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Nolan Kay Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre chain. . He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News "Innovator of the Year" award, and was named one ...
Hasbro, Inc. (/ ˈ h æ z b r oʊ /; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment holding company founded on December 6, 1923 by Henry, Hillel and Herman Hassenfeld and is incorporated and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. [6]
Big Brother is a reality competition television franchise created by John de Mol Jr., first broadcast in the Netherlands in 1999 and subsequently syndicated internationally. [ 2 ] The show features contestants called "housemates" or "HouseGuests" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world.
Rudolf " Rudi " Dassler (26 March 1898 – 27 October 1974) was a German cobbler, inventor, member of the Nazi party, businessman and founder of sportswear company Puma. He was the older brother of Adidas founder, Adolf "Adi" Dassler. The brothers were partners in a shoe company Adolf started, "Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik" (German for ...
Parker Brothers (known by Parker outside of North America) was an American toy and game manufacturer which in 1991 became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883. [1] Among its products were Monopoly, Clue (licensed from the British publisher and known as Cluedo outside of North America ...
Big Brother is an American television reality competition show based on the Dutch reality show of the same name created by producer John de Mol Jr. in 1997. [ 4 ] The series takes its name from the character in George Orwell 's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The American series launched on July 5, 2000 on CBS and since the discontinuation of ...
Bluebird. Columbia. Decca. MCA. RCA Victor. William Smith Monroe (/ mənˈroʊ / mən-ROH; September 13, 1911 [1] – September 9, 1996) [2] was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, and created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass".
Pilton, Somerset, England, UK. Occupations. Farmer. businessman. Known for. Co-creator of Glastonbury Festival. Children. 5, including Emily Eavis. Sir Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis CBE [ 1 ][ 2 ] (born 17 October 1935) is an English dairy farmer and the co-creator of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place at his farm in Pilton, Somerset.