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Gig
Gig may be:
A slang term for a musical engagement, or a casual short job.
A contraction for gigabyte
An archaic term for a type of light carriage
A type of spear
* A similarly designed type of fishing tackle
A contraction for Captain's Gig, a rowing boat crewed by 4 plus a coxswain mainly used in harbours and sheltered bays.
A Cornish pilot gig, a rowing boat crewed by 6 plus a coxswain used in the open ocean as well as calmer waters.
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Is someone really expected to turn a disambiguation page into an encyclopedic article? -- कुक्कुरोवाच|Talk‽
*It wasn't a disambiguation page when I added the redirect. I could remove the "move to Wiktionary" if everyone agrees. — Pdefer | !! 03:04, 2004 Nov 5 (UTC)
No move to wiktionary. Many of the items deserve an article. Copy to wiktionary would be a right idea Mikkalai 06:45, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
VfD debate
For the vfd debate related to this article see Talk:Gig/delete -- Graham ☺ | Talk 16:16, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Gig Young
in ''City That Never Sleeps'']]
Gig Young (November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American film actor.
Born Byron Elsworth Barr in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Young began acting in his teens under his given name, but later changed it to avoid confusion with another actor of the same name. The name "Gig Young" was taken from a character he played in one of his earliest films, ''The Gay Sisters'' (1942).
Signed to a contract with Warner Brothers, Young appeared in supporting roles in numerous films during the 1940s, and came to be regarded as a popular and likeable second lead, playing the brothers or friends of the principal characters. It was in the early 1950s that Young began to play the type of role that he would become best known for, that of the sardonic but engaging and affable drunk. His dramatic work as an alcoholic in ''Come Fill the Cup'' (1951), and his comedic role as a tipsy but ultimately charming cad in ''Teacher's Pet'' (1958), each earned him nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He won the Academy Award for his role as Rocky, the sleazy dance marathon emcee and promoter in ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1969).
Young married the actress Elizabeth Montgomery, 20 years his junior, in 1956. They divorced in 1963 amid rumors of domestic violence. She was the third of his five wives.
His career went into decline after this, with rumours that his on-screen drinking had carried over into his off-screen life, although he worked frequently.
In 1978 he married his fifth wife, a 31 year-old German art gallery employee named Kim Schmidt. Three weeks after their marriage they were both at home found dead of gunshot wounds to the head. Police theorize that Young first shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself in a suicide pact. Though the case attracted considerable media attention and speculation, Young's motivation for the murder/suicide remains unknown, as he left no suicide note, and his associates
The Big Gig
''The Big Gig'' was a popular Australian television sketch comedy series. It was produced and broadcast by the ABC in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was directed by Ted Robinson, who started his career as the director of the second series of the acclaimed 'The Aunty Jack Show' in the early 1970s.
Largely based around performers sourced from the thriving Melbourne stand-up comedy scene of that time, the series brought a number of new comedy acts to national prominence and made major stars of its host, stand-up comedian Wendy Harmer, who later became a top-rating host on morning radio in Sydney in the 1990s, and the regularly featured act, The Doug Anthony All-Stars.
Starting in 1989 and running until 1992 and originally named ''Tuesday Night Live'', ''The Big Gig'' showcased both comedy and music and offered opportunities not available to the performers otherwise.
The show typically started with a monologue from host Wendy Harmer (or, from mid-1989 to mid-1990, Glynn Nicholas) before launching into a musical act. Regulars on the show included the house band The Swinging Sidewalks, the Bachelors From Prague or Zydeko Jump; the same band would also close the show while the credits played over them.
A regular feature of ''The Big Gig'' was the character 'Veronica Glenhuntly' (played by comedian Jean Kittson), an acid-tongued newsreader. Many storylines would run through her, including her on-air wooing, marriage and birth of twins (named Veronica, after herself, and Wayne, after her husband). She was later joined by weather reporter Clinton Funt, played by musician and comedian Phillip Scott. The character partly parodied contemporary ABC (Victoria) newsreader Mary Delahunty, but her surname was also a reference to the elite Melbourne suburb of Glenhuntly. Kittson also played several other characters, including ditzy gym nut Candida Royale and sinister flight attendant Rose McCloud.
''The Big Gig'' became known for showcasing many new comedy acts, including
Gig/Delete
Gig was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP
Pure nonsense. 00:26, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)
It was once a real article. I'll revert. Pdefer 03:31, 2004 Oct 31 (UTC)
Keep the revert -- Chris 73 Talk 03:41, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)
Who is Robbot? What happened to the history?
*hat's weird. Robbot was the last person to post before a whole bunch of vandals writing nonsense. I reverted, but I don't know where the history went. There was some sort of server bug the first time I reverted, so I had to do it again. I don't know if that helps. Pdefer 04:20, 2004 Oct 31 (UTC)
**Comment: Jamesday has been rearranging the history. For a while, 40GB worth was deleted. Most, if not all of it should be back by now. - Vague Rant 08:36, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)
Not the best dictdef around, but ok, I suppose. I hope the Wiktionary folks also get the verb form of "gig," which is to catch frogs or crawdads. Therefore also "gig" as a small carriage and "gig" as fishing tackle. (I.e. "gig" came from "rig" probably in its nominal form and from "get" in the verb form.) I didn't know that Jamesday was a history monk though. Geogre 15:43, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Looks like a disambiguation candidate to me, or if not, we can redirect to concert or something similar. [User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)] 00:51, Nov 1, 2004 (UTC)
*I'd agree; a disambiguation page to concert, gigabyte, &c. would seem to be a good use for the page. Shimgray 02:32, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I've turned it into a disambig page, and added some data about other senses. Keep. Smerdis of Tlön 20:52, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like other '/delete' pages is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the
Captain'S Gig
A Captain's Gig is a boat used on naval ships as the Captain's taxi. In general it was smaller and lighter than the longboat or the barge or the pinnace. It was usually crewed by 4 select oarsmen, and a coxswain. In general the oarsman sat one to a seat, but only rowed a single oar, alternating sides. The gig was not as seakindly as the longboat but used mostly in harbors.
The boats generally had a high wineglass transom, full skeg, full keel, straight stem and somewhat rounded sides. There was in general very little rocker in the keel. And the gunwales on many were nearly straight from bow to stern. It appears to be the precursor to the Whitehall Rowboat.
'': Cornish pilot gig, a larger boat (crewed by 6 plus a cox) which used to be used to transport pilots out to ships.''
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Gig Young
His second and third wives were actresses, but cannot confirm Kim Schmidt as a professional actress. Will replace this info with employment cited in Hollywood Babylon (art gallery employee). Please cite references as requested in every edit page so facts can be checked. -- 172.151.108.253 02:18, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC) Zosodada 02:19, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC) (forgot to sign in)
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