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	Bobby Thompson Fan Club
		The move to television came in 1959 with twelve episodes of "The Bobby Thompson Show", a situation comedy set in the North-East.
		Bobby's wife, Phyllis, appeared in these shows and the first two were a great success.
		But the producer puts it down to the fact that Bobby failed to make the switch from his story telling style to the comedy sketch format needed for a successful TV sit-com.
	www.geocities.com /bobby_thompson_uk/bio3.html (93 words)

	1000 Point Bobby Thompson
		One of the reasons Bobby had so many points was that he was an excellent foul shooter, and the rules then allowed the best shooter to take all of the foul shots.
		Bobby Thompson enrolled at Syracuse University in the fall of 1922 and played freshman basketball, according to his brother.
		Bobby Thompson became one of the most highy recruited basketball players to ever graduate from Syracuse without playing a single minute for the varsity squad.
	www.orangehoops.org /Articles/Thompson1000pts.htm (698 words)

	Drummerworld: Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson
		But Thompson is quick to point out that he is no real-time purist: "In actuality, one of the biggest influences on my drumming is a producer and drum programmer named Jaydee, from the group Slum Village.
		Thompson relies on several Yamaha kits: a new Maple Custom Absolute, several sets from the early '80s, and the Stage Custom he used with D'Angelo.
		But Thompson's tireless studio experimentation is as crucial to his drum sounds as the instruments themselves.
	www.drummerworld.com /drummers/Ahmir_Thompson.html (549 words)

	Bobby Thompson
		Bobby Thompson was, without a doubt, one of the best five-string banjo, rhythm guitar and five-string dobro players to ever play as a studio musician in Nashville.
		While Bobby was with them, he moved up to Nashville.
		As well as playing on Hee Haw for most of its run on television, Bobby was also a member of both of the southern cult bands Area Code 615 and Barefoot Jerry.
	ampersandrecordsusa.com /artists/BobbyThompson.php (167 words)

	Call Bobby Thompson, for all you Real Estate Needs (281) 992-8627
		Bobby Thompson has over 28 years experience in the Real Estate business and is a multi-million dollar producer specializing in land sales.
		Bobby Thompson has over 28 years experience in the Real Estate business and is a multi-million dollar producer specializing in land sales for residential development, commercial locations and shopping center sites.
		Having served on the Pearland Infrastructure Committee for years, Bobby is well informed on the growth and development plans for the future of Pearland and knows available land tracts in Pearland very well.
	www.remaprealty.com (176 words)

	Bobby Thompson Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Bobby Thompson was born on Tuesday, November 3, 1953, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
		Thompson was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1978, with the Texas Rangers.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bobby Thompson baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=thompbo01 (296 words)

	Bobby Thompson Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Bobby Thompson, "The Little Waster", was perhaps the greatest comedian to have emerged, from the North-East of England.
		Bobby on TV The move to television came in 1959 with twelve episodes of "The Bobby Thompson Show", a situation comedy set in the North-East.
		He was admired and loved as a hero of the working class, who was able to turn tales of harsh experiences into the stuff of laughter, while striking a chord by talking about ordinary happenings and the hardships of life with an infectious sense of humour and surreal imagination.
	www.littlewasterpub.com /bobbythompson.htm (747 words)

	The HooK: HOT SEAT- Relaxed: Bobby Thompson keeps CHS calm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shortly after graduation from Lynchburg College, Thompson began teaching sixth-grade in rural Campbell County, where to the 38 students in his class he taught everything from math to social studies to phys ed.
		But Thompson's pride in the accomplishments of the students in his care is countered by dismay at what he considers the unfair image of his school in the media.
		When Thompson describes how roughly 90 students think highly enough of CHS to pay tuition to be able to enroll, he notes, "We must be doing something right when so many parents are willing to pay to have their children come here."
	www.readthehook.com /stories/2003/04/16/hotSeatRelaxedBobbyThompso.html (720 words)

