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Frank Gorshin

Frank John Gorshin Jr. (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and impressionist. He made many guest appearances on television variety and talk shows, including The Ed Sullivan Show, Tonight Starring Steve Allen, The Dean Martin Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

As an actor, he played the Riddler on the live-action television series Batman and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the performance.

Early life
Gorshin was born on April 5, 1933, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Catholic parents Frances, a seamstress, and Frank Gorshin Sr., a railroad worker. He was of Slovenian ancestry. His father, Frank Sr., was a second-generation Slovenian-American whose parents emigrated to America from Slovenia. His mother, Frances or Fanny, née Prešeren, came to the United States as a young girl from Regrča Vas, near Novo Mesto, the main city of Lower Carniola, in Slovenia. Both of his parents were active in Pittsburgh's Slovenian community. They sang in the Slovenian Singing Society Prešeren, named after the great Slovenian poet France Prešeren.

In an interview, Frances said that her son, being the product of a Slovenian home, spoke mostly Slovene before going to school. At the age of 15, he took a part-time job as a cinema usher at the Sheridan Square Theatre. He memorized the mannerisms of the screen stars he saw and created an impressionist act. He was still in high school when he obtained his first paid employment, which he secured as the prize in a Pittsburgh talent contest in 1951: a one-week engagement at Jackie Heller's New York nightclub, Carousel. His parents insisted that he take the engagement, even though his 15-year-old brother had been hit by a car and killed just two nights before.

After graduation from Peabody High School, Gorshin attended the Carnegie Tech School of Drama (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh. When not studying, he worked in local plays and nightclubs.

In 1953, Gorshin was drafted into the United States Army and posted to Germany. He served for a year and a half as an entertainer attached to Special Services. While in the Army, Gorshin met Maurice Bergman, who later introduced him to Hollywood agent Paul Kohner. Gorshin's Army service record was later destroyed in the U.S. National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.

Career
When Gorshin left the Army, he returned to public performance, and in 1956, he became a prolific film actor. He also appeared on various television series, including the role of Hank Butts, with Michael Landon cast as Jim Mason, in the 1958 episode "Shadow of Belle Starr" of the syndicated Western series Frontier Doctor, starring Rex Allen. In 1959, he was cast in three episodes as Seaman Pulaski on Jackie Cooper's CBS military sitcom/drama Hennesey. Thereafter, Gorshin played roles in ABC's crime drama The Untouchables. In 1961, Gorshin gave a tour de force performance as an impressionist who kills his fiancée under the influence of one of his celebrity characters in The Defenders. He guest-starred 12 times on CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show, with his first appearance being on June 17, 1962. He appeared on the show on February 9, 1964, the same night The Beatles and Davy Jones made their debut. In 1963, Gorshin had a guest-starring role in the long-running ABC military series Combat! as Pvt. Wharton who took false credit for the heroism of his dead friend, but redeemed himself later, saving Sgt. Saunders. In another episode in 1965 he played Pvt. Gavin, a tank operator who had washed out of U.S. Army Armor tank operations training.

Gorshin was a popular act at nightclubs, notably those of Las Vegas, where he was the first impressionist to headline the main showrooms. He was also the first impressionist headliner at the Empire Room of New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Among his most popular impressions were of Burt Lancaster (exaggerating Lancaster's hand gestures) and Kirk Douglas (exaggerating Douglas' gritted teeth), as well as Marlon Brando (spoofing his squint). He was also popular for simulating bodily and facial resemblances, and pitch-perfect imitations of voice, accent, and vocal inflections and mannerisms. Gorshin's slender athletic build, wide mouth, and pale eyes under strong brows were ideal characteristics for screen henchmen.

In 1957, he was in a car crash when he fell asleep at the wheel of his car after driving from Pittsburgh for 39 hours without sleep. He was on his way to a Hollywood screen test for the role of Petty Officer Ruby in Run Silent, Run Deep. He sustained a fractured skull and spent four days in a coma; a Los Angeles newspaper incorrectly reported he had been killed. The role went to Don Rickles.

Gorshin's first film role was Between Heaven and Hell. In the late 1950s, Gorshin had roles in B-movies such as Hot Rod Girl (1956), Dragstrip Girl (1957) and Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957). In 1960, he was featured in Bells are Ringing, playing the Method Actor while doing a Marlon Brando impression. As a dramatic actor, he often played "tough guys" like those played by one of his favorite targets of impressions, James Cagney, whom he was said to resemble. He did take a comic turn, though, as the hipster jazz bassist Basil (paired with singer Connie Francis) in Where the Boys Are (1960), as a bumbling kidnapper in the Hayley Mills vehicle That Darn Cat! (1965), and as a boss-behind-bars for laughs in Otto Preminger's comedy Skidoo (1968).

In 1962, Gorshin was cast as Billy Roy Fix in the episode "The Fire Dancer" of the NBC modern Western television series Empire, starring Richard Egan as the rancher Jim Redigo.

He was nominated for an Emmy Award (Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy) for his role as the Riddler on ABC's 1960s live-action television series Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Gorshin's portrayal of the character included a high-pitched, deranged cackle, inspired by that of Tommy Udo (Richard Widmark) in Kiss of Death (1947). Gorshin disliked the Riddler's original unitard costume from the comics, and had a green business suit and bowler hat marked with question marks created as an alternative, a variant of which would be later adapted in the comics itself. He played the Riddler in ten episodes of the series as well as the theatrical film, although John Astin made two appearances in 1967 in the role when Gorshin was unavailable. Gorshin was very angry about being replaced by Astin as the Riddler, but he agreed to return to Batman as the Riddler in Season 3 in an episode entitled "Ring Around The Riddler". He reprised the role in the 1979 television film Legends of the Superheroes.

Gorshin also had a memorable role in the 1969 Star Trek episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" as the bigoted half-whiteface, half-blackface alien Bele from the planet Cheron. Contrary to popular rumor and several news articles, Gorshin did not receive an Emmy nomination for this role.

In the early 1970s, Gorshin appeared on Broadway in Jimmy (1969) and Guys and Dolls (1971). He made numerous guest-starring appearances on such television series as The Name of the Game (1969) Ironside (1974), Hawaii Five-O (1974), Get Christie Love! (1975), Charlie's Angels (1977) and Wonder Woman (1977). In 1979, he played interplanetary assassin Seton Kellogg in a two-part episode of the television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century titled "Plot to Kill a City".

In 1982, Gorshin acted and sang the role of irascible King Gama in a TV production of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera Princess Ida, as part of the PBS series The Compleat Gilbert and Sullivan, and subsequently in live performance at other venues.

