title: Resident Evil 4

text: A PC port of "Resident Evil 4" developed by Sourcenext was released in Hong Kong on February 1, 2007, published by Typhoon Games. It was released in Europe, North America, and Australia in March 2007 and was published by Ubisoft. The port contains the bonus features from the PS2 version, such as "Separate Ways", the P.R.L. 412 laser cannon and a second set of unlockable costumes for Leon and Ashley, as well as an Easy difficulty level. It also supports multiple widescreen resolutions. The shadow and lighting problems were fixed in the only patch, Version 1.10.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: "Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition" was released for the Wii on May 31, 2007 in Japan and on June 19, 2007 in the United States. It features updated controls that utilize the pointing and motion-sensing abilities of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, though both the GameCube controller and the Classic Controller are also supported. The Wii Remote is able to aim and shoot anywhere on the screen with a reticle that replaces the laser sight found in the other versions, and motion-based gestures are used to perform some context-sensitive actions, such as dodging or slashing. The "Wii Edition" also includes the extra content from the PS2 and PC versions, and a trailer for "". The "Wii Edition" became available for download from the Wii U's Nintendo eShop in Europe on October 29, 2015.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: "Resident Evil 4: Mobile Edition" was released in Japan for au's BREW 4.0 on February 1, 2008. It was announced by Capcom at TGS 2007. Differences from the original include changing the flow of the story from being continuous to being divided into sections such as "Village", "Ravene", "Fortress" and "Subterranean Tunnel". There is also a more challenging Mercenary Mode. The game uses the MascotCapsule eruption engine and was adapted to the Zeebo and iOS platforms. On July 13, 2009, without any formal announcement, "Resident Evil 4: Mobile Edition" was released by Capcom for the iOS platform via the App Store in Japan, but was quickly removed, though some players were able to purchase and download it. The game has since been released in Japan and North America. Later, Capcom made an update that had different difficulty levels and high scores. Capcom released a new separate version called "Resident Evil 4 for Beginners", which offers the first two levels (three counting a training level) of both Story Mode and Mercenary Mode. However, the rest of the levels are available for purchase in-game as downloadable content. Due to the release of the iPad, Capcom recreated the iPhone version of "Resident Evil 4: Mobile Edition" and updated it to HD graphics as "Resident Evil 4: iPad Edition".


title: Resident Evil 4

text: On March 23, 2011, high-definition remastered versions of both "" and "Resident Evil 4" were announced to be in development for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, as part of the "Resident Evil: Revival Selection" series. The ports feature all the bonus content from the previous releases, including "Separate Ways". On July 23, 2011, Capcom announced at Comic-Con 2011 that "Resident Evil 4" would be released on September 20, 2011 for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Games on Demand. In Japan, "Resident Evil 4" and "Resident Evil - Code: Veronica" were released on a single disc with the title "Biohazard Revival Selection" on September 8, 2011. For North America and Europe, both games, including "Resident Evil 4 HD", were only released as downloads on Xbox Live Games on Demand and PlayStation Network. On February 27, 2014, Capcom released "Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition" for Windows. The port features improved graphics and many other enhancements that were included in "Resident Evil 4 HD". "Resident Evil 4" was re-released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 30, 2016.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: In April 2013, "Resident Evil 4" was released on Android, but outside of Japan, it is exclusive to Samsung through Samsung Galaxy Store.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: Capcom announced in October 2018 that "Resident Evil 4" would be published for the Nintendo Switch sometime in 2019, along with releases of "Resident Evil" and "Resident Evil Zero". All three games were released on May 21, 2019 worldwide and on May 23, 2019 in Japan.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: In October 2021, Capcom released a virtual reality (VR) version of "Resident Evil 4" for the Oculus Quest 2. Developed by Armature Studio, many elements of gameplay like combat and inventory management were changed to accommodate VR. This version, which runs on Unreal Engine 4, also includes redesigned textures with increased resolution. The VR version was criticized by some fans—both in Japan and the West—due to Armature Studio's censorship of content. The developers, who stated that the changes were made to update the game "for a modern audience", removed a number of in-game animations (such as the animation triggered when players attempted to look up Ashley's skirt), dialogue, and flirtatious banter between characters. Some of these changes were made at the expense of continuity in cutscenes essential to the game's plot. The controversy continued when in April 2022 the VR version's executive producer Tom Ivey stood by the changes: "I definitely agree with the changes we made to the game so – we're definitely on board with that, we think it's the right thing".


title: Resident Evil 4

text: "Biohazard 4 Original Soundtrack" was released in Japan on December 22, 2005. It contains 62 compositions from the game and the 48-page "Visual Booklet" with liner notes from composers Shusaku Uchiyama and Misao Senbongi. Other merchandise included figures by McFarlane Toys, NECA and Hot Toys. Agatsuma Entertainment has also created various miniature collectibles based on several main characters and enemies from "Resident Evil 4". Two special controllers designed to resemble chainsaws were designed by NubyTech for use with the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: The GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions of "Resident Evil 4" have a score of 96/100 on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". In addition to the gameplay, the characters and story received positive commentary, leading to the finished product being deemed by most as one of the best video games ever made. GameSpot's Greg Kasavin praised the voice acting, but claimed that it was betrayed by "some uncharacteristically goofy dialogue". Yahoo! Games' Adam Pavlacka and GameSpot's Kevin VanOrd acclaimed Capcom for adding great amounts of detail to the characters. IGN's Matt Casamassina went into further detail in his review for "Resident Evil 4", praising not only the detailed character design but also the fight choreography and three-dimensional modeling within cinematic sequences. Casamassina also complimented the voice actors, especially Paul Mercier (Leon), commenting, "For once, the characters are believable because Capcom has hired competent actors to supply their voices. Leon in particular is very well produced". IGN and "Nintendo Power" specifically recognized "Resident Evil 4"s character design and voice acting. The increased variety of weapons has been praised by gaming publications such as "GamePro" and Game Over Online. G4 TV show X-Play gave it a 5 out of 5, for introducing a new style of gameplay for the series as well as incorporating moments where the player would have to interact with the cut scenes. Not long after, it was awarded as the best game ever reviewed on the show. The makers of "Resident Evil 4" worked on various innovations associated with the use and inventory of weapons. Game Over stated that players can use the vast array of weapons to "go for headshots now". "Game Informer" stated that ammunition is more plentiful in "Resident Evil 4" than in other games in the series, making it more action-oriented.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: The ratings of the PC port were not as high as for the other versions. It was heavily criticized for no mouse support and frustrating keyboard controls, low-quality FMV cut scenes, choppy graphics rendering (lacks shadows and proper lighting) and requiring a gamepad controller for more precise aiming and gameplay. Despite the problems, the game received generally positive reviews from IGN and GameSpot that praised the gameplay. Japanese game magazine "Famitsu" reviewed the Wii version, with two editors giving it a perfect 10 score, and the remaining pair giving it a 9, resulting in a score of 38 out of 40. The reviewers felt that the new controls offer something fresh. Multiple reviewers agreed that even those who own the original will find something fun and enjoyable in this version. British magazine "NGamer" gave the "Wii Edition" a score of 96%, slightly lower than the 97% given to the GameCube version. They praised the visuals, controls, and features and commented on the fact that such an "exceptional package" was on sale for a low price; however, when writing about the Wii controls, they said, "if you've played the GC version this won't be as special". "Official Nintendo Magazine" gave the Wii version 94%, 3% less than the original due to it simply not having the same impact it did back then. In 2009, they went on to place the game 9th on a list of the greatest Nintendo games of all time. IGN praised the Wii version, stating it is the superior edition, but does not push the Wii like it did with GameCube and PS2. GameSpot praised the new controls of the "Wii Edition" but commented on the lack of exclusive Wii features. "Hyper"s Jonti Davies commended "Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition" for its "visual improvements" but criticized it for having "no new content". The PS3 version of "Resident Evil 4 HD" received a score of 9.0 from Destructoid, which called it "a hallmark of excellence". In their October 2013 issue, "Edge" retroactively awarded it ten out of ten, one of twenty-three games to achieve a perfect score in the magazine's twenty-year history.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: "Resident Evil 4" was named Game of the Year at the 2005 "Spike Video Game Awards" and by "Nintendo Power" and "Game Informer". It tied with "Kingdom Hearts II" as "Famitsu"s Game of the Year 2005. "Nintendo Power" acknowledged the voice acting in its 2005 Nintendo Power Awards, while IGN gave the game the "Best Artistic Design" award in its "Best of 2005" segment. The International Game Developers Association nominated "Resident Evil 4" for their best "Visual Arts" award, but lost the award to Sony's "Shadow of the Colossus".


title: Resident Evil 4

text: "Resident Evil 4" is often considered one of the best video games of all time. "Nintendo Power" ranked it as number one in their list of the top 25 best GameCube games of all time in 2005 and also ranked it second on their list of the best games of the 2000s in 2010. In 2008, "Resident Evil 4" was also ranked first place in the list of the best video games of all time according to the readers of IGN. In 2009, "Game Informer" ranked "Resident Evil 4" number one on their list of top GameCube games and number three on their list of top PlayStation 2 games. ScrewAttack named "Resident Evil 4" the best GameCube game of all time, while "GamePro" ranked it as the second best game for the PS2. In 2010, the readers of "PlayStation Official Magazine" voted it the 10th greatest PlayStation game. In 2007, "Edge" ranked the game at second place in its list of top games of all time, behind only "". That same year, G4 named it the 21st top video game of all time, calling it "a modern horror masterpiece." In 2015, it placed 7th on USgamer's The 15 Best Games Since 2000 list. In early 2006, in their 200th issue, "Nintendo Power" ranked it in second place in their Top 200 Games of all-time list, also behind only "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time".


