• Candy Mountain is a 1987 drama film directed by Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer, and starring Kevin J. O'Connor, Harris Yulin and Tom Waits. Set in New...
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  • "The Big Rock Candy Mountains", first recorded and copyrighted by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a country folk song about a hobo's idea of paradise, a...
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    Candy Mountain is a small mountain located just outside West Richland, Washington. Candy Mountain rises above the Tri-Cities, located between Badger Mountain...
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    Candy Mountain is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Washington that encompasses the slopes surrounding Candy Mountain in Benton County located southwest...
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  • Candy Land (also known as Candyland) is a simple racing board game created by Eleanor Abbott and published by Milton Bradley in 1948. The game requires...
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    The Candy Cane Mountains (Azerbaijani: Şəkər əsası dağları) are shale mountains in the Khizi and Siyazan districts of Azerbaijan, part of the Greater...
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  • children return to their home. Some versions of the song "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" include a mention of a Whangdoodle singing in the titular hobo's paradise...
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  • by a blue unicorn and a pink unicorn on an adventure to the magical Candy Mountain. However, the journey turns out to be a farce, and Charlie has his kidney...
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  • singer, songwriter, and poet, best known for his song "The Big Rock Candy Mountains". McClintock was born on October 8, 1884, in Uhrichsville, Ohio.[non-primary...
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  • The Big Rock Candy Mountain is a 1943 semi-autobiographical novel by American writer Wallace Stegner. It follows the life of the Mason family (Bo and Elsa...
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  • has made several film appearances. She acts alongside Tom Waits in Candy Mountain (1986), directed by Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer. O'Hara has a leading...
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    to be "fruit candy chews". The fourth flavor was launched in late August 2022 and revealed to be "sour candy". Beginning in 2022, Mountain Dew VooDew has...
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  • separately in a smaller locket shaped frame. Soda Fizz sold with the Candy Mountain track. Scoop, Creamy and Cornball sold separately, each with their own...
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  • few vintage tracks (such as Harry McClintock's 1928 single "Big Rock Candy Mountain"), most tracks are modern recordings. The soundtrack was reissued on...
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  • in Vietnamese in 1998. Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 14 - Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 4] : UNT Digital Library"...
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    Airheads is an American brand of the taffy candy owned by the Italian-Dutch company Perfetti Van Melle. They were created on August 7, 1985, by Steve...
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  • Daniel Day-Lewis's oil man, Daniel Plainview. O'Connor also starred in John Candy's last film, Canadian Bacon; he portrayed Roy Boy, a suicidal, eccentric...
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  • "Deceased" message stamped on his returned postcard "The Dying Hobo/Big Rock Candy Mountain" (two forms of the same folk song) – Referenced by key lyrics used as...
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    Scarface Chief Detective Mel Bernstein 1986 Short Fuse Chief Harrigan 1987 Candy Mountain Elmore Silk The Believers Robert Calder Fatal Beauty Conrad Kroll 1988...
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    Nicholson, Waits's co-star in Ironweed In 1986, he took a small part in Candy Mountain, as millionaire golf enthusiast Al Silk. He costarred in Hector Babenco's...
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    minstrel tune now better known as "Jimmy Crack Corn"), and "Big Rock Candy Mountain" (an old hobo song). He was also associated with the Almanacs, a folk-singing...
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  • Dickens Bullies (1986) – Vern Dead of Winter (1987) – Officer Huntley Candy Mountain (1987) – Buddy Burke Housekeeping (1987) – Principal And Then You Die...
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    neighboring areas. The Red Mountain appellation was established in 2001, Rattlesnake Hills in 2006, Snipes Mountain in 2009, Candy Mountain in 2020 and Goose Gap...
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  • pieces. In 2022 Rocky Mountain Chocolate was named America's Best Chocolate and Candy Store by Newsweek. In 2023 Rocky Mountain Chocolate divested itself...
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    They Go Wherever They Go?" He also appeared as Leon in the 1988 film Candy Mountain, and on an episode of the TV show Life Goes On. He narrated the 2011...
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    Desperately Seeking Susan Leslie Glass 1987 Making Mr. Right Sandy 1988 Candy Mountain Alice Stars and Bars Melissa The Appointments of Dennis Jennings Emma...
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  • member of the Grand Ole Opry. He is best known for his 1949 hit single "Candy Kisses". He was the father of singer Lorrie Morgan, who is also a country...
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  • in conjunction with promoting the release that week of his new film, Candy Mountain. Other screenings have included the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New...
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    17 December 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2019 – via Vimeo. "Big Rock Candy Mountain". Boulder Media. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17...
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    September 3, 2015. Gilliland, John (April 27, 1969). "Show 13 – Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 3]: UNT Digital Library"....
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