He also appeared as the villainous Dan Wesker in the miniseries Goliath Awaits (1981); and played the role of Smiley Wilson on the ABC soap opera The Edge of Night (1981–82), where he used his impersonation talents to mimic other performers on the series. During this decade, he also guest starred in episodes of series such as The Fall Guy (1984), Murder, She Wrote (1988) and Monsters (1989).

During the 1990s, he featured as a mobster kingpin in The Meteor Man (1993), played the evil sorcerer Brother Septimus in "The Tale of the Carved Stone" episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1993), voiced the character of Reverend Jack Cheese in an episode of The Ren & Stimpy Show (1995). Notably, he appeared in Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys (1995) as the gruff superior to Madeleine Stowe's psychiatrist. Gorshin also provided the voice of Daffy Duck and Foghorn Leghorn in the 1996 Looney Tunes short Superior Duck as well as voicing Foghorn and Yosemite Sam in 1997's Pullet Surprise and From Hare to Eternity, respectively.

In his final years, Gorshin portrayed the famous comedian George Burns on Broadway in the one-man show Say Goodnight, Gracie (2002), which was nominated for a 2003 Tony Award for best play and was reunited with several of his Batman colleagues in the television film Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt, in which he appeared as himself. Gorshin died on the day of the telefilm's DVD release. He played the strict legendary Harvard Law School Professor, John H. Keynes, in the Korean drama Love Story in Harvard (2004), and voiced villain Hugo Strange in three 2005 episodes of The Batman animated series. He also voiced the characters Marius and Lysander in the computer role playing game Diablo II.

Gorshin's last television appearance was in "Grave Danger", an episode of the CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation which aired two days after his death; the episode, which was directed by Quentin Tarantino, was dedicated to his memory. While he was known for his impressions, his role on CSI was as himself.

Gorshin's final role was as a voice actor in the unreleased animated feature film Firedog.

Personal life
On April 8, 1957, Gorshin married Christina Randazzo. They had one son, Mitchell, and later separated but remained married until his death.

Death
Gorshin's final live appearance was a Memphis performance of Say Goodnight, Gracie, in which he portrayed George Burns. He finished the performance and boarded a plane for Los Angeles on April 25, 2005. After he experienced severe breathing difficulty during the flight, the crew administered emergency oxygen. An ambulance met the plane upon landing and Gorshin was transported to a Burbank hospital, where he died three weeks later, on May 17, 2005, aged 72 from lung cancer, complicated by emphysema and pneumonia. Gorshin had been a heavy smoker for most of his adult life, consuming up to five packs of cigarettes a day. His Batman co-star Adam West once claimed that "Frank could reduce a cigarette to ash with one draw." When Gorshin appeared in nightclubs or other live performances, audiences were warned not to attend if they disliked smoking, as he often smoked onstage.

Gorshin is interred at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in the Hazelwood section of Pittsburgh.

Stage appearances

 * What Makes Sammy Run? playing Sammy Glick at Valley Music Theatre (Los Angeles) (1966)
 * Jimmy playing James J. Walker at Winter Garden Theatre (Broadway) (1969)
 * The Prisoner of Second Avenue playing Mel Edison at Parker Playhouse (Florida) (1973)
 * Whodunnit standing in as Andreas Capodistriou at Biltmore Theatre (Broadway) (1982)
 * On the Twentieth Century playing Oscar Jaffe on a tour of the United States (1986)
 * Ah, Wilderness! playing Nat Miller at American Heartland Theatre (Kansas City, Mo.) (1987)
 * Best of Burlesque, sketch comedy and impressionist, Showboat Dinner Theater, Clearwater, FL (1994)
 * Guys and Dolls as a performer in Las Vegas (1995)
 * The Sunshine Boys as Willie Clark on a tour of the United States (2001)
 * Say Goodnight, Gracie as George Burns at Helen Hayes Theatre (Broadway) (2002)

Discography

 * "The Riddler", composed by Mel Torme, B-side "Never Let Her Go" composed by David A. Gates 1966

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Talk:Hillsong Church

Neutrality Issues
The controversy section is 1/3 of the content, WP:CSECTION states that articles should avoid even having a controversy/criticsm section. I'm not sure what to do with this section of the article, any changes I make to make it more concise and give it less weight so that it doesn't continue to weigh the articles bias towards negativity have in the past been reverted quite quickly.

The entire section exists to list negative viewpoints, which is why WP:CSECTION states that should be avoided. It has gotten to the point where it is merely a list of gripes ala WP:INDISCRIMINATE, with some sections being about non-issues/rumors

 * Criticism of finances -- A tabloid claim that a crime happened, was then refuted by the Government and the people claimed to be victimised.
 * Alleged Vote Stacking in Australian Idol -- A claim that a TV show was rigged, of which the primary source is a defunct tabloid TV show Today Tonight.
 * Stance on homosexuality and same-sex marriage -- Doesn't even mention any controversy, just invites the reader to create one in their mind.
 * Mark Driscoll appearance -- A man was going to speak at a conference until he was discovered as a misogynist, then he didn't, and was interviewed about the misogyny instead.
 * Carl Lentz rise and fall -- Is OK, other than the two quotes that exist there to provide commentary on how bad the church is. Yes, it's sourced, but WP:BALANCE. Additionally it probably belongs in a section dedicated to Hillsong NYC, rather than under "Controversies" for the reasons listed in WP:CSECTION.

Please let me know your thoughts. L32007 (talk) 04:29, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Feel free to merge the content into the history. We only include what RSes state. If this is what people are writing about (and readers want to see it) then we include it. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:38, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

 * I read a few of the sources for the Australian Idol section of the article, and the sourcing appears very selectively used. This source https://web.archive.org/web/20090221015416/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0%2C23663%2C22558938-10229%2C00.html makes it clear that none of the finalists were from Hillsong. The same source is used to claim that "Hillsong members and former members indicated that some level of co-ordinated support of church members on Australian Idol has taken place": where in fact the "Hillsong members" "indicat[ing]" support, is actually just a pastor for an entirely unrelated church admitting that he told his "church family" to vote for his churches candidate.
 * Which just goes to show, the content being kept here is just an indiscriminate list of allegations, including refuted and disproven allegations like the Australian Idol and Aboriginal Finances. L32007 (talk) 11:53, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
 * As remarked above, the Australian Idol section seemed pretty thinly supported and not even very coherent. I have deleted it. — BarrelProof (talk) 17:07, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Completely agree that section should have been removed. It seemed pretty thin to me too. Damien Linnane (talk) 03:06, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