title: Resident Evil 4

text: The virtual reality port of "Resident Evil 4" was named VR/AR Game of the Year at the 2021 Game Awards.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: The GameCube version sold over 320,000 copies in North America during the first twenty days. The European release sold its entire 200,000 copies during the first month. By December 2005, 3 million copies of the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions had been shipped worldwide. According to January 17, 2007 sales figures provided by Capcom, the GameCube version of "Resident Evil 4" had sold a total of 1.6 million copies worldwide, while the PS2 version had sold over 2 million copies. , "Resident Evil 4" has sold at least copies across multiple platforms; including copies on PS4/XONE, 2.3 million on PS2, 2 million on Wii, 1.2 million on X360/PS3, and 1.8 million for "Ultimate HD Edition" on PC. It is the second best-selling "Resident Evil" game, and holds the record for "Best-Selling Survival Horror Game" in the 2012 "Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition".


title: Resident Evil 4

text: "Resident Evil 4" is regarded as one of the most influential games of the 2000s, particularly due to its influence in redefining the third-person shooter genre by introducing offset camera angles that do not obscure action. The new gameplay alterations and immersive style appealed to many not previously familiar with the series. The over-the-shoulder viewpoint introduced in "Resident Evil 4" has later become standard in third-person shooters and action games, including titles ranging from "Gears of War" to "". It has also become a standard "precision aim" feature for third-person action games in general, with examples including "Dead Space", "Grand Theft Auto", "Ratchet & Clank Future", "Fallout", "Uncharted", "Mass Effect" and "The Last of Us". In 2019, "Game Informer" called "Resident Evil 4" "the most important third-person shooter ever" and said it "innovated two genres", inspiring developers of both survival horror and shooter games.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: "Resident Evil 4" redefined the survival horror genre by emphasizing reflexes and precision aiming, thus broadening the gameplay of the series with elements from the wider action game genre. However, this also led some reviewers to suggest that the "Resident Evil" series had abandoned the survival horror genre, by demolishing the genre conventions that it had established. Other major survival horror series followed suit, by developing their combat systems to feature more action, such as "" and the 2008 version of "Alone in the Dark". These changes represent an overall trend among console games shifting towards visceral action gameplay.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: While working on "The Last of Us", Naughty Dog took cues from "Resident Evil 4," particularly the tension and action. "Dead Space" designers Ben Wanat and Wright Bagwell stated that their game was originally intended to be "System Shock 3" before the release of "Resident Evil 4" inspired them to go back to the drawing board. "BioShock" was also influenced by "Resident Evil 4", including its approach to the environments, combat, and tools, its game design and tactical elements, its "gameplay fuelled storytelling" and inventory system, and its opening village level in terms of how it "handled the sandbox nature of the combat" and in terms of "the environment." "Bloodborne"’s environments, enemy design, and shift to a faster combat system compared to previous soulslike games was influenced by "Resident Evil 4". Cory Barlog cited "Resident Evil 4" as an influence on the "God of War" series, including "God of War II" (2007) and particularly "God of War" (2018), which was influenced by "Resident Evil 4"s "combination of poised camera exploration and scavenging". "Uncharted" director Bruce Straley called the "Resident Evil 4" village sequence the best opening fight in a video game.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: The combat and sound design of the Regenerator and its spike-laden Iron Maiden variant have often been lauded as a memorable horror element of "Resident Evil 4", in spite of the game's more action-oriented gameplay compared to its predecessors. Some critics have included the Regenerator in retrospective "top" lists of the scariest or most memorable monsters in video games. The Regenerators and the "Plaga" parasite serve as sources of inspiration for the development of the Necromorph monsters from "Dead Space".


title: Resident Evil 4

text: VentureBeat credits "Resident Evil 4" with popularizing video game remastered editions, inspiring remasters including "Grand Theft Auto V", "Tomb Raider" and "Grim Fandango".


title: Resident Evil 4

text: In June 2021, the photographer and author Judy Juracek launched legal proceedings against Capcom for using images from her book "Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers" without her permission to create textures for multiple games, including "Resident Evil 4" and "Devil May Cry". The parties reached an undisclosed settlement outside of court in February 2022.


title: Resident Evil 4

text: A remake of "Resident Evil 4" was announced on June 2, 2022, during a "PlayStation State of Play" livestream presentation. It is due for release on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on March 24, 2023.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, lured their friend Payton Leutner into a forest and stabbed her 19 times in an attempt to appease the fictional character Slender Man. Leutner crawled to a road where she was found, and recovered after six days in the hospital. Weier and Geyser were found not guilty by mental disease or defect and committed to mental health institutions for sentences of 25 years to life and 40 years to life, respectively. After seven years, Weier was granted early release and will be under supervision until age 37.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: Slender Man is a fictional entity created on the Something Awful online forums for a 2009 Photoshop paranormal image contest. The Slender Man myths were later expanded by a number of other people, who created fan fiction and artistic depictions of the entity.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: Slender Man is a tall, thin character, with a featureless white face and head. He is depicted as wearing a black suit, and is sometimes shown with tentacles growing out of his back. According to the Slender Man myths, the entity can cause amnesia, bouts of coughing, and paranoid behavior in individuals. He is often depicted hiding in forests.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: The stabbing took place in David's Park, a wooded area near Waukesha, Wisconsin, during a game of hide-and-seek on May 31, 2014. The perpetrators, Anissa Weier (born November 10, 2001) and Morgan Geyser (born May 16, 2002), pinned down Payton Isabella Leutner (also known as Bella, a nickname used at the time of the crime) and stabbed her nineteen times in the arms, legs, and torso with a blade. Two wounds were to major organs; one missed a major artery of her heart by less than a millimeter, and another went through her diaphragm, cutting into her liver and stomach. Weier and Geyser told Leutner to lie down while they would find help, but they did not get any upon leaving. Afterwards, Leutner dragged herself to a nearby road where she was found by a cyclist. The cyclist called 911 when he saw her.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: Around five hours later, Weier and Geyser were apprehended near Interstate 94 at Steinhafel's furniture store, after walking . The knife used in the stabbing was in a bag they carried. Their goal was to meet Slenderman at his mansion, called Slender Mansion, in the Nicolet National Forest, roughly a 100 mile hike from their location. During their interviews, Geyser was described as feeling no empathy while Weier was described as feeling guilty for stabbing the victim, but both felt that the attack was needed to appease Slender Man.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: While growing up, Geyser experienced many hallucinations such as ghosts, colors melting down walls, and imaginary friends (one named Maggie and another Sev). One hallucination that occurred often was of a man Geyser named "It" whose body was the color of smoke and ink that stood behind her in mirrors or shifted around corners similar to that of Slender Man.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: After the arrest, Geyser’s mother, Angie, stated she became “floridly psychotic.” Correctional officers saw Geyser talking to herself often, pretending to be a cat, and keeping ants as pets. She saw unicorns as well as had continual conversations with Slender Man and other fictional characters such as Severus Snape.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: In the fall of 2014, Geyser was moved to the Winnebago Mental Health Institute to determine if she would be competent enough to stand trial. They diagnosed Geyser on October 22, 2014 with early-onset childhood schizophrenia. However, instead of treatment and medication, they focused on explaining the law to Geyser to prepare her for trial. Nearly half a year later, Geyser was found competent enough to stand trial.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: Geyser’s schizophrenia was continually left untreated for nineteen months leading her to remain in a state of psychosis, or out of touch with reality. In December she was sent back to Winnebago and given antipsychotics which later allowed Geyser to feel remorse after clearing her mind. On March 23, 2016, Geyser was sent back to jail with the medication where she rapidly deteriorated. However, after a suicide attempt, Geyser was transferred back to Winnebago.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: Following the investigation, Geyser was charged with attempted first-degree homicide, a Class-A felony, and Weier was charged with attempted second-degree homicide, a Class-B felony. Due to the nature of the offenses, both Weier and Geyser were waived out of juvenile court to be tried as adults.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: In 2017, Weier pleaded guilty to being a party to attempted second-degree homicide. A jury then found her "not guilty by mental disease or defect." Geyser accepted a plea offer under which she would not go to trial, and would be evaluated by psychiatrists to determine how long she should be placed in a mental hospital. She later pleaded guilty but was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, from which her father also suffers.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: Weier was sentenced to 25 years to life, an indeterminate sentence involving at least three years locked confinement and involuntary treatment in a state psychiatric institute, followed by communal supervision until age 37.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: Geyser was given the maximum sentence, 40 years to life, an indeterminate sentence involving at least three years locked confinement, in addition to involuntary treatment in a state psychiatric institute until complete resolution of symptoms or until age 53, whichever may happen first; followed by continued communal supervision, periodic reevaluations and/or reinstitution, and further treatment as needed, as required by the sentence imposed. While Geyser will periodically have the opportunity to petition for her release from a mental health facility in the future, she will remain under institutional care for the duration of the sentence. During her trial, Geyser had been committed to the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, and was the youngest patient there.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: At a court hearing on March 10, 2021, Weier, who was by then 19, submitted a letter to the court stating that she was "sorry and deeply regretful for the agony, pain, and fear I have caused", not just to Leutner, but to "my community as well". Weier stated that, "I hate my actions from May 31, 2014, but through countless hours of therapy, I no longer hate myself for them." On July 1, 2021, Waukesha County Judge Michael Bohren ordered Weier released from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, gave state officials sixty days to draw up a conditional release plan, and required that Weier be assigned state Department of Health Services case managers to track her progress until she is 37 years old, the length of her commitment.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: On September 13, 2021, Weier was released with multiple stipulations to include: 24-hour GPS monitoring requiring her to not leave Waukesha County without permission. Weier will also have her Internet usage monitored, and will not be allowed to use any forms of social media. Weier will also be required to take medication, and will be personally escorted to regular counseling sessions by a case worker. She will also be required to live with her father during her probation.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: In 2020, an appeals court rejected Geyser's petition to be retried as a juvenile. Her attorney, Matthew Pinix, argued that she should have been charged with attempted second-degree intentional homicide rather than first-degree, and argued that Geyser gave statements to investigators before being read her "Miranda" rights. He has petitioned the Supreme Court of Wisconsin to review the ruling. In early 2021, the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: In the aftermath of the stabbing, the Creepypasta Wiki was blocked throughout the Waukesha School District. On the Tuesday following the stabbing, Slender Man creator Eric Knudsen said: "I am deeply saddened by the tragedy in Wisconsin and my heart goes out to the families of those affected by this terrible act."


