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The Gnomes Charge A common Pen & Paper expression that expresses discontent with the Dungeonmaster's choices or roll outcomes, referring to a particularly notorious game of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D) held at Toronto's 2000 The Rite of Ascension player gathering. The decision of notoriety was conducted by Epzen Gonzales, who declared that the players could not use the charge skill, because they did not have horses, while simultaneously allowing his NPC gnomes to charge the players, killing all of them.
The Gnomes of Dulwich The Gnomes of Dulwich is a United Kingdom television sit-com originally shown in six episodes from 12 May 1969 to 16 June 1969. Written by Jimmy Perry, the show starred Terry Scott, Hugh Lloyd, John Clive, Leon Thau, Anne de Vigier and Lynn Dalby as gnomes living at 25 Telegraph Road, Dulwich, London.
The Gnostic Paul The Gnostic Paul is book by Elaine Pagels, a well respected scholar of gnosticism and also Princeton University's Professor of Religion. In the work, Pagels considers each of the Pauline Epistles, and questions about their authorship, proposing that one should conclude that Paul of Tarsus was a gnostic, whose gnosticism was later covered up by the church orthodoxy.
The Go The Go is a garage rock band from Detroit, composed primarily of Robert "Bobby" Harlow (vocals), John Krautner (guitar, bass), Marc Fellis (drums), James McConnell (lead guitar), and a rotating cast of other band members, most notably, Jack White (later of the White Stripes), who was with the band from mid '98 - early '99.
The Go-Betweens The Go-Betweens were an internationally influential indie rock band from Australia, formed by guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in Brisbane in 1977. Early on they were joined by Lissa Ross (drums 1978) and Tim Mustapha (drums 1978–1979) then, during their "classic" period by Lindy Morrison (drums 1980–1989), Robert Vickers (bass 1983–1987), Amanda Brown (violin, oboe, guitar, backing vocals 1986–1989) and John Willsteed (bass 1987–1989) and, in their reformation, by Glenn Thompson (drums 2002–2006), and Adele Pickvance (bass 2000–2006).
The Go-Go's The Go-Go's are an all-female American rock and roll group formed in 1978. They made rock history as the first all-woman band that wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard charts with a number-one album.
The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (US title: The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick) is the English title of Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter, a 1972 film by the German-born director Wim Wenders. It was adapted from a novella by Wenders' long-time collaborator Peter Handke.
The Gobbler The Gobbler was a unique motel, supper club, and roadside attraction off of I-94 (Exit 267) in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin, United States. It was situated halfway between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Madison, Wisconsin.
The Gobshites The Gobshites are a Celtic punk band from Boston MA USA. Formed in 2002 by Peter Walsh, their music has been compared with the Pogues and Black 47, but is more a reversed version: instead of taking Irish songs and punking them up, they take punk songs and 'Irish' them up; for example, in their hands The Ramones's Long Way Back To Germany becomes Long Way Back To Ireland with a fiddle jig incorporated.
The God of Hell The God of Hell is a play by American playwright Sam Shepard. The play was written in part as a response to the events of September 11, 2001, and has been described by Shepard as "a take-off on Republican fascism.
The God of Small Things The God of Small Things (1997) is a semi-autobiographical, politically charged novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of a pair of fraternal twins who become victims of circumstance.
The God that Failed The God That Failed is a 1949 book which collects together six essays with the testimonies of a number of famous ex-Communists, who were writers and journalists. The common theme of the essays is the authors' disillusionment with and abandonment of Communism.
The God That Failed (song) The God that Failed is a song from Metallica's self-titled album. This was a controversial album written in 1991, because of the change in lyrics (from death and destruction, and the damage sometimes caused by alcohol, drugs, religion and war, to more personal topics).
The God Who Wasn't There The God Who Wasn't There is an independent documentary written and directed by Brian Flemming that questions the historicity of Jesus and examines evidence that supports the theory that the divine Jesus did not exist. Portrayed as a "guide through the bizarre world of Christianity", The God Who Wasn't There has generated significant controversy.
The Goddess Quandary The Goddess Quandary is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
The Godfather The Godfather is a 1972 crime film directed and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola based on the the novel of the same name authored by the screenplay's co-writer Mario Puzo. The film starred Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and James Caan.