 * The WP:CRITICISM is an ESSAY, not policy, and while it may be nice to try to AVOID such sections, sometimes it is hard to put the content elsewhere. For example: Capitalism, which also has its own complete article: Criticism of capitalism.  In this article (Hillsong Church), some of these events seem hard to locate anywhere else...I agree with Walter Görlitz: these events could be moved to the "History" section, but Reliably Sourced statements shouldn't be removed. --- Avatar317 (talk) 23:58, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

 * Sure, but the content is very indiscriminate as I've outlined above. Whoever is making the criticism under "Stance on homosexuality and same-sex marriage" isn't even sourced. That appears to be added off-hand so that it can be a criticism to fit in this section. Secondly, as for "Reliably Sourced statements shouldn't be removed". There is an argument to keep the quote from Carl's mistress, but the statement from Tanya Levin is irrelevant (she wrote a book about her experiences in Hillsong in the 90s (wrote the book in 07, but the experiences are from the 90s), and only serves to add to the bias that the section fosters. She markets herself as a "Hillsong Critic", if we got a quote from someone who markets themselves as a Hillsong apologist, I'm sure you'd agree that it simply isn't encyclopaedic. It really only furthers my point that the criticisms section is just a indiscriminate collection of grievances that violates the Neutral Point of View Policy very clearly. L32007 (talk) 11:53, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

 * I was drawn to editing this article as it appeared biased in favour of the church, at least at the point I was reading. I read some mainstream media coverage about the financial scandal with RACA back in 2005, and came to this Wikipedia article to read more about it. Here's what the article stated yesterday, before I first edited it: ""It was alleged that Hillsong had paid staff members with money given as a government grant for the assistance of the Riverstone Aboriginal community.[77] However, letters of apology from both the Riverstone Aboriginal Community and from the minister of justice and customs, were later published on the Hillsong website.[78]""

 * Firstly, this was written as if the letter of apology completely negates all allegations, whereas it does not refute that Hillsong paid their staff members with the grant money at all. In fact, the apology from RACA is rather non-specific, but more importantly, it has no non-primary sources, rather it only cites the Hillsong website. (The apology is also written on behalf of new staff members at RACA who appear to have not been involved in the original controversy; Hillsong have acknowledged previously trying to make things with RACA "amicabl[e]" by offering them six-figure sums of money. You're welcome to draw your own conclusion between those two undeniable facts, but your conclusion would be irrelevant of course as we don't allow original research). Secondly, for an incident that received considerable and ongoing mainstream media coverage and even mention in parliament, with fine details about alleged wrongdoings (I could easily make the section three times larger than it currently is, though not without violating WP:UNDUE of course), it was brushed over here with a single sentence. In fact, the primary source trying to negate all bad media coverage takes up more space than the allegations themselves. That's one hell of a case of bias. I couldn't help but wonder if this biased wording was recent, so I did a little digging and found something really shocking. Its been spun this way for many years, and previously contained even more original research. Here's where the primary source was first added back in November 2012: . It was added by, a single-purpose account who for nine years only made edits to articles related to this church (though thankfully hasn't logged in since 2019). Adam also removed information and a source where Hillsong acknowledges paying their staff with grant money, and instead says they did not pay their staff with the grant money (with no reference of course since this information conflicts with what was originally referenced). The uncited additions were finally removed in August 2014: , though original research regarding what the primary source "confirmed" remained. In July 2018, decided to add more original research, going a step further and saying the apology refutes all allegations, rather than just appears to: . Thankfully the following day  removed the last obvious OR , though issues of bias (and balance considering the available sources) remained. I don't understand how  can complain this article is biased against the church, when this clear issue was able to remain in the article for nine years. Damien Linnane (talk) 05:29, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Just when I thought this couldn't get more biased in favour of the church, the bar is raised. Have a look at this recent IP edit: . So for nine years the article stated the minister of justice apologised to Hillsong. It was removed recently on the grounds the source was dead (and was only a primary source to begin with anyway). The source has been added back with a live URL, alongside the original wording that the minister of justice apologised. Here's the letter: . If anyone had read the letter over those nine years, they would have noticed there's no apology in it. None. There's acknowledgement that no "specific concerns" were raised with the minister regarding the original application (incidentally that's not saying they weren't raised elsewhere), but no apology whatsoever. What's absolutely amazing is that this remained for nine years, and that someone is still to this day trying to deceive readers be attributing false statements to primary sources. I've removed the statement, but I'd strongly encourage everyone who watches this page to pay particularly close attention to any IP edits to this page for bias, original research and POV pushing, as I'm certain whoever is responsible for this will try again. Damien Linnane (talk) 01:33, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I have previously read the linked letter, and that link you offered is NOT the same. L32007 (talk) 09:38, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Your lies don't withstand much scrutiny. Hillsong uploaded the letter to their website for the first time in November 2012, the very same month it was added as a source to this Wikipedia article. Courtesy of the the Internet Archive, here's the media release section of the Hillsong Church website in January 2013, and here's the letter in question as it appeared that month: . Notice it's exactly same as the version currently hosted on their website today , exactly the same as every other archived snapshot of the website between 2012 and today, exactly the same version an IP editor tried to add to the article in July 2021 (the link I offered above), and exactly the same version that appeared on their website in July 2018 when you falsely attributed statements to it . Damien Linnane (talk) 11:35, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't appreciate you accusing me of lying, I am acting in good faith. You have a copy of the letter from the minister, which granted is not an apology. But the letter from the Aboriginal Community mentioned in the edit you linked to IS an apology and IS still missing -- and is NOT the letter you linked to. L32007 (talk) 00:22, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * You indented your reply directly under my comment about the letter from the minister. As per talk page guidelines, this indicated you are responding to that comment. If the link you were referring to was higher up the talk page thread, you should have either clarified which one you were referring to, or indented your reply under that message instead. Of course, none of this changes the fact that you did explicitly make an edit in July 2018 saying both the letter from the minister and RACA were apologies (when only the RACA one was). You're specific wording was "This was later refuted by letters of apology from both the Riverstone Aboriginal Community and from the Minister of Justice and Customs, published on the Hillsong website" (emphasis mine). I note this wasn't the last time you used a primary source to place your own original research into this article: . Damien Linnane (talk) 00:37, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Just for the record, L32007's behaviour has not changed, and they still appear to have double standards. Whether intentionally or not, there are still framing opinions as facts . They are also adding unreferenced information to the article to defend the church (no reports of COVID at a church camp), yet have previously stated they will remove material not in favour of the church if it is unreferenced ., if you don't understand the problem with what you're doing, please communicate what part about it is confusing here. Do you at least understand that continued edits like this undermines your complaints about the neutrality of others? Damien Linnane (talk) 23:09, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * In reply to the assertion that I "previously stated [that I] will remove material not in favour of the church if it is unreferenced". This is categorically false, I never said that. I will ALWAYS try to find references for added material, and if it cannot be verified, or is disproven by sources, then I will remove it. I apologise for adding that unsourced information, it's impossible to prove a negative -- it's unsourced due to the lack of reports of covid spread -- because an editor asked for that info to be added I added it. I will be more careful in future, especially with a particular editor who is watching me intently looking for anything they can twist to paint me out as they wish to. I can only assume your good faith for so long. L32007 (talk) 08:00, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I guess it would have been more accurate for me to say you previously stated you "have removed" material not in favour of the church if it is unreferenced, rather than "will remove". My mistake. My point about the double standard in your behaviour, however, still stands regardless of the wording of that sentence.
 * I can't say I've ever noticed you assuming good faith about me, case in point your new accusation that I'm twisting things against you (I guess you must also think the only two other editors at the ANI who have looked into your behavior are twisting things against you too), but I'll ignore that for now to address the current edits in question. For future reference, you should never add information to Wikipedia that something didn't happen just because you haven't found a source for it. Everything on Wikipedia should be sourced; if you can't find a source, just don't mention it. As you've mentioned you believe no source for that information exists, I'm going to remove it for now, though feel free to reinstate it if you do indeed find secondary coverage on the matter. Damien Linnane (talk) 13:05, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

