Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Lower Pottsgrove, PA - Student Designs Winning T-Shirt in Hop Topic SpongeBob SquarePants Fan Art Contest

LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – Alexi Neiffer, the award-winning artistic senior who will graduate this year from both Pottsgrove High School and the Western Montgomery Career and Technology Center, returned Tuesday (May 14, 2019) for a final year before the Pottsgrove School District Board of School Directors. Its members offered her their congratulations for “becoming an entrepreneur.”


The district’s smiling superintendent, Dr. William Shirk (at top), presented Neiffer with a board certificate of commendation.

Neiffer’s talents are most recently receiving national attention in more than 600 Hot Topic young teen apparel stores across the U.S. and online, where a SpongeBob SquarePants-inspired T-shirt she designed is being sold to the public. She won $300 (USD) as a prize in the design contest sponsored by the store and Nickelodeon, and also is also receiving a commission payment on every shirt sold.


Alexi Neiffer as she enthusiastically described her artwork Tuesday

As board President Robert Lindgren noted, Neiffer has appeared before directors annually during her high school studies for other awards and honors with other sponsors. The Hot Topic honor may prove to be her most lucrative.

Her art for a SpongeBob SquarePants T-Shirt Design Contest held during October 2018, features Squidward Tentacles attending the grave of his hopes and dreams - which has become a favorite meme among fans - was selected by that animated show’s co-executive producers, Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller, and store Vice President Ed Labay.


“I grew up watching SpongeBob, and as I got older I realized that I related more to (one of its characters,) Squidward Tentacles,” Neiffer told The Post when the award was announced. “This inspired me to create a design (above) based on Squidward, and his depressing but humorous life. Ironically, my ‘hopes and dreams’ came true when I found out my design will be sold at my favorite store.”


Neiffer since 2016 has been a student of professional designer David Batory in the career center’s commercial arts classes. She was just accepted into the art and design program at Kutztown University, where she will study communication design. In her comments Tuesday to board members, she thanked Batory and other teachers at both schools for their guidance and help.

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Nicktoons Scandinavia Starts to Premiere New Episodes of 'SpongeBob SquarePants'

Nicktoons Scandinavia is currently premiering brand-new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants weekdays!:



13. May 2019, S11E24a: The Grill is Gone
14. May 2019, S11E24b: The Night Patty
15. May 2019, S11E25a: Bubbletown
16. May 2019, S11E25b: Girls' Night Out
17. May 2019, S11E26a: Squirrel Jelly
20. May 2019, S11E26b: The String
21. May 2019, S12E01a: FarmerBob
22. May 2019, S12E02a: The Nitwitting
23. May 2019, S12E02b: The Ballad of Filthy Muck

Nicktoons Scandinavia is available in Sweden (Sverige), Norway (Norge), Denmark (Danmark) and Finland (Suomi). SpongeBob SquarePants is locally titled SvampeBob Firkant in Denmark, SvampBob Fyrkant in Sweden, Svampebob Firkant in Norway, and Paavo Pesusieni in Finland.

Additional sources: Wikipedia, Google Translate, Encyclopedia SpongeBobia.

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April and May 2019 on Nickelodeon Italy: Cousins For Life | PAW Patrol | Noobees | ALVINNN | Knight Squad | Drake & Josh

Below is a round-up of Nickelodeon Italy's (Italia) programming highlights for April (Aprile) and May (Maggio) 2019!


Nickelodeon Italia: (canali 605 e 606 di Sky)

Cousins for Life (Cugini per la vita)
New Show [More Info]
Premieres: Monday 8th April 2019 at 20:20
Airs: Mondays to Fridays at 20:20

Bixler High Private Eye (Un detective alla Bixler High)
New Nickelodeon Original Movie [More Info]
Premieres: Thursday 25th April 2019

Knight Squad
New Episodes
Airs: Weekdays at 18:20 from Monday 13th May 2019

SpongeBob SquarePants
New Season 12 Episodes
Airs: Weekdays at 14:20 from Monday 20th May 2019

New episodes include: FarmerBob (Spongebob contadino), The Ballad of Filthy Muck (La ballata del puzzoso) and The Krusty Slammer (Il Krusty carcere). Click here to watch the trailer!

- Episodio 242 “Spongebob contadino” – Spongebob e Patrick lavorano nella
fattoria del vecchio Jenkins per pagare il debito lasciato in sospeso da Mr. Krabs.

- Episodio 243 “La ballata del puzzoso” – Un disgustoso personaggio che viene
definito “il puzzoso” terrorizza Bikini Bottom con la sua puzza insopportabile.

- Episodio 244 “Il Krusty carcere” – Il cattivo Plankton viene arrestato per
vandalismo e sconta la sua pena al Krusty Krab che si trasforma in un “ristorante
prigione”.

Nick Jr. Italia (canali 603 e 604 di Sky)

ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks
New Episodes
Airs: Weekdays at 20:30 from Monday 8th April 2019

PAW Patrol
New Episodes
Airs: Weekdays at 18:40 from Monday 6th May 2019

TeenNick Italia: (canale 620 di Sky)

Drake & Josh
New Episodes
Airs: Weekdays at 20:20 from Monday 1st April 2019

Noobees
New Episodes
Airs: Weekdays at 19:30 from Monday 6th May 2019

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Also, from GenovaToday:

Tante novità per Pasqua all'Acquario di Genova: laboratori, spettacoli, nuova area meduse

In occasione di Pasqua l’Acquario di Genova aspetta il pubblico con un’area meduse rinnovata, un nuovo calendario di incontri dal vivo con Spongebob, la spugna marina amata dai ragazzi di tutto il mondo e protagonista dell'omonima serie in onda su Nickelodeon, laboratori sul mondo degli invertebrati presso la sala di Spongebob e animazioni a tema lungo il percorso.

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19-20-21-22-25-27-28 Aprile e 1 Maggio


Nel periodo delle festività pasquali, i giovani appassionati del mondo marino, avranno la possibilità di incontrare dal vivo Spongebob, la simpatica spugna gialla che abita a Bikini Botton per interagire con lui e portare a casa una foto ricordo con il loro personaggio preferito.

Verranno inoltre effettuati laboratori sul mondo degli invertebrati presso la sala di Spongebob allestita lungo il percorso e animazioni a tema della durata di mezz’ora circa per conoscere da vicino i variopinti abitanti del mondo marino tropicale.

Le attività, comprese nel biglietto di ingresso, si svolgeranno nei giorni 19-20-21-22-25-27-28 Aprile e 1 Maggio dalle ore 11 alle ore 18 con partecipazione libera senza prenotazione.