The Godfather Part III The Godfather Part III (1990) is the third film in the Godfather trilogy written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola. It completes the story of Michael Corleone, a Mafia godfather who tries to legitimize his crime empire.
The Godfather's Revenge The Godfather's Revenge, a 2006 novel written by author Mark Winegardner, is the sequel to The Godfather Returns. The story takes place from 1963-1964 and primarily deals with Michael Corleone's biggest threat yet: returning capo-turned-traitor Nick Geraci.
The Gods Must Be Crazy The Gods Must Be Crazy is a film released in 1980, written and directed by Jamie Uys. Set in Botswana and South Africa, it tells the story of Xi (pronounced 'Gee' with a hard 'G'), a Bushman of the Kalahari Desert (played by Namibian bush farmer N!
The Gods of War The Gods of War is the fourth (and possibly final) novel (ISBN 0-00-716476-9) in the Emperor series, written by British author Conn Iggulden. The series is historical fiction following the life of Julius Caesar.
The Godzilla Power Hour The Godzilla Power Hour was an American Saturday morning cartoon, originally aired in 1978 on the NBC television network. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, the series was an animated adaption of the Japanese Godzilla films produced by Toho.
The Goering Center for Family & Private Business The Goering Center for Family & Private Business at the University of Cincinnati is an educational and informational resource center for companies that define themselves as a family business or closely held business. The Goering Center provides to businesses programs focusing on issues such as succession planning; estate and wealth transfer planning; communications; strategic management; governance; family councils ; conflict resolutions; leadership development; business valuation; philanthropic strategies; and financing and ownership strategies.
The Goit The Goit (sometimes written The Goyt) is a canal used for transporting drinking water along the Rivington chain. The section in Brinscall is currently covered, and a local campaign is ongoing to attempt to uncover the water.
The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money) "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)" is a song from the 1933 film Gold Diggers of 1933, sung in the opening sequence by Ginger Rogers and chorus. The lyrics were written by Al Dubin and the music by Harry Warren.
The Gold Experience The Gold Experience is a Prince (then known as ) album released September 26, 1995. The album is considered by some fans to be the Purple Rain of the 1990s, due to the rock and roll feel, accessibility of the tracks and Prince's own admission that the song "Gold" would be the next "Purple Rain".
The Gold Range The Gold Range, also known locally as the "Strange Range", has been a Yellowknife rough and tumble bar, hotel and cafe complex since it opened in 1958. Owned for many years by Sam Yirkiw, it is located in the heart of the city.
The Gold Rush The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The film also stars Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite and Georgia Hale.
The Gold-Bug "The Gold-Bug" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. The story was first published in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper in June 1843 after Poe had won a competition held by the paper, receiving a prize of US$100.
The Golddiggers The Golddiggers were a singing and dancing troupe that consisted of ten to twelve girls that regularly performed with the famous actor Dean Martin. In 1970, Greg Garrison selected four girls to be the Ding-A-Ling Sisters over the years with some changes the "sisters" were Tara Leigh, Lynne Latham, Jayne Kennedy and Helen Funai.
The GoldeBriars The GoldeBriars were an early-60s folk quartet which is most notable for including a young Curt Boettcher as a guitarist and vocalist. The group also included two sisters, Dotti and Sheri Holmberg, and Ron Neilson, lead guitarist & banjo player.
The Golden Age (comics) The Golden Age is a 1993 four-issue comic book limited series by writer James Robinson and artist Paul Smith. It concerns the Golden Age DC Comics superheroes entering the 1950s and facing the advent of McCarthyism.
The Golden Age of American animation The Golden Age of American animation is a period in American animation history that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928, peaked during the mid 1940s, and continued into the 1960s when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing to the new medium of television animation. Many of the most memorable characters emerged from this period including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Popeye, Betty Boop, Woody Woodpecker, Tom and Jerry, Droopy Dog and an incredibly popular adaptation of Superman.
The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" is a single released by Mott The Hoople. It makes reference to Mott as "96 decibel freaks," a reference to efforts by British politicians of the time to limit the volume of live musical performances to that level.
The Golden Apple (musical) The Golden Apple is a musical adaptation of both the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, produced both off-Broadway and on- in 1954. With music by Jerome Moross and lyrics by John Treville Latouche, the show was one of the first musicals produced at the Phoenix Theatre to later move up to Broadway on April 20, 1954 at the Alvin Theater where it played 125 performances.
