Burt Reynolds started his professional acting career in television. Throughout his career he has returned to TV sometimes just for an appearance here and there. Other times it has been for a main character in a series. In 2007 he returned to TV on a show called Celebrity Rides: Burt Builds a Bandit, In which he helps redesign an old Bandit edition Trans-Am. With this show it marks 48 years in television for this historic actor.
TV work
#Riverboat (cast member from 1959-1960)
#Gunsmoke (cast member from 1962-1965)
#Branded (1966)
#Hawk (1966) (canceled after 17 episodes)
#Fade-In (1968)
#Double Jeopardy (1970) (pilot for Dan August)
#Hunters Are for Killing (1970)
#Run, Simon, Run (1970)
#The X-Files (2000)
#Dan August (1970-1971)
#Out of This World (1987-1991) (voice only)
#The Golden Girls-"Ladies of the Evening" (1986)
#B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch (1989) (pilot for B.L. Stryker)
#B.L. Stryker (1989-1990)
#B.L. Stryker: King of Jazz (1990)
#B.L. Stryker: Die Laughing (1990) (also director)
#Evening Shade (1990-1994)
#The Man from Left Field (1993) (also director and producer)
#Raven (1997)
#Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)
#Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (1998)
#Hard Time (1998) (also director)
#Hard Time: The Premonition (1999)
#Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999)
#Johnson County War (2002) (miniseries)
#Miss Lettie and Me (2002)
#Hard Ground (2003)
#Robot Chicken (2005) (Guest voice)
#My Name Is Earl (2006)
#Celebrity Rides: Burt builds a Bandit (2007) (5 episodes)
*Reynolds also appeared on the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania X in 1994, appearing as guest ring announcer.
Talk / Variety show appearances
#Corazón de (2006)
#Sunday Morning Shootout (3 episodes, 2005-2006)
#The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 episodes, 2003,2005)
#Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (2 episodes, 2004,2005)
#Tavis Smiley (2005)
#The Maury Povich Show (2004)
#The Daily Show (2004)
#Dinner for Five (2 episodes, 2004)
#Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2004)
#V Graham Norton (2003)
#Reel Classics with Burt Reynolds (2003)
#Hollywood Squares (6 episodes, 2002)
#Biography (2002)
#Emeril (2001)
#Inside the Actors Studio (2001)
#Larry King Live (2000)
#The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999)
#Celebrity Profile (1999)
#Dennis Miller Live (1998)
#Burt Reynolds' Conversations with (1997)
#The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
#Howard Stern (1996)
#Ruby Wax Meets... (1996)
#Cybill (1995)
#Dame Edna's Hollywood (1993)
#Dinah Shore: A Special Conversation with Burt Reynolds(1991)
#Win, Lose or Draw (1989)
#Dolly (1987)
#Southern Voices, American Dreams (1985)
#Star Search (1984)
#Mike Douglas Presents (1984)
#This Is Your Life (1983)
#The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour (1983)
#Entertainment Tonight (1981)
#The Barbara Walters Special (2 episodes, 1978,1980)
#Saturday Night Live (1980)
#Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 17th Anniversary Special (1979)
#The Orson Welles Show (1979)
#The Wonderful World of Disney"Mickey's 50" (1978)
#The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (11 episodes, 1971-1975,1978)
#The Jim Nabors Show (1978)
#The Mike Douglas Show (3 episodes, 1976-1977)
#Dinah (1975)
#Burt Reynolds Late Show (1974)
#Dinah Shore: In Search of the Ideal Man (1973)
#Dinah Shore: How to Handle a Woman (1972)
#The Flip Wilson Show (1972)
#The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (2 episodes, 1972)
#The David Frost Show (1971)
#The Hollywood Squares (5 episodes, 1970)
#The Merv Griffin Show (1970)
#The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
TV work
#Riverboat (cast member from 1959-1960)
#Gunsmoke (cast member from 1962-1965)
#Branded (1966)
#Hawk (1966) (canceled after 17 episodes)
#Fade-In (1968)
#Double Jeopardy (1970) (pilot for Dan August)
#Hunters Are for Killing (1970)
#Run, Simon, Run (1970)
#The X-Files (2000)
#Dan August (1970-1971)
#Out of This World (1987-1991) (voice only)
#The Golden Girls-"Ladies of the Evening" (1986)
#B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch (1989) (pilot for B.L. Stryker)
#B.L. Stryker (1989-1990)
#B.L. Stryker: King of Jazz (1990)
#B.L. Stryker: Die Laughing (1990) (also director)
#Evening Shade (1990-1994)
#The Man from Left Field (1993) (also director and producer)
#Raven (1997)
#Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)
#Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (1998)
#Hard Time (1998) (also director)
#Hard Time: The Premonition (1999)
#Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999)
#Johnson County War (2002) (miniseries)
#Miss Lettie and Me (2002)
#Hard Ground (2003)
#Robot Chicken (2005) (Guest voice)
#My Name Is Earl (2006)
#Celebrity Rides: Burt builds a Bandit (2007) (5 episodes)
*Reynolds also appeared on the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania X in 1994, appearing as guest ring announcer.