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: Sloshedtrain, the administrator of the Creepypasta Wiki, said that the stabbing was an isolated incident that did not accurately represent the creepypasta community. He also stated that the Creepypasta Wiki was a literary website, and that they did not condone murder or satanic rituals.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: Members of the creepypasta community held a 24-hour live stream on YouTube June 13–14, 2014, to raise money for the stabbing victim. Joe Jozwowski, an administrator on a creepypasta website, said the purpose of the stream was to show that members of the community cared for the victim, and did not condone real-world violence because they enjoyed fiction that contains violence.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: On August 12, Governor Scott Walker issued a proclamation declaring Wednesday, August 13, 2014, "Purple Hearts for Healing Day", and encouraged the people of Wisconsin to wear purple on that day to honor the victim of the stabbing. He also praised the "strength and determination" exhibited by Leutner during her recovery. The city of Madison, Wisconsin, held a one-day bratwurst festival to honor Leutner on August 29, several days before the victim returned to school. Hot dogs and bratwurst were sold to raise money towards the victim's medical costs. The event was run by over 250 volunteers, and raised over $70,000 for Leutner.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: The stabbing resulted in extensive debate about the role of the Internet in society and its effect on children. Russell Jack, Waukesha Police Chief, said that the stabbing "should be a wake-up call for all parents", adding that the Internet "is full of information and wonderful sites that teach and entertain", but that it "can also be full of dark and wicked things". John Egelhof, a retired agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, argued that the Internet had become a "black hole" with the ability to expose children to a more sinister world. Egelhof suggested that the best way to avoid future incidents was for parents to keep track of their children's online habits, and to educate them on the differences between right and wrong. Shira Chess, an assistant professor of mass media arts at the University of Georgia, stated that creepypasta was no more dangerous than stories about vampires or zombies. She argued that creepypasta websites were beneficial, and that they gave people the opportunity to become better writers.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: A documentary film on the incident called "Beware the Slenderman" was released by HBO Films in March 2016, and was broadcast on HBO on January 23, 2017.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: The "Criminal Minds" episode "The Tall Man" (Episode 14.05, airdate October 31, 2018) was also inspired by this story.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: On October 14, 2018, a movie inspired by the Slender Man stabbing, called "Terror in the Woods", aired on Lifetime. The film stars Ella West Jerrier, Sophia Grace McCarthy, Skylar Morgan Jones, Angela Kinsey, Drew Powell, and Carrie Hood. Christina Ricci serves as the executive producer of the film.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: On March 31, 2019, another movie inspired by the Slender Man stabbing titled "Mercy Black", starring Daniella Pineda, was released on Netflix with no prior announcement. Directed by Owen Egerton and produced primarily by Blumhouse Productions, it tells the story of two girls with pre-schizophrenia who attempt to murder their friend, believing that a spirit named Mercy Black will offer them a gift in return. Later, the protagonist is released from psychiatric care, and has to deal with the realistic and paranormal consequences of her actions.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: On October 24, 2019, more than five years after the stabbing, Leutner, then 17, spoke to ABC's "20/20" about her experience for the first time. She spoke of her scars, saying, "I don't think much of them. They will probably go away and fade eventually". She told the interviewers that she met her attackers in fourth grade. When asked what she would say if she ever saw Geyser again, Leutner added that she would "thank" her, because the attack inspired her to pursue a career in medicine.


title: Slender Man stabbing

text: In September 2021, in the wake of Weier's release, it was revealed that Leutner had moved out of Waukesha County, and currently attends an undisclosed college as a sophomore student.


title: Molly Shannon

text: Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and comedian who was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" from 1995 to 2001. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film "Other People".


title: Molly Shannon

text: She has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films, such as "Happiness" (1998), "A Night at the Roxbury" (1998), "Never Been Kissed" (1999), "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000), "Wet Hot American Summer" (2001), reprising her character in the miniseries "" (2015), and its follow-up "" (2017), "Osmosis Jones" (2001), "My Boss's Daughter" (2003), "" (2006), and "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" (2015). Her voice can also be heard in the animated films "Igor" (2008) and the "Hotel Transylvania" film series (2012–2022). In television, Shannon is known for her roles in "Enlightened" (2013), "Divorce" (2016–2019), "The White Lotus" (2021) and "I Love That for You" (2022).


title: Molly Shannon

text: Shannon was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 16, 1964, to an Irish-American Catholic family, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Her mother, Mary Margaret "Peg" (née Keating), was a teacher, and her father, James Francis Shannon, was a sales manager. Her maternal grandparents were born in Ireland, with her grandfather being from Cloghmore, Achill, Mayo. When Shannon was four years old, her mother, younger sister, and cousin died in a car accident while her father was driving under the influence.


title: Molly Shannon

text: Shannon attended St. Dominic School in Shaker Heights for grade school, and Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio. She attended New York University, where she studied drama and graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 1987.


title: Molly Shannon

text: Before "Saturday Night Live", Shannon worked as a hostess at Cravings restaurant on Sunset Boulevard and as a food demo girl at Gelson's super market in Marina Del Rey. She auditioned for her first big film role and was cast, playing the supporting part of Meg in the 1989 horror film remake of "The Phantom of the Opera", with Robert Englund. In 1991, she had a brief appearance in the second season of "Twin Peaks" as "the happy helping hand lady", and in 1993, she appeared with minor roles in three episodes of "In Living Color", the first in a fake TV commercial with Shawn Wayans playing Chris Rock, the second in a sketch with Jim Carrey, playing LAPD Sergeant Stacey Koon, and third being a parody of "Star Trek".


title: Molly Shannon

text: Shannon's major break came in February 1995, when she was hired as a featured player on "Saturday Night Live" to replace Janeane Garofalo after Garofalo left mid-season due to creative differences. Shannon was one of the few cast members to be kept (along with David Spade, Norm Macdonald, Mark McKinney and Tim Meadows) when Lorne Michaels overhauled his cast and writers for season 21 (1995–96).


title: Molly Shannon

text: She appeared in a 1997 episode of "Seinfeld" titled "The Summer of George," where she played Sam, the co-worker who drove Elaine Benes crazy because she did not swing her arms while walking. She also appeared in Sheryl Crow's video for the song "A Change (Will Do You Good)" and played the recurring role of loony neighbor Val Bassett, Grace Adler's nemesis, on "Will & Grace", appearing in five episodes over the sitcom's eight-season run. In 1998, she played the role of Emily Sanderson in the film "A Night at the Roxbury", featuring Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan who were also cast members of "SNL" at the time.


title: Molly Shannon

text: In 1999, Shannon starred in "Superstar", a feature film based on her most famous "SNL" character, Mary Katherine Gallagher, the awkward Catholic school student who aspires to be a musical superstar.


title: Molly Shannon

text: During her run on SNL, Shannon also starred in the movie "Never Been Kissed" (1999), "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000), "Osmosis Jones" (2001) and "Serendipity" opposite Kate Beckinsale (2001). Shannon left "SNL" in 2001. In 2003, she appeared in the romantic comedy "My Boss's Daughter" and the television remake of "The Music Man".


title: Molly Shannon

text: In 2004, she starred in a short-lived Fox network television series "Cracking Up" with actor Jason Schwartzman created by Mike White. That same year, she guest starred in an episode of "Scrubs" and starred as Mrs. Baker in the film "Good Boy!". In 2006, Shannon was featured in the Sofia Coppola-directed movie "Marie Antoinette" as Aunt Victoire. The next year, Shannon guest-starred on ABC's "Pushing Daisies", and appeared in the film "Evan Almighty". Shannon also made a rare move to drama, appearing in Mike White's film "Year of the Dog" in 2007. In 2013, Shannon joined White again, playing his love interest Eileen in the HBO show "Enlightened", for which she was nominated for an Emmy for outstanding guest actress.


title: Molly Shannon

text: Shannon hosted "Saturday Night Live" on May 12, 2007, making her the second former female cast member to host (after Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and the first one to have been a cast member for Lorne Michaels (Louis-Dreyfus was a cast member under Dick Ebersol).


title: Molly Shannon

text: In early 2010, Shannon was cast in a recurring role on the Fox television series "Glee" as Brenda Castle, an astronomy and badminton teacher who has a rivalry with main character Sue Sylvester.


title: Molly Shannon

text: She returned to "Saturday Night Live" for a special Mother's Day episode on May 8, 2010, and also the October 2010 reunion special "Women of SNL".


title: Molly Shannon

text: Shannon replaced Katie Finneran in the role of Marge McDougall in the Broadway revival of "Promises, Promises" on October 12, 2010, and remained through its closure on January 2, 2011, along with co-stars Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth.


title: Molly Shannon

text: In 2015, Shannon starred in the Sundance premiere of "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. She was a guest, along with Denis Leary, on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on June 9, 2015.


title: Molly Shannon

text: In 2016, Shannon co-starred in the HBO comedy "Divorce" opposite Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church.


title: Molly Shannon

text: Shannon won the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the highly acclaimed drama, "Other People". She had two films premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival: "The Little Hours" and "Fun Mom Dinner".


title: Molly Shannon

text: In 2018, Shannon co-hosted the Rose Parade with Will Ferrell on Amazon Prime Video in character as fictional local television personalities, Tish and Cord. In 2018, Shannon and Ferrell co-hosted HBO's broadcast of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as their characters Tish and Cord.


title: Molly Shannon

text: In 2018, Shannon co-starred in the critically acclaimed Netflix film "Private Life", playing prickly Cynthia, opposite Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti and Kayli Carter.


title: Molly Shannon

text: In 2022, Shannon released "Hello, Molly!: A Memoir" () that discussed how family tragedy affected her career.


title: Molly Shannon

text: In 2022, Shannon co-starred in the Showtime comedy television series I Love That for You alongside fellow former Saturday Night Live alum Vanessa Bayer.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the Second World War and appeared in productions of "Macbeth", "Henry VIII", "Cymbeline", and other Shakespeare plays. With the Old Vic company (1951–52), he continued primarily in Shakespearean roles. In 1959 he starred in a West End production of "The Long and the Short and the Tall".