	Banjo Hangout Discussion Forums - Bobby Thompson's banjo
		Bobby's banjo was made after Baldwin bought Ode, but all the banjos were still being produced in Colorado.
		The E Model was the same, except for gold plating, and the F was the same as the E with engraving on the armrest, flange, tension hoop, and tone ring.
		Bobby's would have been a custom E under original Ode specs due to the wood change.
	www.banjohangout.org /forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=92676&REPLY_ID=1002723 (936 words)

	Thompson Speedway
		This famed #0 Super Modified will roar to life once again in the 2007 World Series of Speedway racing at Thompson when it paces the field for the ISMA Super Modified main event on Sunday, Oct. 14th.
		The management and staff of the Thompson International Speedway would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of John Blewett III.
		The Thompson International Speedway has joined forces with Fast Track Medical Response Systems, LLC as the first track in the country to implement this life-saving medical response system.
	www.thompsonspeedway.com (362 words)

	Bobby Thompson statistics - pro-football-reference.com
		Bobby Thompson never finished in the top 10 in any major category.
		Bobby Thompson is not in the all-time top 50 in any major category.
		Please read the fine print before sending questions or corrections.
	www.pro-football-reference.com /players/ThomBo00.htm (90 words)

	Bluegrass folks celebrate banjo legend Thompson - Tuesday, 02/03/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pickers and grinners from throughout the bluegrass community are coming together Thursday in Gallatin to help Thompson with medical bills as well as to remind the public of his importance.
		Thompson's banjo style was incorporated into the Hee Haw theme and show as well as into groundbreaking group Area Code 615's music.
		Thompson developed the style that gives banjo the fluidity of piano or fiddle while a young man in Spartanburg, S.C. He brought that style with him when he joined Jim and Jesse's outfit in the early 1960s, and McReynolds recalls Thompson's banjo dancing nicely with Vassar Clements' dancing fiddle.
	tennessean.com /entertainment/music/archives/04/02/46385616.shtml?Element_ID=46385616 (450 words)

	Bobby Thompson - DrumCorpsWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Bobby Thompson was arguably the best drum instructor in Drum Corps during the late fifties and sixties.
		Thompson, perfected and taught the left hand teacup grip, in which the little finger is trained to keep both of its joints bent and the proximal phalange pulled back.
		Bobby Thomson was the first to incorporate backsticking
	www.drumcorpswiki.com /index.php?title=Bobby_Thompson&printable=yes (85 words)

	Bluegrass folks celebrate banjo legend Thompson - Tuesday, 02/03/04
		Pickers and grinners from throughout the bluegrass community are coming together Thursday in Gallatin to help Thompson with medical bills as well as to remind the public of his importance.
		Thompson's banjo style was incorporated into the Hee Haw theme and show as well as into groundbreaking group Area Code 615's music.
		Thompson developed the style that gives banjo the fluidity of piano or fiddle while a young man in Spartanburg, S.C. He brought that style with him when he joined Jim and Jesse's outfit in the early 1960s, and McReynolds recalls Thompson's banjo dancing nicely with Vassar Clements' dancing fiddle.
	www.tennessean.com /entertainment/music/archives/04/02/46385616.shtml?Element_ID=46385616 (450 words)

	Bobby Thompson: The Little Waster (1982) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Bobby Thompson embraces this in it's entirety, hence (one of the reasons) he stands as one of the North Easts' greatest ever comedians.
		He started life as a comedian touring the North East club land, which was a very big scene during the 70's and 80's.
		Peronally, I don't know of that many (North East) comedians who had the pleasure of rolling up to a club in a Rolls Royce - but Bobby did, although no one would ever think so from his appearance 'On Stage' All in all - he is just one of the great comedians.
	imdb.com /title/tt0396510 (306 words)

