Johnny Johnson

NewsRadio: Season 5: Episode 16 -- Despite being broken by Jimmy, a homeless Johnny Johnson returns to claim Lisa as his bride.

Copperhead Road is an American country music/country rock album released in 1988 by Steve Earle. Often referred to as Earle's 'rock record', Earle himself calls it the world's first blend of heavy metal and bluegrass, while in their January 26, 1989 review of the album Rolling Stone suggested the style be known as 'power twang'. The title song 'Copperhead Road' tells of a Vietnam War veteran, scion of a rural moonshine bootlegging clan, who returns home to Johnson County, Tennessee (Copperhead Road is an actual road near [Has been renamed as Copperhead Hollow Rd. due to theft of road signs bearing the song's name]Mountain City, Tennessee). The song also inspired a popular line dance timed to the beat of the song. The songs on side one of the album reflect Earle's politics: the title track attacks the War on Drugs, and the song 'Snake Oil' compares then president Ronald Reagan to a traveling con man and draws attention to his 'legacy of creative deceit'. 'Johnny Come Lately' (performed with The Pogues) compares the experience of US servicemen fighting in World War II with those in the Vietnam War, and contrasts the differing receptions they received on returning home. 'Back to the Wall' is about poverty. Unlike some issues-oriented musicians, however, Earle does not limit himself to political material. The second side of the album consists of apolitical works: love songs ('Even When I'm Blue' for example) and a holiday offering ('Nothing but a Child', performed here with Maria McKee]).

Johnny Ray Johnson is on death row for a crime he doesn't believe he could have committed.

NASA 360: Season 1: Episode 10 -- In episode 10, Johnny and Jennifer tour NASA's Johnson Space Center - and see how astronauts train for space.

Trailer for Pickin' & Grinnin', which screened at Austin Film Fest 2010. There aren t too many hit songs written about corndogs. Unfortunately, that s what music-loving brothers, Johnny and Milo Johnson, have to do to make a living. As they begin to grow tired of playing music in small towns, being ridiculed for being losers, and playing shows in small hick towns, they hear about a sing-a-long contest in Nashville. From that setting, the film Pickin & Grinnin is born. As their Winnebago makes its way across the country, the boys learn about music and brotherhood. Writers Johnny Dowers and Garrett Mathany accurately capture the quick quips of two men who have known each other their whole lives, but find out they still don t know everything.

Sports South talks with Johnny Damon and Elliot Johnson after the Rays' win.

In the summer of 1963, 17-year-old New Yorker Frances 'Baby' Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is vacationing with her affluent family at Kellerman's,[3] a resort in the Catskill Mountains. Baby is planning to attend Mount Holyoke College to study economics of underdeveloped countries and then enter the Peace Corps. She was named after Frances Perkins, the first woman in the U.S. Cabinet. Baby's father, Jake (Jerry Orbach), is the personal physician of the resort owner Max Kellerman (Jack Weston). Baby develops a crush on the resort's dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), part of the working-class entertainment staff. When Baby, while carrying a watermelon, is invited to one of their secret after-hour parties, she observes for the first time the 'dirty dancing' that the staff enjoys. She is intrigued by the sexy dancing, and receives a brief lesson from Johnny. Later, Baby discovers that Johnny's dance partner Penny Johnson (Cynthia Rhodes) is distraught over being pregnant by Robbie Gould (Max Cantor), the womanizing waiter who is dating and cheating on Lisa, Baby's sister. Baby learns that Robbie plans to do nothing about the pregnancy as he says 'Some people count, some people don't,' so she secures the money from her father to pay for Penny's illegal abortion. Baby's father agrees to give her the money despite her secrecy regarding what it will be used for, because of the trust he holds in his daughter. In her efforts to help, Baby also becomes Penny's fill-in for a performance at the Sheldrake, a nearby resort where Johnny and Penny perform annually. This upcoming show requires Johnny to train Baby to become a better dancer and learn the required routine. As Baby becomes Johnny's pupil in dance, tempers flare and a romance begins to develop. Their performance at the Sheldrake goes reasonably well, though Baby is too nervous to accomplish the dance's climactic lift. When they