This is horrible. Whoever wrote this article must hate Hillsong. I'm pretty familiar with them; I'll take a look SoCalGoetz (talk) 06:45, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

WP:INDISCRIMINATE
I want to again highlight the fact the controversy section is WP:INDISCRIMINATE. "Criticism from a former member" is not a controversy, It's a woman person who appears to be trying to sell a book and promote her new 2021 podcast. (Relevancy?) L32007 (talk) 11:09, 19 January 2022 (UTC) edited to remove inadvertant gendered language 08:28, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Starting a new section for an existing discussion after another editor points out irrefutable evidence that you're lying and have manipulated sources is not helping your case.
 * "It's a woman" - your choice of language when attempting to attack her credibility is noted and interesting. The woman you have a problem with, Tanya Levin, not only has a name, but she clearly satisfies notability guidelines. As such, comments from her are most certainly relevant, as long as they have reliable sourcing and due weight. The section could be reworded or the information merged elsewhere, sure, but the only thing irrelevant here is your personal, unsourced opinion that she is only criticising Hillsong to sell her book and promote her podcast. Damien Linnane (talk) 11:52, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * At this point i'd request you cease personally attacking me and suggesting that I am not acting in good faith. The mention of her podcast is not notable, nor is it sourced in the wikipedia article and that's why I removed it. And yes, I stand by my comments that a single person complaining about a church she used to attend in the 90's is not a "Controversy", and does not belong in that section. L32007 (talk) 00:24, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't have a problem with you removing the unsourced information about the podcast. I don't know why you're mentioning that.
 * I'm not attacking you, I'm pointing out your editing history, and the nature of your criticism, which speaks for itself. There's a difference.
 * Let's wait for more opinions on whether a person who satisfies Wikipedia's notability guidelines is allowed to have opinions on the church mentioned in the article if they're published in reliable sources. Damien Linnane (talk) 00:44, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * As I stated on your talk page, Damien Linnane, you are attacking the editor by calling them a liar. WP:NPA is clear that you should focus on the content rather than the contributor.
 * Feel free to show the facts, which you are quite good at, but do not comment on editors. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:56, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * My edit did focus on the content. Here's my comment: . Notice there's 137 words focusing on the content with evidence, and only six words where I use this evidence to conclude L32007 is lying. I disagree that calling someone a liar is a personal attack if there's hard evidence, but even if it was an attack, you can't deny that my comment did focus on the content. You're the one focusing on the wrong thing. If you want to move forward, I suggest you also focus on the content of my post, rather than ignoring it entirely and only responding to what you interpret to be a personal attack. Damien Linnane (talk) 01:10, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * She "satisfies notability guidelines" because she was arrested for tresspass at Hillsong and it made the news. All the notable live sources on the page about her relate to that, except ONE other source. Her attempts at self publicity are obvious, and the ad that I removed promoting her podcast clearly was promotional and not encyclopedic. L32007 (talk) 20:14, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * If you believe she doesn't actually meet notable guidelines and that her article should not exist the place to discuss this is at her article. Your moral opinion on how she obtained notability, and your unsourced opinions on what you see as 'obvious', are irrelevant to whether or not her comments can appear in this article. Damien Linnane (talk) 22:37, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Article "Exposing Hillsong: The Pedophile Church That Justin Bieber Made Famous"
Doug Weller talk 09:22, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

WTF? SoCalGoetz (talk) 06:47, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

First of all, that's a false accusation, second of all, Justin Bieber was already famous :/ SoCalGoetz (talk) 06:48, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Safe sanctuaries in the UMC requires 2 adults when there are children, all churches should look into that SoCalGoetz (talk) 06:49, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Oh dang I guess that is true :/ SoCalGoetz (talk) 07:01, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

People who hate an organization
Probably don't contribute much to its Wikipedia page SoCalGoetz (talk) 06:55, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

As Miley Cyrus says, "haters gonna hate" SoCalGoetz (talk) 06:56, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

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Harry Bates (sculptor)

Harry Bates (26 April 1850 – 30 January 1899) was a British sculptor. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1892 as A.R.A. and was an active, if intermittent, member of the Art Workers Guild. He was a central figure in the British movement known as New Sculpture.

Early life and education
Bates was born on 26 April 1850 in Stevenage in Hertfordshire. He began his career as a carver's assistant, and before beginning the regular study of plastic art he passed through a long apprenticeship in architectural decoration working from 1869 for the firm of Farmer & Brindley.

Career
In 1879 he went to London and entered the South London School of Technical Art (formerly known as Lambeth School of Art, now the City and Guilds of London Art School). There he studied under Jules Dalou and won a silver medal in the national competition at South Kensington. In 1881, he was admitted to the Royal Academy schools, where in 1883 he won the gold medal and the travelling scholarship with his relief of Socrates teaching the People in the Agora.