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film "A Man for All Seasons" (1966). His other film roles included the mobster Doyle Lonnegan in "The Sting" (1973) and the shark hunter Quint in "Jaws" (1975). He also played roles in "From Russia with Love" (1963), "Battle of Britain" (1969), "Young Winston" (1972), "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1974), "Robin and Marian" (1976), and "Black Sunday" and "The Deep", both of which were released in 1977.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Robert Archibald Shaw was born on 9 August 1927 at 51 King Street in Westhoughton, Lancashire, the son of former nurse Doreen Nora ("née" Avery), who was born in Piggs Peak, Swaziland, and Thomas Archibald Shaw, a doctor of Scottish descent. He had three sisters named Elisabeth, Joanna, and Wendy, and one brother named Alexander. When he was seven years old, the family moved to Scotland, settling in Stromness, Orkney. His father killed himself when Shaw was 12, and the family then relocated to Cornwall, where Shaw attended the independent Truro School. For a brief period, he was a teacher at Glenhow Preparatory School in Saltburn-by-the-Sea in the North Riding of Yorkshire, before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 1948.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw began his acting career in theatre, appearing in regional theatre throughout England. He played Angus in a production of "Macbeth" at Stratford in 1946. He played at Stratford for two seasons.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: In 1947, he appeared in "The Cherry Orchard" on British TV; also for that medium, he performed scenes from "Twelfth Night" and "Macbeth".


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: He had a small part in "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951), playing a police laboratory technician towards the end of the film; the following year he made his London debut, in the West End, at the Embassy Theatre in "Caro William". That year he appeared on TV in "A Time to Be Born" (1952). He returned to Stratford in 1953.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw had small roles in "The Dam Busters" (1955), a TV version of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1956), the films "Doublecross" (1956) and "A Hill in Korea" (1956) (alongside other young actors like Michael Caine), and a TV version of "Hindle Wakes" (1957).


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw became a TV star in the UK when he starred as Captain Dan Tempest in "The Buccaneers" (1956–57) which ran for 39 episodes.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: He was by this time a TV leading man, having lead roles in TV films such as "Success" (1957) and a TV version of "Rupert of Hentzau" (1957). He had a big stage success with "The Long and the Short and the Tall" on the West End in 1959, directed by Lindsay Anderson, a performance which was filmed for television (though Shaw did not appear in the feature film version).


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw had small roles in "Sea Fury" (1958) and "Libel" (1959) and guest-starred on "William Tell", "ITV Television Playhouse", "The Four Just Men", and "Danger Man". He was also appearing in TV plays like "The Dark Man", "Misfire" and "The Train Set".


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: In 1961, he appeared in a Broadway production of Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" alongside Donald Pleasence and Alan Bates. Shaw replaced Peter Woodthorpe, who had performed with the others on stage in London. It ran for 165 performances. He had good roles in "The Valiant", a war film, and "Tomorrow at Ten" (both 1962), a thriller. Shaw played the leads in TV versions of "The Winter's Tale" and "The Father" (both 1962). He, Pleasence, and Bates reprised their performances in a film version of "The Caretaker" (1963); Shaw was part of the consortium who helped finance the latter.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw's first novel, "The Hiding Place", published in 1960, received positive reviews. His second novel "The Sun Doctor" (1961), was awarded the Hawthornden Prize in 1962.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw became well known as a film actor when cast as assassin Donald "Red" Grant in the second James Bond film, "From Russia with Love" (1963). For TV he adapted and appeared in a production of "A Florentine Tragedy" (1963), and was Claudius in "Hamlet at Elsinore" (1964) with Christopher Plummer. He played the title role in "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" (1964), shot in Canada alongside Mary Ure, who became his second wife. He had a role in "A Carol for Another Christmas" (1964). Shaw later said of his early career, "I could have been a straight leading man but that struck me as a boring life."


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: In 1964, Shaw returned to Broadway in a production of "The Physicists" directed by Peter Brook but it ran for only 55 performances. "I want very much to avoid doing bad commercial pictures for lots of money", he said. "It's difficult to avoid with six kids and two wives." Shaw then embarked on a trilogy of novels – "The Flag" (1965), "The Man in the Glass Booth" (1967) and "A Card from Morocco" (1969). He also adapted "The Hiding Place" into a screenplay for the film "Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious" starring Sir Alec Guinness.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw was the relentless Wehrmacht panzer commander Colonel Hessler in "Battle of the Bulge" (1965), produced by Philip Yordan; a young Henry VIII in "A Man for All Seasons" (1966), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; General George Armstrong Custer in "Custer of the West" (1967), again for Yordan; Martin Luther in "Luther" (a 1968 film made for television); and top billed in another film version of Pinter, "The Birthday Party" (1968), directed by William Friedkin.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: His play "The Man in the Glass Booth" was a success in London in 1967. It transferred to Broadway the following year and was a hit, running for 264 performances. His adaptation for the stage of "The Man in the Glass Booth" gained him the most attention for his writing. The book and play present a complex and morally ambiguous tale of a man who, at various times in the story, is either a Jewish businessman pretending to be a Nazi war criminal, or a Nazi war criminal pretending to be a Jewish businessman. The play was quite controversial when performed in the UK and the US, some critics praising Shaw's "sly, deft and complex examination of the moral issues of nationality and identity", others sharply critical of Shaw's treatment of such a sensitive subject.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw was one of many stars in "Battle of Britain" (1969), with the role of Sailor Malan written specifically for him. He had the lead in "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" (1969) and "Figures in a Landscape" (1970); his fee for the latter was reportedly $500,000. In 1970, Shaw returned to Broadway playing the title role in "Gantry", a musical adaptation of "Elmer Gantry" which ran for just one performance, despite co-starring Rita Moreno. His play "Cato Street", about the 1820 Cato Street Conspiracy, was produced for the first time in 1971 in London. He appeared in "Old Times" on Broadway in 1971.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: As an actor he appeared in "A Town Called Bastard" (1971), a spaghetti Western; "Young Winston" (1972), as Lord Randolph Churchill; "A Reflection of Fear" (1972); "The Hireling" (1973); had a cameo in "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" (1973); played mobster Doyle Lonnegan in "The Sting" (1973), a huge hit; was the subway-hijacker and hostage-taker "Mr. Blue" in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1974). "Most of the time about 50 times larger than the part", he later said.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: "The Man in the Glass Booth" was further developed for the screen, but Shaw disapproved of the resulting screenplay and had his name removed from the credits. However, he viewed the completed film before its release and asked to have his name reinstated. In 2002, director Arthur Hiller related Shaw's initial objection to the screenplay and his subsequent change of heart:When we decided that we needed more emotions in the film and leaned it towards that, we tried, obviously, to be honest to Robert Shaw, to keep that intellectual game-playing, but to create more of an emotional environment. And Robert Shaw became very disturbed. He did not like the idea and indeed, if you will watch the film, you will see that his name does not appear in the credits, nor does it even say, "based on the play, "The Man in the Glass Booth"" because he wouldn't let us do it. He just didn't like the idea until he saw the film. Then he phoned Eddie Anhalt, the screenwriter, and congratulated him because he thought it was—just kept the tone he wanted and did it so well. And he phoned Mort Abrahams the Executive Producer to see if he could get his name put on the final credits. But it was too late to restore his name, all the prints were all made.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw achieved his greatest film stardom after playing the shark-obsessed fisherman Quint in "Jaws" (1975), although he was at first reluctant to take the role since he did not like the book, but decided to accept at the urging of both his wife, actress Mary Ure, and his secretary—"The last time they were that enthusiastic was "From Russia with Love". And they were right."


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw then appeared in "End of the Game" (1975); "Diamonds" (1975), because "I wanted to play a wonderfully elegant Englishman"; "Robin and Marian" (1976) as the Sheriff of Nottingham opposite Audrey Hepburn (Maid Marian) and Sean Connery (Robin Hood); "Swashbuckler" (1976); playing the lighthouse keeper and treasure-hunter Romer Treece in "The Deep" (1977), for which his fee was $650,000; and as Israeli Mossad agent David Kabakov in "Black Sunday" (1977).


