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The First Hundred Years The First Hundred Years was the first ongoing soap opera in the United States that began as a daytime serial, airing on CBS from December 4, 1950 until June 27, 1952. A previous daytime drama on NBC, These Are My Children, aired in 1949 but only lasted one month, and NBC's Hawkins Falls began in June of 1950 as a primetime "soap" and didn't move to daytime until April of 1951.
The First Churchills The First Churchills was a BBC miniseries from 1969 about the life of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and his wife, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. It starred John Neville as the duke and Susan Hampshire as the duchess and was directed by David Giles.
The First Journey (Alternamorphs) Alternamorphs #1: The First Journey is the first book of the Alternamorphs series, a spinoff of the Animorphs series. It involves a second-person narrative so as to allow the reader to actually take part in the story.
The First Letter The First Letter is the last album released by Wire before their second extended hiatus. It was their one of only two releases (the other being a difficult to procure limited edition 2 song EP entitled "Vien") under the name "Wir" and without drummer Robert Gotobed, who quit the band as their musical direction increasingly relied on drum machines and loops.
The First Night "The First Night" is an R&B song written by American rapper-songwriter Jermaine Dupri, Tamara Savage, Marilyn McLeod, and Pam Sawyer for Monica's sophomore studio album The Boy is Mine (1998). Produced by Dupri, and built around a sample of Diana Ross' "Love Hangover", the song was released as the album's second single.
The First Nowell "The First Nowell" ("The First Noël") is a traditional English Christmas carol, most likely from the 16th or 17th century, but possibly dating from as early as the 13th century. In its current form it is of Cornish origin, and it was first published in Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1823) and Gilbert and Sandys Christmas Carols (1833), edited by William Sandys and arranged, edited and extra lyrics written by Davies Gilbert.
The First of February The First of February is the second album by Last Wish. The songs "Royal Blue", "The First Time", "Still Broken", "Artha", "Cattleprod", and "Whispers" have been performed by 5591 and Blue October.
The First Parish in Cambridge The First Parish in Cambridge, a Unitarian Universalist church, is located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The church is notable for its almost 400 year history, which includes pivotal roles in the development of the early Massachusetts government, the creation of Harvard College, and the refinement of current liberal religious thought.
The First Stone The First Stone by Helen Garner is a highly controversial non-fiction book about a 1992 sexual harassment scandal at Ormond College, one of the residential colleges of the University of Melbourne. It was first published in Australia in 1995 and was published in the United States in 1997.
The First Team The First Team were the first players known to have played the sport of basketball, having been taught the game in 1891 by James Naismith, who is recognized as the inventor of the sport. The team comprises 18 players who were studying in Springfield, Massachusetts, to become executive secretaries of the YMCA and who, as part of their coursework, studied physical education with Naismith, who is said to have invented the game to teach teamwork skills to his charges.
The First Team (novel) The First Team is a 1971 thriller by John Ball. The book is set in a future history of a United States living under a brutal Soviet occupation, at a date which is not specified but seems to be the late 1970's, and can retroactively be considered a kind of alternate history.
The First Ten Years The First Ten Years is a series of 10 cds and double 12" singles by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released between February 24 and April 28 1990, to commemorate Iron Maiden's first ten years of releasing singles.
The First Time "The First Time" is the eighth track from U2's 1993 album, Zooropa. It was never released as a single, although it features on the soundtrack to the 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel movie, and on the greatest hits album, The Best of 1990-2000.
The First Tractor The First Tractor is the name of several Socialist realist paintings and illustrations that portray the beginning of collectivisation in the USSR. The subject of the painting is typically a Fordson tractor, the first agricultural tractor imported and then manufactured in the Soviet Union.
The First Traveling Saleslady The First Traveling Saleslady was a commercially unsuccessful 1956 movie starring Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing, James Arness, and a young Clint Eastwood (as Channing's beau, no less, whose height she equals when wearing heels) which was, Channing claimed, among the films that helped to close RKO Pictures.
The First Wives Club The First Wives Club is a 1996 movie directed by Hugh Wilson based on the novel by Olivia Goldsmith. It stars Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton as three divorced women who seek revenge on their husbands who left them for younger women.
The First Year Experence Program Freshman Seminar Program or The First Year Experience is a program that is instituted at many American colleges and universities which is designed to help students prepare for the transition from high school to college. Depending on the school, the course could last anywhere from two weeks to one full school year.