	Bobby Thompson
		Even among banjo cognoscenti, Bobby hasn't gotten the recognition his contribution to the evolution of the instrument deserves.
		Bobby was also instrumental in the explosion of ascending and descending melodic blues licks that in lesser hands threatened to overwhelm many a solo.
		Bobby Thompson: I was born on July 5th 1937, in Converse, South Carolina.
	www.banjonews.com /BNlhtml/BTom.html (2634 words)

	w w w . j i m a n d j e s s e . c o m
		After a lengthy illness, Bobby Thompson passed on in early 2005 due to the advanced state of his disease, Multiple Sclerosis.
		Thompson, a former member of Jim and Jesse's Virginia Boys band and cast member of the "Hee-Haw" TV show, was stricken with MS in 1985 and was forced to retire from music in 1987.
		In the banjo world, Thompson served as an inspiration to fellow pickers, many of whom joined in a banjo salute to Thompson, led by banjo legend Allen Shelton.
	www.jimandjesse.com /bobbythompson_PressRelease2004.php (635 words)

	BOBBY THOMPSON - THE LITTLE WASTER
		Bobby Thompson, the North-East legend, mirrored his own life - warts and all - and those of the working class with his sharp, humorous observations of human nature.
		Nicolson spent five years soliciting the memories of the 'key players' in Bobby Thompson's life, including members of his closest family.
		Bobby was that rarest of comedians, a man who could make his fellow comics laugh - even if we had to travel to the North-East for the pleasure.
	thelittlewaster.tripod.com (538 words)

	Faculty
		Our laboratory is well equipped and staffed for procedures such as whole embryo or organ culture, tissue perfusion and preparation for a variety of microscopic techniques, including whole mount and serial section histochemistry and immunofluorescence and laser scanning confocal microscopy.
		Ebert SN, Q Rong, S Boe, RP Thompson, A Grinberg, K Pfeifer, K. Targeted insertion of the Cre-recombinase gene at the phenylethanolamine n-methyltransferase locus: a new model for studying the developmental distribution of adrenergic cells.
		Thompson RP, Reckova M, deAlmeida A, Bigelow MR, Stanley CP, Spruill JB, Trusk TC, Sedmera D. The oldest, toughest cells in the heart.
	cba.musc.edu /faculty/ThompsonR.htm (494 words)

	CMT.com : Bobby Thompson : Biography
		Born in Converse, SC, Bobby Thompson started out as a bluegrass player in the 1950s, and his route to Nashville came by way of his banjo playing for
		After settling in Nashville in 1966, he established himself as a guitarist but kept up with his banjo playing, and among his many gigs, he was a member of the Hee Haw house band for 17 years.
		Thompson, who retired in 1986, is credited as an enormously influential figure on the banjo for his melodic style of playing, which he popularized in the '60s and '70s.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/thompson__bobby__1_/bio.jhtml (142 words)

	BBC - Comedy Guide - Bobby Thompson - The Little Waster
		A rare opportunity for TV viewers to see in action Bobby Thompson - the man who has been acclaimed, with justification, as the North-East's finest comic.
		By the time of this programme Thompson was 72 (he was born in 1910 into a poor mining family) and had been treading the boards in local working men's clubs for some 20 years, but he had rarely ventured outside of the region or appeared on TV.
		Much of Thompson's comic material drew upon the circumstances of his beloved north-east region - unemployment, debt, aggression and the working classes - making him a particular favourite for those there who identified with such issues.
	www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/b/bobbythompsonth_1299000369.shtml (212 words)

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	REEF > NEWS
		Bobby Martinez defended his title at the Billabong Pro Mundaka over the weekend becoming the first surfer to win back-to back victories at the Euskadi, Spain based ASR World Tour event.
		Bobby proved he was a forced to be reckoned with as he took down 3x World Champ, Andy Irons in the quarter finals an...
		Bobby’s rookie year on the WCT is officially off with a bang, as he sits 4th in the world after the first two events of the season.
	www.reef.com /news.php (3643 words)

