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The Movie: "Heavyweights"
Where You Can Stream It: Disney+
The Pitch: Teenager Gerry Garner (Aaron Schwartz) is excited to hang out with his friends and enjoy his summer vacation, only to come home from the last day of school to an intervention from his parents regarding his weight. Without his knowledge or consent, Gerry is being sent off to Camp Hope, a weight loss camp for boys run by The Bushkins (Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara). Gerry is initially against the idea, but after meeting veteran camper Roy (Kenan Thompson) and the enthusiastic camp counselor Pat Finley (Tom McGowan), Gerry thinks this summer might not be so bad after all.
Unfortunately, all of that changes when the Bushkins announce that...
The Movie: "Heavyweights"
Where You Can Stream It: Disney+
The Pitch: Teenager Gerry Garner (Aaron Schwartz) is excited to hang out with his friends and enjoy his summer vacation, only to come home from the last day of school to an intervention from his parents regarding his weight. Without his knowledge or consent, Gerry is being sent off to Camp Hope, a weight loss camp for boys run by The Bushkins (Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara). Gerry is initially against the idea, but after meeting veteran camper Roy (Kenan Thompson) and the enthusiastic camp counselor Pat Finley (Tom McGowan), Gerry thinks this summer might not be so bad after all.
Unfortunately, all of that changes when the Bushkins announce that...
- 8/17/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
From Mother Nature Network's John Platt:
You may know Tony Little's name from infomercials or Hsn, where he often sells his Gazelle Glider brand of personal fitness devices. Now he has lent his name to an actual gazelle, a critically endangered dama gazelle that was born last September at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
The baby gazelle — the second calf born at the National Zoo in 2012 but the only one to survive — has been named "Little Tony" for his hyperactive behavior, which reminded zoo staff of the infomercial star. The story behind the naming was announced last month on the Friends of the National Zoo Facebook page: "Recently, one of these calves leaped (or shall we say 'stotted' and 'pronged') into the heart of an American fitness icon who many know for his infomercials and larger-than-life personality — Tony Little. Little drew inspiration from these animals' movements...
You may know Tony Little's name from infomercials or Hsn, where he often sells his Gazelle Glider brand of personal fitness devices. Now he has lent his name to an actual gazelle, a critically endangered dama gazelle that was born last September at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
The baby gazelle — the second calf born at the National Zoo in 2012 but the only one to survive — has been named "Little Tony" for his hyperactive behavior, which reminded zoo staff of the infomercial star. The story behind the naming was announced last month on the Friends of the National Zoo Facebook page: "Recently, one of these calves leaped (or shall we say 'stotted' and 'pronged') into the heart of an American fitness icon who many know for his infomercials and larger-than-life personality — Tony Little. Little drew inspiration from these animals' movements...
- 3/11/2013
- by Jessica Leader
- Huffington Post
Tony Little -- the high energy fitness icon with the golden ponytail -- claims he's particularly broken up about the passing of Jack Lalanne because the two shared a pretty strong friendship. TMZ spoke with Tony -- who tells us he and Jack first met while hocking fitness products on the Home Shopping Network several years ago and remained "good friends" for a long time. Tony tells us Jack would often kick it in his Hsn green room -- saying,...
- 1/25/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Tori Spelling attending the Home Shopping Network is "Live in Las Vegas" on August 14, 2010.Photo copyright by Prn / PR Photos. Rhonda Shear attending the Home Shopping Network is "Live in Las Vegas" on August 14, 2010.Photo copyright by Prn / PR Photos. Tony Little attending the Home Shopping Network is "Live in Las Vegas" on August 14, 2010.Photo copyright by Prn / PR Photos. Chris Scanlon attending the Home Shopping Network is "Live in Las Vegas" on August 14, 2010.Photo copyright by Prn / PR Photos. 08/14/2010 - Molly Sims - Home Shopping Network is "Live in Las Vegas" Featuring Star Studded Line Up and Free Shopping Extravaganza - August 14, 2010 - Planet...
- 8/16/2010
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Graham Reznick, resident sound designer for the films of Larry Fessenden’s Scareflix line, has stepped up to the plate and written, directed, produced and edited his own feature film, I Can See You. Opening this week at New York City’s Cinema Purgatorio and arriving on DVD May 26 (joined in both showcases by Reznick’s 3-D short The Viewer), it is without a doubt one of the most intriguing and well-crafted low-budget horror films in recent memory.
Richards (Ben Dickinson), Doug (Duncan Skiles) and Kimble (Christopher D. Ford) are the creators of a small new marketing firm trying to catch their big break. It comes in the form of an opportunity to pitch an environmentally friendly ad campaign for the ClaraClean Company, a corporation whose number-one product is Claractix, a cleansing product that supposedly works wonders. Unsatisfied with their Internet searches for images of breathtaking forests and ultra-green pastures,...
Richards (Ben Dickinson), Doug (Duncan Skiles) and Kimble (Christopher D. Ford) are the creators of a small new marketing firm trying to catch their big break. It comes in the form of an opportunity to pitch an environmentally friendly ad campaign for the ClaraClean Company, a corporation whose number-one product is Claractix, a cleansing product that supposedly works wonders. Unsatisfied with their Internet searches for images of breathtaking forests and ultra-green pastures,...
- 4/29/2009
- Fangoria
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