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the boy seems to be the only human until they meet Father Christmas with his reindeer, and the boy is given a scarf with a snowman pattern. In the film, the song was performed by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty, and reissued in 1985 (on Stiff Records) and 1987. In 1985, an altered version was recorded for use in a TV advertising campaign for Toys "R" Us. As Auty's voice had then broken, Blake recommended the Welsh chorister Aled Jones, whose recording reached number five in the UK pop charts, and who became a popular celebrity on the strength
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Peter Auty Peter Robert Auty (born 1969) is an English operatic tenor who has worked with most of the major opera companies in Britain and a number of companies in continental Europe. Auty is a former choirboy who sang at St Paul's Cathedral. At the age of 13, he sang "Walking in the Air", the theme song to the 1982 animated film "The Snowman". Some people thought Aled Jones was the original singer, but his version was a cover of the song released as a single in 1985. Auty's version, which was recorded especially for "The Snowman", had been released
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16:9 widescreen. Channel 4 used this opening from 2002 until Mel Smith's death in 2013, when the Bowie introduction returned, returning the film to its original aspect ratio. The 30th anniversary DVD doesn't use any of the openings but includes all three openings as a bonus feature. The song "Walking in the Air" is sung in the film by chorister Peter Auty, who was not credited in the original version. He was given a credit on the 20th anniversary version. The song was covered three years later by Welsh chorister Aled Jones in a single which reached #5 in the
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the boy seems to be the only human until they meet Father Christmas with his reindeer, and the boy is given a scarf with a snowman pattern. In the film, the song was performed by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty, and reissued in 1985 (on Stiff Records) and 1987. In 1985, an altered version was recorded for use in a TV advertising campaign for Toys "R" Us. As Auty's voice had then broken, Blake recommended the Welsh chorister Aled Jones, whose recording reached number five in the UK pop charts, and who became a popular celebrity on the strength
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through pictures, action and music, scored by Howard Blake. It is wordless, just like the book, except for the song "Walking in the Air". In addition to the orchestral score, performed in the film by the Sinfonia of London, Blake composed the music and lyrics of the song, performed by Peter Auty, a St Paul's Cathedral choirboy. The special ranks #71 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, a list drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, based on a vote by industry professionals. It was voted #4 in UKTV Gold's "Greatest TV Christmas Moments". It came third
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other similar lighter style songs. Soloists from among the boys also provided the original recordings of 'We're walking in the air' from The Snowman (Peter Auty), and the closing signature tune – Geoffrey Burgon's setting of the Nunc Dimittis – for the TV series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Paul Phoenix). Several of the choristers also took part in the well-known Paul McCartney song We all stand together for the animated film Rupert and the Frog Song which reached No.3 in the U.K. Pop-charts. Barry Rose left St Paul's in 1984 after a major difference of opinion with senior members of
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1982, Jones won the Cerdd Dant solo competitions for competitors under 12 at the Urdd Eisteddfod. Jones became famous for the cover version of "Walking in the Air", the song from Channel 4's animated film "The Snowman", based on the book by Raymond Briggs. The record reached No. 5 in the UK charts in 1985. The version used in the 1982 film was performed by Peter Auty, a St. Paul's Cathedral choirboy. In June 1985, Jones was the subject of an Emmy award-winning BBC Omnibus documentary entitled "The Treble". Jones, with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, was behind the "Santa Claus
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Walking in the Air "Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs' 1978 children's book "The Snowman". The song forms the centrepiece of "The Snowman", which has become a seasonal favourite on British and Finnish television. The story relates the fleeting adventures of a young boy and a snowman who has come to life. In the second part of the story, the boy and the snowman fly to the North Pole. "Walking in the Air" is the theme for the journey. They attend a party of snowmen, at which
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of his performance. The association of the song with Jones, combined with the fact that Auty was not credited on "The Snowman", would lead to a common misbelief that Jones performed the song in the film. "Walking in the Air" has subsequently been covered by over forty artists, in a variety of styles. Walking in the Air "Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs' 1978 children's book "The Snowman". The song forms the centrepiece of "The Snowman", which has become a seasonal favourite on British and Finnish television.
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ghost say "Trick or Treat" and the skeleton and witch say "Happy Halloween". In November 2011, two new female Christmas themed Sing-a-ma-jigs were released. They included a snowman and a reindeer. The snowman sings Jingle Bells and the reindeer sings "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". There are two Birthday Sing-a-ma-jigs: the pink "Birthday Soprano" and the blue "Birthday Tenor". Each sings "Happy Birthday to You" in different pitches in addition to chattering and harmonizing with other Sing-a-ma-jig characters, and rather than saying "Goodbye" or "See you later", The birthday tenor signs off by saying, "Can I have cake too?"
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Festival in 1977; "A Month in the Country" with Kenneth Branagh and Colin Firth, which gained him the British Film Institute Anthony Asquith Award for musical excellence in 1989; and "The Snowman", which was nominated for an Oscar after its first screening on Channel 4 in 1982, and has won many other prizes internationally. From this, his famous song "Walking in the Air", for which he also wrote the lyrics, was the success that launched Aled Jones in 1985; his concert version of "The Snowman" for narrator and orchestra is now performed worldwide, as is the full-length ballet of the
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his theme tunes for "Doctor Who", "Steptoe and Son", "Tales of the Unexpected" and "The Prisoner", Australian-born composer Ron Grainer moved to Brighton in the 1970s and later died in Cuckfield. The winner of a BAFTA Award and Oscar nomination for "Walking in the Air", Howard Blake grew up in Sussex and continues to live in the county. The song was used for the 1982 animated film "The Snowman" of the Sussex-based author Raymond Briggs. Blake also wrote the orchestral works in the film score for the film "Flash Gordon". Nat Gonella was part of the Brighton jazz scene and
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Frosty the Snowman (film) Frosty the Snowman is a 1969 animated Christmas television special based on the song "Frosty the Snowman". The program, which first aired on December 7, 1969 on CBS (where it continues to air annually), was produced for television by Rankin/Bass Productions and featured the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante as the film's narrator (Durante's final performance in a film) and Jackie Vernon as the title character. The special's story follows a group of school children who build a snowman called Frosty and place a magic hat on his head, which makes him come to life. But
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his lost friend. After the initial showing on Channel 4, and in its initial showings on television in the United States, an alternative introduction was sometimes used. Instead of Raymond Briggs describing how much it had snowed the winter he made "The Snowman", while walking through the field that morphed into the animation of the same landscape, David Bowie was shown reciting a different speech after walking into the attic of 'his' childhood home and discovering a scarf in a drawer and then telling the same story. This scarf closely resembles the one given to the boy towards the end
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2011 Christmas album, "Heavenly Christmas", was produced by Rob Mounsey. The selections include traditional Christmas carols like "The First Noël" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem", standards like "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and "White Christmas", and newer songs, such as "Walking in the Air" (from the 1982 animated film "The Snowman") and "Believe" (from the 2004 movie "The Polar Express"). The album was released on November 1, 2011, exclusively by Walmart in the U.S. and elsewhere in the U.S. in October 2012. The album entered the "Billboard" Classical Albums chart at No. 1, the Holiday Albums chart at No.