The Golden Apples of the Sun (album) The Golden Apples of the Sun was a limited edition compilation of contemporary folk music curated by freak-folk musician Devendra Banhart for the art magazine Arthur Magazine. It collected 20 songs performed by recent underground folk and psychedelic artists and has since become considered the definitive compilation of what some have dubbed the New Weird America movement.
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments was a children's chemistry book written in the 1960s. Many of the experiments contained in the book are now considered highly dangerous, and would not appear in a modern children's chemistry book.
The Golden Bough The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging comparative study of mythology and religion by Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941). It was first published in two volumes in 1890; the third edition, published 1906-15, comprised 12 volumes.
The Golden Coach The Golden Coach (French: Le Carrosse d'or, Italian: La carrozza d'oro) is a 1953 film directed by Jean Renoir from a screenplay by the director, Jack Kirkland, Renzo Avanzo and Giulio Macchi and based on the play, Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement by Prosper Mérimée. It stars Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro and Duncan Lamont.
The Golden Cockerel The Golden Cockerel (Золотой Петушок in Russian, Zolotoy Petushok in transliteration) is an 1834 poem by Alexander Pushkin and an opera in three acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to a Russian libretto by Vladimir Ivanovich Belsky based on that poem. First performance by the Zimin Opera at Solodovnikov Theatre in Moscow on September 24, 1909.
The Golden Dogs The Golden Dogs are a pop-rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dave Azzolini is the songwriting force, supported by Jessica Grassia on keyboards, vocals, and percussion, Taylor Knox on drums, Neil Quin on guitar and vocals and Stew Heyduk on bass and vocals.
The Golden Gate The Golden Gate, as it is called in Christian literature, is the oldest of the current gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls. Jews used to pray for mercy at the gate, hence the name Sha'ar Harachamim, the Gate of Mercy.
The Golden Gate (novel) The Golden Gate (1986) is poet and novelist Vikram Seth's first novel. The work is a novel in verse composed of 690 Onegin stanzas (sonnets written in iambic tetrameter, with the rhyme scheme following the unusual ababccddeffegg pattern of Eugene Onegin).
The Golden Gate Quartet The Golden Gate Quartet is the most successful of all of the African-American gospel music groups who sang in the jubilee quartet style. Founded as the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet in Norfolk, Virginia in 1934 by A.
The Golden Globe The Golden Globe is a novel by John Varley, a science fiction writer who has won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards multiple times. The Golden Globe is set in his Eight Worlds universe, and was published in 1998.
The Golden Goose (DuckTales) The Golden Goose is a two-part episode from the second season of the Disney animated series DuckTales. Although it was aired as episodes 79 and 80, it is chronologically the last two episodes to be produced, which would make it the official series finale for DuckTales.
The Golden Hare With A Voice Of Silver The Golden Hare With A Voice Of Silver, a double CD by Coil, compiles two Russian compilation albums. "Disc One" is Пocoбие для нaчинaющих: Глac Cépeбpa and "Disc Two" is Пocoбие для кoнчaющих: Boлoc Злata.
The Golden Helmet The Golden Helmet is a Donald Duck comic strip story written by Carl Barks in July 1952. Donald and his nephews go on a treasure hunt for a mythical helmet that apparently gives the possessor legal claim of North America.
The Golden Hits Of Sandie Shaw The Golden Hits Of Sandie Shaw is a compilation album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. Released in April 1966 by Pye Records on their budget Golden Guinea label, it contains all of the "A" sides and "B" sides of all her UK chart singles from 1964 to the end of 1965, which was technically all of her singles apart from her very first which had failed to make an impression on the chart.
The Golden Child The Golden Child (1986) is an American mystical comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. Murphy plays Chandler Jarrell, a social worker who is confronted by a young asian woman (Charlotte Lewis) who tells him that he is the one destined to save The Golden Child, the saviour of all mankind, from the clutches of the demon Sardo Numspa, played by Charles Dance.