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From Liguria Notizie:

All’Acquario di Genova rinnovata l’aria meduse, le novità di Pasqua | Video

In occasione di Pasqua l’Acquario di Genova si presenta con l’area delle meduse rinnovata, un nuovo calendario di incontri dal vivo con Spongebob, la spugna marina amata dai ragazzi di tutto il mondo e protagonista dell’omonima serie in onda su Nickelodeon, laboratori sul mondo degli invertebrati presso la sala di Spongebob e animazioni a tema lungo il percorso.

All’Acquario di Genova rinnovata l’aria meduse, le novità di Pasqua

Anche la Biosfera, parte integrante del percorso PianetAcquario, rifiorisce per Pasqua ampliando la ricca collezione di orchidee, i bellissimi fiori di origine principalmente tropicale protagonisti di miti, leggende e rappresentazioni artistiche che da sempre occupano un posto privilegiato nella fantasia degli uomini.

Nella struttura si possono inoltre ammirare da vicino diverse specie di uccelli tra cui gli ibis scarlatti e Dust, un esemplare di Cacatua della Molucche, gli insetti stecco oltre alle tantissime piante tropicali.


Spongebob

Il percorso di rinnovamento continuerà per tutta l’estate con nuovi ospiti, aree ed esperienze edutainment ogni mese: a maggio la struttura presenterà una nuova vasca dedicata alle acque fredde delle Coste del Nord Pacifico con diverse specie di invertebrati tra cui un ospite speciale, a giugno l’area storioni nel Padiglione Biodiversità inaugurerà un allestimento con due postazioni gioco che, attraverso la tecnologia kinetic, consentiranno ai visitatori di muoversi virtualmente “immersi” tra questi pesci ossei tanto preziosi quanto minacciati. A luglio, il rinnovamento proseguirà con una postazione interattiva nel Padiglione Cetacei dedicata ai delfini e al progetto di ricerca Delfini Metropolitani dove i partecipanti potranno vestire i panni dei ricercatori e mettersi alla prova nella tecnica della foto identificazione imparando a riconoscere le diverse specie di Cetacei, con particolare riferimento al tursiope.

Da fine maggio per tutto il periodo estivo, inoltre, l’Acquario di Genova proporrà eventi serali speciali per vivere un’esperienza di visita sempre nuova e diversa. Il primo appuntamento è domenica 26 maggio con Alice in Monsterland uno spettacolo teatrale itinerante lungo il percorso espositivo della struttura immerso negli ambienti acquatici del nostro pianeta e liberamente ispirato al celebre romanzo “Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie”.

L’evento teatrale è prodotto da Rst Events, Monster Festival e Costa Edutainment-Acquario di Genova. Sceneggiatura originale ed illustrazioni di Melkio.

All’Acquario di Genova rinnovata l’aria meduse, le novità di Pasqua
Le novità di Pasqua
L’area meduse rinnovata

Dai giorni prima di Pasqua al secondo piano del percorso espositivo, i visitatori potranno ammirare da vicino nelle 11 vasche dedicate 8 specie di meduse provenienti dai diversi ambienti marini del mondo: Aurelia aurita, Cotylorhiza tuberculata, Rhizostoma pulmo, Cassiopea sp., Chrysaora pacifica, Phyllorhiza punctata, Rhizostoma luteum, Sanderia malayensis.

Nella sala sarà inoltre possibile osservare i diversi stadi del ciclo riproduttivo (polipo – efira –medusa) approfondendo la conoscenza di questi affascinanti animali marini costituiti al 98% di acqua e della straordinaria strategia riproduttiva che consente loro di riprodursi sia per via sessuata sia per via asessuata.

Spongebob all’Acquario – 19-20-21-22-25-27-28 Aprile e 1 Maggio

Nel periodo delle festività pasquali, i giovani appassionati del mondo marino, avranno la possibilità di incontrare dal vivo Spongebob, la simpatica spugna gialla che abita a Bikini Botton per interagire con lui e portare a casa una foto ricordo con il loro personaggio preferito.

Verranno inoltre effettuati laboratori sul mondo degli invertebrati presso la sala di Spongebob allestita lungo il percorso e animazioni a tema della durata di mezz’ora circa per conoscere da vicino i variopinti abitanti del mondo marino tropicale.

Le attività, comprese nel biglietto di ingresso, si svolgeranno nei giorni 19-20-21-22-25-27-28 Aprile e 1 Maggio dalle ore 11 alle ore 18 con partecipazione libera senza prenotazione.


Spongebob

Il pricing dinamico

Programmando per tempo la propria gita a Genova, grazie al nuovo sistema di pricing dinamico, il pubblico potrà pianificare la propria esperienza di visita all’Acquario di Genova e al mondo AcquarioVillage scegliendo il prezzo migliore tra quelli disponibili per il periodo di interesse.

Su www.acquariodigenova.it i prezzi di ingresso all’Acquario di Genova variano per il biglietto intero adulto a data e fascia oraria fisse da un minimo di €18 a un massimo di €29 in base ad alcuni parametri tra cui la stagionalità, la data, l’orario di ingresso e la domanda complessiva da parte del pubblico. Il pricing dinamico è applicato a tutte le tipologie di biglietto – Acquario di Genova, PianetAcquario, AcquarioVillage, GalatAcquario – e alle referenze – adulto, ragazzo, ridotto -. Anche le tariffe acquistabili presso la biglietteria tradizionale seguono il nuovo approccio dinamico presentando un prezzo per i giorni feriali e un prezzo per i giorni di festività e ponti, suscettibili di variazioni periodiche a seconda della stagionalità dell’Acquario.

L’acquisto dei biglietti online anticipato sarà sempre più conveniente rispetto all’acquisto in biglietteria. I biglietti acquistati sia online sia in biglietteria con il pricing dinamico non sono modificabili né rimborsabili.

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From mentelocale.it:

Pasqua 2019 all'Acquario di Genova: le iniziative fino a maggio - Acquario di Genova - Genova

Tutti gli eventi di Cultura a GenovaEventi, spettacoli, concerti, mostre, sagre a GenovaAcquario di Genova

Genova - In occasione di Pasqua 2019, l’Acquario di Genova aspetta il pubblico con un’area meduse rinnovata, un nuovo calendario di incontri dal vivo con Spongebob, la spugna marina amata dai ragazzi di tutto il mondo e protagonista dell'omonima serie in onda su Nickelodeon, laboratori sul mondo degli invertebrati presso la sala di Spongebob e animazioni a tema lungo il percorso.

