Sentences with phrase «tall tales on»

If your kids made you watch the bonus features on the Cars 2 DVD / Blu - Ray or Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales on Netflix, you may have already seen a short animated film called «Air Mater» that had Mater visit Propwash Junction.

The veteran actor recounts a lifetime of tall tales on the set of The Friends of Eddie Coyle.

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event in Toronto on Apr. 24 to discuss the importance of bold, timeless design, hard work and other important details in his presentation entitled «Tall Tales from a Large Man.»

Mackay goes on to recount other tall tales; I'm partial to the sailor who thought a Semper Augustus bulb was an onion, and stole it for his breakfast; «Little did he dream that he had been eating a breakfast whose cost might have regaled a whole ship's crew for a twelvemonth.»

And whats scarier is there are droves of people who think decisions that affect EVERYONE should be based on what they interpret out of some book of tall tales.

Based on this tall tale when Jesus died the «saints» arose from the dead but stayed put at their graves until about 45 hours later when Jesus came back to life and came out of his tomb.

Wait, so you're supposed to stomach this incredibly tall tale, taking it all on faith.

«Do you think that is why I am on trial [for atheism], because I can not believe such tall tales as these?»

The family - owned and operated AAA Four Diamond waterfront inn in historic Old Saybrook, Connecticut has recently opened two new Luxury Guesthouses, Three Stories and Tall Tales, both of which are high - end accommodations providing a unique space for smaller groups on the picturesque shores of the Long Island Sound and the Connecticut River.

But as with everybody in baseball, there is a book on the Boston Red Sox righthander, and it is at once a short story and a tall tale.

We never found any sign of that duck though there is still a tall tale told that she lives in the wild of the woods on our property.

Except... when we're so exhausted that we can't possibly remember what it is we wanted to do the next time our child climbed on the counter, pulled the dog's tail, told a tall tale, or just wouldn't go to sleep!

The incident recalls a 2009 report of a similar power cut at the LHC being caused by a bird dropping a piece of baguette on a substation, but Marsollier says that was a tall tale.

The incident is reminiscent of a widely reported story in 2009 that a similar power cut at the LHC was caused by a bird dropping a piece of baguette on a substation, but Marsollier says that was a tall tale.

And the tall tales of traveling the globe that once had everyone rolling on the floor with laughter.

on vegan tall tales of spry centenarians supposedly living on a plant based diet:

Author of «Kissing Frogs: Tall Tales & Insights from the Dating Pond,» Kris Anderson is a blogger and Internet radio host who has been on «412 dates since 2006.»

He did several suspense films, including Johnny Allegro and Dangerous Profession, but it was his work on The Window that earned Tetzlaff a permanent place in the memories of filmgoers — a dark, chilling, and suspenseful thriller, based on the fable of the boy - who - cried - wolf, this film, about a young boy (Bobby Driscoll) known for telling tall tales, who witnesses a murder in his tenement building and can't get anyone to believe him, was an instant hit.

Suddenly finding himself as the proverbial big man on campus, Gulliver grossly exaggerates his achievements in Manhattan, creating all kinds of tall tales about his importance and positions.

When you chat with the animals on this day, they will do their best to try to fool you with tall tales and a variety of pranks and tricks.

It is approaching Tall Tale status when he whips up on a local wise - ass on one of his rare visits to town.

Grammer's turn as a dad with a penchant for tall tales is the best part of this middling paean to narcissistic fantasy, based on Tim Burton's movie

Time Travel Mater (2012)(6:23) Sort of a stretch being included here, this Mater's Tall Tales premiered on TV in June.

Though Emma Thompson's Queen may be diminutive in stature, she is definitely in control of the Kingdom, with Fergus relying on his humour and tall tales to appear of any worth.

But on its own conventional terms, the film succeeds — maybe not as a «Coen Brothers» movie, but as a tall tale well told.

