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After "Bombastes Furioso", the Pudding went gaily on, producing an average of three shows a year. These early plays were mostly poor burlesques of Broadway productions and take-offs on famous operas such as "Slasher and Crasher," and "Did you ever send your Wife to Brighton?" "Tom Thumb," produced in 1855, marked the first musical and the first production shown to a public audience...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Pudding Shows: Who Cares About the Money | 3/13/1956 | See Source »

...Tree Crasher. A giant 60-ton bulldozer strong enough to push a weight equal to 75 passenger cars has been built by R. G. Le Tourneau Inc. for the Handley Construction Co., which will use it to uproot trees and underbrush along the Georgia-Florida coastal area. The Tree Crasher, 39 ft. long and 11 ft. high, smashes through jungles on six huge rubber-tired wheels 4 ft. wide and 10 ft. tall, each powered by its own electric motor. The motors, in turn, are powered by two diesel generators near the center of the unit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jul. 18, 1955 | 7/18/1955 | See Source »

Coach Munro is sticking to the same lineup that clicked against Navy last Saturday. This means that Jim Bell, a crasher, at center forward and Rick Drake, a good tackler, at center half. "Drake is our sparkplug," says Munro, "He's everywhere. He gets the ball and really feeds it forward...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Soccer Team Faces Powerful Tigers | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

...General Frank Howley, commandant of the American zone, had to be patched up for minor cuts about the face. An unidentified civilian tried to crash the party given by some correspondents to celebrate Howley's promotion from colonel. Before he was given the bum's rush, the crasher threw his drink, glass & all, into Howley's face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Furrowed Brow | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

...efforts of Barnaby, O'Malley and Atlas the Mental Giant are brought to bear. Gorgon père is finally discovered to be the nameless, galumphing coach hound of the local fire department. But that slobbering, fragrant beast has no vocabulary other than "Arf," is a parasitic icebox-crasher to boot. He refuses to move off the Baxter's porch rocker until frightened by the word "bath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: O'Malley for Dewey | 9/18/1944 | See Source »

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