Genova - L'area meduse rinnovata vede 11 vasche dedicate 8 specie di meduse provenienti dai diversi ambienti marini del mondo: Aurelia aurita, Cotylorhiza tuberculata, Rhizostoma pulmo, Cassiopea sp., Chrysaora pacifica, Phyllorhiza punctata, Rhizostoma luteum, Sanderia malayensis.

Genova - Nel periodo delle festività pasquali, i giovani appassionati del mondo marino, hanno la possibilità di incontrare dal vivo Spongebob, la simpatica spugna gialla che abita a Bikini Botton per interagire con lui e portare a casa una foto ricordo con il loro personaggio preferito. Sono inoltre effettuati laboratori sul mondo degli invertebrati presso la sala di Spongebob allestita lungo il percorso e animazioni a tema della duratadi mezz’ora circa per conoscere da vicino i variopinti abitanti del mondo marino tropicale. Le attività, comprese nel biglietto di ingresso, si svolgono nei giorni 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28 aprile e 1° maggio dalle ore 11 alle ore 18 con partecipazione libera senza prenotazione.

Anche la Biosfera, parte integrante del percorso PianetAcquario, rifiorisce per Pasqua ampliando la ricca collezione di orchidee, i bellissimi fioridi origine principalmente tropicale protagonistidi miti, leggende e rappresentazioni artistiche che da sempre occupano un posto privilegiato nella fantasia degli uomini. Nella struttura si possono inoltre ammirare da vicino diverse speciedi uccelli tra cui gli ibis scarlatti e Dust, un esemplaredi Cacatua della Molucche, gli insetti stecco oltre alle tantissime piante tropicali.

Il percorso di rinnovamento continua per tutta l’estate con nuovi ospiti, aree ed esperienze edutainment ogni mese: a maggio la struttura presenterà una nuova vasca dedicata alle acque fredde delle Coste del Nord Pacifico con diverse specie di invertebrati tra cui un ospite speciale, a giugno l’area storioni nel Padiglione Biodiversità inaugurerà un allestimento con due postazioni gioco che, attraverso la tecnologia kinetic, consentiranno ai visitatori di muoversi virtualmente “immersi” tra questi pesci ossei tanto preziosi quanto minacciati. A luglio, il rinnovamento prosegue con una postazione interattiva nel Padiglione Cetacei dedicata ai delfini e al progetto di ricerca Delfini Metropolitani dove i partecipanti potranno vestire i panni dei ricercatori e mettersi alla prova nella tecnica della foto identificazione imparando a riconoscere le diverse speciedi Cetacei, con particolare riferimento al tursiope.

Con il nuovo sistema di pricing dinamico, il visitatore può programmare per tempo la propria visita e trovare sul sito dell'Acquario di Genova il prezzo miglioretra quelli disponibili per il periododi interesse non solo per l’AcquariodiGenova ma per il mondo AcquarioVillage.

Per quanti vogliono approfittare dei ponti imminenti e della visita all’Acquario per un soggiorno a Genova, C-Way, il tour operator del gruppo Costa Edutainment propone diversi pacchetti a partire dall’offerta Specialedi Pasqua 2 Notti a Genova conAcquario Village Classic con prima colazione in hotel 4 stelle, city tour, biglietto Acquario Village Open (senza data fissa e con validità 12 mesi) e assicurazione a soli 145 euro per la quota adulto. Tutte le offerte di soggiorno a Genova e in Liguria e gli speciali biglietti combinati che uniscono la visita all’Acquario di Genova ad altre strutture e mostre in città sono disponibili sul sito C-Way.

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From Affaritaliani.it:

Viacom celebra Earth Day 2019: programmazione speciale e...

VIACOM, EARTH DAY 2019 CON UNA PROGRAMMAZIONE SPECIALE E INIZIATIVE INTERNE

Viacom International Media Networks Italia (l’azienda guidata dall’A.D. Andrea Castellari), partecipa alla 49° edizione dell’Earth Day - la Giornata Mondiale della Terra celebrata dalle Nazioni Unite che rappresenta il momento di sensibilizzazione alla tutela del Pianeta più impattante al mondo mobilitando ogni anno oltre un miliardo di persone nei 193 Paesi dell’ONU.

In occasione dell’Earth Day 2019, Viacom Italia, tramite i suoi brand, propone una serie di appuntamenti che hanno come protagonista assoluta la natura: una programmazione speciale interamente dedicata al nostro pianeta.

Lunedì alle 11.30, Paramount Network (canale 27 del DTT e 27 di tivusat) andrà in onda il lungometraggio documentario Earth – La nostra terra, prodotto da Disneynature e realizzato con le più spettacolari scene della serie tv Pianeta Terra. Un viaggio dal Polo Nord al Polo Sud compiuto attraverso gli occhi e le esperienze di tre “protagonisti”: una famiglia di orsi polari, un branco di elefanti e una balena megattera con il suo cucciolo appena nato.

Su VH1, il canale musicale (67 del DTT e 25 di tivusat) dedicato ai successi del presente e del passato, spazio ai più bei brani che hanno al loro centro l’ambiente e la sua salvaguardia, non solo dal punto di vista musicale ma anche da quello “visivo”. È la speciale rotazione Best Of Earth Day in onda alle ore 20. Tra i videoclip presenti, anche Different World di Alan Walker feat. Sofia Carson, K-391 & CORSAK, una vera e propria denuncia con immagini del degrado del nostro pianeta e messaggi che invitano all’azione per “salvare il salvabile”, cadenzati dal ritmo dance di Alan Walker.

MTV, sui propri canali digitali, tra cui il sito mtv.it, Facebook (www.facebook.com/mtvitalia), Twitter (twitter.com/mtvitalia) e Instagram (instagram.com/mtvitalia), condividerà articoli e gallery fotografiche dedicati alla natura e a questioni ambientali. Sul profilo Instagram in particolare, tramite IG stories, MTV proporrà contenuti speciali sulla Giornata Mondiale della Terra.

Anche Nickelodeon (Sky 605) è in prima linea per la Giornata Mondiale dell’Ambiente. Su Nickelodeon, dalle 20.20 al via una maratona speciale con alcuni dei più bei episodi de I Thunderman e A casa dei Loud incentrati sull’ambiente e la salvaguardia della terra. Per I Thunderman andrà in onda l’episodio Salviamo la pianta in cui Allison e il gruppo dei “Green Teens” deve proteggere una pianta rara dalle smanie distruttive del preside Bradford. La casa ecosostenibile e Squame di giustizia sono i due appuntamenti di A casa dei Loud.