Talk / Variety show appearances
#Corazón de (2006)
#Sunday Morning Shootout (3 episodes, 2005-2006)
#The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 episodes, 2003,2005)
#Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (2 episodes, 2004,2005)
#Tavis Smiley (2005)
#The Maury Povich Show (2004)
#The Daily Show (2004)
#Dinner for Five (2 episodes, 2004)
#Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2004)
#V Graham Norton (2003)
#Reel Classics with Burt Reynolds (2003)
#Hollywood Squares (6 episodes, 2002)
#Biography (2002)
#Emeril (2001)
#Inside the Actors Studio (2001)
#Larry King Live (2000)
#The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999)
#Celebrity Profile (1999)
#Dennis Miller Live (1998)
#Burt Reynolds' Conversations with (1997)
#The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
#Howard Stern (1996)
#Ruby Wax Meets... (1996)
#Cybill (1995)
#Dame Edna's Hollywood (1993)
#Dinah Shore: A Special Conversation with Burt Reynolds(1991)
#Win, Lose or Draw (1989)
#Dolly (1987)
#Southern Voices, American Dreams (1985)
#Star Search (1984)
#Mike Douglas Presents (1984)
#This Is Your Life (1983)
#The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour (1983)
#Entertainment Tonight (1981)
#The Barbara Walters Special (2 episodes, 1978,1980)
#Saturday Night Live (1980)
#Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 17th Anniversary Special (1979)
#The Orson Welles Show (1979)
#The Wonderful World of Disney"Mickey's 50" (1978)
#The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (11 episodes, 1971-1975,1978)
#The Jim Nabors Show (1978)
#The Mike Douglas Show (3 episodes, 1976-1977)
#Dinah (1975)
#Burt Reynolds Late Show (1974)
#Dinah Shore: In Search of the Ideal Man (1973)
#Dinah Shore: How to Handle a Woman (1972)
#The Flip Wilson Show (1972)
#The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (2 episodes, 1972)
#The David Frost Show (1971)
#The Hollywood Squares (5 episodes, 1970)
#The Merv Griffin Show (1970)
#The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
In the Zork series of interactive fiction computer games, created by Infocom and Activision, events in the Zork Calendar take place in the fictional Great Underground Empire, originally known as the Kingdom of Quendor.
:See also: Characters in Zork, Creatures in Zork, and Kings of Quendor.
Timeline of the published games
*1980
**Zork I: The Great Underground Empire ()
*1981
**Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz ()
*1982
**Zork III: The Dungeon Master ()
*1983
**Enchanter
*1984
**Sorcerer
*1985
**Wishbringer
**Spellbreaker
*1987
**Beyond Zork
*1988
**Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz
*1993
**Return to Zork
*1996
**Zork: Nemesis
*1997
**Zork: The Undiscovered Underground
**Zork Grand Inquisitor
Timeline of Zork history
Before Entharion (BE)
*1,000,000 BE
**The Frobeolithic Epozz begins.
*50,000 BE
**The Frobozzolithic Epozz begins.
*30,000 BE
**The Brogmolithic Epozz begins.
*10,000 BE
**The Zorkeolithic Epozz begins.
*396 BE
**A black knight of Borphee slays Prince Foo, bringing an end to the age of Pheebor, and beginning the age of Borphee.
*1 BE
**With the year zero right around the corner, people eagerly anticipate some major historical event.
After Entharion (AE)
*0 AE
**01 Estuary - The Kingdom of Quendor is formed by Entharion the Wise. The Entharion Dynasty begins.
*41 AE
**Mysterion the Brave succeeds Entharion the Wise as the second king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*55 AE
**Zylon the Aged succeeds Mysterion the Brave as the third king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*398 AE
**Zilbo I succeeds Zylon the Aged as the fourth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*423 AE
**Bozbo I succeeds Zilbo I as the fifth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*429 AE
**Zilbo II succeeds Bozbo I as the sixth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*451 AE
**Harmonius Fzort succeeds Zilbo II as the seventh king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*466 AE
**Dundor of Vriminax quashes the Yipple Rebellion at Galepath.
*474 AE
**The Zucchini Wars devastated seven provinces up to this point.
**5 Jam - The Treaty of Znurg ends the Zucchini Wars.
*477 AE
**Bozbo II succeeds Harmonius Fzort as the eighth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*481 AE
**Thaddium Fzort succeeds Bozbo II as the ninth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*545 AE
**Mumbo I succeeds Thaddium Fzort as the tenth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*569 AE
**Bozbo III succeeds Mumbo I as the eleventh king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*575 AE
**Bozbo IV succeeds Bozbo III as the twelfth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*580 AE
**Bozbo IV expends government: 14% Military, 2% Royal Bureaucracy, 18% Construction of Roads and Bridges, 66% Other
*619 AE
**Mumbo II succeeds Bozbo IV as the thirteenth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*628 AE
**Zilbo III succeeds Mumbo II as the fourteenth and final king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*659 AE
**31 Dismembur - Duncanthrax the Bellicose ousts the slain Zilbo III to become King of Quendor, the first king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*660 AE