Writers Armando Bo — «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),» «Biutiful» Damien Chazelle * — «Whiplash,» «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench» Álex de la Iglesia — «El Crimen Perfecto,» «The Day of the Beast» Rick Famuyiwa — «Dope,» «The Wood» Maya Forbes — «Infinitely Polar Bear,» «Monsters vs Aliens» E. Max Frye — «Foxcatcher,» «Something Wild» Nicolás Giacobone — «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),» «Biutiful» Dan Gilroy — «Nightcrawler,» «The Bourne Legacy» Jorge Guerricaechevarría — «Cell 211,» «The Day of the Beast» Rita Hsiao — «Toy Story 2,» «Mulan» Simon Kinberg — «X-Men: Days of Future Past,» «Sherlock Holmes» Malcolm D. Lee * — «The Best Man Holiday,» «The Best Man» Christopher Markus — «Thor: The Dark World,» «Captain America: The First Avenger» Stephen McFeely — «Thor: The Dark World,» «Captain America: The First Avenger» Graham Moore — «The Imitation Game» Paweł Pawlikowski * — «Ida,» «My Summer of Love» Abderrahmane Sissako * — «Timbuktu,» «Bamako» Damián Szifron * — «Wild Tales,» «On Probation» Kessen Tall — «Timbuktu» Tyger Williams — «The Perfect Guy,» «Menace II Society» Andrey Zvyagintsev * — «Leviathan,» «Elena&raquon a Park Bench» Álex de la Iglesia — «El Crimen Perfecto,» «The Day of the Beast» Rick Famuyiwa — «Dope,» «The Wood» Maya Forbes — «Infinitely Polar Bear,» «Monsters vs Aliens» E. Max Frye — «Foxcatcher,» «Something Wild» Nicolás Giacobone — «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),» «Biutiful» Dan Gilroy — «Nightcrawler,» «The Bourne Legacy» Jorge Guerricaechevarría — «Cell 211,» «The Day of the Beast» Rita Hsiao — «Toy Story 2,» «Mulan» Simon Kinberg — «X-Men: Days of Future Past,» «Sherlock Holmes» Malcolm D. Lee * — «The Best Man Holiday,» «The Best Man» Christopher Markus — «Thor: The Dark World,» «Captain America: The First Avenger» Stephen McFeely — «Thor: The Dark World,» «Captain America: The First Avenger» Graham Moore — «The Imitation Game» Paweł Pawlikowski * — «Ida,» «My Summer of Love» Abderrahmane Sissako * — «Timbuktu,» «Bamako» Damián Szifron * — «Wild Tales,» «On Probation» Kessen Tall — «Timbuktu» Tyger Williams — «The Perfect Guy,» «Menace II Society» Andrey Zvyagintsev * — «Leviathan,» «Elena&raquOn Probation» Kessen Tall — «Timbuktu» Tyger Williams — «The Perfect Guy,» «Menace II Society» Andrey Zvyagintsev * — «Leviathan,» «Elena»

Employing sleight of hand, some fast talking, and a lot of tall tales, it exaggerates the legend until the illusion takes on a life of its own, turning into the promised «fever dream» that, while admittedly stuffed with some truly excellent musical setpieces, has something sinister at its core.

Landing a second job as a TV personality on Showtime (where his boss is played by Teri Hatcher), Erik is enjoying his newfound respect — especially the look in the eyes of his adoring son Teddy (Dakota Goyo), to whom he's told more than a few tall tales (such as being buddies with John Elway).

Gregg Barnes, Mean Girls Clint Ramos, Once on This Island David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady, Lincoln Center Theater Dede M. Ayite, Bella: An American Tall Tale, Playwrights Horizons

Gibson's choice to give Wallace a grandiose mystique makes the story difficult to take as anything but a tall tale, especially as he applies the war paint and storms in and out of castles on horseback.

Simon Kinberg — «X-Men: Days of Future Past,» «Sherlock Holmes» Malcolm D. Lee * — «The Best Man Holiday,» «The Best Man» Christopher Markus — «Thor: The Dark World,» «Captain America: The First Avenger» Stephen McFeely — «Thor: The Dark World,» «Captain America: The First Avenger» Graham Moore — «The Imitation Game» Paweł Pawlikowski * — «Ida,» «My Summer of Love» Abderrahmane Sissako * — «Timbuktu,» «Bamako» Damián Szifron * — «Wild Tales,» «On Probation» Kessen Tall — «Timbuktu» Tyger Williams — «The Perfect Guy,» «Menace II Society» Andrey Zvyagintsev * — «Leviathan,» «Elena»

With the help of the Canadian government as well a pair of old guard Hollywood stalwarts, the mission's success and failure ultimately hinged on everyone's ability to sell this ludicrous tall tale as one of utmost reality.