In 1883 he immediately went to Paris, where he took up an independent studio (on Dalou's suggestion) in 1883–85. He was influenced by Rodin, who advised him on occasion about his work. A head and three small bronze panels (the Aeneid), executed by Bates in Paris, were exhibited at the Royal Academy, and selected for purchase by the Chantrey Bequest trustees; but the selection had to be cancelled, because they had not been modelled in Britain.

In 1886, Bates returned to Britain and was elected to the Art Workers Guild.

He created panels of Aeneas (1885), Homer (1886), three panels of Psyche and Rhodope (1887).

Bates's primary skill lay in the composition and sculpting of relief sculpture, and it is in this medium that he achieved his most technically and aesthetically refined work. The freestanding ideal sculpture remained the most important of sculptural genres, however. Bates gradually turned to statues such as the 1889 Hounds in Leash, which is essentially a relief composition translated to three dimensions. In this work, Bates demonstrated his ability to convey muscular intensity and movement and led to his greater success and ambition.

His next major statue, the 1890 Pandora, was more truly a figure in the round. The life-sized figure was unusually nude, compared to other contemporarry depictions. In 1890 this was received as a "fresh reading of the subject, and instead of the customary elf-like or voluptuous woman [Bates] has shown a tender, very gentle and happy maiden, whose features are charming". In this work Bates experimented with polychromy and mixed materials, making it self-consciously into a paradigmatic example of his artistic priorities. The box she holds is an actual decorative casket made of ivory and gilt bronze and elaborately carved with scenes from the Pandora legend. It was exhibited in 1890 at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and purchased within the following year for the Chantrey Bequest. The gallery label at the Tate said in 2010, "Bates shows the moment of hesitation before Pandora opens the forbidden box. He suggests Pandora's mood of consideration and temptation while also recognising the inevitable fulfilment of the myth. This way he acknowledges the compulsion of character, and frailty of the human spirit." His creation of the marble altar front for the Holy Trinity church in Sloane Street, London was another piece he created in 1890.

In the year of his death 1899, Bates finished Mors Janua Vitae (death, gateway of life), now at Walker Art Gallery Liverpool. In 2007 it has been described as "bizarre polychrome symbolist fantasy".

One of his final commissions was a large bronze statue of Queen Victoria unveiled in Albert Square in Dundee shortly after his death.

Personal life and death
Bates died in poverty, having drained his finances "by his insistence on financing the Calcutta statue of Lord Roberts from his own pocket." He died on 30 January 1899 at his residence, 10 Hall Road, St. John's Wood, N.W. He was buried at Stevenage on 4 February.

Assessment
The 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica wrote: "The portrait-busts of Harry Bates are good pieces of realism: strong, yet delicate in technique, and excellent in character. His statues have a picturesqueness in which the refinement of the sculptor is always felt. Among the chief of these are the fanciful Maharaja of Mysore, somewhat overladen with ornament, and the colossal equestrian statue of Lord Roberts (1896) upon its important pedestal, girdled with a frieze of figures, now set up in Calcutta, and a statue of Queen Victoria for Dundee. But perhaps his masterpiece—in which his interest in polychromy and mixed materials in a format that fused decorative art and sculpture achieved its fullest realization—was an allegorical presentment of Love and Life, a winged male figure in bronze, with a female figure in ivory being crowned by the male." The 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica felt, "his premature death robbing English plastic art of its most promising representative at the time".

As of 2022, the figure of Pandora is understood "as one of the many femme fatales whose deadly attraction mesmerised Victorian men." While continental sculptors experimented with the ancient chryselephantine technique in the 1840s, Bates Pandora was the first chryselephantine work by a British artist.

Bates is primarily remembered as one of the most important sculptors working with the traditions of the decorative arts within the New Sculpture movement. Both through his innovative use of polychromy and his allusive subject matter, he is understood to be one of primary representatives of international Symbolism within British sculpture.

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André-Philippe Gagnon

André-Philippe Gagnon (born December 17, 1962) is a Canadian comedian and impressionist.

His impressionist act is unique for his specialized talent in impersonating the singing voices of celebrities, as opposed to his contemporaries, who typically can do only the speaking voices. He is best known for duplicating We Are the World.

He gained widespread recognition in North America after a 1985 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and went on to play a regular act at The Venetian in Las Vegas and other venues around the world.

Notable performances

 * 1989 – SkyDome opening ceremony in Toronto, also broadcast live on the TVA Channel.

Discography

 * 1991 L'intégrale [enregistrement sonore] (Distribution Select formerly Distribution Musicor)

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1857 in India

Events in the year 1857 in India.

Incumbents

 * Charles Canning, Governor-General

Events

 * 24 January – University of Calcutta is founded through the Calcutta University Act.
 * 10 May (starting date of the revolt)- Indian rebellion of 1857 (also known as the Sepoy Mutiny) or The First War Of Indian Independence, widespread uprising in northern and central India against the rule of the British East India Company.
 * May – following the mutiny at Meerut there are outbreaks in Delhi, Ferozepur, Bombay, Aligarh, Mainpuri, Etawah, Bulundshah, Nasirabad, Bareilly, Moradabad, Shahjahanpur and elsewhere; sepoys are disarmed in Lahore, Agra, Lucknow, Peshawar and Mardan; the Delhi Field Force advances to Karnaul; death of General Anson the British commander-in-chief
 * June – Mutinies at Sitapur, Hansi, Hissar, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur and Nimach; mutinies at Gwalior, Bharatpur and Jhansi; mutiny at Kanpur, followed by the siege of the Europeans (4–25 June) and a massacre; mutiny in Banaras forestalled; mutinies at Jewanpur, Allahabad, Jullundur, Phillaur, Nowgong, Rhoni, Fatehgarh, Aurangabad (Deccan), Fatehpur and Jubbulpur; Indian units are forcibly disarmed at Nagpur and Barrackpur; mutinies at Faizabad, Sultanpur and Lucknow; order is restored in Lucknow but the district remains disturbed (Europeans take shelter in the Residency); British defeat at Chinhat (30 June) near Lucknow; siege of Lucknow begins. Other events of June: Battle of Badli-ki-Serai (8 June); Delhi Field Force takes up position on the Ridge and begins operations against Delhi; further spreading of the revolt through the Gangetic plain, Rajputana and Central India
 * July – Mutinies at Indore and Mhow, Auggur, Jhelum, Saugor, Sialkot, Dinapur and Agra; siege of the Lucknow Residency continues through July; operations against Delhi continue through July; death of General Barnard, commanding at Delhi (5 July); General Havelock's force advances from Allahabad to the relief of Kanpur and arrives on the 17th, one day too late to save those massacred there; disarming of Indian units in Rawalpindi; Sialkot mutineers defeated at Trimmu Ghat (16 July)
 * 18 July – University of Bombay (University of Mumbai) is founded
 * August – Mutinies at Kolhapur (Bombay Presidency), Poonamali (near Madras), Jubbulpur, Bhopawar (near Indore), and Mian Mir (near Lahore); rebellion spreads through the Saugor and Narbada districts. Also: disarmament of Indian units at Berhampur (1 August); siege of the Lucknow Residency continues and Havelock's first attempt at relief fails
 * September – Failure of an outbreak in Karachi (14 Sept.); further outbreaks in the Saugor and Narbada districts; siege of Saugor begins; the City of Delhi is assaulted and captured by the British (14-20 Sept.); the Lucknow residency is relieved by Havelock and Outram (25 Sept.) but a new siege of the reinforced garrison begins
 * 5 September – University of Madras is founded
 * October – Mutiny at Bhogalpur (near Dinapur); unrest in Bihar, north Bengal and Assam; mutiny in Bombay city is forestalled (15 Oct.); revolt in Kotah state (15 Oct.)
 * November – Sir Colin Campbell relieves Lucknow (17 Nov.); the garrison is evacuated and the city and Residency are temporarily abandoned; defeat of General Windham outside Kanpur (28 Nov.)
 * December – Decisive battle of Kanpur (6 Dec.); the armies of Rao Sahib and of Tatya Tope are routed by Sir Colin Campbell; campaign in the Doab; capture of Fatehgarh