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produced by Contact Theatre, Manchester in 1986 and was adapted and produced by Anthony Clark. It had a full script and used Howard Blake's music and lyrics. In 1993, Birmingham Repertory Company produced a version, with music and lyrics by Howard Blake, scenario by Blake, with Bill Alexander and choreography by Robert North. Since 1997, Sadler's Wells has presented it every year as the Christmas Show at the Peacock Theatre. As in the book and the film, there are no words, apart from the lyrics of the song "Walking in the Air". The story is told through images and movement.
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Howard Blake Howard Blake OBE (born 28 October 1938) is an English composer, conductor, and pianist whose career has spanned more than 50 years and produced more than 650 works. Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film "The Snowman", which includes the song "Walking in the Air". He is increasingly recognised for his classical works including concertos, oratorios, ballets, operas and many instrumental pieces. Howard Blake was born in London and grew up in Brighton. His mother played piano and violin, and his father sang tenor in the church choir. At Brighton, Hove and Sussex
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musical scope, mostly relegated to the symphonic keyboard work and lead singer Tarja Turunen's vocals. Most of the album is fantasy-themed, with tracks like "Swanheart" and "Walking in the Air", a cover from the animated TV special "The Snowman", as typical examples; however, the song "Gethsemane", has a more religious feel to it. In addition, there are also some theatrical tracks like "Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean". "Oceanborn" is among their darkest albums, making use of the harsh vocals of Tapio Wilska in the songs "The Pharaoh Sails to Orion" and "Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean". Since the
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Gold Badge Award for outstanding work within the music industry. Howard Blake Howard Blake OBE (born 28 October 1938) is an English composer, conductor, and pianist whose career has spanned more than 50 years and produced more than 650 works. Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film "The Snowman", which includes the song "Walking in the Air". He is increasingly recognised for his classical works including concertos, oratorios, ballets, operas and many instrumental pieces. Howard Blake was born in London and grew up in Brighton. His mother played piano and violin, and his father sang
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house, Santa was making his way to The Snowman. The Snowman gave the girl an ice doll, but the doll ended up shattering. However, Santa had arrived to give the girl a real doll. Afterwards, just when it looked like Santa was going to punish The Snowman, he ended up giving The Snowman the same red-&-gold flute that The Snowman once attempted to steal, saying that the flute always belonged to The Snowman because, Santa was one who "accidentally" shattered The Snowman's first flute. Santa gave the advice of giving to The Snowman, and just as they were about to
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Jacob Snowman Jacob Snowman (1871 - 28 February 1959) was a British medical doctor and mohel, notable for having circumcised Charles, Prince of Wales in December 1948, and possibly other members of the British nobility and Royal Family. Snowman was the son of Abraham Snowman (1849–1918), a picture dealer, and his wife Rachel, both of whom were born in Poland. He was the older brother to both painter Isaac Snowman (1873-1947) and jeweler Emanuel Snowman (1886-1970), who married into the prominent Wartski family of jewelers and became the company chairman. Wartski has enjoyed generations of Royal patronage, supplying the Welsh
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is hidden in the group), "Dennis the Menace and Gnasher", while "Thunderbirds" and "Terrahawks" by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson have been praised for creating Supermarionation. Debuting in 1982, "The Snowman" (featuring the festive song "Walking in the Air") is annually screened at Christmas. Shown on the BBC, the UK holds two high-profile charity telethon events, Children in Need, held annually in November, and Comic Relief, which alternates with Sports Relief, every March. The 2011 edition of Comic Relief saw the first appearance of James Corden's Carpool Karaoke sketch when he drove around London singing songs with George Michael. British programmes
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in addition to the 50th Anniversary release of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" in 2014. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released a Deluxe Edition of the special, along with other specials on Blu-ray and DVD in 2018. Frosty returned in several sequels: Frosty the Snowman (film) Frosty the Snowman is a 1969 animated Christmas television special based on the song "Frosty the Snowman". The program, which first aired on December 7, 1969 on CBS (where it continues to air annually), was produced for television by Rankin/Bass Productions and featured the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante as the film's narrator (Durante's final performance
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Snowman was set to appear in the second volume to "The Legend of Wonder Woman", a retelling of Wonder Woman's origins by Renae de Liz and Ray Dillon. However, DC cancelled the project under unknown circumstances. De Liz later posted preliminary artwork featuring Blue Snowman on Twitter. Blue Snowman Blue Snowman (also known as The Snowman, real name Byrna Brilyant) is a supervillain in the who appears primarily as an enemy of Wonder Woman. Blue Snowman is a woman disguised as a man who uses the invention of "blue snow," a special form of precipitation that freezes everything it touches.
