The Great Race won the film an Oscar. In his Top 10 Favorite Comedies video, Doug Walker cited Jack Lemmon's performance as Professor Fate as a major influence for his "Nostalgia Critic" internet persona. The Great Race The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Blake Edwards and Arthur A. Ross, and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell and Vivian Vance. The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $ million in ),
Fate (role-playing game system) has been concern that "Fudge" would restrict its "open" license and thus force "Fate" to change to a different underlying mechanic, such fears have subsided once "Fudge" itself was released under the Open Gaming License. "Fate" has an associated Yahoo! Group to discuss the gaming system and share settings and conversions of other role-playing games. The 3rd edition of "Fate" was no longer a generic RPG like the first two versions, but set in the pulp genre. It is called Spirit of the Century and was nominated in 2007 for an ENnie award for "Best Rules". The 3rd edition rules