The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.
Commercial Album is an album released by the Residents in 1980. It is commonly considered a follow-up to Duck Stab/Buster & Glen, in that it retains the former album's pop-oriented song structures. The album contains 40 songs, each lasting exactly one minute - a deliberate allusion to Top 40 mainstream radio. The album's liner notes state that, to form a complete pop song, tracks from the album should be played three times in a row.
Fuck is an American indie rock band, formed in Oakland, California in 1993. The band consists of Timothy Prudhomme, Geoff Soule, Kyle Statham, and Theodore Ellison. They have recorded for a number of labels including Matador Records and Homesleep Records of Italy.
"Smelly Cat" is a comedy song from the American sitcom Friends (1994–2004), originally performed by American actress Lisa Kudrow. The song was written by Friends writers Adam Chase and Betsy Borns, with musician Chrissie Hynde and Kudrow for the latter's character Phoebe Buffay, and first appears in the sixth episode of the show's second season, "The One with the Baby on the Bus". Hynde guest stars in the episode as a singer hired to replace Phoebe as Central Perk's in-house musician, to whom Phoebe eventually teaches "Smelly Cat". Borns intended to write the song about a dog, basing it on her own pet dog Gouda, but ultimately decided that a song about a pungent cat would be funnier.
Barry Lamb is an English experimental musician.
Charles Arthur Feathers was an American country music and rockabilly musician.
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips is a 1944 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The cartoon, released on April 22, 1944, features Bugs Bunny.The film depicts Bugs fighting against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific War. The film is considered controversial for caricaturing the Japanese enemy, and expressing anti-Japanese sentiment.
Animal Lover is an album, released in 2005 by The Residents.
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death is a 1989 American comedy film directed by J. F. Lawton and starring Shannon Tweed and Bill Maher. The film sends up many pop culture motifs and societal trends, including feminism, B movies, celebrities, major writers and political figures, centered around a spoof of Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel Heart of Darkness. It was the first feature directed by screenwriter J. F. Lawton, who also authored Pretty Woman, Under Siege and its sequel, and television show V.I.P.
A summary of 1993 in home video:
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Boxed is a box set by the British pop duo Eurythmics. It was released on 14 November 2005 by RCA Records and contains eight digitally remastered albums including 43 bonus tracks.
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie is a 1979 American animated package film directed by Chuck Jones, consisting of a compilation of classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts and newly animated bridging sequences hosted by Bugs Bunny. The bridging sequences, which had been produced in 1978, show Bugs at his home, which is cantilevered over a carrot-juice waterfall. The film was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bugs Bunny.
JAMCON '84 was the first volume in the Over the Edge series, which distills portions of Negativland's radio program Over the Edge, broadcast on KPFA. This album was edited together from at least three different broadcasts recorded between January and July 1985.
The 13th Anniversary Tour Live in the U.S.A.! is a live album by The Residents. It was originally released in 1986 as a double cassette and re-released on CD in 1992 by the Residents fan club UWEB. Both versions of the release are difficult to find, as they were both limited to 500 copies each. It resurfaced again in 2009 on the band's website as an MP3 download, and was reissued as another limited edition double CD and Bandcamp download - with every song having its own track, plus a bonus song - by the Viennese label Klanggalerie in 2017.
"I Wan'na Be Like You " is a song from Walt Disney's 1967 film The Jungle Book. The song was written by songwriters Robert and Richard Sherman, and was performed by singer and musician Louis Prima as King Louie, with Phil Harris providing additional vocals as Baloo the bear.
Cactuses Come In Flocks is an album by Melt-Banana. It is their second full-length release, although the band refers to it as their "1&½nd album". The album was originally released on cassette by Chocolate Monk, and was later re-issued to CD and LP by A-Zap.
"Can't Cry Anymore" is a 1995 song by American singer Sheryl Crow from her debut album, Tuesday Night Music Club (1993), released on A&M Records. The song reached number 36 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Crow's third top-40 hit. In Canada, the song fared better, reaching number three and becoming Crow's third consecutive top-three hit, following the number-one singles "All I Wanna Do" and "Strong Enough". Elsewhere, the song had limited success, reaching number 33 in the United Kingdom and number 41 in Australia.
"Not Enough Time" is the third single from the 1992 album Welcome to Wherever You Are by Australian rock band INXS. The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence: the music in Sydney and the lyrics in Paris, France. It was released simultaneously with "Baby Don't Cry" but only in the US and Japan.
Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! is a 2006 American slasher film directed and written by Chad Ferrin. It stars Timothy Muskatell, Charlotte Marie, Ricardo Gray, David Z. Stamp, and Trent Haaga, who also produced the film.
