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  2. List of recurring Monty Python's Flying Circus characters

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    A Gumby is a character of limited intelligence and vocabulary. They speak haltingly, in a loud, indistinct manner. They wear round wire glasses, Fair Isle pattern sweater-vests and wellington boots (which leads to their alternative name of the "gum boots" and the influence for the name "Gumby" [20]). Their shirt sleeves and trouser legs are ...

  3. Glasses (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "Glasses" is an 1896 short story by Henry James. A young woman whose only asset is a supremely beautiful face is about to make a society marriage. That is, until her fiancé discovers that, being virtually blind, she needs thick glasses which ruin her looks.

  4. List of A Series of Unfortunate Events characters - Wikipedia

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    The children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events and its film and television adaptations features a large cast of characters created by Daniel Handler under the pen name of Lemony Snicket. The original series follows the turbulent lives of the Baudelaire orphans, Violet , Klaus , and Sunny , after their parents are killed in an ...

  5. People who wear glasses are smarter, study claims - AOL

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    Check out these smart famous glasses wearers: Researchers at the University Medical Center in Germany linked spending more time in school and achieving higher level of education to nearsightedness.

  6. RoboCop - Wikipedia

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    The film was released in S-VHS in 1988, one of the earliest films to adopt the format, and was offered free of charge when buying branded S-VCR players. [ 152 ] The extended violent content removed from the U.S. theatrical release was restored on a Criterion Collection LaserDisc , which included audio commentary by Verhoeven, Neumeier and Davison.

  7. List of 1980s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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    The Miracle of Kathy Miller (1981) – sport drama television film based on the real-life story of a Scottsdale, Arizona teenager who was critically injured in a 1977 car accident [99] Miracle on Ice (1981) – sport drama television film about the United States men's national ice hockey team, led by head coach Herb Brooks, that won the gold ...

  8. List of real-life superheroes - Wikipedia

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    Homem de Preto, a lawyer who acts as a superhero in his free time, helping the people of Campinas and the region.; Gato da cidade; Vengeance Noir; He is a masked man in a black outfit with aspects of a detective in 1940. he has super strength and below the cloak an armor that they say is indestructible, he carries out surveillance and helps the population in Pato Branco

  9. List of 1990s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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    29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]