Nick Jr (Sky 603), il canale pre scolare di Viacom, invece, proporrà dalle 18.40 una maratona Paw Patrol con protagonista Rocky, il cucciolo più ecologista del gruppo che, con i suoi veicoli super tecnologici, è sempre molto attento a raccogliere i rifiuti e a riciclare. Il suo collarino infatti porta proprio il simbolo del riciclo! Andranno in onda gli episodi: Rocky salva sé stesso, I cuccioli salvano la baia, I cuccioli salvano l’ape regina, Sea Patrol: I cuccioli salvano una balena agitata e I cuccioli salvano un piccolo delfino.

Viacom, inoltre, da sempre attenta alle tematiche ambientali, si impegna a promuovere comportamenti responsabili ed ecosostenibili con iniziative e momenti pensati appositamente per i suoi dipendenti. L’azienda, ad esempio, utilizza solo energia verde proveniente da fonti 100% rinnovabili di origine certificata. In ottica di una progressiva riduzione dell’utilizzo della plastica nei suoi uffici di Milano, poi, dopo aver installato gli erogatori di acqua, introdotto macchine di depurazione dell’acqua allacciate alla rete idrica municipale, abolito i bicchieri di plastica e scelto materiali ecosostenibili per i distributori di bevande, in occasione dell’Earth Day 2019 fornirà a tutti i suoi dipendenti una Urban Bottle realizzate in collaborazione con WAMI (brand che contribuisce alla realizzazione di progetti idrici che portano acqua potabile nei paesi più poveri del mondo, dando un contributo significativo, spesso vitale, alle comunità che lo ricevono). Ogni volta che verrà riempita una bottiglia di acqua verranno risparmiati 0,08 kg di emissione di CO2!

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Originally published: Monday, April 08, 2019.

Original source: Digital-Forum /@Andry10k; Additional sources: Google Translate, Tvzap.
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Nicktoons UK to Premiere New Episodes of 'Rise of the TMNT' from Saturday 4th May 2019 [Updated]

Get ready to power up with brand-new episodes of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, weekends at 10:00am starting Saturday 4th May 2019, only on Nicktoons UK & Ireland! Each episode will replay the same day at 4:00pm. COWABUNGA!


Below is a list of currently announced all-new episodes of Rise of the TMNT, along with each episodes description, set to premiere on Nicktoons UK & Eire in May 2019!:

Saturday 4th May 2019 - The Evil League of Mutants: Baron Draxum (John Cena) assembles a league of villains to defeat the Turtles, including the first appearance of The Sando Brothers, a famous travelling performance duo turned into mutant crab-men, voiced by The League stars Jason Mantzoukas and Paul Scheer.

Sunday 5th May 2019 - The Purple Jacket; Pizza Pit: An evil tech club lures Donnie with the promise of some stylish dress in 'The Purple Jacket', then in 'Pizza Pit', it's Pizza Week, the greatest week of the year, but the Turtles' favourite pizza joints keep getting taken out.

Saturday 11th May 2019 - Smart Lair: Donnie's new AI invention takes over the Lair, and life isn't all pizza and backrubs for Raph, Mikey and Leo.

Sunday 12th May 2019 - Hot Soup - The Game: Mikey goes on a solo mission to retrieve a classic Lou Jitsu video game.

Saturday 18th May 2019 - Late Fee: The simple task of returning a single DVD is complicated by endless craziness in New York.

Sunday 19th May 2019 - Bullhop: Things go sour when the Turtles try to help a down-and-out mutant.

Saturday 25th May 2019 - Mind Meld: Donnie gets more than he bargained for after he tries to enhance his brothers' intelligence.

Sunday 26th May 2019 - Nothing But Truffle: After a bizarre transformation, Mikey and Meat Sweats become BFFs.

Saturday 1st June 2019 - Shadow of Evil: As the Turtles work to lure Baron Draxum out, Splinter tries to get to the bottom of odd goings-on at April's new job. (30 minute special)

Sunday 2nd June 2019 - Portal Jacked!; Warren and Hypno, Sitting in a Tree: Leo must venture to the mystic Hidden City in 'Portal Jacked!', then in 'Warren and Hypno, Sitting in a Tree', everyone wants something that Warren Stone has, but he's not giving it up without a fight.

Saturday 8th June 2019 - Operation Normal: Leo and Donnie try desperately to help April enjoy a quiet day with a new friend.

Sunday 9th June 2019 - Sparring Partner: Raph becomes friends with a new sparring partner and must keep it secret from his brothers who don't like the guy.

Check out Nickelodeon's brand-new Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game app Rise of the TMNT: Power Up!, available to download for Apple and Android phones and tablets from the Apple App Store and Google Play store now!

Visit nicktoons.co.uk/rise and the Nick Play app for more Rise of the TMNT!

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Originally published: Monday, April 15, 2019.

Schedule Source: Digiguide.
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Nickelodeon UK to Premiere 'Cousins For Life' on Monday 3rd June 2019

NICKELODEON’S NEW BUDDY COMEDY SERIES, COUSINS FOR LIFE,

PREMIERES JUNE 2019

ON NICKELODEON UK


Share it: @NickelodeonUK #CousinsForLife


Nickelodeon's all-new buddy comedy series, Cousins For Life, will premiere on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland on Monday 3rd June 2019 at 4:30pm! The live-action series follows 12-year-old cousins and best friends Stuart (Dallas Dupree Young) and Ivy (Scarlet Spencer) as they learn to navigate life under one roof with their families in Portland, despite being from very different backgrounds. Although the cousins don’t always see eye-to-eye, they learn that they are better together, and when they team up they are unstoppable. Following launch, new episodes of Cousins For Life will continue to air weekdays at 4:30pm Nick UK & Eire, with each all-new episode encoring the following weekday morning at 7:00am. Fans will also be able to catch-up with regular encores at weekends.

In the premiere episode, "Movin' In" (#101), Ivy and Stuart’s life is disrupted after their dads, Clark (Ishmel Sahid) and Lewis (Ron G.), have a disagreement and Clark ends up moving into their hangout space in the garage. It’s now their missions to resolve their dads’ argument and reclaim their space. The episode also stars Micah Abbey as Ivy’s brother Leaf, who’s always having a good time when he’s with his pet pig, Arthur (Sally Sue).


Fans can like the official Nickelodeon Türkiye Facebook page and follow Nickelodeon on Twitter for the latest Nick news, highlights and videos.

Cousins For Life made its world premiere on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 on Nickelodeon USA. Following its U.S. launch, the series will roll out on Nickelodeon’s international channels and branded blocks throughout 2019.