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Blue Snowman Blue Snowman (also known as The Snowman, real name Byrna Brilyant) is a supervillain in the who appears primarily as an enemy of Wonder Woman. Blue Snowman is a woman disguised as a man who uses the invention of "blue snow," a special form of precipitation that freezes everything it touches. She is also notable as being a member of the original Villainy Inc. Blue Snowman first appeared in "Sensation Comics" #59 and was created by William Moulton Marston and H.G. Peter. Byrna Brilyant's scientist father died while working on his invention of "blue snow," a special form
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and Pink is lifted up into the air on a rope. The song "Bad Influence" then starts. She gets lowered down onto the main stage and starts to sing. She then sings "Just Like a Pill", "Who Knew", Ave Mary A and "Don't Let Me Get Me". She then goes offstage. At some shows, Pink might perform "It's All Your Fault" after "Just Like A Pill". A red couch appears on the stage and Pink is seen walking over to it. She then starts to sing "I Touch Myself". Whilst singing "I Touch Myself", hands come out of the couch
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2018, but Lee's removal of all Christian references from the story caused a backlash and boycott from several Christian groups, including the online film reviewing site MovieGuide. On March 12, 2015, Disney announced that Lee and Buck would co-direct a full length sequel to "Frozen". Lee married Robert Joseph Monn on May 30, 1999, at the Rhode Island Country Club (they later divorced). They have a daughter Agatha Lee Monn (born in 2003), who sings the middle verse of the song "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" in "Frozen". Lee and her daughter now live in the San Fernando
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Emanuel Snowman Emanuel Snowman OBE MVO (25 January 1886 – 27 February 1970) was a British jeweller, local politician and Jewish community leader. He oversaw the opening of the London branch of the Llandudno jewellers Wartski, having married the daughter of its founder, Morris Wartski, and went on to become its chairman. Emanuel Snowman was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Abraham Snowman (1849–1918), a picture dealer, and his wife Rachel, both of whom were born in Poland. His elder brothers were the prominent mohel and medical doctor Jacob Snowman and the painter Isaac Snowman. As a teenager he
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on the opposite side of her mirror as he pounds on it and instructs her to join him. Next, the ball-jointed doll from before is now a full-sized woman and is controlling the strings of Kerli who is now a marionette. After the Kerli marionette sings the bridge, she is placed in a box where the puppeteer ball-jointed doll cuts the strings and the bricks in the windows are briefly shown collapsing. In the final scene, Kerli wakes up to discover a cut string attached to her arm. She proceeds to stare at the camera which pans out to reveal
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noticed, and kicked out. So, he came up with another idea. The Snowman started make various equipment for invading the workshop, and lots of snowman minions to assist. The Snowman went from his usual self to a much "devious" behavior. The Snowman, and his minions started invading Santa's Village, but Santa sent his elves to fight back, starting a chaotic battle. The elves, and the snowman minions fought tirelessly. The elves were attempting to melt, and blow up the snowman minions while the snowman minions were freezing, and spewing out snowballs at the elves. As the battle rage on, neither
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that Snowman is dying from his condition. Batman allows Snowman and his father to go up the mountains so that Snowman can have his final moments of his life with his father. Snowman has control over ice and snow. He also has super-strength and expert athletic abilities. The Abominable Snowman is an enemy of Superman that was awakened by the hero's rocket that brought him to Earth. Snowman would transform into Dr. Phoenix who would go on to try to turn Superman into steel before eventually reverting and attempt to undo civilization. Dr. Phoenix first appeared in "Superman" #263 (April
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The Snowman and the Snowdog The Snowman and the Snowdog is a 2012 animated short film. It is the sequel to "The Snowman", and was created to mark the 30th anniversary of the original short film. "The Snowman and The Snowdog" is dedicated to John Coates (the film's producer, who died in September 2012) and features a new song called "Light the Night" by former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows. "The Snowman and The Snowdog" won the Televisual Bulldog Award 2013 in the Best Children's category. The story begins similarly to "The Snowman", at the house where James, the boy from
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were imprisoned. The Snowman had explained his plan to take Santa's spot, and left to deliver the toys, leaving Santa, and the elves in an ice cage. However, unbeknownst to The Snowman, one of Santa's elves, an elf named: Flippy, came to rescue Santa, and the elves. Meanwhile, The Snowman soared above the rooftops. He was sitting in his snow replica of Santa's sleigh, while the snowman minions were being his Reindeer. It was a wonderful, magical feeling. Now, all he to do was deliver a few toys, and everyone would "him." While The Snowman came across a little girl's
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in children's media. A famous snowman character is Frosty, the titular snowman in the popular children's song "Frosty the Snowman" (later adapted into film and television specials), who was magically brought to life by the old silk hat used on his head. In addition to numerous related music and other media for Frosty, snow-men also feature as: In 2015, a man from the U.S. State of Wisconsin was noted for making a large snowman 22 feet tall and with a base 12 feet wide. The record for the world's largest snowman was set in 2008 in Bethel, Maine. The snow-woman
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The Drones and PVT. The next two years saw Snowman write and record their follow up to "The Horse, The Rat and The Swan" with Australian producer Aaron Cupples. On 23 November 2010, Snowman announced the title, "Absence", and track listing of their upcoming album. The album was released on 3 June 2011. Upon its release Snowman formally announced that they had split up. Snowman (band) Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011. Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school
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family home. Not long after, the three are off into the open air to visit the annual snowman party in the frozen north. However, while flying, the Snowman loses his nose, and as they land to search for it, they come across an old-style red single-engined light plane with open cockpit that they use for the rest of their journey. During the flying sequence, as in the original, a number of famous English landmarks can be seen, such as The Shard, London Eye, Big Ben, The Gherkin and the Crystal Palace transmitting station, as the three of them fly over
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A flash of light zooms past The Snowman, and shatters his little flute. Consumed with curiosity, The Snowman set off to find out exactly "what" the mysterious light was. Eventually, The Snowman found himself at Santa's Village, a winter village filled with elves. The Snowman finds a toy workshop, where the elves were making various toys. Another elf comes in the workshop, and with him was the workshop owner: Santa Claus. While Santa was chatting with his elves, The Snowman finds a red-&-gold flute in the workshop. But after grabbing the flute, an alarm goes off, causing The Snowman to
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Snowman (band) Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011. Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joe McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were fourteen years old; they began writing music together almost immediately. Olga Hermanniusson soon joined on Bass guitar and saxophone. After a few line-up and name changes, the band settled on Snowman with new drummer Ross DiBlasio joining in 2002. In 2003 they began playing live around Australia. They also recorded two demo CDs, which