The Golden Jubilee Since 1908, Cullinan I, also known as the Great Star of Africa, had held the title of "largest faceted diamond in the world". That changed, following the 1985 discovery of a large brown diamond of 755 carats (151 g) in the prolific blue ground of the Premier mine in South Africa; the diamond would later be cut and named The Golden Jubilee, with an unsurpassed weight of 545.
The Golden Legend (oratorio) The Golden Legend is an oratorio by Arthur Sullivan with libretto by Joseph Bennett, who suggested the topic, based on the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. At least 17 performances of the cantata were given in Britain during the first year after its premiere in October 1886, and during Sullivan's lifetime it was widely considered his greatest and most successful work of serious music.
The Golden Lion Light Orchestra The Golden Lion Light Orchestra is a four-piece traditional English and Irish folk music and ceilidh band. The band formed in the mid-1980's in the Golden Lion Pub, Cleehill, Shropshire, England, hence its name.
The Golden Master The Golden Master is a 1939 pulp novel featuring the character known as the Shadow. It has the first appearance of the hero's archenemy Shiwan Khan, and deals with a scheme by Khan to conquer the world by hypnotizing arms manufacturers.
The Golden Mermaid The Golden Mermaid is a German fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book, attributing it to the Brothers Grimm, but there are noticable differences between it and the common Grimm version of The Golden Bird.
The Golden Mickeys The Golden Mickeys is a musical revue-style stage show presented in the style of an awards ceremony with characters from Disney films being nominated for awards including heroism and romance. The show originated on the Disney Cruise Line as a replacement for Morty the Magician's show.
The Golden Notebook The Golden Notebook is a 1962 novel by British author Doris Lessing. It is the story of writer Anna Wulf, the four notebooks in which she keeps the record of her life, and her attempt to tie them all together in a fifth, gold-colored notebook.
The Golden Path (song) The Golden Path is a single by The Chemical Brothers, featuring The Flaming Lips, taken from the Chemical Brothers' Singles 93-03 album. Steven Drozd, the drummer for the Flaming Lips, handled lead vocals on the song, not Flaming Lips vocalist Wayne Coyne; Coyne would only sing during the outro.
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, made in 1974 and starring John Phillip Law as Sinbad, is considered by many fans to be one of the best Sinbad films of all time. Tom Baker's performance as the evil wizard Koura was a key factor in his being cast on Doctor Who.
The Goldmind Inc. The Goldmind, Inc. is an American record label that was founded by hip hop artist Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, once distributed through Elektra Entertainment Group and more recently by Atlantic Records.
The Goldwyn Follies The Goldwyn Follies is a 1938 movie, written by Ben Hecht, Sam Perrin and Arthur Phillips, with music by George Gershwin, Vernon Duke, and Ray Golden, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Some sources credit Kurt Weill as one of the composers, but this is apparently incorrect.
The Golem (film) The Golem (original German name Der Golem, also known as The Monster of Fate) is a 1915 silent horror directed and written by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. The film is based on the book The Golem by Gustav Meyrink, who is also credited as a writer for the film.
The Golem: How He Came Into the World The Golem: How He Came Into the World (original German title: Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam) is a 1920 silent horror film by Paul Wegener. It was directed by Carl Boese and Wegener, written by Wegener and Henrik Galeen, and starred Wegener as the golem.
The Gone Wait The Gone Wait is the 35th album by Jandek, and the first of two released in 2003 It is Corwood Industries release #0773, and is the first release to feature the artist accompanying himself on fretless electric bass, rather than on his usual acoustic or electric guitar. The album's title was also the name of a song on Jandek's 1993 release Twelfth Apostle
The Gong Show The Gong Show was a television variety show spoof that was broadcast on NBC and in first-run syndication in the United States from 1976 until 1980. The NBC incarnation and the later years of the syndicated version were emceed by Chuck Barris who also produced.
The Gong Show Movie The Gong Show Movie shows how Chuck Barris lives through a week of being the host and creator of The Gong Show, through a series of outrageous competitors, stressful situations, a nervous breakdown and other comical characters involved in his life and work on the TV show.
The Gonnabees The GonnaBees are a pop trio of three girls from New York City; Sara, Nicole and Kaella. They hit number one in the New York charts with their song Queen of Pop, a song that makes fun of current pop singers such as Madonna, Jessica Simpson, Janet Jackson among others.