Fans can visit nick.co.uk and the free Nick Play app, as well as like the official Nickelodeon UK Facebook page, follow Nickelodeon on Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to the official Nickelodeon UK YouTube channel for the latest Nick news, highlights, The Scoop about their favourite stars, and videos.

In additional news, British cable television provider Virgin Media has launched new Pick ‘n’ Mix TV packs as part of it's latest plans. As part of the Pick 'n' Mix TV packs, a dedicated Kids Pick is available for customers subscribed to the Player and Full House packages, which is guaranteed to keep Virgin Media’s youngest viewers entertained for just £5 per month. The Kids Pick pack includes 11 channels, such as Nickelodeon, Disney XD, and the Cartoon Network, as well as many episodes available via catch-up and box sets. For more information, visit virginmedia.com.

More Nick: Nickelodeon Big Base Camp to Launch Summer 2019 at Secret London Location Making Kids Stars of the Show!

Originally published: Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

Schedule source: Digiguide.
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Nickelodeon UK's 'The Scoop' and Nick Jr. UK Receive Nominations in Broadcast Digital Awards 2019

The British television industry news publication Broadcast has announced the exciting news that Nickelodeon UK & Ireland has been shortlisted for two awards in the Broadcast Digital Awards 2019!


In the 2019 Broadcast Digital Awards, The Scoop has been shortlisted for the Best Digital Children’s Content award. Launched in 2016 as part of Nick@Nite, The Scoop is a digital series available to watch on Nickelodeon UK's social media pages on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The show covers everything teen and tween audiences need to know from the worlds of celebrity, entertainment, music and style, and brings viewers exclusive interviews with their favourite celebrities and coverage of some the biggest events, such as SlimeFest UK and VidCon UK. The Scoop also participates in pro-social initiatives, such as Anti Bullying Week and Mental Health Awareness Week.


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The social video brand aims to reach tween girls via social media with its carefully curated selection of topical, short and snappy updates.

The sub-brand, which has touched on weighty issues such as anti-bullying, supporting the LGBT community and body confidence, helped to nearly triple Nickelodeon’s Instagram following to 680,000.

Additionally, Nick Jr. UK & Ireland, Nickelodeon UK & Ireland's top-rated preschool channel, has been nominated for the Best Specialist Channel award! Where every day’s an adventure, Nick Jr. is a top-performing commercial pre-school entertainment brand in cable and satellite homes. Launched in 1999 as the world's first channel dedicated to pre-school children, Nick Jr.’s programming includes beloved shows PAW Patrol, Shimmer and Shine, Nella the Princess Knight and Peppa Pig. The channel also recently launched Nick Jr. Parents, a new initiative on Instagram in which popular social media parent influencers bring viewers an honest and open look into their lives and the crazy, funny world of parenting they experience every day, sharing tips and tricks, mess ups and DIYs along the way. Kids and parents can find lots of video clips, games, exclusive activities and downloads featuring their favourite Nick Jr. friends online at nickjr.co.uk and on the Nick Jr. Play app. Viewers also have the opportunity to catch up with the schedule through Nick Jr. +1. Nick Jr. is available on Sky 615, Virgin 715, through BT Vision and TalkTalk channel 318.

The Broadcast Digital Awards awards celebrate leading digital content from across the UK, recognising and rewarding the most dynamic digital channels and programmes, effective and relevant second screen content, multi-platform projects and original content produced online.

This year's ceremony takes place on Wednesday 3rd July 2019 at The Brewery, London.

A huge congratulations and good luck, Nickelodeon!

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Ally Brooke Hints She May Be Guest Starring in New Episode of 'All That'

Hot on the heels of announcing that the Grammy® nominated multiplatinum powerhouse Jonas Brothers will be performing on the opening episode of the all-new season of All That this summer, Nickelodeon has hinted that singer Ally Brooke will also be a guest star on another upcoming episode of the network's All That revival!


In a new video posted on Ally's official Instagram page, the former member of Fifth Harmony dances with original All That cast member Kel Mitchell, who's dressed as his iconic Ed the Good Burger guy character, whilst he sings Ally's hit song "Low Key" in the voice of Ed! "MY LIFE IS MADE!!!!! I LOVE U @iamkelmitchell !!," the singer commented on the video.

Kel will also be returning to All That, both as one of the OG cast members (along with Lori Beth Denberg and Josh Server), and as an executive producer, sitting beside his former Nickelodeon co-star Kenan Thompson (All That, Kenan & Kel, Good Burger).

Ally's no stranger to Nickelodeon, having performed on the Kids' Choice Awards 2019 Orange Carpet in March.

All That returns with a brand-new series, premiering Saturday, June 15, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon USA! Check out Ally's video below!:


Original Nickelodeon USA Press Release:

VITAL INFORMATION!

NICKELODEON SETS ALL THAT PREMIERE DATE--SATURDAY,
JUNE 15, AT 8:30 P.M. (ET/PT), FEATURING PERFORMANCE BY GRAMMY® NOMINATED MULTIPLATINUM POWERHOUSE TRIO JONAS BROTHERS!

Original Cast Members Kel Mitchell, Lori Beth Denberg and Josh Server Guest Star
in Weekly Sketch Comedy Series Return

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BURBANK, Calif.—May 14, 2019—Nickelodeon’s brand-new version of its legendary sketch comedy series, All That, returns on Saturday, June 15, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT), with an all new cast and performance by Grammy® nominated multiplatinum powerhouse Jonas Brothers. The premiere also features appearances from legacy cast members Kel Mitchell, Lori Beth Denberg and Josh Server, who helped make the original series a 90s icon for an entire generation of kids. Executive produced by original cast member Kenan Thompson, All That will air weekly on Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

As the countdown to the premiere begins, the show opens with Mitchell, Denberg and Server imparting advice and words of wisdom to the new cast of All That sharpens their comedic skills. Coming this season, classic roles are reprised in some of the series’ most memorable sketches including: Mitchell as fast-food slacker “Ed” in “Good Burger”, Denberg dropping some hilarious new advice in “Vital Information” and appearing as “Ms. Hushbaum,” the hypocritical “Loud Librarian”. The new cast and additional guest stars will be announced at a later date.

The Jonas Brothers will close the show with a performance of their smash hit “Sucker,” which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the US Hot Digital Songs chart.


Shot in front of a live studio audience, this season All That will introduce an all-new cast of kids to a new generation of fans, along with original comedic sketches, beloved ones, new characters and impersonations of today’s popular celebrities. Each new episode will also feature a musical performance from today’s top artists, and guest stars from the worlds of TV, film, comedy and more.