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into bed, wishing everyone a "Happy blooming Christmas". "Father Christmas" and "The Snowman" take place in the same universe—both were written by the same author, and both television shorts were made by very similar production teams. It is suggested that this film takes place a year or so after "The Snowman", as Father Christmas jokes to the boy "glad you could make it again; the party I mean, not your snowman”, which ultimately gives "The Snowman" a happy ending. The boy can also be seen wearing the scarf Father Christmas gave him in "The Snowman". There is also a poster
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Isaac Snowman Isaac Snowman (1873 – 11 February 1947) was an Anglo-Jewish artist who made Jewish cultural themes his subject. He was educated at the City of London School. In 1890 he entered the Royal Academy School, where he gained a free medal, and afterward a scholarship in the Institution of British Artists. He showed his interest in Jewish matters by his drawings "A Difficult Passage in the Talmud" and "The Blessing of Sabbath Lights," as well as by his "Early Morning Prayer in the Synagogue." His older brother Jacob Snowman was a London medical doctor and prominent mohel, who
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veritable gallery of memorable suspects makes it a great read. Once Alfred Hitchcock talked about people taking a roller-coaster ride – how they would scream going down the hill, and laugh when they were finished. Some people like to be entertained in this way, Hitch said, and he was just a fellow who built roller coasters. "The Snowman" is a first-class roller-coaster ride." A film adaptation of the novel "The Snowman" was developing from British production company Working Title Films. In 2013, Martin Scorsese was attached to direct the film. In 2014, Tomas Alfredson was hired to direct. On September
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the snowman is waiting for them outside. They then meet the owner, Fabian Menkle, who explains to them about the store's haunted clock tower and that the Menkle family toy store was cursed a long time ago by the Sinister Snowman, Who used to be a cranky man who turn into the sinister snowman from a blizzard when the toy store clock was build. Later, the snowman is able to get inside the factory and tries to chase Shaggy and Scooby. Just when they think they are doomed, the real Santa Claus shows up, and gets the haunted clock tower
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"Frosty the Snowman". The ancillary rights to the Frosty the Snowman character are owned by Warner Bros., but due to the prominence of the TV special, merchandising of the character is generally licensed in tandem with that special's current owners, DreamWorks Classics. The song recounts the fictional tale of Frosty, a snowman who is brought to life by a magical silk hat that a group of children find and place on his head. Although Frosty enjoys roaming throughout town with the children who constructed him, he runs afoul of a traffic cop and leaves town, promising he will be back
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covered in frosty whiteness when a young couple enter the garden to admire the scene and the Snowman. When they leave, the dog tells the Snowman the couple are sweethearts who will someday move into "the same kennel and share their bones". He then recounts happier days when he slept under the stove in the housekeeper's room as a pampered pet. The Snowman can see the stove through a window in the house and believes it is female. He falls in love. The Snowman longs to be in the room with the stove, but the dog warns him he would
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The Snowman (fairy tale) "The Snowman" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a snowman who falls in love with a stove. It was published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen as "Sneemanden" on 2 March 1861. Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager describes the tale as a lyrical and poignant complement to Andersen's "The Fir-Tree" of December 1844. Wullschlager believes "The Snowman" was the product in part of Andersen’s "pining and discontent over" Harald Scharff, a handsome young dancer at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. According to Wullschlager, the two men entered a relationship in the early 1860s that
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Snowpups. To date, they've appeared in Newcastle and Tyne and Wear, Brighton and Hove, Cardiff and Ashford. After each exhibition the Snowdogs are sold at auction, with the proceeds going to local hospices. The Snowman and the Snowdog The Snowman and the Snowdog is a 2012 animated short film. It is the sequel to "The Snowman", and was created to mark the 30th anniversary of the original short film. "The Snowman and The Snowdog" is dedicated to John Coates (the film's producer, who died in September 2012) and features a new song called "Light the Night" by former Razorlight drummer
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Hugo the Abominable Snowman Hugo the Abominable Snowman is a character in the Looney Tunes franchise. Hugo is a large, rather naive, and easily fooled abominable snowman who really likes bunny rabbits. He likes to name his pets "George" and tried on two occasions to make Bugs Bunny his pet. He seems to be an actual snowman, as he melted when exposed to the sun too long. His character is a takeoff on Lennie Small from "Of Mice and Men". "George" refers to Lennie's friend George Milton. Hugo first appears in the episode "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" when Bugs and
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the Himalayas, Professor Jeffries is led by his Sherpa, Pemba, to a high point on a mountain using an ancient tablet. Jeffries is out looking for the Abominable Snowman, who lives in the mountains. He's convinced that the Snowman lives close by, but Pemba tells him he won't lead Jeffries anymore, as it would be intruding on the territory of the Abominable Snowman. Jeffries, who seems to care about the Snowman over their safety, decides to cut the rope and continue. As soon as Jeffries fades from view, Pemba sees the outline of a large creature in front of him.
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engaged in stunts using parachutes. Another successful woman in this profession was Lillian Boyer, who performed hundreds of wing-walking exhibitions, automobile-to-plane changes, and parachute jumps. Then 18-year-old Elrey Borge Jeppesen, best known today for later having developed air navigation manuals and charts, joined Tex Rankin's Flying Circus around 1925; one of his jobs was wing walking. Flying circuses formed and they featured a variety of stunt performers. Promoters would herald the way with posters hyping up the danger of air walking and the new celebrities that would perform. Some famous early flying circuses or troops were The Gates Flying Circus,
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the game is finished. The game has been described in one academic work not as a new game based on fragments of an older one, but as the "constant connecting and disconnecting of parts, the constant evasion of rules or guidelines based on collective creativity." Calvin often creates horrendous/dark humor scenes with his snowmen. He uses the snowman for social commentary, revenge, or pure enjoyment. Examples include Snowman Calvin being yelled at by Snowman Dad to shovel the snow; one snowman eating snow cones scooped out of a second snowman, who is lying on the ground with an ice-cream scoop
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theatre in Montclair, California. In the video, Raven sings the song while she is in a car with a boy, while Larsen sings and plays the guitar in front of another car. This footage is mixed with M2M singing together at the drive-in, people dancing, the projectionist struggling with his malfunctioning equipment, and the concession stand worker who has an overflowing popcorn maker. When the popcorn stand explodes, M2M continue to perform surrounded by people as popcorn rains down. Air cannons were used to fire 200 garbage bin-sized bags of popcorn into the air to create the raining popcorn effect.