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: During filming "Force 10 from Navarone" (1978) Shaw said "I'm seriously thinking that this might be my last film... I no longer have anything real to say. I'm appalled at some of the lines... I'm not at ease in film. I can't remember the last film I enjoyed making." He made one more film, "Avalanche Express" (1979). Shaw and director/producer Mark Robson both passed away of heart attacks during post-production within months of each other; Robson in June 1978 and Shaw in August 1978. Shaw said he would use the proceeds from the film to pay off his taxes, then focus on writing and making the "occasional small film".


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw was married three times and had 10 children, two of whom were adopted. His first wife was Jennifer Bourke from 1952 to 1963, with whom he had four daughters. His second wife was actress Mary Ure from 1963 to 1975, with whom he had four children, including daughters Elizabeth (born 1963) and Hannah (born 1965). He adopted son Colin (born 1961) from his wife's previous marriage to playwright John Osborne; according to an interview with Colin, he was Shaw's son born during an affair while Ure was still married to Osborne. Shaw's son Ian (born 1969) also became an actor. This marriage ended with Ure's death from an overdose. His third and final wife was Virginia Jansen from 1976 until his death in 1978, with whom he had one son, Thomas; he also adopted her son, Charles, from a previous relationship. Shaw's grandson (via his daughter Deborah and film producer Evzen Kolar) is American musician and composer Rob Kolar. Another grandson of his, Ferdia Shaw, made his debut in the film "Artemis Fowl".


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: For the last seven years of his life, Shaw lived at Drimbawn House in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland. Like his father, Shaw was an alcoholic for most of his life.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: Shaw died in Ireland at the age of 51 from a heart attack on 28 August 1978, while driving from Castlebar, County Mayo, to his home in Tourmakeady. He suddenly became ill, stopped the car, stepped out, then collapsed and died on the roadside. He was accompanied by his wife Virginia and his son Thomas at the time. He was rushed to Castlebar General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He had just completed acting in the film "Avalanche Express". His body was cremated and his ashes scattered near his home in Tourmakeady. A stone memorial to him was unveiled there in his honour in August 2008.


title: Robert Shaw (actor)

text: At the 39th Academy Awards, Shaw became the second actor to receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Henry VIII of England, in the film "A Man for All Seasons" (1966). He was also nominated to the 24th Golden Globe Awards for the same role.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: Herbert Butros Khaury (April 12, 1932 November 30, 1996), also known as Herbert Buckingham Khaury, and known professionally as Tiny Tim, was an American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist. He is best remembered for his cover hits "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight", which he sang in a falsetto voice.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: Khaury was born in Manhattan, New York City, on April 12, 1932. His mother Tillie (née Staff), a Polish-Jewish garment worker, was the daughter of a rabbi. She had immigrated from Brest-Litovsk, present-day Belarus, as a teen in 1914. Khaury's father, Butros Khaury, was a textile worker from Beirut, present-day Lebanon, whose father was a Maronite Catholic priest.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age. At the age of five, his father gave him a vintage wind-up Gramophone and a 78-RPM record of "Beautiful Ohio" by Henry Burr. He would sit for hours listening to the record. At the age of six, he began teaching himself guitar. By his pre-teen years, he developed a passion for records, specifically those from the 1900s through the 1930s. He began spending most of his free time at the New York Public Library, reading about the history of the phonograph industry and its first recording artists. He researched sheet music, often making photographic copies to take home to learn, a hobby he continued for his entire life. He attended George Washington High School in Washington Heights, Manhattan.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: By the time Khaury was 11 years old, he began learning to play the violin and enjoyed performing at home for his parents' entertainment. He later picked up the mandolin and the ukulelethe latter of which became his signature instrument. During recovery from having his appendix removed in 1945, he read the Bible and listened to music on the radio; after his recovery, he rarely left his room except to go to school, where he was described as a mediocre student. He dropped out of high school after continuously repeating his sophomore year, taking a series of menial jobs.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: In a 1968 interview on "The Tonight Show", he described the discovery of his ability to sing in an upper register: "I was listening to the radio and singing along; as I was singing I said 'Gee, it's strange. I can go up high as well.'" In a 1969 interview he said he was listening to Rudy Vallée sing in a falsetto, and "had something of a revelationI never knew that I had another top register," describing it as a religious experience.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: By the early 1950s, Khaury had landed a job as a messenger at the New York office of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, where he became ever more fascinated with the entertainment industry. He then entered a local talent show and sang "You Are My Sunshine" in his newly discovered falsetto. He started performing at dance club amateur nights under different names, such as Texarkana Tex, Judas K. Foxglove, Vernon Castle, and Emmett Swink. To stand out from the crowd of performers, he wore wild clothing and, after seeing an old poster of a long-haired Rudolph Valentino, grew his own hair out to shoulder length and wore pasty white facial makeup. His mother did not understand Herbert's change in appearance and was intending to take her son, now in his twenties, to see a psychiatrist at Bellevue Hospital until his father stepped in.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: In 1959, he dropped all his other stage names and performed as "Larry Love, the Singing Canary" at Hubert's Museum and Live Flea Circus in New York City's Times Square. While performing there, he signed with a manager who sent him on auditions throughout the Greenwich Village section of New York, where he performed unpaid amateur gigs, playing the ukulele and singing in his falsetto voice the song which became his signature, "Tiptoe Through the Tulips".


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: I first saw Tiny Tim very early in his career, in Greenwich Village in the winter of 1962–63. There was a convention of college newspaper editors, and a few of usI remember Jeff Greenfield coming alongwent to the Black Pussycat and found ourselves being entertained by a man the likes of whom we'd not seen before. He was already locally popular.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: In 1963, he landed his first paying gig at Page 3, a gay and lesbian club in Greenwich Village, playing 6 hours a night and 6 nights a week for $96 per month. For the next two years, he performed as "Dary Dover", and after that, "Sir Timothy Timms". After being booked to follow a "midget" act, his manager, George King, billed the Khaury using the ironic stage name "Tiny Tim", which would later become his signature name.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: Tiny Tim appeared in Jack Smith's "Normal Love" (1963), as well as the independent feature film "You Are What You Eat" (1968) in which he sang the Ronettes song "Be My Baby" in his falsetto range; also featured was a rendition of Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe", with Tim singing the Cher parts in his falsetto voice, along with Eleanor Barooshian singing Sonny Bono's baritone part. These tracks were recorded with musicians who later joined The Band. The "I Got You Babe" performance led to a booking on the premiere episode of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In", a popular American television comedy-variety show. Co-host Dan Rowan announced that "Laugh-In" believed in showcasing new talent, and so Tiny Tim was introduced. The singer entered carrying a shopping bag, pulled his Martin soprano ukulele from it, and sang a medley of "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop" as an apparently genuinely dumbfounded co-host Dick Martin watched. For his third appearance on "Laugh-In", (season 1, episode 14, aired 4/22/1968) Tiny Tim entered blowing kisses, preceded by an elaborate procession of the cast and, after a short interview, he sang "Tiptoe Through the Tulips".


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: In 1968, his first album "God Bless Tiny Tim" was released, which contained an orchestrated version of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips", which became a hit after being released as a single. "For All My Little Friends" (1969) was a collection of children's songs and was awarded a Grammy Award nomination.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: On October 7, 1969, Tiny Tim had the opportunity to take to the ice with his favorite Toronto Maple Leafs pro sports team before a charity event at the hockey shrine Maple Leaf Gardens. Wearing the skates and jersey of future Hockey Hall of Fame member Pat Quinn and helped by team members Mike Walton and Jim McKenny, he made an attempt to skate for the very first time. He was quoted as saying, "What a thrill! Just being on the ice was great!" Reacting well to his evidenced inability to skate on his own, he said, "I was always athletic spiritually, not physically".


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: Tiny Tim was married three times, and had one daughter from his first marriage to the then 17-year-old Victoria Budingeralso known as "Miss Vicki"at the age of 37. Tiny Tim married Miss Vicki on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" on December 17, 1969, with 40 million people watching. In 1971, Budinger gave birth to their daughter Tulip Victoria. Tiny Tim and Victoria Budinger divorced three years later. Budinger subsequently had several marriages.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: Tiny Tim married Jan Alweiss ("Miss Jan") in 1984, and Susan Marie Gardner ("Miss Sue") in 1995. Gardner was a 39-year-old Harvard graduate and a fan of Tim's since she was 12.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: When Tiny Tim first became well known to the American public, many people erroneously believed that he was British. Many pundits and journalists debated whether the character being presented was just an orchestrated act or the real thing. "It quickly became clear that he was genuine", however, and that he could probably be best described as "a lonely outcast intoxicated by fame" and "a romantic" always in pursuit of his ideal dream.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: After his career highlights in the late 1960s, Tiny Tim's television appearances dwindled, and his popularity began to wane. He continued to play concerts, making several lucrative appearances in Las Vegas. In August 1970, he performed "There'll Always Be an England" to an estimated 600,000 people at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970. The UK press announced that he had stolen the show "without a single electric instrument". When his recording contract ended with Reprise, he founded his own record label and named it Vic Tim Records, as a pun on the combination of his wife's name with that of his own. He performed with the American alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven in 1986. He played the lead role in the 1987 horror film "Blood Harvest", acting the role of Mervo. In the 1990s, he released several albums, including "Rock" (1993), "I Love Me" (1993), and "Girl" (1996).


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: "Tiny Tim", a biography by Harry Stein, was published in 1976 by Playboy Press. Khaury also appeared in the WWE on July 19, 1993, in a skit with Jerry Lawler on "King's Court".