**Egreth Castle built.
*660-662 AE
**Duncanthrax's army conquers the westlands.
*665 AE
**Duncanthrax defeats the Antharian Armada at the Battle of Fort Griffspotter, gaining control of the Great Sea.
*666 AE
**Underground caverns discovered.
**Duncanthrax the Bellicose invades the eastlands.
**The Diablo Massacre at Zorbel Pass.
**Duncanthrax ends the battle at Globby Hills by burying the opposing army's champion ogre in granola.
*672 AE
**9 Dismembur - Duncanthrax the Bellicose writes the Unnatural Acts.
*680 AE
**Duncanthrax expends government: 33% Military, 8% Royal Bureaucracy, 54% Construction of Caverns, 5% Other
*688 AE
**Belwit the Flat succeeds Duncanthrax the Bellicose as the second king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*691 AE
**First annual Double Fanucci Championships held in Borphee.
*699 AE
**First zorkmid minted.
*701 AE
**Frobwit the Flatter succeeds Belwit the Flat as the third king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*727 AE
**Timberthrax Flathead succeeds Frobwit the Flatter as the fourth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*732 AE
**Frobozz Philharmonic Orchestra is founded.
*738 AE
**Phloid Flathead succeeds Timberthrax Flathead as the fifth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*747 AE
**The seven-week Battle of the Stonewall, for which T. J. "Stonewall" Flathead got his nickname.
*755 AE
**Mumberthrax Flathead the Insignificant succeeds Phloid Flathead as the sixth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
**Stonewall Flathead becomes General of the Royal Army.
Great Underground Empire (GUE)
*770 GUE
**Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive, seventh king of the Flathead Dynasty, succeeds Mumberthrax Flathead the Insignificant.
**Plans for Dimwit's coronation begin.
**Bloit basis "permanently" changes to Dimwit’s three-eyed cat.
**Dimwit raises tax rate to just over 98%.
**Dimwit orders the excavation of entire forests for chocolate truffles.
**Quendor is renamed The Great Underground Empire.
**The Great Sea is renamed Flathead Ocean.
*771 GUE
**The small village of Aragain is renamed Flatheadia.
**14 Jam - The capital is moved to Flatheadia.
*773 GUE
**Civil servant accidentally casts zimbor instead of zemdor, destroying the city of Mareilon and starting the four-week Endless Fire.
**As a result of the Endless Fire, Lord Dimwit Flathead passes 5,521 edicts severely limiting access to magic (and lawyers).
**All magic is henceforth entrusted to the Guilds of Enchanters.
**Dawn of the Age of Guilds.
*776 GUE
**Lord Dimwit creates Royal Museum to house the crown jewels.
*777 GUE
**Royal Museum dedicated under Lord Dimwit.
*780 GUE
**Dimwit Flathead expends government: 1% Military, 68% Royal Bureaucracy, 29% Construction of Dams, etc., 2% Other
*781 GUE
**The Magic Cave Company builds 400-story company headquarters in Flatheadia.
*782 GUE
**Dimwit Flathead orders the construction of Flathead Stadium in honor of Babe Flathead.
*783 GUE
**30 Estuary - Flood Control Dam #3 dedicated.
**22 Oracle - Dimwit’s coronation begins.
*785 GUE
**End of Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive's 18 month coronation ceremony, which took 13 years to plan.
*789 GUE
**Dimwit orders the defoliation of 1400 square bloits of lush forest in Fublio Valley to erect a nine-bloit-high statue of himself.
**14 Mumberbur
***Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive proposes another tax increase.
***Curse Day: Megaboz the Magnificent curses Lord Dimwit Flathead.
***Dimwit dies mysteriously.
***Loowit Flathead succeeds Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive as the eighth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
**Babe Flathead, the youngest of the twelve Flatheads, enters the shark-wrestling finals and is killed by a shark.
*811 GUE
**Rose Riots.
*813 GUE
**Duncwit Flathead succeeds Loowit Flathead as the ninth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*841 GUE
**Elvis Flathead, a hit singer, has his first concert.
*843 GUE
**Barbawit Flathead succeeds Duncwit Flathead as the tenth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*845 GUE
**Idwit Oogle Flathead succeeds Barbawit Flathead as the eleventh king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*865 GUE
**16 Estuary - The Granola Riots.
*875 GUE
**Barsap appointed Royal Magician by Idwit Oogle Flathead.
*881 GUE
**Wurb Flathead succeeds Idwit Oogle Flathead as the twelfth and final king of the Flathead Dynasty.
**Bloit basis changes to Wurb’s elephant.
*883 GUE
**14 Mumberbur - The Great Underground Empire falls. Belboz says, "I told you so."
**Flatheadia is reduced to a small white house as a warning and reminder of the Flatheads' excesses.
**Megaboz assigns the title of the first Dungeon Master to a peasant who came closest to ending the Curse. The Dungeon Master is given magical powers and half the wealth of the kingdom.