	Bobby Thompson - Prana Studio Dance Program
		He currently teaches adults and children as well as teens at Prana Studio by combining his experience in choreography and his ability to communicate the feel of movement to people of all ages.
		Bobby is a three semester alumni of the Anne Arundel Community College Dance Company, where he also is close to completing his Associates Degree in Dance.
		During the 11 years that Bobby has been a student and instructor of Hip Hop he continuously participates in dance battles with the very best this area has to offer.
	www.pranastudio.com /bobbie-thompson.html (288 words)

	CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Did Bobby Thomson Hit the Greatest Home Run in History? - February 3, 2001
		Bobby Thomson's home run is about morality and ambiguity, with enough ethical questions to delight the most profound philosopher and fervent fan in the bleachers.
		BOBBY THOMPSON: A lot of times if I didn't take signs, I didn't feel good about it.
		BOBBY THOMSON, FORMER NEW YORK GIANTS THIRD BASEMAN: Yes, it is. I think I used that word when I talked to your fellow Dave and it was liberating for Ralph.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0102/03/smn.29.html (1597 words)

	Bobby Thompson: The Little Waster (1982) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The late Bobby Thompson was an all-round actor from Co. Durham but became most famous for his stand up routines, consisting of a series of anecdotes and monologues by "The Little Waster", closely based on his own life, and "Private Bobby Thompson", a second world war conscript.
		His "Private Bobby Thompson" goes to London and meets the likes of Montgomery and Queen Elizabeth, which would never have taken place in reality, and in this way he mocks the class divisions of the time.
		This was a time before multi-channel satellite television, themed pubs and the renaissance of cinema-going all of which, along with the social changes and upheaval caused by the decline of our industries, resulted in the decline of the working men's club.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0396510 (631 words)

	Bobby Thompson - Ralph Branca Autographed Framed 16x20
		Bobby Thompson - Ralph Branca Autographed Framed 16x20
		This 16x20 Sepia toned glossy photo is autographed by Bobby Thompson and Ralph Branca.
		Bobby Thompson has inscribed this photo with "The Shot Heard Around The World".
	www.rs-sportscollectibles.com /bobbythompson-ralphbranca16ap001.html (152 words)

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		Bobby Thompson's presentation of the wonders of nature urges viewers to get out of cities and rediscover the beauty of America's National Parks.
		Bobby utilizes the latest camera technology to photograph elemental landscapes.
		For nearly ten years, Bobby has photographed National and State Parks of the Western United States, the mountains and coasts of New England, and the seaboard regions of the Southeast.
	www.bobbythompson.com /bffl (108 words)

	Bobby Thompson \| CFRB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Born in Converse, SC, Bobby Thompson started out as a bluegrass player in the 1950s, and his route to Nashville came by way of his banjo playing for Jim and Jesse.
		After settling in Nashville in 1966, he established himself as a guitarist but kept up with his banjo playing, and among his many gigs, he was a member of the Hee Haw house band for 17 years.
		Thompson, who retired in 1986, is credited as an enormously influential figure on the banjo for his melodic style of playing, which he popularized in the '60s and '70s.
	www.cfrb.com /performer/131549/bobby-thompson (131 words)

	Bobby Douglas Wrestling :: Bobby Douglas
		Five coaches have contributed to the tradition-rich history of ISU wrestling, putting together a résumé of eight national team titles, 12 conference team championships, 42 NCAA champions, 113 conference champions, 135 All-Americans and a national record of 918 dual meet victories.
		Iowa State head coach Bobby Douglas, now in his 13th season at ISU, has made many notable contributions to the Cyclone wrestling program.
		He earned his bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State in 1967 and his master's degree from ASU in 1981, where he was admitted to candidacy for his doctoral degree.
	www.bobbydouglas.com /meetbobby.html (1899 words)

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