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unusual facts about Wink


Voyage, voyage

Japanese Jpop Duo Wink also covered it on 1993 by the name Eien no Lady Doll ~Voyage Voyage~.


1943 Michigan Wolverines football team

Late in the third quarter, the Wolverines sustained a 57-yard scoring drive that ended with Wiese faking the run, handing off to Jack Wink, and Wink then lateraling the ball to Bob Nussbaumer who ran 31 yards on a sweep around the left end for a touchdown.

Albert Richard Thomas

He witnessed the swearing in of President Lyndon Baines Johnson on Air Force One which included the 'infamous wink' to Lyndon B. Johnson.

Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster

Other cast members include Robert Rothrock as the voice of the monster, Rebecca Wink as villager Sara, and Amanda Fuller as Gabrielle, the monster's daughter.

Gary Cammack

2012 When incumbent Republican Representative Thomas Brunner was term limited and left the Legislature and left a District 29 seat open, Cammack ran in the three-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 1,450 votes (43.8%); Cammack and incumbent Republican Representative Dean Wink were unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, where Cammack took the first seat with 5,991 votes (55.40%) and Representative Wink took the second seat.

Gonks Go Beat

The film was released on DVD in the UK in 2007 by Optimum Home Entertainment, who tipped the wink to its intended audience by describing it as "the Plan 9 from Outer Space of film musicals", a description originally coined by the UK film critic Mark Kermode.

Inboxtv

Company executives were Barak Kassar, founder and CEO, formerly of Wink Communications, Jim Spare, COO, formerly of General Instrument (now Motorola) and WebTV (now Microsoft), Alan Teague, CTO, formerly of Kinecta, Susan Evans, formerly of Publicis, Sandy Frank, four-time Emmy winning writer for David Letterman and Tim Myers, a CLIO winning animator

Jack Wink

Wink started two games as quarterback for the 1943 Michigan Wolverines.

James Vernall Teetzel

He attended Woodstock College, Galt Collegiate Institute and Osgoode Hall, articling with Osler, Wink & Gwyn.

Mike Pompeo

He bested State Senator Jean Schodorf (who received 24%), Wichita businessman Wink Hartman (who received 23%), and small business owner Jim Anderson (who received 13%).

Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings

Roy Kelton Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, on April 23, 1936, and he grew up in Wink, Texas.

Shuckey Duckey

He was parodied on Saturday Night Live by Bobby Moynihan as "Slappy Pappy," with the catchphrase "Slappy Pappy Wink Wink."

The Pious Bird of Good Omen

Its use as an album title as well as the album art is a sly wink to the featuring of the band's number 1 UK hit "Albatross."

Walter Wink

One of Walter Wink's sons—Chris Wink—is known as a founding member of the Blue Man Group.

WSKZ

Before becoming KZ106 in 1978, the station was owned by Ted Turner, and played an easy listening format, under the call letters WYNQ, and was branded "Wink-FM".


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