**General Syovar declares himself King of Zork.
**The Enchanters Guilds of the westlands eliminate the rebellious alchemists who use forbidden magic. Survivors flee to the eastlands.
**FrobozzCo relocates headquarters to Borphee.
*896 GUE
**The Great Underground Empire: A History, by Froboz Mumbar, is published.
*948 GUE
**A nameless adventurer enters the Great Underground Empire via the mysterious white house, defeats the Wizard of Frobozz, and becomes the second Dungeon Master.
*952 GUE
**Belboz destroys the evil giant Amathradonis.
**Belboz becomes the kingdomwide Secretary of the Guild of Enchanters.
**A nameless enchanter defeats Krill at Largoneth Castle.
*957 GUE
**The enchanter who defeated Krill saves Belboz from Jeearr and becomes the new head of the Circle.
*966 GUE
**Festeroon is changed into Witchville, but a postal clerk saves the village.
**14 August - Final Conclave held in the Guild Hall at Borphee. Most of the enchanters are changed into amphibians.
**The head of the Circle finds the Cubes of Foundation and uses them to defeat his shadow.
**69,105 Christmas Tree Monsters descends upon Thriff village.
**Recorded year of the end of the Age of Magic.
**An ur-grue stole the Coconut of Quendor, which is then used to store the sum of all human knowledge from the Age of Magic.
*967 GUE
**The beginning of the Age of Science.
*972 GUE
**Lord Syovar II succeeds Lord Syovar as the second King of Zork.
*997 GUE
**Lord Syovar III succeeds Lord Syovar II as the third King of Zork.
*1047 GUE
**Mir Yannick assumes the title of Grand Inquisitor.
*1048 GUE
**Syovar III accidentally strangles himself, according to the only witness, Mir Yannick. Yannick becomes the leader of the Theocracy of Quendor.
**The Grand Inquisitor becomes Chairman of Frobozz Magic Co. International, renaming it Frobozz Electric.
*1066 GUE
**A worker for the Grand Inquisitor defeats a colony of rat-ants in the Undiscovered Underground.
*1067 GUE
**The Grand Inquistor falls from power.
**Lucy Flathead, heir to the Flathead dynasty, becomes Queen of the Empire.
*1247 GUE
**The Great Diffusion.
**All magic and magical items thought to be destroyed by wizards.
**End of the second Age of Magic.
*1627 GUE
**The Futurelithic Epozz begins.
*1647 GUE
**Sweepstakes winner defeats Morphius.
Distant future
*~20,000
**The Earth is frozen. An Arctic chill approaches.
*~1,000,000
**Glacial ice sheets advance.
*~2,500,000
**Scientific age. The landscape is still covered with glacial boulders.
*~15,000,000,000
**After the Final Conflagration.
:See also: Characters in Zork, Creatures in Zork, and Kings of Quendor.
Timeline of the published games
*1980
**Zork I: The Great Underground Empire ()
*1981
**Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz ()
*1982
**Zork III: The Dungeon Master ()
*1983
**Enchanter
*1984
**Sorcerer
*1985
**Wishbringer
**Spellbreaker
*1987
**Beyond Zork
*1988
**Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz
*1993
**Return to Zork
*1996
**Zork: Nemesis
*1997
**Zork: The Undiscovered Underground
**Zork Grand Inquisitor
Timeline of Zork history
Before Entharion (BE)
*1,000,000 BE
**The Frobeolithic Epozz begins.
*50,000 BE
**The Frobozzolithic Epozz begins.
*30,000 BE
**The Brogmolithic Epozz begins.
*10,000 BE
**The Zorkeolithic Epozz begins.
*396 BE
**A black knight of Borphee slays Prince Foo, bringing an end to the age of Pheebor, and beginning the age of Borphee.
*1 BE
**With the year zero right around the corner, people eagerly anticipate some major historical event.
After Entharion (AE)
*0 AE
**01 Estuary - The Kingdom of Quendor is formed by Entharion the Wise. The Entharion Dynasty begins.
*41 AE
**Mysterion the Brave succeeds Entharion the Wise as the second king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*55 AE
**Zylon the Aged succeeds Mysterion the Brave as the third king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*398 AE