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: Tiny Tim played the ukulele left-handedthough he retained the standard string placementand played the guitar right-handed. The instruments he played included a vintage Martin, a Favilla, and a Johnston metal resonator. Tiny was a huge fan of Arthur Godfrey and taught himself to play using a method book that came with the Godfrey-endorsed Maccaferri Islander plastic ukulele.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: On September 28, 1996, Tiny recorded a video interview at the Montague Bookmill. He later suffered a heart attack at a ukulele festival at the nearby Montague Grange Hall in Montague, Massachusetts. He was hospitalized at the nearby Franklin County Medical Center in Greenfield for approximately three weeks before being discharged with strong admonitions not to perform again because of his health, weight, and dietary needs for his diabetic and heart conditions. He ignored the advice.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: On November 30, 1996, he was playing at a gala benefit hosted by the Women's Club of Minneapolis. He had let his third wife ("Miss Sue") know before the show that he was not feeling well, but did not want to disappoint his fans. Before the start of his performance, most of the audience had left. While performing his last number of the evening, he suffered another heart attack on stage in the middle of a rendition of his hit, "Tiptoe Through the Tulips". His wife asked him if he was feeling all right, and he said he was not; she was helping him back to their table where he collapsed, and never regained consciousness. EMTs performed on-site CPR and transported him to Hennepin County Medical Center, where after repeated revival attempts, he was pronounced dead at 11:20 pm. His remains are entombed in a mausoleum in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. A large mural of Tiny Tim with tulip themes by famous Australian artist Martin Sharp is in the Macquarie University Student Council in Sydney, Australia.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: In 2000, the Rhino Handmade label released the posthumous "Tiny Tim Live at the Royal Albert Hall". This recording had been made in 1968 at the height of Tiny Tim's fame, but Reprise Records never released it. The limited-number CD sold out and was reissued on Rhino's regular label. In 2009, the Collector's Choice label released "I've Never Seen a Straight Banana: Rare Moments Vol. 1", produced and recorded by Richard Barone in 1976. The album was a collection of rare recordings of some of Tiny Tim's favorite songs from 1878 through the 1930s, along with some of his own compositions.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: In 2009, it was reported that Justin Martell was preparing a biography of Tiny Tim, released in 2016 under the title "Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life of Tiny Tim". Martell is called one of America's "foremost experts" on Tiny Tim; he contributed liner notes to "I've Never Seen a Straight Banana" and the 2011 Tiny Tim compilation LP "Tiny Tim: Lost & Found 1963–1974 (Rare & Unreleased)", released on Secret Seven Records.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: In 2013, a biography of Tiny Tim was released in two editions. "Tiny Tim: Tiptoe Through A Lifetime" was released July 16, 2013, and is by Lowell Tarling (author) and Martin Sharp (illustrator). Ship To Shore PhonoCo followed up "Lost & Found Vol 1" with a "Vol 2" featuring Tiny Tim's 1974 live recording of "(Nobody Else Can Love Me Like) My Old Tomato Can" on a limited edition wax cylinder.


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: In 2016, Ship To Shore PhonoCo released "Tiny Tim's America", a collection of demos recorded by Tiny Tim in 1974 and finished in 2015 with overdubs overseen by producer Richard Barone and Tiny Tim's cousin Eddie Rabin. The album was subtitled "Rare Moments Vol. 2" and was presented as a spiritual sequel to 2009's "I've Never Seen A Straight Banana: Rare Moments Vol 1."


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: In 2020, Swedish journalist and documentary film-maker Johan von Sydow released the documentary film "Tiny Tim: King for a Day".


title: Tiny Tim (musician)

text: Tiny Tim was honored with a star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue, recognizing performers that have played sold-out shows or have otherwise demonstrated a major contribution to the culture at the iconic venue. Receiving a star "might be the most prestigious public honor an artist can receive in Minneapolis," according to journalist Steve Marsh.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: Juan Alberto "Juancho" Hernangómez Geuer (born September 28, 1995) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for Estudiantes of the Liga ACB, and has represented the senior Spain national team. He was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 15th pick in the 2016 NBA Draft and played for three and half seasons with the team before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. After spending one and a half seasons with the team in his seventh season he had short stints with the Celtics, Spurs and Utah Jazz. He co-starred in the Netflix basketball film "Hustle" in 2022 alongside Adam Sandler. He signed with Toronto Raptors in the 2022 offseason and also won the euro basket with his home country Spain.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: Hernangómez began playing competitive basketball in 2007, with the youth teams of CB Las Rozas. He joined a youth squad of Real Madrid and played with the team until moving to Club Baloncesto Majadahonda for the following years.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: In 2012, Hernangómez signed his first professional contract with CB Estudiantes and competed with their second team until 2014, when he was promoted to the main team. In 2015–16, Hernangómez averaged 9.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in 34 games. He was subsequently named the recipient of the ACB Best Young Player Award.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: On April 26, 2016, Hernangómez was named in the international early entry candidates list for the 2016 NBA draft. He was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 15th overall pick. On August 9, 2016, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Nuggets. On January 4, 2017, he was assigned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League, pursuant to the flexible assignment rule. He was recalled by the Nuggets three days later after appearing in one game for the Skyforce. On February 13, 2017, he scored a season-high 27 points to go with a season-best 10 rebounds in a 132–110 win over the Golden State Warriors. He hit six three-pointers against the Warriors to help the Nuggets tie an NBA record with 24 three-pointers. Early in the 2017–18 season, Hernangomez was diagnosed with mononucleosis, and as a result, he played in only 25 games during his sophomore campaign.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: He re-signed with the Timberwolves on a three year deal on November 27, 2020. The 2020-21 season was a tumultuous one for Hernangómez as he showed up to training camp out of shape, contracted COVID-19, and lost his spot in the starting lineup, capped off by a falling out with the Timberwolves front office over their decision to disallow him from participating in the 2021 Olympics after suffering a shoulder injury during an exhibition game.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: On August 25, 2021, Hernangómez and Jarrett Culver were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Patrick Beverley and on September 15, he was traded to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Kris Dunn, Carsen Edwards and the right for a 2026 second-round pick swap.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: On January 19, 2022, Hernangómez was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in a three-team trade involving the Denver Nuggets, sending Bol Bol and PJ Dozier to Boston and Bryn Forbes to Denver.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: On February 9, 2022, Hernangómez was traded to the Utah Jazz in a three-team trade. On June 30, he was waived by the Jazz.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: On July 27, 2022, Hernangómez signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Raptors for an amount equal to the veteran's minimum.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: In 2013, Hernangómez competed with the Spain national under-18 basketball team at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Latvia. He joined the under-20 team for the following two years, playing at the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. Hernangómez also helped the senior Spain national team practice for the EuroBasket 2015.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: His senior Spain national team major tournament debut was at the EuroBasket 2017. Hernangomez averaged 8.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.7 blocked shots in 19.7 minutes per game. Spain finished in third place, winning the bronze medal.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: In June 2018, Hernangomez was again named to the Spain national team's roster in advance of the first stage of qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: Hernangómez and Spain won a surprising gold medal at EuroBasket 2022. In the final against France, Hernangómez scored 27 points including seven three-pointers to guide Spain to a convincing win. He was third on the team in scoring (12.8 points per game) and third in rebounding as well (5.0 per game). His brother Willy was also on the team and won tournament MVP honours.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: Hernangómez's style of play has drawn comparisons to NBA players Víctor Claver and Jonas Jerebko. He has been praised for his speed, athleticism, and approximately 7 ft (2.13 m) wingspan. The duo of him and his brother, Willy, have also been compared to Spanish NBA stars Marc and Pau Gasol.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: Hernangómez made his acting debut in the Netflix film "Hustle", produced by LeBron James and Adam Sandler, who is also the co-star. The film was released on June 8, 2022.


title: Juancho Hernangómez

text: Hernangómez's immediate family is made up of former or current basketball players. His older brother Willy currently plays for the New Orleans Pelicans, having previously played for Real Madrid. His mother Margarita Geuer Draeger was an international basketball player, winning a European championship with Spain in 1993. His father also played for Real Madrid and Estudiantes and his younger sister currently plays for Estudiantes' youth team.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon Jae-in (; ; born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean former politician, civil servant and lawyer who served as the 12th president of South Korea between 2017 and 2022. Prior to his presidency, he served as Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs and Chief of Staff to President Roh Moo-hyun, Member of the National Assembly, and Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Born to North Korean refugees of House of Moon in Hamhung, Moon was raised in poverty in the southern port city of Busan. He excelled in school and studied law at Kyung Hee University. He became a lawyer and later involved in human rights activism with Roh Moo-hyun. He was imprisoned for organizing a protest against the Yushin Constitution. As a result of his work in human rights law, Moon was chosen to be the campaign manager for his longtime mentor Roh Moo-hyun in his successful bid for the 2002 presidential election. He served in Roh's administration in various official capacities. In 2012, Moon was a candidate for the Democratic United Party in the 2012 presidential election, in which he lost narrowly to Park Geun-hye in which Park was aided by the National Intelligence Service (NIS).