They don't deal in facts because the facts are not on their side, but that's OK: their tall tales are «truthy» enough to stimulate the nerve endings in the guts of credulous pundits and centrist Democrats.

Italian Spice — Gavin Farmer tries out a 1959 Lancia Appia Zagato that spent nearly 40 years in America before being rebuilt in Australia / Ground Breaker — Douglas Blain slips into the cockpit of a priceless Type S Grand Prix Delage / Stoop's Sebring — Michael Bowler looks back at 10 years» ownership of one of the three historic Frazer Nash Sebrings / Ripple Over the Water — Malcolm Tucker tells the story of a Rolls - Royce that might have been / Atlanta's Golden Apples — Further reminiscences of Richard Gaylard Shattock about his Atlanta racing days as told by Anthony Pritchard / The Grimsby Giant — Michael Worthington - Williams tells the tall tale of the Lloyd made in Grimsby / Ballot Breeding — After the Great War Ernest Ballot embarked on a racing programme to promote his proprietary engines.

The Ford Mustang's styling, pricing, and a pitch - perfect PR blitz (including placement on the covers of both Time and Newsweek) may have helped bolster its popularity, but had any of these next three vehicle either gained traction in the marketplace or been built as originally intended, there's a chance Ford's pony car legend might not be quite as tall a tale as it stands today.

Suzanna grew up in rural South Carolina (really rural) and survived on her mother's library, local ghost stories, and the tall tales her father spun for his children's amusement.

This jaunty, action - packed tall tale, inspired by an old sea chantey and the biblical story of Noah, centers on a youngster determined to leave her mark on the world.

The latest novel from the author of Rocket Boys is a tall tale that's loosely based on the life of his own parents, Homer and Elsie, who travel from their home in West Virginia to Florida with an alligator in tow — the titular Albert.

It started as a more or less straight horror story, based on legends and tall tales I heard growing up about Texas at the turn of the 20th Century.

Saturday night is always a blast around the campfire telling tall tales, meeting new friends and experiencing the best lifestyle on the planet.

Twenty two years since the company rose to fame on the back of Donkey Kong Country — a similarly piratical game brimming with bananas, palm trees, and a pirate captain by the name of King K. Rool — the idea that Microsoft and Rare were themselves setting out atop their lovingly rendered sea, chasing tall tales and ghost stories of the developer's golden days as if they were some long - buried, magical treasure was heartbreakingly poetic.

Rare's newest trailer is a little light on actual details, merely hinting at things to come, and takes the form of a tall tale told by «grizzled old soul Merrick» - the pirate whose portrait recently appeared in the ship wreck found on the uncharted island at map coordinates L14.

In Traveller's Tale's defence, it would've been a tall order to incorporate a fresh take on an open world Gotham.

All of the artefacts were in Damien's unique style so there is no question that the showmanship on display is a bit of a tall tale.

The second sculpture in the exhibition, Witches House with Balls, combines a 2 1/2 foot tall stylized fairy - tale house with a red - topped mushroom surrounded by four small metallic - colored balls each on their own pedestals.

AF came to the opening of William Bradley last November 21st for Tall Tales and his color rich but innovative riff on Abstract Expressionism.

Picker, Deborah, «Tall Tales: Catherine Opie looks in on Lesbian Domesticity,» LA Weekly, May 14 - 20, 1999, p. 35 [ill.].

Opening Reception: Friday, February 24th, 7 - 9 pm On view through March 28th, 2017 * image: Leslie Smith III, Tall Tales, 2015

In paintings that have become increasingly ambitious and emotionally complex, Thiebaud takes on the iconic Western landscape, not by direct observation, but through the prism of imagination, casting himself as a teller of tall tales.

Following Weather or Not and Tall Tales, this is the third exhibition in a series based on the Boise Art Museum's Art Cards.