The Fishing Party The Fishing Party is a minor Australian political party that represents recreational fishermen and women. It does this primarily by challenging damaging commercial fishing practices and lobbying for the abolition of recreational fishing licences.
The Fist of God The Fist of God is a novel by Frederick Forsyth, mixing known fact with fiction to tell a story of the coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War racing against time to discover the true nature of Saddam Hussein's secret weapon, 'The Fist of God.'
The Fisticuffs The Fisticuffs are a south Chicago suburbs-based Irish folk rock band. Formed in 2005, the band currently consists of Bobby Baldwin (vocals, acoustic guitar), Dave Beneventi (mandolin), Steve Baldwin (washboard), Brandon Simmons (bass), Tony Dellorto (drums), Arcadia Kust (fiddle), and Sean Moriarty (electric guitar).
The Fitzsimons campus of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center The Fitzsimons campus of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) is a campus of the University of Colorado which is being developed using the facilities and grounds of the former Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. It is scheduled to open in 2007 adjacent to the planned Colorado Bioscience Park Aurora, a research park which will utilize 160 acres (647,000 m²) of the former grounds of the Army base.
The Five The Five (, MoguÄŤaja kuÄŤka, literally Mighty [Little] Heap, and often translated as The Mighty Handful; also known as The Mighty Five, The Russian Five, or The New Russian School in English-speaking countries, and by comparable translations in other languages), was a label applied in 1867 by the critic Vladimir Stasov to a loose collection of Russian composers brought together under the leadership of Mily Balakirev with the aim of producing a specifically Russian kind of art music rather than one that imitated older European music or relied on European-style conservatory training. In a sense, they were a branch of the Romantic Nationalism movement in Russia, with the Abramtsevo Colony and Russian Revival striving to achieve similar goals in the sphere of fine arts.
The Five Ancestors The Five Ancestors is a children's series written by Jeff Stone about five, young Chinese warrior monks who are the only survivors of the destruction and raid of their home: the Cangzhen Temple. Each of the warriors specializes in an animal kung fu and possesses a Cantonese animal name: Fu (tiger), Malao (monkey), Seh (snake), Hok (crane), and Long (dragon).
The Five Ancients (Trollz) The Five Ancients are a fictitious group of trollz from the American animated series Trollz. They compose of five old trollz who, in their youth, helped banished the evil gremlin Simon away into another dimension.
The Five Civilized Tribes Museum The Five Civilized Tribes Museum is a museum dedicated to preserving the art, history and culture of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole tribes. It is located in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA and is housed in the historic Union Indian Agency building.
The Five Deaths The Five Deaths (Las Cinco Muertes in Spanish) are a group of five fictional islands from the Jurassic Park series of films and books. The islands lie approximately 200 miles South-West of the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
The Five Doctors The Five Doctors was a special feature-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programme's twentieth anniversary. It originally aired in the United Kingdom on November 25, 1983, although it had its world premiere in the United States, on the Chicago PBS station WTTW-TV and various other PBS affiliates on November 23, the anniversary date.
The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories is a short story collection by Shashi Tharoor published in 1990 by Arcade Publishing, New York. Stories collected were written in late teens by the author, and were published initially in various magazines and newspapers including JS, The Illustrated Weekly of India, Eve's Weekly, Youth Times, Gentleman, The New Review, and Cosmopolitan.
The Five Find-Outers The Five Find-Outers and Dog (not to be confused with The Famous Five), also known as the Enid Blyton Mystery Series, is a series of children's mystery books written by Enid Blyton and first published between 1943 and 1961. Set in the fictitious village of Peterswood, close to Marlow, Buckinghamshire, the children encounter a mystery every school holiday, always solving the puzzle before Mr Goon, the village policeman, much to his annoyance.
The Five Forty-Eight The Five Forty Eight (previous title "The 5:48" but now DVD retitled) is a 1979 US TV Film, one of series of "3 Cheever Stories" (used to be "'3 by Cheever's'". Other 2 segments are "O Youth and Beauty!
The Five Heartbeats The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 feature film directed by Robert Townsend, who also stars in the film with Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers, and Diahann Carroll.
The Five Pennies The Five Pennies was a semi-biographical 1959 film starring Danny Kaye as cornet player and bandleader Red Nichols. Other cast members included Barbara Bel Geddes, Harry Guardino, Bob Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Tuesday Weld.