**Zilbo I succeeds Zylon the Aged as the fourth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*423 AE
**Bozbo I succeeds Zilbo I as the fifth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*429 AE
**Zilbo II succeeds Bozbo I as the sixth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*451 AE
**Harmonius Fzort succeeds Zilbo II as the seventh king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*466 AE
**Dundor of Vriminax quashes the Yipple Rebellion at Galepath.
*474 AE
**The Zucchini Wars devastated seven provinces up to this point.
**5 Jam - The Treaty of Znurg ends the Zucchini Wars.
*477 AE
**Bozbo II succeeds Harmonius Fzort as the eighth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*481 AE
**Thaddium Fzort succeeds Bozbo II as the ninth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*545 AE
**Mumbo I succeeds Thaddium Fzort as the tenth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*569 AE
**Bozbo III succeeds Mumbo I as the eleventh king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*575 AE
**Bozbo IV succeeds Bozbo III as the twelfth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*580 AE
**Bozbo IV expends government: 14% Military, 2% Royal Bureaucracy, 18% Construction of Roads and Bridges, 66% Other
*619 AE
**Mumbo II succeeds Bozbo IV as the thirteenth king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*628 AE
**Zilbo III succeeds Mumbo II as the fourteenth and final king of the Entharion Dynasty.
*659 AE
**31 Dismembur - Duncanthrax the Bellicose ousts the slain Zilbo III to become King of Quendor, the first king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*660 AE
**Egreth Castle built.
*660-662 AE
**Duncanthrax's army conquers the westlands.
*665 AE
**Duncanthrax defeats the Antharian Armada at the Battle of Fort Griffspotter, gaining control of the Great Sea.
*666 AE
**Underground caverns discovered.
**Duncanthrax the Bellicose invades the eastlands.
**The Diablo Massacre at Zorbel Pass.
**Duncanthrax ends the battle at Globby Hills by burying the opposing army's champion ogre in granola.
*672 AE
**9 Dismembur - Duncanthrax the Bellicose writes the Unnatural Acts.
*680 AE
**Duncanthrax expends government: 33% Military, 8% Royal Bureaucracy, 54% Construction of Caverns, 5% Other
*688 AE
**Belwit the Flat succeeds Duncanthrax the Bellicose as the second king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*691 AE
**First annual Double Fanucci Championships held in Borphee.
*699 AE
**First zorkmid minted.
*701 AE
**Frobwit the Flatter succeeds Belwit the Flat as the third king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*727 AE
**Timberthrax Flathead succeeds Frobwit the Flatter as the fourth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*732 AE
**Frobozz Philharmonic Orchestra is founded.
*738 AE
**Phloid Flathead succeeds Timberthrax Flathead as the fifth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*747 AE
**The seven-week Battle of the Stonewall, for which T. J. "Stonewall" Flathead got his nickname.
*755 AE
**Mumberthrax Flathead the Insignificant succeeds Phloid Flathead as the sixth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
**Stonewall Flathead becomes General of the Royal Army.
Great Underground Empire (GUE)
*770 GUE
**Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive, seventh king of the Flathead Dynasty, succeeds Mumberthrax Flathead the Insignificant.
**Plans for Dimwit's coronation begin.
**Bloit basis "permanently" changes to Dimwit’s three-eyed cat.
**Dimwit raises tax rate to just over 98%.
**Dimwit orders the excavation of entire forests for chocolate truffles.
**Quendor is renamed The Great Underground Empire.
**The Great Sea is renamed Flathead Ocean.
*771 GUE
**The small village of Aragain is renamed Flatheadia.
**14 Jam - The capital is moved to Flatheadia.
*773 GUE
**Civil servant accidentally casts zimbor instead of zemdor, destroying the city of Mareilon and starting the four-week Endless Fire.
**As a result of the Endless Fire, Lord Dimwit Flathead passes 5,521 edicts severely limiting access to magic (and lawyers).
**All magic is henceforth entrusted to the Guilds of Enchanters.
**Dawn of the Age of Guilds.
*776 GUE
**Lord Dimwit creates Royal Museum to house the crown jewels.
*777 GUE
**Royal Museum dedicated under Lord Dimwit.
*780 GUE
**Dimwit Flathead expends government: 1% Military, 68% Royal Bureaucracy, 29% Construction of Dams, etc., 2% Other
*781 GUE
**The Magic Cave Company builds 400-story company headquarters in Flatheadia.
*782 GUE
**Dimwit Flathead orders the construction of Flathead Stadium in honor of Babe Flathead.
*783 GUE
**30 Estuary - Flood Control Dam #3 dedicated.
**22 Oracle - Dimwit’s coronation begins.
*785 GUE
**End of Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive's 18 month coronation ceremony, which took 13 years to plan.
*789 GUE
**Dimwit orders the defoliation of 1400 square bloits of lush forest in Fublio Valley to erect a nine-bloit-high statue of himself.
**14 Mumberbur
***Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive proposes another tax increase.
***Curse Day: Megaboz the Magnificent curses Lord Dimwit Flathead.
***Dimwit dies mysteriously.
***Loowit Flathead succeeds Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive as the eighth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
**Babe Flathead, the youngest of the twelve Flatheads, enters the shark-wrestling finals and is killed by a shark.
*811 GUE
**Rose Riots.
*813 GUE
**Duncwit Flathead succeeds Loowit Flathead as the ninth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*841 GUE
**Elvis Flathead, a hit singer, has his first concert.
*843 GUE
**Barbawit Flathead succeeds Duncwit Flathead as the tenth king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*845 GUE
**Idwit Oogle Flathead succeeds Barbawit Flathead as the eleventh king of the Flathead Dynasty.
*865 GUE
**16 Estuary - The Granola Riots.
*875 GUE
**Barsap appointed Royal Magician by Idwit Oogle Flathead.
*881 GUE
**Wurb Flathead succeeds Idwit Oogle Flathead as the twelfth and final king of the Flathead Dynasty.
**Bloit basis changes to Wurb’s elephant.
*883 GUE
**14 Mumberbur - The Great Underground Empire falls. Belboz says, "I told you so."
**Flatheadia is reduced to a small white house as a warning and reminder of the Flatheads' excesses.
**Megaboz assigns the title of the first Dungeon Master to a peasant who came closest to ending the Curse. The Dungeon Master is given magical powers and half the wealth of the kingdom.