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Christmas himself, who gives Billy a Christmas present. As the sun starts to rise, and the Snowman signals their departure, another snowman discovers the letter from Billy and whispers into Father Christmas's ear. From his sleigh, Father Christmas reveals a small present which he gives to Billy. While another snowman flies the aeroplane back to where it came from, Billy, the Snowman and the Snowdog return home. Upon arriving home, Billy opens his present. It is a dog collar, which he politely places round the Snowdog's neck. The Snowdog turns into a real live dog that matches the one that
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Kennedy was assassinated that afternoon while touring Dallas in an open car caravan. The Jaynetts name was used for the release of two further singles on Tuff: "Snowman, Snowman Sweet Potato Nose" and "There's No Love at All" b/w "Tonight You Belong to Me". Throughout 1964 Tuff also released recordings featuring at least some of the personnel from "Sally Go 'Round the Roses"; these releases were credited to the Clickettes (who were Lezli Valentine, Marlina Mars and Iggy Williams), the Poppies (not to be confused with the Poppies who recorded for Epic in 1966) and the Patty Cakes (whose release
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The Temper Trap, and New Zealanders, Batrider. At the 2007 WAMi Awards Snowman won three WAMI awards for 'Most Popular Album' (Snowman), 'Most Popular Music Video' ("You Are A Casino") and 'Best Rock Act'. "You Are A Casino" was released as a limited 7" single in the UK on 25 June 2007 on the Passport Label, through Forte Distribution In January 2008, Snowman announced that they were recording their second album with David Parkin. On 1 May 2008, Dot Dash released a news article about the new Snowman album, releasing its album cover, track listing, and release date. "The Horse,
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Snowman (album) Snowman is the self-titled debut album, released by the Australian alternative rockers, Snowman, on 23 September 2006 via Dot Dash. The group began recording it in December 2005 with Perth-based record producer, David Parkin, at Blackbird Studios. Three singles were released from the album, "Smoke & Mirrors", "You Are a Casino" and "Swimming with Sharks". They were all added to high rotation on national youth radio, Triple J. The album was featured on community radio stations RTRfm in Perth and FBI in Sydney. The 13 tracks highlight the group's signature sounds, including haunting and falsetto vocals, rock and
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sound, that can swerve from Scott Walker's dark romance to the Cramps jungle fever in the blink of a mascara'd eye." Snowman (album) Snowman is the self-titled debut album, released by the Australian alternative rockers, Snowman, on 23 September 2006 via Dot Dash. The group began recording it in December 2005 with Perth-based record producer, David Parkin, at Blackbird Studios. Three singles were released from the album, "Smoke & Mirrors", "You Are a Casino" and "Swimming with Sharks". They were all added to high rotation on national youth radio, Triple J. The album was featured on community radio stations RTRfm
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were "things which the owners would have handled and treasured as personal belongings. Snowman acquired nine eggs: Snowman was diligent in his religious duties and was warden of the Hampstead Synagogue, and chairman of the West Hampstead Day School. He was an early supporter of the Habonim Jewish Socialist-Zionist cultural youth movement and provided help to refugees from Nazi Germany. "The Times" said that "When many voices were silent ... he was an articulate and successful man of action and was directly responsible for the saving of many valuable lives." Snowman was active in local politics. He was an alderman
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some ability in successfully choosing to delay their response. While the ability for intentionally delaying interpretation seems to be difficult, the ability to delay interpretation instinctively seems to be easier for young children. In one example, children were asked to stamp the correct snowman once they knew which one it was. Their knowledge of the correct snowman was based on a researcher slowly revealing the target snowman. The children's cards contained snowmen that differed by some feature visible on the 2nd half of the snowman only and therefore the children were required to wait until the 2nd half of the
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he bends over to throw a snowball at Porky. Once he's defeated, he falls asleep. Hugo is credited as Monster Max in the credits. Hugo appears in "The Looney Tunes Show" voiced by John DiMaggio. In "It's a Handbag," his picture is seen in a police notebook. In "Ridiculous Journey," Sylvester, Tweety, and Taz run into Hugo the Abominable Snowman who was running from Blacque Jacque Shellacque. Hugo tells the three of them to take the train tracks south while he heads north. Hugo the Abominable Snowman Hugo the Abominable Snowman is a character in the Looney Tunes franchise. Hugo
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existence, and all that he sees and experiences. In this respect, the Snowman shares a common bond with Hamlet—both grope for what is hidden, for the real behind the surface. But there the similarities end. Scholars Jackie Wullschlager and Alsion Prince argue that Andersen's tales are expressions of his homosexuality, and Graham Robb author of "Strangers: Homosexual Love in the 19th Century" calls his work an "Aesop of 19th-century homosexuality". and many of his heroes the victims of an unpopular sexual preference. "The Snowman" is a tale about misguided love, about a snowman who falls in love with what he
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The A-Tom-Inable Snowman The A-Tom-Inable Snowman is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. The title is a play on The Abominable Snowman. This episode begins with Tom having caught Jerry in a log cabin, and trying to eat him. Before doing so, he pours salt and pepper on Jerry, who sneezes himself away from the plate due to the pepper. While looking for Jerry, Tom notices the mouse in the cuckoo clock. Tom turns the clock's hands up to 5:00 and he waves to Jerry. He does it a second time
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views on Vevo's YouTube channel. Among other performances, in 2008 Kerli performed "Walking on Air" at the Greek Theatre on October 22 at the Scream Awards. and in 2009 at The Dome in Munich, Germany on May 22 and at the Estonian festival Õllesummer on July 19 in Tallinn. Walking on Air (Kerli song) "Walking on Air" is a song performed by Estonian singer Kerli. It is the first official single from her debut album, "Love Is Dead" (2008). It was originally featured on her now out of print self-titled EP (2007). Kerli wrote the song with Lester Mendez, who
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moniker "Smith & Burrows". He also co-wrote the soundtrack to "The Snowman and The Snowdog" with Ilan Eshkeri, which was nominated for a BAFTA Craft Award in April 2013. Andy co-produced the soundtrack for the Ricky Gervais’ film, David Brent: Life On The Road’. Andy appears in the film as David Brent's drummer in the fictional band, Foregone Conclusion. Andy continued working with Columbia recording artist, Tom Odell, having co-written ‘Sirens’ from Tom’s debut album, ‘Constellations’ & ‘Here I Am’ from the ‘Wrong Crowd’ LP, and ‘Jubilee Road’ from forthcoming album, ‘Jubilee Road’. Andy plays drums and sings backing vocals
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in the late 1960s he ran a nightclub/art gallery called Citadel d’Haiti on Sunset Boulevard. Hamilton also produced rhythm and blues and gospel music recordings on his own record label called Chocolate Snowman. One of his releases featured himself; it was entitled "Captain Dobey Sings the Blues". Hamilton died of cardiac arrest on December 30, 2008, aged 80. Bernie Hamilton Bernard "Bernie" Hamilton (June 12, 1928 – December 30, 2008) was an American actor. Hamilton was born in East Los Angeles; his brother was jazz drummer Chico Hamilton. He attended Oakland Technical High School, where he first became interested in
