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The Ginger Man is a novel, first published in Paris in 1955, by J. P. Donleavy. The story is set in Dublin, Ireland, in post-war 1947. It has become a major commercial success, selling over 45 million copies worldwide. It was named one of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century by the Modern Library in 1998. [1]
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales is a postmodern children's book written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. [1] Published in 1992 by Viking, it is a collection of twisted, humorous parodies of famous children's stories and fairy tales, such as "Little Red Riding Hood", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Gingerbread Man".
The Gingerbread Man is a two-act musical play written by David Wood, based on the 19th-century fairy tale, "The Gingerbread Man". It premiered in 1976 at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon , Essex , and went on to great international success.
Gingerbread Man is an album by American art rock group The Residents, released in 1995. [4] It was their first foray into computer graphics. Original versions of the CD were "enhanced" with animations that followed the music when played on a computer. The animations served as a basis for the costumes of the characters when a number of the songs ...
The gingerbread man we all have come to know, love and adore started to take flight. To learn more about gingerbread, check out our slideshow above! Related articles
Sweet Gingerbread Man" is a song with music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman. It was recorded originally for director Leonard Horn 's 1970 screen version of Robert T. Westbrook 's The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart , [ 1 ] a film about young people in Greenwich Village .
The hit song of the show, used the Gingerbread Man's nickname "John Dough" ("John Dough" being another term for a gingerbread man that was current at the time), for its title. [8] The Gingerbread Man was played by crowd favorite Eddie Redway and caught the attention of audiences and critics.
The Gingerbread Men were featured in The Muppet Show. In the "Don Knotts" episode, the Gingerbread Men sing the song "Sweet Gingerbread Man" as the opening number. The lead Gingerbread Man is a hand-rod Muppet performed by Frank Oz while the full-bodied Gingerbread Men were performed by Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, and