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  • 51Bringing Up Father — George McManus Sunday page with Bringing Up Father and the Snookums topper strip (November 28, 1953). Bringing Up Father was an influential American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus (1884–1954). Distributed by King Features… …

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  • 52Esther Johnson — (March 18, 1681 – January 28, 1728) was the English friend of Jonathan Swift, known as Stella .Newfoundland born author Trudy J. Morgan Cole wrote a novel in 2006 detailing fictionalized portions of the Swift/Johnson friendship in The Violent… …

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  • 53Sidney Morgenbesser — (September 22, 1921 ndash; August 1, 2004) was a Columbia University philosopher. Born in New York City, he undertook rabbinical study at the Jewish Theological Seminary, then pursued graduate study in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania …

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  • 54An Ideal Husband — is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in the present , and takes place over the course of three… …

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  • 55Kingdom of Loathing — KoL redirects here. For other uses, see KOL. The Kingdom of Loathing The Kingdom of Loathing logo An Adventurer is You! (quote spoofing Pro Wrestling) Developer(s) …

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  • 56Pop-up Video — Infobox Television show name = Pop Up Video caption = format = Music video runtime = approx. 0:22 (per episode) creator = Woody Thompson Tad Low starring = Various singers/groups country = USA network = VH1, VH1 Classic first aired = October 27,… …

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  • 57Sly Fox — is a comedic play by Larry Gelbart, based on Ben Jonson s Volpone ( The Fox ), updating the setting from Renaissance Venice to 19th century San Francisco, and changing the tone from satire to farce.It premiered on Broadway December 14 1976 at the …

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  • 58Colonel Sibthorp — Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (14 February 1783– 14 December 1855), popularly known as Colonel Sibthorp, was a widely caricatured British Ultra Tory politician in the early 19th century. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1826 to… …

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  • 59Pasquinade — refers to an anonymous lampoon, whether in verse [In verse, the pasquinade finds a classical source in the epigrams of Martial: John W. Spaeth, Jr., Martial and the Pasquinade Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association… …

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  • 60Wilde (film) — Infobox Film name = Wilde image size = caption = Italian poster director = Brian Gilbert producer = Marc Samuelson Peter Samuelson writer = Julian Mitchell Based on a book by Richard Ellmann starring = Stephen Fry Jude Law Jennifer Ehle Michael… …

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