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The Falcon and the Snowman The Falcon and the Snowman is a 1985 American spy drama film directed by John Schlesinger. The screenplay by Steven Zaillian is based on the 1979 book "The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage" by Robert Lindsey, and tells the true story of two young American men, Christopher Boyce (Timothy Hutton) and Andrew Daulton Lee (Sean Penn), who sold US security secrets to the Soviet Union. The film features the song "This Is Not America," written and performed by David Bowie and the Pat Metheny Group. Boyce, an expert in
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audience." The film will be written by Matthew Read and Jon Croker. The Abominable Snowman (film) The Abominable Snowman (US title: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas) is a 1957 British fantasy-horror film, scripted by Nigel Kneale and based on Kneale's BBC teleplay, "The Creature". It was produced by Hammer Film Productions and directed by Val Guest. The plot follows the exploits of a British scientist (Peter Cushing) who joins an American expedition led by glory-seeker (Forrest Tucker) to search the Himalayas for the legendary Yeti. Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis and Arnold Marle appear in supporting roles. Dr. John Rollason
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The Abominable Snowman (film) The Abominable Snowman (US title: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas) is a 1957 British fantasy-horror film, scripted by Nigel Kneale and based on Kneale's BBC teleplay, "The Creature". It was produced by Hammer Film Productions and directed by Val Guest. The plot follows the exploits of a British scientist (Peter Cushing) who joins an American expedition led by glory-seeker (Forrest Tucker) to search the Himalayas for the legendary Yeti. Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis and Arnold Marle appear in supporting roles. Dr. John Rollason (Peter Cushing), his wife, Helen (Maureen Connell), and assistant, Peter Fox (Richard
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During the Summer of Wilderness tour, a typical setlist would consist of: Encore: "Moondance" was played live only once. During the Oceanborn Europe tour, a typical setlist would consist of: "Swanheart" premiered live on November 12, 1999. Beginning in early December, "Stargazers" would be played following "Passion and the Opera", and "Sacrament of Wilderness" would be played between "Walking in the Air" and "Know Why the Nightingale Sings". "Beauty and the Beast" was also played, though it was no longer a regular feature of the setlist. Oceanborn Europe Tour Oceanborn Europe Tour was a concert tour by Finnish symphonic metal
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SpongeBob Christmas!" officially aired on CBS. It also premiered in the United Kingdom and Ireland on December 2, 2012. On December 6, 2012, "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" aired on Nickelodeon in the United States, twelve years after the original airing of the first "SpongeBob SquarePants" Christmas special "Christmas Who?". According to Caballero, the decision to make the episode a CBS prime time special "came along later" and the crew "were stoked when [they] heard the news." He said it may be because "most of the classic Christmas specials like "Rudolph" ["the Red-Nosed Reindeer"], "Frosty" ["the Snowman"]. air on that channel.
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for Randy Newman's song "I Love L.A." shows the mountain when he sings, "look at that mountain". The song "Disney's Dream Debased" by the Fall (from the album "The Wonderful and Frightening World Of...") was inspired by a fatal accident that happened on the Matterhorn very shortly after band members Mark and Brix Smith had been on the ride themselves. The video game "Epic Mickey" has its own version of the Matterhorn named Mickeyjunk Mountain, where old Mickey memorabilia goes when it is forgotten. The Abominable Snowman from the attraction appears in the 2013 "Mickey Mouse" short "Yodelberg", where Mickey
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video begins by panning over Anderson's body and then reveals her to be enormous and the band performing on her rear as she lies on her belly. The band is later seen hiking up her thigh and she waves at them. With her foot casually poised in the air, the band stands on the bottom of her platform heels. As A. Jay sings about being "helpless", Anderson playfully shakes her high heels slightly, causing him to nearly fall off. This is followed by them performing on her head, her knee, back to her rear, and walking across her breasts. She
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Snowman" was the only film to be produced for Hammer by Aubrey Baring, who was a member of the Barings banking family. Shooting began with a ten-day second unit location shoot at La Mongie in the French Pyrenees between 14 and 24 January 1957. Guest and Baring led a crew that included cinematographer Arthur Grant, camera operator Len Harris and focus puller Harry Oakes. Local trade union rules required that they were accompanied by a French crew. None of the principal performers were brought on location and doubles were used for the actors. Most of the filming was done in
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Special effects include the Snowman and boy flying high over the stage (with assistance of wires and harnesses) and ‘snow’ falling in part of the auditorium. The production has had several revisions – the most extensive happening in 2000, when major changes were made to the second act, introducing new characters: The Ice Princess and Jack Frost. Quicksilva published an official video game in 1984, for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and MSX. The Snowman The Snowman is a wordless children's picture book by English author Raymond Briggs, first published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton in the United Kingdom, and
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The original book has a slightly different plot. While the first half of the story remains exactly the same, James and the snowman do not visit Father Christmas. In fact, all of the Christmas elements of the film were not present in the story. Notably, the boy's family does not have a Christmas tree in the house. After the snowman comes to life, they proceed to explore the boy's house. After they see the family car and play with the lights, James prepares a feast that the duo eat by candlelight. Here, the snowman takes James outside again, and they
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Walking on Air (Kerli song) "Walking on Air" is a song performed by Estonian singer Kerli. It is the first official single from her debut album, "Love Is Dead" (2008). It was originally featured on her now out of print self-titled EP (2007). Kerli wrote the song with Lester Mendez, who also produced it. It's about "following your dreams and just going with the flow." "Walking on Air" was featured twice on the United States dance competition "So You Think You Can Dance" (season 5 and season 6). The song was also featured on a season 16 episode of the
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Carl sings lead vocals while Brian sings in the background; their voices were double-tracked, as was common practice for many of their recordings. Brian also recounted the writing of "Add Some Music to Your Day", saying: "I think we wrote it my house in Bel Air. It was written by me and Mike and Joe Knott, who was a friend of mine who wasn't a songwriter but he contributed a couple of lines. But I can’t remember which ones! The lyrics are wonderful." "Got to Know the Woman" is another Dennis composition, which White noted was "one of the few