The Five Precepts The five precepts (Pali: Pañcasīla, Sanskrit: Pañcaśīla Ch: 五戒 wǔ jiè, Sinhala: පන්සිල්, Thai: ศีลห้า) constitute the basic Buddhist code of ethics, undertaken by lay followers of the Buddha Gautama in the Theravada and Mahayana traditions.
The Five Scrolls The Five Scrolls are part of the third major section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), which is called Ketuvim ("The Writings"). They are five relatively short biblical books that are grouped together and known collectively in the Jewish tradition as "The Five Scrolls" (Hebrew: חמש מגילות, Hamesh Megillot or Chomeish Megillôs).
The Five-Forty-Eight "The Five-Forty-Eight" is a short story by John Cheever published in The Stories of John Cheever, though it may have been published previously. The story is about a businessman, called Blake, who is accosted on a train, at gunpoint, by his former secretary.
The Fivefold Pathway of the Soul The Fivefold Pathway of the Soul, written by Ordol, is one of the (fictional) primary religious texts for the southern cultures in Lois McMaster Bujold's fantasy novels The Curse of Chalion, Paladin of Souls, and The Hallowed Hunt. This entry outlines and speculates on the contents of that book based on background from Bujold's three books in this fictional realm.
The Fivefold Scapular The Fivefold Scapular is a sacramental that's made up of the five most popular scapulars in the Catholic Church: the Brown Scapular, the Blue Scapular, the Black Scapular, the Red Scapular, and the White Scapular.
The Fix The Fix is an American political weblog written daily by Chris Cillizza for The Washington Post website. The blog began in October 2005, and includes a weekly "Friday Line" section where the ten closest electoral races of an electoral cycle - as judged by Cillizza - are profiled and analyzed.
The Fixer (Malamud novel) The Fixer is a 1966 novel by Bernard Malamud which is based on the true story of Menahem Mendel Beilis, an unjustly imprisoned Jew in Tsarist Russia. The notorious "Beilis trial" of 1913 caused an international uproar that forced Russia to back down in the face of world indignation.
The Fizz Factor The Fizz Factor is a short lived video games developer based in Austin, Texas, USA. The company first formed on 9 April 2002, as part of the Amaze Entertainment network of independent studios, and as of 2005 the Fizz Factor team were absorbed into Amaze completely, with the official Fizz Factor website forwarding directly to Amaze's.
The Flairz The Flairz is a three-piece garage rock band from Perth, Western Australia known for their respected musical ability at a very young age. The band consists of John Mariani (guitar and vocals); Scarlett Stevens (drums and vocals) and Dion Mariani (guitar and vocals).
The Flames The Flames were a music group from Durban in South Africa. The band was originally formed in 1963 by guitarist Steve Fataar, bassist Brother Fataar (real name Edries Fataar), drummer George Faber and guitarist Eugene Champion.
The Flamingo's Smile The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History, published in 1985, is the fourth volume of collected essays from evolutionary biologist and well-known science writer Stephen Jay Gould; the essays were culled from his monthly column The View of Life in Natural History magazine, to which Gould contributed for more than two decades. The book deals, in typically discursive fashion, with themes familiar to Gould's writing: evolution and its teaching, science biography, probabilities and common sense.
The Flash (TV series) The Flash was a live action CBS television series from 1990-1991 that starred John Wesley Shipp as the superhero, The Flash, and co-starred Amanda Pays. The series was created by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo and composer Danny Elfman wrote the series’ title theme.
The Flash Girls The Flash Girls are a now defunct folk music duo based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.. The duo consisted of Emma Bull, a noted science fiction author, and Lorraine Garland, who went by the stage name "The Fabulous Lorraine".
The Flashing Blade The Flashing Blade was a French television serial made in the late 1960s, which was broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation children's television during the 1960s, with several re-runs in the early 1970s.
The Flask Kenny Olson has played with some of the biggest names in the music business. For 11 years he was the lead guitarist for Kid Rock’s Twisted Brown Trucker Band and has appeared with Sheryl Crow, Metallica, Chaka Khan, Hank Williams Jr.
The Flats The Flats is a mixed-use industrial, entertainment, and increasingly residential area of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The area was given its name due to its mostly flat appearance and is defined as being the lower lying areas that line the banks of the Cuyahoga River.
The Flats, Woodbridge The Flats is an informal neighborhood located in the southeastern end of Woodbridge, Connecticut, in the valley that runs between the hilly western part of town and the rock formation known as West Rock. The Flats also borders the city of New Haven, and specifically the neighborhood of Westville.