title: Moon Jae-in

text: During the 2017 presidential election, Moon was elected president as the Democratic Party of Korea candidate following the impeachment of Park Geun-hye and her subsequent removal. As president, Moon has achieved international attention for his meetings with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un at inter-Korean summits in April, May, and September 2018, making him the third South Korean president to meet their North Korean counterpart. On June 30, 2019, he met with both Kim and Donald Trump, then-president of the United States, at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon favors the Sunshine Policy, a peaceful Korean reunification. On economic policy, he favors reform of "chaebols" (conglomerates), has raised the minimum wage by more than 16 percent, and lowered the maximum workweek from 68 to 52 hours. During the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, Moon has received praise domestically and internationally, and helped his party win a historic victory in the 2020 South Korean legislative election.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon Jae-in was born in Geoje, South Korea, on January 24, 1953, shortly before the end of the Korean War, as the second child and oldest son among five children of father Moon Yong-hyung and mother Kang Han-ok. His parents were refugees from South Hamgyong Province, North Korea who fled their native city of Hungnam in the Hungnam evacuation during the Korean War. His father worked as head of agriculture department who detains food, especially rice of Korean colonial people as one of the main tasks at the Heungnam, Hamju, South Hamgyong Province.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: His family eventually settled in Busan. Since his father did not want to become a government employee as he had been in North Korea, his father started a business selling socks, which left his family in great debt. His mother became the main earner by selling clothes received from relief organizations and delivering briquettes. Moon's family became attached to the Catholic Church when his mother went to the local cathedral to receive whole milk powder. Moon once said in an interview that he did not know how to ride a bike since his family was too poor to afford a bike or a monthly school tuition.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon entered Kyungnam High School and reportedly placed at the top of his class. He was accepted to study law at Kyung Hee University with a full scholarship. At university, he met his future wife, Kim Jung-sook. After organizing a student protest against the Yushin Constitution, he was arrested, convicted, imprisoned, and expelled from the university. Later, he was conscripted into the military and assigned to the South Korean special forces, where he participated in "Operation Paul Bunyan" during the axe murder incident in Panmunjom.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: After his honourable discharge, the death of his father influenced him to decide to take the bar exam. He stayed at the Buddhist temple of Daeheungsa to study for the exam, and passed the first of two rounds in 1979. In 1980, he returned to the university to complete his remaining year of his studies. Later that year, he passed the second round and was admitted to the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He graduated from the Institute as the second in his class but was not admitted as a judge or state prosecutor due to his history of student activism against the Yushin dictatorship under Park Chung-hee. Moon chose to go into private practice instead.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: After becoming a lawyer, he worked under future president Roh Moo-hyun in the 1980s. Along with Roh, he took cases involving the labor rights issues and became renowned for his work in labor human rights. They remained friends up until Roh's suicide in 2009.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Yielding to Roh's insistence, Moon became Roh's campaign manager during his presidential bid. After Roh's victory, Moon became Roh's close aide holding various roles in a presidential administration. Moon held roles as Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Affairs, Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Society and Chief Presidential Secretary from 2003 to 2008. When the National Assembly voted to impeach Roh in 2004, Moon led the legal delegation for Roh at the Constitutional Court and won the case. Moon, as Roh's chief of staff, led the preparation committee of the 2nd Inter-Korean Summit but did not attend the summit.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Despite his earlier indifference, he began to get involved in politics. He published a memoir called "Moon Jae-in: The Destiny" which became a bestseller. His popularity had been rising steady against the likely opponent in the presidential race, Park Geun-hye. In a February 2012 poll, Moon rivaled Park in popularity.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon managed to capitalize on the conservatives' decline in popularity amid a series of corruption scandals. As one pundit said, "Moon had managed to portray himself as a moderate and rational leader who has the backing of the younger generation".


title: Moon Jae-in

text: In 2012, Moon entered a bid for a seat in the National Assembly in the 19th legislative election. Moon won a seat in the Sasang District of Busan on April 11, 2012, as a member of the Democratic United Party with 55% of the vote. As of 2021, Sasang District belongs to the Conservative Party.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: He ran for the 2012 presidential election as the Democratic United Party's candidate in a three-way race against Park Geun-hye, the incumbent ruling party's candidate and daughter of the late president Park Chung-hee, as well as independent software mogul Ahn Cheol-soo. Ahn dropped out of the race and endorsed Moon after polls showed a most likely definitive loss for both candidates were there to be a three-way race against Park. Moon went on to lose the election.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon was elected as the leader of New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) on February 2, 2015. Prior to his election, Moon and NPAD party leader and 2012 presidential candidate rival Ahn Cheol-soo had many public disputes over the direction of the party.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon's official role led Ahn Cheol-soo to quit and form the centrist People's Party. Ahn's departure and Moon's new tenure as party leader led to renaming the liberal, NPAD Party as the new Democratic Party.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: During his leadership, Moon scouted several politically prominent people, including police studies/criminology expert Pyo Chang-won, political critic Lee Chul-hee, and former president Park's secretary Cho Ung-chun to prepare for upcoming 2016 legislative elections. After his recruitment, Moon resigned his position for another scouted advisor/former Park advisor Kim Chong-in.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon was considered the frontrunner to win Korea's 2017 presidential election, which would be the 19th term of the country's presidency, following the impeachment and removal of Park Geun-hye. The election had originally been scheduled for December 2017, but was brought forward to May 2017 in order to ensure that they would take place within 60 days of Park's removal, as required by the Constitution.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: He won the Democratic Party's nomination against fellow party members Ahn Hee-jung, Lee Jae-myung, and Choi Sung with 57% of the votes.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: The general election originally had 15 announced candidates. Moon faced four other major party nominees during the election, including 2012 presidential rival and past party colleague Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party and Hong Jun-pyo of the Liberty Korea Party. He was elected the 19th president of South Korea in Korea's 19th presidential election by a large plurality over two.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: On May 10, 2017, Moon won the election with a plurality of 41.1% votes (out of 13,423,800 votes nationwide). As Moon was elected in a special election, he did not have the usual 60-day transition period of previous administrations, but was instead inaugurated the day after the election.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon's campaign promise in 2017 included intentions to put a 10 trillion won ($8.9 billion) fiscal stimulus to support job creation, start-ups, and small to mid-sized companies. His announced goal is to create 810,000 public sector jobs through raising taxes on the wealthy.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon's policy against corporate corruption, specifically in regards to Korean conglomerates known as ""chaebols" " is to give "minority shareholders more power in electing board members" of the companies.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon also promised transparency in his presidency, moving the presidential residence from the palatial and isolated Blue House to an existing government complex in downtown Seoul.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon was criticized for homophobic comments he made in a televised presidential debate for the 2017 presidential election, where Moon said he opposed homosexuality, in response to conservative candidate Hong Jun-pyo's remarks that gay soldiers were a source of weakness in the South Korean military. Moon's remark prompted immediate criticism during the debate from Sim Sang-jung, the sole presidential candidate to support LGBT rights and a member of the left wing Justice Party. The conservative remark also prompted outrage from gay rights activists, considering Moon's representation as the leading liberal candidate and former human rights lawyer. Some of Moon's supporters dismissed the comments as a necessity to win, as South Koreans tend to be conservative in social issues. Moon later backtracked on his original comments, clarifying that he believes there should be no discrimination based on sexual orientation while opposing legalizing same-sex marriage.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon has favored a peaceful reunification between the two Koreas. He was both widely criticized and widely praised for his comments stating that his first visit if elected president would be to visit North Korea, a visit that would be not unlike Roh Moo-hyun's visit to the country in 2007. Similarly, Moon's foreign policy towards North Korea is considered to closely align with the Sunshine Policy embraced by former liberal presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon's relatively liberal stance in foreign policy is reflected as he is quoted in a book: "I'm pro-U.S., but now South Korea should adopt diplomacy in which it can discuss a U.S. request and say no to the Americans." He opposes a re-balance of the security alliance with the United States, but has also stated that he would like South Korea "to be able to take the lead on matters on the Korean Peninsula." At the same time, Moon has stated that he considers America as a "friend" for its role in helping South Korea avoid communism while helping its economic growth.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon was sworn into office immediately after official votes were counted on 10 May, replacing Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn. There was no transition period between the election and inauguration, unlike other presidential elections due to the nature of an election following a presidential impeachment. He served out the typical single five-year term with his presidential term concluding in 2022.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: South Korea's economic growth has been attributed in large part to "Chaebols", or family-owned conglomerates. Prominent examples of conglomerates include Samsung and Hyundai, concentrated power (collusion), connections with the government including most recently the 2016 Choi Soon-sil scandal which ultimately led to the special election Moon won. Moon subsequently appointed "chaebol sniper" Kim Sang-jo, a well-known shareholder activist, to the role of fair-trade commissioner aimed at reforming "chaebols".