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in only about 20 minutes, and then successfully pitched it on her own to the Disney production team, as Lopez was already with the team in Los Angeles trying to fix "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" In the first version, the song shows Anna's happiness and naive optimism when preparing for Elsa's coronation. During the third verse, Elsa sings a counterpoint melody (with some of the same lyrics that are later used as the first verse of "Let It Go"), in which she expresses her fear of accidentally revealing her ice powers and her anxiety about opening the
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from afar as the car drives away. A sequence in the ending credits shows Chul-soo building a snowman. The film's music video featured John Park's single "철부지" ("Childlike"). "My Prince," the song that Sun-yi sings in the film, was released as a digital single and included in the soundtrack. It was composed by music director Shim Hyun-jung with lyrics by director Jo Sung-hee. After premiering at number one in the South Korean box office with more than 100,000 admissions, "A Werewolf Boy" broke the 1 million mark after five days, 2 million after nine days, and 3.6 million in twelve
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us into who we become. Thoreau made many statements on wildness: In Wildness is the preservation of the World. — "Walking" I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute Freedom and Wildness, as contrasted with a Freedom and Culture merely civil, — to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. — "Walking" I long for wildness, a nature which I cannot put my foot through, woods where the wood thrush forever sings, where the hours are early morning ones, and there is dew on the grass, and
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to add movements such as walking in a circle, and clapping hands. The Sororities were singing songs up to the early eighties, and all of the Sororities still have traditional songs that they sing today. Meanwhile, the Fraternities begin to add movement to their songs. In later years "Greek Sings" became "Greek Shows" which were a major event and still are to this day. Stepping has been popularized by National Pan-Hellenic Council member organizations who gives tributes to their historical Greek letter organizations and also perform at local and national competitions. Stepping has become popular among the Greek organizations to
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her. Kurt watches from outside the room, feeling emotional. The instrumental version of the song is frequently used as background music in figure skating competitions. The song is featured several times in "Deadpool 2" where a running joke is made out of the title character Deadpool noticing (initially while watching the film with his girlfriend), the "obvious" similarities between it and the song "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" from the film "Frozen". As he is dying towards the end of the film, Deadpool sings the song's chorus to his teammates. Papa, Can You Hear Me? "Papa, Can You
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its wings, turns its head, opens its beak and sings. Based on an 18th-century French mechanical orange tree, it was incorrectly labeled as an orange tree for some time, but was confirmed as a bay tree after the original invoice from Fabergé was examined. Fabergé charged 12,800 rubles for the egg. In 1917 the egg was confiscated by the Russian Provisional Government and moved from the Anichkov Palace to the Kremlin. It was sold to Emanuel Snowman of the jewellers Wartski around 1927. In 1934 Wartski sold it to Allan Gibson Hughes for £950, buying it back from his estate
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dressed in black clothing; upon reaching the bottom, both Lee and the dancers start levitating in the air. At the end of the song, Lee is seen walking atop the length of the dining table, while chairs and tabletop items are flung aside as she passes. She reaches her lover at the other end of the table, places her finger on his lips, and sings "I've made up your mind", indicating that he should start packing his things and leave. The video ends with Lee giggling behind the piano. The clip premiered on MTV, MTV2, VH1 and Fuse TV in
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song influenced by 1990s Eurodance. Music critics felt "Walking on Air" was a catchy track, but were ambivalent towards its musical composition. The track entered multiple charts, reaching the top 20 in Canada, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, and Spain as well as the top 30 in Belgium and France. Perry promoted "Walking on Air" with several live performances, including at the 2013 iTunes Festival and "Saturday Night Live". "Walking on Air" was produced and programmed by Swedish record producers Klas Åhlund and Max Martin. It was recorded and engineered at Apmamman and MXM Studios, located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Conway
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The Snowman (2017 film) The Snowman is a 2017 British psychological crime thriller film, directed by Tomas Alfredson and written by Hossein Amini, Peter Straughan and Søren Sveistrup, and based on the novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, and J. K. Simmons, and follows a detective who tries to find a killer who uses snowmen as his calling card. Principal photography began on 18 January 2016 in Norway. The film premiered on 7 October 2017 at the Haifa International Film Festival, and was theatrically released by Universal
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published as "Mount Everest The Reconnaissance, 1921". During the 1921 expedition Howard-Bury found many footprints at high altitude, he later pronounced that the tracks "were probably caused by a large 'loping' grey wolf", however his sherpas were quick to offer that they were the tracks of a "metch kangmi" (meaning "filthy snowman"). It was at this time that Henry Newman of "The Statesman" in Calcutta (now Kolkata) obtained descriptions from the expedition's porters on their return to Darjeeling. Bill Tilman writes in his book (see also ) that Newman mistranslated "metch kangmi" as "abominable snowman"; hence the phrase "Abominable Snowman"
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release of the album also coincided with a steep rise in the use of music videos and the launch of MTV. In the video for "Don't You Want Me", released in November as the fourth single from the album, Sulley plays a successful actress walking out on her bitter Svengali lover (played by Oakey) who laments her success and departure. Set on a "film shoot" on a wet winter night, Sulley sings directly to the camera whilst walking through the atmospheric set, immaculately made up and wearing a distinctive trench coat. The single, aided by the now-classic video, was a
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euthanized in the fall of 1974 due to complications from kidney failure at the age of twenty-six. Snowman was inducted into the United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame in 1992. In 2005, Snowman was made into a Breyer horse model on the Gem Twist mold, which is no longer manufactured. In 2013, Snowman was again introduced in the Breyer line on the Idocus mold. The 2013 model box reads "Snowman - Show Jumping Hall of Famer". Snowman is the subject of the book, "The Eighty Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation", by Elizabeth Letts, published by
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Please Don't Stop the Rain "Please Don't Stop The Rain" is the eighth single by James Morrison, and the third from his second album, "Songs for You, Truths for Me". Morrison co-wrote the song with Ryan Tedder, from OneRepublic, who also sings in the background vocals. The single was released on 30 March 2009. The music video for "Please Don't Stop The Rain" is available to view on Morrison's official Youtube channel. It begins with Morrison walking in a hilly area. Half-way through the chorus, Morrison is suddenly walking through fog, with sparks 'raining' down upon him. This happens for