All That was Nickelodeon’s longest running live-action series with 171 episodes across 10 seasons from 1994 to 2005. The franchise paved the way for a number of successful spinoffs including Kenan & Kel, The Amanda Show and The Nick Cannon Show, the feature-length film Good Burger, as well as audio recordings, books, festival tours, and numerous reunions celebrating the show’s impact on pop culture.

All That helped launch the careers of comedy stars including Kenan Thompson, Amanda Bynes and Nick Cannon, and has featured musical guests and guest stars including Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Ray Romano and Brittany Snow. All That was created by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin.

All That is executive produced by Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live), Kel Mitchell (Game Shakers) and Kevin Kay (All That, SpongeBob SquarePants, Lip Sync Battle, Lip Sync Battle Shorties, Yellowstone). Jermaine Fowler (Superior Donuts, Sorry to Bother You) serves as a consulting producer. Production of All That for Nickelodeon is overseen by Shauna Phelan, Senior Vice President, Live-Action Scripted Content.

Originally published: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 8:12pm BST.

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Tim Conway, Voice of Barnacle Boy on SpongeBob SquarePants, Passes Away Aged 85

Tim Conway, the actor known to millions of fans around the world as the voice of Barnacle Boy on Nickelodeon's animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, has died at the age of 85.


He passed away at 8:45 a.m. PDT in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, his rep Howard Bragman confirmed to PEOPLE.

A representative for the late actor told Variety that Conway died from the result of water on the brain.

Update (5/14 at 9:27 BST): Nickelodeon has payed tribute to the actor on the official SpongeBob Instagram page:


The news follows Ernest Borgnine, who provided the voice of Mermaid Man, who Barnacle Boy is the sidekick of, passing away in 2012. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are Batman and Robin-esque elderly superheroes, and SpongeBob's heroes.


Prior to his death, he suffered complications from Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) and had no signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s.

Conway is survived by his wife of 35 years, his stepdaughter, his six biological children and two granddaughters. In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family would like donations to be made to The Lou Ruvo Brain Center at the Cleveland Clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The beloved actor is also known for his work on The Carol Burnett Show, winning viewers over with characters like the Oldest Man and Mr. Tudball, whose accent he has said was inspired by his Romanian mother. He was known to ad-lib his sketches — even surprising his scene partners — and won a Golden Globe Award for the series in 1976, along with Emmys in 1973, 1977 and 1978.

At a 2013 event promoting his memoir, What’s So Funny? My Hilarious Life, Burnett, now 86, painted her collaborator as an on-set prankster.

“Tim’s goal in life was to destroy [costar] Harvey Korman,” she told the crowd, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“Harvey wet his pants,” Conway bragged.

It’s an anecdote he also recalled in a 2013 interview with the Los Angeles Times.

“Harvey never saw what I was going to do until he was actually doing the sketch,” he said. “As a matter of fact in the dentist sketch you can actually see Harvey wet his pants from laughing.”

Before making his mark in Hollywood, Conway studied TV and radio at Bowling State University and enlisted in the Army, where is goofiness already shone through. In the L.A. Times interview, he remembered misplacing his rifle before a 4 a.m. drill.

“I looked in the garbage and there was this long neon tube,” he remembered. “So I took that. As the lieutenant came around the corner. I said, ‘Halt.’ I am pointing this bulb at him and he said ‘What is that?’ I said, ‘It’s a light bulb and if you come any closer, I’ll turn it on.’ He had very little sense of humor. I spent an extra two weeks [in the service] painting rocks in Seattle.”

After his military service, he worked at a local station in Cleveland.

“I had no professional training. I had a sense of humor and had been in front of a microphone,” Conway said of his show business beginnings on an episode of The Interviews: An Oral History of Television in 2004.

He appeared as a guest star on The Carol Burnett Show for eight seasons before becoming a regular in 1975.

“They used to do 33 shows a year on Burnett,” he told the L.A. Times. “She said why don’t you just be a regular on the show? I said I will tell you what. I will do 32 shows and leave one week open at the end, so I can guest on somebody’s show. I always guested on her show, but I did have the right to go somewhere else. My job on every show was to break everybody up.”

His own sitcom, The Tim Conway Show, had lasted one season in 1970. His variety show of the same name aired from 1980-81.

Conway also starred on McHale’s Navy and even made a special appearance on the second season of 30 Rock, for which he received an Emmy.

Conway’s death comes after his daughter Kelly and wife Charlene had been fighting over his care.

Kelly filed court documents asking to be appointed conservator of her father in order to be in charge of his medical treatments in in August 2018. She alleged that Charlene was “planning to move him out of the excellent skilled nursing facility he is currently at” and place him into a lesser quality home. She claimed her father could not “properly provide for his personal needs for physical health, food, and clothing” and is “almost entirely unresponsive.”

Days later, Kelly sought a temporary restraining order to stop the move. But in March, Charlene was appointed conservator of her husband.

Before his wedding to Charlene in 1984, Conway was married to Mary Anne Dalton from 1961-78. Together they share seven children: sons Jaime, Tim Jr., Pat, Corey and Shawn and daughter Jackie and Kelly.

R.I.P. Tim Conway, December 15, 1933 – May 14, 2019.

From SYFY Wire:

TIM CONWAY, COMEDIAN AND VOICE OF BARNACLE BOY ON SPONGEBOB, DEAD AT 85


im Conway, the beloved American comedian and actor who voiced the aging superhero known as Barnacle Boy on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, has passed away at the age of 85, Variety confirms. Per a representative for the late actor, Conway died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles from the result of water on the brain.

While well-known to the Baby Boomer generation for his comedic work on McHale's Navy and The Carol Burnett Show, Conway also endeared himself to Millennials and Generation Z, even if they don't know him by sight. That's because he voiced the character of Barnacle Boy on SpongeBob, the sailor's uniform-wearing super-sidekick to Mermaid Man, who was played by Conway's McHale's Navy co-star, Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012).

First introduced in the 1999 episode entitled "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy," the two humanoid heroes were once the stars of a show clearly inspired by the Batman '66 series, albeit with an Aquaman-influenced twist. In said episode, we learn that SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) and Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) are huge fans of the these once-great crime-fighters, who have long since moved to the Shady Shoals retirement home to live out there golden years as senior citizens.