The Flaws The Flaws are a four-piece indie rock band from Carrickmacross Co Monaghan, Ireland. The band released their debut EP in Summer 2005 and their fanbase has been growing in Dublin, Dundalk, Monaghan and other pockets of the country since 2004.
The Fleece Inn The Fleece Inn is a public house in Bretforton, Worcestershire in the Vale of Evesham: The half-timbered building, over six hundred years old, has been a pub since 1848, and is now owned by the National Trust. The inn was extensively damaged by fire on February 27 2004 — repairs and rebuilding commenced on November 1, 2004.
The Fleet's In The Fleet's In is a 1942 movie musical directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Dorothy Lamour and William Holden. It was the third film version of a Kenyon Nicholson–Charles Robinson stage play called Sailor Beware, enlivened this time with songs by Schertzinger and lyricist Johnny Mercer, including the popular hits Tangerine and I Remember You.
The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour (aka The Rudy Vallée Show, aka The Fleischmann Yeast Hour, aka The Fleischmann Hour) was a pioneering musical variety radio program broadcast on NBC from 1929 to 1936, when it became The Royal Gelatin Hour, continuing until 1939.
The Flesh Eaters (film) The Flesh Eaters is a horror/science fiction thriller released in 1964, that contains moments of violence much more graphic and extreme than other movies of its time, making it one of the first ever gore films. It was directed on a low budget by Jack Curtis and edited by future filmmaker Radley Metzger, although some commentators have suggested that Metzger actually did very little work on the film.
The Flight of Dragons The Flight of Dragons is a 1982 animated movie produced by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. and very loosely based on the speculative natural history book of the same name by Peter Dickinson and the novel The Dragon and the George by Gordon R.
The Flight of the Phoenix The Flight of the Phoenix is the title of a 1964 novel by Elleston Trevor and of a 1965 film adaptation. The plot involves the crash of a plane in the middle of a desert, due to a sandstorm, and the survivors attempting to escape by making a flyable plane out of the wreckage.
The Flight that Fought Back The Flight that Fought Back is a docudrama produced by the Discovery Channel about United Airlines Flight 93. The program debuted in the United States on September 11, 2005, marking the fourth anniversary of the event on which it is based.
The Flintstone Kids The Flintstone Kids is a children's animated television show, a spin-off of The Flintstones which followed the adventures of Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty as 10-year-olds with pet Dino. It aired from 1986 to 1988 on ABC, and was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.
The Flintstones Comedy Hour The Flintstones Comedy Hour was an hour-long Saturday morning cartoon anthology series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1972 for CBS. The show's segments included the second season of The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, as well as segments with Fred and Barney and song segments, performed by Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm and Moonrock with a band called "The Bedrock Rockers".
The Flintstones: Surprise at Dino's Peak "The Flintstones: Surprise at Dino's Peak" is a Platformer released by Taito Corporation for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. The game maintains animations from earlier Taito "Flintstones" titles, but has a more polished look and feel.
The Flirts The Flirts are a white, female trio from New York who had several dance hits and whose videos were featured on MTV in the early eighties, when the channel was still in its infancy. The trio - Andrea, Holly and Rebecca - are best known for releasing quirky and/or sensual New Wave, Hi-NRG and Dance-pop tunes, one of which was their 1982 hit "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" from their debut album "10 Cents A Dance"'.
The Flivver King The Flivver King A Story of Ford-America is a novel by Upton Sinclair, published in 1937. It was an important piece of literature in the organizing and unionization of Ford Motor Company manufacturing plants in the same year.
The Floaters The Floaters were an American Detroit R&B vocal group formed in the 1970s. The group was formed by former Detroit Emeralds singer James Mitchell with his brother Paul Mitchell, Larry Cunningham, Charles Clark, and the unrelated Ralph Mitchell.
The Flock (band) The Flock was a Chicago-based jazz-rock band that released two records on Columbia records in 1969 (The Flock) and 1970 (Dinosaur Swamps). The Flock did not achieve the commercial success of other Columbia jazz-rock groups of the era such as Chicago and Blood Sweat & Tears, but were most notable for their inclusion of a prominent violin in their recordings.
The Flood (band) The Flood is a popular Australian roots music band led by Kevin Bennett. They are the winner of the Tamworth 2006 Golden Guitar Award for Vocal Group (or Duo of the Year) with their song "Hello Blue Sky".