**General Syovar declares himself King of Zork.
**The Enchanters Guilds of the westlands eliminate the rebellious alchemists who use forbidden magic. Survivors flee to the eastlands.
**FrobozzCo relocates headquarters to Borphee.
*896 GUE
**The Great Underground Empire: A History, by Froboz Mumbar, is published.
*948 GUE
**A nameless adventurer enters the Great Underground Empire via the mysterious white house, defeats the Wizard of Frobozz, and becomes the second Dungeon Master.
*952 GUE
**Belboz destroys the evil giant Amathradonis.
**Belboz becomes the kingdomwide Secretary of the Guild of Enchanters.
**A nameless enchanter defeats Krill at Largoneth Castle.
*957 GUE
**The enchanter who defeated Krill saves Belboz from Jeearr and becomes the new head of the Circle.
*966 GUE
**Festeroon is changed into Witchville, but a postal clerk saves the village.
**14 August - Final Conclave held in the Guild Hall at Borphee. Most of the enchanters are changed into amphibians.
**The head of the Circle finds the Cubes of Foundation and uses them to defeat his shadow.
**69,105 Christmas Tree Monsters descends upon Thriff village.
**Recorded year of the end of the Age of Magic.
**An ur-grue stole the Coconut of Quendor, which is then used to store the sum of all human knowledge from the Age of Magic.
*967 GUE
**The beginning of the Age of Science.
*972 GUE
**Lord Syovar II succeeds Lord Syovar as the second King of Zork.
*997 GUE
**Lord Syovar III succeeds Lord Syovar II as the third King of Zork.
*1047 GUE
**Mir Yannick assumes the title of Grand Inquisitor.
*1048 GUE
**Syovar III accidentally strangles himself, according to the only witness, Mir Yannick. Yannick becomes the leader of the Theocracy of Quendor.
**The Grand Inquisitor becomes Chairman of Frobozz Magic Co. International, renaming it Frobozz Electric.
*1066 GUE
**A worker for the Grand Inquisitor defeats a colony of rat-ants in the Undiscovered Underground.
*1067 GUE
**The Grand Inquistor falls from power.
**Lucy Flathead, heir to the Flathead dynasty, becomes Queen of the Empire.
*1247 GUE
**The Great Diffusion.
**All magic and magical items thought to be destroyed by wizards.
**End of the second Age of Magic.
*1627 GUE
**The Futurelithic Epozz begins.
*1647 GUE
**Sweepstakes winner defeats Morphius.
Distant future
*~20,000
**The Earth is frozen. An Arctic chill approaches.
*~1,000,000
**Glacial ice sheets advance.
*~2,500,000
**Scientific age. The landscape is still covered with glacial boulders.
*~15,000,000,000
**After the Final Conflagration.
[http://www.tpmhmr.org Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation (TPMHMR)], a tax-exempt non-profit organization, began as two different organizations: Texas Panhandle Mental Health Authority and Amarillo State Center. Texas Panhandle Mental Health Authority served adults with chronic mental illness and adolescents with emotional disturbances, and the Amarillo State Center served Panhandle residents diagnosed with mental retardation. These two organizations merged in September of 2000, becoming Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation.
Mission Statement
To respond to the diverse needs of all people with mental illness and mental retardation by creating an accessible system of services which supports choices and results in lives of dignity and independence.
Service Area
TPMHMR currently employs approximately 400 people and utilizes approximately 120 volunteers. The TPMHMR service area covers the upper 21 counties of the Texas Panhandle. Regional mental health clinics and workshops for people with mental retardation are located in Amarillo, Clarendon, Dumas, Borger, Hereford, Pampa, and Perryton.
Clientele
Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation serves all ages of residents diagnosed with mental illness, mental retardation, or developmental delays. The population served includes persons with the following diagnoses:
• Adults
-Schizophrenia
-Bipolar Disorder
-Major Depressive Disorder
-Mental Retardation
-Aging-related disorders
• Children
-Developmental Delays
-Mental Retardation
-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
-Major Depressive Disorder
-Bipolar Disorder
-Oppositional Defiant Disorder
-Conduct Disorder
-Psychotic Disorder NOS
-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Services Provided
Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation programs and services include, but are not limited to:
Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) - services for children from birth to three years of age, identified as having developmental delays. Services include occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy as well as parental education and consultation. Services are provided in Potter County and Randall County.
Children’s Mental Health Services – includes Assessment Services, Service Coordination, Medication Related Services, Skills Training, Family Training, Counseling, In-Home Crisis Intervention, and Respite Services.
Services to At-Risk Youth (STAR) - a family based program providing short term counseling to youth ages seven through seventeen who have been identified being at risk of runaway, truancy, delinquency or family conflict. STAR offices are located in Amarillo, Borger, Clarendon, Dalhart, Hereford, Pampa, and Perryton.
