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Bruiser (TV series) Bruiser is a TV comedy sketch show that was produced for BBC Two. It premiered on 28 February 2000 and ran for six episodes, ending on 15 March 2000. The main writers were David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Additional writers included Richard Ayoade and Ricky Gervais.
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Ricky Gervais Ricky Dene Gervais ( ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, singer, and musician.
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Ricky Blitt Richard Michael "Ricky" Blitt is a Canadian screenwriter, film director, producer, and voice actor.
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Joel Gertner Joel Gertner (born September 20, 1975) is an American professional wrestling announcer and manager best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling.
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Fame (2007 film) Fame is the title of a performance by British comedian Ricky Gervais. It was filmed at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London, United Kingdom in 2007.
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José González (wrestler) José Huertas González (born March 18, 1946) better known as Invader 1, is a Puerto Rican retired professional wrestler who wrestled in the United States and around the world, especially in Puerto Rico. He is the current corporate director of the World Wrestling League.
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Ricky Dean Logan Ricky Dean Logan is an American actor who has been in movies and on television.
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Ricky Williams (musician) Ricky Williams (October 4, 1956 – November 21, 1992), also known as Ricky Tractor, was an American musician based in San Francisco. He is best known as a vocalist and lyricist, but also played drums and guitar. He was the second drummer for Crime (1976–77), the original singer for Flipper (1979) and The Sleepers (1977–81), and vocalist for Toiling Midgets (1981–83). He has been credited with giving Flipper their band name, although he was fired before they made any recordings. Williams died at the age of 36 on November 21, 1992, of a heroin overdose.
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Billy Kidman Peter Alan Gruner Jr. (born May 11, 1974) is an American road agent and retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Billy Kidman. He is currently signed to WWE, where he works as a producer. As a wrestler, Kidman is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/E) throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Quinson Valentino David Barry (born June 2, 1970) is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, trainer, and booker, best known by his ring name Quinson Valentino, who was a star on the independent circuit in eastern Canada and the Maritimes during the late 1990s and 2000s. He also formed successful tag teams with Jerry Martell, Derek St. Holmes, and Cody Deaner, and is widely considered to be one of Ontario's best "heel" performers.
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Archie Gouldie Archibald Edward Gouldie (November 22, 1936 – January 23, 2016) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He wrestled for Stampede Wrestling for decades as Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie, with the nickname coming from the wrestler's reputation of "stomping" on his opponents, when they were down, with his black cowboy boots. He was also known by the ring name The Mongolian Stomper.
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The Permanent Bruise The Permanent Bruise is a 6-song EP by the band Adair. It was recorded, mixed and produced by John Pessoni and Jerry Jost (of The Urge) in Pessoni's private studio in St. Louis, Missouri. The EP was released in the Spring of 2003. The release concert was held at St. Louis's Mississippi Nights days before the band moved to Westminster, California. The EP received nearly universal acclaim despite being published independently and without any record label capital. In 2005 the band had independently sold over 7,000 copies.
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Ricky Rickard Rick "Ricky" Rickard (born 1958) is a retired New Zealand professional wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated All Star-Pro Wrestling, promoted by his father Steve Rickard, as well as touring Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. He was a mainstay on his father's wrestling programme "On the Mat" and briefly held the NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship in 1983. Rickard also had a successful 10-year amateur career representing New Zealand as an amateur wrestler in the United States.
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Ricky Legere Ricky Legere is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2007, Legere has formerly competed for Bellator MMA, Strikeforce, the RFA, King of the Cage, Tachi Palace Fights,
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The Ricky Gervais Show The Ricky Gervais Show is a comedy radio show in the UK starring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington, later adapted into a podcast and a television series. Despite being named after the more famous Gervais, it mostly revolves around the life and ideas of Pilkington. The show started in August 2001 on Xfm, and aired in weekly periods for months at a time throughout 2002, 2003, 2004, and mid-2005. In November 2005, "Guardian Unlimited" offered the show as a podcast series of 12 shows. Throughout January and February 2006, the podcast was consistently ranked the number one podcast in the world; it appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Record for the world's most downloaded podcast, having gained an average of 261,670 downloads per episode during its first month. According to the BBC, by September 2006, the podcasts of the series had been downloaded nearly 18 million times. s of March 2011 , the podcast has been downloaded over 300 million times. The animated series adapted for television debuted for HBO and Channel 4 in 2010.
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Barry Hardy Barry W Hardy (born July 5, 1962) is an American professional wrestler and trainer who has competed in North American independent promotions since 1987, including East Coast Wrestling, Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, the National Wrestling Alliance, New Millennium Wrestling and Larry Sharpe's World Wrestling Association.
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Gene LeBell Ivan Gene LeBell (born October 9, 1932) is an American martial artist, instructor, stunt performer, and professional wrestler born in Los Angeles, California. LeBell has also worked on over 1,000 films and TV shows and has authored 12 books.
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Quentin Chong Quentin "Dragon" Chong is a retired South African professional Muaythai (Muay Thai) martial artist, a trainer/coach and actor who has appeared in a number of American movies, local TV series, advertisements and magazines.
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Brandon Gatson Brandon Gatson (born May 29, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, primarily working for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Empire Wrestling Federation. He has worked for several independent promotions throughout the southwest United States and has appeared on several episodes of WWE and NWA television as both enhancement talent and featured talent.
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Paul Ellering Paul Ellering (born August 22, 1953) is an American professional wrestling manager currently signed with WWE on the NXT brand and formerly a weightlifter, professional wrestler and dog musher. Ellering spent most of his wrestling career managing the Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk), working with them from 1983 to 1990 and again on occasions between 1992 and 1997. In addition to being their on screen manager he actually handled the team's affairs outside the ring as well, including contract negotiations and travel arrangements. Ellering and the Road Warriors were inducted into both the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011. Five years later, in June 2016, he returned to the ring at as the manager of The Authors of Pain, a heel tag team making their debut.
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Chad Gervich Chad Gervich is a published author, television writer and producer, and playwright.
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Bob Sweetan Robert Carson (born Robert Beier, July 4, 1940 – February 10, 2017), better known by his ring name Bob Sweetan, was a Canadian professional wrestler and convicted sex offender. Sweetan was nicknamed "Bruiser" and "Mr. Piledriver", the latter in reference to his finishing maneuver.