The Florida Frontier The Florida Frontier is a monthly student newspaper at the University of Florida. In 2006, The Florida Frontier was founded by a small group of students who felt that intellectual diversity among the existing campus newspapers was almost non-existent.
The Florida SpringFest The Florida SpringFest is a three-day annual showcase in popular music acts, both local and national, in downtown Pensacola, Florida. The Florida SpringFest is traditionally held anywhere from mid-May until early June, but has been canceled each of the past two years.
The Florida Times-Union The Florida Times-Union, based in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, is the major daily newspaper in northeast Florida. Widely known as the oldest newspaper in the state, it began publication as The Florida Times in 1864.
The Floridians Miami Floridians, later in their history known simply as The Floridians, were a professional basketball franchise in the original, now-defunct American Basketball Association. The Floridians played in the ABA from 1968 through 1972.
The Flower Book The Flower Book is a compilation album by singer/songwriter Émilie Simon. Released only in the US, this album takes from all her previous works, and adds two new versions of songs, "I Wanna Be Your Dog (Remix)" and "Desert (English Version)".
The Flower Queen's Daughter The Flower Queen's Daughter is a Bukowinaer (Bukovina) fairy tale collected by Dr Heinrich von Wlislocki in Märchen Und Sagen Der Bukowinaer Und Siebenbûrger Armenier. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.
The Flowers of Hell Formed in 2002, The Flowers of Hell are a London, UK based 10 person collective encompassing side players for British Sea Power, The Tindersticks and The Early Years, with guest involvement from members of Death In Vegas and Spacemen 3. The group mix orchestral instruments with twangy guitars, creating a unique sound for their solely instrumental output which is reminiscent of The Velvet Underground & Nico and early Spiritualized with a classical twist.
The Flowers of Romance (band) The Flowers of Romance were an early punk band, formed in the summer of 1976 (see 1976 in music) by Jo Faull and Sarah Hall. The band never played live or released any recordings, and, like London SS and Masters of the Backside, are more famed for the number of band members that later became well known, including Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols, as well as Keith Levene, (an early member of The Clash and later of Public Image Ltd), Palmolive and Viv Albertine, who went on to play in The Slits.
The Flowing-Water Strike (swordsmanship) The Flowing-Water Strike a philosophical method employed by the legendary Miyamoto Musashi within his Gorin no sho's Water Scroll. At the beginning of this technique you and your opponent will be searching for an opening within eachother's defense.
The Fluff Constructivists Since 2001, the Fluff Constructivists (also known as the Fluff Construct) have existed as a collective and collaborative art group with core members including Ethan Kruszka and Mikel Bisbee-Durlam. Their work varies in medium and content, but a primary conceptual function of the group is to offer gestures of goodwill, as well as the ongoing exploration of what it means to experience a “new” moment.
The Flumps The Flumps was a popular children's programme broadcast on British television in 1976 and produced by David Yates and narrated by Gay Soper. The plot revolved around the various adventures of a family of furry, human-like characters called The Flumps.
The Fly (1986 film) The Fly is a 1986 science fiction film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg, and starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz. It is a big budget remake of the 1958 film of the same name, but with a substantially different plot.
The Fly (Archie Comics) The Fly is a fictional comic book superhero published by Archie Comics. He was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby as part of Archie's "Archie Adventure Series" and later camped up as part of the company's Mighty Comics line.
The Fly (short story) The Fly, a short story witten by Katherine Mansfield in February 1922, was later included in The Garden Party and Other Stories. It has often been called an 'open ended story' but notwithstanding the various points of view regarding its interpretation, critics are unanimous about the fact that as a short story it is outstanding.
The Fly in the Cathedral The Fly in the Cathedral is a 2004 book by Brian Cathcart, telling the story of how physicists around the world, but particularly in the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory, split the atom in the 1930s.
The Flying Burrito Brothers The Flying Burrito Brothers were an early country rock band, best known for their influential debut album, 1969's The Gilded Palace of Sin. Although the group is most often thought of in connection with country rock legend Gram Parsons, in fact it endured myriad personnel changes over many years.
The Flying Circus (band) The Flying Circus were a well-known Australian country rock band who had a number of hits in Australia from 1968 to 1971 and then re-located to Canada from 1971 to 1974 where they also achieved a degree of success.
The Flying Deuces The Flying Deuces, also known as Flying Aces, is a comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It is set in the French Foreign Legion, as is their 1931 short film Beau Hunks, but the films' plots have little in common.