Senior Focus Partial Hospitalization Program- specializing in treatment for senior citizens, and includes treatment for depression, anxiety, panic attacks, loneliness, increased withdrawal and isolation, excessive worry, inability or refusal to comply with medical advice, medication schedules or dietetic limitations. The PHP treatment program is designed to keep persons out of in-patient hospital care, and is committed to helping patients confidently re-integrate back into the community and daily life.
Adult Mental Health Services – includes Assessment Services, Service Coordination, Medication Related Services, Skills Training, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH), Supported Housing, Supported Employment, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), and Family Education.
Telepsychiatry – Allows psychiatrists and intake staff to visit with clients in regional offices and regional jails over audio/visual equipment via a secure internet connection. This provides access to more services more efficiently.
Homeless Services Unit - Providing vital community-based, recovery-focused outreach services to those who are most in need: the homeless of all ages. Assistance provided includes mental health services, substance abuse services, housing services, case management services, benefits assistance and other support services.
Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments (TCOOMMI) - provides services and advocates for the mentally ill who are involved with the criminal justice system. Collaborates with area law enforcement, jails, probation departments and parole offices.
Mental Retardation Services – includes Eligibility Determination, Service Coordination, Medication Related Services, Supported Home Living, In Home Respite, Out of Home Respite, Employment Assistance, Site Based Habilitation, Specialized Therapies, and In-Home Family Support (IHFS)
Summer Adventure Programs – a summer-long day camp for children, teens, and young adults ages 3-21 who have been diagnosed with mental retardation, Downs Syndrome, autism or other similar disabilities. Camps are located in Amarillo, Hereford, Borger, Dumas, and Pampa.
After-School Programs – After school programs are offered to children diagnosed with mental retardation, Downs Syndrome, autism or other similar disabilities. Programs are located in Amarillo, Hereford, Borger, Dumas, and Pampa.
Collaborations
TPMHMR continually works with area community partners and seeks out collaborations offering more efficient treatment options to consumers. Examples of partnerships that have been developed include:
* Regence Health Network: A primary healthcare organization offering care in mental health, physical health and dental care.
* Law Enforcement: Jail Diversion strategies continue and TPMHMR has developed memorandums of understanding with area county law enforcement agencies. This approach aims to identify people with priority population diagnosis and link them to mental health assistance.
* Jail Telepsychiatry – TPMHMR has developed an innovative telepsychiatry program that is in place in Potter and Randall County Jails. This allows for jails to have inmates evaluated and treated by TPMHMR staff and doctors over audio-visual equipment, there by saving partner agencies the cost of transportation and reducing risk, while at the same time increasing service hours.
* Partnerships with area educational institutions, including Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, WTAMU, and Amarillo College, allows for the training of health care professionals while at the same time providing clients with opportunities they might not otherwise have, such as participating in music therapy.
* TPMHMR partners with agencies such as the Amarillo Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse to provide clients with more well-rounded treatment, so that issues such as drug abuse and mental illness can be treated at the same time.
TPMHMR has also developed Community Relationships/Partnerships with the following:
*Clients & Families
*Hospitals
*Schools
*Public Officials
*Probation
*Advocacy Organizations
*Parole
*Social Security and other human service agencies
Mental retardation services are provided in alliance with local community providers. Collaborative efforts enhance the treatment options for the intellectually disabled and their family members. TPMHMR pursues cooperative agreements where the consumer has choices in their treatment options. Collaborations with local service area providers include:
* Educare: provides Group Home clients with day habilitation.
* Advo: Group Home provider in which TPMHMR shares information on services.
* American Habilitation: provides Group Home clients with day habilitation.
* Community Options: Group Home provider in the community where TPMHMR offers respites services for family members and consumers who are their clients.
* Touch of Class: Day programming services are provided to consumers of this program.
Mission Statement
To respond to the diverse needs of all people with mental illness and mental retardation by creating an accessible system of services which supports choices and results in lives of dignity and independence.
Service Area
TPMHMR currently employs approximately 400 people and utilizes approximately 120 volunteers. The TPMHMR service area covers the upper 21 counties of the Texas Panhandle. Regional mental health clinics and workshops for people with mental retardation are located in Amarillo, Clarendon, Dumas, Borger, Hereford, Pampa, and Perryton.
Clientele
Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation serves all ages of residents diagnosed with mental illness, mental retardation, or developmental delays. The population served includes persons with the following diagnoses:
• Adults
-Schizophrenia
-Bipolar Disorder
-Major Depressive Disorder
-Mental Retardation
-Aging-related disorders
• Children
-Developmental Delays
-Mental Retardation
-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
-Major Depressive Disorder
-Bipolar Disorder
-Oppositional Defiant Disorder
-Conduct Disorder
-Psychotic Disorder NOS
-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Services Provided
Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation programs and services include, but are not limited to:
Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) - services for children from birth to three years of age, identified as having developmental delays. Services include occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy as well as parental education and consultation. Services are provided in Potter County and Randall County.
