Diff'rent Strokes is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978 to May 4, 1985 and on ABC from September 27, 1985 to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, respectively, two African-American boys from Harlem taken in by a rich white Park Avenue.
Chainey Umphrey on Mister Rogers' NeighborhoodEpisode 1566Albert Chainey Umphrey (born August 2, 1970) is a retired American gymnast. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, helping the U.S. team to a 5th-place finish in the team all-around. Umphrey was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 2, 1970, and took up gymnastics at age 7. He attended Albuquerque Academy and graduated in 1988. While in Albuquerque, he trained at Gold Cup Gymnastics along with future Olympians Lance Ringnald and Trent Dimas.Umphrey competed in college gymnastics at UCLA, where he was an All-American and two-time team captain. He was a member of the U.S. national team from 1989 to 1997, competing at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 1991, 1994, and 1996. His best result was a 4th-place finish on the horizontal bar in 1994. He also won a gold medal for the team all-around at the 1995 Pan American Games.Away from competition, Umphrey also worked to promote the sport of gymnastics and appeared at clinics around the United States. He was a guest on the children's program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in 1986 and again in 1995, demonstrating gymnastics skills and training methods.
I've long seen Johnny Carson footage of Tracee Talavera doing gymnastics on The Tonight Show; but I've never seen the entire interview before, uploaded by Paul Marsh.
I believe Kurt Thomas made a couple of Tonight Show appearance; but I wonder if any film footage has survived the passage of time because I've never seen any of it. Maybe someone out there has a VHS tape of Kurt's guest appearance and will one day see the light of day on YouTube.
Video blurb:
Tracee Ann Talavera (born September 1, 1966) is an American retired artistic gymnast of Mexican-American descent who competed for the United States at the.Tracee Talavera performs the 1980 compulsory UB routine and her optional UB routine.Johnny Yune was born 1936 in Eumseong County, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, South Korea. His Korean first name is Jong-seung and got an American.Brief report on a few US female gymnasts' performances in 1979. Schwandt, Talavera, Frederick, Johnson, McNamara. Video starts with bloopers at a women's NCAA meet. Poor quality.
I arranged for a team-bonding day with some of my gymnasts, for the movie Kubo and the Two Strings.
If you must blink, do it now! (Or hit the replay button and re-read the post....)
Decent turnout (from the pool of gymnasts I have; turnout for the movie from the general populace apparently isn't as good as it deserves). We killed some time with some origami and am thankful no security came over to scold us for throwing this over the balcony.
The movie has a decent story and message; but is probably too intense, serious, and heavy of a storyline for young kids to follow; and not get scared. The parents seemed to all enjoy it.
I grew up liking traditional Japanese ghost stories; and this movie evoked a certain sense of that.
I do feel that this movie is a good promotional for generating interest in origami (even though much of it has to do with magic than strict paperfolding).
After the scene with the birds, I now kind of want to fold Jared Needle's bird, whereas I didn't have a great deal of interest before.
Focus Features Los Angeles Premiere of LAIKA "Kubo and The Two Strings"
Art Parkinson seen at Focus Features Los Angeles Premiere of LAIKA "Kubo and The Two Strings" on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, in Universal City, Calif. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Focus Features/AP Images)
I wonder if any artists out there have the inclination to fold some of the characters from the movie, after seeing it?
The movie was made in stop-motion. Not CGI. This movie deserves respect.
I'm reluctant to re-upload Chainey's Mr. Rogers Neighborhood appearances because my original YouTube account was suspended before on account of it (since then, eps have been posted up by others without being taken down; but I've yet to find complete footage of Chainey's appearances).
While searching for the possibility of someone else having uploaded Chainey's two visits, I made a shocking discovery: Chainey was not the first gymnast to appear on the show. It happened 19 years before Chainey's first appearance and 28 years before his second, back in 1967! Bern Jesiolowski:
At the age of 18, I was dancing with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, and
on the University of Pittsburgh's Gymnastics team while attending Pitt.
The Director of the Pgh Ballet, Nicholos Petrov, selected me to perform
with him and a younger member of the jr. ballet , a small piece he
created and choreographed (called the sad monster) on the Mr. Rogers
Neighborhood t.v. show. Fred and I talked after that show, and he liked
me and I him. Subsequently, he asked me to do some work on 3 additional
shows, and later hired me as assistant to the Director for his show a
year later. Fred was every bit the terrific person off screen as he was
on screen: kind, genuine, compassionate, intelligent and wanting to do
everything he could to help children everywhere.This is one of the four
shows I've just posted on you tube in which I was involved with the
wonderful Mr. Rogers
One of my adorable level 3 gymnasts (who misses a LOT of practice because of acting auditions and gigs) appears in this. No one does her better than she does her; and is perfect the way she is (although I will keep stretching those tight shoulders for her...).
Almost a million views after only a few days!
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NOT the cat and mouse. These are
two acrobats named Tom and Jerry. Who are Tom and Jerry? Where did
they come from? Where did they go? I'd like to know. If you can help
me, please contact me through YouTube or my website at
www.polarblairsden.com. This excellent clip comes from their
appearance on the public domain episode of "The Colgate Comedy Hour",
aired on December 14, 1952. It was the thirteenth episode of the third
season, and was hosted by Abbott & Costello. I think these guys are incredible athletes. You will, too!