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Thanks to SpongeBob and Patrick's bothersome fanboy ways, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy were forced to come out of retirement, making recurring appearances in Bikini Bottom for more than a dozen episodes. Barnacle Boy got his chance to shine in 2002's "Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy V," where he turned temporarily evil, allying himself with Man-Ray (John Rhys-Davies) and the Dirty Bubble (Kenny), after Mermaid Man wouldn't stop treating him like a little kid.

The Batman '66 parallels came full circle in the 2010 episode, "Back to the Past," where younger versions of the two heroes were voiced by Adam West (1928-2017) and Burt Ward.

"I was heartbroken today to find out the our beloved Barnacle Boy had passed away," Carolyn Lawrence, voice of Sandy Cheeks, tells SYFY WIRE. "It wasn’t that long ago that we lost Mermaid Man (Ernest Borgnine) as well. Working with Mr. Conway was one of the highlights of my career. I was always a huge fan and it never crossed my mind that I’d actually find myself working along side him one day. He couldn’t have been kinder and was funny as heck. His passing leaves a huge hole in our Bikini Bottom hearts."

Born as Thomas Daniel Conway in Willoughby, Ohio, Conway majored in speech and radio at Bowling Green State University near Toledo before serving in the Army during WWII. His show biz career began at a radio station where he wrote for the promotional department. As he pursued acting, his birth name was changed to "Tim" because there was already someone named "Tom Conway" working as a thespian in Hollywood.

Throughout his career, which included a number of comedies for Disney, Conway nabbed a whopping 13 Emmy nominations, securing wins for six of them. Alongside his iconic contributions to SpongeBob, he also voiced characters in cartoons like Hercules (the TV spinoff), The Wild Thornberrys, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and The Proud Family.

"We are sad to learn Tim Conway, the legendary voice of Barnacle Boy, has passed away. Thank you for everything you contributed to Bikini Bottom," reads a post from the official SpongeBob account on Facebook.

Conway is survived by his second wife, Charlene Conway, and the seven children he had by his first wife, Mary Anne Dalton.

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From Variety:

Tim Conway, Comedian and ‘Carol Burnett Show’ Star, Dies at 85

Tim Conway, the agile comedian who was a core member of the “The Carol Burnett Show” troupe and starred in a string of Disney film comedies in the 1970s, died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. He was 85.

A rep for Conway tells Variety he died from water on the brain.

Over his long career, Conway was nominated for 13 Emmys and won six. For “The Carol Burnett Show,” he was nominated six times as a supporting performer in a variety or comedy series, winning in 1973, 1977 and 1978. He was also nominated as part of the writing staff for the show, drawing three nominations and winning in 1978. In addition to those four Emmy wins, he won in 1996 for outstanding guest actor in a comedy, “Coach,” and in 2008 for guest actor in a comedy for “30 Rock.”

“I’m heartbroken. He was one in a million, not only as a brilliant comedian but as a loving human being,” said Burnett in a statement obtained by Variety. “I cherish the times we had together both on the screen and off. He’ll be in my heart forever.”

On “The Carol Burnett Show,” Conway was so side-splittingly hilarious that he often caused co-star Harvey Korman to begin laughing in the middle of a skit. He was known for ad-libbing bits that would challenge Korman and other co-stars including Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner.

“Hysterical, crazy, bold, fearless, humble, kind, adorable… all synonyms for Tim Conway,” said Lawrence in a statement. “I am so lucky to ever have shared a stage with him. Harvey and Tim are together again…the angels are laughing out loud tonight.”
Conway appeared as many characters on the show, but the two most famous were the Old Man and Mr. Tudball. The Old Man shuffled along at an agonizingly slow pace vastly insufficient to the occupations in which the show’s writers would place him. His inability to get things done usually resulted in slapstick, and Conway would ad lib a good deal.

Mr. Tudball was a businessman who aimed to run a “ship-shape” office, but such intentions would always go unfulfilled because of the bored indifference of his secretary, Mrs. Wiggins (Burnett). The character was widely thought to be Swedish, but Conway actually imitated the accent of his Romanian mother.

“Carol Burnett” ran for 11 seasons on CBS from 1967-78. Conway appeared on a single episode in 1967 and then became a regular member of the comedienne’s troupe from 1975 until the show’s end.

In later years, Conway had success with his “Dorf” series of comic how-to videos in which he played a bumbling, diminutive Scandinavian character by standing on his knees. He also lent his versatile voice to a slew of animated productions ranging from “SpongeBob SquarePants,” to “Scooby Doo,” to the Christian video series “Hermie and Friends.”

In 2012 Burnett, Conway and Lawrence asked in an interview for Sirius XM Satellite Radio if there were occasions where they worried about having enough material for the show, Burnett replied: “No, because we could always count on Tim to go over. So there was always enough show. In fact, sometimes, because he would get on a roll and do stuff we had never seen before, so maybe a four-minute sketch would turn into a 10-minute sketch — thanks to Conway — and we could then bank another sketch that we were going to do that week for another week.”

Conway’s career had first been jump-started by the World War II-set sitcom “McHale’s Navy,” starring Ernest Borgnine. He played the bumbling, naive Ensign Charles Parker, executive officer of the PT-73, on 138 episodes of the show (1962-66), as well as the two feature films based on it, receiving his first Emmy nomination for his performance in 1963.

His run of Disney-produced family comedies began with 1973’s “The World’s Greatest Athlete,” in which he played the assistant to a desperate college coach (John Amos) who finds a new player in Africa — a Tarzan sort played by Jan Michael Vincent. Next was 1975’s “The Apple Dumpling Gang,” in which he starred with Don Knotts, among others (later Conway appeared in the 1979 sequel); “Gus,” also with Knotts, in which a mule moves from team mascot to team member; “The Shaggy D.A.,” with Dean Jones (Variety said: “Conway is particularly droll as a cloddish ice-cream salesman”); and “The Billion Dollar Hobo.”

Outside of the arrangement with Disney, Conway scripted the kids comedies “They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way” (1978), in which he and Chuck McCann played inept cops told by the governor to go undercover as inmates in prison to discover where an old-timer has hidden his loot, and co-penned “The Prize Fighter,” in which he and Knott starred. The latter film shared a great of plot with the vastly superior Danny Kaye boxing film “The Kid From Brooklyn,” itself a remake of the also vastly superior Harold Lloyd vehicle “The Milky Way.” Conway’s partnership with Knotts ended with the 1981 comedy “The Private Eyes,” which Conway co-scripted. The pair played doltish detectives working for Scotland Yard in the zany comedy.