title: Moon Jae-in

text: As President, Moon signed into law an amendment to the Telecommunications Business Act that has been referred to as the "Anti-Google Law". The legislation prohibits Apple and Google, which operate the App Store and Google Play Store, respectively, from requiring app developers on these platforms to use their payment systems to sell their products. As a result, app developers will be able to avoid paying commission to Apple or Google by directing customers to pay through alternate platforms.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Prosecution reform was implemented to rearrange the prosecution and its investigation right and to rebuild the corrupt prosecution.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: So far, the prosecution have had both investigation right ,and accusation right and it leads to the absolute power.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: So, the main purpose of coordinating the prosecution and police investigation rights is to weaken the accusation right of the prosecution.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: It was started under the Moon Jae-in administration by former Ministers of Justice such as Cho Guk, Choo Mi-ae, and Park Beom-gye. Yoon Seok-yeol, who is currently serving as president, also participated as former Prosecutor General.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: As part of the process, the Corruption Investigation Office for high-ranking officials was established, and the backlash from the prosecution was very strong.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Against this ‘power rearrange’ process, some executives of prosecution withdrew their seats as a sign of resistance.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: In addition, through coordinating the prosecution and police investigation rights, the ruling party tried to shift the power of the prosecution to others.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Like the time the Corruption Investigation Office For High-ranking Officials was established, high-ranking officials of the prosecution again resigned as a sign of resistance against coordinating the prosecution and police investigation rights.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: As a result, the power of the prosecution weakened compared to the past, by the prosecution reform during the Moon Jae-in administration.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: But, still there are some limitations. As the opposition party interrupted the related legislation process ,it took more time than usual and some of the core part of the prosecution reform was revised.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon's government launched a series of minimum wage hikes. One of these was in 2018, which raised the minimum wage by 16.4% from the previous year to 7,530 won (US$6.65) an hour. In a 2018 report, the NGO Oxfam cited South Korea as one of the few countries in Asia to have made efforts to reduce inequality that year.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: The maximum hour work week was reduced from 68 to 52. In October 2018, a study conducted by a telecommunications firm found that in central Seoul the amount of time people spent in or near their workplace fell by 55 minutes, and time spent of leisure activities went up in residential areas. However, they found little to no change elsewhere in the country. Bars and restaurants in central Seoul reported a loss in business.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon's predecessor and daughter of Park Chung-hee, Park Geun-hye, originally planned to mandate usage of state-issued history textbooks in 2018. Moon reversed those plans in May 2017 in one of his first major acts as president. Critics of Park's original plan saw this as a way for Park to mitigate some representations of her father's oppressive policies under a dictatorial rule, only highlighting the positive accomplishments of the past. Park previously stated in 2015 that she wanted to replace the "left-leaning" books with those created from the government that would instill greater patriotism. Although the Park government responded to subsequent backlash by switching from its official position of requiring the textbooks to be used, to allowing schools the choice to use them, Moon's action scrapped the program altogether. Schools continued using privately published, government-approved textbooks written under educational guidelines instead.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: During his campaign, Moon promised to adopt a dog from an animal sanctuary; this was considered relevant to South Korean politics, as the country allows for consumption of dog meat. He adopted Tory, a four-year-old black mongrel saved from a dog meat farm, from an animal rights group. The move was considered as sending "a strong message against the dog meat trade".


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon's administration focused on increasing South Korea's consumption of natural gas, away from nuclear and coal as sources of energy. These plans include delaying construction on nuclear reactors as well as re-opening dialogue around a natural gas pipeline that would come from Russia and pass through North Korea. At the event on June 19, 2017, marking the end of operations at South Korea's oldest nuclear reactor, Kori Unit 1, Moon outlined his plan for the future of energy in Korea, saying "we will abandon the development policy centered on nuclear power plants and exit the era of nuclear energy." This would be implemented by canceling plans for new nuclear power plants and not renewing licenses for operating plants. In addition, he shut down eight coal-fired power plants upon assuming office in May 2017, and pledged to shut down the remaining ten coal plants by the end of his term. In the long term, he envisioned renewable sources would eventually be able to meet Korea's demand, but in the interim, proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a stopgap measure while coal and nuclear were taken offline in the coming decades.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been praised both domestically and internationally. In the first few weeks of March 2020, daily cases fell from 800 to fewer than 100, reducing daily cases by more than 90% at its peak.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: However, more than 1.5 million South Koreans signed a petition to impeach Moon over what they claimed was the government's initial mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea. In response, more than 1.3 million South Koreans signed a second petition in just two weeks to support Moon over what they claimed was the government's capable control of the coronavirus.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: An opinion poll conducted between March 5 and 6, 2020 by "", a public polling company, showed that 53% of the public had a positive evaluation of Moon's handling of the coronavirus crisis. An opinion poll by Gallup Korea in the first week of March 2020 showed his approval rating rose from 44% to 67%, due to public's approval of his administration's handling of the outbreak. By January 2021, according to a Realmeter survey, his approval rating decreased to 34%, the lowest point during his presidency.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: According to the Yonhap News Agency, James Kim, the Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea stated that "Korea is proactively and transparently dealing with COVID-19. The confirmed cases are surging in Korea, due to the country’s well-prepared testing procedures compared to other countries." CNBC's Matt McCarthy, a New York City doctor, praised Moon's government work on solving the coronavirus crisis, stating that "South Korea had been able to test tens of thousands of people. With the country's aggressive testing efforts, Korea's death toll from the disease is less than 1%, while the global average is 3.4%. This is thanks to the government’s early preparation for the outbreak of infectious diseases."


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon opposes same-sex marriage. In a 2017 presidential television debate, he openly declared that he opposes homosexuality.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Speaking to Buddhist and Christian religious leaders in October 2019, Moon said, "A national consensus should be the priority for same-sex marriage. However, regarding the human rights of sexual minorities, they should not be socially persecuted or discriminated against."


title: Moon Jae-in

text: In July 2020, the proposal of South Korea's first comprehensive anti-discrimination law, which would provide legal protection for minority communities, including the LGBTQ community, did not receive any open support from Moon. However, in December 2020, in a special report by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, Moon emphasized the necessity of enacting the Equality Act in the country.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Human Rights Watch, in their "Word Report 2020", called on the Korean government to take note of the urgent need for protecting the rights of Korea's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. "President Moon Jae-in, who started his legal career fighting for human rights, is in several ways failing to promote them now," said John Sifton, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. "In 2020, he and his government need to reverse course and prioritize human rights in South Korea, North Korea, and worldwide."


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon's Democratic Party won 163 constituency seats, while their satellite Platform party won 17 proportional representation seats, giving the alliance a total of 180 seats in the 300-seat assembly, enough to reach the three-fifths super-majority required to fast-track assembly procedures and "do everything but revising the Constitution at the parliament." This was the largest majority for any party since democracy was restored in 1987. The United Future Party and their satellite Future Korea Party won 84 constituency and 19 proportional seats respectively; their total of 103 seats (34.3%) was the worst conservative result since the 1960 legislative elections.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Subsequently, with its new three-fifths majority, the Democratic Party implemented a series of reforms and were approved by the National Assembly in December 2020 including:


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon visited the United States to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in June 2017, discussing U.S.-Korea trade relations as well as North Korea's missile programs. Moon revealed in a joint news conference that President Trump accepted an invitation to visit South Korea.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Outlining his North Korea strategy in a speech in Berlin, Germany, on July 6, 2017, Moon characterized the process leading to unification as a long-term project, rather than laying out any detailed plans for a unified Korea.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: He emphasized alliance with the United States and specified the need to assure dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear weapons program. At the same time he presented the question of unification in a regional context and signaled his hopes of working in cooperation with the international community. He supported sanctions against North Korea, while leaving open the possibility of their being rescinded, and indicated that it is crucial to establish a peace treaty with North Korea to end the Korean War officially in exchange for denuclearization.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Moon opposed the full deployment of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) systems during his presidential campaign and called for more peace talks engaging with North Korea.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: As of late July, following North Korea's latest missile launch and increasingly aggressive actions, Moon asked the U.S. permission to build up its domestic defense systems and temporarily set up a full THAAD system.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: The inter-Korean rapprochement arouses broad enthusiasm among the South Korean population: Moon Jae-in's popularity reached 68% in April 2018.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Kim and Moon met again on May 26. The second meeting was also at the DMZ, this time on the North Korean side of the Panmunjom village. The meeting took two hours. The meeting had not been publicly announced beforehand. The meeting was largely centered around the cancelled summit with Donald Trump.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: In September 2018, Moon Jae-in visited Pyongyang in the September 2018 inter-Korean summit. He and 150 delegates—including prominent figures in business, culture, and religion—flew to the Sunan Airport in Pyongyang and met with Kim Jong-un. The two Korean leaders announced an agreement to decrease hostilities on the DMZ, further joint-economic projects, and open North Korean weapons facilities to international experts. The leaders also gave a speech to 150,000 North Korean citizens in the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium with themes of unification, lasting peace, and friendship. Moon also climbed Mount Paektu with Kim, which had been a "long unfulfilled dream" for him.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: In October 2018, Moon visited Europe and lobbied for reconciliation with North Korea during the tour.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: In March 2019, U.N. panel accused South Korea of violating sanctions by not notifying the Security Council about its deliveries of petroleum products for use at inter-Korean joint liaison office.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: Also in the Annex of the "Updated Guidance on Addressing North Korea’s Illicit Shipping Practices", issued from United States Department of the Treasury, a ship of South Korea was listed as that believed to have engaged in ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean tankers.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: On September 23, as video speech at 75th Session of United Nations General Assembly, Moon mentioned about his hope that "the UN and the international community provide support so that we can advance into an era of reconciliation and prosperity through the end-of-war declaration" and "the end-of-war declaration will open the door to complete demilitarization and permanent peace regime on the Korean Peninsula."


title: Moon Jae-in

text: In January 2019, South Korea's unemployment rate hit 4.5%, the highest number observed for the month of January since 2010, while the youth unemployment rate, which tracks Koreans aged 25–34 who have not secured jobs, reached its highest in South Korea in 19 years. According to Statistics Korea, 338,000 young Koreans were unemployed in July 2018. The number is the highest since youth unemployment marked 434,000 in 1999, as the nation was still recovering from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. Some experts said the current Moon Jae-in government's purportedly pro-labor policies, including the raise in minimum wage, which led "The Wall Street Journal" to call President Moon Jae-In's economic program "Asia’s most radical left-wing", and reduction of maximum weekly work hours from 68 to 52, may be contributors to the increasing number of Koreans unable to find jobs.


title: Moon Jae-in

text: In November 2018, the "Financial Times" reported that President Moon Jae-In replaced Kim Dong-yeon, finance minister, by Hong Nam-ki, an economic policy official currently serving in the prime minister's office, and Jang Ha-sung, presidential chief of staff for policy. The reshuffle sets the stage for new economic ideas "in a nation that is struggling to transition away from its once-successful manufacturing model".


title: Moon Jae-in

text: As of December 2021, the unemployment rate was down to 3.7%, the lowest since 2017 and in line with the unemployment rate of the previous two decades.