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fall into the abyss. Sometime later, Bruce Wayne hears that Snowman was sighted in the Himalayas and becomes Batman so that he can investigate and apprehend Snowman. Arriving in the Himalayas, Batman enlists a guide to take him up the mountain. When they find Snowman, Batman engages Snowman in battle until they fall into the river. Though Snowman saves Batman before running off. Resuming up the mountain, Batman and the guide find a Yeti where they escape from it unharmed. When Batman catches up to Snowman, the Yeti returns where it is discovered that the Yeti is Snowman's father and
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Nicholas Snowman Michael Nicholas Snowman OBE (born 18 March 1944) is a British arts administrator and the chairman of the jewellers Wartski. In 2000, "The Telegraph" called him "one of the most influential figures in British classical music for the past 30 years". Nicholas Snowman is the son of Kenneth Snowman, and grandson of Emanuel Snowman, both jewellers and chairmen of Wartski. He was educated at Highgate School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he founded the Cambridge University Opera Society. He is a distant cousin of the actress Claire Bloom. Snowman is the co-founder of London Sinfonietta and its general
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walking south from Scotland to Derbyshire. Along the route he stopped to give poetry readings, often in exchange for donations of money, food or accommodation, despite the rejection of the free life seen in his 1993 poem, the Hitcher, and has written a book about his journey, called "Walking Home". He has received numerous awards for his poetry, including "The Sunday Times" Author of the Year, a Forward Prize, a Lannan Award, and an Ivor Novello Award for his song lyrics in the Channel 4 film "Feltham Sings". "Kid" and "CloudCuckooLand" were short-listed for the Whitbread poetry prize. The "Dead
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Guy Lodge also called the film a disappointment, saying: "If "The Snowman" were merely a chilly, streamlined precis of a knottier page-turner, it could stolidly pass muster. The sad surprise here, considering how deftly Alfredson and Straughan previously navigated the far more serpentine plot machinations of a John le Carré classic, is the snowballing incoherence of proceedings." Manohla Dargis of "The New York Times" called the film a "leaden, clotted, exasperating mess". The Snowman (2017 film) The Snowman is a 2017 British psychological crime thriller film, directed by Tomas Alfredson and written by Hossein Amini, Peter Straughan and Søren Sveistrup,
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with simulated snow, an appearance by an "abominable snowman" character, and a chamber themed with "Alpie" characters, among others. The avalanche room kept cooled down to approximately 10 degrees Fahrenheit and contained an elaborate snow machine. This system was developed for the park by Carrier, the company responsible for Astroworld’s famous “outdoor air conditioning” in the park’s queues and other areas. In the Cold Room were two giant air curtains blowing down onto the track from above, one at the entrance of the room and one at the exit. After passing through the second level inside the mountain, the vehicles
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"LMA Manager 2007". Two videos were shot for this song. The first one, released with the single, shows Gary Lightbody walking through a city and tearing holes on the landscape at certain points. Upon entering them, he joins the rest of the band as they play and sings one part of the song, before going out and walking a bit more until tearing another hole and rejoining the band, in a cycle which repeats a few times throughout the video. The second one, accompanying the Australian single release, consists of a live performance during a tour of the band on
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been featured in many other works by other artists. In April 2004, Ambrosia Parsley embarked on a project for the liberal radio station Air America called "Ambrosia Sings the News" — a short song (always the same melody), usually under a minute or so long that attempted to encapsulate the contents of the previous week's headlines. Approximately 47-50 installments of "Ambrosia Sings the News" were aired with some being live performances. The show was successful enough that a single titled "2004 (The Year In Review...For Anyone Who Can Bear the Mere Thought)" that summarized exactly what the title suggests was
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and his funeral was held the following day at Willesden Cemetery. Isaac Snowman Isaac Snowman (1873 – 11 February 1947) was an Anglo-Jewish artist who made Jewish cultural themes his subject. He was educated at the City of London School. In 1890 he entered the Royal Academy School, where he gained a free medal, and afterward a scholarship in the Institution of British Artists. He showed his interest in Jewish matters by his drawings "A Difficult Passage in the Talmud" and "The Blessing of Sabbath Lights," as well as by his "Early Morning Prayer in the Synagogue." His older brother
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did not exist in that continuity. In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Blue Snowman is first seen when appearing briefly after battling Wonder Woman and her ally Hessia alongside her robot minions. After the events of DC Rebirth, Blue Snowman's origin is altered. At some point, Byrna Brilyant came into contact with Veronica Cale, who had equipped Brilyant with an Exo-Mecha suit. This suit enabled Brilyant to attack Washington D.C. with blue snow, though her suit was eventually destroyed by Wonder Woman which in turn rendered Brilyant comatose. Blue Snowman possesses no superhuman
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cast as a villain, and Disney released the following synopsis for "Frozen" in May 2013: Earlier manuscripts included more antagonistic actions by Elsa, such as intentionally cursing Arendelle with an eternal winter. Additionally, she is shown creating an army of snowmen similar to the original Snow Queen's army of snowflakes; the comedic character of Olaf was at the time written as a smaller snowman who was cast out by Elsa for being too unintimidating. Within two months, however, scripts were altered to give emphasis to her lack of control over her powers. Olaf was reduced to the only snowman created
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and, at one time, was mayor of Hampstead. In the 1957 Birthday Honours he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), "for public services in Hampstead". He became MVO in 1962. He married Harriet Wartski (1891–1985) in 1909, and their son Kenneth Snowman (1919–2002) in turn became chairman of Wartski, as has his son, Nicholas Snowman (born 1944). They also had a daughter, Flora Joyce Snowman, born in 1911. Emanuel Snowman Emanuel Snowman OBE MVO (25 January 1886 – 27 February 1970) was a British jeweller, local politician and Jewish community leader. He oversaw the
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British Empire in the 2014 Birthday Honours «For services to promoting British cultural interests in France». He married French-born Margo Michelle Rouard in 1983, and together they have one son, Hector Snowman. Sir Harrison Birtwistle composed "Hector's Dawn" on the occasion of his first birthday. Nicholas Snowman Michael Nicholas Snowman OBE (born 18 March 1944) is a British arts administrator and the chairman of the jewellers Wartski. In 2000, "The Telegraph" called him "one of the most influential figures in British classical music for the past 30 years". Nicholas Snowman is the son of Kenneth Snowman, and grandson of Emanuel
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