Whammy
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Whammy can refer to:
- The villain of the game show Press Your LuckPress Your LuckPress Your Luck is an American television daytime game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack. It premiered on September 19, 1983 on CBS and ended on September 26, 1986. In the show, contestants collected "spins" by answering trivia questions and then used the spins on an 18-space game...
, designed by Savage Steve HollandSavage Steve HollandSavage Steve Holland is an animator and film director who wrote and directed the cult films Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer , starring John Cusack. He also directed the film How I Got Into College , and animated the "Whammy" on the game show Press Your Luck. He later went on to create and...
.- Whammy! The All-New Press Your LuckWhammy! The All-New Press Your LuckWhammy! is an updated version of the American television game show Press Your Luck. Taped at Tribune Studios, the FremantleMedia production aired on Game Show Network from April 15, 2002 to December 5, 2003 with repeats that continue to air...
, the 2002-03 US version - Whammy! Push Your LuckWhammy! Push Your LuckWhammy! Push Your Luck is a GMA Network TV program based on the American game show Press Your Luck and its updated version Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck. It aired weeknights before 24 Oras on GMA Telebabad. The series, hosted by Paolo Bediones and Rufa Mae Quinto, ran from October 8, 2007 to...
, the Philippine version.
- Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck
- Whammy!Whammy!Media response to Whammy! was mixed, but generally positive; most critics agreed that while the album was generally weaker in songwriting structure than The B-52's' first two albums The B-52's and Wild Planet, it was an overall improvement over their previous album Mesopotamia, which received poor...
- A 1983 album by The B-52's - A whammy bar is a colloquial term for a guitar's tremolo armTremolo armA whammy bar, tremolo arm/bar, or vibrato arm/bar is a component of a guitar, used to add vibrato to the sound by changing the tension of the strings, typically at the bridge or tailpiece...
- Digitech WhammyDigitech Whammy-Overview:The WH-1 Whammy pedal, the original whammy, first engineered and manufactured in 1989 by IVL Technologies and discontinued in 1993, remains the most sought-after.-Controls:...
- A guitar effects pedal
- Digitech Whammy
- An evil spell or curseCurseA curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity—one or more persons, a place, or an object...
(hex). Probably originated in the comic strip Li'l AbnerLi'l AbnerLi'l Abner is a satirical American comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the United States, Canada and Europe, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished town of Dogpatch, Kentucky. Written and drawn by Al Capp , the strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through...
where character Evil-Eye Fleegle did th' whammy, double whammy and, in extremis, triple whammy on his opponents. - A curse put on the opposing team by Dancing HarryDancing HarryDancing Harry was a staple at Madison Square Garden in the early 1970s at all New York Knicks home games. He would dance on the sidelines during timeouts and give the Whammy to the opposition...
- The catchphrase of Champ Kind, a character in the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyAnchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, or simply Anchorman, is a 2004 American comedy film, directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell. The film, which was also written by Ferrell and McKay, is a tongue-in-cheek take on the culture of the 1970s, particularly the then-new Action News format...
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