Law

 * Joint-stock Companies Act
 * Oriental Gas Company Act

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Harry Bates

Harry Bates may refer to:

 * Harry Bates (sculptor) (1850–1899), English sculptor
 * Harry C. Bates (1882–1969), American labor union leader
 * Harry Bates (footballer) (1890–after 1912), English footballer
 * Harry Bates (writer) (1900–1981), American science fiction editor and writer
 * Harry Bates (priest) (1912–1980), English archdeacon of Lindisfarne
 * Harry Bates (architect) (1927–2022). American architect
 * Harry Bates (rally driver) (born 1995), Australian rally driver
 * Harry Bates (Coronation Street), fictional character on British television

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Jane L. Campbell

Jane Louise Campbell (born May 19, 1953) is an American politician who served as the 56th and first and to date only female mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from January 1, 2002, to January 1, 2006.

Early life and education
Campbell was born on May 19, 1953, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her mother, Joan Brown Campbell, served as the General Secretary of the National Council of Churches and her father was a partner at Squire, Sanders and Dempsey. Campbell attended Shaker Heights High School, and earned her undergraduate degree in American History from the University of Michigan. She subsequently earned a Master's in Urban Studies at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University.

Career
Prior to entering politics, Campbell worked with several community organizations and advocacy groups. In 1975, she founded WomenSpace, a coalition of women's organizations that, in addition to promoting the creation of Ohio's first shelter for battered women, helped identify and promote women for community and government leadership. Soon after in 1979, she worked as National Field Director for ERAmerica in Washington, D.C., coordinating national support for state coalitions supporting the Equal Rights Amendment. In the early 80s, as the executive director of the Friends of Shaker Square, a neighborhood on Cleveland's east side, Campbell managed economic development, organized security patrols and expanded the historic district.

Politics
Campbell's political career began in 1984, when she was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives. She was reelected five times, and chosen by her colleagues as the majority whip and later the assistant minority leader. Legislative leaders across the country elected her to serve as president of the National Conference of State Legislatures in 1996. Campbell authored numerous laws that included tax incentives for economic development, financing for Cleveland Browns Stadium, Gateway complex (now Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena), authorizing prosecution of abuse and neglect of elderly and disabled people, creating a statewide review of child deaths, reforming juvenile justice, and establishing child support guidelines and penalties. Campbell was also appointed to work with the Clinton administration on a small intergovernmental group composed of governors, mayors, county officials, and state legislators to consult on the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act.

In 1996 she was elected Cuyahoga County commissioner, a position to which she was reelected in 2000. As commissioner, she transformed the county welfare department into Cuyahoga Work and Training, the agency charged with implementing the federal welfare reform law. This reformed agency assisted over 20,000 families in moving from welfare to work between 1997 and 2001. Campbell also brokered a new public–private alliance for workforce training, and she developed training academies at Cuyahoga Community College to provide job training to dislocated workers. She also led the drive to create Cuyahoga County's first Brownfield Loan Fund in conjunction with seven local banks to redevelop abandoned industrial and commercial sites. To date, this fund has generated over $50M in private investment.

While serving as commissioner, she continued her national involvement, presiding over both the Welfare Reform: Next Step Task Force for the National Association of Counties and the association's Human Services and Youth committee.

Mayor of Cleveland
In November 2001, Campbell won the Cleveland mayoral election with 54% of the vote, defeating former Clinton administration official and attorney Raymond Pierce, who received 46% of votes. She took office on January 1, 2002, becoming the city's first female mayor.

In office, Campbell inherited a $60 million budget deficit and a city government in financial turmoil. In just one year, she stabilized the city's budget without a tax increase. However, some city services endured cutbacks, and the following year she had to lay off many city employees in order to maintain financial stability.

One of her political accomplishments was bringing the Lakefront Plan to the forefront of regional awareness, a plan that emphasized Lake Erie as the region's most valuable asset and a vital element for revitalization in Downtown Cleveland.

Throughout her four years, Campbell worked with other levels of government and the private sector to initiate nearly $3 billion of investments for urban development and redevelopment projects. By 2005, several of these projects were underway, including Steelyard Commons (a Brownfield-turned-shopping center, opened Sept. 2007), Gordon Square Arts District, Battery Park (redeveloped Eveready Battery Plant), The Avenue District, Fourth Street redevelopment, and Euclid Avenue rapid transit corridor.

Also under her administration, Ohio's first state of the art Emergency Operations Center was built, and in 2004, Cleveland became the first city in the country to host the International Children's Games. However, Campbell was criticized over her indecision on efforts to build a new city convention center and for her support for the building of a Wal-Mart store at Steelyard Commons. Her relations with City Council President Frank G. Jackson were strained, and she even faced an attempted recall effort.

Ethics of the city government dominated the headlines for much of Campbell's term. During Campbell's mayoralty, a federal corruption investigation continued from the prior city administration, resulting in subsequent convictions of two of the former Mayor's confidantes.