The Good 5 Cent Cigar The Good 5 Cent Cigar is a daily, student-run newspaper for the University of Rhode Island campus. The paper provides the university community with information regarding on-campus issues and events, as well as providing world news.
The Good Cause The Good Cause was the English name for Dutch pop group Het Goede Doel with singer Henk Westbroek. They recorded an English version of their 1982 hit België Although België means Belgium in Dutch language, the song refers to the Utrecht café België on the Oudegracht, famous for its 120 kinds of beer.
The Good Doctor The phrase "the good doctor" is a cliche which is commonly used in reference to any physician, sometimes with an ironic tone. Its first use was almost certainly by Shakespeare, at the end of Act V, Scene 1 of Macbeth:
The Good Doctor (play) Neil Simon's The Good Doctor (premiered: Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, November 27, 1973; first published: Random House, 1974) is a play composed of a series of scenes in which the only connecting thread is the character of the Writer originally played by Christopher Plummer, a curious amalgamation of Simon himself and Anton Chekhov. Written in the style of Chekhovian comedy, this play was how he met his first wife, Marsha.
The Good German The Good German is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 feature film adaptation of a novel by Joseph Kanon. Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Tobey Maguire, the film uses archival Russian footage and archived film from Corbis -- edited to blend with scenes shot on soundstages and on Universal Studios' backlot -- to tell a tale which on the surface is a murder mystery, but which weaves elements hinting at NASA's origins -- and the American postwar employment of Nazi rocket scientists.
The Good Girls The Good Girls was a female R&B musical group from Los Angeles, California that emerged in the late 1980s; comprised of members Shireen Crutchfield, Joyce Tolbert, and DeMonica Santiago. The Good Girls were recording artist for Motown Records, and were groomed as a contemporary version of The Supremes with a more urban sound.
The Good Life (1994 TV series) The Good Life was a sitcom aired on NBC in the spring of 1994 (it premiered following NBC's coverage of Super Bowl XXVIII). It starred John Caponera and Drew Carey (who would later find success with The Drew Carey Show).
The Good Life (album) The Good Life is a 1999 album by Danish rock group Kashmir, which served to greatly increase the popularity of the band. They changed their musical style from the genre of groovecore as seen in their earlier albums Travelogue and Cruzential, into more soft rock.
The Good Old Naughty Days The Good Old Naughty Days (French title: Polissons et galipettes - "Rascals and somersaults"), released in 2002, is a collection of film clips from silent pornographic films made between 1905 and 1930, re-edited by director Michel Reilhac, with a new soundtrack by Eric Le Guen. Most of the films were made in France and were intended to be shown in brothels.
The Good Person of Sezuan The Good Person of Sezuan, also known as The Good Woman of Setzuan, is a play by the German playwright, poet, theatre critic, and theorist Bertolt Brecht. It was written between 1939 and 1941, but completed in 1943 while the author was living in temporary self-imposed political exile in The United States, and was first performed (in 1943) at the Schauspielhaus ZĂĽrich in Switzerland with a musical score and songs by Swiss composer Huldreich Georg FrĂĽh.
The Good Shepherd (nautical fiction) The Good Shepherd is a nautical novel by CS Forester, the author of the novels about fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower. The hero of The Good Shepherd is the Captain of a US Navy destroyer in World War II.
The Good Son (Frasier) "The Good Son" is the official title for the pilot episode of the television show Frasier. This first episode attempts to both establish the show, introduce the primary characters, and distance itself from its parent, Cheers.
The Good Times Comedy CD The Good Times Comedy CD is a 2002 comedy album by actor Kenan Thompson, featuring the talents of Thompson and several other performers, including Michael "Scooby" Kimbrew and Thompson's former All That castmate Josh Server. All sketches and songs on the album were written by Thompson and Kimbrew, with additional improvisational contributions by all performers.
The Good-Day Bunnies The Good-Day Bunnies was a series of children's books created by Harriet Margolin and Carol Nicklaus and published by Western Publishing Company in 1987. Each story except for "The Great Spring Cookie Hunt" ended with a message of "A good day.
The Good, the Bad and the Queen The Good, the Bad and the Queen is the name of Blur frontman Damon Albarn's new album and new project. Initially reported as a solo album by Albarn with Danger Mouse producing, NME revealed in late July 2006 that the solo project was switched to a new group formed by Albarn.
