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Joe, Dave Keep McCain Camp Visible

Oct 17th, 2008 · Presidential hopeful John McCain was in the battleground state of Pennsylvania Thursday. His invisible sidekick was "Joe the Plumber," an Ohio man who had questioned Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes on families and small businesses making more than a quarter-million dollars a year. McCain also appeared on CBS's "Late Show" with David Letterman.

Keywords: presidential · Business · Ohio · Pennsylvania · dollars · families · McCain · John McCain · Joe · Battleground · David Letterman · invisible

Pittsburgh Celebrates 250 Years

Oct 4th, 2008 · Pittsburgh kicks off its semiquincentennial this weekend. The city was founded 250 years ago by Gen. John Forbes and his sidekick, a young colonel named George Washington.

Keywords: city · Gen · celebration · Pittsburgh · George Washington · sidekick · colonel · semiquincentennial · John Forbes

Ballet's Braying Cast Member Dances Farewell Waltz

Mar 25th, 2008 · At the farewell party for a longtime cast member of a premiere Russian ballet company, she danced a waltz -- though Monika, who is a donkey, was never on point. Most of her time onstage was spent carrying Don Quixote's portly sidekick.

Keywords: company · farewell · Russia · Premier · donkey · Ballet · sidekick · Don Quixote · Monika

Vocal Impressions: The Presidential Contenders

Feb 20th, 2008 · We share listeners' descriptions of the presidential candidates' voices and issue a new challenge: Describe the voices of cowboy sidekick Andy Devine, politician Henry Kissinger, singer and actress Jeanette MacDonald and actor Christopher Walken.

Keywords: politics · presidential · actor · candidate · cowboys · Singer · actress · description · sidekick · Christopher Walken · Andy Devine · Henry Kissinger

'Max and Pinky' an Adorable Dynamic Duo

Jan 3rd, 2008 · Max, a happier version of Charlie Brown, and his slightly subversive sidekick pig, Pinky, have a colorful, comic relationship reminiscent of Calvin and Hobbes. Their young creator, Max Eaton, developed the characters over thousands of bar-napkin doodles.

Keywords: dynamic · creators · duo · comic · calvin · hobbes · sidekick · adores · happier · Max · Pinky · subversive

'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'

Oct 7th, 2005 · 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit' October 7, 2005 · Animation critic Charles Solomon reviews Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the new claymation animated film from director Nick Park. The film reunites an eccentric English inventor and his trusty dog sidekick, first introduced in a series of critically acclaimed short films.

Keywords: director · critic · 2005 · animated · films · Animation · English · inventor · eccentric · Wallace · reunite · Charles Solomon

The Unger Report: Bull Riding in Anaheim, Redux

Aug 9th, 2004 · The week-long X Games competition ended Sunday with a flourish of extreme sports action and a huge television audience. Day to Day cracked reporter Brian Unger looks at America's original extreme sport: bull riding. He and his trusty sidekick, Day to Day producer Rob Sachs, heads to Anaheim, Calif., to get an up-close look at one of the main events of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) tour. This report originally aired March 1, 2004.

Keywords: Games · Competition · audience · Calif · sporting · America · television · extreme · 2004 · original · Anaheim · Brian Unger