In 2005, Intel named Cleveland as one of the "World’s Digital Communities" in 2005, after Campbell set the stage for using technology as a platform for innovative economic development.

2005 mayoral election
On October 4, 2005, after serving one term as mayor, Campbell came in second to City Council President Frank Jackson, in a field of seven candidates in the non-partisan mayoral primary. Only 16% of Cleveland's population participated in the primary, the lowest voter turnout in the city's history. In the November 8, 2005, general election, Jackson defeated Campbell by 55% to 45%. At 11:25 pm (EST), she conceded to Jackson, who became the city's mayor on January 2, 2006.

Later career
After leaving office, Campbell accepted a short-term position at Harvard University as part of a fellowship with the Harvard Institute of Politics. Her teaching covered issues in city governance and Ohio politics. She taught at the school during the spring of 2006.

From 2006 to 2009, she served as managing director of public-private partnerships for Colliers Ostendorf-Morris, in Cleveland's Colliers International office.

In January 2009, it was announced that Campbell would become chief of staff to Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. She was previously the Director of the Washington Office of the National Development Council (NDC) and President of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP).

In 2019, Campbell became the President and CEO of the United States Capitol Historical Society.

Personal life
Campbell was married to urban planner Hunter Morrison, the head of Youngstown State University's Office of Campus Planning and Community Partnerships. Campbell and Morrison have two daughters, Jessica and Catherine Campbell-Morrison. The couple divorced in 2008.

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Riverboat

A riverboat is a watercraft designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways. They are generally equipped and outfitted as work boats in one of the carrying trades, for freight or people transport, including luxury units constructed for entertainment enterprises, such as lake or harbour tour boats. As larger water craft, virtually all riverboats are especially designed and constructed, or alternatively, constructed with special-purpose features that optimize them as riverine or lake service craft, for instance, dredgers, survey boats, fisheries management craft, fireboats and law enforcement patrol craft.

Design differences
Riverboats are usually less sturdy than ships built for the open seas, with limited navigational and rescue equipment, as they do not have to withstand the high winds or large waves characteristic to large lakes, seas or oceans. They can thus be built from light composite materials. They are limited in size by width and depth of the river as well as the height of bridges spanning the river. They can be designed with shallow drafts, as were the paddle wheel steamers on the Mississippi River that could operate in water under two metres deep.

While a ferry is often used to cross a river, a riverboat is used to travel along the course of the river, while carrying passengers or cargo, or both, for revenue. (Vessels like 'riverboat casinos' are not considered here, as they are essentially stationary.)

The significance of riverboats is dependent on the number of navigable rivers and channels as well as the condition of the road and rail network. Generally speaking, riverboats provide slow but cheap transport especially suited for bulk cargo and containers.

History
As early as 20,000 BC people started fishing in rivers and lakes using rafts and dugouts. Roman sources dated 50 BC mention extensive transportation of goods and people on the river Rhine. Upstream, boats were usually powered by sails or oars. In the Middle Ages, towpaths were built along most waterways to use working animals or people to pull riverboats. In the 19th century, steamboats became common.

The most famous riverboats were on the rivers of the midwestern and central southern United States, on the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri rivers in the early 19th century. Out west, riverboats were common transportation on the Colorado, Columbia, and Sacramento rivers. These American riverboats were designed to draw very little water, and in fact it was commonly said that they could "navigate on a heavy dew".

Australia has a history of riverboats. Australia's biggest river, the Murray, has an inland port called Echuca. Many large riverboats were working on the Murray, but now a lower water level is stopping them. The Kalgan River in Western Australia has had two main riverboats, the Silver Star, 1918 to 1935, would lower her funnel to get under the low bridge. Today, the Kalgan Queen riverboat takes tourists up the river to taste the local wines. She lowers her roof to get under the same bridge.

It is these early steam-driven river craft that typically come to mind when "steamboat" is mentioned, as these were powered by burning wood, with iron boilers drafted by a pair of tall smokestacks belching smoke and cinders, and twin double-acting pistons driving a large paddlewheel at the stern, churning foam. This type of propulsion was an advantage as a rear paddlewheel operates in an area clear of snags, is easily repaired, and is not likely to suffer damage in a grounding. By burning wood, the boat could consume fuel provided by woodcutters along the shore of the river. These early boats carried a brow (a short bridge) on the bow, so they could head in to an unimproved shore for transfer of cargo and passengers.

Modern riverboats are generally screw (propeller)-driven, with pairs of diesel engines of several thousand horsepower.

The standard reference for the development of the steamboat is Steamboats on Western Rivers: An Economic and Technological History by Louis C. Hunter (1949).

Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, celebrates "Riverboat Days" each summer. The Skeena River passes through Terrace and played a crucial role during the age of the steamboat. The first steam-powered vessel to enter the Skeena was the Union in 1864. In 1866 the Mumford attempted to ascend the river but was only able to reach the Kitsumkalum River. It was not until 1891 that the Hudson's Bay Company sternwheeler the Caledonia successfully negotiated through the Kitselas Canyon and reached Hazelton. A number of other steamers were built around the turn of the century, in part due to the growing fish industry and the gold rush.

The WT Preston, a museum ship that was once a specialised river dredge, also called a "snagboat".

Luxury tourist transport
Some large riverboats are comparable in accommodation, food service, and entertainment to a modern oceanic cruise ship. Tourist boats provide a scenic and relaxing trip through the segment they operate in.

On the Yangtze River, typically employees have double duties: both as serving staff and as evening-costumed dancers.

Smaller luxury craft (without entertainment) operate on European waterways - both rivers and canals, with some providing bicycle and van side trips to smaller villages.

High-speed passenger transport
High-speed boats such as those shown here had a special advantage in some operations in the free-running Yangtze. In several locations within the Three Gorges, one-way travel was enforced through fast narrows. While less maneuverable and deeper draft vessels were obliged to wait for clearance, these high-speed boats were free to zip past waiting traffic by running in the shallows.

Local and low-cost passenger transport
Smaller riverboats are used in urban and suburban areas for sightseeing and public transport. Sightseeing boats can be found in Amsterdam, Paris, and other touristic cities where historical monuments are located near water.

The concept of local waterborn public transport is known as water taxi in English-speaking countries, vaporetto in Venice, water/river tramway in former Soviet Union and Poland (although sightseeing boats can be called water tramways too). Local waterborne public transport is similar to ferry.