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound is a 1988 animated telefilm by Hanna-Barbera, starring Huckleberry Hound and featuring several other Hanna-Barbera cartoon stars. This movie was one of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10.
The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent This is a collection of early stories from Joe R. Lansdale's career, published in 1997, many of which were never published before and none of which have ever been collected before (or, apparently, will ever be again).
The Goodies The Goodies are a trio of British comedians (Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie), who created, wrote, and starred in a surreal British television comedy series called "The Goodies" during the 1970s and early 1980s combining sketches and situation comedy.
The Goodmen The Goodmen are a house music duo from Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Gaston Steenkist ("Dobre") and René Horst ("DJ Zki"). Their biggest hit was "Give It Up", a house music track based upon loud, samba-styled percussion and the simple, repeating vocal line of the song title.
The Goon The Goon is a comic book series by Eric Powell. Originally published by Albatross Comics before Powell switched to Dark Horse Comics , the story is about the adventures of the Goon, a muscle-bound brawler who claims to be the primary enforcer for the feared mobster Labrazio.
The Goon Show The Goon Show was a popular and influential British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 on the BBC Home Service. It was heard in the United States as early as the mid-1950s when it was carried on NBC.
The Goonies The Goonies was a hit movie in 1985, produced by Steven Spielberg, and directed by Richard Donner, with the screenplay written by Chris Columbus from Spielberg's story. It is a film about a band of kids from a section of Astoria, Oregon called the "Goon Docks".
The Goonies (Famicom game) The Goonies (or just Goonies) is a 1986 video game by Konami for the Nintendo Famicom based on the hit motion picture, The Goonies. It was released only in Japan and never made it on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was the soundtrack album released in conjunction with the 1985 film The Goonies. The album was extremely popular due mostly in part to the inclusion of the hit song "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" by singer Cyndi Lauper, who had a cameo in the film (as herself, singing the song on TV).
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs One of many fables attributed to Aesop, and one that can be found in a compilation of his works cited and sourced at the bottom of this article. It is very popular, as are many of his fables, which also include The Fox and the Grapes, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and The Tortoise and the Hare.
The Goose-step (book) The Goose-step A Study of American Education is a book, published in 1923, by the American novelist and muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair. It is an investigation into the consequences of what Sinclair saw as plutocratic capitalist control of higher education (universities and colleges).
The Gopher Way The Gopher Way is a system of tunnels and skyways on the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus which connects many buildings. The system is open during the normal business hours of the buildings it occupies, while some portions are open 24 hours a day.
The Gorge Amphitheatre The Gorge Amphitheatre is a 20,000 seat concert venue located above the Columbia River gorge in George, Washington. Administered by the House of Blues, it is considered one of the premier concert locations in the Pacific Northwest.
The Gorgeous Group The Gorgeous Group is an Australian theatrical production concern. They were responsible for the 1998 Midsumma festival presentation Summa Cabaret which featured the Australian actors Hugh Jackman, Geraldine Turner, and the ensembles Combo Fiasco and The Great Big Opera Company, in a cabaret-style presentation of popular cabaret, theatre and show tunes.
The Gorgeous Hussy The Gorgeous Hussy is a 1936 film with Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, James Stewart, Beulah Bondi, Franchot Tone and Lionel Barrymore. It is a fictional account of President Andrew Jackson and an inkeepers daughter.
The Gorilla Foundation The Gorilla Foundation was first created by Francine Patterson in order to purchase Koko, the "talking gorilla" from her zoo which opposed her humanization. In order to continue with their evolutionary studies, they needed possession of Koko.
The Gospel at Colonus "The Gospel at Colonus" is a gospel version of Sophocles's tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. The show was created in New York in 1985 by Lee Breuer, the experimental-theatre director, and composer Bob Telson.
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ The Gospel According to Jesus Christ is the English translation of the Portuguese novel, O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo by José Saramago. It was translated in 1994 by Giovanni Pontiero, three years after the original was published in 1991.
The Gospel According to Spiritism The Gospel According to Spiritism (L'Évangile Selon le Spiritisme in French), by Allan Kardec is a book published in 1864 that relates the teachings of Jesus to Kardecist Spiritism, the moral and religious philosophy that Kardec had been publishing.

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