“The Tim Conway Show,” a one-hour variety show, ran for 13 episodes in 1980-81 (another show of the same title had aired briefly in 1970); Conway got another shot with his own show, CBS detective spoof “Ace Crawford, Private Eye,” in 1983, but its run was also very brief. The series, however, was produced by Conway’s own production company, Conway Enterprises, which went on to produce his Dorf videos.

“The Longshot” (1986), directed by Paul Bartel, was interesting for being a comedy scripted by Conway for adults; the film, which starred Conway and Harvey Korman, among others, followed a quartet of losers who borrow money from mobsters to bet on a “sure thing”; when they lose, the gangsters come after them. The movie did not attract much attention, however.

He began his series of “Dorf” how-to videos with “Dorf on Golf” in 1987. Conway produced nine Dorf videos overall, on sports including baseball, auto racing, and fishing.

In 1990 Conway appeared as a guest in an episode of Bob Newhart’s CBS sitcom “Newhart.” He recurred on “Married… With Children” as the father of Katey Sagal’s Peggy Bundy. He also guested on “Coach” in 1996 and ’97 — winning an Emmy for playing the inept gardener of Craig T. Nelson’s coach — as well as on “The Larry Sanders Show,” “Suddenly Susan” and “The Drew Carey Show,” all in 1997, and on “Mad About You” in 1999. He recurred on CBS sitcom “Yes, Dear” from 2001-05.

In response to the 2008 episode of “30 Rock” called “Subway Hero,” David Hinckley wrote in the New York Daily News that “the real reason [‘Subway Hero’] is must-see TV is a guest spot by Tim Conway as an old-time television star whose deadpan recollections of the ‘good old days’ keep getting weirder and funnier. He darn near steals the show.” Conway subsequently won an Emmy for the appearance.

He guested on “CSI” in 2010, “Hot in Cleveland” in 2010 and 2013, “Two and Half Men” and “Glee” in 2014.

Conway also made appearances in films such as Garry Marshall’s 1996 comedy “Dear God,” “Speed 2: Cruise Control” and “Air Bud: Golden Receiver” (1998).

Asked in a 2011 interview about comedy today, Conway replied: “I hang onto the oldies. Jonathan Winters calls me about three times a week, and I never answer the phone. I have all of his messages recorded. He always calls with a different character and he wants me to do something or appear somewhere or go to an Army-Navy store for something. I have hundreds of these on the answering machine, but I never talk to him. Once in a great while I will pick up and talk to him.

“I kind of fall back on that. But Bob Newhart and I, and Mike Connors, Steve and Eydie, get together every Tuesday night and have dinner, just to sit and talk. Most of the conversations have already been told 20 or 30 times. But we just keep in touch like that.

Of today’s comedy he went on to say, “I don’t really know about who is really doing it these days.”

Thomas Daniel Conway was born in Willoughby, Ohio in 1933. Conway attended Bowling Green State University, where he majored in speech and radio, and served in the Army. He started his career in show business working for a radio station, eventually writing for the promotional department. There was already an actor named Tom Conway, so he became Tim.

After his Army service ended, Conway returned to Cleveland to work with Ernie Anderson on KYW-TV in 1958-59 and on WJW-TV from 1960-62 on a weekday morning film showcase (under the Ernie’s Place banner); Conway wrote material for the comedic skits shown in the film intermissions. He also recorded a comedy album with Anderson.

Comedienne Rose Marie discovered Conway and arranged for him to audition for “The Steve Allen Plymouth Show”; Allen was so impressed with Conway that the comedian became a regular on the show in 1960. Conway was also a regular on Allen’s next series, “The New Steve Allen Show,” in 1961.

The following year he was signed to play Ensign Charles Parker on “McHale’s Navy.”

After that he starred in ABC’s brief comic Western series “Rango” as the title character, a bumbling Texas Ranger, but the show ran for only 17 episodes in 1967. He got his own series in 1970, but CBS’ “The Tim Conway Show,” in which he played an inept pilot at a fly-by-night airline, lasted only a single season.

It was his hilarious work on “The Carol Burnett Show” — memorable decades later to those who watched the show, and immortalized on YouTube — that was his real gift to audiences.

Many comedians and actors have taken to social media to pay tribute to Conway.



“Watching Tim Conway destroy his cast mates is pure joy. Wait until Vicki Lawrence’s a-bomb ad-lib at the end,” wrote Patton Oswalt, accompanied with a video of some “Carol Burnett Show” outtakes.


“Tim Conway made me laugh. A great gift and talent. Carol, my friend, my hand in yours as you miss him,” tweeted Jamie Lee Curtis.

Conway was married to Mary Anne Dalton from 1961 until their divorce in 1978.

He is survived by second wife Charlene Conway, whom he married in 1984, and seven children by Dalton, including KFI Los Angeles radio host Tim Conway Jr.

Originally published: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 6:16pm BST.

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Pro-Wrestler and 'Nacho Libre' Star Silver King Passes Away, Aged 51

Nacho Libre star and pro wrestler Silver King has died after collapsing during a bout at London’s Roundhouse in Camden. He was 51.


Silver King (real name Cesar Barron), who was a star in his native Mexico and also appeared as the villain Ramses in Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies 2005 movie Nacho Libre alongside actor Jack Black, was performing at the Roundhouse in Camden in London, UK when he reportedly fell to the canvas. Some reports suggest he may have suffered a heart attack.

The wrestler was in the middle of a match at the Greatest Show of Lucha Libre event on Saturday (May 11) when the tragedy struck. Footage online shows the referee and several other men rushing to his aid after he collapsed.

The 51-year-old grew up in a Mexican wrestling family, his father was a popular Lucha Libre fighter. Aside from his role in Nacho Libre, Silver King would go on to find worldwide success, appearing in the USA’s World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1997 to 2000.

Tributes have begun to pour in, with Jack Black sharing a photograph of the wrestler on the set of Nacho Libre, accompanied with the caption: “César González…vaya con dios, hermano,” which translated reads: “Go with God, brother.”



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El Hijo del Santo, aka Jorge Rodriguez, tweeting in his native tongue, said he felt “deep regret” at the death of his “partner in so many battles.”


The WWE tweeted that they were “saddened to learn that Lucha Libre legend and former WCW star Silver King has passed away at age 51.”


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In Nacho Libre, Ramses was considered to the be greatest wrestler in town, and he went head to head with Black’s character whose wrestler name was Nacho. While Ramses didn’t really speak for much of the film, the movie had great ways of writing jokes around the character. It also kind of helps that Ramses was being played by a real-life luchador, which added to his mystique in the film.




R.I.P. Silver King, 9 January 1968 – 11 May 2019.

Originally published: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 9:13pm BST.

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