The Flying Dutchman According to folklore, the Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship that can never go home, but is doomed to sail "the seven seas" forever. The Flying Dutchman is usually spotted from afar, sometimes glowing with ghostly light.
The Flying Dutchman (opera) The Flying Dutchman (German title: Der fliegende Holländer, Dutch title De vliegende Hollander) is an opera, with music and libretto by Richard Wagner. Wagner originally wrote it to be performed without intermission — an example of his efforts to break with tradition — and, while today's opera houses sometimes still follow this directive, it is most often performed in three acts.
The Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean) The Flying Dutchman is a fictional ghost ship commanded by Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and in the upcoming 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Its name and origin is taken from the old sea legend of The Flying Dutchman.
The Flying Elvises The Flying Elvises were a professional wrestling stable during Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's early years, consisting of Sonny Siaki, Jorge Estrada and Jimmy Yang, all of which acted like and wore clothing typical of Elvis Presley in the ring. All three Elvises were involved in TNA's first match, defeating A.
The Flying Hat Band The Flying Hat Band were an early 1970's Birmingham, England hard rock act that, alongside Judas Priest, ranked as the Midlands' favourites to succeed . Despite not having released an album, the band proved a successful club act and eventually went on to support Deep Purple on one of their European tours.
The Flying House The Flying House (タイム教室トンデラハウスの大冒険, Time Kyoshitsu: Tondera House no Daiboken; Time Classroom, Adventures of Tondera [Flying] House) is an anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States.
The Flying Keys On June 4, 1935, The Flying Keys, brothers Fred and Algene Key, lifted off in a borrowed Curtiss Robin monoplane named Ole Miss from Meridian, Mississippi's airport. Twenty-seven days, 52,320 miles and 6,000 gallons of gasoline later, on July 1, they landed.
The Flying Lizards The Flying Lizards were a British experimental rock group that recorded several albums. Formed by and led by David Cunningham, the group included avant-garde and free improvising musicians like David Toop and Steve Beresford as instrumentalists and Deborah Evans and Patti Palladin as main vocalists.
The Flying Luttenbachers The Flying Luttenbachers are an instrumental unit led by multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer Weasel Walter. The Luttenbachers have created a large body of work focusing on an agenda of musical extremity and dissonance.
The Flying Saucers Are Real Donald Keyhoe, in The Flying Saucers Are Real (©1950) investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs between 1947 and 1950. It was printed in paperback by Fawcett Publications, Inc.
The Flying Scotsman (film) The Flying Scotsman is a 2006 film about Scottish cyclist determined to become the world's fastest rider, as he struggles against his own mental illness and the resentful hostility of sports authorities, starring Jonny Lee Miller as Scot Graeme Obree.
The Flying Wallendas The Flying Wallendas is the name of a famous group of circus act and daredevil stunts performers, most known for performing death-defying stunts without a safety net. They were first known as The Great Wallendas, but the current name was coined by the press in the 40s and has stayed since.
The Flys The Flys were an American post-grunge group, formed in 1994 and now on indefinite hiatus since 2002. They had success with a minor radio hit in 1998, "Got You (Where I Want You)", the video for which featured Katie Holmes from the hit TV show Dawson's Creek.
The Foamers The Foamers first got together back in 1996, and were formed in a pub in Epsom, Surrey by Chris, Carlos and Kerem, soon to be joined by Tom. After a few months of writing and practising in true punk rock fashion they recorded a bunch of tracks in a local studio which had been converted from a public toilet.
The Foetus of Excellence The Foetus of Excellence is a box – not to be confused with a box set – from The Foetus of Excellence. It was released in a limited edition of 836 pieces (exactly enough to recoup production costs) by Self Immolation/Some Bizzare in 1985.
The Fold The Fold is a Chicago based rock outfit on Tooth and Nail Records which began from the remnants of four previous bands, including Warner Brothers group, Showoff and Chicago-based bands Starstruck and Epsin 12. Showoff member's Daniel Castady, Kyle Lewis and Magoo teamed up with former The Juliana Theory drummer Chris after departing from Showoff's lead singer Chris Envy who joined Chicago rock group Fall Out Boy.
The Folk Implosion The Folk Implosion was an American indie rock / lo-fi band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. It was initially a side-project started by Barlow to explore different territory than that being canvassed with his primary band at the time, Sebadoh.

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