The transport craft shown below is used for short-distance carriage of passengers between villages and small cities along the Yangtze, while larger craft are used for low-cost carriage over longer distance, without the fancy food or shows seen on the tourist riverboats. In some cases, the traveller must provide their own food.

Multimodal
As the major rivers in China are mostly east-west, most rail and road transport are typically north-south. As roads along the rivers are inadequate for heavy truck transport and in some cases extremely dangerous, drive-on/drive-off ramp barges are used to transport trucks. In many cases the trucks transported are new and are being delivered to customers or dealers. Perhaps unique to China, the new trucks observed traveling upstream were all blue, while the new trucks traveling downstream were all white.

Bulk cargo
Low-value goods are transported on rivers and canals worldwide, since slow-speed barge traffic offers the lowest possible cost per ton mile and the capital cost per ton carried is also quite low compared to other modes of transport.

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List of Chinese painters

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The In-Laws (1979 film)

The In-Laws is a 1979 American action comedy film starring Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, written by Andrew Bergman and directed by Arthur Hiller. It was filmed on various locations, including Mexico, which served as the film's representation of the fictional Central American setting. A remake was made in 2003.

The film focuses on the fathers of a young couple. One of the fathers is a mild-mannered dentist, the other is a renegade agent of the CIA.

Plot
The daughter of mild-mannered Manhattan dentist Sheldon "Shelly" Kornpett and the son of businessman Vince Ricardo are engaged to be married. At an introductory dinner in which Shelly meets his new in-law, he finds Vince suspicious; during the dinner, Vince tells a crazy story of a nine-month "consulting" trip to 1954 Guatemala. He excuses himself to make a phone call and hides something in the basement. Later that night, Shelly pleads with his daughter not to marry into the Ricardo clan, but he is talked into giving the marriage a chance.

The following day, Vince appears at Shelly's office and asks for help with breaking into his office safe. Shelly reluctantly agrees. After Vince retrieves a black bag from his office in an old Herald Square office building, two armed hit men surprise Shelly. After a chase and shootout, Vince explains that he has worked for the CIA since the Eisenhower administration and robbed the United States Mint of engraving plates to crack a worldwide inflation plot hatched in Central America. He mentions he robbed the U.S. Mint on his own; the CIA had turned him down, deeming the caper too risky. Vince further upsets Shelly by mentioning he left an engraving plate in the basement of Shelly's house the previous night.

During the wedding preparations, Mrs. Kornpett discovers the engraving and brings it to her bank, where she is informed by the U.S. Treasury Department that it was stolen. Shelly arrives home to find Treasury officials there and speeds away, leading to a car chase through suburban New Jersey. Vince tells Shelly he wants him to accompany him to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and the ordeal will be cleared up by the time they return. At a small airport near Lodi, New Jersey, Vince and Shelly board a jet.

To Shelly's consternation, he notices they are flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Vince assures Shelly they are going to Scranton but need to stop in Tijata, a small island south of Honduras. When they arrive, Vince is supposed to meet a corrupt member of the country's legislature, General Jesus Braunschweiger. When they land, Jesus is shot and killed. Vince and Shelly fall under sniper fire, escape, and drive into town. At their hotel, Vince contacts the mastermind of the inflation plot, General Garcia.

Shelly calls the United States Embassy and is told by the CIA agent-in-charge that Vince is a madman who was mentally discharged from the agency. Leaving the hotel, Vince hails a taxi driven by one of the airport snipers. Shelly chases, leaping onto the roof of the car. Vince takes control of the car, crashing into a fruit market. Vince and Shelly reach the general's estate. The insane general gives them $20 million for the plates, awards them medals, and marches them in front of a firing squad. Vince stalls for time until hundreds of CIA agents, led by Barry Lutz, overwhelm the army and take Garcia into custody. Lutz reveals that Vince was telling the truth. However, Vince retires, as he has had enough. He gives Lutz the $10 million he had agreed to deliver from the general. Vince and Shelly take off with five million dollars each, giving their children a wedding gift of a million dollars each.

Cast
In addition, conductor-composer Carmen Dragon makes a cameo appearance.

Production
Andrew Bergman says the film began when Warner Bros. approached him saying Alan Arkin and Peter Falk wanted to do a movie together. Bergman said: "I thought immediately, ‘Didn’t they do a movie?’ It’s like, they seemed so perfect for each other! Their personalities, you have a rabbit and a tortoise. You get a hysteric, a person who seems to have no feelings whatsoever ... and I hate constructing plots, hate it more than anything, but I love constructing characters, and this was the perfect thing where the characters were the plot. Whatever Peter said to Alan, that was the plot ... Since my stories are always about people getting in way over their heads ... this movie was the perfect type for me."

Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 90% based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The consensus summarizes: "Fueled by inspired casting, The In-Laws is an odd couple comedy whose clever premise is ably supported by a very funny script." On Metacritic, the film received a score of 69 based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

The New York Times film critic Janet Maslin wrote, "Andrew Bergman has written one of those rare comedy scripts that escalates steadily and hilariously, without faltering or even having to strain for an ending. As for Mr. Arkin and Mr. Falk, it is theirs, and not their children's, match that has been made in heaven. The teaming of their characters—milquetoast meets entrepreneur—is reminiscent of 'The Producers'". Dale Pollock of Variety stated, "With 'The In-Laws,' Warner Bros. should have a first certifiable comedy hit of the summer. The Arthur Hiller-William Sackheim production brims over with laughs, but brand of screenwriter Andrew Bergman's humor (previously seen in 'Blazing Saddles') may be too wacky for mainstream audiences." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4 and wrote, "In a way I feel guilty about knocking 'The In-Laws.' It's an original comedy in a summer movie season full of remakes, sequels, and imitative ripoffs. But if the script had given us more dinner party madness and less slapstick, I might have laughed along with everyone else." Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "one of the funniest comedies of the year. This hilarious film, directed by Arthur Hiller and written expressly for Falk and Arkin by Andrew Bergman, wastes not a second in getting laughs." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post dismissed the film as "a heavy-handed, smugly cynical farce." David Ansen wrote in Newsweek, "What makes 'The In-Laws' so engaging is not simply the escalating madness of Andrew Bergman's story (such whimsy could easily grow tiresome), but the deadpan counterpoint supplied by the two stars, who navigate their way through mounting disasters with an air of hilariously unjustified rationality. Bergman's script was tailor-made for Falk and Arkin, and they make the most of it."

The CIA showed the film at the base theater at Camp Peary, its Virginia training facility for recruits.

Remake
The film was remade in 2003.

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