Children’s Mental Health Services – includes Assessment Services, Service Coordination, Medication Related Services, Skills Training, Family Training, Counseling, In-Home Crisis Intervention, and Respite Services.
Services to At-Risk Youth (STAR) - a family based program providing short term counseling to youth ages seven through seventeen who have been identified being at risk of runaway, truancy, delinquency or family conflict. STAR offices are located in Amarillo, Borger, Clarendon, Dalhart, Hereford, Pampa, and Perryton.
Senior Focus Partial Hospitalization Program- specializing in treatment for senior citizens, and includes treatment for depression, anxiety, panic attacks, loneliness, increased withdrawal and isolation, excessive worry, inability or refusal to comply with medical advice, medication schedules or dietetic limitations. The PHP treatment program is designed to keep persons out of in-patient hospital care, and is committed to helping patients confidently re-integrate back into the community and daily life.
Adult Mental Health Services – includes Assessment Services, Service Coordination, Medication Related Services, Skills Training, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH), Supported Housing, Supported Employment, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), and Family Education.
Telepsychiatry – Allows psychiatrists and intake staff to visit with clients in regional offices and regional jails over audio/visual equipment via a secure internet connection. This provides access to more services more efficiently.
Homeless Services Unit - Providing vital community-based, recovery-focused outreach services to those who are most in need: the homeless of all ages. Assistance provided includes mental health services, substance abuse services, housing services, case management services, benefits assistance and other support services.
Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments (TCOOMMI) - provides services and advocates for the mentally ill who are involved with the criminal justice system. Collaborates with area law enforcement, jails, probation departments and parole offices.
Mental Retardation Services – includes Eligibility Determination, Service Coordination, Medication Related Services, Supported Home Living, In Home Respite, Out of Home Respite, Employment Assistance, Site Based Habilitation, Specialized Therapies, and In-Home Family Support (IHFS)
Summer Adventure Programs – a summer-long day camp for children, teens, and young adults ages 3-21 who have been diagnosed with mental retardation, Downs Syndrome, autism or other similar disabilities. Camps are located in Amarillo, Hereford, Borger, Dumas, and Pampa.
After-School Programs – After school programs are offered to children diagnosed with mental retardation, Downs Syndrome, autism or other similar disabilities. Programs are located in Amarillo, Hereford, Borger, Dumas, and Pampa.
Collaborations
TPMHMR continually works with area community partners and seeks out collaborations offering more efficient treatment options to consumers. Examples of partnerships that have been developed include:
* Regence Health Network: A primary healthcare organization offering care in mental health, physical health and dental care.
* Law Enforcement: Jail Diversion strategies continue and TPMHMR has developed memorandums of understanding with area county law enforcement agencies. This approach aims to identify people with priority population diagnosis and link them to mental health assistance.
* Jail Telepsychiatry – TPMHMR has developed an innovative telepsychiatry program that is in place in Potter and Randall County Jails. This allows for jails to have inmates evaluated and treated by TPMHMR staff and doctors over audio-visual equipment, there by saving partner agencies the cost of transportation and reducing risk, while at the same time increasing service hours.
* Partnerships with area educational institutions, including Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, WTAMU, and Amarillo College, allows for the training of health care professionals while at the same time providing clients with opportunities they might not otherwise have, such as participating in music therapy.
* TPMHMR partners with agencies such as the Amarillo Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse to provide clients with more well-rounded treatment, so that issues such as drug abuse and mental illness can be treated at the same time.
TPMHMR has also developed Community Relationships/Partnerships with the following:
*Clients & Families
*Hospitals
*Schools
*Public Officials
*Probation
*Advocacy Organizations
*Parole
*Social Security and other human service agencies
Mental retardation services are provided in alliance with local community providers. Collaborative efforts enhance the treatment options for the intellectually disabled and their family members. TPMHMR pursues cooperative agreements where the consumer has choices in their treatment options. Collaborations with local service area providers include:
* Educare: provides Group Home clients with day habilitation.
* Advo: Group Home provider in which TPMHMR shares information on services.
* American Habilitation: provides Group Home clients with day habilitation.
* Community Options: Group Home provider in the community where TPMHMR offers respites services for family members and consumers who are their clients.
* Touch of Class: Day programming services are provided to consumers of this program.
Finola Mei Hwa Hackett is a teenager from Tofield, Alberta Canada who finished second in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee after tying for eleventh in the 2005 Bee. For her runner-up finish, Hackett left with prizes totalling $12,000 (US). She competed in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee shortly after winning Canada's CanSpell National Spelling Bee for the second consecutive year.
Finola lost out to Katharine Close in round 19 when she spelt the word weltschmerz V-E-L-T-S-C-H-M-E-R-Z.
In 2007, Finola provided expert commentary for CanSpell's first prime-time television broadcast.
Finola lost out to Katharine Close in round 19 when she spelt the word weltschmerz V-E-L-T-S-C-H-M-E-R-Z.
In 2007, Finola provided expert commentary for CanSpell's first prime-time television broadcast.