Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova and starring Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, and a chimpanzee named Peggy as Bonzo. [4] Its central character, a psychology professor (Reagan), tries to teach human morals to a chimpanzee , hoping to solve the " nature versus nurture " question.
"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" is a protest song by American punk rock band the Ramones. It was issued as a single in the UK by Beggars Banquet Records in mid-1985. The song is an emotionally charged commentary on the Bitburg controversy from earlier that year, in which U.S. president Ronald Reagan had paid a state visit to a German World War II cemetery and gave a speech where numerous Waffen-SS ...
Reagan continued his acting career, making films such as The Voice of the Turtle (1947), Bedtime for Bonzo (1951), The Winning Team (1952) and Cattle Queen of Montana (1954). However, he landed fewer film roles in the late 1950s and decided to join television.
Bonzo may mean: . Nickname of John Bonham, the drummer for Led Zeppelin; Bonzo the dog, a fictional character that was created by British commercial artist George E. Studdy; A chimpanzee - the title character in the 1951 comedy film Bedtime for Bonzo, also starring Ronald Reagan
"Five Minutes" is a song by Jerry Harrison, Bootsy Collins and producer Daniel Lazerus, and credited to Bonzo Goes to Washington. It was released on the Sleeping Bag Records label in 1984. The song begins with the recording made of then-US-President Ronald Reagan 's " We begin bombing in five minutes " joke speech, which is then sampled and ...
Reagan agreed, and later told an aide he felt he owed Kohl, who despite considerable public and political opposition had stood steadfast with Reagan on the deployment of Pershing II missiles in West Germany. In February 1985, then White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver made a planning visit to Bitburg. At Kolmeshöhe Cemetery, the 32 ...
De Cordova was born in New York City, New York, the son of Margaret (née Timmins) and George de Cordova, who worked in the theatre business. [1] George de Cordova was from a Jamaican Sephardic Jewish family related to Julian de Cordova, founder of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, and Waco, Texas, founder Jacob de Cordova.
[50] [79] The band's 1986 studio album, Bedtime for Democracy, is a play on Reagan's film Bedtime for Bonzo and features a multitude of songs about Reagan. "Potshot Heard Round the World" is about US military actions in the Middle East, "with Reagans and Gaddafis cast as cartoon villains and heroes."