen to direct a new live-action adaptation of the children's book and TV series, Thomas & Friends.


All Prologue

#Charley Scalies as Thomas "Horseface" Pakusa

Barbara Fritchie Handicap

According to legend, Fritchie, a 95-year-old woman at the time, stood in the street and attempted to block or at least antagonize Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and his troops by waving the Union flag as they marched through Frederick, Maryland on their campaign to the Battle of Gettysburg.

Barney Live In New York City

In New York City is a Barney & Friends stage show, taped at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on March 6, 1994 and released on video on August 26, 1994.

Britt Allcroft

The first episode of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, shot on 35 mm film with narration by Ringo Starr and music by Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell, was aired for the first time on British TV in October 1984.

Cactus and a Rose

Produced by Chips Moman, it was a departure from his standard honky-tonk fare, as it features Southern rockers Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Mike Lawler, Bonnie Bramlett (from Delaney, Bonnie & Friends), and Randy Scruggs.

Charlie Midnight

The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (writer and producer "Trust In Me" - Joe Cocker, artist); Joni Mitchell's Turbulent Indigo album (writer "How Do You Stop," originally a moderate hit for James Brown); and the Marlo Thomas and Friends album Thanks and Giving All Year Long (writer/producer "I'll Give Anything But Up" - Hilary Duff, artist).

Chris Buck

Buck's credits include a number of animated commercials (including some with the Keebler Elves) for such Los Angeles-based production entities as FilmFair, Kurtz & Friends, and Duck Soup.

Damn Kids

Damn Kids music has also been featured on predominant BBC Radio 1 shows such as Skream & Benga, Diplo & Friends, & In New DJs We Trust.

Daphne Oz

Oz has been featured as a guest co-host on The View, and has appeared as a healthy living expert on Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, The Dr. Oz Show, The Rachael Ray Show, Dayside, and Good Day New York.

Dean Wendt

Dean Alan Wendt (born February 17, 1968 in Elgin, Illinois) is an American voice actor best known as the voice of Barney on the hit children's show Barney & Friends.

Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

The concert scenes for the finale and Eddie's big return onstage were filmed on April 24, 1989 in Las Vegas Paradise, Nevada at the Thomas & Mack Center

Frazier Reams

Reams was most well known for leading the prosecution of Thomas "Yonnie" Licavoli, who controlled bootlegging and illegal gambling operations in Detroit, Michigan and Toledo.

I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues

The song was later performed live by Mary J. Blige and Elton John, and this version of the song was part of the Mary J. Blige & Friends EP.

Ice in the Bedroom

It features several Wodehouse characters from earlier books, including Drones Freddie Widgeon and Oofy Prosser, and the trio of criminals, "Chimp" Twist and "Soapy" and "Dolly" Molloy.

Jill Dobson

She was a regular correspondent on Fox's morning show Fox & Friends, as well as Fox News prime time talk programs, including Hannity and Colmes, Hannity, and the O'Reilly Factor, as well as other Fox shows including The Live Desk.

Joachim Alcine

On September 15, 2012 Alcine faced Irish Brawler and two-time World Title Challenger Matthew Macklin (at the time 28-4, 19 KO's) on the HBO PPV Undercard of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez for the WBC World Middleweight Title in the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lakshmi Shankar

Late that same year, she toured North America with Shankar and George Harrison, who produced the Shankar Family & Friends album (1974), including the pop single "I Am Missing You" with vocals by Lakshmi.

Lisa Daftari

Currently, she is an on-air political commentator on the Fox News Channel and frequently appears on Fox & Friends, Happening Now, Geraldo at Large, Hannity, Women's Power Panel, and Fox's late night satire program Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld.

Luvs

1998: Barney the Dinosaur first appears on Luvs diapers, in consideration to the theatrical release of Barney's Great Adventure.

Mackinac Island Press

The book was featured across the country by Barnes & Noble and featured on Fox & Friends morning show, the Chicago Tribune, Associated Press and other media outlets and reached a top 50 ranking at Amazon and BN.com.

Mafia!

During the ceremony, with the help of Vincenzo's mother (Dukakis), several henchmen, and an Eskimo, he settles the family's accounts in an orgy of slaughter (filmed similarly to the end of The Godfather), even arranging the harpooning of Barney the purple dinosaur as a bonus.

Manny Alvarez

Manny Alvarez is a Cuban-American OB-GYN who serves as a senior medical contributor for the Fox News Channel and managing health editor of FoxNews.com, appearing on America's Newsroom, Fox & Friends, Fox News Live, America's Pulse, The Live Desk and Fox News Weekend.

Mary Anna Jackson

Mary Anna Morrison Jackson (July 21, 1831–March 24, 1915) was the second wife, and subsequently widow, of Confederate Army general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

Miss Louisiana USA

Her father was Louisiana State Representative Thomas "Bud" Brady.

Preservation efforts of the Fredericksburg battlefield

Over this ground Federal troops under Maj. Gen. George Meade and Brig. Gen. John Gibbon launched their assault against Lt. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's Confederates holding the southern portion of the Army of Northern Virginia's line at Fredericksburg.

R.E.V.O.

Produced by Thomas "Tawgs" Salter, Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio, and Walk off the Earth

Radio Wayne

It is also his first full-length children's music album, his second Disney-labeled album after his recording of "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" for the Disney Music Block Party (2008) compilation, and his third children's album appearance after Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long and Disney Music Block Party.

Reed Alexander

Kewlbites and Reed have been showcased on NBC's "The Today Show", Good Morning America Health, NBC 4 in Los Angeles, PIX 11 in New York, the online magazine "FanLaLa", Jimmy Kimmel Live!, on Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel, the June 2010 issue of Tiger Beat, and the May 2012 People Magazine.

Steve Malzberg

Throughout his career, Malzberg has also served as a substitute talk show host (on radio and television) and political pundit on various cable news shows, such as Heartland (hosted by Republican ex-congressman John Kasich), Fox & Friends, Hannity & Colmes, The O'Reilly Factor, Dayside, and several other programs on the Fox News Channel and CNN.

Swallowfield Park

In 1717, Thomas 'Diamond' Pitt, the Governor of Fort St. George, bought Swallowfield Park from Edward Hyde, reputedly using part of the proceeds of his sale of the Regent Diamond to Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

The film was written by Scott Stabile and produced by Kenn Viselman, who was behind the American localization of the British children's series Teletubbies and Thomas & Friends.

Thomas Armstrong

Thomas "Tommy" Armstrong (1848 – 1920), 19th century Geordie singer, songwriter

Thomas Wills

Thomas "Tom" Wills (1835–1880), one of the inventors of Australian rules football

Tractor Tom

The most popular shows than this are Chuck & Friends, Alphablocks, Budgie the Little Helicopter, Engie Benjy, Tayo the Little Bus, Rubbadubbers, Tots TV, Mio & Mao, Roary and Jellikins.

Vanessa Bayer

Some of her recurring sketches include a parody of Fox & Friends, which she does with Taran Killam and Bobby Moynihan, as well as The Miley Cyrus Show, which she does with Jason Sudeikis and the show's host.

William Nelson Page

The circa 1730 Nelson House built by "Scotch Tom" Nelson in Yorktown, Virginia is a National Historical Landmark maintained by the Colonial National Historical Park of the U.S. National Park Service.

The Nelson lineage in Virginia began with Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson (1677–1745), a Scottish immigrant who settled at Yorktown in 1690.


see also

Ben Small

As well as Thomas & Friends he and fellow British actor Keith Wickham previously worked together providing the British voices for Watch My Chops during the early-mid-2000s.